Regulus

They’re best friends but by both Earth and Eridian standards everyone is like “Oh wow, they’re… close-”

Like little to no cares about privacy around each other because, well, fuck you aren’t getting much of that on a spaceship for multiple years now are you?

Wherever one goes there’s a 50% chance the other will be there too.

Whenever Grace talks to another Eridian he uses some sort of portable instrument to communicate but with Rocky they just speak in two separate languages at each other. It’s like seeing someone speak to someone in only Chinese and the other person only responds back in English.

Would be funny if Eridians aren’t very touchy but Rocky is basically clingy as fuck when it comes to Grace. Always tugging on his pants like a toddler to get his attention and stuff.

Grace just using Rocky in either his ball, enclosure or his xenonite suit as a backrest while he’s grading or doing work or something, Rocky fully absorbed in his own thing. Sitting as close together as physically possible while having zero interaction with each other. Parallel play at it’s best.

These two come in a pair. Do not separate.

All of this and more, fully platonically, people wonder if they’re the world’s first weird inter solar system couple and if they’re in some weird polycule with Adrian but no, they’re just like that.

It’s just Rocky and the human he adopted as a permanent part of his family that he will spend every possible second of the rest of his short life with because he won’t be here forever and he’s not going to waste any of his time for the world.

I love those who imagine Eridian culture with no relationship hierarchy.

I love those who imagine Eridian culture with no distinction between romantic and platonic love.

I love those who understand that Rocky's love for Adrian doesn't diminish his love for Grace.

I love those who see Rocky and Grace as a queerplatonic relationship.

I love you those who see Rocky and Grace as friends.

I love those who think Grace realized his aroaceness because of Rocky.

I love those who think Grace knew it long before meeting him.

I love those who see Stratt and Grace as queerplatonic.

I love those who see Stratt and Grace as friends.

I love those who see that Stratt betraying Grace was devastating and important even with no romantic strings attached.

I love those who see both Stratt and Grace as aroace.

I love those who think Grace is aroace but never finds the words to describe it.

I love those who think Grace finds the term and everything clicks into place.

I love those who think Grace is sex or romance repulsed

I love those who think Grace is sex or romance favourable

I love aspec people who project onto Grace.

I love allo people who find Grace aroace.

"come again?"

"i learn more from thinking machine. human gender preference. attraction to same gender, means word 'gay.' all eridian same gender." rocky stands straight up. "rocky come out to grace now. all rocky plural gay, statement."

"...wow, that's... rock, i'm not sure it makes much sense to apply human ideas of sexual orientation to a monogendered species."

a long and judgmental pause. then:

Ao3 does not need a 1-5 star rating system, you just want to bring down authors writing for FREE

Ao3 does not need automatic censorship, it is an archive, therefore anything can be posted

Writing or reading about something illegal does not mean the author nor the reader condones it, if that were true, you could never read a story involving anything negative

Its his sad disturbed eyes.

They’re heavy.