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His problems start at Horizon, aka that time Kaidan Alenko was having a really bad day and his former CO was supposed to be dead. Several poor decisions later, he wakes up on the Normandy enroute to Haestrom to find help stopping the Collectors. Kaidan isn’t changing his opinion of Cerberus anytime soon but he’ll do whatever it takes to protect the human colonies - and Shepard.
The brass is going to have a field day. And these poor decisions aren’t going to stop.
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19 Sep 2026
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A Thousand Eyes Staring Back
shirozora
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“You remind me of him,” Anderson had once said, the day they had made Kaidan the second human Spectre. He was under no illusion that that wouldn’t have happened without Shepard being the first, but he wasn’t quite so sure if they had really shared the same values. From what he had heard, things had regularly blown up wherever Commander Shepard had gone, and Kaidan was proud to think that they didn’t tend to around him.
Kaidan Alenko and John Shepard never meet on the Normandy SR-1. By the time Kaidan becomes the second human Spectre, Commander Shepard has been dead for almost two years.
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02 Sep 2026
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Captain of My Soul
WillowDeville
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Kaidan has just received the posting of a lifetime - he's been assigned to the legendary Normandy. But its Commander is far from what he expected, and as they investigate a strange series of events - mechs on multiple worlds are going rogue, killing people, stealing supplies - Kaidan must face up to his own disturbing past, and realise that not everything he believed in is true.
Alternate Universe. Reapers don't exist, but everything else is pretty much the same.In chapter 15: There's one last plot twist before we can finally wrap this up. Read on to discover what it is…
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After the Battle of the Citadel, the Alliance calls the Normandy home to Vancouver to face an inquest. Things get...complicated. On every possible level. Especially when Kaidan discovers an unfortunate misunderstanding with his parents.
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“Have to admit though,” Shepard says, swallowing the rest of his shot, “I’ve been called a lot worse things than your boyfriend.”
Kaidan blinks. The whiskey’s definitely caught up to him. It’s warm in here, and he has to have imagined what just came out of Shepard’s mouth. “Really.”
“Compared to getting shot at and having an inquest shoved up my ass? I’m pretty sure holding your hand, going home with you and eating your mom’s risotto is a considerable improvement, yes.”
Kaidan laughs. Or tries to. It comes out as more of a hoarse squawk. “Sure, I’ll just avoid this whole mess by bringing you home with me. They’ll never have to know.”
“Maybe they don’t,” Shepard says, and Kaidan nearly chokes.
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- Part 5 of Opus
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The first time Seth kisses him, it’s a goodbye kiss. A first and last all rolled into one bittersweet package. Ryan thinks Seth is doing it because they’ll probably never see each other again. No risk, all reward.
A s1 AU where Seth impulsively kisses Ryan instead of hugging him, making everything play out a bit differently.
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09 May 2026
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A Year in the Life
dracoismytrashson (JGogoboots)
The OC