Eva Stratt goes on the Project Hail Mary hehe
pissing them off
i think they make eachother a little more unwell than usual
#Oh yum#The idea of a bait-and-switch....stratt is so grateful for all grace's data#In the prep phase Grace insisted that there be tutorials on how to use all the lab equipment in case of memory damage#And wrote it all personally#Til she remembers he refused to go and successfully ran away leaving her scrambling before launch...#...and the only person who had his kind of oversight was her#Op ur mind this is such a crunchy idea#Also lonely stratt my HEART#She wouldnt even have packed a go-bag. There wouldnt even be a good luck sticker there wouldnt even be a polaroid of her alone#Because no one would have added it#^did grace insist on tutorials bc/ he's a teacher or was he playing her playing him from the beginning? SHE DOESNT KNOW#Phm#Eva stratt the woman you are <3#Can she even be mad at it once she remembers how she tried to play him??? MUCH TO CONSIDER#In this AU is grace more of a coward? Is he more aware of those around him? Is he less or more entitled? Was he playing the long game?#Or was he just luckier? so much to consider#The grace who truly didnt see it coming wouldn't have been able to live with himself if he hadn't gone#But a grace who was able to actually see beyond the moment? Who planned out his resistance? That's not a grace we know#Op i am SO COMPELLED#Ryland grace who when he says “send someone else they will do better” and MEANS IT not (just) bc/ he's a coward with low self-esteem#But bc/ he has spent years quietly planning for this exact eventuality a world where he saves himself and the world#And tells himself it's okay bc/ that person wanted to go and he has given them the tools to succeed???#CRUNCHY#ALSO in this au yáo and ilyukhina's deaths are still plausibly his fault bc/ maybe if he hadn't run away#That feeding tube issue which maybe killed them would maybe have been solved#But we see how it's on stratt's conscience too - bc/ it was HER job to have oversight and she “let herself get distracted”#Op sorry for the novel but your art is inspiring and compelling
