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1. Outside In, Inside Out by gallantrejoinder

   Fandoms: Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Other
   • Work in Progress

   26 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Adrian/Ryland Grace/Rocky
   • Ryland Grace/Rocky
   • Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian/Ryland Grace
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Jealousy
   • Trauma
   • Trauma Recovery
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Adrian is Bigger Than Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • They/Them Pronouns for Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Arrival at Erid (Project Hail Mary)
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Erid is not a utopia
   • And three previously monogamous people do a very bad job at polyamory negotiations
   • Emotional Infidelity
   • Lying to yourself

   Summary

   In the aftermath of the arrival of the Hail Mary, Adrian becomes used to it. Polite, not unkind deferrals. Occasional rejections, stiffly sung, claws stamped firmly in a simple, no. Not today. Perhaps not for a long time, Adrian. You have a mate to take care of.

   Adrian would love to take care of their mate. Adrian cannot tell their community that Rocky is still high above them, still in the spaceship that houses the sick, dying alien Rocky refuses to leave. Adrian will take care of Rocky when they return, but they have not yet returned, and so there is nobody for Adrian to care for at all.

   Adrian has waited four hundred and thirty-one years for their mate. Their mate, upon returning to them, has an alien. Adrian will adjust. Just like they always have.

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