Okie pokie. Let me just quickly compile a list of some of my favorites. :3 They range from cute fluff to porn without plot. Some are finished and others are not. Cherry pick and read at your leisure. Take caution I guess. -w-
You’re Bright as the Morning by haisel_who
Cute modern teacher Au with no astrophage. Simon is the new history teacher and Grace falls head over heels for him. Even if he doesn’t know it yet. ;3
Another UNESCO Fiasco by CatStandish
A Coltland Gentry fic where Six (Court) decides to check up on his baby brothers to find one of them missing. He tracks Ryland down and decides to keep an eye on his ’pet project’. Which means going to the UNESCO conference to be an extra (secret) protection detail since there’s a hit out on the keynote speaker from the Petrova Taskforce.
Once In A Life Time Chance by Psuedonymjarvii
A very lovely camboy/erotic model Simon and viewer/top subscriber Grace. Very spicy but also super sweet. Read at your own risk. -w-
One of the first fics I read for BloodyMary! I love and adore this fic. The emotions really get you. But also such delicious smut. -w- The optional final final chapter is absolutely gut wrenching and it made me cry. Don’t read it if you don’t want to ruin the fluff.
To Observe Soft Flesh by AughtPunk
I’ve been following this one for a few months, since the early chapters of this fic. I really enjoy it and am so fucken excited whenever I get the email notification from ao3 that a new chapter has dropped. Basically, Adrian is a soft flesh researcher/scientist that gets yoinked to help ‘fix’ a weird soft flesh alien that they found. She builds up a relationship with Simon that is just so cute. Grace and Rocky do appear in this fic, it just takes a hot minute. :3
We’ve got that PHM storyline that keeps us on track but with bodyguard Simon. There’s also Coltland Twins in this! Grace and Simon form a relationship that I can only describe as cheesy romcom in the middle of an apocalyptic crisis. V good, definitely recommend. ^w^
Indomitable Grace by thepossumwrites
Ahhhh! I love this fic, and now that it’s completed I can binge read it instead of waiting for the weekly updates. 😭 I love the sheer amount of Eldritch horror that’s in this fic. There is smut but mostly like cute domestic fluff. -w- Simon gets yeeted to Grace where they find out that the Blood Eel has taken up residence in Simon’s head to ‘experience happiness’.
The Science of Stunts by thepossumwrites
Another beautiful fic by possum! Love this one to bits as well!!! We’ve got stuntman Simon, Coltland twins, previous Starstruck, a ridiculous amount of gossip and drama, so many miscommunications, and a generous helping of smut thrown in there. -w- This fic will seriously put you through the wringer. So be prepared. >:3c
The Butcher and the Lamb Series by bakdooraccess
Very smut saturated. The first couple of fics are mostly just smut and world building. The most recent (and unfinished) fic, Olive Branches, is where the meat of the story lives. Beautiful. Just amazing. We’ve got trans Grace and extremely religiously traumatized Simon. There’s an absurd amount of miscommunication but most of it breaks down into cultural differences and unspoken norms. These men need to just sit down and have an honest to god heart to heart conversation about literally everything.
And The Universe Said I Love You Because You Are Love by for3st_d3mon
A classic fix it fic. :3 Basically the original plots of the movies happen with Simon and Grace dying of old age on Erid. Then after death they’re thrown back in time before PHM cannon. Grace is adamant at doing things right this time. Volunteering from the get go for PHM, making quicker progress on astrophage research, making sure that there’s more food than strictly necessary on the Hail Mary, ensuring that there’s are other resources that hadn’t been available to him in space or on Erid. All that fun jazz. :3 But as the fic goes on, it’s not just Grace and Simon that remember their past lives. Adorable old married couple BloodyMary and Coltland Gentry abound!!
Childhood BloodyMary!! Follow Simon and Grace through their summer together as cute little 8 year olds. Friendship that turns into slow burn. Very sweet but also a bit angsty. A good bedtime read.
Star(s) series by One_Real_Wrimonkey
Not particularly BloodyMary but I love this series too much to not give it a shoutout. ^w^ Stratt wants Grace to take up a more public facing role in the project. Grace refuses vehemently with a passion that Stratt didn’t know the scientist could have for anything other than his field of expertise. After a breakdown, Stratt finds out that the reason Grace absolutely refuses to be in the public eye, is because he escaped an abusive husband that is still looking for him. We get protective Stratt, abusive Starstruck, and Coltland twins. :3
Poppin' Pills and Other Crazy College Things by Animefangirl1221
A look into Grace’s college years and how he earned the right to say ‘been a long time since I took a pill from a stranger without knowing what it was’. This fic does deal with addiction and the hopeful recovery after the dire consequences. But also just college kids being college kids which means they’re a bit dumb and a lot in love. Coltland twins with the absolute menace that is Ilyukhina.
Goddamn that took far longer than I thought. I’ve got more if you’d like but I have work in 15 minutes so that’s all I’ve got for now. :3
