Two Mass Effect 2 fics

[alias_sqbr]

These follow my ME1 story Joining though they can definitely be read separately. To some extent the question I was trying to answer with all these stories is: why do all these awesome women like my jerkass renegade Shepard? (The "Why does everyone think my loser-ish character is so awesome?" question has come up for me multiple times in Bioware games)

It seems the latest thing my muse feels like working on is physical descriptions and people talking about their emotions (some of them negative!) I mean, I spent a lot of these stories actively avoiding doing either of things, but I did write some, which is a step up :)

Title: Fraternisation
Author: alias_sqbr
Wordcount: 3811
Rating: M for swearing, otherwise T
Characters/Pairings: Jack and m!Shepard friendship, m!Shepard/Tali
Summary: Jack and Commander Shepard somehow become friends without benefits.

"Fraternisation" at AO3
"Fraternisation" at Fanfic.net

Title: Touched
Author: alias_sqbr
Wordcount: 2749
Rating: T (or maybe M?)
Pairing(s): m!Shepard/Tali
Summary: When Shepard asked her to join him on Freedom's Progress Tali said no, putting the good of the fleet first. The third time he saved her life, she said yes. It was all rather inevitable after that.

"Touched" at AO3
"Touched" at Fanfic.net