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    Grace develops a sickness shortly after collecting the taumoeba, and it’s worrying rocky.

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    11 Jun 2026

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    The ship is completely out of fuel.

    By the time they had realized there was a problem at all it was too late to do anything. The Taumeoba had torn through the ship. Through all of the fuel and all of the astrophage that had been repurposed as radiation protection. Rocky had spent so long trying to fix it and it had only left them injured. Now their only hope is that Grace will save their star, and maybe Earth will be able to send a ship and save Erid. They will be dead by then, but at least the mission won't have completely failed.

    Their mind is not a very kind place to be in a doomed scenario, having spent decades imagining nearly every way they could fail their planet miserably. This had not been one they'd thought of. Now all they are left with are the things they'll miss and the crushing silence surrounding the ship.

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    10 Jun 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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    10 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 72

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    Its been five years now since Grace and Rocky solved the Astrophage problem. Four years since Grace's body change in their attempt to keep him alive during the trip. A year since they arrived to Erid where both Rocky and Adrian begin to court Grace, to make him their mate.

    And yet, the day when Grace was put under and force onto the Hail Mary still haunts him.

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    “Picture: you, human, stranded in ship in space. Me: big bad space pirate, here to capture you and—”

    “Have your way with me?” grins Grace. “Put your claws alllll over me? Claim me as part of your booty?”

    Rocky reaches down and flicks him. “Grace make sound so stupid. Promise: is not stupid. Could be fun! Grace show me around ship, ready to do anything to convince me to let go free. Maybe Grace even show me own body."

    “Oooooh, and then you could be like: ‘I’ll let you go, but since you’re the only human I’ll ever meet, I have to study you. Experiment on you. For the sake of interstellar biology.’”

    “Well... word ‘probe’ did appear much during research."

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    10 Jun 2026