More thoughts on my Coltland AU! @heartsalotofstuff Em, this is for you 😎:
I firmly believe that Ry is the only reason that Colt and Jody's relationship made it through those 18 months (and he will be thanked in both their wedding vows lol) but they are long-distance for a lot of it bc Jody can't just stop working, she has bills to pay.
Is there a designated time where Ry is either out of the apartment or blasting music loudly in his ears to keep from hearing his brother's gross phone sex with his gf? Probably
Is Metalstorm completely accurate scientifically because Ry was consulted on it and someone on twitter is like: was I just supposed to find out today that my little brother's science teacher is the reason Metalstorm's science slaps? #whatthefuck
Ry jumps on a plane to Australia after seeing that his brother is wanted for murder, by the time he gets there, the news is showing the explosion at the harbor where his brother is blown up. He has a silent sobfest in the airport bathroom bc he's around too many ppl.
Gail and Tom double take seeing him on set, but then Jody is calling Ry's name and he's collapsing into her arms and fucking breaking.
And then she carts him off to her trailer where his very alive brother is and Ry passes out immediately, poor baby, he's having a rough few days.
There is a LOT of drama in the Grace family that is entirely to do with Ryland Lee, the uncle that Ry is named for. Ry debated about changing his name but it would be far too complicated. He works in government and is the reason that Eva Stratt reaches out to Ry in the first place. She was not ready for the sheer amount of hate he had towards his uncle.
I have decided that Ry will be an uncle by the time of the launch (bc of the agony). He has a family, a brother, a sister-in-law, and little niblings that adore him, and it wasn't enough.
Colt waiting for Ry after the launch only to find out he will never see his brother again.
Ry looking in a mirror on Hail Mary and the first thing that comes to mind is "Colt?"
Colt never forgives Eva "My brother was a good man, the best man I've ever known, he deserved better than what you did. He deserved to grow old here with his family and not die in space."
Eva does get very thrown off to meet a young microbiologist with a glint in her eye. "Dr. Rylee Grace," she says coolly, "you're the woman that killed my uncle."
Colt in the afterlife, sitting on a green hill, staring up at the sky and saying "I'm waiting for someone," whenever he's asked and one day he looks up when the person doesn't leave and his brother's grinning down at him.
"Been waiting long?" he asks before getting dragged into a hug.
I do so love being included! Especially when it’s heartbreaking 😭
