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someday soon myself by Spades (bumblingbees)
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
28 Jun 2026
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I can’t go home yet; I don’t want to face Adrian’s gentle comfort; I don’t deserve it. I can’t do anything useful anymore. I did my job and saved the planet, and I guess that’s it. No more engineering for Rocky. Maybe I’ll pick up something else, a new career to fill my time if no one will utilize my painstakingly crafted talents in the engineering world anymore. No, I can’t even pretend. I love engineering, I love making things, working on things, making things better. I need a project to fill up my thoughts until nothing else fits. Why won’t they give me one?
Grace would give me one. He loves my inventions, praises me more than I can stand to hear. He wants my work still, right? I’m already halfway to the dome before I even realize it. It’s late for Grace, he might not even be awake, but I need to meet him. I need him.
or Grace settles into Erid life pretty easily. Rocky struggles to do the same.
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- Part 3 of When it’s over, you’re the start
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From Farm To ♪♩♫♫: A comprehensive guide to growing and cooking your own food on an inhospitable planet by Spades (bumblingbees)
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
20 May 2026
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There are only two little issues to ensuring my livelihood.
Vitamins and food. Fine, not so little. Big big big issues. Vitamins are going to be a major struggle. Humans are built to get most of their vitamins from food, of which I’ve already run out, aside from a few half-rations saved for really hard days. I’ve already separated a large sample of coma slurry to give over when we get to Erid. Hopefully, having samples of all my vitamins will help them figure out what to synthesize rather than just going from scratch.
Food is going to be even trickier.
But I have a plan. A foolhardy one, likely, but a plan nonetheless. I am going to start a farm. Yeah, that’s right. Have I literally ever lived in a house with its own yard my entire life? No. Have I ever grown anything bigger than the lima beans in wet paper towels as a class experiment? No! Do I have any of the things I need to even start a farm, most importantly, the seeds? No!
Well, maybe. Okay, here’s the rundown.
or Grace has lofty dreams to start a farm on Erid. We'll see how it goes.
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as you've always been by Spades (bumblingbees)
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
10 May 2026
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“Who complained about you eating, question?” Someone must’ve said something. He’s had so many visitors in the last couple of days. Who was it? Grace has never questioned this part of himself. Grace huffs at me.
“No one! I’m just trying to be polite! Eridians have special soundproof eating rooms, shouldn’t I?”
“You are not Eridian!”
He doesn’t need to meet our standards; he’s his own species! Some things he might need to change in his daily life to adapt to Erid life, but his food habits don’t need to be one of them. My words don’t comfort Grace like I thought they would. Grace shrinks into himself, and I wish I were on his side to hug him.
or the Entities provide Grace with a culture teacher to prepare for life on Erid and he gets his first taste of Eridian inhospitality.
Series
- Part 2 of When it’s over, you’re the start
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new dog, old tricks by Spades (bumblingbees)
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
03 May 2026
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“Sleep. I watch,” he warbles from his post at the door. The first thing he’s said to me in hours. We haven’t talked about anything yet, aside from his pushing to prove I wasn’t hiding more contraband. I scowl at him.
“Don’t want to.” I feel like one of my kids with the level of petulance that seeps into my voice. I miss my kids. I miss having a place. I have a place here, I need to accept it’s just… Different. Still, I’m not gonna listen to Rocky right now.
Rocky grumbles at me. “Scientists say Grace hasn’t slept in 32.6 hours.” Jeez, has it really been that long? I don’t think I’ve had an all-nighter that bad since college. “Cognitive impairment begins after only 24. Bad decisions, dangerous thoughts like you mention. Why you are sick.”
“You left me.” I didn’t mean to say that. Too late.
or Grace is having a hard time adjusting to life on Erid, and it only gets worse when Rocky disappears. They work it out.
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when it's over, you're the start by Spades (bumblingbees)
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
21 Apr 2026
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“Hey! It’s a lot up here, okay? It’s a normal response to stress.” He rubs a hand over his face. “Okay, I cried a lot down there, too. But not in class! Not if I could help it. But having to say goodbye, gosh, I’ve never been good at that.” Grace laughs, but it sounds sad. His mouth is shut firmly, and he leans against my ball. He’s so soft, his body melds to the side of the xenonite with ease. “I can’t imagine what a mess I’ll be when—” he cuts himself off, but I know what was coming next.
I’m not sure how I’ll be when we say goodbye either. It didn’t seem like it’d matter so much at first, after all, if we part ways, it means we succeeded. I’d be going back to Erid, to Adrian, to home. But I’d be leaving behind Grace. The thought of that is unpleasant. It sinks deep in me; the emotion is painfully familiar. It’s been a long time since I’ve had anyone to mourn losing anyone again. I don’t want to think about it, I’m not ready.
or 5 times Rocky feels something for Grace. 1 time he does something about it.
Series
- Part 1 of When it’s over, you’re the start
Recent series
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When it’s over, you’re the start by Spades (bumblingbees)
Fandom Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
28 Jun 2026
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All parts after part 1 can be read separately or as part of the series!
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Fizzarolli fics by MaggotNursery, Spades (bumblingbees)
Fandom Helluva Boss (Web Series)
15 Feb 2026
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Just a grouping of all the Fizz-centric fics I've written so far! All that are marked with another series name should be read in order, but most can still be enjoyed as standalone fics!
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Xenohospital by bedtime_puppi
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
09 May 2026
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Ryland Grace wakes up in a small room alone, where the walls are wrong, his body is wrong, and there's a rock spider like nothing he's ever seen looming over him. He has no memory of how a middle school science teacher could've possibly ended up on an alien planet trillions of kilometers away from the nearest fellow human being- and yet these aliens seem determined to take good care of him.
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The drug Grace was given to induce amnesia before going on the Hail Mary has unpredictable long-term side effects.
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Bookmarked by Spades (bumblingbees)
10 May 2026
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three's company by Goldmonger
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
17 Apr 2026
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“Rocky,” I say sharply. The irritation feels unpleasant inside me, foreign like a toxin.
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Bookmarked by Spades (bumblingbees)
27 Apr 2026
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it's lonely out in space by Likelightinglass
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
19 Mar 2026
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Grace is touch starved.
Rocky can fix.
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- Part 1 of Platonic cuddling
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Bookmarked by Spades (bumblingbees)
24 Mar 2026
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Ryland Grace tries a Meburger for the first time. It is very good.
PHM Bingo prompt: Grace
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Bookmarked by Spades (bumblingbees)
26 Feb 2026
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“You molt? That’s a thing?”
“Yes. 𝅘𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅗𝅥♫. Molt. Earth life do this, question?”Written for nerdy.noodles as a PHM Secret Santa gift!
Bookmarked by Spades (bumblingbees)
29 Dec 2025