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Message in a Bottle by chelsea_by_the_sea
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
06 May 2026
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What if Taumoeba never adapted to live inside xenonite, so Grace and Rocky both made it home, alone but safe and sound?
Rocky arrives to rapturous fanfare. The Eridians get to work, not only on deploying the Taumoeba but on honoring the greatest hero... heroes in Erid history.
18 years after the Hail Mary’s return, a listening post on Earth picks up a strong infrared signal from the fringes of the solar system. Humanity powers up its best Petrovascope and performs a sweep. It’s confirmed—a small blip, getting brighter and brighter.
Or: the first interstellar "got home safe" text.
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12 Jun 2026
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Grace sleeps in front of Rocky for the first time...or he tries to. Short drabble.
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11 Jun 2026
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home sick by sir_thorne
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
04 May 2026
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"There's no sound in space. Not after the last of my crewmates died; it was just the ambient noise of our ship ever since. Nothing else. Not for a long, long stretch of time. Quiet is one of the worst things for us. Same as darkness for humans, I suppose. We try to avoid it as much as we can; Eridians, when together, rarely sit in silence. There is always talk or song or at least hums that carry no meaning and rythmic taps. Just to say I am here."
or; after being away for so long, coming home doesn't go exactly the way Rocky had expected it to.
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09 Jun 2026
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“What made you come up with this?” Grace asks. His voice is thick.
“Grace need comfort,” Rocky says matter-of-factly. “Like a hug. This comfort Grace, question?”
Grace presses his hand more firmly against the top of Rocky’s carapace, and Rocky shifts a bit within the xenonite, rising so that they make nearly direct contact through the panel. It’s not like they haven’t done something like this before—Rocky is always pressing his claws up against Grace’s palm—but it’s different for Grace’s whole hand to be so close, to feel the heat of a living thing against his side and against his palm all at once.
“Yeah,” Grace breathes.
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On the trip to Erid, Grace is starving.
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09 Jun 2026
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wide open spaces by tallboy_benny
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
04 May 2026
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Rocky visits Grace's life support quarters with some exciting news, some time into his recovery on Erid---the biodome habitat has finally been completed.
It takes a step through the airlock and sinks down into rough sand and pebbles. I chirp and hop down after it. Grace has not seen the biodome yet, but neither have I, and in my enthusiasm I dart slightly ahead.
Grace inhales so sharply that I turn to hear him better in a panic. “Grace? Grace, what is wrong? You are hurt?”
My assumption is quickly corrected when, without warning, it bolts.
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08 Jun 2026