May 4
AU where as soon as she is fueled up, Mary decides it's time to go home and won't take no for an answer. So Grace gets once more dragged kicking and screaming into a coma, and Rocky spends the next four years watching him sleep.
#project hail mary#text post#things I'm thinking while I'm bed instead of sleeping#the last thing Grace tells rocky before getting drugged is to use the beetles to save Erid#he sends two but after the tamoeba break out he sends two more knowing the first two won't make it there#As soon as they reach the Solar system and Grace wakes up the first thing he does (after reuniting with Rocky) is call for Stratt to#cash in a favor in order to make sure his bestie won't get dissected the moment they step foot on Earth#man considers turning the entire ship around cause he don't trust humans for nothing#man is entirely made out of fear and love for his friend#codependency my beloved#listen I have fifty ongoing projects I can't commit to writing this fic#but#โ๏ธ#i consider#Or! โ๏ธ he asks Starts help to highjack the global network so he and rocky can make a public appearance before they reach earth#so the media and politicians don't get a chance to bury either of them#therot
