AVeryTiredWren



Recent bookmarks

  1. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    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.

    ---

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

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    55,293
    Chapters:
    4/4
    Comments:
    575
    Kudos:
    2,602
    Bookmarks:
    836
    Hits:
    26,610

    03 Jun 2026

  2. Rec *

    Words:
    9,208
    Works:
    3
    Bookmarks:
    402

    03 Jun 2026

  3. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    After four years of space travel, Grace and Rocky are finally approaching Erid. Grace has been working hard to learn Eridian, but two days out, disaster strikes - his keyboard is broken and Rocky is hurt.

    Luckily, Grace can speak some very basic Eridian with his single set of vocal cords. Unfortunately, he sounds like a newly hatched baby Eridian when he does.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    4,769
    Chapters:
    2/2
    Comments:
    234
    Kudos:
    2,644
    Bookmarks:
    444
    Hits:
    12,947

    03 Jun 2026

  4. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    I snort. "Yeah, got me there. I'm old, okay? Just give me a second."

    A handful of moments pass. Then, "How old, question?" Rocky asks.

    I open my mouth, and then I realize exactly what I just walked into.

     

    Or: Grace and Rocky and a small conversation about lifespans.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,263
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    104
    Kudos:
    2,587
    Bookmarks:
    305
    Hits:
    9,663

    02 Jun 2026

  5. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    Grace begins to doubt he'll make it to Erid alive. Rocky tries to distract him with talks of what his new home should look like.

    or

    the story of how Grace wound up with his little slice of Earth on Erid

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    3,208
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    92
    Kudos:
    2,541
    Bookmarks:
    371
    Hits:
    10,409

    02 Jun 2026