#Buddie—>Mshenko

[satashiiwrites]

The First Spectre, Chapter 1: A Milk Run?

I know I said I wasn’t going to do this… but evidently I am. 

Title: The First Spectre, Chapter 1: A Milk Run?

Fandom: 911, Mass Effect Trilogy.  May also have some borrowed lore from extended Mass Effect Universe as I don’t keep Andromeda stuff segregated in my head. Will probably also be pulling some 911 Lonestar people in as 911 doesn’t have a big enough cast to cover all the roles. 

Pairing: EVENTUAL endgame Buddie but it’s going to be the slowest of slow burns (think somewhere in excess of 200k).  Will have Some Buck/Abby and Eddie/Shannon is at the beginning. Will also have eventual Madney, probably some slight Bathena and if I end up using LS characters will have Tarlos at the back end. 

Warnings: Will have canon deaths (and one or two that aren’t) but not Eddie, Buck, or Christopher.  I make no promises about anyone else but I’m sure people will be able to guess pretty quickly how certain missions are going to end. Fic is NOT finished and is promising to be a doozy on the word count end. I will be updating irregularly and my current long-fic priority is finishing FFO FIRST (2023 is it’s year damnit). 

Fic summary: 

Thirty years after the mars ruins were discovered leading to the Charon Relay and twenty since the First Contact War, humanity is still striving to take its place amongst the Citadel Council as equals. Commander Evan “Buck” Buckley, the lone survivor of Akuze is nominated to become the first human Spectre.

When his test mission goes sideways, Buck uncovers a much larger threat against all sentient life. Can he convince the Council to prepare for war or will they ignore the dangers that are closing in?

A new cycle has begun. The Reapers are coming.

Read the first chapter here on AO3

Tagging because they asked (reblog or message me if you’d like to be added/removed) below the cut. 

@shortsighted-owl @alyxmastershipper​ @ajunerose​ @monsterrae1​

#the first spectre #buddie #buddie fic #911 #911 fic #space opera #mass effect au #Buddie—>Mshenko #commander evan “buck” buckley #biotic eddie diaz #epic slow burn #endgame buddie #911/mass effect AU #author is crying in word count

[mercurypilgrim]

I posted 654 times in 2022

21 posts created (3%)

633 posts reblogged (97%)

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I tagged 323 of my posts in 2022

#swtor - 77 posts

#laugh rule - 43 posts

#mass effect - 37 posts

#ghost of tsushima - 24 posts

#star wars - 21 posts

#art - 18 posts

#cyberpunk 2077 - 15 posts

#jin sakai - 15 posts

#so pretty! - 12 posts

#mshenko - 12 posts

Longest Tag: 101 characters

#i've not rewatched it in years but i am 99% sure i could pull a full presentation on it out of my ass

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Greedfall really is just 'Hats: The Game', huh

12 notes - Posted January 4, 2022

#4

Doc/Jedi Knight

8/10

I'm in the apparent minority that likes Doc, so I was always going to be in favour of Doc/JK.

I'm a sucker for the 'playboy with a heart of gold' trope, so it's no surprise really

A relationship build of bickering and banter?

Top tier

- - - -

My JK/Doc

"And then Kira said that she doesn't like guys with facial hair! That disrespects the moustache!"

Beryon chuckled, taking a swig of his beer.

The Jedi was a decent drinking buddy and a better friend, once Doc had gotten to know him.

Coarse, grumpy and prone to bouts of touchy sarcasm, Beryon V'lante was an acquired taste that Doc knew most people never acquired.

"Well, I for one think it's a glorious moustache." The Jedi assured him, and Doc waved his beer in the air as he gestured.

"Thank you! Wait-" He narrowed his eyes. "You can't even see it!"

The miraluka started to laugh, and Doc took a grumpy drink.

"I can sense it's majesty in the Force," the Jedi assured him, teasing. He wiggled his fingers in the air while he said it.

When he'd stopped laughing, he shrugged.

"Besides, I've kissed enough men to know that a moustache is the least weird thing you can come across."

Doc knew Beryon didn't adhere to the Jedi rule of 'please try and be celibate', and he couldn't help but wonder about that.

"Kisses with beards can be fun, anyway." He waved a hand. "Don't listen to Kira."

Doc had no intention of listening to Kira, not on this particular subject anyway.

Still, it might have even been the beer, but now he was curious.

"What's it like, then?" He asked, cracking open another bottle. "Kissing someone with a beard, I mean."

The Jedi looked surprised at his question.

"Well, I dunno how to describe it, really? Prickly?"

Doc frowned.

"That doesn't sound nice at all."

Beryon hummed.

"It's not bad, I just can't explain why it isn't." He admitted, amused. He ran a hand over his own stubbled jaw.

He gave Doc a wicked grin.

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13 notes - Posted February 14, 2022

#3

@ Ven if you could pick a dish to magically know how to cook properly what would it be

Ven stares at you for a moment, not having anticipated your question.

He opens his mouth to speak, closes it again, frowns, and then thinks some more.

"Klemon tart because I want want be able to eat it whenever I want. Wait- the wedding meal from Warm Hearts, Cold Space because that sounded amazing- wait, no. ... Can I change my answer?"

After you nod in bemusement, he continues.

He looks very pleased with himself, impatiently brushing an errant curl from his eyes. The stream of consciousness you received a moment ago seems immediately forgotten.

"Chiss toasted salad, because it's Malavai's favourite." He says proudly, pleased with himself for deciding. "I have absolutely no idea how one toasts a salad, or why anyone would want to, but he likes it for some reason. I want to be able to make his favourite thing perfectly, and he would be so surprised."

He gives you a delighted, sly grin.

"He would accuse me of getting a delivery from the restaurant he likes, but it would have been me!"

He cackles as if he's planned a vicious practical joke, and not his lover's favourite meal.

Seemingly distracted from the actual point of the question, he calls up the holonet on his datapad and begins looking at recipes.

"I can't magically know, but I've got the holonet and that's basically the same thing, right?" He asks you, turning back to his searching before you can answer. He shoves the datapad in your face, barely an inch from your nose. As you reorientate yourself, you see a recipe page.

"Do you think this would be too hard?" He asks earnestly, a crease between his brows. He's quite forgotten the original question, now excited and fixed on surprising his lover.

You're not entirely sure how to answer him, especially when he takes your silence as dissent.

"Awesome," he breathes, beaming. "Hey, do you want to go and get ingredients with me?"

13 notes - Posted January 1, 2022

#2

I wonder if a lot of 'discourse' arises simply because of people's complete inability to separate fiction from real life.

"Reading X makes you a bad person because it's bad!"

"Reading mysteries with detectives in them is copaganda and you're bad for liking them!"

"Writing fanfiction about X is just as bad as doing it in real life!"

Yes, of course there are arguments for subtle social shifts from literature, but the stark complaints presented on Tumblr tend to run along the lines that there is no difference between media and real life. Reading about X is exactly the same as committing the act, or that consuming X media means you have been brainwashed utterly and completely by it's themes.

Is this fanfiction on AO3 with 38 views really causing the collapse of society as we know it, or shall we give most people a bit more credit when it comes to digesting media

19 notes - Posted September 14, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Lord scrounge/Jedi Knight

10/10 absolutely iconic

Love me some Sith/Jedi

LS Jedi, Grey, or DS Jedi, it's all good stuff

The angst over having *gasp* feelings?

Even more angst over the fact that Scourge can't return said feelings at the beginning?

The bickering?

The found family dynamics?

Just

*chefs kiss*

- - - -

My JK snd Scourge and their uh, interesting dynamic:

Beryon wasn't a man used to laziness.

If he was awake, he should be doing things, and there was always stuff to be working on.

If there wasn't, it meant he'd missed something.

So, coming in dead tired after a successful mission and wanting to do nothing more than sleep, while not unusual, wasn't something he felt he should actually be indulging in.

T7, damn him, had just given a cheery whistle and headed off to his spot, no worse for wear.

Scourge's presence had filled their little apartment on Odessen, and Beryon felt himself relax the moment it brushed against his senses.

He dragged himself in, and felt Scourge's attention shift to him.

"Well," the other man said, amused. The deep rumble of his voice was soothing. "Look what the droid dragged in."

Beryon flipped him off.

He heard Scourge chuckle, and something being set aside.

"Come here."

Scourge's voice always gave him shivers.

Beryon was tired though, and not in the mood for anything fun.

"Scourge, I just want-"

"I just want to greet you properly." The Sith assured, and Beryon didn't believe him for a moment. Nevertheless, he gave a gusty sigh and headed over, dragging his feet.

Getting close, he braced a hand against the back of the sofa and leaned down to give his lover a kiss hello.

Strong arms wrapped around him and pulled, and he found himself being bundled up against a solid chest, bracketed in by Scourge's arms.

He struggled, spitting curses at his Sith, who just chuckled warmly.

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29 notes - Posted February 14, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review

[mtreebeardiles]

Sometimes I Write Things 2.0

Mass Effect Trilogy

Everett Shepard

Pre-ME1 Ghosts - Multi-Chapter, In-Progress, Rated: M Costs & Consequences - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: M Trials and Tribulations - Multi-Chapter, In-Progress, Rated: M

ME1 Mystery Requisitions - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: T Kiss-Buddy - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: M Biotic Theory - Multi-Chapter, Complete, Rated: M; mshenko Shore Leave - Multi-Chapter, In-Progress, Rated: E; mshenko

ME2 Lost Horizons - Multi-Chapter, Complete, Rated: M No Matter What - Multi-Chapter, Complete, Rated: M; mshenko The Assignment - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: M

ME3 War of Warnings Unheeded - Multi-Chapter, In-Progress; mshenko

Post-Trilogy Recovery - Multi-Chapter, Complete, Rated: M; mshenko

Shawn Shepard (mshep clone x major coats)

Intangible Things - Multi-Chapter, Complete, Rated: M The Thought That Counts - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: T A Series of Firsts - One-Shot Collection, Rated: M Discoveries - One-Shot Collection, Rated: E Restoration - Multi-Chapter, Complete, Rated: M

Other One-Shot/Multi-Shots & Collections

These Ineffable Somethings - Collection, Rated: M Docking Requests - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: M A Ten on the Hug Scale - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: M

Mass Effect: Andromeda

Other Stars Than These

The Paths You Take - Multi-Chapter, In-Progress, Rated: M; mreyder

Echoes, Interludes, and Roads Not Taken

Reassessments - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: T Knowing - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: T; mreyder The People You Meet on Omega - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: M Safe House - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: M; Avi x Macen Reassurances - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: G Interlude: Safe - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: M; mreyder Interlude: Always on My Mind - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: M; mreyder Things Requited - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: M; Avi x Macen

Into the Multiverse, an AU Collection

Stardew Effect - Stardew Valley x Mass Effect, Multi-Chapter, In-Progress, Rated: M; mshenko, mshep clone x coats

Other Fandoms

Dragon Age

The Search - Multi-Chapter, In-Progress, Rated: T

Fallout 4

Question of Style - One-Shot, Complete, Rated: M; male sole survivor x MacCready

#my writing #finally revamped this #hopefully the links are all correct womp #mshenko #mass effect #mass effect: andromeda

[mattzerella-sticks]

Buck and Eddie are Male Shepphard and Kaiden Alenko from Mass Effect and no I won't be taking any questions.

#mshenko #evan 'buck' buckley #eddie diaz #buddie #buck x eddie #9-1-1 on fox #male Sheppard #kaiden alenko #mass effect #me scrolling through the mshenko tag and being struck by an idea

[swaps55]

Concerto - 2 - The Coming Storm

Pairing: mShenko | Rating: M

Notable tags: Canonical character death, graphic depictions of violence, desperate mutual pining

Summary: Salarians, geth, and krogan, oh my! 

Chapter 2: The Coming Storm (Ao3)

Kaidan returns to the bridge as the Normandy skims through the clouds, dipping low enough that white crests from the ocean waves shiver violently outward as the ship steals past. Rounded peaks of stone blanketed with green flora dot the shoreline, with sand beaches tucked in between. Far out to sea a storm brews, the turquoise sky blending into a dark, bruised blue and distant curtains of rain. A flicker of white lightning strikes the water out on the horizon.

Kaidan’s not the only anxious bystander. Garrus paces the cockpit, mandibles flaring as he eyes the shutters. The last time Kaidan can remember staying on a ship while Shepard went into a hot zone is back on the Myeongnyang, when Shepard and a team of Ns had gone out in vacuum to infiltrate the hull of a hijacked ship. But Shepard hadn’t been in command that day.

Today he is. And he’d left Kaidan behind.

(I need you to do this.)

On Joker’s terminal, the Mako’s blue transponder marker jumps as the tank roars out of the cargo bay, stabilizing thrusters firing madly as it careens towards the shallow beach below. Kaidan’s stomach drops right along with it.

No going back now.

Joker guns the Normandy back towards the atmosphere and the relative safety of orbit, reducing Shepard and the others to nothing more than a blip on the ship’s radar. Garrus rests his talons on the grip of his pistol, shifting his feet in agitation. Joker eyes him.

“Can’t hit them from here, big guy.”

Garrus grumbles and drops his hand, talons twitching. “Do we have an open comm link, at least?”

Joker taps a few commands. Moments later an audio feed blares to life, catching Williams in mid-sentence.

“…fried turian with a side of duck sauce.”

“I’m going to guess that was meant for Saren, not you, buddy,” Joker says.

Garrus crosses his arms, mandibles quivering. “Probably go better with kava sauce, to be honest.”

Tali’s flanging cadence, further distorted through the comm, rises over the others. “I see them on radar, Shepard. Probably about a dozen, two-four-eight-mark-nine. Drones, rocket troopers. One armature.”

Kaidan’ stomach tightens.

“Adjusting course. Williams, got that cannon ready to go?”

“I even found the scope button.”

“Fuck off, Williams.”

“Yes, sir, fucking off.”

“I hope she remembers she needs to make allowances for the humidity levels in the targeting matrix,” Garrus mutters, pacing back and forth across the tiny cockpit. Kaidan snugs up against a wall to keep out of his way. “And the wind shear is heavier, too.”

Kaidan smiles in spite of himself. “Pretty sure Williams knows how to work a gun.”

Garrus grunts and continues pacing, nearly running right into Liara as she slips into the cockpit and quietly takes the open seat to Joker’s right.

“Come to join in on the helpless spectating?” Kaidan asks.

She opens her mouth to reply, but static roars over the comm.

“Hostiles ahead!”

“I see them, Williams – take down that armature.”

“Shepard, left, rockets inbound!”

Kaidan holds his breath at the sound of grinding metal and a string of curses.

“Engaging thrusters!”

The unmistakable bellow of a disgruntled krogan roars over the comm. Joker thumbs the volume down a little.

“Damnit, Skipper, warn me before you do that next time!”

“I did.”

“No, I mean before you fire the thrusters, not while you fire them!”

“Is that armature down yet?”

“It will be when you stop slewing us around like a drunk elephant!”

Wrex bellows in the background. “Fire the damned guns!”

“Keep her steady for a second, Skipper.”

“Now, Williams, now!”

“Got the bastard! Targets down, sir.”

“Good work.”

Kaidan exhales, uncurling his fists. Liara turns a puzzled look to Joker, brow furrowed with confusion. “What is an elephant?”

Joker snorts into his hand. “A dumbed down elcor that never forgets.”

“Drunk elcor have high collateral damage on the Citadel,” Garrus remarks. “But it’s the politest shouting you’ve ever heard.”

Read the rest on Ao3 | Read from the beginning | The Concerto Playlist

#mshenko #kaidan alenko #mass effect #concerto update

[theoriginalladya]

Writing Round Up - 2021

So, let's take a look at what happened in 2021 as a whole with the writing.

I did manage to write every single month - not unusual for me. In fact, it would be more unusual to NOT write at all in a month, so right on track with that.

So, let's see what's going on here: (under cut because it got long! lol what're the odds, right? ;) )

New Projects/Postings - completed

Young & Proud - Caleb Shepard (sniper school)

Slán leat (Goodbye) - Caleb Shepard

May The Road Rise To Meet You - Caleb Shepard (Akuze)

No Rest for the Wicked - MEBB 2021; Caleb Shepard, ME/WWII

A Constant Wish - Caleb Shepard

Gaia's Chosen - Caleb Shepard - Werewolf: The Apocalypse crossover

Express Orders - Kristofer Shepard

Hello There, Handsome - Kristofer Shepard

Home - Kristofer Shepard

Firestorm - Kristofer Shepard

Next Stop... - Alenkoats

Breathless - Alenkoats

MER Week 2021 - Alenkoats

As Cold As Ice - Alenkoats

A War That Needs Winning - Abboats

Shut Up and Dance - Abboats

Greatest Reward - modern day mshenko

Dinosaur Brain - Rhys Shepard

The Barn - Rhys Shepard

New Projects/Postings - ongoing

Found Family: A Collection of Drabbles - Caleb Shepard

Keep to the West - Caleb Shepard - ME/WWII

Gaia's Blessings - drabbles for Werewolf Caleb Shepard

Cadenza - Lachlan Shepard

Nerf Gun Wars - mshenko shenanigans

A Lone Light From Shore - modern day mshenko - drabbles

A Beacon of Hope - modern day mshenko

If London Falls... - Abboats

Late Night At the Vortex - drabbles for Rydenko

Dribbles & Drabs - Caleb, Michael, Kristofer Shepard and Abboats drabbles

Ostinato - Lachlan Shepard drabbles

Heiwa ni - Takao Shepard

Never Close Our Eyes - Rhys Shepard - drabbles

Destiny's Fate - ShepShep

The Dye Is Cast - Dragon Age drabbles

These are all the major ones - I'm sure I've forgotten a few of the continuing ones that house certain drabbles, but this'll do.

As I look at this list, I'm remembering some of the ones from earlier in the year I'd forgotten about. It's a good way to remind myself I did more than I thought.

My total word count for the year was: 543,233. Over half a million words. (for comparison, the last time I did a full year's worth of writing (2017) I wrote 668,228 for the year. But the next year, I fizzled out by the time I had 150,000 words (around April) and stopped tracking it. It wasn't until April/May 2020 when Caleb Shepard was born that I got back into writing and I didn't start tracking how much I was writing again until 2021)

My Daily Average word count was 1488. Almost on par with Nano for the year.

Highest Month/Wordcount: April - 70,866

Lowest Month/Wordcount: December - 23,849

So, assuming I can keep on track writing wise, what are my goals for 2022?

make substantial progress on Destiny's Fate. I am almost to the halfway point on that story, but even if I posted once a week from here out, it still won't get done until 2023, but I'm okay with that.

God, Caleb Shepard has been in my brain since mid-2021 and unrelenting! LOL I have a number of AU projects (Werewolves, Celtic, WWII, etc.) going for him that I would like to make progress on or complete, plus a couple of new ones.

I also want to make progress on some of Caleb's mainstream stuff. If I go in order of his timeline, I have an interlude piece for between Akuze and when he's N7 I want to get done, plus a story for once he IS N7 where he and his battle buddy, Rosa Morales-Minton team up (and an unsuspecting Kaidan walks into things...), plus I want to get his post-war fics started and (hopefully!) posted. I have a LOT of writing planned for him, and that's outside of prompts and drabbles!

I'm going to see if I can't get caught up on all my Christmas/Holiday prompts I wanted to do in December and get them posted in July for a "Christmas in July Celebration". That includes another AU story for Caleb and a ton of prompts. Some of my other boys are included too.

I would like to start would like to start exploring Rhys Shepard's experiences at BAaT with Kaidan in more depth and maybe get their story moving forward.

Lachlan... sigh My Scottish/Colonist boy has been so patient with me. He's tossed a TON of ideas at me this past year which I've gotten down, but Caleb's refused to let go of my brain to focus on them. Hopefully this year, it'll happen!

Nerf Gun Wars - I need to add a few more chapters to the ongoing shenanigans there...

As of December 30, 2021, I have a new project idea for 2022 (assuming I can get it going). It may or may not be a contender for MEBB when that rolls around (depending on how developed it is). It has the potential to be REALLY FUN but it may turn into one of those HUGE projects that takes far too long to plot out and plan. Still, it's already underway, so there's always a chance actual writing will begin...

I'm sure I'll adjust my goals and set new ones as the year goes on. I may or may not track my numbers again this year. While I'd like to - there's a certain sense of achievement when I hold myself accountable like this - I also know that with the way things are at the moment, my stress levels may make writing difficult and the lack of numbers can be discouraging (no matter how I tell myself it's okay to not focus on them). Eh, we'll see how it goes.

#2021 Writing Round Up #Ladya Writes #year in review #story links if anyone's interested #I'm rather proud of how much I accomplished this past year all things considered #here's to a productive 2022 #and more stories told!

[hedgiestail]

Little dialogue that I can imagine between Garrus and Kaiden in slow burn mShenko😁

- Hey, Kaiden, buddy, how's going?

- Hey, Garrus, you never called me "buddy" before. What's happened?

- Well... I saw your "hit and run" with Shepard recently... And it's bad. Really, really bad.

- It can't be THAT bad

- I can do better than that. It's gotta mean something

- *sigh* And what do you suggest?

- Go for it. Stop messing around. You two would be great

- I don't know, Garrus...

- Come on! You've been with him in the Mako. And survived! And didn't kill him either! It's. Gotta. Mean. Something. You should at least try

- *sigh* Okay, Garrus, I'll... Think about it... Closely

#mass effect #mshenko #kaiden alenko #garrus vakarian

[vampirepunks]

Get to know the blogger!

Tagged by @angelwingsl3 (bless!)

Rules: tag some people who you want to know better/catch up with and then answer these questions, unless you don’t want to in which case cool.

Three ships: Shryik (Nihlus Kryik x FemShep), Shakarian, MShenko

Last song: SOLSTICE by Starset

Last movie: True Grit (2010). Not as good as the original, but a more somber, darker experience that hits all the marks of a good modern, somewhat gritty Western.

Currently reading (book): Beyond Good & Evil by Friedrich Neitzsche—reread.

Currently reading(fanfic): meet me at the bar by my very lovely buddy @danypooh80 (who has somehow, astoundingly, already surpassed my own work in word count by far. I am damned impressed.) All the Shepard Twins, Nihlus, Shakarian goodness 💖

Currently craving: A break from school 🥴

Currently watching: Grey’s Anatomy S3, which is what I watch when I don’t have the energy to get invested in a show that’s actually good. Love watching bad soapy TV when I’m stressed.

Currently consuming: Mass Effect content, always. Nihlus Kryik and my Shepard twins live in my brain rent-free.

Tagging: @danypooh80 @bronzeagelove @long-gone-blues @that-wildwolf @viewfromthevault

#tagging games #logan speaks #txt #angelwingsl3

[lopithecusfanfiction]

Please read my FAQ before requesting anything!

Requests: Closed

My Ships:

9-1-1: Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz (Buddie)

Assassin's Creed: Ezio/Leonardo (EzioLeo)

DC Comics: Superman/Batman (SuperBat)

Detroit: Become Human: Markus/Connor (RK1K)

Emmerdale: Aaron Dingle/Robert Sugden (Robron)

Mass Effect Trilogy: Kaidan Alenko/Male Shepard (Mshenko)

Naruto: Naruto/Gaara (NaruGaa), Kakashi/Gai (KakaGai)

Supernatural: Dean/Castiel (Destiel)

As a general rule, I will tag you if you like/reblog any of the previews that I post. If you ever want to be tagged in anything (or vice versa and don’t want to be tagged), just let me know!

[maxrev]

OTP phrases for mshenko

Tagged by @val-rampage​  Thanks!  Here’s my Mass Effect version...

height difference (small one) | mutual pining | first kiss | first (true) love | wedding | in-jokes | lgbt+ | family disapproves | friend disapproves | would die for each other (oh hell yes) | fake relationship | arranged wedding | cuddlers | pda friendly (to a point after the war) | and they were room mates (eventually) | holding hands | secret relationship (couldn’t alert the brass) | opposing world views (at least once) | opposing personalities | opposing goals | getting a pet | have kids | want kids | grow old together | relationship failures | rests head on shoulder | share a bed | nerds token dummies | relationship doubts | they have a song | first date | share a jacket | sharing a blanket | mutual interests | study buddies | bathing together | crash into hello | accidental nudity | laundry | same hobbies (in a sense lol) | cooking for each other | big fancy gala | sibling rivalry | hair stroking | (terrible) dancing | laying in the grass | watching stars together | watching the other sleep | shared values | friends to lovers  | enemies to lovers | lovers to enemies | childhood friends | slow burn | love triangle | toxic relationship | sitting on each other’s laps | can’t be together (in the beginning) | hugs | forehead touches (double bold this one lol) | neck kisses | car/motorbike/horse rides | compliments | nicknames | falling asleep together | late night talks | gifts

#OC meme #mshenko #look at all those bolded phrases #wow

[satashiiwrites]

morning writing drafts

I should be working on sleepless in la. 

Big SHOULD there. 

Instead, I think i’ve come up with a name for a 911/mass effect mashup.  And been graphic editing because who wants to finish their rom com that should have been done already?  

*sigh*

Title: The First Spectre (aka previously known as untitled 911/Mass Effect space opera slowburn) chapter 1 vs prologue

Fandom: 911, Mass Effect Trilogy

Pairing: endgame Buddie (MShenko equivalent).  Assume anything else is fair game until we hit ME3 territory because i’m totally making Taylor into Miranda and Abby is going to be Liara. 

Tags/warnings: i’m still not committing to writing this monster length fic(and I do mean monster length if I go for it—like 600k of the slowest of slow burns).  In the meantime i’m evidently writing a beginning, a divorce-era horizon disaster, and can clearly picture the catalyst firing/’don’t leave me behind’ scene in all its angsty goodness. Author may be in deep trouble.  First draft.  Assume Eddie=Kaidan Alenko and Buck=MShep.  Chimney is totally Joker.  Use of military terms that may confuse some audiences and be completely inappropriate as author does not have a military background and just reads too many generation kill fics. 

Tagging because they asked @shortsighted-owl​.  If you would like to be tagged for any updates or snippets from this one please let me know. 

Lieutenant Edmundo Diaz—known to his family as Eddie or everyone else as Lt Diaz or just Diaz—sat in the copilot’s chair on the bridge listening to Flight Lieutenant Han, aka Chimney, grumble about their newest mission orders.  Eddie thought that the grumbling was mostly for show—being assigned to work under Captain Robert Nash was a coveted position and good for your career.  The Normandy (known also by it’s engineering designation as SR-118) was a new type of freighter that was a joint project between the Alliance and the alien council races. There was no ship faster or with better handling anywhere in the fleet. 

Chimney really should be happier he was getting the privilege of flying the equivalent of the most luxurious, high tech interplanetary transport ever made.  Instead, he was grumbling about scuttlebutt that he’d heard while getting his clearance physical from Dr. Wilson. 

“Did you hear who you’ll be working with?” Chimney asked Eddie, implying that Eddie should be unhappy about his new CO.  

“I heard I’d be working with Commander Buckley and there’s nothing to say.  He’s a good soldier.”

“A good soldier?!?  You heard what happened on Akuze right?  That he’s the only one who survived?”

“It means he’s capable and smart,” Eddie argued, trying to put an end to Chimney’s rant that had been going on for over a half hour.  “That’s good to have in a team CO.”

Chimney scoffed. “His entire team died except him. You going to be happy with him hanging you out to dry while he hightails it to safety?”

Eddie was beginning to think that the intel folder that had been sitting in his inbox wasn’t common knowledge as there’d just been a string of nonsensical numbers and letters as the sender’s contact information.  He’d been sent the extended—and highly classified—report on the Akuze Incident as well as the redacted official report that had been released to the press along with his official orders and a copy of Commander Buckley’s jacket. Eddie thought that Commander Buckley was lucky to have survived the first contact the Alliance had ever had with a thresher maw that had literally devoured an entire colony and then the rest of his naval special warfare unit that had been sent to investigate why the colony had gone dark.

Thresher maws were basically giant, hungry space worms with teeth the size of a small shuttle and spat acidic venom up to 3 clicks with eerie accuracy that would melt through shields and armor in less than two minutes.  If you didn’t die from the acid then you had to worry with either being eaten or crushed to death.  The damned things also hunted by noise and vibration so there was no escaping them other than getting off planet in a hurry. 

Eddie might have nightmares about incidents like Akuze.  Commander Buckley had his respect for surviving one. The fact that the commander wasn’t out of his brain and stashed in some head doctor’s padded room drooling from being drugged to the gills spoke to his mental strength and resiliency.  The rest of his military jacket was even more impressive with the noted list of assignments and commendations including that he’d graduated from the Interplanetary Combatives Training (ICT) program and was one of the rare N7s. 

Eddie’s only question was who had sent him the file—he was to be the XO for the ground team but it was highly unusual for him to have gotten this much intel up front…so who had given it to him?  It could be Captain Andersen since his name was also all over Commander Buckley’s file which suggested a mentor-mentee relationship but it could also have been the Commander himself or a third party who wanted to somehow prejudice Eddie in some way. 

He was inclined to give his new CO the benefit of the doubt and see how things went.  Paperwork often omitted some truths and as a biotic Eddie had experienced his fair share of off-the-books blowbacks and prejudices. 

Chimney, however, wasn’t.  The man was an inveterate gossip and had his ear tuned to get all the latest scuttlebutt.  Eddie had only known him for a few weeks but he knew if he needed to know anything about anybody on the ship then Chimney was the person to see. 

#the first spectre #Buddie—>Mshenko #and ported it to the Mass Effect Trilogy #buddie #first draft #untitled buddie space opera #911/mass effect AU #eddie is Kaidan alenko #buck is Mshep #eddie diaz #evan buckley #military reference #slowest of slow burns

[shotce]

We may be far apart, but @estalfaed and I are drinking buddies tonight!

Now’s the time to ask me whatever, I’m just chugging cider and trying to finish more MEBB art. Because I love mshenko and I’m thirstieeeeee

#about moi

[samithemunchkin]

okay

okay but also since I’m currently playing through the ME games and Mshenko is my thing

There are so many similaritiesssssss and this sniper scene can totally be compared to Kaidan getting hurt on Mars and nearly dying AND (if you play the slowburn way without mods) THE WHOLE KAIDAN RECOVERING AND SHEP VISITING HIM ALL THE TIME AND THEN THE SANITY CHECK OH GOD PLEASE I WANT THAT FOR BUDDIE TOO

#canon hurt/comfort angst ships are my jam

[sweet-ree]

About Me

I was tagged by the talented @ilyasvieltrevelyanshepard (forever ago, I’m sorry, I totally forgot) and the “so cute its stupid” @humblydefiant. Thank you!!

Are you named after anyone?

My dad’s mother, but I don’t think you could’ve gotten away with calling her Mags instead of Margaret!

When was the last time you cried?

A few weeks ago. Someone told me some things they thought about me that really upset me. You guys came through for me with lots of mShenko and Kaidan distractions. Might be something more recent but I don’t remember.

Do you like your handwriting?

Actually, yes. Its a freaking mess. But its evolved over the years into a mess that is distinctly mine. 

What is your favorite lunch meat?

um, I gotta say chicken. I don’t eat a ton of lunchmeat these days though.

Do you have kids?

Yes, I have 2. Sometimes I think I’d like to have another… but then I remember that I like sleep and don’t get enough as it is. 

If you were a different person, would you be friends with you?

I think. How much of a different person are we talking about here? If this different me is anything like the current me, then absolutely! I’d have someone to game with. I’d have a drinking buddy who could keep up with me! I’d have someone to vent to that I know doesn’t mind. But I wouldn’t be able to hang out with me all the time, I think I’d be exhausting.

Do you use sarcasm?

Often. (but not right then)

Do you still have your tonsils?

Yes

Would you bungee jump?

I’d like to be able to say yes to this. It sounds thrilling. But I don’t think I would be able to go through with it. 

What’s your favorite cereal?

Torn between Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Strawberry Frosted Mini Wheats.

Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?

Depends. Tennis shoes? nope. Slip those on and off. Boots with laces, yes, except one pair that I don’t ever tie in the first place.

Do you think you are a strong person?

This depends. I’ve held my own in a few tough situations. I’ve persevered and accomplished things I never thought I could. But I have no self control, there are things I’d do or change but haven’t been able to get my shit together enough. So, overall, I don’t know.

What’s your favorite ice cream?

Ben & Jerry’s Karamel Sutra

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Physically? Sometimes their hair, sometimes their smile

What’s your least favorite physical thing about yourself?

Weight for sure

What color pants and shoes are you wearing right now?

Blue Transfomers jammie pants, white socks no shoes

What are you listening to right now?

NFL Football (though it’ll be over by the time I post this)

If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

Bright Yellow!!! It’s hard to make yellow be serious

Favorite smell?

I have a bunch, but I’ll stop at 3: ginger, grapefruit, sawdust

Who was the last person you talked on the phone with?

“Rachel from card services” But she was just a recording, and I only told her to fuck off , then I hung up.

Favorite sport to watch?

NFL Football

Hair color?

Brown, some blond at the bottom, and a very much faded purple stripe. I’m pretending the gray sneaking in isn’t really there.

Eye color?

blue

Do you wear contacts?

no. I have glasses, but I don’t wear them nearly as often as I should. 

Favorite food?

Cheeseburgers. Real good burgers, not fast food ones, though those are acceptable in a pinch (thus the weight issue)

Scary movie or comedy?

comedy. I don’t mind some scary movies, but anything that relies on a jump scare just irritates me

Last movie you watched?

The Lego Movie

What color shirt are you wearing?

white - a-line tank top undershirt, its my jammies

Summer or Winter?

Winter. I can always bundle up more, but there is only SO naked in front of an air conditioner I can get.

Hugs or kisses?

HUGS. squeeze hugs, and lots of ‘em

Book you are currently reading?

The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan. But I keep getting distracted by fan fics so I’ve been working on it forever.

Who do you miss right now?

My sister. My whole family is 600 miles away, so I don’t see any of them often. But my sister is the one who makes the trips awesome.

What’s on your mousepad?

Diablo III Reaper of Souls final boss Malthael

What’s the last tv program you watched?

Football. Before that, I was trying to catch up on my Project Runway 

What’s the best sound?

A baby’s belly laugh. 

Rolling Stones or The Beatles?

Beatles definitely

What’s the furthest you’ve traveled?

Israel. 

Do you have a special talent? 

I’m pretty good at embarrassing my daughter. She hates it when people see me singing in the car, or dancing around anywhere that’s not private, or hugging her, lol. Or when she leaves her phone near me and I send ridiculous texts to her friends :D

Where were you born?

Louisville, KY

tagging: @estalfaed @missannaraven @scientistsalarian @ladyotakukiut @renegade-shepard @bardofheartdive @shotce @queerbubbles @you-are-a-program @whatmyhobbiteyessee @foofyschmoofer - and anyone who wants to lay along. As always, not pressure or expectations, and if you don’t want future tags, just let me know.

#sorry should have put it under a cut #really long #about me #why would anybody want to know about tonsils? #ask thing #tag game #ask answered #rl #thanks for the tag!

[swaps55]

Ahhhh I'm sorry, I'm fanboying so hard for your fics and Sam. I love your hybrid of game mechanics into fics, it makes so much sense. It's been years since I played ME and I don't remember what half of the biotic moves do, and I never realized that when reading your fics. So your writing style in relation to biotics 1) really interested me and 2) didn't make me feel dumb or out of the loop at all and 3) helped kickstart me to do research into the biotics of the game and got me excited to play again. I love the real-world affect you put on it, how breaking physics like that will have affects on the body. And it makes me happy that our Sheps are vanguard buddies. If I ever get my computer back in one piece I'm sooo modding ME1 to romance the shit out of Kaidan. Thank you for listening to my questions, you are awesome ❤️❤️❤️

Oh my gosh, thank you for ASKING them!!!!! Seriously, I’ll talk about Sam all day.

I live in the Mass Effect codex when I write, and I love being able to work in some of the lore details you can find there that you don’t really get to see in the game. When I did my ME1 retelling (which is not Sam, unfortunately, but I steal from my version of those events for Sam all the time), one of my favorite scenes in the whole thing is seeing the Battle of the Citadel through Joker’s perspective. I got to talk about wolf packs and “knife fights” and blowing the tiger stripes, and I built tension with combat that you only see happening through console pings. So many of those world building details were right there in the codex, and I got to put them to work and make the world feel real. I had a blast writing that. 

I also did things like have Shepard’s squad sit around analyzing the geth and classifying the different units they’d seen during combat as part of their mission reports. Given the geth hadn’t been seen for 200 years, having the crew casually refer to a colossus or a destroyer or a trooper felt silly - how would they have terminology for what they were seeing? 

As for biotics, fuck, writing biotics is so cool. I like to lean into how “othering” and new it is for humans. The games try and tell you that human biotics are rare, yet you encounter them all the time. Therefore I go out of my way to make them feel rare. That’s why Sam is the first biotic to go through the N program and the only one to make N7 so far. Because no one knew what to do with biotics, Sam had a miserable time at The Villa. When I started looking at similar American military spec ops programs, the common denominator was they force candidates to perform at very high levels on little food or sleep. Well, restricting calories for biotics is a much bigger handicap than non-biotics, especially Sam, who has trouble regulating his blood sugar due to a side effect of his implant. 

I’m going into a lot more details about this soon in Fugue. Sam’s experience as a biotic paving the way for other biotics has been a fascinating thing to explore. 

I’d love to write more scenes involving Liara, Sam and Kaidan, as they would all have such drastically different approaches to biotics. Everything would be so much more natural and effortless for Liara, and she grew up with neither the stigma Sam and Kaidan did nor the trauma they both experienced learning to use them. 

Good luck with your computer!!! That modded playthrough I did through the trilogy to get the mShenko romance all the way through was fucking amazing and I loved every second of it!!!!!

#tackals #swaps replies #mass effect musings #thank you for listening to me babble!!!

[bagog]

Because I totally have to now, more mshenko space dads!!! Woooo!!

I have two more longer stories in mind that I’m working on, but here’s a little shorty flashback piece!

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With the sun sinking slow in the sky, the traffic at thebeach was starting to thin out a little. But there was something about hearingthe peeling laughter of Shaun that just shut everything else out. The beach wasall for them, just their little family.

“Papa!”

“Almost there, son, tell your Daddy to hurry up.”

“Hurry up, Daddy!”

“Hey now!” Kaidan laughed at Shepard’s back. His husband’shands were slowly working the sunscreen into his shoulders, down his back,while Shaun tried his best to do a headstand in the sand a few paces away.

Out in the ocean, maybe miles out, a toppled Reaper brokethe waves, catching the glint of the sun. Now, as the sun set, it was onlyvisible as a black, synthetic island out to sea. Whenever Shepard noticed it…

He tried to take a deep breath.

“Sun’s almost down, do I really need more sunscreen?”Shepard whispered over his shoulder. God, his joints ached.

“If our son getsmore sunscreen, we all get moresunscreen,” Kaidan returned. “He’s your kid, Shepard. He’s gonna noticedouble-standards right away. Might as well start young.” That sounded aboutright… “Besides, you owe me: I can tell how much you’re hurting.”

“Who knew beach-day with a three-year-old could be soexhausting?”

“Literally everyone, Shepard.”

For an hour, the three of them had been running up and downthe beach: chasing the waves when they receded, and screaming and retreatingwhen the ocean chased them back. Shaun’s little legs were carrying him prettywell, even with the wet sand and the big inflatable water-wings under his arms.

“Daddydaddydaddydaddydaddydaddy!” Shaun had cried when hefell behind, and with a heroic cry, his two dads had leapt back,each grabbed one of his arms to pull him up before the rushing foam crashed aroundtheir feet. “Daddy, it got you!”

It wasn’t strange that Shaun called out to his Daddy firstwhen he was in trouble: if Shepard needed to get lifted out of the surf, hewould call on the biotic dad first, too. What a strange feeling, it had been,though, to not be the one people called out to when things got rough.

“You’re all good, Commander,” Kaidan kissed the skin behindhis ear, hugged his bare chest. “I’ll be watching.”

“We won’t be going out too far.”

Shepard struggled to his feet, leaning on Kaidan’s shoulderto haul himself up, and Shaun cheered. Kaidan was better in shape, and thebetter lifeguard, so he’d be staying on the shore.

“Let’s go!” Shaun started tottering towards the water, grownmore placid now that the sun was setting.

“Don’t you dare, little buddy!” Shepard winced and realizedhe would not be running down to thewater.

They played around in the shallows, Shaun splashing aroundin his best doggy paddle. It was easy to ignore the corpse of the Reaper, outin the distance, for a while.

Eventually, though, Shepard was out just about to where hisnatural buoyancy was lifting his feet off the sand, treading in the water.

“Alright, son, come on, swim on out to me!”

Shaun, psyching himself up in ankle-deep water, plunged intothe water and started kicking with everything he had.

“Come on babs!” Kaidan called from the shore. Shepard triedhis best to call out, too, even though he reasoned Shaun probably couldn’t makeout what his dads were saying with how hard he was swimming.

The Reaper was at his back.

When he turned away from Harbinger to see his lover blastedbloody in the rain in a London crater. “Shepard!” the soldiers had called, andhe couldn’t just lift them up out of the surf… And when he had turned back, hehad been alone with the Reaper…

Like now.

The pull of the water, like a tractor beam. Lifting himweightless in the water.

When he looked up, Kaidan was at the water’s edge,bare-chest tanned and arms tanned even darker from all the work he’d been doingat the orchard. His shoulders bigger and his belly softer and his smile widerthan ever. Watching. Vigilant. Not that far, after all.

Shaun was burbling and laughing and still kicking whenShepard reached out and scooped him up.

“You did it!” He said, rolling around in a toe-kick to lifthis son out of the water. The little boy was clearly pooped, but had a smile asbig as his Daddy’s.

“Daddy, I did it!”

“He did it!”

“You did it!”

Swimming he and his son back to shore, little Shaun’s headwore the setting sun like a halo. Kaidan was at his back, and their smiling sonwas all he could see ahead.

#ask meme #prompt #mshenko #kaidan alenko #shaun shepard #spacedads #domestic mshenko #post-war #thanks so much! More is in the works I promise #estalfaed