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1. stars on the ceiling by depressedbarbie

   Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   23 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Ryland Grace/Eva Stratt
   • Ryland Grace
   • Eva Stratt
   • hi i’m back i missed them
   • in which one bravely asks the question
   • what if a vast scifi universe was just an intimate two person drama set entirely on earth instead
   • anyway so this is a story in which the explosion does not happen
   • don’t worry they’re still sad a lot
   • but no one is sent to space against their will
   • whatever it’s summer just let them be melancholically happy for like five seconds
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • ok there u go 3 real tags ur welcome

   Summary

   “So how would this have all gone? Theoretically?” he asks, eyes narrowed as he paces for a moment, before he stops back where he started. “You just…would’ve what? Straight jacketed me into a coma and sent me to space?”

   “No, Jesus,” she says quietly, feels the hurt settle across her chest, “I would’ve asked you. I would’ve sat you down and asked you.”

   He half laughs, disbelieving. “And what then? If I’d said no?”

   or: he was always the back-up plan. one year after launch, she finally tells him.

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