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1. The Athena Pact by Asny

   Fandoms: Mass Effect Trilogy  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F
   • Complete Work

   04 Oct 2025

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   • Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni
   • Female Shepard (Mass Effect)
   • Liara T'Soni
   • Benezia (Mass Effect)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Thessia (Mass Effect)
   • Political Intrigue
   • Council Politics
   • Slow Burn
   • Mutual Pining
   • Witty Banter
   • Found Family
   • Alternate Universe - No Reapers (Mass Effect)
   • Benezia Lives

   Summary

   Thessia dresses politics in silk and marble, but Shepard was not invited to be a prop. At Armali’s summit she cuts through ceremony, and Dr. Liara T’Soni, meant to study humanity from a safe distance, finds herself studying her instead. Between Benezia’s velvet-gloved maneuvering and the Council’s scrutiny, a slow-burn bond forms in corridors, gardens, and a Serrice balcony where choices finally belong to them. Romance braided with statecraft; quiet intimacy, consent, and two stubborn hearts learning to move together.

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