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Cuddle Buddy by ChocolateSyrup
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
04 May 2026
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"Hey...can I ask you something kind of weird?"
"Shoot," Rocky says, his voice sounding amused. "But not actually shoot."
Grace wants to laugh at the joke (he's been getting better at joking and sarcasm) but instead he swallows, his fingers tracing idle patterns on the blanket. The ache from earlier at the classroom, the beach, the constant invisible wall feels closer tonight.
"What does it feel like... to touch you?" he asks. "I mean, if we could. Your carapace. Your claws. What would it feel like to me?"
Rocky is quiet for a long beat. When he sings again, his melody is thoughtful and gentle.
"Hard. Rocky, like name. Like...strong stone that is alive. My claws are sharp but careful. My body pulses a little when I am happy. Like singing Grace can feel instead of hear." He pauses, then adds with a soft, almost shy trill, "What does human skin feel like, question? To me, I wonder."
He imagines it.
In his mind, the xenonite shell vanishes.
Or: Grace is touch starved and Rocky wants to make it better
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31 May 2026
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disillusion and confusion (this illusion of me) by astralpenguin
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
09 May 2026
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Grace is working in the lab when he accidentally scratches his arm
Rocky is not okay
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10 May 2026
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Just Take the Compliment! by mysticin
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
02 May 2026
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“No, no! Seriously, it’s okay. I’m just not,” Ryland threw his hand up in the air, unsure of what to say. “I’m not used to people telling me I looked nice. Or humans telling me I look nice, I guess, since you’re…” He gestured to Rocky.
Rocky made a noise of affirmation.
“Hmm. Rocky understand.” Ryland chuckled at that.
“Well, I’m glad that—“
“Rocky get Grace used to compliment!”
“Uh,” Ryland paused, not wanting another moment of awkwardness to happen. “…Sure, Rocky.”
“Of course.”
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09 May 2026
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Five Times Peter Parker Tried to Disappear (And Five People Who Wouldn't Let Him) by poppyjustmight
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe
16 Feb 2026
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Peter's been disappearing for three weeks. Not physically - he still shows up to meals, still walks the halls, still goes through the motions. But he's perfected the art of being present without being there. Long sleeves. Careful timing. Strategic appearances. A performance of okay that's starting to fray at the edges.
The problem is, the people who love him have been paying attention.
Pepper sits in the kitchen and refuses to look away. Steve names the pattern instead of the problem. Coulson sees through every deflection. Happy speaks when Happy never speaks. And Tony - Tony's been waiting, terrified, for Peter to let him in.
Five conversations. Five cracks in the wall. One kid who's been hurting himself in the dark, and a family who won't let him do it alone.
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07 May 2026
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but losing everything is like the sun going down on me by HistorianRoo
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
01 May 2026
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Through the window, an impossible world.
“Rocky remember Grace favorite Earth place. Show Adrian, Eridian make it.”
It’s the shoreline that he dreamed about, sandy beaches and crashing waves. A wall of stone encloses the beach.
“It’s perfect.”
Nothing could ring more true.
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- Part 2 of Project Hail Mary
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01 May 2026