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  1. Public Bookmark 9

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    Humans dream. And sometimes when humans dream they can experience nightmares. Eridians, however, do not dream at all. So when Rocky hears Grace’s heart rate suddenly spike as the man is sleeping, he fears the worse.

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    27 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 9

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    Grace finally tells Rocky how he ended up in space.

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    27 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 23

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    “Grace remember now. Grace sabotage mission?” Rocky demanded. “You could do, easy. Grace could open taumoeba tanks. Grace could set spin drive to blow up ship. Grace could do many things.”

    “What? No, no, I haven’t done any of that!” I hurriedly reassured. “I won’t, Rocky. I wouldn’t!”

    “If Rocky had no extra fuel, Grace sabotage mission, question?”

    “No! Rocky, I’m not going to sabotage anything! I wouldn’t do that to you.”

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    There are many bad things about Rocky—as there are about any person I’ve ever met. And that isn’t even talking about myself. But the problem isn’t that he’s bossy, or swears like a sailor even though I can’t directly translate, or takes up more than half the space on my own gosh darn ship…

    …No. The problem is that despite all his flaws, he’s too good.

    Rocky is endlessly, painfully good.

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    Grace and Rocky have a very important conversation.

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    27 Jun 2026

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    Sometimes I'd forget

     

    Rocky has been stranded, alone and light years away from home for 46 years. For a long time it seemed like nothing would ever change. But a new arrival in Tau Ceti system is about to alter the course of history; For Rocky, for Erid, and for another world far, far away.

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    Beta read by chez_levi! Thank you for your notes, and curse you for your implications about metaphors

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    25 Jun 2026

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    Simon didn’t expect his savior to be exactly his type.

    What a welcome sight. Even if this stupidly handsome man ends up being evil, or working for the C.O.I, at least he’d die looking at something good.

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    Grace and Rocky find Simon's ship floating in deep space on their way to Erid.

    UPDATE: This fic has been peer reviewed by a NASA engineer who has approved of the science!

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    24 Jun 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 12

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    “6… 9… 12…” I mutter under my breath.

    I feel tears welling up in my eyes as the realization dawns on me. I only have 21 meals of real food left, plus the five that I decided to keep safe for special occasions. I rub my arms in an attempt to soothe myself, but it turns out more like scratching my skin.

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    On the way to Erid, Grace has to face the fact that he is either not going to make it or will never touch another person again. Rocky, however, sees things differently.

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    23 Jun 2026

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    I lived with this hunger long before the Hail Mary. This is nothing new. I’m fine.

    Right up until Rocky asks another question.

    “When last time you touch other human person skin, question?”

    Oh. Oh no. “When I… a few days after I first woke up here.”

    Rocky starts to relax for a split second, but then tightens when something occurs to him.

    “Grace crewmates dead when you wake up. You said this, statement. You not even know your own name, remember nothing, see dead bodies, confirm?”

    I nod, because if I open my mouth I will gag.

    “When last time Grace touch ALIVE human person, question.”

    I swallow thickly. I don’t answer aloud because I know Rocky can hear the hitch in my breath. My stomach churns with fresh bile. He senses my vital signs tick over into stress patterns and goes very, very still again.

    “Grace. When last time, question.”

    I clench my jaw so hard my temples ache, and beg him with my eyes to just stop.

    “Grace. Please say not when… when Evil Stratt humans put you to sleep.”

    I can taste grass.

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    AKA: Grace starves for more than just food on the journey to Erid.

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    20 Jun 2026

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    I lived with this hunger long before the Hail Mary. This is nothing new. I’m fine.

    Right up until Rocky asks another question.

    “When last time you touch other human person skin, question?”

    Oh. Oh no. “When I… a few days after I first woke up here.”

    Rocky starts to relax for a split second, but then tightens when something occurs to him.

    “Grace crewmates dead when you wake up. You said this, statement. You not even know your own name, remember nothing, see dead bodies, confirm?”

    I nod, because if I open my mouth I will gag.

    “When last time Grace touch ALIVE human person, question.”

    I swallow thickly. I don’t answer aloud because I know Rocky can hear the hitch in my breath. My stomach churns with fresh bile. He senses my vital signs tick over into stress patterns and goes very, very still again.

    “Grace. When last time, question.”

    I clench my jaw so hard my temples ache, and beg him with my eyes to just stop.

    “Grace. Please say not when… when Evil Stratt humans put you to sleep.”

    I can taste grass.

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    AKA: Grace starves for more than just food on the journey to Erid.

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    20 Jun 2026

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    "Grace, question?” Rocky says from his tunnel.

    “Yeah?” I peek my head up, wiping nonexistent dust off my pants. The storage compartment was almost completely sterile, but I needed something to do with my hands.

    All okay, question?” There’s a slight quiver in the notes of his voice that I’ve come to recognize as hesitance.

    “Of course, buddy.” I laugh disbelievingly, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

    Ryland finds Yao’s gun and he is perfectly normal about it, thank you very much. He’s only been stuck in the same environment eating the same meals everyday for a year now. He’s fine.

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    20 Jun 2026

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    It's not jealousy. Adrian is adamant about that. They are actually insisting that it’s not any emotion at all. Not even dislike. They are simply completely uninterested in anything that concerns “the human”. 

    Rocky believes them. Adrian has always been the level-headed one out of the two of them. They are too logical to be jealous. They acknowledge that Grace and Rocky have a special bond after everything they went through together and also understand that none of that will ever pose a threat to their relationship. 

    Neither are they heartless or ungrateful. They know that Grace is the only reason that Rocky is back at all, the only reason their star has stopped dying. Adrian has told Rocky again and again that they are grateful and happy and wish the alien no ill will. They even helped with the construction of the biodome.

    And yet they have no desire to get to know Grace. 

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    You know those videos where the dad is like "You may keep the cat but I will have nothing to do with it" and a few days later they are smothering the kitty with cuddles and love?

    Adrian never stood a chance.

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    20 Jun 2026

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    Dr. Theresa Cabral is thirty-nine when the beetles return to Earth.

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    19 Jun 2026

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    “Grace, question?” Rocky was becoming increasingly more nervous. He’d never seen Grace do this before. Sleep was supposed to be restful. This didn’t look restful at all.

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    19 Jun 2026

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    Grace and Rocky discuss tattoos, markings, and scars.

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    19 Jun 2026

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    Grace is touch starved.

    Rocky can fix.

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    19 Jun 2026

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    When Grace gets seemingly teleported by means unknown into the SM-13 right as it was nearing The Light, both Simon and Grace have no idea what is happening. Grace knows he was supposed to be in his house on Erid, Simon knows this new guy cannot possibly be a hallucination, and Ava, upon hearing Grace ramble about theories for how he got there, knows that new guy is Smart. Could-Secure-Our-Survival Smart.
    She orders Simon to bring Grace back to the surface, and thus begins Grace's ordeal in a starless universe.

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    18 Jun 2026

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    Ryland Grace is living peacefully on Erid. Peacefully until something (or someone) so monumentally bloody stains the water in his enclosure.

    Simon is trying to get by on what he thinks is heaven, until he starts to mutate into something unholy.

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    You know the drill it’s platonic bloodymary time

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    podfic/translation welcome!

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    18 Jun 2026

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    Rising star Jesper needs a fake boyfriend to save his public image. Through sheer luck he finds the right person for the job - for the right price: Wylan, a pretty prostitute who keeps many secrets close to his chest.

    The relationship is fake, but when the feelings become real it gets dangerous.

    (Pretty Woman AU but with many changes)

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    07 Jun 2026

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    Jesper and Wylan meet at a farmers’ convention and, long story short, they might have to overthrow the government.

    Jesper was supposed to spend spring break at Nina’s—then a joint turned up in his backpack and his da decided he was coming to the convention instead. He’s miserable and bored until a chance encounter with a shy artist. He never expected to meet someone sweet, gorgeous, and interested in him in the middle of Iowa.

    There’s just one tiny problem: Wylan’s father is nationally prominent and openly homophobic.

     

    Modern American politics AU -- you've been warned.

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    04 Jun 2026

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    “Why do you hate me so much?” Wylan demands. He crosses his arms over his chest, his brows furrow, and his lips downturn in a pout that’s probably supposed to be intimidating, but instead is irritatingly endearing.

    Jesper huffs. “Do you want the list alphabetically, or in order of annoyingness?”

    “Before this week, before the wedding, we’d had exactly one interaction, seven years ago, and on our second interaction ever, you shoved me into a cake.”

    You shoved me, you royal douchebag.”

     

    Or: Jesper is the First Son of the President of Novyi Zem and Wylan is the Crown Prince of Kerch. Their respective countries have an already politically contentious relationship that is made worse by an altercation between the two at the Kerch king's wedding. To fix this, they intend to fake a long-term friendship to the media, but what happens when friendship becomes romance? What happens when two boys with very public lives and deeply personal secrets fall in love? What risk is worth the love of a lifetime?

    Updates weekly.

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    01 Jun 2026

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    Wylan sucks in a breath, steeling himself and getting his order right in his head before opening the door. The sound of the door must have gotten Jesper’s attention, because he looks up from the machine behind the counter and waves.

    “Wylan! Hey, you're back,” he says, grinning at Wylan as if he truly is happy to see him. “Nina, look–” he taps her on the shoulder as Wylan walks over.

    Nina, who has just finished serving a customer, swats Jesper’s hand away lightly. “Yes, yes, I see him,” she says with an exasperated eyeroll, making eye contact with Wylan afterwards. She smiles at him. “Hey Wylan, what took you so long– I was stuck with only Jesper for conversation for like four days– it takes its toll on a person.”

    Wylan, laughing at Jesper’s feigned offence, responds. “I’m sure he’s lovely company to have.”

    “See! I am lovely.” he says to Nina, clearly proud of himself

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    found family six of crows, Wesper-centric because I'm evil for these two characters and I love emotionally beating up Wylan and then giving him lots of comfort. updates fairly regularly, a few times a week :)

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    29 May 2026

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