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She then proceeded to encourage the chaos.

Redraw of my most popular art piece ever because GUYS STOP SHARING THE OLD ONE IT LOOKS BADDDD 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I'm so tired of seeing it everywhere, post this one instead.

Old art from last year below ↓

The average Bloodymary fic (Grace and Rocky find Simon on the way to Erid and nurse him back to health) BUT- we also combine that with the very few pregnant Ryland Fics there are.

So in the timeline- I’m thinking Simon wakes up on the Hail Mary and does the whole “You aren’t real” and “you are lying and I’ll kill you” stick when a baby’s voice starts echoing throughout the ship.

Simon is stunned into silence as Rocky comes in with the baby carrier and hands it to Grace who quickly comforts his one year old daughter to sleep(Girl dad). This is the first infant Simon has seen in years- if ever and she’s so small and soft and vulnerable on this small ship drifting through the void of space. Yet she sees Simon after calming down, and reaches for him with a big gummy smile and curious delight.

Simon is left alone with Rocky when Grace leaves to feed his daughter. And Rocky threatens to skin him if he hurts Grace or the baby.

Not that I don't like touch starved Grace yearning for connection, I'm just basing this on when Rocky first came onto the Hail Mary. Like imagine Simon just following him around, not wanting to be alone now that he's around another person who's kind to him again (after being in prison for however long and, you know, being sent to die in a blood ocean) and meanwhile Grace is like hey, I'm glad you're not panicking anymore but can you let me work please. Just has to deal with the same shit all over again after Rocky's entrance but this time it's weird in a new and original way because this guy is human.

Also idk maybe Simon not just being around him but being kind of touchy as well, like using touch as a way to remind himself that this is actually real and Grace doesn't mind necessarily but after being isolated for so long (and not being super social even when he was around other humans) with the only other person around being unable to physically touch him it would probably be a lot.

SO

Bloodymary reverse AU where Grace is a member of the C.O.I instead of Eden who used to be on their research team but is NOW a teacher to the very few kids they have after an incident ^tm where he disagreed with the rest of his team and presented a CRAZY argument. The C.O.I has run the convict program SO many times with no new results so now they want to try something different. They know a guy, someone without a family, who knows the material, who's very expendable.

Inspired by this post by @glowbeam:

Grace was worried about the stranger. Finding anyone just drifting through space was bad enough, but finding them drifting through space in a shoddily welded, blood soaked submarine with one of their arms detached from their body and hanging from a pipe inside? Yeah, 'bad' was an understatement.

Even just thinking about the amount of blood inside the sub made Grace feel like vomiting. ... Again.

Grace didn't even know how this man was even alive. All he knew is that he wanted the man to stay that way.

He loved Rocky, really, he did. But the chance to have another human to talk to? That was just something he couldn't risk losing.

He approached the bed where the man was laying with various machines hooked up to him.

"You can't just show up at the doorstep of my ship and then die." He murmured, a soft smile on his lips. "That would just be mean."

He reached out to tuck a strand of dark hair behind the man's ear, when suddenly a hand was wrapped around his wrist in a crushing grip.

He jolted in shock and looked down.

The man was awake.

"Uh... H-hey there," Grace said nervously. "Glad to see you're-"

He didn't get to finish his sentence as the man let out an angry yell before launching himself up and off the bed, tackling Grace to the floor.

He wrapped his right, and only, hand around Grace's neck and used it to hold himself up while his lower body pressed itself between his legs, with Grace's calves hooked over his thighs.

"I WON'T GO BACK!" The man screamed, voice raw and gravelly. "I WON'T LET YOU SEND ME BACK DOWN THERE!"

Grace felt his lungs constrict from the sudden lack of air.

This situation felt familiar. Not the dangerous "I'm going to choke to death" part, but the position of their bodies.

He'd been in this position before, but not here. Not on the Hail Mary. No, it had been back on Earth, with someone he trusted and loved very dearly, and who cared about him just as much.

"Come on, Ryland, just like we practiced. First, the cross grip-"

Grace brought his right arm up and grabbed the strangers forearm.

"...step two, lean across the neck-"

He brought his left hand up and over the man's arm, gripping his left shoulder tightly.

"...you know what to do next right?"

Grace did.

He planted his left foot on the man's hip, pivoted his body to the right, and swung his right leg up and across the man's shoulder blades before swinging his left leg up and over the stranger's head, locking his ankles together.

He slid his left hand down from the man's shoulder until he was gripping his forearm with both hands. Then, with a strangled grunt, he used his legs and hips to throw the stranger off of him and onto the ground, trapping his head under the back of his knee and locking the man's only arm between his legs.

With both of his hands gripping the stranger's wrist, and the position he had his arm in in between his legs, Grace could easily snap the man's elbow with a sharp lift of his hips.

Wait. How did he know that?

"You did good, Ryland."

"Thanks, Court. Although, I doubt I'm gonna get strangled at a middle school of all places."

"It's better to know how to do it and never use it, then not know when you need to use it. 'Sides, what kind of big brother would I be if I didn't teach you how to protect yourself?"

"Well, between you teaching me how to throw off an attacker, and Colt teaching me how to fall from tall heights without breaking any bones, I'd say I'm gonna be pretty indestructible."

"Someone has to look out for you, cause it sure isn't going to be yourself."

"Hey!"

Oh, God. Grace had brothers. He remembered now. An older one named Court, and a twin named Colt. How could he have forgotten about them?

The stranger let out a feral growl and it snapped Grace back to the present. He pulled down on the man's arm, pulling it farther back than it was ever supposed to bend. The man made no sound of pain, but he did stop moving.

"Listen, I don't want to hurt you, but I am prepared to defend myself." Grace said, voice serious. "Now, we can either talk this out like adults, or I can make it so both arms are out of commission."

The man was silent for a few seconds. Then:

"Get. Off. Me."

Grace pulled down on his arm a bit more. The man didn't wince, but he did stiffen.

"Promise that you won't attack me again."

He could practically see the man bristle at his words.

"...Fine."

Slowly, Grace released his hold on the man's arm, and he immediately twisted himself out of Grace's leg-lock and scrambled backward, spine hitting the wall with a painful-sounding thud.

"I'm not going back." The man growled, head tilted down as he glared up at Grace through his messy black hair. "You can't make me!"

"I'm not going to make you do anything." Grace said, standing up and brushing himself off dramatically. "But I am going to ask that you please get back on the bed so I can treat the wound you gave yourself when your IV got ripped out. I'd really prefer it if you didn't bleed out on the floor."

The man looked down to see that his arm was, in fact, bleeding profusely from where the IV used to be inserted.

He looked back up to continue glaring at Grace.

"What the fuck do you care if I bleed out?" He growled.

"I didn't pull you out of a submarine filled to the brim with blood just to watch you die from losing your own!" Grace snapped. "Now, would you please get back on the bed?"

"If this is some kind of fucking trick to get me back in that goddamn sub-"

Grace physically recoiled. "WHAT?! What are you-?! Why on God's green Earth would I ever put you back in that?!"

The man flinched at Grace's outburst.

"I don't know! To get more samples?! More pictures of that- that thing!?"

"What 'thing'?!"

The man stared at him in confusion. Then his confusion gradually shifted to one of understanding.

"You're not with the COI." It's not a question.

"Should I be?!" Grace shrieks.

The stranger stared at him in silence, as if weighing the pros and cons of the answer to that question.

Then, he slowly stood up and shuffled over to the bed, sitting down on the edge.

Grace stared in stunned silence, which the man quickly lost his patience for.

"You said you were gonna fix this shit, so do it." He growled, waving his right arm in demonstration.

"Right, yes, sorry!" Grace sputtered, rushing to his side and beginning to wrap his arm with bandages provided by Armando.

"My name is Dr. Ryland Grace, by the way." He said, not looking up from the stranger's arm. "But everyone just calls me Grace."

The man grunted.

"What's your name?"

"You talk too much."

Grace laughed nervously. "I get that a lot."

The two fell into an awkward silence.

Once he finished wrapping the man's arm, Grace re-inserted the IV and stepped back, giving the man some space.

The two stared at each other.

Grace tapped his fingers together nervously.

"Well-"

"You fight good."

"Huh?"

The man looked away, shoulders tense. "I said you fight good. Not many people can beat me in a fight."

It took Grace a few seconds to process the compliment, but when he did, he smiled nervously. "Uh, thanks. I think. You know, to be honest, I didn't even know I was capable of that. But then I remembered how my older brother used to make me spar with him and oh mY GOD I HAVE BROTHERS."

In all the commotion he had completely forgotten (again) about the fact that he had two brothers. God, this amnesia thing sucked.

"Holy moly, I have brothers!" He whispered, fingers beginning to pull at his short blond hair nervously. "Gosh, I hope they weren't too upset that I didn't say goodbye. Well, not like I really had a choice..."

"What are you mumbling about?" The one-armed man asked, his voice filled with caution.

"Nothing. Sorry, just- Just realizing some things about myself is all. Like the fact that apparently I have two brothers."

"You forgot your own brothers?" The man asked, judgement in his tone.

"It's a long story." Grace said with a wave of his hand. "I'll tell you later. Right now, you should try and get some sleep. When you wake up again I'll get you something to eat. In the meantime-"

He opened a panel on the wall and pulled out a bag of water.

"-you can drink this if you're thirsty. Which I imagine you probably are given how long you were asleep."

He held it out to the man who looked between him and the bag like he wasn't sure what to do.

Grace shook the bag a bit, indicating for him to take it.

When the man realized it was for him, he snatched it from Grace's hand in the blink of an eye and clutched it to his chest.

Grace blinked in surprise. Okay. Not the reaction he was expecting, but that was fine.

"If you finish it and want some more, just ask Armando and he'll get you some." Grace said. "Try to get some sleep."

And then he turned and began walking towards the door. Just as he reached it, he heard the man on the bed speak.

"Simon."

"Huh?" The blond asked, dumbfounded, as he turned to face the one-armed man.

"My name. It's Simon."

Grace stared for a few seconds before smiling gently.

"It's nice to meet you, Simon. Get some rest. We'll talk more later."

Then he opened the door.

And found Rocky on the other side.

"New human awake now, question?"

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!"

I used this moment in this self-defense video as a reference when I was writing Grace fighting back.

I think Eden probably kept everyone on a pretty tight sleeping schedule for efficiency so he always has had to get up early and just dealt with it, and by the time he was allowed to sleep he was so tired he pretty much just passed out

But!!! On Erid!!!

He loves him and Ry’s lazy mornings and eventually, when he feels comfortable enough, sleeps in regularly until 9 at least usually till 10 or 11 honestly lol even though Ryland’s been up since probably 7

And at night he just finds himself not tired till like 12ish or even later, which Ryland really doesn’t mind bc it means Simon will let him work for longer (Simon always drags him to bed eventually tho)

Also Rocky stayed home and Adrian (a scientist) was on the blip-a

BUT I feel like I have a very different take than I normally see on how Swap!Grace would act—

I feel like Grace definitely would be all scared like I've seen at times, but I feel like we forget how smart he is!!! He would put that calculating brain to use!!! His whole thing is he’s a coward bc he doesn’t want to die so he’d definately use his brain all he can to keep himself alive.

Personally, I think he would be cold, reserved, very careful with his words but also maybe stutters? (bc | think Grace was born to be a motormouth and having to restrain himself brings Issues) but also extremely manipulative and sneaky.

Like, imagine, maybe threeish days after Simon rescued him (they're on Erid) Grace gets up early to make them breakfast. Simon is delighted, obviously (both bc brekkie!! And!! Grace is warming up to him!!) and scarfs down the (honestly less that stellar but hell if he’ll complain about it) meal and the coffee Grace also made for him.

As Simon down the last drop Grace stares coldly at him. Simon chuckles nervously "...What?"

Grace is silent for a moment, then, "The poison will have you dead in approximately twenty minutes unless I tell you the chemical compound of the antidote.

You will escort me to the nearest spacefaring ship and then and only then will I give the formula to you. Do you understand?"

Just things like that :3

Like LET HIM USE HIS SCIENCE BRAIN!!!!! HE DOESN'T NEED TO BE VIOLENT OR PHYSICALLY STRONG LIKE SIMON IS!!!! BUT HE CAN STILL ACT NEGATIVELY!!!! HES A DIFFERENT PERSON AND CAN BE TERRIFYING IN DIFFERENT WAYS!!! :DDDDDDDD

LET ME HAVE SCARY SCIENTIST GRACE!!!!!! LET 👏 ME 👏 HAVE 👏 HIM 👏

(Also additionally after the scene I mentioned I think the rest plays out like this :)))

Simon tells Grace that “uhhhh sorry there aren’t actually any ships that can fly rn 😅 Mary is still being fixed up”

But Grace is like “bs take me to a ship right now. I will not tell you the antidote without one and I can promise you that it will work and it will be painful.”

And Simon’s like “… uuuuhhhhmmmm well I can’t but it’s actually fine bc Adrian can just figure out how to reverse engineer at least a semi permanent antidote real quick she’s smart like that :)”

And Grace (in his head) is just like “……CRAP I just threatened to KILL my captor I am SO dead he’s gonna kill me! Nononononono—“

heres another dose of the sillies :>>

Labelled “the first time Ryland found out how strong Simon really was”

Lol. Lmao. You think Rocky is going to LET Grace die?? Fuck no. Broski has a team of Eridians cooking up some science as we speak. Throw Simon into that equation with his weird post blood ocean mutations that probably let him live longer and those chances get even lower. Grace I hope you're ready to wake up one morning and realize that for a 100 year old man you don't look all that much past 47.

i’m projecting my periods cramps onto them