better than the alternative

It would be a little different from the movie, where he voluntarily agrees to go, and Eva Stratt literally bawls her eyes out. Like, full-on sobbing till she gives herself a migraine from crying too much 😭💀

And Grace will be there to comfort her (which atp they both think it would be the last time he could do that for her cuz it's a one way mission). And maybe there could be some moment where she says something like, "You won't be here to comfort me through my next migraine," and it just absolutely destroys everyone because like... you will have to leave forever 🥺

And then the chapter ends with him unexpectedly coming back, and coincidentally it's on a day when Stratt has a migraine again. She's suffering, miserable, and then suddenly he's there. And he can finally comfort her again 😭🫶 (my babies deserve happiness!!!)

And maybe some spicy scenes too, which is completely up to you at this point 🫣✨

Thank you for sending in a prompt, lovely!!

I do already have my own ending cooked up for the Pressure Points series, which I think you guys will love just as much! As fun as it would be to break you all with this ending ;) I do already have a large majority of the ending written for whenever I'm done with other prompts.

Perhaps as an AU ending to it, someday I'll write this, I can imagine some dialogue for it already! But for now I'm going to stick with what I have written for the main ending :)

and, bonus sillies, someone else on the ship suffering migraines and approaching grace, known fellow migraine sufferer, and asking him how he's been managing his symptoms so well lately

Oh Anon, I'm SO glad you asked for this lol, they will have to pry the "Stratt is good at head" trope out of my cold, dead hands.

a cure I know that soothes the soul | Project Hail Mary

Pairing: Ryland Grace/Eva Stratt

Rating: Explicit

Ryland has a migraine one night. Luckily, Eva has learned orgasms are an effective remedy for those.

Pairing: Ryland Grace & Eva Stratt

Ryland Grace gifts Eva Stratt a plant for Earth Day after the detonation of nuclear bombs in Antarctica. It journeys with her through the years.

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Eva drifted to consciousness, slow, warm. Then she came aware of the arm around her, heavy with sleep, and she smiled, remembering.

She shifted until she lay nuzzled into Ryland’s chest, nose buried in his shoulder, feeling his heartbeat vibrate through her until hers matched the rhythm, a synchronized dance more tender than poetry, more intimate than song.

He stretched, yawned as he came awake. “Are we late?”

She shook her head. “New Year’s off, remember?”

“Right. Our Supreme Leader ordered it.”

“Then go back to sleep.”

“Yes ma’am,” he whispered, voice already fading.