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.

Ryland Grace doesn't remember his past. Lyra Novak doesn't remember Ryland Grace. Both of those things are a problem. Because somehow, humanity surviving becomes the easier part. Or: two touch-starved scientists with memory loss accidentally speedrun emotional intimacy aboard a spaceship without even noticing.

"𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐞." "𝐧𝐨, 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐭𝐰𝐨." "𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟!" ‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾　　☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙ in which I can't stop thinking about the Coltland Twins AU!

It's Miss Everett's first year as the middle school history teacher at Grover Cleveland Middle School. Thankfully, the science teacher, Dr. Ryland Grace, is just across the hall to offer all the support he can.

"𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞." "𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮." "𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞-𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭-𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐨." ‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾　　☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙ in which everyone thinks alina stratt hates ryland grace, but rocky can see right through it-and them, technically.

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 😏)