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    “Why Grace sad, question?”
    Grace stiffens slightly, leaning into his legs pulled tight against his chest. The synthetically perfect ocean water comes up to nip at his rubber-toed Converse, leaving slight droplets on the material. Grace wipes away organic saltwater from his face with his sleeve. He shakes his head. “It’s kinda hard to explain, Rock.”

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    Even after a few years, Grace is still having a bit of trouble acclimating to his new home on Erid.

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    07 Jun 2026

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    'Rocky, do you remember the expected, average human lifespan?'

    I ask it conversationally but Rocky freezes in place all the same.

    'No,' he states.

    'No?'

    'Yes, Rocky remembers. No, do not want to talk about this.'

    I lean back and fold my arms.

    'Rock…'

    'Grace. No. Bad bad bad.'


    Dr Ryland Grace is an old man. Dr Ryland Grace knows what he wants to happen when the time comes. Rocky doesn't want to talk about it.

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    07 Jun 2026

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    The capsule touches down on Erid about a decade and a half after I do.

    There's a message inside translated into fourteen different languages. Y'know, just in case I've taught myself - and then the Eridians - Afrikaans.

    Hey, it reads. Can we have our ball back, please?

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    07 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 50

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    Ryland Grace writes a letter to Eva Stratt to send with back to earth with the beetles.

    It takes him a few drafts.

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    06 Jun 2026

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    In Eridian culture, forcing someone into a state of sleep is one of the worst crimes someone can commit.

    Rocky discovers what happened to Grace.

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    06 Jun 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 16

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    [Current Audio Length: 2:39:22]

    Ryland Grace wakes up, goes to work, feels the rain on his face, teaches his students, cries over the galaxy, and dreams about a rock.

    Wait.

    What's that last one all about?

    There is a feeling in the back of his head like he's forgetting something. Is he forgetting something?

    Is he forgetting something again?

    Podfic of someday you will find me by ForestDivinity.

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    06 Jun 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 12

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    On the trip back to Erid Rocky is excited to spend quality time with their favorite human, but Grace is acting…strangely. They are unbearably quiet. The longer it goes on the more certain Rocky is that there is something very wrong.


    “I trust you with my sad experiences. I tell you about crew deaths and how it make me feel. Rocky trust Grace. Now Grace trust Rocky.”

    “What— what if I wasn’t a good person like you? What if I was actually a coward and a liar? Would you still trust me?”

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    03 Jun 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 87

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    // NOW COMPLETE!

    Ryland Grace is supposed to help save humanity.
    Carl’s job is to make sure nothing compromises that mission.
    But somewhere between hardware store shenanigans and long hours in the lab, duty gives way to trust, trust gives way to want, and both men are left facing the truth of what’s been building between them.

    // Note about the rating:
    This fic contains explicit sex scenes, but they’re not the main focus. If you’re not into reading smut, you still can absolutely enjoy this story and simply skip those parts. Sexual content appears only toward the end of chapters 3, 4, and 5. You can safely read up to that point in each chapter and then jump to the beginning of the next chapter.

    This also works the other way around — if you’re here for just the smut and don't care much about the emotional buildup or aftermath, you can go straight to chapters 3, 4, and 5 (and scroll to the bottom).

    I think the fic works best as a whole, but I understand everyone has different preferences :)

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    02 Jun 2026

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    "I had a dog as a kid," Grace had told them once. "Her name was Maisy. Big yellow labrador. We got her when I was around five—" (Rocky had never quite gotten used to human aging) "—and I loved her to bits. She was my best friend all through middle and high school.")

    Years ago, Ryland Grace lost a best friend. Years later, Rocky will too.

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    01 Jun 2026

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    Grace is put on cleaning duty and gets a mysterious fourth bag of vodka for his troubles.

    Rocky begrudgingly takes on the role of Designated Driver slash Space Blob Supervisor, and receives a different kind of gift in return.


    “Grace. What are you doing?”

    Grace's mouth, still smushed against my xenonite, curves upward: Contentment, happiness, satisfaction. Interesting, that it should be prone to smiling when made stupid by ethanol, but not so much when it gets stupid because of a lack of sleep.

    “‘s called a kiss, buddy. I‘m givin’ you. A kiss. ‘cause you're my best friend annnnd I like you. And y’nno what, you're actually pretty nice. When you’re not goin’ outta your way to be mean to me, that is.”

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    01 Jun 2026

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    “You sleep, I’ll watch.” 

    We both know that they are not going to sleep. We both know that the moment they go still, they will be dead. And I will be alone. But I won’t say that, and they won’t say that, even if it’s the truth. 

    “You…save Erid,” they say. 

    Not a question. 

    I will be the last Eridian on our ship. I will be the last hope. 

    Or I will die. Just like every other Eridian has died here, and will eventually die on Erid, because we failed.  

    I shift low, close to where my last friend lays. “You sleep, I will watch,” I tell them again. 

    And they go to sleep. 

    And they never wake up again. 

    Rocky loses everyone on his crew.

    Years later, he meets an alien.

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    01 Jun 2026

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    This should not have happened. None of this should be happening, and wouldn’t be if everyone had listened to me back at the nest and stayed put.

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    01 Jun 2026

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    “Rocky, I’m here, okay? Come back to me, pal, please.”

    Of course I will, I think, drawn to that voice, that strange, wobbling voice, which I care about without knowing exactly why, and I should – it makes me angry, not knowing – I should know –

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    01 Jun 2026

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    Eventually, the Beetles return to Earth with all of Grace's recordings on them. Naturally, someone at Buzzfeed is going to write a listicle about it.

    Look, we here at Buzzfeed have our own ways of honoring that Guy Who Died In Space To Save The Entire Planet.

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    31 May 2026

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    It's been a full year of living in close quarters on the Hail Mary. Grace was bound to mess up eventually.

    If Grace was still on Earth, he would have plenty of options for places to go. A quiet park, maybe a movie theater, a walk on the beach. Something like that. As it is, stuck on the Hail Mary, he just doesn’t have that many options of places to go after a fight with his roommate.

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    31 May 2026

  16. Public Bookmark 67

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    There are only two little issues to ensuring my livelihood.

    Vitamins and food. Fine, not so little. Big big big issues. Vitamins are going to be a major struggle. Humans are built to get most of their vitamins from food, of which I’ve already run out, aside from a few half-rations saved for really hard days. I’ve already separated a large sample of coma slurry to give over when we get to Erid. Hopefully, having samples of all my vitamins will help them figure out what to synthesize rather than just going from scratch.

    Food is going to be even trickier.

    But I have a plan. A foolhardy one, likely, but a plan nonetheless. I am going to start a farm. Yeah, that’s right. Have I literally ever lived in a house with its own yard my entire life? No. Have I ever grown anything bigger than the lima beans in wet paper towels as a class experiment? No! Do I have any of the things I need to even start a farm, most importantly, the seeds? No!

    Well, maybe. Okay, here’s the rundown.

    or Grace has lofty dreams to start a farm on Erid. We'll see how it goes.

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    31 May 2026

  17. Public Bookmark 67

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    Ryland Grace awakens back on Earth, confused, hurting, and missing his best friend. He made it back, but barely. Will he ever be strong enough to face a world who believes him a hero, or confront the reality of the planet he left behind? And above all else, is he ready to finally seek closure from the one woman who is responsible for all of it?

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    31 May 2026

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    “Hey! It’s a lot up here, okay? It’s a normal response to stress.” He rubs a hand over his face. “Okay, I cried a lot down there, too. But not in class! Not if I could help it. But having to say goodbye, gosh, I’ve never been good at that.” Grace laughs, but it sounds sad. His mouth is shut firmly, and he leans against my ball. He’s so soft, his body melds to the side of the xenonite with ease. “I can’t imagine what a mess I’ll be when—” he cuts himself off, but I know what was coming next.

    I’m not sure how I’ll be when we say goodbye either. It didn’t seem like it’d matter so much at first, after all, if we part ways, it means we succeeded. I’d be going back to Erid, to Adrian, to home. But I’d be leaving behind Grace. The thought of that is unpleasant. It sinks deep in me; the emotion is painfully familiar. It’s been a long time since I’ve had anyone to mourn losing anyone again. I don’t want to think about it, I’m not ready.

    or 5 times Rocky feels something for Grace. 1 time he does something about it.

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    30 May 2026

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    Hail Mary Counter @hailmarytracker · 12 hrs
    Days since last contact with Hail Mary: 9,716
    🗨 1 ⇄ 2 ♡ 5

    It's been nearly 27 years since the Hail Mary departed. When the ISS detects a signal in the far off solar system, hope begins to grow, even as mysteries start to unravel and the universe becomes a little smaller.

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    21 May 2026

  20. Public Bookmark 77

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    Stranded at 40 Eridani with his best friend — who has too many legs and absolutely no concept of minding his own business — Grace has made peace with life on Erid. Then Rocky runs the numbers. The numbers are bad. Grace is declining, slowly but certainly, despite Rocky's best efforts.

    Rocky's solution is exactly what you'd expect: massive, meticulous, and completely non-negotiable. A new ship. A diplomatic delegation. Six years of travel with the only family he has left — which, Grace privately admits, is the first thing that's made going home feel possible. And one small additional item Rocky mentions almost as an afterthought: the thrum has determined that Grace requires a mate, and they have assigned it diplomatic priority.

    Grace has a lot of feelings about this. Rocky is unmoved.

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    17 May 2026

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