Shaun Hastings/Desmond Miles

Pairing
Pairing:	Shaun Hastings/Desmond Miles
Alternative name(s):	ShaunDes, Deshaun
Gender category:	Slash
Fandom:	Assassin's Creed
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Common
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The pairing of Shaun Hastings/Desmond Miles is common in Assassin's Creed fandom.

Fandom

Still better than sheep by seisei

The ship has been around since the release of Assassin's Creed II, which was Shaun's first appearance.

Multiple scenes in Assassin's Creed: Syndicate added further fuel to the ship.

Common Tropes in Fanworks

• Angst of Shaun watching Desmond lose grip on his sanity, and later grieving Desmond's death
• Parallels/comparisons to Ezio and Leonardo's relationship
• Everybody Lives and Fix-it fics

Fan Perspectives

I ship Desmond and Shaun together with a burning passion, though I feel their relationship was all angst, and some comic relief in between. [...] He regrets letting Desmond die in the fullest, because part of him died that day as well.
He lost a significant amount of self worth over the course of the loss he’s been dealing with, and he knows it’s not his fault, but his body still thinks it is.

Fanworks

Fanfiction

• Bleed Effect by devera (2011)
• A Working Theory on the History of Italy by Lunarflare14 (2014)
• Some Nights Emperors Don't Help (2012) and Ars Goetia (2013) by dubstepgun
• Impact by squirrellysemantics (2010)
• Don't Forget My Name, by Luna-Bell07 (2013)

Fanart

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

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  Sweet dreams by mxi665 (2011)

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  Assassins don't need razors by seisei (2011)

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  Call you back by doubleleaf (2011)

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  I think he's stalking me by seisei (2011)

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  Late night snack by doubleleaf (2011)

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  Unzip by doubleleaf (2010)

Doujinshi

• The Night at The Safehouse (2011)
• The Owl Inheritance (2011) (Various ships)
• PEEPING (2011)
• Piuma (2011)
• I'm a willfulness, so what? (2011)

Archives and Fannish Resources

• Shaun Hastings/Desmond Miles tag at Archive of Our Own
• ShaunandDesmond community on deviantART
• Shaun/Des community on FanFiction.net
• DesmondxShaun Archive on tumblr
• Ask ShaunDes, defunct askblog on tumblr
• Sun and Nocturne, defunct group on DA (2011-2013)