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  1. Public Bookmark 77

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    On the final month to Erid, Grace finds real food and, with one need met, suddenly finds himself craving another.

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    22 May 2026

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  2. Public Bookmark 44

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    Rocky creates a terrifying robot in an attempt to give Grace the sensation of human touch again.

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    22 May 2026

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  3. Public Bookmark 23

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    It's hard to watch your best friend get almost everything you want. Stuck in orbit above Erid, Ryland Grace tries not to look a gift horse in the mouth as he misses home.

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    22 May 2026

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  4. Public Bookmark 39

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    Rocky is fascinated by human hair

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    22 May 2026

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  5. Public Bookmark 2

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    Grace only had two things on his mind: Bananas and his imminent death.

    A short story that grew from generating a random sentence to exploring what might've happened between deciding to go back for Rocky and actually getting there. Grace going a bit insane, that is.

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    22 May 2026

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  6. Public Bookmark 29

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    the untold story of rocky & grace's trip back to erid. it does not go well.

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    22 May 2026

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  7. Public Bookmark 17

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    Ryland Grace is the first human to ever live on an exoplanet, and this was not an eventuation that was planned for.

    This post-canon fic follows the teething issues of life on Erid: alien engineering and mechanics, the eventual sequelae of malnutrition, and the psychological effects of being very, very far from human touch.

    Despite all this, Dr. Grace might just be the only human alive who feels more at home in the company of aliens than he ever did on Earth.

    No-one is quite sure what to do with that.

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    22 May 2026

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  8. Public Bookmark 39

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    My head lifted from where it had been sitting in my hands. My hands didn’t feel real anymore. I stared at the box in front of me. Before I could protest, my shaking limbs dragged my weary body to it, grabbing the small firearm. It was heavier than I anticipated. It was almost unassuming.

    Grace is not doing well. Thank God he has Rocky.

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    21 May 2026

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    [ The day the alien was brought to Erid was stressful for everyone. So stressful that, everyone seemed to forget, twenty-two Eridians never came home. ]

    HELLO ASH NATION !!!! i cannot believe how much love you guys have for my silly little germaphobe rock !!!! i'm so excited to start making this mini series omg

    please note this is my first time ever posting on Ao3 !!! (long time reader tho) i plan to make this series just a collection of scenes/events that entail Ash's adjustment to an Erid that houses a weird squishy space blob + little parts of his backstory too !! i really hope you all enjoy reading it as much as i enjoy making it

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    18 May 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 61

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    Ryland Grace is left in charge of six Eridian children and a 49-item list of instructions while Rocky and Adrian go on a honeymoon.

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    07 May 2026

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    'Why born sick?'

    Parent touches the circle on their arm. They do that a lot when they're sad.

    'Parent and mate not supposed to have clutch. Tried many times, but cells didn't fix selves. Finally, Parent fix. Was enough for little while, but was not enough.'

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    07 May 2026

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  12. Public Bookmark 51

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    Grace stopped keeping track of some forms of time after arriving on Erid. He knows it has been several years, but it became less important to track the specifics. Because of this, he's forgotten when his birthday is. Rocky is keen on figuring it out.

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    05 May 2026

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  13. Public Bookmark 50

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    "There's no sound in space. Not after the last of my crewmates died; it was just the ambient noise of our ship ever since. Nothing else. Not for a long, long stretch of time. Quiet is one of the worst things for us. Same as darkness for humans, I suppose. We try to avoid it as much as we can; Eridians, when together, rarely sit in silence. There is always talk or song or at least hums that carry no meaning and rythmic taps. Just to say I am here."

    or; after being away for so long, coming home doesn't go exactly the way Rocky had expected it to.

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    04 May 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 belongs

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    01 May 2026

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    “What are we naming this project?”

    “Project Human Comfort Activity.”

    “...Nah. That sounds like a sex thing, still. Uh. Project…Hug?”

    “No. Dumb name. Bad. Dumb.”

    “Well, jeez, what else do you suggest?”

    “Project Hold Human.”

    “Sounds like jail.”

    “Project Touch Grace.”

    “Yikes.”

    “...Project…Cuddle.”

    “...Yeah. I like that one. Project Cuddle a go?"

    "Project Cuddle APPROVED. Excite. Excite. Excite."

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    Grace is touch-starved, and tired of contact only through Eridian space suits.

    Rocky doesn't want Grace to die.

    (PLATONIC SOULMATES RYLAND GRACE & ROCKY)

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    25 Apr 2026

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  16. Public Bookmark 33

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    When I first woke up, I couldn’t see anything. It took several long seconds to realize that the reason I couldn’t see wasn’t because I’d gone blind, but because there was a black bag on my head.
    Which. Was not reassuring.
    While starving to death on Erid, Grace remembers some things that he’d really rather forget.

    BTHB: captivity

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    25 Apr 2026

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    Grace is dying. He's been dying half this trip. There's no point in ignoring it, though he and Rocky try to anyway. One particularly bad day, he finds he can't shake the thought of Yao's gun, hidden away down in storage and calling to him.

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    "There's a gun on the ship.
    A gun on the ship for one very specific reason. A reason that Grace has spent years running away from, but one that keeps chasing after him. "

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    25 Apr 2026

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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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    25 Apr 2026

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    When porcupinesarentreal said, "In a universe where Grace goes back to earth, he would absolutely kill it on Sesame Street."

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    Back on Earth, Ryland Grace discovers that surviving the impossible does not automatically tell you what to do with the life you got back.

    Then Sesame Street invites him on to explain buoyancy to Elmo, Big Bird, and Cookie Monster.

    What starts as a simple science segment turns into something gentler and stranger: a lesson about floating, about being held up, and about the quiet ways a person can begin to find their place again.

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    23 Apr 2026

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  20. Public Bookmark 6

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    There is nothing left of Erik to break. But Nadir knew the little Sultana would find a way. She always did. 

    Sequel to "the bone that breaks."

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    21 Apr 2026

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