Miranda Lawson spent two years researching and bringing one person, the famous Commander Shepard, back to life. So she shouldn't have been surprised when Shepard woke up and absolutely loathed her./ Garrus knew his best friend was dead. When Shepard proves him wrong, she's not exactly what he was expecting. ME2 through the eyes of Miranda and Garrus. F!Shep/Miranda slow burn.

After learning that Shepard would have to leave him with a friend outside of the Normandy once she turned the ship into the Alliance, Max makes a daring escape and spends the next few months avoiding capture and watching the various activities aboard the dry docked ship.

Commander Shepard has become the first human Spectre and must stop Saren Arterius from bringing back the Reapers. But her trials on Akuze haunt her every step and Shepard struggles to be both a commander and a friend. A re-imagining that follows the storyline of the first Mass Effect, but is not meant to be a novelization of the game.