I want more content of Grace suffering of scurvy, but more specifically I want more of Rocky reacting to Grace slowly dying in front of him, while he can't do nothing but trying to comfort him. I just want Grace and Rocky trying their best to pretend they are fine and that everything is going to be okay, even when they are not sure of this.
Imagine with me that trip to Erid once Grace is been affected by his lack of food:
Grace trying (very wrongly) to lift spirits by making dark jokes about how he was so concern about the radiation that he had not thought about the scurvy.
Grace soothing himself by remembering his days as a teacher by explaining Rocky how the scurvy is affecting him.
Rocky who have more food that he could ever eat in their way to Erid (things that happen when your mission was always to go back home with your 22 coworkers, and now is only you), and not been able to give any to his friend who needs it.
Rocky who decides to eat less that what he needs for empathy to Grace and he would have keep doing it, if it wasn't for Grace who begged him to eat for the sake of Erid, because they couldn't risk to lose the taumeba just because they both were starving and sick.
Rocky who notices how Grace is sleeping more and more, each time with a weaker breath and pulse.
Rocky's accidental thumps against Grace leaving dark bruises in Grace's skin.
Grace coughing blood, the effort making him cry a little, and then commenting that for Rocky he had to "seem very leaky right now no, jaja?", but Rocky not saying anything, just getting closer to Grace.
Rocky who once again starts eating less, because eating makes him sleepy and he has to watch Grace sleep. Grace sleeps most of the time now.
Rocky fighting against his own need to sleep, finding funny that now is him who doesn't want to go to sleep and Grace the one who wants do it all the time.
Rocky remembering that his friends also died like this; slowly and painfully, getting tired and tired, sleeping more and more, until they didn't wake up.
Rocky speaking specially loudly and high because that makes Grace stay awake longer.
Rocky singing eridian lullabies to Grace.
Rocky trying to knit blankets (with any material he can find) for Grace, who is having goosebumps and spams.
Grace who gets more easily irritated and have outburts against Rocky, to then broke in tears and ask him to forgive him. Rocky never takes it personally and he always forgive him, because he knows is the fever and hunger speaking, not Grace, not really.
Extra: They getting to Erid.
In my mind when they got to Erid both of them were in very bad shape, Rocky been the only one conscious, but barely.
Rocky getting out of the Hail Mary explained everything to the scientists in a rush babbling in frenzy things like: "Grace and I found the solution, a cure to save the stars", " a predator, we found a predator", "you can't get in the ship, his atmosphere has oxigen, it would burn you, and is so cold it would freeze you", "You...you can't get him out of the ship, our atmosphere is toxic to him, and it would melt him.", "He needs food, he needs medicine, treatment.", "He is a hero, he is my best friend"
Rocky who doesn't move from Hail Mary door, blocking the entrance to the others eridians, until he looks at Adrian and runs to be besides them, to lean on them and hide between their arms "He needs to surive, he can't die, not after...not after he save me, he can't die" and Adrian who is very confuse and happy to have their mate there with them, promise him that they are going to make sure that his friend survives.
Rocky who after hearing that promise can finally relax, and having a moment of coherence let himself take the presence and contact of Adrian against him and says "I missed you so much." To then fall sleep on the spot because he have been pushing himself to the limit for weeks.
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