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Home Again by SmallBirdRising
Fandoms: The Fall Guy (2024), Project Hail Mary (2026), The Gray Man (2022)
19 Aug 2026
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The two watch in horrified silence as this stranger punches his big brother across the jaw, sending him careening to the floor. He stays there, unmoving, for an agonizing, excruciating moment. Then this– this fucker drags Ry onto his knees and lances his fingers into his scalp, tugging him by the hair so that he has a good look at his face.
When he shoves Ryland’s head into the water basin, Colt starts seeing red.
He thinks about the last text Ry sent him. He thinks about the three dropped calls from last night. He thinks about someone hurting his brother—his brother—and suddenly he can’t breathe.
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Ryland Grace and Colt Seavers have managed to move past the abusive tragedy of their upbringing. Despite all of it, they've found stability in each other, and are as close as a pair can be.
But what happens when Ryland suddenly disappears?
Colt must put everything he has on the line to save the only family he has left, and he's quickly running out of time. He's determined to bring his brother back home, even if it might be the end of him.
...And he's not the only one looking.
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How Sweet the Sound by SmallBirdRising
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
09 Jul 2026
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I can see it: my emaciated body, clinging to the last dredges of life, with barely the strength left to breathe. The bruising peppering my skin. The holes in my mouth where my teeth have come loose. The curve of my softened skull where my hair has fallen away. A form so sunken that it’s nearly indistinguishable from the sheets that envelope it, yet despite this the shaking still comes, futilely fighting off the chill that emanates from deep within its core. Not a person anymore.
How long will that take? I wonder. How long will I be able to claim that I am still alive, still here, still real? How long before I forget the fundamental parts of myself? Will it be quicker, if I’ve already done it before? Can this vision of me still be counted as an iteration of Ryland Grace?
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Or: After the events of Project Hail Mary, Grace and Rocky are finally on their way home. However, their new journey brings with it several new challenges: old memories, past failures, and stark, sickening hunger. They will have to rely on each other if either has a chance of making it to Erid.
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But like so many things in her life, the weight of this overcomes her, and she’s trapped in a familiar misery of her own devising. No matter how much she’s grown in the past few years, it always returns to her: a wild dog she’s made the mistake of feeding too many times. She thought she’d been smart. She’s fought so hard to not get attached; it’s not like she’d given it a name or let it inside her home. But sometimes she wakes up in her bed and and it’s there, watching her sleep with beady eyes, and then it settles on top of her chest and she’ll fall asleep with its teeth sunk in her throat and it’s going to snap her neck like she’s a bird caught its jaws and she loathes it–
Maybe this analogy isn’t working.
What's up with Janine's breathing?
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Gregory’s right: Avi truly isn’t Zach. He’s a cat person. He listens to dad rock. He’s a total cinephile. He’s able to tell stories without getting totally off-track, yet somehow calls it endearing when Jacob does. He likes it when Jacob brings work drama on their dates and doesn’t let him apologize when he feels like he’s dumping a bunch of irrelevant information on him. He thinks it’s cute when Jacob has morning stubble. He’s not ashamed to introduce Jacob to his friends. He wants to go dancing– in public. The more time they spend together, the more he’s reminded that none of these qualities are remotely Zach-like. But, more importantly, they’re not Jacob-like, either.
Or: Jacob has to come to terms with the fact that he might, maybe, just a teensy weensy little bit be in love with a certain paramedic.
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The dinging of his phone interrupts his train of thought, and he unlocks it to a string of texts from Caleb.
Caleb
Yo
Mel told me yall went out last night
Sounded pretty wild
U good?He chews the corner of his thumb, contemplating how much information he should share. He knows Caleb still looks up to him; better to not bog him down with details of his poor choices. He manages to get a quick and vague “super hungover rn” out before his guts churn again and he has to resume the activity of emptying the newly ingested substance into the toilet.
Or: Jacob Hill has spent his entire life fixing his problems alone. But when something is undeniably wrong with him, his family shows him that maybe he doesn't have to be.
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Project Evolution by sam_i_am_writing
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, The Fall Guy (2024), Iron Lung (2026), Spider-Man - All Media Types
04 Sep 2026
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Doctor Ryland Grace wouldn't want his life any other way. He has a job that he loves, everyone he loves lives in the same city as him, and he doesn't have to worry about a roommate.
Life is pretty much perfect.
Then along came a spider...
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03 Aug 2026
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“The only reason you think it’s easy to be a parent is because you never became one,” Teresa said. “You would understand if you had ever had kids.”
Jacob was bent over the counter, blissfully unaware of the conversation taking place over the phone as he peeled Melissa an apple. He looked up only to shoot her a quick smile, a smile that still graced his face when he turned his head back down.
“I understand it just fine.”
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12 Jan 2025
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what's a loss of blood when you win a bit of dirt? by the_frankenman_writes
Fandoms: Abbott Elementary (TV)
06 Sep 2026
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Melissa trails after her as Ava leads the way to Barbara’s office, giving a narrated tour of the suite of offices.
“There’s the coffee machine, and it’s broken more often than not, so I recommend you just buy it somewhere else. Restrooms, Janine Teagues’ (Senator’s assistant, you’ll meet her) office, my office, Joshua—”
“JACOB! For the last time, Ava, my name is JACOB!”
“—Hill’s office, the speech writer. And this…”
Ava pushes open the office door just in time to hear Barbara ask the recording technician “Is the mic still hot?”
At the shake of his head in the negative, she picks up a stress ball from her desk and flings it against the wall.
“Asshole!”
“And this is Senator Barbara Howard,” Ava mutters. She straightens and clicks her tongue. “Barb! Language.”
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Senator Barbara Howard's political ambitions are jeopardized when Secret Service Agent Melissa Schemmenti is assigned to her detail.
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- Part 1 of love is but a cold and broken hallelujah
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09 Jan 2025
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"Just sit tight and you’ll feel a lot clearer-headed soon.”
Carlos thinks he’s probably supposed to know who all these people are, but he can’t really bring himself to try and remember. He’s still floating a bit and his mind won’t go where he wants it to.
“Do you want any water?” the woman says.
But before he can remember how to answer that, loud footsteps start banging down the corridor outside the room. They skid inside, and a guy follows them.
A guy who–holy shit.
The most beautiful guy he’s ever seen.---
Carlos gets shot on call and, high on post-operation anaesthetic, sees TK as if for the first time.
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- Part 1 of TK Strand, Perfect Man
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Carlos wakes up from surgery and doesn’t know the beautiful man in his room is his husband.