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Platonic cuddling by Likelightinglass
Fandom Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
26 May 2026
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15 Jun 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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15 Jun 2026
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Short Circuit (5+1 times) by Lex_To-Be-Kind-Takes-Work (Seth_Silver_Ink)
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
16 May 2026
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“It’ll work better if you insulate that wire and connect it to the bolt of this gear,” Simon leans in closer as he speaks, pointing to what he’s talking about, his breath hitting the shell of Grace’s ear with each word. “It’ll keep it from short circuiting.” The ghost of contact never made makes Grace want to writhe in his seat, maybe even dare to reach o-
“Ri-” Grace’s voice cracks embarrassingly high before he clears his throat, “right, thank you so much, I will get right on that.”——
Or 5 times Grace short circuits plus one time that… He still short circuits.
So more accurately 5 times Simon unintentionally short circuits Grace, plus one time he intentionally short circuits Grace.Bookmarked by LeanMeanSaltineMachine
14 Jun 2026
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before you get any ideas by marya_blackbone
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
01 May 2026
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So anyway, we've just past the heliopause, and suddenly I'm feeling pretty warm because Ilyukhina has chosen this moment to set out certain expectations – or rather lack thereof.
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Both crews survive. Early on in the journey to Erid, Ilyukhina addresses the elephant in the spaceship.
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14 Jun 2026
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playing favourites by marya_blackbone
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
18 Apr 2026
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Both crews survive. It doesn't make Grace and Rocky any less important to each other.
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14 Jun 2026
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Why Is a School Teacher in Space? by petrichor_after_dark
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
08 May 2026
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Dr. Grace has a very particular set of skills. Teaching middle schoolers is no easy task, and he finds himself falling back on those patterns as he fights to save humanity.
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5 times Grace teaches the Project Hail Mary team like children + 1 time they appreciate it
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13 Jun 2026
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Law of the Land by brysbeddixt
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
17 May 2026
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“The man is a pariah in his field. If you’d read his post-doctoral thesis,” Vale chuckles and shakes his head. “He’s not what I’d call ‘leadership material,’ in any case.”
“Dr. Grace is very well respected on this ship, Friedrich,” Dr. Cohen says with a hint of reproach. “While you’re here, perhaps it is best not to say such things in polite company.”
Vale rolls his eyes, but lets the subject drop with a muttered, “Really, what could Grace do to me?”
The astrophysics team experiences a collective realization: Friedrich Vale might be a complete idiot, actually.
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Or, Friedrich Vale is the newest scientist on Stratt's Vat. Friedrich Vale, for whatever reason, does not like Dr. Ryland Grace. Friedrich Vale is about to have a VERY bad time.
Featuring the crew of Stratt's Vat being totally prepared to throw a bitch overboard if they so much as give Dr. Grace a dirty look, because he's too nice to do it himself.Series
- Part 1 of Project Get Loved, Dr. Grace
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13 Jun 2026
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all the choices in the world by rbt_lvr
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
08 May 2026
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“Adrian will understand,” Rocky says confidently. “Will be excited to meet alien. Will be excited to meet person who brought me home.”
“Yeah, and I'm excited to meet them too, but after that!” Is this a translation error? A cultural miscommunication? How is Rocky not getting it? “You're partners. They're not going to want some alien around while you're, like… going on dates and all that.”
“Does not mean no time for Grace.” Rocky’s starting to sound frustrated. Part of me feels bad, but the rest is just as frustrated. “Why think this, question? On Earth, just abandon friends when have mate, question?”
It's so clearly a rhetorical question, to which the answer is obviously supposed to be no, of course not. I freeze up anyway.
or: rocky HATE amatonormativity
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13 Jun 2026
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the full force of a dying star by rbt_lvr
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
24 May 2026
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The day Ryland Grace proves the Carl Hypothesis and discovers how to breed Astrophage, a probe is spotted in the outer regions of the solar system. When it's recovered, the words TO SOLVE ASTROPHAGE PROBLEM are found written on the outside, and below that is written in slightly smaller text, Deliver to Ryland Grace.
Grace, unfortunately, has no idea what's going on.
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13 Jun 2026
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It's going to be a long trip back to Erid. I'm trying to make it as easy on Rocky as I can.
(Or: Grace is wrong about what Eridians need, and he's especially wrong about why. )
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13 Jun 2026
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The Study of Cross-Species Astro Neurobiology (The Official Ryland Grace Guide to Alien Flirting) by powerxtrip
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
02 Jun 2026
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Grace and Rocky survived the trip to Erid. Now, all Grace has to do is live on a planet meant to kill him, charm his best friend's mate, and figure out why all these Eridians keep giving him rocks. Easy right? As long as he doesn't die of scurvy, first.
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12 Jun 2026
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Deliver us from evil by nopaintjustpain
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
26 May 2026
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My pride stings a little at being so underestimated by a species that couldn’t even outrun a particularly determined turtle if their life depended on it. Look, I’m no Sha’Carri Richardson, but I’m pretty proud of my seven-minute mile. I worked hard for it. I haven’t been able to handle myself like this since I was... well, since I left Earth.
“Y’know what? Let’s settle this once and for all. I could use an endurance test anyway. Good for my cardio.”
Dr. Bones perks up. “You’ll do a demonstration?”
“Absolutely. Give me two rest days and a warmup, then I’ll show you what the average human athlete can do.”
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AKA, Grace doesn't consider himself much of an athlete, but he's no slouch either. And he's got the physical prowess of his whole species to represent!
The xenobiology team, on the other hand, is horrified to learn what a 'persistence hunter' is.
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- Part 2 of Ave Maria
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11 Jun 2026
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Don't wanna act like there's tomorrow by Anonymous
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
25 May 2026
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Grace navigates his new life on a different planet, communicates with Earth, falls in love for the first time, and kinda accidentally ends up in the middle of a marriage
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- Part 1 of Don't wanna act like there's tomorrow
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11 Jun 2026
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let all the children boogie by disasterdrow, Taraxinium
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
17 May 2026
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After four years of space travel, Grace and Rocky are finally approaching Erid. Grace has been working hard to learn Eridian, but two days out, disaster strikes - his keyboard is broken and Rocky is hurt.
Luckily, Grace can speak some very basic Eridian with his single set of vocal cords. Unfortunately, he sounds like a newly hatched baby Eridian when he does.
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- Part 1 of Baby Bird
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11 Jun 2026
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Four years after the beetle probes reach Earth, the internet inadvertently gets ahold of the Hail Mary’s video logs.
Chaos reigns.
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11 Jun 2026
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The Ryland Grace Guide to Becoming Eridian by sebastian2017
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
06 Apr 2026
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As he settles into Erid, Grace finds himself wanting more and more to better blend in with his new neighbors. His biology is a hard bridge to cross, but he gets a few ideas when Rocky gifts him some Eridian gems.
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11 Jun 2026
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What Remains of Dr. Ryland Grace by aligningplanets for ramsay_baggins
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
29 Apr 2026
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The capsule touches down on Erid about a decade and a half after I do.
There's a message inside translated into fourteen different languages. Y'know, just in case I've taught myself - and then the Eridians - Afrikaans.
Hey, it reads. Can we have our ball back, please?
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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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08 Jun 2026
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Ave María, ¿Cuándo serás mía? Except it turns out 'cuando' is really relative when it's time travel, y'all by Des98
Fandom Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
14 Jun 2026
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Home is a Time and the Clock is Missing by Des98
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
09 May 2026
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Ryland Grace is not going to be one of those *crazy* time travellers. He has more sense than that. He can totally fix things and get back home and nobody will ever be the wiser. The Acting thrum would be so proud of how well he is pulling this off right now.
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Ryland Grace is a time traveller. He's also the world's smartest idiot. The rest of the team on the Vat is totally gonna let him fix things, but honestly, how stupid does he think they are?
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08 Jun 2026