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rocky escape closet by nambi
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
14 Jun 2026
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Rocky emerges, and his body language alone is enough to get me going. I struggle around my laugh, clamping my hand over my mouth. He waits patiently for me to gather myself.
“Eridians are gay,” he declares. “I escape closet for all of them.”
I fail. I tuck my glasses into the collar of my shirt so I can put my head in my hands, wiping tears as they come.
“Rocky,” I say between giggles, “Rocky, I don’t think—I don’t think you can apply human sexuality to Eridians.”
Something in him shifts, then. He perks to attention from his relaxed state, and though he has no eyes or facial features, I swear I can feel his gaze narrow on me.
“I also read about gay rights,” he says slowly, warily. “Read that gay humans are hated some places. Bad.” He comes closer, looking up at me with all the accusation his flat face can muster. “You hate gay, question?”
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Or: Rocky learns about another human custom, and as always, he makes it Grace's problem.
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30 Jun 2026
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“We call this ♪♫.”
“The color or the rock?” I tease, earning myself a low staccato noise not unlike what a human might sound like when faking a laugh.
And then, from one second to another, he straightens. I sense the shift in the air, and as I rise from my squat, Rocky's gaze follows me very, very slowly.
“What?” I ask.
“Say name of this again,” he says, and I tilt my head. He’s never needed me to repeat something before. His hearing is immaculate, and he’s never once forgotten something I’ve told him.
“It’s a rock.”
He doesn’t move. He stares at me with his featureless face until even that feels more unsettling than eye contact.
“Grace,” he says flatly. “You are fucking kidding me, question?”
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Or: Rocky learns the meaning behind the name Grace gave him.
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30 Jun 2026
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it's bloody and raw, but i swear it is sweet by nambi
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
26 Jun 2026
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“You are crazy,” he says. “Crazy and stupid stupid stupid. Not same Grace I saved planets with.”
“Alright, Rock, I get—”
“Is not too much,” Rocky says firmly, leaning in until he’s nearly met my forehead, until my eyes go blurry with the task of adjusting to how close he is. I couldn’t even fit my glasses between us to put them on. “Hugs and cuddles through xenonite suit, only touch through many layers. Is not enough. Better to be under you skin, between you ribs. Hear you heart right up close, noisy, alive. I would prefer.”
"What?"
"What, question?"
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Grace is worried that Rocky secretly hates hugs. In an attempt to reassure him, Rocky says a bit too much.
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29 Jun 2026
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how to get very good at juggling by radishhqueen
Fandoms: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
11 Jan 2023
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The Krang invasion put a couple of things in perspective for April. One of them was how much she wanted her parents to meet the Hamatos. The only difficult part is...getting her parents to meet the Hamatos.
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23 Jun 2026
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Pamela Manson knows her role: she is Samantha's mother and that means that it is her duty to protect her daughter from harm.
Especially as her own mother seemed to have missed that memo.
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23 Jun 2026