Fics like glimpsed a ghost in the darkness

The live broadcast has taken over everything—news channels, livestreams, doctor’s offices, the muted TVs bolted into corners of cafés and airports. The same feed repeats everywhere: the launch of the shuttle to the Hail Mary, Earth’s last desperate hope. Footage of the launch preparations alternate with prerecorded statements from world leaders, a scrolling bar of names and credentials sliding across the bottom of the screen. The astronauts’ portraits are displayed in sequence, their faces and names proudly displayed, honoring those brave ones willing to give their lives for the future of Earth. Yao Li-Jie. Olesya Ilyukhina. And Ryland Grace. 7,130 miles away, Colt Seavers looks up at the Starbucks television screen and drops his coffee. --- Or, the AU where Ryland Grace has a twin, and Colt Seavers is not taking the whole “sent into space to die” thing quietly. Incidentally, Stratt doesn’t know that he exists.

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