Ryland wakes up on a planet 16.5 light years from home with nearly 2 decades worth of memories missing. He’s done incredible things, or so he’s told, but all of that is overshadowed by the painful process of remembering. There’s a lot of jagged edges around events from his life that he wishes remained buried. But for the first time, Ryland has the opportunity to pick up pieces previously left untouched, and create a stronger foundation for the new relationships in his one-of-a-kind, wild ride of a life.
Chapters: 7/?
Fandom:
Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Rating: Mature
Warnings:No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ryland Grace & Rocky, Ryland Grace/Rocky, Ryland Grace/Linda (past relationship), Ryland Grace & Eva Stratt, Adrian/Ryland Grace/Rocky
Characters: Ryland Grace, Linda | Ryland Grace's Ex, Adrian (Project Hail Mary), Rocky (Project Hail Mary), Original Eridian Characters (Project Hail Mary)
Additional Tags: no beta we die like the rest of the crew, Cover Art, Slow Burn, Mystery, Crack Treated Seriously, POV Ryland Grace, Ryland Grace Whump, Eventual Happy Ending, Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful, Ryland Grace Needs a Hug, Agender Ryland Grace, Amnesiac Ryland Grace, AuDHD Ryland Grace, Ryland Grace Has PTSD, Ryland Grace Had OCD, Ryland Grace Has Panic Attacks, Ryland Grace Has Self-Esteem Issues, Ryland Grace Struggles With Substance Abuse, me apologizing to Ryland Grace after this massacre of tags, Ryland Grace Is In a Polycule, Aromantic Asexual Ryland Grace, these two things can be true at once, Aegosexuality, Sensual Relationship, Sensual Play, Queerplatonic Relationships, And the exploration and variations within, Adrian is Bigger Than Rocky (Project Hail Mary), Adrian is Bigger Than Grace (Project Hail Mary), Adrian is the Best (Project Hail Mary), Rocky is Trying (Project Hail Mary), Protective Rocky (Project Hail Mary), Rocky Loves Ryland Grace, Rocky Has PTSD (Project Hail Mary), He/Him Pronouns for Rocky (Project Hail Mary), They/Them Pronouns for Adrian (Project Hail Mary), He/They Pronouns for Ryland Grace, Purring Eridians, Eridian Culture & Customs (Project Hail Mary), Eridian Religions (Project Hail Mary), Tags Contain Spoilers, You Have Been Warned, Ryland Grace Accidentally Becomes a Cult Leader, Religious Cults, Religious Fanaticism, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Religious Psychosis, God Complex, Author Is Not Religious, prophecy fulfillment, Time Is Abstract, Soul Bond, Red String of Fate, Ryland Grace and Rocky are Soulmates, Grace Adrian and Rocky Are All Soulmates
Summary: Ryland wakes up on a planet 16.5 light years from home with nearly 2 decades worth of memories missing. He’s done incredible things, or so he’s told, but all of that is overshadowed by the painful process of remembering. Who is he to the Eridians? To the world he left behind? To the companions it seems he gave up everything to be with? There’s a lot of jagged edges around events from his life that he wishes remained buried. But for the first time, Ryland has the opportunity to pick up pieces previously left untouched, and create a stronger foundation for the new relationships in his one-of-a-kind, wild ride of a life. (Plenty of angst/hurt/comfort, timey-whimey flashbacks, etc. with fluff and lovely bits holding it together in between)
