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Haven isn’t a place where you’d expect miracles to happen, so when Vash arrives with Meryl and Milly, he’s expecting a quiet few days to relax while the girls research their next story. He’s not prepared to find Nicholas D. Wolfwood, the man he mourned and buried two years ago, moving and breathing and very much alive. And also missing all of his memories.
To Nico, Haven is home. He might not remember his past or the kind of person he was before he stumbled into Haven’s welcoming arms, but he’s happy. Sometimes, he’s not sure he wants to know any of that seeing as his first memory is digging himself out of the grave. But when Vash the Stampede comes to town, he raises all kinds of questions about who Nico really is and he’s determined to get answers. Even if the idiot keeps trying to dodge him.
A story about finding home, rediscovering love, and finally using your blank ticket to the future.
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14 Jun 2026
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Wildflowers by ShastaFirecracker
Fandoms: Trigun Stampede (Anime 2023), Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008)
11 Dec 2023
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Sir Nicholas the Punisher has been charged with a mission: enter the Forgotten Woods, track and trap the Beast Lord who lives there, and return it, alive, to the cult of the God-Emperor. The land is dying of a mysterious blight, and only the support of a few unhealthy Plants is keeping the last scraps of humanity alive. According to the Emperor, only the sacrifice of the Beast Lord will renew the land and save everyone.
Nicholas is wholly unprepared for what, and who, he finds in the woods.
[A fantasy AU with inspiration broadly drawn from Princess Mononoke, The Green Knight, and The Last Unicorn. Written for the vashwoodbigbang]
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14 Nov 2023
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Seeing the map, in all its golden splendour, calls to Altaïr like a djinn. Moving without thought, he picks the orb from the floor and then, there is silence.
And then, there is pain.
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"How did this happen?"
"You see, I prayed really hard to Allah yesterday and he decided, in his infinite wisdom and grace, that the Eagle of Masyaf ought to have a pair of wings."
"No, seriously."
"How the fuck should I know, Malik?"
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22 May 2023
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kinder, gentler by skittidyne
Fandoms: Trigun Stampede (Anime 2023), Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008)
20 Nov 2024
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Vash goes through another life. He's done it enough to be pretty good at it, these days. They're getting easier, even if "easier" means a string of murders while trying to make friends anew. Not his usual bullet-ridden trouble, but this is meant to be a kinder, gentler life, after all.
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- Part 1 of a softer life
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05 Apr 2023
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and i will never ask you for anything (except to dream sweet of me) by PotatoButt
Fandoms: Trigun Stampede (Anime 2023), Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008)
25 Mar 2023
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“Tongari,” Wolfwood calls him.
“That’s not my name,” Vash frowns at him, grumbling but trying to keep his tone friendly so Meryl doesn’t chastise him.
Wolfwood grins, teeth shining under the dim lights of the saloon they’re haunting that night. “Fine, fine. I’ll just call ya baby. Better?”
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in which wolfwood fucks around and catches feelings
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26 Mar 2023