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Orange Soda by coastmodern
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
05 Jun 2026
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The intruder enters the kitchen slowly, limbs held low to the ground. Their carapace tilts from side to side as they draw near, fixing their auricles on me.
The xenosuit they have on looks cobbled together, almost experimental. It’s not see-through like my team’s suits are. It wasn’t designed with my light detectors in mind. Instead, it’s dark and opaque, and not at all helping to dispel the impression of a masked burglar in my home.
I’ve never seen that body language in person before, but I understand it on an instinctual level. Eridians are the apex predators of their planet. It’s a hunting stance, and I am the prey.
or: Grace experiences a home invasion on Erid.
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For Team Morale by coastmodern
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
27 May 2026
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Olesya wonders if Dr. Xi has picked up on this ‘thing’ that everyone seems to be thinking about, but no one is saying. The way Grace seems to go limp, pliant, easy when touched. It’s the alcohol, but it’s something else too. Something unquantifiable.
Grace doesn’t appear to know that he’s the new variable in their equation, the puzzle that everyone is trying to solve.
or: Grace gets cuddly when he's drunk.
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Blood and Brine | Fox in a Snare by The_Encryptid
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
10 Aug 2026
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Awareness drifts back to him in fragments. One of the first things he identifies is that he hurts—his arms and legs ache something fierce, his brain throbbing in his skull. His whole body is sore, as though he’d just finished running a marathon. Which…which he wouldn’t know, actually. He’s only ever managed a 5k at best—there’d been a walkathon fundraiser at Grover Cleveland Middle, years ago. He’s not much of a runner, more of a biker, and not by choice.
His eyes flutter open, then, almost of their own accord. Everything’s blurry and far-away, as though he’s squinting through a tunnel to see it. His glasses are gone. He’s horizontal, sprawled out with his legs twisted awkwardly underneath him, lying on what feels like the floor. It’s cold and hard and presses uncomfortably against the side of his face. Something lukewarm and wet has pooled against his cheek, gathered around the corner of his mouth.
What…?
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11 Aug 2026
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Grace has a sudden seizure, and Rocky helps him through it.
Based on sharkfiinn’s art on Tumblr. Find link inside fic.
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10 Aug 2026
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I just wanted Grace and Rocky to watch Amok Time together.
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10 Aug 2026
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The Least Dangerous Game by FriendlyRicecakes
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
08 Aug 2026
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Come on, brain, I try to tell myself. You’re not seriously still hung up on this, right? That was ages ago. It’s research time right now. Rocky just gave us an absolutely fascinating demonstration. It seems Eridians evolved to use complex camouflage to mimic their environment’s texture and disguise themselves from their prey. I wonder if this need to create incredibly intricate disguises for blending into their environment contributed to their eventual development of complex material and tool use?
YOU’RE DYING WE’RE DYING HE’S MURDERING US WE’RE GOING TO DIE, my brain helpfully supplies.
Gee. Thanks, brain.
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09 Aug 2026
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Gimme Some Sugar! by Pineapple_King
Fandoms: Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
13 Aug 2026
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Inspired by a tumblr post by @goldenaltar about a no astrophage/space diplomacy AU I literally could NOT stop thinking about since I first read it.
The first collaboration between eridians and humans involves planning for a proper first contact, out in space so their respective interstellar trip times are cut (approximately) in half. Grace was conscripted for ‘Project Neighborhood’ as one of many biologists on the team. He sneaks out to the tunnel connecting their ships after hours to try and catch a glimpse of a Real Life Alien - and there's an eridian on the other side who has the exact same idea.
When their sneaking around catches up to them, they're forced to consider the implications of all this sneaking around, and maybe lean into them a little to keep from being thrown out the nearest airlock - or starting an intergalactic war.
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04 Aug 2026