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wasting time by decimalsbuiltdifferent
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
26 Apr 2026
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Rocky is a good dancer, which I already knew. He has good coordination, which is kind of necessary when you have five arms, and he has amazing memory. There's only so much he can do with my clumsy footwork, though.
"You are messing up rhythm," he scolds, though his voice has no bite.
"Am not," I snap, even though I totally am.
"You say rhythm strong weak weak. But you take step strong weak strong strong weak. Irregular. You only have two legs and you still cannot coordinate, question?"
I didn't think first contact would involve this much bullying. "You're so mean to me."
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- Part 6 of project hail mary fics :)))))
- Part 2 of culture lessons
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20 Jun 2026
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Blood From The Blood God by Antilocapra
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
19 Jun 2026
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There were times after Rocky moved into the Hail Mary when Grace would be hunched over an experiment, struggling to make things work; struggling to find the solution that Tau Ceti held, then struggling to grow nitrogen-resistant Taumoeba faster. Sometimes he would sit staring at the farm-tanks, slouched in his chair with his hands dangling over his knees, and whisper to himself. “Please,” he would say. “Please, please, please.”
“Who is Grace talking to?” Rocky had asked in the stilted way he’d been stuck with at the time.
“No one,” Grace had shrugged. “Or anyone. Anyone who’ll listen.”
Rocky does not understand humans. But now, he sits on the shore of an infant sea, a brand-new constructed world all around him just waiting for its single lonely occupant to take control of it, and wonders if human senselessness is worth a shot.
“Please,” he whispers, running his claw through the water. “Please, please, please.”
The sea does not respond.
Or, what if your friend accidentally catches the attention of a god in hopes of saving you, and that god falls in love with you instead?
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Ryland Grace — single-income, teacher’s salary — owns beachfront property.
He never, ever thought he’d see the day. His rent-controlled apartment in the Bay Area was older than him, split with two roommates, and still ate most of his monthly earnings. Thoughts of homeownership were infrequent, segregated to extended school breaks — enough days off his bike to send him exercise-endorphin-crashing down an internet rabbit hole.
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The top answer, every time?
Get married. Double-income; split the mortgage. Sell your soul for a down payment.
Erid’s ammonia atmosphere is less suffocating.
Rocky makes music; Ryland finds a home. Other Eridians learn and teach in tandem. And they change, change, change.
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19 Jun 2026
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The Poor Thing in the Road by saavikams for primeideal
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026)
01 Jun 2026
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"What is this?" Adrian asked because what else could be done?
"My friend— Grace" they replied as if it were obvious.
When Adrian didn't respond they spoke again, "He helped me save the stars."
"It's dying," Adrian told them— softly, gently.
"No," they stomped a foot, even the thought angering them. "He will be okay, he is hungry— makes him weak. That's all."
or Rocky and Grace arrive on Erid
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19 Jun 2026
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No Way Home but Forward by Ink (InkboundLore), InkboundLore
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
08 Jun 2026
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Grace is supposed to save Earth, but the Hail Mary has crashed on Erid. The Eridians are not dying. They do not need him. But one of them, Rocky, chooses him anyway.
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18 Jun 2026
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You keep using that word by Cheeseanonioncrisps
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
07 Jun 2026
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“Joy does not know Grace,” Rocky grumbles. “Joy thinks Grace is ♩♭ ♬ ♫ ♩! I know Grace— mean is good for Grace.”
I'm about to argue back, but I'm distracted by Joy's annoyed whistle. “I do not think that!”
“Wait, what?” I look between them. “Hey, new word. What does Joy think I am?” I address this to Rocky, who is far more likely to tell me if I've just been insulted.
“Ignore,” Joy says. “Rocky is inaccurate.”
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- Part 3 of Project Hail Mary fics
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18 Jun 2026
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Running Towards the Bullets (Just the one time though, Honestly!) by Tired_Wandering_Soul
Fandom Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
16 Jun 2026
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18 Jun 2026
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if i couldn't have you, i'd rather be alone by starryjax
Fandom Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game), Project Hail Mary (2026)
31 May 2026
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17 Jun 2026
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Etched in the Surface as Evidence by gloriousdisco
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
17 May 2026
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“…Did not think you’d notice.” He finally said, slumping a little. “Did not want you to notice-“
“In what world would I have missed it, bud?” Grace huffed with an exasperated smile, nudging into Rocky’s side. “You’re the highlight of my day, y’know.”
Rocky let out a happy chirp, seemingly involuntarily. He hunched in on himself after, as if embarrassed the sound had escaped him at all, and shuffled his legs a little in the sand.
“As are you of mine.”
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or: rocky gets a new engraving, and grace is much more involved than he ever thought he could be
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17 Jun 2026
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First to the Finish Line by nvmbr (KikaTouka)
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
09 Jun 2026
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Grace is getting closer to another Eridian friend. Rocky is totally not jealous, or anything.
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17 Jun 2026
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"Foreign object detected."
Grace loves Erid, it's his home. But he is still the only human on the planet. There are things that he wants that can never happen. Then familiar faces, impossible but real, show up almost literally on his doorstep. Now he has to figure out what to do with them.
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- Part 1 of Visitors in Time and Relativity
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17 Jun 2026
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camello patagonico by FulminateTheSun
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
08 Jun 2026
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Rocky lived his happily ever after with Grace and Adrian. Until he died. And then woke up a week before the Blip A was meant to launch. He makes a few last minute changes.
Eva Stratt is not having a good day. It was hard enough dealing with the aliens trying to eat her sun. Now she has to deal with the other aliens that know much more about her and Earth than she's comfortable with. And they also claim to have the answer to the Astrophage problem, provided she's willing to hand Ryland Grace to them.
Grace wishes he could stop getting 'promoted' with no option to say no. At least his new job has better hours, if you could ignore the whole being stuck in space on an alien vessel thing.
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16 Jun 2026
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Who Has The Time For World Domination? by bored_wayward_dragon for thewanderingcat
Fandoms: Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026), Batman - All Media Types
29 May 2026
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Batman keeps a list of disgraced scientists who might consider supervillainy a viable career option. Ryland Grace has much better things to do than deal with an overly suspicious bat.
Inspired by a post from @thewanderingcat!
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16 Jun 2026
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To be honest, Grace did have his doubts about him.
When the new human first woke up, he punched Grace in the face and tried to run away. He didn’t speak for his first three days of being conscious. Not the best first impression.
Rocky, in the meantime, had one job. He was specifically tasked with building this new human a place to stay. Grace hadn’t made time for blueprints, too busy fumbling the situation that was his first real human in over fifteen years.
Grace didn’t realize ‘please build the new human a place to stay’ would be translated into ‘expand my home! the human will be living with me!’
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16 Jun 2026
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WELCOME ABOARD THE HAIL MARY.
“The Hail Mary?” The name reminded him of Eden. But Eden could only dream of this much light. This had to be heaven.
Before the robovoice said any more, footsteps thudded towards them. Simon crawled back. Why weren’t his legs working? He looked down and at least they were still there. Oh God, please be heaven and not hell.
A glowing figure threw the door open.
ELEVATED STRESS SIGNALS DETECTED. PLEASE BREATHE AT THE TONE.
His vision blurred again and he couldn’t even hear the chime this time, just strange musical notes. He could see the glowing figure dim into the shape of a man. No, no, this couldn’t be hell. After all, hell didn’t have angels.
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Just your typical bloodymary fic. Let the poor boy live.
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16 Jun 2026
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Somebody Else Wants That by ValeWright42
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
03 May 2026
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"...emitting a radio frequency, I tuned into it expecting little more than feedback, maybe due to a magnetic inbalance-”
“And??”
Wordlessly, they flick a switch, and the noise is played loud enough for the entire room to hear it.
“Please,” a voice sobs, “Please, it hurts- I'm scared, I just- please, I just want to live. Why doesn't anyone else want that? Why can't I- I want to-” it breaks off into more sobbing and the room practically vibrates with tension.
“That-! That is the language spoken by Engineer Rocky's Grace! That is HUMAN language!”
“Yes.”
“There is a human down there?? That shouldn't be-”
“But there is. What now?”
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AT-5 pops up on the edges of the Eridian Solar System with no explanation. They find Simon under the ocean.Series
- Part 1 of There's Value in Company
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16 Jun 2026
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Five Times Ryland Grace Surprised Someone and One Time He Surprised Himself by Katrina
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026)
21 May 2026
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People have a image of Dr. Ryland Grace. A bit of an oddball, hard working, loves a punny shirt, and is still very much a teacher for all that he's head scientist. Sometimes, however, he does something that is outside expectations. Even the ones he has of himself.
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15 Jun 2026
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The Layer That Holds You by cloudberryyy
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026), Sesame Street (US TV)
25 Mar 2026
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When porcupinesarentreal said, "In a universe where Grace goes back to earth, he would absolutely kill it on Sesame Street."
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Back on Earth, Ryland Grace discovers that surviving the impossible does not automatically tell you what to do with the life you got back.
Then Sesame Street invites him on to explain buoyancy to Elmo, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster.
What starts as a simple science segment turns into something gentler and stranger: a lesson about floating, about being held up, and about the quiet ways a person can begin to find their place again.
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Platonic cuddling by Likelightinglass
Fandom Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
26 May 2026
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15 Jun 2026
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it's lonely out in space by Likelightinglass
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
19 Mar 2026
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Grace is touch starved.
Rocky can fix.
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- Part 1 of Platonic cuddling
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15 Jun 2026