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  1. Public Bookmark 15

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    Simon is on Erid, learning to be human again. Grace is there, too, guiding Simon towards there.

    Except that each night, he wakes up one foot deeper in the biodome’s ocean.

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    20 Jul 2026

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    "What if I help you?" Grace blurts out desperately, sweating even in the coolness of his house as his words finally manage to stop Adrian from storming out.

    "What?" Adrian says after a tense moment.

    "I can prove it to everyone," Grace says, his heart in his throat. "I'll - I'll make you and Rocky the most celebrated couple on Erid. I promise."

    "Stupid human," Adrian hisses. "You would give up your chance for him just like that?"

    "Yes," Grace says hoarsely.

    "Anything for him."

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    Adrian does not like Grace.

    Which sucks, really, since Grace loves Adrian's husband and all.

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    06 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 14

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    I never got the sense that anybody heard me speak.

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    After a few hours on his portable earth thinking machine, Rocky eventually closed the lid and sat there above Grace, just watching.

    He watched his lungs pull in shallow breaths of oxygen.

    He watched his weakening heart pump blood through his veins.

    He watched his empty stomach and intestines atrophy.

    He watched every lingering sign of life, just like he's watched them slowly leave his mate little by little, every night for the last four earth years.

    That night, Rocky came to the conclusion that he didn't believe in any sort of ‘God’ either.

    - - -

    Rocky tasks himself with writing Grace's eulogy.

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    03 Jul 2026

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  4. Public Bookmark 10

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    Your professor might have gotten a little too involved in your love life, mostly in the name of looking out for his best student.

    (*Reader is a graduate student and very much of consenting age)

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    12 May 2026

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    “Grace. What are you testing, question?”

    Rocky. I can’t put this all on the guy right now. He should be happy. We are going to Erid. We are going to save his planet.

    “CBC. A complete blood count.” I answer, hoping he doesn’t ask me why.

    “Purpose, question?”

    Rocky, please. I’m trying to spare you right now.

     

     

    Basically, Grace gets exposed to a dangerous amount of radiation during an EVA and doesn't want to tell Rocky bc of what happened to Rocky's crew <3

     

    THIS IS A REWORKED VERSION OF "TEMPEST" - after some comments, I wanted to keep the soul of the story, but make it more scientifically plausible. While there are still probably some inaccuracies, I still hope this isn't as messy as before.

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    14 May 2026

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