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Pick Your Battles by systemholmes
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), The Gray Man (2022), The Fall Guy (2024)
02 Jul 2026
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"Not one, but two living brothers?" Denny Carmichael slowly leans back in his outrageously large chesterfield desk chair, a smirk slowly blooming across his face. His dark eyes are locked onto a thin file splayed open before him on his desk, showcasing photos of two men.
"Well I'll be damned, Six," he licks his lips, like he's actually drooling at the mere thought of using Six’s carefully kept secrets against him. “You're not as untouchable as you thought, huh?”
Suzanne stands three paces away from Denny's desk (just as he always insists), thinking God, I really fucking hate my job.
Or: Denny orders Suzanne to hunt down and kidnap one of Six's younger brothers in order to use him in his scheme to kill Six and recover the asset. Suzanne hates her job. Eva Stratt does not appreciate the CIA kidnapping her lead astrophage scientist.
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I wouldn't mind right here, I wouldn't mind at all by systemholmes
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), The Fall Guy (2024), The Gray Man (2022)
24 Jun 2026
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“What’s going on in that brain of yours, genius?” Colt’s voice just barely brushes over the crashing of the waves.
Ryland sucks in a breath, feeling his ribcage expand to make room for his lungs as they fill with salty air. “Just thinkin’,” he exhales.
“Yeah?” Colt squeezes his beer can lightly, making a little metallic thunk sound. “About anything in particular?”
Ryland passes his beer can from one hand to the other, wiping his wet, empty palm over his knee. His eyes drop from the void-like horizon to watch the white foam of the ocean rush toward his feet then race away. “‘M thinking about that story Mom loved to tell us.”
Even with the gentle crashing of the waves, Ryland can hear the soft huff the escapes Colt’s nose. “The one about Court?”
“Yeah,” Ryland takes another sip of his beer, hoping to wash away the thickness in his voice just like the waves clear the sand before him. A disturbance righted once again.
“Tell it to me again?” Colt asks quietly. “Tell me a story?”
Ryland and Colt sit together watching a midnight tide, reminiscing on their late big brother Court.