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to touch gently, to hold close by aetherisan
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
10 Aug 2025
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Jayce finally makes a move to break the silence. “You-” his voice comes out as a croak, and he swallows. Tries again. “You really mean that?”
The incredulity to Jayce’s tone makes Viktor ache. He wants to rage, to unleash his ire upon those who have convinced Jayce that he is some sort of a burden, rather than the intelligent and competent young man that Viktor knows him to be. “When have I ever lied to you?” he responds simply.
The irrevocability to his words must be the thing to finally break Jayce. His expression crumples, and he tears his gaze away from Viktor, folding in on himself and burying his face into his knees even as his body stays angled toward Viktor’s. His shoulders begin to tremble ever so slightly.
Viktor’s veins are immediately awash in cold panic. He’s pushed too much, hasn’t he? He only wanted to assuage Jayce’s insecurities, not to … Gods, not to make him cry.
Jayce has issues with his self-worth. Viktor isn't going to let him suffer through them alone.
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what once was mine by aetherisan
Fandoms: The Mandalorian (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types
09 Jan 2024
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The young man turned his gaze to the tower window, staring longingly toward the horizon. The early morning sun had already begun to stream through, transforming his hair into a blazing, glowing gold, and a distant part of Din wondered what it would feel like to reach out and touch it.
“I want you to take me to the city,” the man finally said, turning resolutely back to Din. “Just for a day. Those are my terms.”
Din blinked. “That’s it?"
“That’s it.”
aka a completely self-indulgent dinluke tangled AU that no one asked for
[RE-UPLOAD BY ORIGINAL AUTHOR]
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the wayward and the lost by aetherisan
Fandoms: The Mandalorian (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types
22 Feb 2022
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two broken men. two dying races. one child to bridge them both together.
[or the act of finding oneself through the paths you choose, and the people you walk them with]
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the unbearable loneliness of distant stars by aetherisan
Fandoms: The Mandalorian (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types
21 Feb 2022
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Din wonders when the Jedi became Skywalker, and when Skywalker became Luke, or when the lines between stranger and friend had blurred and left him standing in an unfamiliar ship, folding bare hands around a man he barely knew and feeling like his breath had been lost to the stars.
A Jedi and a Mandalorian face down the ashes of the Empire and learn what it means to rebuild a broken people.
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Din noted the girl’s uniform hanging off her small frame, the oil and grease caked on her face, the callouses on her hands. “That’s no life for a kid.”
She shrugged. “It’s all I got.”
Din was at the tail end of a very long, difficult day. If he had any sense, he’d express his sympathy to the girl for her situation, pick up the bounty, and go back to his ship so he could claim the reward and finally get a good night’s sleep.
But apparently Din did not have any sense, if what he said next was any indication.
“Would you like to come with me?”
Or
What if Grogu wasn't the first foundling Din brought back to the covert?
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Proverbial Straw by Drhair76
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), The Gray Man (2022), The Fall Guy (2024)
15 Jun 2026
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The door opens.
Claire chokes. Ryland is standing there in blue PJ pants and an oversized PBS t-shirt. He's rubbing his eyes, which are missing his glasses, which makes it even more obvious how similar they look. When his hand falls away, Six watches him process what is standing at his door. His eyes go from Six, down to Claire, then back up to Six.
He laughs, high and stressed, then closes the door in their face.
OR, Six needs help taking care of Claire after they break free from their respective jails. He decides that his younger brother Ryland Grace is the solution.
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- Part 1 of last to make it home
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22 Jun 2026
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a deconstruction of boundaries by Grapesey (YumGrapeJuice)
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
16 May 2026
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“Grace can feel song, question?” Rocky asked, slower than usual. The cooing had lulled him, too.
“I… Maybe? Yeah,” Grace whispered, and Rocky had to focus to understand the slurring.
“Humans can feel sound, question?”
Grace huffed a small laugh. “Sometimes, yeah. For example, when the sound is… very low and loud, we can feel it in our chests.”
“Song is neither low nor loud.” That would have an entirely different effect.
“I know. I can still feel it, I think. It’s strange.”
“Good strange, question?”
“Good strange, yeah.”
Grace could feel sound. Grace could feel Rocky’s songs.
Hmm.
Rocky discovers nature's laws aren't as inflexible as they'd thought. He puts this to good use.
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10 Jun 2026
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The Greatest Act of Optimism by Acewithapaintbrush
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
30 Apr 2026
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The Eridian thrills a high sound that doesn’t get picked up by the translator which means that it has no clear meaning. Like when a human gasps or sucks in a deep breath. It actually sounds a little like that. When they notice that I’m staring straight at them they scramble back into their hiding spot and hold very still.
A child, I realize with a start.
That’s a child!
“Hey,” I call and the kid squeaks again. I was about to get to my feet but abort the movement and crawl closer on my hands and knees until I'm inches away from the xenonite wall. I wait and it takes me much too long to realize that they don’t have to peek around the corner to see if I’m still there.
“Hey there,” I try again, my voice low and calm. It’s my teacher voice, the one I use for shy and scared students.
Used.
The fact that I haven’t had to use it for years and it still comes to me automatically almost knocks the air out of my lungs but this is not about me, it’s about making sure the little pebble doesn’t die of fright from the scary alien. “Hi, I’m Grace. It’s alright, you don’t have to be scared.”
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How Grace finally gets back into a classroom, where he belongsSeries
- Part 1 of Teacher Grace's Extraordinary Curriculum
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16 May 2026
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Design Thinking for Everyday Life by lyricl
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
09 May 2026
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"So how humans pick partner?"
"Well, sexually speaking, I guess a lot of humans go off of looks,” said Grace. “Physical appearance.”
“Physical appearance!” Rocky was scandalized. “No good. Bad variable. Tell you nothing. Have to run experiment. Have to try.”
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10 May 2026
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took me back to something (that i'd somehow lost somewhere along the way) by AruiI
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
02 May 2026
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The biodome is, at last, finished.
Grace runs.
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- Part 4 of time passes in leaps up here
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03 May 2026