GemTheGinger
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The Art of Adjustment by GemTheGinger for SpaceVixen
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
03 Nov 2025
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At the end of Shepard's first day out of the hospital, Garrus wants to give her something familiar.
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The Fanfiction Form of the 100 Emoji by GemTheGinger
Fandoms: Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect: Andromeda
08 Jan 2025
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Drabbles (exactly 100 words) based on prompts from the Mass Effect Fanfiction Writers Discord. Labeled by ship with NSFW drabbles marked. Mostly Shakarian, also featuring James/Tali and Garrus/OC.
Latest prompt(s): claw (Shakarian)
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Surprise by GemTheGinger for Vorcha_Girl
Fandoms: Mass Effect: Andromeda, Mass Effect - All Media Types
09 Apr 2024
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Harry comes home to a surprise.
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Reckless, Restless by GemTheGinger for CristalDePhoenix
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
08 Apr 2024
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Shepard and Garrus are having some... alone time in the Normandy's lounge. Until Victus walks in.
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It's Only You and I by GemTheGinger for weatheredlaw
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
02 Apr 2024
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They hadn't seen each other in almost two years, both being occupied with recovery efforts on their respective homeworlds and, in his case, N7 training. But back during the war, there had been… something between them. Something they never named or acted on. Maybe she'd moved on. Or maybe, James thought, now was the time.
Recent series
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Knot Your Fingers Through Mine by GemTheGinger
Fandom Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
29 Jan 2024
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All things Garrus & Viola in my canon ME universe. The series is ordered by when the stories take place, not when they were published. (You can find more short pieces in my drabble collection and my N7 Month collection!)
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- Works:
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- Bookmarks:
- 32
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2023 - Year of the OTP by GemTheGinger
Fandom Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
19 Feb 2023
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Palaven Rising by girafficparka
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
03 Oct 2025
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She's the Alliance's most famous soldier - forced into early retirement to be the 'token human' in enemy territory in a desperate bid to maintain intergalactic peace.
He's a loud-mouthed sharp-shooter who can't quite find his place among his people - and after meeting her, he's not sure he wants to.
Shakarian AU because...why not?
Bookmarked by GemTheGinger
15 Jan 2024
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The Reapers have been defeated, Commander Joel Shepard is in a coma, and Garrus Vakarian is still trying to do the right thing for those around him. When he meets a red-haired human who just so happens to share a last name with his best friend, Garrus takes it upon himself to make her feel welcome among the Normandy crew. As the two spend more time together, though, the lines begin to blur. Are they friends? Or is what Garrus is beginning to feel for Jane something more?
Bookmarked by GemTheGinger
14 Jan 2024
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“Something on your mind, Big Guy?” she asks.
Big Guy? He thinks he’ll let her get away with that. “Wondering if I wanna let you leave here without learning your name.”
She hums as she moves towards the front door. “I think it would be for the best that we remain anonymous to each other.”
Oh. His mandibles flatten to his face as he attempts to keep his composure. This shouldn’t bother him so much. He clears his throat. “Right. Makes sense.”
“If we see each other again, though, then we can take that as a sign.”
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AKA, The first contact war has just ended, and the humans and turians have agreed upon an alliance through marriage. Novella Shepard is the human volunteer, which she has no qualms about...until she meets Garrus Vakarian, whom she has a brief yet passionate affair with. Except he is not the turian volunteer. So now they must navigate their newfound friendship (with a desire for more than neither can act on) while also trying to discover just who is trying cause Novella harm over displeasure for seemingly both humans and the alliance. In the end, will the alliance come to fruition, or will it turn into another disaster?
Bookmarked by GemTheGinger
03 Jun 2023
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Garrus knew what heartbreak looked like in Turians. It was subtle, sure, a lack of face paint one day, a slight hunch another, but it was there if you knew where to look.
Humans, though. That was a whole different thing.
It wasn’t until they got back into the Normandy and Joker was standing by the door that he knew he had missed something distinctly human.
Bookmarked by GemTheGinger
11 Mar 2023
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Six months and a Reaper invasion after Shepard surrenders herself to Alliance justice for the war crime of 300,000 dead batarians, Garrus is pulled back to the Normandy and a commander fraying at the edges: abandoned by the Council, betrayed by the brass, and lambasted by every pundit and media personality in the galaxy. With no time to rest and the weight of civilization on her shoulders, it's up to him to make sure she isn't swallowed by the undertow.
ME3 with throwbacks to ME2. On hiatus.
Bookmarked by GemTheGinger
22 Jan 2023