Jun 11
i like to think about an ex-firefighter!reader on board project hail mary and when things go haywire on the mission to collect the astrophage predator from adrian, reader wakes up after being knocked unconscious and sees rocky out of his xenonite ball carrying grace. she steps in and hauls grace over her shoulder, despite being injured herself and gets him to the medbay. when grace and rocky have recovered, rocky recites the scene of watching reader carry grace on her shoulder and grace—unaware of readers background—is like ???!!!!! whilst reader gives a shrug without further elaboration. gateway to realising ryland grace has unearthed a manhandling kink