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1. Until next life by i_will_bite

   Fandoms: Death Stranding (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   10 Jun 2026

   Tags

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   • Sam Porter Bridges & Neil Vana
   • Sam Porter Bridges
   • Neil Vana
   • Heartman (Death Stranding)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Enemies to Friends
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Panic Attacks
   • Anxiety Attacks
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • no actual amnesia but it gets confusing for a bit
   • idk how to tag character death in this fandom - Neil dies a lot but he is fine (?)

   Summary

   He forgot about- that.

   Maybe it's all the previous fights that taught Sam to just leave the body there to disappear soon after. Maybe he just wanted to focus on happier thoughts. But the fact remains — Vana is still here, right where he left him.

   The pool of blood would be nauseating to see under different circumstances. 'You did it. You did it.' But it's not Sam's fault. And it's not like the guy was actually alive to begin with.

   ***
   Neil is back to the world of living. And both he and Sam have a lot of conflicting feelings about that.

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   English

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