I wasn't supposed to be here. At first, I convince myself it's just a bizarre coincidence. Ryland Grace exists. He's real. He's just a teacher... just a man I was never supposed to meet and definitely never supposed to fall for. Then the world starts to change. The impossible becomes impossible to ignore, and I realise this isn't just his world. It's his story. And I know exactly how it ends. I know what he's going to be asked to do. I know what it will cost him. I know that one day he'll have to choose between the man he is and the man the world needs him to be. I can't tell him any of it. So instead, I stay. I stand beside him as everything slowly falls apart, offering reassurances I can't explain and hoping that somehow, somehow, knowing him might change what's coming. Because I know. I just know. #1 in RyanGosling out of 336 stories 30/06/26 #2 in ProjectHailMary out of 227 stories 20/08/26 #2 in Ryland out of 1.77K stories 30/06/26 #4 in Isekai out of 25.4K stories 13/07/26 #1 in AndyWeir out of 31 stories 07/07/26

They met by chance in a crowded bar. She was Dr. Isla Torres, a brilliant NASA physicist with a sharp mind and sharper instincts. He was Ryland Grace, an awkward but beloved middle school science teacher with a habit of turning every conversation into a lecture on something wonderfully nerdy. One ridiculous shirt. One impulsive question. One night that turned into forever. They fell in love quickly-messily, intensely, completely. Ryland loved the way Isla could match his science with ease and then challenge him just to watch him think. Isla loved the way Ryland made her laugh like she wasn't carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders. They married. Built a life together. Years of quiet mornings, shared jokes, late-night arguments about Pluto, and a love so steady it felt like gravity itself. And then- Dr. Ryland Grace and Dr. Isla Torres Grace wake up. Not in their bed. Not in their home. But aboard a spaceship drifting in deep space. Head pounding. Memory fractured. No idea how they got there. Ryland looks at the controls he doesn't remember learning. Isla stares at the stars she doesn't remember agreeing to leave Earth for. And between them, a terrifying truth begins to form: They didn't just wake up in space. They were sent there. Together.

Who you used to be is an irrelevant question. It's who you decide to be in the moment that matters. I woke up in space with no memory of my life on earth. All I have are my skills, instinct, and molecular biologist that I conveniently found. The universe is dying and it is our mission to carry out Project Hail Mary. Can we find ourselves while also finding the cure for the universe? Mature themes include some profanity

When Grace wakes up on the Hail Mary, he tries everything he can to wake the only surviving crewmate from her coma. Nothing works until he meets Rocky. Grace and Finch find themselves on the Hail Mary without their memories, but with one common goal: save the stars. Neither of them expect to find a home in Rocky, nor for their bond with him to bring them closer. As they learn more about themselves, their mission, and how they lost their memories, they quickly realize that neither of them are equipped to deal with the growing comfort they find in each other. Rocky decides he's done watching them dance around it and takes matters into his own very exasperated hands. A Project Hail Mary fanfiction that takes place after Grace meets Rocky. This story is mostly canon compliant with a few minor deviations explained through flashbacks on Earth.

Adora, a scientist and trained astronaut, is sent across interstellar space on a mission Earth never truly expected to succeed. To find Dr. Ryland Grace, the man who saved humanity and was presumed lost forever. But on the alien world of Erid, she finds more than a survivor. She finds a man who has built a life among the Eridians, a world that has become his home, and a connection neither of them expected. (Accurate science and details to Project Hail mary book/ movie, with a bit of smut 😏)

The sun is dying. The mission is a suicide run. There's an alien made of rock and jazz. And Dr. Ryland Grace has just realized the only other man on board is hot...and British. Ryland Grace x Male OC

A Project Hail Mary fanfic based on Rocky's POV! I play fast and loose with canon for the Eridians world, courtesy of Andy Weir. I use his helpful doc on Eridian biology/culture, but I've come up with some of my own things, too!

Ryland Grace, A science teacher, wakes up alone on a spaceship. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing Earth's sun... But is he alone?