Commission by @chainslobber ✨
I had this image in my mind for a long time. Like, both Chisaki and Nagant couldn't track Deku all the time, they supposed to have a downtime.
Kaina is canonically stargazer, Kai is semi-canonical nature lover. So both of them would enjoy something as simple as spectating night sky.
I doubt Chisaki would ever share his feelings to nature, so most likely it was Kaina who noticed a clean sky and decided to bring Kai with her on the roof.
I was inspired by this cover among other things, and decided to switch the roles 🙃
Do you have any naganthaul (platonic or otherwise, I think their name together is super fricking cool) fic recs? It’s alr if u don’t!! Or like comics?
Hoo boy, the problem with Naganthaul (or Sniperhaul or KaiKai) isn't finding good fics, it's finding fics at all.
I don't do the E rating, but at least below, fics with them interacting are RARE, and Overhaul is mischaracterized in at least a third of them.
And that's me talking about the ship tag (Nagant/Overhaul), because I have pretty much claimed the platonic (Nagant & Overhaul) tag at this point, so I have to venture into the ship tag to find more stuff to read while carefully dodging everything tagged with sexual content.
Here's what I dug up:
Downtime by kyonic
I think I've actually recced this fic before. It's s6 Nagant and Overhaul bickering and bantering, and it notably ends on a hint that his quirk might not have been lost entirely. This might very well be THE fic that inspired me to write their dynamic as I do.
Triple shot by minlu
A one-shot about Nagant walking into a shitty coffee shop run as a legitimate business front by the yakuza. She likes the grumpy barista. This fic is both very funny and sweet.
Breaking Her Chains by Smoke_And_Chains
This is the only multi chapter Sniperhaul fic I have bookmarked, and it's about Lady Nagant defecting from the HPSC. I'm not big into the characterization of either character here, but it proves in its own way how their world views align.
Life-changing advice by a sixteen year old by catboychisaki
This one is a what-if of pre-canon Kai and Kaina meeting on a rooftop (yes, he's the sixteen-year-old). No slash whatsoever, just the two of them talking. It's a decent read.
The Misadventures of Kai, Hari and the Unnamed Villain Lady by lunapony3
This one is so old, it's before Lady Nagant had any name to go with her. Which is saying something about how deep I've been digging for fics. It's set during the jailbreak, open-ended, with Chronohaul in the background, but Kai has Nagant and Hari to look after him, so that's nice.
I refuse to put a name on this by Depperter_Hase
A short one-shot set in a universe without quirks. Not much to read, but it's good.
Body Heat by AshWritesAStory
This one is about as much slashy content as I can take. Kai and Kaina live together, the heating goes out, and Kaina tries to get him to let her into his bed, which he does, even if very reluctantly (and I still find ooc) - But they communicate primarily through insults, name-calling and denial, so there's more of that harsh bickering.
Life on the murder scene by KUREDARIN
This one has a surprisingly similar promise to my Cleaning Company AU, because Kai is also a cleaner here after the disbanding of the Hassaikai. It promises Naganthaul (actually Nemoto/Nagant/Overhaul) but there is no Nagant or Nemoto in it ... yet? I kind of want to see where this goes but if it continues being one of those "Good Parent Kai" fics, I will drop it.
There is also a short series of stories on AO3 about the two of them in prison, but Kai is a completely unresponsive wreck in them; physically present but mentally just gone. It was painful to read, in a deeply heart-wrenching way. Not sure if you're up for that.
Last, but not least: I was recommended the following fics by dvdflooder:
[THIS ONE] and [THIS ONE]
They are short, on pixiv, and in Japanese, so you have to run them through a translator (which gave me wonky grammar, but still good enough to figure out what was happening).
Both of these one-shots are set during s6. The first is pure slice-of-life; Kaina finds a working car in the run-down city, and talks to Kai for a bit; In the second one, Kai is kidnapped from that car by human traffickers, and she comes to his aid. The atmosphere and headcanons woven into both of them are spot-on. I liked them a lot.
As for comics, I wish I had some to recommend.
I did see a single page of a Naganthaul doujinshi once, but I don't remembere where and when, and I don't think it was complete or translated, either. I only remember it had Overhaul actually apologizing to his Pops, which was kinda nice for him.
There is also that one famous three-panel comic set during the jailbreak that got a dub on Youtube - you've probably seen it already; AfO goes sth like "Why do you keep him around?" and Nagant replies "I love a man I can't rely on".
As far as tumblr goes, you might want to check out @nagahaul-board because they reblogged art and stuff with the sniperhaul / naganthaul tags a lot. Again, not that there is much, but there used to be more.
On the off-chance that you do come across new stuff with them that isn't spicy or romantic ... Let me know, will you?
