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Keeping One's Head Down by ApoplecticAtPeace
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
22 Sep 2024
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Bao lost his ability to walk when he was 19. Despite the prejudice of many Fire Nation citizens, he got a job as an accountant in the Royal palace, in the Department of Education. After 11 years of working quietly, keeping his head down and allowing his work to be claimed by others, he expected nothing to change when Fire Lord Zuko took the throne. He didn't expect the entire department to be reformed under the new Minister Shu-Lin, and Bao's overlooked position with it.
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- Part 2 of May You be Noticed by The Fire Lord
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When working in the Fire Lord's private garden, Chaishu is knocked over by someone who doesn't seem to understand the danger of loitering in such a place. The stranger, Lee, seems nice enough, if a little detached from reality, but after bumping into each other a few more times, Chaishu is surprised to find himself looking at a genuine friendship unfolding.
Well, perhaps not 'looking'. After all, Chaishu is blind.
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- Part 3 of May You be Noticed by The Fire Lord
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Past Lives in the Stars by tinallie
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, The Martian (2015), The Martian - Andy Weir
27 Jun 2026
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Every screen in the room blazed with the same breaking news feed. An alien voice had just asked for him by name on live television.
“Mr. Grace?” little Jamal whispered from the front row, eyes huge behind his glasses. “Is that really you they’re talking about? Like, you you?”
Ryland’s mouth opened, but nothing came out. His heart slammed against his ribs like it wanted to escape and hide under the desk with the class hamster. He was just Mr. Grace. The guy who drew cartoon planets on the board, who stayed late helping kids glue together messy dioramas of the solar system, who once spent an entire lunch period comforting a sobbing girl because her goldfish had “gone to the great fishbowl in the sky.” He graded spelling tests on vocabulary words like photosynthesis and asteroid. Aliens did not know his name. Aliens did not ask for science teachers.
The marker slipped from his fingers and clattered to the floor.
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27 Jun 2026
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"We're infiltrating the… palace, right? We just need to go in and look around? You don't need to worry about my… about whatever it is."
"Crow."
He didn't react. He could see his eyes through the helmet darting around, slightly narrowed in thought.
"Akechi," Ren amended. His head whipped forward immediately.
Yeah, that's suspicious.
"How old are you?"
His posture tightened.
In this outfit, it was easier to tell how much skinnier he was, and how much muscle density had been lost.
And there were only so many ways someone could get shorter.
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24 Jun 2026
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Crib Station by ChaoticEldritchEntity
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
31 May 2026
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“I’m so far from reasonable right now, you could do almost anything to me and I’d accept it if it helped,” he said honestly.
She breathed in.
“I’m worried about that, in a way—”
“Stratt,” she looked at him. “Hand feed me oatmeal if you think it will make me sleep. Seriously.”
She considered his words for a few seconds. Grace squirmed, unsettled.
Her hesitation fell away, slowly but steadily.
“Okay.” Then, just in case. “But you have been warned. This isn’t me trying to undermine you.”
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Grace couldn't sleep. He was desperate, and Stratt...
She was his only option left.
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24 Jun 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!
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17 Jun 2026
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family matters by Goldmonger
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
04 May 2026
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This should not have happened. None of this should be happening, and wouldn’t be if everyone had listened to me back at the nest and stayed put.
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17 Jun 2026
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please do not feed the animals by Goldmonger
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
26 Apr 2026
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“Hold still, lovely alien,” the Eridian croons, snapping a claw closed around the hem of my cardigan. “♫♬♩ will be so gentle, yes.”
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16 Jun 2026
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better than your best by Goldmonger
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
15 May 2026
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“Rocky, I’m here, okay? Come back to me, pal, please.”
Of course I will, I think, drawn to that voice, that strange, wobbling voice, which I care about without knowing exactly why, and I should – it makes me angry, not knowing – I should know –
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16 Jun 2026
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The Wire Mother by nopaintjustpain
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
24 May 2026
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I lived with this hunger long before the Hail Mary. This is nothing new. I’m fine.
Right up until Rocky asks another question.
“When last time you touch other human person skin, question?”
Oh. Oh no. “When I… a few days after I first woke up here.”
Rocky starts to relax for a split second, but then tightens when something occurs to him.
“Grace crewmates dead when you wake up. You said this, statement. You not even know your own name, remember nothing, see dead bodies, confirm?”
I nod, because if I open my mouth I will gag.
“When last time Grace touch ALIVE human person, question.”
I swallow thickly. I don’t answer aloud because I know Rocky can hear the hitch in my breath. My stomach churns with fresh bile. He senses my vital signs tick over into stress patterns and goes very, very still again.
“Grace. When last time, question.”
I clench my jaw so hard my temples ache, and beg him with my eyes to just stop.
“Grace. Please say not when… when Evil Stratt humans put you to sleep.”
I can taste grass.
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AKA: Grace starves for more than just food on the journey to Erid.
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- Part 1 of Ave Maria
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11 Jun 2026
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The Scientific Method by Quarfield
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
10 Jun 2026
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Spraying chlorine gas into your best friend's cloaca. Just another freaking Friday night.
46 years really does a number on a guy. Grace is about to find out how, whether he likes it or not.
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- Part 1 of Sol's PHM fics (NSFW)
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04 Jun 2026
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Somebody Else Wants That by ValeWright42
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
03 May 2026
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"...emitting a radio frequency, I tuned into it expecting little more than feedback, maybe due to a magnetic inbalance-”
“And??”
Wordlessly, they flick a switch, and the noise is played loud enough for the entire room to hear it.
“Please,” a voice sobs, “Please, it hurts- I'm scared, I just- please, I just want to live. Why doesn't anyone else want that? Why can't I- I want to-” it breaks off into more sobbing and the room practically vibrates with tension.
“That-! That is the language spoken by Engineer Rocky's Grace! That is HUMAN language!”
“Yes.”
“There is a human down there?? That shouldn't be-”
“But there is. What now?”
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AT-5 pops up on the edges of the Eridian Solar System with no explanation. They find Simon under the ocean.Series
- Part 1 of There's Value in Company
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04 Jun 2026
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All Things Must Pass by GloriousBlackout
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
29 May 2026
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Grace knows full well that even if he lives well into old age, he will die many years before Rocky does. In order to ease his friend's grief, he records video logs throughout his life on Erid in order to keep Rocky company long after he's gone.
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03 Jun 2026
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Hope by skatesfullofsunshine
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
10 May 2026
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Thorin survives what follows after the goblin tunnels, then upon the Carrock he becomes aware of new emotions he thought he might never have.
In the aftermath of that moment, Thorin seeks out Fíli at Beorn's, who he believes is similar to him.
A discussion ensues that provides clarity as much as hope for both of the Dwarrow involved.
Written for Aspec Arda Week 2026 - Day 1 Alternate Prompt: Hope.
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- Part 1 of Aspec Arda Week 2026
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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.
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- Part 1 of When it’s over, you’re the start
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31 May 2026
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strangers like me by Anonganon
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
26 May 2026
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“Oh, just– that I had them, I guess.” Ryland says. He doesn't even really know where he's going with this. “None of my relationships were ever spectacular or anything. Probably because of me. My ex once said that I loved because I had to. I think I’m just thinking about how I'm gonna die without ever getting married or falling in love. Oh God– I don't think I've ever fallen in love.”
“This upsets you.” Rocky observes.
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in which Ryland Grace throws hands by LiterallyThePresident
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
07 May 2026
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A curious Eridian breaks into Grace’s biodome while he’s sleeping, and learns that a human scared out of sleep will often wake up swinging
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27 May 2026
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Escape Velocity by PainAltar
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
08 Jun 2026
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Grace is dying. He and Rocky have made it all the way to Erid, but getting an emaciated, malnourished, mentally fragile Ryland Grace down to a planet designed to kill him is not a simple feat. Rocky desperate to bring his friend home with him, but Grace himself might become the biggest obstacle to seeing that dream realized.
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27 May 2026
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Liferaft by Blizzard96
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
05 Jul 2026
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The longer Simon spends with Ryland Grace and Rocky, the more he realizes they're genuinely good people (or rock-spider-crab things)... and the more convinced he becomes that he doesn't belong with them in the slightest.
(Or: A criminal, a science teacher, and a rock walk into a spaceship.
This is a continuation of "The People We Meet at the End of the World", which you may need to read first for context.)
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- Part 2 of Periapsis
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27 May 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