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    Rocky had fallen in love with Grace long ago. There were many reasons, even now, not to act on this love. Telling Grace would likely make it uncomfortable and add stress to its already very stressful short life. Their journey to Erid would last under four Earth years, which is practically nothing in the grand scheme of things. Rocky would soon be reunited with all his friends and family, and of course, his lovely bond mate.

    All this to say, it would be an unspeakably stupid, selfish, illogical decision to approach Grace romantically. A decision Rocky knows he would regret for the remaining 300 years of his life. He knows he will regret it, and so he makes peace with keeping it to himself. He loves being Grace’s dearest friend. That’s plenty enough to quiet the voices in his head.

    One day, while watching Grace sleep, he learns that Grace reciprocates his feelings.

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    Collection of all my rockland nsfw art, among other things.

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  3. Public Bookmark 58

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    The inherent eroticism of being perceived with curiosity and without judgment. Or, what if you were on your way to Tau Ceti e to save the world, and your alien best friend watched you get off for science, and then you learned some interesting facts about Eridian mating customs? Well, it happened to my buddy Ryland Grace.


    "You can see?" I whisper.

    "I hear." Rocky matches my quiet tone. "I hear everything."

    And that's interesting, because those words fuse white-hot with my pulse, and earth themselves with a thump between my legs, and all of a sudden I'm not soft anymore.

    Okay. Yeah. We're way past being shy.


    "Grace," he says, his body language a strange shivering mix of happiness and annoyance. "I sing to you." He says that like it's some kind of clincher.

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    “Hey! It’s a lot up here, okay? It’s a normal response to stress.” He rubs a hand over his face. “Okay, I cried a lot down there, too. But not in class! Not if I could help it. But having to say goodbye, gosh, I’ve never been good at that.” Grace laughs, but it sounds sad. His mouth is shut firmly, and he leans against my ball. He’s so soft, his body melds to the side of the xenonite with ease. “I can’t imagine what a mess I’ll be when—” he cuts himself off, but I know what was coming next.

    I’m not sure how I’ll be when we say goodbye either. It didn’t seem like it’d matter so much at first, after all, if we part ways, it means we succeeded. I’d be going back to Erid, to Adrian, to home. But I’d be leaving behind Grace. The thought of that is unpleasant. It sinks deep in me; the emotion is painfully familiar. It’s been a long time since I’ve had anyone to mourn losing anyone again. I don’t want to think about it, I’m not ready.

    or 5 times Rocky feels something for Grace. 1 time he does something about it.

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    The next thing he’s aware of is Rocky’s voice, carefully intent. This means he’s discovered something new and is absolutely not going to let it go.

    “Grace is ♪♫♪♫, question?”

    “Huh?”

    “Need word,” Rocky trills, “Domestic companion organisms. Lives in habitat of more capable species. Does not build structures. Does not contribute to heavy engineering. These common, on Erid, in units, for morale. They make noise and trip over own appendages. Cute and stupid.”

    That is a lot of words, and Grace is pointedly half-asleep. They trickle over him in lazy streams of thought as he sips his coffee, through his early, “it-is-maybe-morning” fog…

    —And then he nearly chokes on his coffee, cheeks flushed bright, bright red.

    “Are you calling me your pet?”

    Or: Grace gets a boner, and all roads lead to Pet Play

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    17 Apr 2026