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1. The Two Body Problem by lorelei1999

   Fandoms: The Martian (2015), The Martian - Andy Weir  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Other
   • Work in Progress

   14 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Mark Watney/Reader
   • Mark Watney/You
   • Mark Watney/Original Character(s)
   • Mark Watney/gn!reader - Relationship
   • Mark Watney
   • Reader
   • Chris Beck
   • Mindy Park
   • Some real people
   • Bruce Ng
   • Original Characters
   • Melissa Lewis (The Martian)
   • Academia
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Eventual Romance
   • Eventual Smut
   • we'll see. there'll be a warning at the top of the chapter if there is
   • GN!READER
   • Inaccurate Botany
   • Grad School AU
   • Bisexual Mark Watney
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow To Update
   • Academic Rivals to Lovers
   • Gender-Neutral Pronouns
   • Mark is a bit of a snob at first
   • he gets better though
   • Brief Discussion of Family Trauma
   • insecure attachment on the reader's part
   • things get better though
   • just gotta give them time
   • No use of y/n
   • Not Beta Read
   • we die like oppy
   • discussion of privilege
   • Reader is chronically ill
   • reader uses they/them pronouns
   • is it really an au if it happens in the past relative to the cannon story?
   • Morning Wood
   • Accidental Cuddling
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Mutual Pining
   • Idiots in Love

   Summary

   The reader and Mark are both PhD candidates at Northwestern and both happen to be GTAs for an o-chem/bio-chemistry class. They schedule and meet up on neutral ground(a library) to get some grading done together and some unexpected feelings creep in. With the world advancing around them, and a new push to get humans to the surface of Mars, the two of them must try to forage their place in this world, but will they find out about their place in eachothers' hearts?

   11/17/24: For those who are interested, here is the playlist I listen to while writing/thinking about this fic <3 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2jZouIhyzBdJQuBvUtLwy2?si=IrLCAdPNTjehju01unX1KQ

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   38,150

   Chapters:

   7/?

   Comments:

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