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“What made you come up with this?” Grace asks. His voice is thick.
“Grace need comfort,” Rocky says matter-of-factly. “Like a hug. This comfort Grace, question?”
Grace presses his hand more firmly against the top of Rocky’s carapace, and Rocky shifts a bit within the xenonite, rising so that they make nearly direct contact through the panel. It’s not like they haven’t done something like this before—Rocky is always pressing his claws up against Grace’s palm—but it’s different for Grace’s whole hand to be so close, to feel the heat of a living thing against his side and against his palm all at once.
“Yeah,” Grace breathes.
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On the trip to Erid, Grace is starving.
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21 Jun 2026
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to be understood by scarlct_vvitch
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
17 Jun 2026
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Two days after their first contact—and more importantly, their first words—Grace sets up his thinking machine to speak.
Rocky does not need the assistance of a machine for Grace’s language. It is ugly and harsh to listen to, but it’s relatively simple to learn. That, and, well—Rocky was alone for a very, very long time before he met Grace. He maybe hangs on to each word a little more than strictly necessary. Grace only needs to tell him each word once for Rocky to know it forever.
Grace, though…
Well, he’s lucky Rocky is patient. Let’s leave it at that.
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I chose to be with all of you by cooking_with_hailstones
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
20 Jun 2025
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Murderbot and ART are doing a deep clean of their old databases, and Murderbot comes across a file from PSUMNT that ART really doesn't want it to see.
(Written for the New Tideland discord server's writing prompt "warning labels")
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11 Jun 2026
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We were watching Sanctuary Moon when it happened.
We’d gotten to the part where Captain Hossein and the Navigation Unit were stranded planetside—the whole scene bathed in violet hues to bring out the romantic overtones. (Much more appealing than actual planets.)
“I love this bit,” Ratthi said.
Truthfully, I like it, too. And I could have said as much. Or I could have said nothing at all. Both were valid options. But instead, I decided to be the contrary asshole and went with option C.
“It’s implausible,” I said.
Ratthi looked confused and I realized I needed to elaborate.
“There’s no way a unit built to navigate starships would take a romantic interest in somebody.”
And that’s when I felt it—the sudden absence. If I’m honest, I hadn’t realized how closely ART had managed to sidle up against me in the feed until it was gone.
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An offhand comment leads to a misunderstanding between SecUnit and ART, and—possibly—a discussion about what they really are to each other.
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Styx! I yell over the feed. What happened???
Um, it says, and it sounds cornered. It— it's kind of a long story, it—
My ETA is forty-five seconds, I snap. Start now.
…Right, Styx says guiltily. Well. Okay. It's easier if I just show you.
I am about to ask it what it means by that when I abruptly feel as if my head has been shoved underwater.Series
- Part 5 of Loverboy
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09 Jun 2026