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Chasms by SmallTownBard
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, Wiedźmin | The Witcher Series - Andrzej Sapkowski
08 Feb 2020
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Jaskier was not scared of Geralt. He touched his shoulders and pressed against his side and stitched his wounds. On one memorable day he even tug on his ear; chickory-blue eyes smirking as if he was not chastising a mutant that could tear his rib-cage open with his bare hands.
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Breathing Place by SmallTownBard
Fandoms: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Movies)
03 Jan 2020
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Formerly titled "Ashes & Sunflowers".
Newt's journey to finding a family (begins on a rocky path and then gets steeper).
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To The Marrow In 'Em Bones by SmallTownBard
Fandoms: Mumintroll | Moomins Series - Tove Jansson, Moominvalley (Cartoon 2019)
24 Jun 2019
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...in which Snufkin takes little misfortunes and makes them into something useful, and Moomin has a nice afternoon.
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- Part 2 of Of startling joys and kind misfortunes
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Daisies and Paw-Prints by SmallTownBard
Fandoms: Mumintroll | Moomins Series - Tove Jansson, Moominvalley (Cartoon 2019)
20 Jun 2019
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Moomin muses over a note from a certain adventurous Mumrik.
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- Part 1 of Of startling joys and kind misfortunes
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Out Of The Woods by SmallTownBard
Fandoms: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Movies)
20 Jan 2019
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Newt Scamander dies. Or, at the very least, arrives at a doorstep of it.
He's heard stories of those who had miraculously returned from that very same place, often describing approaching Death as a light at the end of a tunnel that they were suddenly dragged away from.
That description, he finds, is just as accurate as it is infinitely simplified.
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Of startling joys and kind misfortunes by SmallTownBard
Fandom Moominvalley (Cartoon 2019), Mumintroll | Moomins Series - Tove Jansson
24 Jun 2019
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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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10 Jul 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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07 Jul 2026
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As he stared down into the lumpy grey goop that was his evening rations, he contemplated whether it was really worth it.
They’d come a very long way just for Grace to give up and die at the last hurdle, both physically and emotionally. The Tau Ceti system was a long, long way away now, and Grace had faced not one but two highly emotional suicide missions. Three, if you counted the time before he was given a military grade roofie and hucked into space without his memories.
Rocky and Grace make it back to Erid! Huzzah!
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06 Jul 2026
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Of Packs, Promises and Pebbles by C4t1l1n4
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
20 Jun 2026
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Rocky knows that Grace is considered an adult for his species, but his hindbrain goes crazy when he finds out he’s in his 30s. So that’s why he’s been feeling weirder than normal. His alpha instincts think Grace is a pebble.
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What if Eridians had ABO dynamics and humans didn't? (Gen ABO dynamics | Non-sexual heats/ruts)Now with a second chapter feat. Adrian!
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05 Jul 2026
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Rocky's Guide to Adopting an Alien Space Pebble by Caspyre
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
09 Jul 2026
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Grace is a pebble. An alien pebble, but a pebble nonetheless. Rocky and Adrian know they're the only ones suitable for caring for said pebble. Said pebble has yet to get the memo. In unrelated news, Ryland Grace has a headache.
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02 Jul 2026