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    Here’s the problem: Grace has a soulmate.
    His soulmate is looking for him. Would be great, if there wasn’t a big pay check attached to it.

    “Tom Ryder, Hollywood’s favourite playboy, seeking soulmate to settle down.”

    But Colt had told him “oh yeah, Gail is basically forcing him to do this for the publicity. She thought a grand love story behind the scenes would create hype for the movie.”
    And the soulmate would receive quite the hefty check for staying silent and being professional arm candy.

    Because, apparently everyone fussed over that Gosling guy and his soulmate wife. The fans need a new “perfect” couple to become scarily parasocial with.

    Grace is not about to be a freaking pay check.

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    15 Jun 2026

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    “They gave us like, four different apartment complexes to choose from.” Claire stabs her fork into her lasagna again, scoops up another bite, but waits to put it in her mouth. “I don't think you picked the place one of your brothers lives in on accident.”

    Courtland blinks once, the only tell that he's been caught off guard. 

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    Or, Courtland's introduction back into his younger brothers' lives is...not the smoothest of rides.

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    13 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 16

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    Time passes strangely on other planets. Mark Watney has found that out during the 50 Sols since he was left alone on Mars, he knew it would, but he didn't account for the overwhelming loneliness that follows him every where on this red dirt.
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    What if the Hail Mary crashed onto Mars during Ryland Grace's return to Earth, and they both find out that they’re not as alone as they thought.

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    09 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 62

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    “When the whole mess with Tom Ryder was done and dusted, and Colt finally got the girl (Jody told him he was on thin ice for calling her that, even if she had a smirk on her face), he finally decided it was time to call his brother back. Reconnect and apologize for being such an asshole.

    Colt was met with his voicemail instead. He called him again and again, heartfelt apologies and teasing inside jokes interspersed his words until Colt filled Ryland's voicemail inbox - and still, no response.

    He knew Ryland could be a pain in the ass when he wanted to be - a certain UNESCO conference in Denmark comes to mind - but this was an extreme, even for him. Even in his throes of self-pity, Ryland didn't miss a day of checking up on him even if Colt left him on read.

    Then news of the Arclight probe returning from the Petrova Line reached his ears, and everything suddenly made sense.”

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    Or, when Dr. Ryland Grace vanished into the secrecy of the Petrova Taskforce - soon to be known as “Project Hail Mary”, the world gained a scientist and hero.

    Colt lost his twin brother.

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    09 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 46

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    Ryland Grace spent four years at MIT hating Mark Watney with every fiber of his academically exhausted soul.

    Mark was loud, reckless, impossible to ignore, and somehow good at everything without even trying. Grace was neurotic, emotionally repressed, and one failed experiment away from becoming a supervillain. Naturally, they became rivals immediately.

    Then Rebecca — Grace’s girlfriend — got tired of dating a physics paper with anxiety and dumped him for Mark.

    Which only made the hatred worse.

    Six years later, humanity discovers Astrophage, the sun starts dying, and Grace suddenly finds himself recruited into the most important scientific project in human history. During a conversation with coworkers, he casually mentions his old college rival — only to learn Mark Watney was left behind on Mars and is presumed dead.

    Grace reacts to this information… concerningly badly.

    More to come.

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    08 Jun 2026