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• Good Lambs Don't Blink by akillysheel, samporterbridges (aintashes)

  Fandoms: Death Stranding (Video Games)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • Gen, M/M
  • Complete Work

  08 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Sam Porter Bridges & Higgs Monaghan
  • Sam Porter Bridges
  • Higgs Monaghan
  • Die-Hardman (Death Stranding)
  • Fragile (Death Stranding)
  • BB-28 | Louise
  • Amelie Strand
  • sam porter bridges needs a hug
  • Higgs Monaghan Needs a Hug
  • Higgs Monaghan Being Higgs Monaghan
  • Higgs was never recruited by Amelie
  • Temporary Character Death
  • Repatriation (Death Stranding)
  • Manipulation
  • Emotional Manipulation
  • Graphic Violence
  • Blood and Gore
  • Bridges and the UCA
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Obsession
  • Past Child Abuse
  • Aphenphosmphobia
  • Loss of Limbs
  • Gunshot Wounds
  • Execution
  • Physical Trauma
  • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
  • Ancient Egyptian Literature & Mythology
  • Alternate Universe
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Sam and Higgs' relationship is obsessive and complicated
  • Tagged as both Gen and M/M because they're not together but their mutual obsession borders on sensual
  • throat slitting
  • Beached Things (Death Stranding)

  Summary

  A clever solitary porter who lived on the edge of the Tar Belt, Higgs Monaghan had long refused to join the UCA when Bridges sent their Legend to ask that he reconsider. They didn’t expect Higgs to change Sam’s mind instead.

  Set in an AU where Amelie never recruited Higgs, Sam leaves Bridges and joins Higgs to live an unrestricted life, the grand plan for the UCA falls apart, and Sam faces his deepest fears.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  17,871

  Chapters:

  5/5

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

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