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He hadn’t meant to fall asleep. The combination of unconsciousness with the fear his nightmares brought was a recipe for disaster. He’d tried insisting on a room alone for that reason. Wolfwood was stubborn, though, and far more stubborn when he was worried. By the time they were done arguing in front of the innkeeper, he’s pretty sure the poor woman feared for Vash’s safety, of all things.
Wolfwood had grinned at him, smug, ridiculously pleased with himself, and Vash had felt a flutter of creeping pain in his chest, proving just a little more incapable of preventing his heart from bleeding out into the world.
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Febuwhump Day 14: Hanahaki Disease -
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Home wasn’t far now. Vash pushed as fast and as long as he dared, urging the tomas through the blistering heat of the days until the set of the first sun. Then he continued through the dimming light and the creeping cold until the set of the second.
If it was just him, he’d have kept going through the nights as well. The tomas needed rest, though, as did Jessica.
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Febuwhump Day 8: Hunger
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something you will miss seeing by caffeinefire for Vulpeculate
Fandoms: Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008)
10 Jul 2025
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Wolfwood looked back, staring at where their hands met, eyes barely widening, but expression otherwise unreadable. Vash couldn’t say it, couldn’t bring himself to ask, the selfishness of it stung like bile in his throat. He couldn’t bear to let go, either. Any attempt at words just echoed through the chasm inside him, bouncing back on themselves until it was white noise, pointless and empty and lost. He swallowed. It was late. They were both exhausted, and he was keeping Wolfwood here in the cold.
“…please.”
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- Part 1 of Post Ark: Smoke and Stars
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Wolfwood wasn’t sure if it was too much drink or not enough that had resulted in Vash taking most of the bullets for himself. Regardless, no one else had been hurt, with nearly every shot fired lodged safely in Vash’s own sternum.
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- Part 6 of Febuwhump 2025 Prompts (Trigun)
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The pillow was soft beneath his head, the blanket warm, the moonlight gentle and sweet. He could just make out the low hum of the Home ship. This dream was- No.
Vash shuddered in a breath, tensing up again. The more he relaxed now, the worse it would be for him later.
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Febuwhump 2025 Prompts (Trigun) by caffeinefire
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Whumptober 2023 Prompts (Trigun) by caffeinefire
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13 Oct 2023
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A buried and a burning flame by zimiel
Fandoms: Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008), Trigun Stampede (Anime 2023)
27 Aug 2023
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The blonde leaned in, angling his head towards Wolfwood’s neck. He was going to bite him, and Wolfwood would die here, his weapon in his hands, useless. He wanted to screw his eyes shut against the glare of those eyes, but he couldn’t. He thought about praying, but then didn’t see the point.
“I’m really sorry about this.” The voice in his ear was apologetic.
Wolfwood goes out on a Hunter job which takes an unexpected turn and he ends up tangled with the vampire who was supposed to be his target - in more ways than one.
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A buried and a burning flame
zimiel
Summary:The blonde leaned in, angling his head towards Wolfwood’s neck. He was going to bite him, and Wolfwood would die here, his weapon in his hands, useless. He wanted to screw his eyes shut against the glare of those eyes, but he couldn’t. He thought about praying, but then didn’t see the point.
“I’m really sorry about this.” The voice in his ear was apologetic.
Wolfwood goes out on a Hunter job which takes an unexpected turn and he ends up tangled with the vampire who was supposed to be his target - in more ways than one.
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Figure Me Out by WateredMyCrops
Fandoms: Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008), Trigun Stampede (Anime 2023)
30 Apr 2023
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Vash isn't human. There's so much to him that is too much, too different, too weird to be comfortable around people. Humanoid, not human. Slowly, he starts to let Wolfwood see what that means. 5 times Vash showed Wolfwood the ways he wasn't human and 1 time Wolfwood made Vash realize that didn't matter.
Or, Vash is subjected to the mortifying ordeal of being known.
Note: the story continues in part 2
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Figure Me Out
WateredMyCrops
Summary:Vash isn't human. There's so much to him that is too much, too different, too weird to be comfortable around people. Humanoid, not human. Slowly, he starts to let Wolfwood see what that means. 5 times Vash showed Wolfwood the ways he wasn't human and 1 time Wolfwood made Vash realize that didn't matter.
Or, Vash is subjected to the mortifying ordeal of being known.
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It's been three years. Vash is haunted by the events of the past, sometimes literally, and still coming to terms with his grief. He's... not doing a very good job. But then a flash of gold and a ghostly whisper open his mind to other possibilities...
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Black is the Color
tenshinokorin
Summary:It's been three years. Vash is haunted by the events of the past, sometimes literally, and still coming to terms with his grief. He's... not doing a very good job. But then a flash of gold and a ghostly whisper open his mind to other possibilities...
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if only there was some way to ease the pain by SpiritusRex
Fandoms: Trigun Stampede (Anime 2023)
30 Mar 2023
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They always come and get him, no matter how tired he is, no matter how long it takes to rouse him. He understands, and never begrudges them for it. The Plants are important, and Vash is an important part of fixing them.
But sometimes, treacherously, he wishes they would try to handle the problem on their own, that they would let him sleep.
Healing a Plant, for Vash, means taking its pain away. But that pain has to go somewhere, and he is the only Plant who is able to take it.
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if only there was some way to ease the pain
SpiritusRex
Summary:They always come and get him, no matter how tired he is, no matter how long it takes to rouse him. He understands, and never begrudges them for it. The Plants are important, and Vash is an important part of fixing them.
But sometimes, treacherously, he wishes they would try to handle the problem on their own, that they would let him sleep.
Healing a Plant, for Vash, means taking its pain away. But that pain has to go somewhere, and he is the only Plant who is able to take it.
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are you a saint or a sinner? by spicecandy for beta_babelfish
Fandoms: Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008)
08 Dec 2025
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"You're not sleeping," Wolfwood says. gesturing to the deep bags under Vash's eyes, "I'm sure as shit you're not eating anything but booze. What are you tryna do, spikey, kill yourself?"
Vash swallows again, and to Wolfwood's horror, he can see wetness budding in the corner of Vash's eyes. "Maybe?" Vash says, hesitantly, and then before Wolfwood can respond he keeps going, "Not really, but just, y'know," he makes a wobbly gesture with his hand. "I thought maybe —" Vash hesitates, "I thought maybe you wouldn't want to guide me anymore. After, well, what happened in Dragon's Nest."
Wolfwood coughs on a drag of his cigarette, "S'nothing I didn't already know," he says, gruffly.
Vash looks at him, sorrow in his eyes, "There's a difference between knowing and whatever that was."
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are you a saint or a sinner?
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Summary:"You're not sleeping," Wolfwood says. gesturing to the deep bags under Vash's eyes, "I'm sure as shit you're not eating anything but booze. What are you tryna do, spikey, kill yourself?"
Vash swallows again, and to Wolfwood's horror, he can see wetness budding in the corner of Vash's eyes. "Maybe?" Vash says, hesitantly, and then before Wolfwood can respond he keeps going, "Not really, but just, y'know," he makes a wobbly gesture with his hand. "I thought maybe —" Vash hesitates, "I thought maybe you wouldn't want to guide me anymore. After, well, what happened in Dragon's Nest."
Wolfwood coughs on a drag of his cigarette, "S'nothing I didn't already know," he says, gruffly.
Vash looks at him, sorrow in his eyes, "There's a difference between knowing and whatever that was."