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When My Time Comes Around (Lay Me Gently in the Cold, Dark Earth) by Ellectrix
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
10 Oct 2026
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Summary
It's the easiest thing Grace has done all month. He signs his name on the underlined space, returns the clipboard to the man, and waits as the employee leaves to prepare for ‘dumb as a rock’ Pomeranian's departure.
When he gets to the front desk to pay for the adoption fees, the young woman manning the station smiles extra-wide for him. “Thanks for adopting him. He's been on his own here for far too long. I'm glad to see him finally going to his forever home. What will you name him?”
Grace glances down at the dog carrier he holds in his hand. After the Pomeranian's last failed adoption, they decided to keep him unnamed. Calling him by his old name kept sending the poor guy into a spiral, looking for his old human that used to call him by it.
He thinks about it for a moment. Then, a smile comes to him unbidden as an ironic joke comes to mind. “Rocky.”
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Or: The AU where Eva Stratt lets Ryland Grace go and he proceeds to adopt a dog he names Rocky and becomes friends with a local homeless man called Simon in a desperate attempt to justify his existence after refusing to go on the Hail Mary.