#sef si

I mean, when I say I have a self insert it’s very much 100% just “sef, but in the Trigun universe” 🤣 but,, they grew up in one of the smaller towns, just one crashed ship turned into a struggling town, like most of them. It’s very middle-of-the-road, not prosperous but not outright failing; crime there isn’t any worse than it is everywhere else. There’s still enough scientists and plant engineers there to keep things running—and some of the scientists from the first generation tried very hard to pass knowledge down to the younger ones.

There’s another crashed ship, not too far away, but it didn’t get turned into a town. It was scrapped for parts, of course, but not many survived its fall—and no (capital P) Plants did either. Over time, its scrapped hull was covered in the desert sands and forgotten. Except… that’s not quite true. Some of the scientists got to it. Told everyone else there was nothing left in it. But they kept a small lab going, inside it, running power lines from the town—there was a Plant that survived, and it was a geo plant. Years passed, and the Plant did eventually die, but the (lowercase p) plants that the scientists were able to clone and grow are kept going through hard work and whatever remnants of lost tech can be found. My SI is one of the new generation of scientists (yes, the scientist’s SI is also a scientist, who would’ve guessed) who are allowed to know about and work in the lab—it’s a closely guarded secret, because if outsiders were to know… well, everything would be looted and sold, the plants would all die, and what little biodiversity they’ve managed to support would be lost forever. Obviously, they’re trying to create arable land to grow and spread the plants from, but that’s easier said than done in a town where water is strictly rationed.

There are rumors that there are other ships where seeds survived the fall; maybe not even known to the inhabitants of the towns that sprang up around them—and my SI’s dream is to look for them. They believe that this planet can still be terraformed, that they’ll be the one to clone and distribute different kinds of seeds; that, working together, everyone is going to be able to fill this world with green—and with flowers.

It’s outside the lab that they meet Vash, who knew there was something that this town was hiding, and thought that it had to do with the Plants. After some shenanigans with some bandits who had also been searching for whatever secret this town was hiding, Vash ends up finding out about the lab, and is… well, happy that there’s something good going on for once. His hope for humanity is a little bit buoyed. And, of course, my SI falls for him quickly. They’ve been able to grow some flowers in the lab, and my SI keeps some pressed ones, makes little trinkets out of their favorites. Vash seems enamored with the geraniums, so they give him one. He immediately likes them, too—which means he has to leave. They don’t think they’re ever going to see him again, and they’re sad to see him go.

Fast forward a while—a few years, probably—and my SI has (because of their run-in with Vash) decided to travel in search of ships that still have seeds. They’re trying to sneak around, to get access to whatever there is left of the gutted ship (which is mostly just the surviving Plants, like most places) when they see a tall blond in a red coat. He doesn’t exactly blend in. They go after him, and he remembers them. They get caught up in the shenanigans that follow Vash everywhere he goes, but they do manage to get into the ship, thanks to him, and they do find seeds hidden away that they hope will maybe be able to grow. So they cement themself to his side, because he can clearly help them get into more ships. He has a knack for it! Where’d he learn to do that, anyway? They both catch feelings quickly, and *hand waves* canon ensues. It’s obviously a very long time before either of them confesses their love, because of. Y’know. Vash’s guilt and martyr complex, and because my SI isn’t necessarily a confident person—they’re sure they’ll lose Vash as a friend if they ever told him how they feel. (They’re me. They’ve got anxiety.) so it’s just this long term mutual pining situation where they’re both super obvious to everyone else around them, while somehow managing to be oblivious to each other.

Side note: if you ever see me with an SI situation where it’s NOT long term mutual pining, you’ll know I’ve died and someone has taken over my identity.

Eventually, though, their feelings can’t be kept secret anymore, and my SI confesses. Vash feels the same. Aaaand there’s lots of crying and sex. And vash struggles with so much guilt and trauma, but he has their love. And together they can do anything 🥰🥰🥰

And They Lived Happily Ever After. The End. 🤣🤣

HBDEJFBJF ANYWAY THAT WAS REALLY LONG SORRY.

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