#fic ref

[umlewis]

lewis hamilton arrives to the track on race day, monaco - june 7, 2026

[eridian-sam]

I think a lot of people don't realize how confined Grace would be during the trip to Erid. This is important to me because I want Grace to be inconvenienced. Nothing should be easy for this guy!

When the Hail Mary is in thrust configuration:

The gravity is 1.5 g, just enough to make moving around the ship a bit more tiring than usual

The ship is basically a giant tower! Grace has to climb VERY tall ladders to go up to the next room. Climbing those in 1.5 g sounds exhausting. I'm sure he'd build up some good endurance doing that, but anyone who lives in a townhome can tell you how annoying it is to walk down three flights of stairs and then realize you forgot your phone upstairs. I imagine he would probably not wander around the ship a ton when he has to climb ladders to do it.

Related to the ladders, if Grace is in the dormitory and wants to go watch TV in the Don't Go Crazy room, he has to climb up 3 rooms of long ladders to get there

The usable floor space is pretty limited! All the rooms were designed to be used in centrifugal gravity, so in all the rooms the centrifugal floor is now a very, very tall wall. What would be the shorter centrifugal wall is now a tiny floor in thrust config (I'll put pictures at the end to illustrate)

Basically zero lab access! At the very beginning of the movie you can see Grace look up the wall at the lab equipment. It is all at least 10 ft up, totally out of reach and bolted sideways to the wall. The only real things he can use in lab are the white board, some screens, and the chair 4ft off the floor (that says "Not for use in thrust configuration" lol). The lab just straight up is NOT meant to be used AT ALL in thrust config. That's the whole point of having the centrifuge!

This is purely based on the movie, the book mentions Grace being able to tidy the lab when he is flying back towards Earth. But I am enchanted by the idea that the trip to Erid is boring and inconvenient for Grace, but he still doesn't regret anything because he's getting to spend time with Rocky.

Definitely don't fault anyone for forgetting this! You only see the ladders at the beginning of the movie. I only realized when I went to get screenshots that the ladders retract in centrifuge mode! Very smart. Those would be a real trip hazard.

Ship room order: Dormitory -> Server (?) room -> Lab -> Beetle storage room -> Don't Go Crazy Room -> EVA room & airlock -> Cockpit

Dormitory thrust

Very, very tall ladder! At least the floor is padded here in case you fall off. Makes sense considering this is where you wake up from your coma and have poor coordination

Dormitory centrifuge

Long floor plan, short walls. These two screenshots are from the same angle!! Tall wall is now long floor. You can see where the ladder has retracted!

Lab thrust

Grace is in the foreground pointing WAY up at the equipment bolted to the very tall wall

Grace sitting in the one accessible lab chair that says "NOT FOR USE IN THRUST CONFIGURATION" on the side. He's sitting on what is supposed to be the backrest

Lab centrifuge

Very large floorplan! This is the main room on the ship. They probably expected the crew to spend the most time here.

DGC room thrust

Grace is still able to stand in here! There is just a ladder going up the side of the room

DGC room centrifuge

After the ladder retracts, the metal panel it was on is now the floor!

[umseb]

sebastian vettel speaks to the bbc after finishing the london marathon - april 26, 2026

[ummick]

mick schumacher and esteban ocon doing normal friend things in the paddock on qualifying day, austria - june 28, 2025 📷 michael memmler / alamy

[umgeorge]

george reacting to kimi giving away their strategy, for nonnie 💙

[manchestermauler]

september 19, 1997 / september 20, 1997

[ipleadbritney]

boyfriend-shaped oscar piastri

i'd say the orange suit nerfs him but he also looks good in that

[corrydeli]

𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓯𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷

agedup!zanka x reader | smut,mdni

cw˖᯽ ݁˖· ─ friends to lovers, hickeys, use of alcohol, making out session, fingering , breast play, might be ooc

confession p1 , confession p2

wc: 1.2k

a/n જ⁀➴ omg I lowk had such a fun time making this and Zanka is 19 here! first smut ig? I hope I did a good job act 😘

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you and zanka were best friends ever since hellguard era, apparently you and him were inseparable since you two were always together hanging out or training. you two get teased by enjin and riyo for it but you both got used to the teasings and didn’t mind it by now. but lately the more you started hanging out with him,talking to him you started to feel those butterflies..? you started to admit that you really did have a crush on him since the signs were there like,your heart always flutters whenever he smiled at you (it had you jumping on cloud 9).

one day after a hard mission Enjin,Riyo and the others were celebrating their victory.. after a while later when the all of the minors were gone they were all drinking and getting drunk, you wanted to drink beer but obviously Enjin wouldn’t allow it but one beer wont hurt right? so you sneaked up to where the rest of the bottles were making sure all of the adults didn’t see you. you quickly ran out of there with your bottle of beer,you thought.. ‘HEY! i can just share this with zanka so if i ever got caught atleast i wont be the only one getting scolded at!’ so you ran to Zanka’s room knocking many times until he finally opened the door

“What are you doing here you idiot.” he says with a frown on his face and a cold tone “ughhh don’t be like that” you pat his shoulder as he looked confused “besides look what I got!” you shoved the beer at his face his eyes widened and he pulled you into the room locking the door behind “WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH ONE OF ENJIN’S BEER??” as he took the bottle from one of your hands, you whined when he took your precious bottle from you “come on zankaa!! besides it’s not illegal since I’m 18 already?” he looked at you like you just said something stupid which you did but anyways.. after a few begs and a few puppy eyes he sighed in defeat as he handed you the beer “fine you can drink but only a little ok??” “ok zan-zan :)” you shut your lips hard trying not to laugh when you saw his widened eyes and red ears he took a deep breath and turned around to get small cups, he placed them on the floor. he plopped on the floor and turned to look at you “what are you waiting for?? come sit” he said while patting the space beside him. you swear you saw cupid pass you and him, you walked up to the space beside Zanka and sat beside him. you got the bottle and removed the lid, before you could start putting beer on your cup you realised there were two cups. you turned to look at Zanka with a confused look he understood you quickly he got the second cup “I can also handle a little drink?” He said with a grin “put some on here will ya?” He handed the cup to you. you giggled as you started putting beer on the cup, he was so cute :))

1 hour later…

it was 12am already and you guys were still drinking. after you guys drank many shots you were out. your vision was swirling as you were zoning out while Zanka looked at you already half drunk “hey idiot are you ok?” you looked at Zanka offended “WHAT! you said I can’t drink a whole bottle of beer.. heh I’ll prove it to you then” “wait what do yer-“ before he could finish his sentence you grabbed the half finished bottle and gobbled it up. he looked at you agaped, jaw dropped eyes widening. “WHAT THE HELL (name)!?!” “told ya..” you hicced as you were grinning at him. he ran his hand through his hair not knowing what he should do when suddenly you grabbed his face with both of your hands “hey.. ‘hic!’ Zanka Nijiku.” you said with the most serious face as he looked at you with shock and red creeping on his neck “Zanka Nijiku why are you so beautiful huh? ‘hic!” you say with your eyebrows furrowed and pouty lips. he looked like he was about to explode (he’s about to explode) his face already red like a tomato “wha-WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT YOU IDIOT.. don’t say things like that..” you have your last exhale as you leaned in Zanka’s face and gave him the most passionate kiss. him, shocked for a second before kissing you back holding you by your waist pulling you closer as he rubbed at your sides making you shiver at the feeling when you both finally pulled away, foreheads resting breathing heavily. “(name) what are we doing right now?” “doing what I should’ve done before.. Zanka i lo-“ zanka interrupted you by kissing you, you kissed back wrapping your arms around his head, hands messily going through his hair as he pulled you closer chests touching. His hands slid under your shirt making you whimper at the feeling.

he slid his tounge in your mouth asking for an invitation, you opened your mouth approving the invitation as he started making out with you. his hands touching underneath your breast making you softly moan at the kiss. he pulled away from your mouth connecting both of your salivas. he gently looked at you “can i? (name) pls..” you quickly nodded. the moment he got your approval he carried you to the bed both of you plopping on the bed as he went on top of you removing your shirt. He took a moment to look at your beautiful breasts before removing your bra. he groped his hand on your breast and flicked you hardened nipple “ah- Zanka!” he leaned over on your other breast, you could feel his hot breath on your breast before his licked your nipple making you moan. he bit the side of your breast and sucked it making you have a hickey. he did the same on the other one before looking at his masterpiece “hah- look at this you look so damn gorgeous in my marks”, that made you wet. before you could speak he pressed on your core gaining a moan from your lips “your already so wet? all that sucking made you wet already” shit you didn’t know he could speak like this it made you so wet. he removed your skirt only leaving you in ur undergarment, he started removing your panty step by step before he could see your pink wet core, he observed your pussy before running on your clit “ah-ah! Zanka!” he started rubbing your clit in circle motions making you feel insane.. you loved every single of this “z-zanka..” he inserted one digit inside of you “shit.. yer so tight and wet” he started pumping in and out before adding another digit in it he curled his fingers finding your g-spot as he starting rubbing it , he kissed your collarbone before leaving a hickey on it “ah! Z-Zanka I’m so close!”

he started rubbing your clit faster than he did earlier making you moan louder “are you gonna cum baby?” “yes-yes!” “then cum baby,cum on my fingers cum for me” your legs twitched as you came hard.he kissed you before you could pass out he flipped you, you heard him unbuckling his pants. “baby who said I was done with you yet?”

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