PerpetuallyAbnormal
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i beg to differ, said the red fox by deervsheadlights
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
25 May 2026
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For three hours, he’s at the beach, takes off his socks and hikes Ilyukhina’s dress up, and stands in the water. He left the cane on the shore; it hurts to let his frame bear the brunt of gravity unsupported. The reliable tide, just cool enough to chill him a little, laps at his shins.
He closes his eyes and tries to forget about himself, the familiar ache in his joints and spine. Allows himself to imagine something else.
A different truth, a hypothetical, a thought exercise.
Rocky can't bear to lose Grace. But he can bear to watch Grace wither away from a sickness easily cured by Earth medicine even less.
Grace has to make another choice.
Or: After thirteen years on Erid, Grace leaves his true home for Earth. Eva Stratt lives to see him return. Earth takes note of the changes.
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Arthur watched Ennis and Old Boy disappear into the night with their riders in tow. They headed in opposite directions, intent on keeping away from camp a bit longer before they returned to Horseshoe Overlook. 'We should all go it alone right now,' he had said, but he could feel Charles’ stare on him and, when he turned Galahad off the road, he heard Taima following.
He didn't think he was being too presumptuous, and he only had to wait until they broke the treeline for Charles to prove him right. The other man said one word, “Arthur,” and it was all the prompting he needed to pull Galahad to a stop and drop from his saddle.
Instantly, Charles was at his chest, pushing him back, back, and into the trunk of a tree. The horses snorted their offense at their riders’ antics but Arthur barely registered the sound. Charles’ knee was already nudging his thighs apart, his grip on Arthur’s shirt pressing the collar hard against his neck and leaving him gasping.
Charles and Arthur take a little time for themselves following the Pouring-Forth-Oil train robbery.
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- Part 2 of Identity Beyond the Grave
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In Wait, Inaction by vicariously kingly (pelted)
Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)
04 Mar 2019
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The first time Charles and Arthur kissed, it tasted of gunmetal.
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- Part 2 of One Half a Whole AU
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After the events of Chapter 6, Charles finds Arthur on the mountain. Charles takes him West. Hidden away from prying eyes, they heal together.
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“If you don’t want me talkin’ ‘bout him like- Y’know, I’d understand, he was yours, at the end.”
“... I miss him,” Charles echoes John’s earlier statement and John nods roughly, “Burying him… It was odd, I felt relieved. He was suffering, and then he wasn’t.”
John raises his brows then huffs weakly and shakes his head in disbelief.
“Only you, Charles,” John mutters, “Could be so fuckin’ selfless.”
“I’m not-”
“I wasn’t relieved, I was miserable, I wanted the world to end,” John rubs at his eyes again, “Felt like it had. He told me to go be ‘a man’... I know what he meant, and I knew I’d never live up to it.”