15 Bookmarks by Leaq

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  1. Public Bookmark 82

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    Grace knows the chances he’ll survive and live a happy, fulfilling life are so comically low it would be easier for him to win the lottery seven times in a row. But he still allows himself to hope he might be able to go home after this is over, after he figures out why Tau Ceti's star isn’t dying.

    If he doesn’t hope, it’s easy to panic, and that isn’t productive to the mission. Besides, there’s another thing that motivates him apart from Stratt’s faith and the knowledge Earth’s fate is in his hands. It’s a bit unexpected, so much so that the realization had made him laugh when it crossed his mind for the first time— it was so sudden and so correct it didn’t even feel like it had come out of his head:

    At least there are no spiders in space.

    Or,

    One severely arachnophobic Ryland Grace meets a tarantula made out of rocks.

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    Chapters:
    6/10
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    120
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    14 May 2026

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    In relative terms, the trip from the Tau Ceti system to the 40 Eridani system takes the Hail Mary a little over three Earth years.
    This is what happens when you put two snarky aliens in a small, enclosed space for that long.

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    Chapters:
    28/29
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    20 Apr 2026

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    “Grace!” Rocky says. “Look!”

    I look. Then I gasp.

    “Is Adrian!” Rocky says.

    (or, what happens once Ryland Grace becomes the sole human inhabitant of Erid.)

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    52,707
    Chapters:
    15/?
    Comments:
    1,969
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    5,539
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    81,686

    20 Apr 2026

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    20 Apr 2026

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    In their complete shock, Adrian thinks they can be excused for missing another presence on that ship before they were almost pounding on the ship's door. But when they did notice, they froze in their tracks.

    Bipedal. Almost completely organic. Two front-facing, predator-like light detectors. Descriptions flashed through their head, descriptions that are only known through dead bodies because no Galactic Collective agent would dare go near them alive.

    It's a human.

    Rocky is trapped in a ship with a human.

     

    or,

     

    The Humans Are Space Orcs fic that nobody except me was asking for, so I wrote it myself.

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    Chapters:
    2/2
    Comments:
    217
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    17 Apr 2026

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    Grace is coming to terms with living on Erid, being the only human is fine. He has Rocky, he is getting along with Adrian too, and Armando is always around for a chat. So why does he still get an aching feeling in his chest like something is missing from his life? It's something he doesn't want to think about too much, no point when its gonna give him nothing but grief.

    That is until Rocky gives him the news, during the Eridian's mission to continue space exploration, they found... a person? Stranded on their own, just like Grace once was. With the new human on route to Erid, Grace contemplates all the ways that this could change his life.

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    Socially isolated Ryland Grace navigates a relationship with a terribly attractive traumatized man brought to him by the Eridians.

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    21,327
    Chapters:
    6/?
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    11,103

    17 Apr 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 28

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    Rocky desperately needs to talk to this alien ship, but it starts to run away! Fortunately, Rocky doesn’t give up easily. He’s going to find a way to talk to this skittish alien, or die trying.

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    1,062
    Chapters:
    1/?
    Comments:
    26
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    275
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    17 Apr 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 64

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    Rocky starts to communicate with the alien ship. It turns out they want to talk to him. Now he has to do everything he can not to mess this up, so maybe they’ll be willing to help save his species.

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    Chapters:
    2/?
    Comments:
    53
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    430
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    64
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    2,966

    17 Apr 2026

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    A series of short fics exploring Grace and Rocky's friendship, among other things. (Each chapter is its own story; I just wanted to have them all in one place.)

    Chapter 1: Rocky thinks humans are equally disgusting and cute. Somehow, through it all, Grace reminds him of home.
    Chapter 2: Rocky can pick Grace up easily, and Rocky thinks it is very funny. Rocky and Grace tease each other.
    Chapter 3: Eridians bring Grace their babies for him to see, and Grace learns about Eridian culture/religion. Grace is also bad at taking compliments.
    Chapter 4: Rocky makes Grace celebration jewelry. Later, Grace gets a similar gift from Adrian.
    Chapter 5: Grace and Rocky tease each other, and Rocky is introduced to the idea of throwing things at your friends. He decides that humans are odd, but maybe aren't all that bad.
    Chapter 6: Grace tries to convince Rocky to swim, but Eridians don’t typically like deep water because they are heavy and will sink/drown. Grace learns about some Eridian mythology.
    Chapter 7: Grace talks about the lack of support teachers have on Earth. Rocky is confused by this.

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    Chapters:
    7/7
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    302
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    16 Apr 2026

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    A little grey arm with the tiniest claw, sticking out of the left most egg. The arm is waving slowly, as if saying “Hello, a little help here?”

    “Movement detected.” Mary says again.

    Oh. Shit.

    The eggs! They’re hatching early!

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    Chapters:
    4/?
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    15 Apr 2026

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    Ryland Grace expected a lot of things to change when he decided to go back to Blip-A and save Rocky, but he had no idea things would get this complicated. Namely, this emotionally involved.
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    Ryland Grace will starve on his way to Erid without figuring out a new food source. In this universe, Rocky offers to help create a food Ryland can eat during their journey on the Hail Mary together by hybridizing Ryland's DNA with food from his planet. As a result, Ryland begins taking on... different traits. Traits that make it possible for him and Rocky (and eventually, Adrian) to get closer than any of them ever thought they would be while the three of them start a life together on Erid.
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    To simplify, Ryland Grace becomes the mate (and eventual pebble incubator) to Rocky and Adrian.

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    15 Apr 2026

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    [AU: ERIDIANS ARE HUMANOID; Everything is exactly the same except Eridians are more humanoid/mamal. Explained by the "common space ancestor" theory. They still retain alien features.] [Post Book Canon/ Post Movie Canon]

    Hail Mary, full of grace,
    The Lord is with thee.
    Blessed art thou among women,
    And blessed is the fruit...

    Ryland Grace is "stuck" on Erid.

    He has the choice to go home, be hailed as a hero, or stay on Erid. Rocky does everything in his power to keep him there.

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    Chapters:
    28/?
    Comments:
    334
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    19,232

    15 Apr 2026

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    Simon waited.

    Waited for them to apologize. Tell him there’s nothing they could do. That he wasn’t worth the trouble or resources, that he wasn’t worth the time.

    But that never came.

    Instead, after a second Grace came back on the line, his voice sounding determined now. “Alright,” he said. “Hang tight.”

    Simon blinked slowly. “What?”

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    Chapters:
    5/?
    Comments:
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    14 Apr 2026

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    Sometimes, when two Eridians have a strong connection, they swap bodies. This is typically taken as a sign that they are supposed to mate. Rocky has swapped bodies with Adrian many times, but he never thought he’d swap with an alien.

    Swapping will improve communication dramatically, giving them more access to each other’s languages, so this development is really good for the mission.

    Unfortunately, the alien isn’t taking this very well.

    Language:
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    Chapters:
    11/?
    Comments:
    269
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    1,068
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    14 Apr 2026

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    Eridians fall in love hard.

    Humanity's not ready for just how far they'd go to keep only one of them happy.

    Language:
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    Words:
    59,708
    Chapters:
    10/?
    Comments:
    1,095
    Kudos:
    5,283
    Bookmarks:
    1,337
    Hits:
    76,681

    14 Apr 2026

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