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When All The Stars Are Gone (all that's left is you) by kiingleo
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
15 Apr 2026
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There weren't many things that Grace would trade his peaceful life on Erid for.
Honestly, most aspects of his new life were far better than his old one.
But sometimes he wished for human company, someone to understand slightly better how he felt.
So when Adrian's team had discovered a human trapped in a submersible while surveying other planets that might need treatment with the Taumeba, he'd said yes without hesitation to looking after the man.
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- Part 2 of All The Stars AU timeline
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17 Apr 2026
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Tunnel vision was needed on this one, no time to moarn the dead, not anymore than he already had at least. Chris had to get to the one that was living first, Claire was the priority here... her and any other survivors he might come across, he refused to knowledge the possibility of her not surviving this.
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It still had a word, the word that was stronger then hunger, the word that felt good in his mouth, more then any food he had ever eaten."Claaaaaire..."
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All Chris wants is to save his sister, little did he know that he would find other things (people) worth saving in the hell that became of Raccoon City.Bookmarked by Almostpresent
16 Apr 2026
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Liferaft by Blizzard96
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
16 Apr 2026
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The longer Simon spends with Ryland Grace and Rocky, the more he realizes they're genuinely good people (or rock-spider-crab things)... and the more convinced he becomes that he doesn't belong with them in the slightest.
(Or: A criminal, a science teacher, and a rock walk into a spaceship.
This is a continuation of "The People We Meet at the End of the World", which you may need to read first for context.)
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- Part 2 of Periapsis
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15 Apr 2026
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Cuddle Buddy by ChocolateSyrup
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
13 Apr 2026
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"Hey...can I ask you something kind of weird?"
"Shoot," Rocky says, his voice sounding amused. "But not actually shoot."
Grace wants to laugh at the joke (he's been getting better at joking and sarcasm) but instead he swallows, his fingers tracing idle patterns on the blanket. The ache from earlier at the classroom, the beach, the constant invisible wall feels closer tonight.
"What does it feel like... to touch you?" he asks. "I mean, if we could. Your carapace. Your claws. What would it feel like to me?"
Rocky is quiet for a long beat. When he sings again, his melody is thoughtful and gentle.
"Hard. Rocky, like name. Like...strong stone that is alive. My claws are sharp but careful. My body pulses a little when I am happy. Like singing Grace can feel instead of hear." He pauses, then adds with a soft, almost shy trill, "What does human skin feel like, question? To me, I wonder."
He imagines it.
In his mind, the xenonite shell vanishes.
Or: Grace is touch starved and Rocky wants to make it better
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15 Apr 2026
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Wake up, sunshine by NovaCaneWay
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
17 Apr 2026
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It had been a long and difficult 27 years since the Hail Mary had launched. Not as terrible as it could have been, but not easy. Humanity had survived and adapted, as it always did. There had been terrible wars. There had been incredible acts of kindness. There had been massive scientific breakthroughs. And now, there were two distant blips of Petrova-light, picked up by the Deep Space Network, hurtling home. Two probes, braking hard as they hurtled toward Earth holding the secrets to its salvation. They were late, or at least, not very early, but they were here.
Grace may have made his peace with dying to save Rocky, but Rocky insists they return to Earth.
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