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A Wound Shaped Like Fate by TraumaAndTaverns
Fandom Mass Effect - All Media Types, Mass Effect Trilogy
21 Jul 2026
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The bond was never meant for them.
Not a human survivor and a turian soldier. Not enemies. Not captor and captive. Not two people born on opposite sides of a war that had already taken too much.
But ancient things do not always ask permission before they wake.
When Jane Shepard is captured by turian forces, she expects to become another casualty of a galaxy that has already decided what humans are worth. When Garrus Vakarian sees the mark appear on his skin, everything he believes about duty, law, instinct, and loyalty begins to fracture.
Their bond becomes evidence. Scandal. Precedent. Threat.
And somewhere inside all of that pain, something dangerously close to choice begins to grow.
A story about weaponized soulmates, political fallout, impossible love, trauma, survival, and two people trying to name themselves in a galaxy determined to do it for them.
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Bookmarked by Kelsthereader
18 Jul 2026
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The Mark and the Answer by TraumaAndTaverns
Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect - All Media Types
12 Jul 2026
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Garrus leaves the estate on a mission that forces distance between them just when distance has become dangerous in a new way.
Shepard remains behind with Solana, Vyris, and the unbearable aftermath of what she chose at dinner. The house is still a prison, the inhibitor is still around her throat, and the war is still waiting beyond the sea — but the lines inside the estate have begun to change. Solana becomes something dangerously close to a friend. Vyris becomes an unwanted guard with a debt to answer for. And Shepard begins to understand that the thing between her and Garrus is not only desire, not only captivity, and not only hatred.While Garrus follows the trail of off-register human prisoners, the truth of the bond draws closer to the surface.
And when Shepard finally learns what the mark means, choice will become more dangerous than instinct ever was.
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- Part 2 of A Wound Shaped Like Fate
Bookmarked by Kelsthereader
18 Jul 2026
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Let's Have a Heart to Heart by Astria
Fandoms: Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age II, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, Dragon Age - Various Authors
12 Aug 2020
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'“It’s good that you care, Varric. You… have a huge heart. That’s not a weakness.”
“Sometimes I wonder.” He muses under his breath.
Hawke gives his hand a gentle squeeze. “It’s not. And for what it’s worth, I’m here for you. Always. I know it’s not the same, but-”
Suddenly, their hands shift, and Hawke finds that Varric is lacing his fingers through hers seamlessly. Caught off-guard, heat explodes in her cheeks and she blusters for the words she was going to say. She finds none.
His eyes are molten staring through hers when she meets his gaze. She can’t comprehend what they say.“You’re more than enough, Hawke. You always have been.”'
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Following their confrontation with Bartrand in act two, Hawke meets up with Varric for a little heart to heart.
Aka. what I imagine would have happened if Varric had been made a romanceable option in DA2. Enjoy the fluff.
Bookmarked by Kelsthereader
16 Mar 2026
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Don't Make it Hawkeward by Cartadwarfwithaheartofgold (manka) for The_Reigning_Lorelai
Fandoms: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games), Dragon Age II
19 Feb 2021
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Varric likes to think he's the best bullshitter Kirkwall has ever produced, but Hawke knows she can give him a run for his money. When she makes up her mind to convince the Inquisition her and Varric have a secret relationship, it's not like Varric can let her win this little competition. He just didn't count on how quickly things escalate.
Smut chapters marked with a *
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- 10,061
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05 Mar 2026
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Sometimes you're in love with your best friend. Sometimes they love you back.
Sometimes, being foolish is inevitable.
NSFW will be marked with **.
Beta'd by Iron_Angel.Bookmarked by Kelsthereader
03 Mar 2026