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hold the quiet by aloneintherain
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, Murderbot (TV)
26 Sep 2025
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SecUnit is staring at him. Ratthi accidentally makes eye contact again, and its gaze doesn’t dart away like it normally does. It stays locked onto his. Deliberately maintaining the eye contact.
Ratthi flexes his hands. His skin is tacky with fluids and the webs of his fingers stick together. “You’re really worrying me, SecUnit. Talk to me. Tell me you’re okay.”
“I’m okay,” SecUnit says immediately.
(OR: After Murderbot is attacked by the company and has its governor module switched back on, it can’t speak freely to ask for help. It takes its friends a while to notice.)
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27 Apr 2026
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“Anyway,” Tim continued. “I just wonder sometimes if your value of human life in general is related to how little you value your own life.”
“I value my own fucking life a lot,” Jason shot back immediately. Tim stared him down. Fuck. “Okay, not ‘a lot’ a lot, but it’s not like I’m gonna go and kill myself or anything.”
“Which is different than saying that you don’t want to die, or saying that you want to live.” Tim’s face was now dead serious, pulled completely taught.
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After Jason kills a man to protect Tim after months of unspoken agreement not to, they discuss death, suicidal ideation, and what keeps them both here.
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23 Apr 2026
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Without a Doubt by voidknight
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
10 Apr 2026
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Petulantly, Rocky says, “Grace sound stupid. Like child.”
“I’m just talking how you talk, buddy.”
“Yes. This is because I talk like child, to speak to stupid human.”
“Well, you don’t have to do that,” I say without thinking.
“♪♫♩as this♪ when, underst♪♪♫d ♪me, question?” Rocky says.
“What?”
“Can♪♪♫will understa♫d it ♫think talks♫♪ as this♪ Eridian you♩♫, question?”
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17 Apr 2026
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Leaving a Mark by startingatmidnight
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
31 Mar 2026
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Ryland has a tattoo. So does Rocky. It's not the same thing, but it also really is.
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09 Apr 2026
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He’d give Tim anything.
His heart, if that would prove it. Cut it out of his chest, put it in a pretty box, and say here, it’s yours anyway. But that’s dramatic. Impractical. Most importantly, it would also leave him dead. And sure, Tim would probably appreciate the gesture in some sick, poetic way, but it would also make him sad, and Jason can’t have that.
So. No heart in a box. No grand, stupid gestures. Back to square one.
Enter Damian.or: Jason asks a teenager boy for dating advice. It goes great.
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05 Apr 2026