Title: Love and Stryfe, Vash and Meryl, Trigun
(credit to
cadesama for the title idea)
Author: Arafel (crawlybug at gmail dot com)
Spoilers: Big honkin’ ones for the whole series
Related essays:
mistressrenet's
Love, Angst and Snappy Dialogue
jaina's
Tiny Guns, Big HeartNotes:
jaina has also posted a fan soundtrack for this pairing at
fst. By necessity, this ship essay covers the anime. Quotes are from the dub.
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Townsman: What's this, a little trouble with the boyfriend?
Meryl: He's not my boyfriend! Stop it, I don't even like him!
--"Little Arcadia," episode 14 of Trigun___________________________
( Vash and Meryl )