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  1. Rec 43

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    Something old,

    something new,

    something borrowed,

    something blue.

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    Baikonur explodes three months ahead of launch instead of three days. They get married. It changes nothing.

    (Almost nothing.)

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    09 Jun 2026

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    ⋆⁺₊⋆ 𓃹 ⋆⁺₊⋆

    A dark, hooded figure emerged from the dense snowstorm, growing far too tall as it approached. You shuffled back weakly in the bloodstained snow and winced as you jostled the trap clamped on your boot.

    “What is this?” the man’s voice rumbled, muffled behind his mask. “You are…not what I expected to catch today.” He crouched and cupped your cheek reverently, as if you were a tiny creature whose delicate bones would snap at a too-rough touch.

    You flinched at first — but he was warm, so warm.

    “You are very far from home, aren’t you, Kleines Häschen?” he mused, honeyed words drawn out slowly as you relaxed into his palm. “Come, let me tend to your wound. Rest by my fire, just for a little while.”

    The man scooped you up from the snow, unresisting. Sleep whispered sweet temptation as you were cradled to his chest, lulled by the blood loss and his steady steps. You gave in to the beckoning darkness, and allowed your heavy lids to close, like he said—

    just for a little while.

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    31 May 2026

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         “Oh, just– that I had them, I guess.” Ryland says. He doesn't even really know where he's going with this. “None of my relationships were ever spectacular or anything. Probably because of me. My ex once said that I loved because I had to. I think I’m just thinking about how I'm gonna die without ever getting married or falling in love. Oh God– I don't think I've ever fallen in love.”

     

         “This upsets you.” Rocky observes. 

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    27 May 2026

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    “Hello, Mr. Grace,” she said, not bothering to extend her hand out to greet him, “I’m Eva Stratt with the Petrova Taskforce which, if you are not otherwise aware, operates in tandem with the United Nations."

    Oh? The Petrova Taskforce? A short while before he’d fucked off to somewhere, Ryland had explained to Colt something about the Petrova Line, so it sounded distantly familiar. And incredibly not important to anything Colt would ever be involved in.

    He was confused.

    “Uh. Hi. You already know my name, so…”

    She raised an eyebrow for half a second, then lowered it again.

    “It was given to me by your brother, Dr. Ryland Grace.”

     

    (Ryland isn't taking care of himself. Eva Stratt enlists his twin brother Colt to do it for him.)

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    17 May 2026

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    Ryland Grace is pretty sure ships aren’t supposed to act like this.

    Or,
    Sentient!Mary AU

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    17 May 2026