Sunshine On a Cloudy Day (Eva Stratt & Olesya Ilyukhina)
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That's My Wife by sunflowerscottie
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
23 May 2026
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You can't teach middle school without picking a few things up, so when Ilyukhina leans over to him during a meeting and whispers "That's my wife" while waggling her eyebrows in Stratt's direction, Grace knows that she's joking.
Other residents of Stratt's Vat? Not so much.
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Homeostatic Sleep Drive by sunflowerscottie
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
24 May 2026
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The drive to sleep that accumulates during prolonged wakefulness, and lessens during sleep.*
The longer a human is awake, the more pressure to sleep. For Eva Stratt, at 36+ hours of wakefulness and a sleep debt of god alone knows how many hours, the pressure is on—and there is no opportune moment to rest. Thankfully, Ilyukhina (and Grace) take matters into their own hands.
I can't believe I have to put this, but no AI was used here, I just really like em-dashes. They're perfect punctuation and you will pry them from my cold dead hands. Okay? Okay.
*(https://sleep.hms.harvard.edu/glossary#homeostatic-sleep-drive)
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Shelter in the Storm by sunflowerscottie
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
27 May 2026
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When a storm catches Eva Stratt off guard, Olesya Ilyukhina is there to keep her safe.
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Rumor Has It by sunflowerscottie
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
03 Jun 2026
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When a picture of Ilyukhina leaving Stratt's quarters starts circulating, Grace alerts Stratt. The rumors are back and stronger than ever. Stratt talks to Ilyukhina about it, and Ilyukhina finds out Stratt is not taking care of herself nearly as well as she ought to.
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Happy Un-Birthday! by sunflowerscottie
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
08 Jun 2026
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Olesya Ilyukhina wants to do something nice for Eva. When she realizes that they’ve been on the Vat for over a year, she decides to throw a tiny surprise unbirthday party for Eva, who has kept her birthdate a secret from the crew to avoid just that.
Rated T because I drop the F-word. Literally that's it. That's all.
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Best Behavior by sunflowerscottie
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
16 Jun 2026
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When the Hail Mary crew goes for a stint at NASA's main campus, Trump bullies his way into a meeting with them. Stratt vs Trump Showdown, but there's unintended collateral damage to the meeting.
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Caffeinate, Administrate, Delegate (In That Order) by sunflowerscottie
Fandoms: Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
23 Jun 2026
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Ever wonder how Grace ended up with so much paperwork toward the end of the Earth sequences of the book? Well, guess what! It's Ilyukhina's fault.
Or, when Ilyukhina gets back from NASA (and out of a brief mandated quarantine), she makes a beeline for Stratt and convinces her that she needs to delegate some of her tasks to her so-called second-in-command. Features: Stratt eating and Stratt sleeping because Olesya convinces her to do both.
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If You Want It by sunflowerscottie
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
23 Jun 2026
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Excited by the discovery that Grace does not know that he is the second-in-command and that DuBois thinks that Grace and Stratt are fucking, Ilyukhina seeks out Stratt in her quarters. Things come to a head.
Post launch party scene from the book.
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So...How Would You Like to Die? by sunflowerscottie
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
29 Jun 2026
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Stratt sends Grace to gather the astronauts' preferred method of suicide, instead of doing it herself as was the original plan. Ilyukhina has a suspicion as to why.
**If you have not read the rest of the series, I believe we have surpassed the point where this will make much sense unless you read the previous installments (which was never my intention, but has become more and more true as I've strayed from the original canon and begun referencing my own canon from previous fics in the series).
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Possible Failure State by sunflowerscottie
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types
03 Sep 2026
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Grace and Stratt were five kilometers away when the shockwave from the research center explosion moved their portables. What if Ilyukhina was a little closer?
Set during the Baikonur Cosmodrome explosion crisis, but things go a little differently.
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