Whumpay 2026
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Do Fridays Exist in Space? by DanaFox1013
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
01 May 2026
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Day one of Whumpay 2026 (which I only learned exists a few hours ago), bashed out and posted in like an hour before I leave for comic con. Ended up touching on all three prompts: accidentally hurting a friend, “nothing’s wrong, stop asking”, and PTSD. Those prompts are just made for Grace.
Grace spots the date on the calendar and struggles. Hurt ensues.
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- Part 1 of Whumpay 2026
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Goodbye, friend Grace by DanaFox1013
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
02 May 2026
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Extended scene from after Grace and Rocky part ways for Whumpay 2026 day two, "please don't leave me".
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- Part 2 of Whumpay 2026
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Ending Things on My Own Terms by DanaFox1013
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
03 May 2026
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Whumpay 2026 Day Three: Suicide Attempt
Grace makes a decision a month after saying goodbye to Rocky.
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- Part 3 of Whumpay 2026
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Whumpay 2026 Day 4: “Stop fighting it.”
Ok probably not all that much Whump in here if I’m honest but my mind went places with that prompt and I let it run.
A shiver runs through my whole body.
”Rocky knows what Grace likes.”
Fuuuuuuuuuudge. I suddenly remember that the laptop I gave Rocky was my original one from Earth, and that I didn’t wipe it before setting it up for him. He knows what’s in those files.
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- Part 4 of Whumpay 2026
- Part 2 of PHM Explicit One Shots
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What have you done to me? by DanaFox1013
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
05 May 2026
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Whumpay 2026 Day 5: What have you done to me?
This is heavily inspired by the line, "Been a long time since I’ve taken a pill from a stranger without knowing what it was." I wanted to examine whatever that incident was in some detail.
AKA Grace is a bit of a naive idiot, but he has friends who love him very much.
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- Part 5 of Whumpay 2026
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Absolute Reality by DanaFox1013
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
07 May 2026
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Whumpay 2026 Day 6: Unable to Speak
Already at the end of his rope, Grace is confronted by someone determined to make his life a misery.
AKA Eva Stratt will defend her little scientist to the end of his days on earth (even if those days are coming to an end much quicker than he realises).
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- Part 6 of Whumpay 2026
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Whumpay 2026 Day 7: "Why did you lie to me?"
Book canon compliant rather than movie. Stratt visits Grace on the second day he is held in the cell at Baikonur, and Grace gets to touch the Earth one last time on his own terms. You might think that might help make this whole sequence easier? It does not.
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- Part 7 of Whumpay 2026
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Prison of Fear by DanaFox1013
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
08 May 2026
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Whumpay 2026 Day 8: Chemical Restraint / "it’s for your own good" / side helping of caretaker burnout
Rocky watches his beloved space blob succumb to insanity as the journey to Erid nears its end and is forced to make an impossible decision.
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- Part 8 of Whumpay 2026
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Same Time Tomorrow Then? by DanaFox1013
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
09 May 2026
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Whumpay 2026 Day 9: Excessive Drinking / "you're going to kill yourself doing this."
Stratt's end of day drinks have perhaps become more of a crutch than she's willing to admit. Enter Grace.
The whump is relatively mild in this one; I needed a break after the last few days!
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- Part 9 of Whumpay 2026
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“Mary, medical attention please.” by DanaFox1013
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
11 May 2026
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Whumpay day 10: Hiding an injury / "it’s not as bad as it looks" / Reopened wound
Are there already a quadrillion fics about Grace hiding injuries from Rocky and dealing with the symptoms of scurvy? Yes. Is there always room for one more? Also, yes.
Another whump challenge with minimal whump because I'm bracing for the week ahead, but beware of some medical stuff and mild body horror.
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- Part 10 of Whumpay 2026
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Just Like We Practised by DanaFox1013
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
12 May 2026
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Whumpay 2026 Day 11: "Look at me, deep breaths"
Before anyone on earth ever heard of the Petrova Line, Ryland Grace is working at Grover Cleveland Middle School when he is forced into the situation he always dreaded most: an active shooter lockdown.
Inspired by this post of mine on Tumblr and all the people who have asked for a fic based on it: https://www.tumblr.com/fbi-angel-in-a-trenchcoat/815773775780052992/ryland-grace-who-is-terrified-of-death-and-dying
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- Part 11 of Whumpay 2026
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Grace hurt Grace by DanaFox1013
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
13 May 2026
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Whumpay 2026 Day 12: “You thought I wouldn’t notice” / Trauma Reveal
A conversation about body modifications leads to Rocky learning about Grace's history of self-harm.
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- Part 12 of Whumpay 2026
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'Reckless', 'Idiot', 'Foolish', 'Irresponsible' by DanaFox1013
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
13 May 2026
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Whumpay 2026 Day 13: Anger born of worry/"Never do that again”
"He had a lot to say on that subject, actually. We had to add 'reckless', 'idiot', 'foolish', and 'irresponsible' to our shared vocabulary just so he could fully express his opinion on the matter. There was another word he threw around a lot, but he declined to tell me what it meant."
How exactly did that scene in the book that Grace references happening but never actually show us, play out?
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Grace gets a comprehensive verbal ass-kicking from his best friend.Series
- Part 13 of Whumpay 2026
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Amazing Grace by DanaFox1013
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
14 May 2026
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Whumpay 2026 Day 14: Shared Pain
“Then I propose we hold a service on March 21st, 2033, exactly one year after they’ve all woken up. Realistically, within a full year they’ll have either found a solution and sent the Beetles home or realised there’s nothing to be found, and they’ll have…” The man speaking choked a little on his words. "They'll have seen the project through to its conclusion.”
Exactly one year after the day Earth knew all the astronauts aboard the Hail Mary were to have awoken, Eva Stratt attends a memorial service.
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- Part 14 of Whumpay 2026
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Oh, What a Thing To Do by DanaFox1013
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), The Gray Man (2022), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
30 May 2026
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I don’t think; I react. There’s an incredibly loud bang, far louder than I ever imagined, and I watch as if from outside myself as the man who was in front of me crumples to the floor. I see red spreading across his chest, and I hear gasps from the others. I don’t think they believed I would do it. I didn’t think I would do it either.
Ryland Grace's attempt to flee from his destiny goes differently, allowing him to escape. Who can he turn to but his long-lost older brother?
This was originally supposed to be a one-shot for Whumpay 2026, Day 17 (Self-Defence killing/“Does it ever get easier”) but it just kept going and has instead become this!
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- Part 15 of Whumpay 2026