celestialriptide



Recent works

Recent series

  1. Summary

    My love letter to Keith and vampire stories.

    Words:
    17,924
    Works:
    2
    Bookmarks:
    5
  2. Summary

    Average, ordinary, everyday college au.

    He Does That Sometimes: “I'm losing my god damn mind," Lance says.

    This Happened Before?: Lance is 120% unperturbed by this turn of events.

    Words:
    4,468
    Works:
    3
    Bookmarks:
    18

Recent bookmarks

  1. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    The engineer takes my hand. His skin runs hot. Very hot. He doesn't let go at what I would gauge as a socially-acceptable handshake time interval. Are we just holding hands in the middle of the lab-workshop space? Guess we are.

    "I'm Rocky," he finally introduces himself. He has a hint of an accent, something lilting, melodic. I can't really place it.

    "Rocky," I repeat, slowly. "Like the movies?"

    "No," Rocky deadpans, giving me a look like I'm stupid. "Like the rocks."

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    32,495
    Chapters:
    12/?
    Comments:
    2,362
    Kudos:
    2,427
    Bookmarks:
    602
    Hits:
    31,319

    22 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    12

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    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.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    26,908
    Chapters:
    11/?
    Comments:
    755
    Kudos:
    2,518
    Bookmarks:
    694
    Hits:
    28,014

    21 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    11

  3. Rec *

    Words:
    66,958
    Works:
    3
    Bookmarks:
    119

    21 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 71

    Tags
    Summary

    Abbey @abbeygabby
    I swear, if I watch this press conference and NASA announce Mark Watney’s DEAD, I am going to contribute to some statistics #NASAANNOUNCMENT

    Or,

    The internet has a lot of thoughts about the fact Mark Watney is being picked up from Mars by an undead middle-school teacher and his new alien best bud

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    4,799
    Chapters:
    2/4
    Comments:
    71
    Kudos:
    570
    Bookmarks:
    71
    Hits:
    3,193

    20 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    1

  5. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    The capsule touches down on Erid about a decade and a half after I do.

    There's a message inside translated into fourteen different languages. Y'know, just in case I've taught myself - and then the Eridians - Afrikaans.

    Hey, it reads. Can we have our ball back, please?

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    3,884
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    322
    Kudos:
    3,941
    Bookmarks:
    856
    Hits:
    11,059

    18 Jun 2026