❄️ mika / miko ⋆⁺₊❅.

I have a problem with the fact that most (if not all) of the fics on Ao3 with the tag "trans male ryland grace" are sexual.

I don't want to read that, if someone else does, sure, whatever, enjoy.

But yk what I wanna read?

I wanna read Grace letting it slip that he's trans to Rocky, Rocky not understanding, or better yet, not knowing why it's a big deal!

I wanna read Grace being scared to tell Rocky, and trying to sleep in his binder because Rocky wants to watch him sleep!

I wanna read all the other, non sexual, things about Grace being trans!

So where are the fics about them?!

Simon (Iron Lung) / Ryland Grace, clear trans Ryland, t4t, semi angst (internal homophobia), mutual pining, alternate universe (teachers), 20k words, incomplete, updated recently:

stars aligned for you and i - Chapter 1 - grassyfailure - Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026) [Archive of Our Own]

No relationship, pre/post-Hail Mary (time travel), Ryland goes back in time and meets Eva again, mentioned trans Ryland, 13k words, completed:

waited for forever and a day (just to die) - Chapter 1 - morally_gay - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

No relationship, dd:dne, angst, on Hail Mary (journey to erid), 48k words, not completed, updated recently, mentioned trans Ryland, cw for suicide and self harm:

the harvest left no food for you to eat (you cannibal, you meat-eater, you see) [stylized] - Chapter 8 - icallthismethod_hope - Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026) [Archive of Our Own]

No relationship, on Hail Mary (journey to Erid), very clear trans Ryland, periods, Ryland explains 'transgender' to Rocky, 4k words, completed:

A-Holy-hole-a-whole-Aria - Chapter 3 - antenna_angel - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

No relationship, semi-angst, very clear trans Ryland, trans Eva Stratt as well, Ryland is outed as trans, pre Hail Mary (on Stratt's Vat), 3k words, completed:

i'm in the middle of your picture (lying in the reeds) - notAleks - Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir [Archive of Our Own]

No relationship, clear trans Ryland, trans Eva Stratt too, aroace Ryland, everyone assumes Eva and Ryland are together, one shots, 17k words, updated recently:

A Collection of Incidents In Which Everyone Except Grace and Stratt Are Under the Incorrect Assumption that Grace and Stratt are Together, and Try to Prove it - Chapter 1 - LochNessBlaize - Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026) [Archive of Our Own]

Simon (Iron Lung) / Ryland Grace, mentioned trans Ryland, mostly bloodymary but still it's good, aroace Ryland Grace, 13k words, Ryland and Rocky find Simon, not completed, updated recently:

For The Love of God (or Whoever is Listening Nowadays) - Chapter 1 - S0lar_SySt3m_137 - Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026) [Archive of Our Own]

No relationship, very very clear trans Ryland, Ryland explains queer to Rocky, on the Hail Mary, platonic, strictly platonic, queer(?) Rocky (less genderless), 6k words, completed:

same difference - deervsheadlights - Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026) [Archive of Our Own]

No relationship (? could be seen as Ryland Grace / Rocky), very clear trans Ryland, non binary Ryland, in the closet, eridian vs human culture, some rude words used (in eridian culture), 1k words, completed:

the eridian word for queer - sillygoblin - Project Hail Mary (2026) [Archive of Our Own]

i’m projecting my periods cramps onto them

(before I start I'm not sure we have any canonical info on Rocky's appearance, besides the obvious. Please correct me if I'm wrong! We know he's slightly taller than average, too, I guess, but that doesn't really mean much when we don't know the standard deviation nor whether that has any bearing on attractiveness)

First off. Personally my hc is that Rocky is actually a total MILF. Rocky is like... heir to something and also a genius and also Hollywood-level hot.

His personal experiences, however, have taught him a different story.

Everyone wants a piece of that. Even when he was younger, he was always aware, in the back of his mind, that every compliment, every gift, every kind word had an ulterior motive behind it. Maybe he wasn't like a "trust fund kid" per se, but he had enough power and influence to accelerate people if he wanted. Yes, he helped people out, his family is respectable and doesn't horde their power. They're too smart to not invest in people properly. But that's all they are. An investment. A body with a request. Fans, suitors, business partners, every single relationship is a transaction, and Rocky knows how to play the game.

For his own part, Rocky holds his own standards almost impossibly high. If he doesn't, his accomplishments will always be due to his name, not his skills. He is ambitious, self aware, arrogant, and viciously critical - of both himself and others.

Adrian is the one person to see Rocky for who he truly is. And for that, he's convinced an entire alien race that they are the pinnacle of Eridian beauty (despite them never having been able to keep up with Eridian beauty standards in the first place). He was never able to completely shed his transactional nature, after all.

46 years of solitude did not help things. Yes he was qualified for this mission, but only just. The others deserved to live. The others would have solved this problem. He was Second Engineer, but surely he would have been third or fourth, if the decision was unbiased. He's good but not Sole-Survivor-and-Savior-of-All-Erid good.

Life isn't fair. Yet again, he has this "privilege" that far better, far more qualified, far more deserving people should have gotten instead.

Maybe it is a punishment. At least the others get to rest.

oh shoot you were asking how he's sexy, not how it ruined his life, my bad ooooops

The concave radar thing? Super hot. The better to hear you with, my dear

Tattoos and scars? Hot. No different from humans. He's gonna be even sexier when he returns a hero for so many reasons haha

Dexterous hands? He can knit xenonite with two hands and tie your hearts into a knot with the other. or something.

His vents are really sexy. Umm maybe they've got a pleasing resonance. Yep.

This is definitely a privilege thing, but his carapace is the perfect density and structure/texture. Comes from having access to the best quality foods as he was growing up, fwiw.

He's just really good at hunting too. Damn, that rock can bag a big ♪♪♪♪. Good provider. Everyone want him as their mate.

Image 1 - "7. always queer, finally dyke, a run-of-the-mill hermaphrodite mom.

8. a born again woman.

9. A God + Godess, part of everything, owned by nothing.

10. I think ... I am a female fag, who is a drag Queen, who is a mother, has a soon to be transman lover and may very well be a tranny hisself. I hate labels it's all so complicated, but I think it fits the bill today. Change is good right?"

Image 2 - "25. FTM transgendered bulldagger, gentleman stone butch dyke with fag tendencies. Or as my girlfriend says, a drag queen trapped in a man trapped in a woman's body.

26. I'm a bi-gendered boychick with balls and boobs. Call me Ken, or call me Barbie-same doll, different packaging; some assembly required; sex, clothing and accessories sold seperately; available in fine boy-tiques everywhere."

Image 3 - "39. I'm The Dyke Of Androgyny ... I get called sir more than maam, despite the sizable mammary glands protruding from my chest. The hair on my head is the shortest found on my body, a gentle societal mindfuck, if you will.

40. Transsexual dyke, submissive pervert, percussion fetishist, computer geek, and submersive queermonger.

41. Just another brassy womyn who happened to be born with a penis.

reason: "we all know why"