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Orange Soda by coastmodern
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
05 Jun 2026
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The intruder enters the kitchen slowly, limbs held low to the ground. Their carapace tilts from side to side as they draw near, fixing their auricles on me.
The xenosuit they have on looks cobbled together, almost experimental. It’s not see-through like my team’s suits are. It wasn’t designed with my light detectors in mind. Instead, it’s dark and opaque, and not at all helping to dispel the impression of a masked burglar in my home.
I’ve never seen that body language in person before, but I understand it on an instinctual level. Eridians are the apex predators of their planet. It’s a hunting stance, and I am the prey.
or: Grace experiences a home invasion on Erid.
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For Team Morale by coastmodern
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
27 May 2026
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Olesya wonders if Dr. Xi has picked up on this ‘thing’ that everyone seems to be thinking about, but no one is saying. The way Grace seems to go limp, pliant, easy when touched. It’s the alcohol, but it’s something else too. Something unquantifiable.
Grace doesn’t appear to know that he’s the new variable in their equation, the puzzle that everyone is trying to solve.
or: Grace gets cuddly when he's drunk.
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In loco parentis (Latin): "in the place of a parent." A legal term denoting the responsibility of an institution or individual for a child in the absence of the child's parent or guardian. In education, this responsibility is shared between the school and the teacher.
Some teachers take it to heart more than others.
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- Part 1 of Actions (Must) Have Consequences
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02 Jul 2026
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Do You Know What it is to be Loved by the Universe? by VenetaPsi
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
01 Jul 2026
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‘There appears to be a real risk,’ said Psychologist Prime, tapping a stylus against their tablet in an idle way that frayed at the edge of Adrian’s sore nerves, ‘That should Alien Human-from-Earth-of-Sol Asylum-seeker Savior-of-Erid Grace perish, then your mate Savior Rocky may experience a radical and potentially fatal decline in physiological and psychological health.’
‘...I see,’ said Adrian. With exceptional calmness.
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Let it not be said that Adrian was not devoted as well. They had stood firm, a loyal widower longer than others could fathom. Once you encountered a love like Rocky’s, there could be no replacement. Nothing could even compare.
‘Do you understand that?’ Adrian wanted to ask. So desperately, they wanted the alien’s reply. ‘Are you the only other creature in the universe who understands what it is like to be loved by someone so completely?’
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Adrian meets Grace several times, before Grace is healthy enough to meet them in return. Despite light-years of distance between their species, Adrian might have finally met the first other being who appreciates Rocky like they do; or so they hope.
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01 Jul 2026
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Rocky darted out of the way. The door shut with a decisive whirr-click.
The endless glug-thud-squelch of Ryland Grace's body seemed very loud in the small room. He made a noise that sounded like, "Huh?"
"Grace and Adrian talk now," Rocky commanded. They pointed one arm at them. "Talk until both normal."
"What?" Adrian said, baffled.
Rocky clattered several claws against the ground, a discord of pique. "You are both annoying! Always polite, polite, polite. Bland. Empty."In which Adrian and Grace haven't really been getting along, and Rocky takes matters into his own claws.
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01 Jul 2026
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June of doom day 25 -This is all my fault/confession/pushed away by taylor_tut
Fandoms: Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
27 Jun 2026
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Adrian asks Grace to give Rocky space to live his life, and he complies, though it hurts. But when Grace gets very sick, he has no choice but to call for help. The three of them work things out.
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29 Jun 2026
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To stay sane on the trip to Erid, Grace finds ways to improve the quality of his food supply and also teaches Rocky how to play chess.
It almost works. Almost.
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28 Jun 2026