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• Of Nuclei and Glaciers by makemeurqueen

  Fandoms: Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  30 Aug 2026

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  • Ryland Grace/Rocky
  • Ryland Grace & Olesya Ilyukhina
  • Ryland Grace & Eva Stratt
  • Ryland Grace
  • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Olesya Ilyukhina
  • Yáo Li-Jie (Project Hail Mary)
  • Eva Stratt
  • Alternate Universe - No Petrova Line
  • Teacher Ryland Grace
  • Teacher Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Human Rocky (Project Hail Mary) Looks Like James Ortiz
  • Gay panic Grace
  • Slight Age Difference
  • Diabolical Amounts of Flirting
  • Light Science Subplot
  • slow burn if you squint
  • Rocky buff asf
  • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
  • they will kiss eventually
  • no beta we die like Rocky’s crew
  • no AI
  • beta reading after updating so things might be added/changed

  Summary

  Ryland Grace loves his job. He earns just enough to get by on his own, but he wouldn’t trade it for the world. So when the teaching field is overcrowded he does whatever it takes to keep his job secure.
  Which is why he is now, at his big age, being made to attend college on top of his 9 to 5 just to be a middle school science teacher.

  OR:

  Grace misses his train home when studying overtime on campus. The geography professor he’s seen come in and out of lectures offers him a ride.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,341

  Chapters:

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  Comments:

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