Ajax In Pink

What if Grace made a lopsided crochet Rocky and cuddled it every night.

What if Rocky couldn’t stop making xenonite puppets of his alien friend.

Grace mate bad as hell statement.

For all his brooding and nonchalance, he's incredibly sweet. Cyclonus is just... very emotionally constipated. However, with the brightest star in the universe as his conjunx, he's rapidly learning how to feel again. And his feelings are BIG.

Oh, Cyclonus, you sopping wet cat of a mech!!! <3

His relationship with you starts as it would with anyone else; watching intently from afar while pretending to be wholly uninterested. He's not so sneaky, though, because you think he hates you with how hard he's staring. Tailgate is quick to assure you otherwise.

It's through observing you with Tailgate, where Cyclonus' curiosity truly begins to grow. Tailgate adores you, and you seem just as excited whenever the two of you meet! If this little organic makes Tailgate happy, then it's more than worth it to Cyclonus to invest.

Just. Not immediately. He's very nervous!!

Either he approaches VERY CAREFULLY, or you greet him first, because surely someone so dear to Tailgate is bound to be good company!

The first time Cyclonus picks you up, he is super gentle. He kneels just about as low as he can and presents his open palms to you. He makes an effort to rise slowly (perhaps more than he should), once you're settled in. Internally - though you can see it in his optics if you squint - Cyclonus marvels at how alive you are. A whole being, sat right in his palms. Ohh, he gets it now. Why every other mech likes holding you lot.

WHY HAVE I SEEN NO ONE TALK ABOUT HOW THE GRACE SCULPTURE LOOKS LIKE THE LITTLE DUDE FROM THIS MEME

I think people are missing out on some very funny aroace discovery shenanigans. Imagine Grace's previous partner being annoyed that Grace is treating them like a REALLY good friend instead of a romantic interest and sexual partner and having his "head in the clouds". And Grace still in the events of the movie not realizing that theyre aroace and thats probably why the relationship fell through, because she was looking for something else in a partner.

Like this absolute ditz of a man is confusing every person he reels in with his absolutely lovely being. He has everyone in the movie at some point going, "What are we?" Lmao. Something about the concept of being "unattainable" being incredibly attractive to a lot of people.

Grace's Ex, a few hours after one of their first dates where they watched a movie at their place:

Omg he didn't make a move once! And we had deep, engaging and funny conversations! He's such a gentleman!

The Project Hail Mary Crew watching this disaster of a golden retriever, fumble his way into their hearts:

- ready, set, music ! -

+ some graffiti-like doodles, to fit the vibe of the main piece✨️

IRONMARY X SUBNAUTICA! READER‼️‼️‼️‼️

the bloody ocean criminal x the science teacher x the marine biologist (all of them get into situations a lot and none of them wanted to be in space)

simon and reader bonding over the experience of The Big Fish™️

grace and reader bonding over their love for learning about other species/lifeforms

rocky being geeked bc now he has a total of THREE (3) human friends (ignore how all of them have faced the horrors and are a little dysfunctional because of it)

but most importantly ryland, simon, and reader being so happy that they aren't going to live the rest of their days alone, and they all grow old and happy and grey and safe together on erid ☹️☹️

i'm on a level of thinking y'all aren't even READY for