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  1. Public Bookmark 50

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    Long story short, Grace yearns to be held.

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    24 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 56

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    Grace, now having been an Eridian for two days, is brought back to Rocky and Adrian's nest. He finally realises just how touch-starved he had been all these years.

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    24 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 42

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    "It's the spirit of the thing Rock, we hang out, we shoot the shiz, we play games, we watch movies — y'know, like a sleepover!"

    "How different from normal night, question? Always hang out, Grace always playing game and watching movie. Always watch sleep."
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    Ryland Grace proposes a movie night, Rocky grumbles, and the both of them fall into a routine which benefits the both of them - being as physically close to each other as they can possibly manage.

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    23 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 44

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    400 years.

    They had been gone for over 400 years.

    Adrian didn't know if Rocky would return but, they held onto hope anyway. But hope can be a heavy thing to bear, especially when those around you held doubts.

    Adrian kept going anyway, even as the memories of the one they love begin to hurt more and more and more. Adrian had almost lost that hope.

    That was until the message came.

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    22 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 48

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    Realizing that he never volunteered for a suicide mission was not on Grace’s bingo card. I mean, neither was finding and befriending an alien, but here we are...

    Grace returns to rescue Rocky, and conveniently did not sleep the entire way there. Grace collapses in the hall, which leads to the revelation that he never actually wanted to die in space in the first place.

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    20 Jul 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 24

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    “It occurs to me, after spending a few weeks with Rocky intermittently in his new suit, that I may have messed up some neural pathways in my brain. Rewired them.

    I can hug Rocky now. I can hold his hand, or pat the top of his carapace, or pester him until he cards his claws through my hair. Pretty much anything I can think of, I can do with him. It’s not without limitations, of course, the suits’s structural support occasionally providing some challenges to work around, but it should be enough.

    Yet, I find myself craving more. Not in frequency, but in intensity. I want to lay arched backwards over him until every vertebra in my spine hurts. I want him to tug the tangles in my hair and scratch at my scalp until I can feel it in the bone of my skull. I want my ribs to creak with every hug. I want more heat than the barrier will let through. To feel it prickle and sear against my skin—just the right side of actually burning. I want to dig my cheek into the jagged edges of him until they imprint on my skin.”

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    Touch-starved Grace part 2: electric boogaloo

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    12 Jul 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 14

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    Humans get stupid when they get tired, and you are no exception. Grace & Rocky have noted a tell of yours, and take it among themselves to ensure you get proper rest, taking advantage of your own habit of making sure that *Grace* gets proper rest. You and Grace sleep together as of late, attributing some of the most restful nights to the warmth of each other.

    While there is no kiss and no smut, this whole thing is physical, non-sexual intimacy. It's about as intimate as you can get without kissing or sex.

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    12 Jul 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 8

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    ryland grace has a tough time eating. and being in the vast void of space. with no human contact at all. good thing he's got rocky!

    i swear my writing is better than this summary. and the tags. and the title. i just dont have the energy to make those good. sorry.

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    11 Jul 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 3

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    Ryland Grace was given the choice to board the Hail Mary and he said no. He now has to live with the guilt and consequences of waiting on Earth with the rest of humanity.

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    09 Jul 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 21

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    Stratt and Grace realise they have far more in common than they first thought, and are able to find comfort in finally feeling understood for the first time in their lives.

    It doesn't save them. It only makes Stratt's eventual betrayal hurt all the more.

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    09 Jul 2026

  11. Public Bookmark 19

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    Carl shifts. "There's something we want your input on." For a split second he looks almost uncomfortable. Good, Grace thinks vindictively, but whatever joy he gets from seeing Carl briefly flustered disappears with the next words out of his once-friend's mouth. "It concerns the manner of death."

    And suddenly Grace remembers all too clearly a time not too long ago, one of the most awkward and unpleasant moments of his life, sat down with Commander Yáo and Ilyukhina and DuBois, asking them how they would like to die.

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    Carl pays Grace a visit in his cell the day before the launch of the Hail Mary.

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    08 Jul 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 16

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    “6… 9… 12…” I mutter under my breath.

    I feel tears welling up in my eyes as the realization dawns on me. I only have 21 meals of real food left, plus the five that I decided to keep safe for special occasions. I rub my arms in an attempt to soothe myself, but it turns out more like scratching my skin.

    Or

    On the way to Erid, Grace has to face the fact that he is either not going to make it or will never touch another person again. Rocky, however, sees things differently.

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    Comments:
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    08 Jul 2026

  13. Public Bookmark 41

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    Ryland Grace has to explain to Rocky that humans need touch from other humans… Rocky’s going to fix his human.

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    08 Jul 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 73

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    When the new human started asking for Grace, the Eridians did everything in their power to accommodate.
    Grace was waiting on the other side, flanked by a pair of Eridians he named Quartz and Ruby. He wrung his hands, an anxious tick that the handlers recognize, as the entourage with their new human entered.
    The new human startled at seeing Grace. His eyes darted around the biosphere, but they always ended up right back on the other human, as if trying to understand what he was seeing.
    “I know this is a lot,” Grace said, placating with his hands up and visible. Inhibiting human vision was seen as a threat, as Grace had once explained. “I’m Grace. I—Have we met before? I don’t think we have, but they said you were asking for me, so I’m not sure—“
    The new human finally stopped examining his surroundings and frowned at him. “You’re not Grace.”

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    A new human arrives on Erid. He's weirdly knowledgeable about Eridians and even shares a name with Rocky. Even weirder, he claims to be best friends with an Eridian named Grace.

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    Comments:
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    616
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    08 Jul 2026

  15. Public Bookmark 10

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    Grace has no memory of peeling his shirt off in his sleep, but he has very few memories of most things.

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    En route to Erid, Grace dreams of a beach he hasn't been to and feelings he hadn't yet considered.

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    Chapters:
    3/4
    Comments:
    4
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    88
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    08 Jul 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 94

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    Humans, I decided a long time ago, are absurd. But the strangest thing about them, I think, isn’t their inclination to share meals together (disgusting) or their constant need for sleep. Not even their inability to properly speak. No, I decided long, long ago. The worst part about humans is their determination to throw themselves into places where they aren’t meant to be.

    (Or, Rocky thinks Grace is drowning. Unfortunately for Grace, he isn’t.)

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    Comments:
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    08 Jul 2026

  17. Public Bookmark 18

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    Grace finally tells Rocky how he ended up in space.

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    1,037

    07 Jul 2026

  18. Public Bookmark 16

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    Grace’s right arm shook. Unfortunately for him, it wasn’t a cold chill. If anything, he felt warm! The temperature in the biosphere was pleasant, feeling just like a lovely day in spring back on Earth.
    Yet it shook.
    “That’s… weird.” he uttered to himself, a slight nervous shudder as he spoke.

     

    OR; Grace has a dissociative/functional seizure and Rocky helps!!

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    07 Jul 2026

  19. Public Bookmark 20

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    Pierce holds one claw behind his earlobe and, after taking a moment to line the tool up correctly, gently pokes him. It takes the tool away to examine, then pokes him again, harder this time. Grace winces the slightest bit. It doesn’t hurt, but his ears are sensitive. Pierce steps back. “Look in reverse,” it says.

    Grace looks around for his little mirror and grabs it, bringing it close to his face and tilting his head to get a good look. “Um… Oh.” His glasses are placed on his face before he can even ask for them. “Thank you, Rocky,” he mumbles, now paying attention to where he can finally see the little mark. It’s in the dead centre of his lobe. Once he gives his approval to Pierce, it repeats the process on the other ear, matching the marks up perfectly.

    And now comes the scary part.

    The clamps.

    The needles.


    Eridians document the first ever human body modification performed on Erid.

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    07 Jul 2026

  20. Public Bookmark *

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    Ryland Grace is an alien on Erid. He still hasn't mastered reading Eridian body language and that gap in his knowledge leads him to be taken advantage of by his very own doctor.

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    Comments:
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    693
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    109
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    3,539

    07 Jul 2026

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