diff --git a/packages/cli/test/native-link-info.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/native-link-info.test.ts
index 57c60b1bc..f5ff2642e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/native-link-info.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/native-link-info.test.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe.runIf(supported)("macOS arm64 native link info", () => {
         minimum_os: "14.0",
       },
       program: { object, entry_symbol: "main" },
-      runtime_abi: { version: 23, marker: "scr_runtime_abi_v23" },
+      runtime_abi: { version: 24, marker: "scr_runtime_abi_v24" },
       runtime_pack: {
         kind: "precompiled",
         package: "@scriptc/runtime-darwin-arm64",
@@ -165,6 +165,6 @@ describe.runIf(supported)("macOS arm64 native link info", () => {
       () => null,
       (failure: { stderr?: string }) => failure,
     );
-    expect(error?.stderr).toContain("scr_runtime_abi_v23");
+    expect(error?.stderr).toContain("scr_runtime_abi_v24");
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emit-function.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emit-function.ts
index 7bbd3d453..8c6264e6c 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emit-function.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emit-function.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import {
   mangleArgPack,
   mangleAsyncAdoptCall,
   mangleAsyncAwaitCall,
+  mangleAsyncDirectSpawn,
   mangleAsyncSpawn,
   mangleBorrowedFunction,
   mangleClassStruct,
@@ -910,6 +911,20 @@ export function emitAsyncScaffolding(emitter: LlEmitter): string[] {
       for (const line of emitter.emitAsyncAwaitCall(fn, argPackLines, true)) out.push(line);
     }
     const stackless = emitter.stacklessAsync.has(fn.name);
+    if (stackless && emitter.directAwaitCallees.has(fn.name)) {
+      // A coroutine's direct await: the same prefix, with the promise kept
+      // inside the returned fiber record.
+      emitter.declare(`declare ptr @scr_async_spawn_direct(ptr, ptr)`);
+      out.push(
+        `define internal ptr @${mangleAsyncDirectSpawn(fn.name)}(${spawnParams.join(", ")}) ${FN_ATTRS} { ; direct spawn ${fn.name}`,
+        `entry:`,
+        ...argPackLines,
+        `  %f = call ptr @scr_async_spawn_direct(ptr @${mangleTrampoline(fn.name)}, ptr %ap)`,
+        `  ret ptr %f`,
+        `}`,
+        ``,
+      );
+    }
     const spawn = stackless ? "scr_async_spawn_stackless" : "scr_async_spawn";
     emitter.declare(`declare ptr @scr_fiber_promise(ptr)`);
     emitter.declare(`declare ptr @${spawn}(ptr, ptr)`);
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emitter.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emitter.ts
index b306674fc..eeb89d953 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emitter.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emitter.ts
@@ -889,6 +889,9 @@ export class LlEmitter {
   /** Fiberless async functions a stackless coroutine body awaits directly;
    * each gets an inline await entry (emitCoroInlineAwait). */
   readonly inlineAwaitCallees = new Set<string>();
+  /** Stackless async functions some coroutine body awaits directly: each
+   * gets a direct spawn entry (emitCoroDirectAwait). */
+  readonly directAwaitCallees = new Set<string>();
   /** The async functions whose bodies never suspend and that a direct
    * await may enter in place (selectStacklessAsync). */
   private inlineAwaitable = new Set<string>();
@@ -1913,6 +1916,69 @@ export class LlEmitter {
     return fn.captures === undefined;
   }
 
+  /** Whether a stackless coroutine body's `await f(...)` may await f's
+   * fiber record instead of its promise (emitCoroDirectAwait): f is a
+   * stackless async function whose direct call an await-call entry could
+   * take. The await consumes the promise, so nothing else can observe it.
+   * Worker programs keep the promise for their stop checkpoint. */
+  directAwaitEligible(fnName: string): boolean {
+    if (this.wasi || this.mod.workers === true || this.currentCoro?.kind !== "async") return false;
+    const fn = this.fnByName.get(fnName);
+    if (fn === undefined || fn.async !== true || fn.generator !== undefined) return false;
+    if (!this.stacklessAsync.has(fnName) || fn.captures !== undefined) return false;
+    if (fn.returnType.kind === "dyn") return false;
+    return fn.asyncCacheGlobal === undefined && fn.asyncCycleCacheGlobal === undefined;
+  }
+
+  /** A stackless coroutine body's `await f(...)` of a stackless f, without
+   * f's promise object: f's prefix runs as the spawn of a fiber record that
+   * keeps the promise inside. A body still running wakes this coroutine
+   * when it finishes, where its promise's settlement would wake its one
+   * waiter; a finished one takes the settled await's turn. The result (or
+   * the rejection, re-thrown) comes out of the record, which goes. */
+  emitCoroDirectAwait(call: ExprOf<"call">, type: IrType): LlValue {
+    const coro = this.currentCoro;
+    if (coro === null)
+      throw new InternalCompilerError("llvm emitter bug: direct await outside a coroutine");
+    const B = this.B;
+    const record = emitCallExpr(this, call, "direct").name;
+    this.declare(`declare zeroext i1 @scr_coro_direct_prepare(ptr, ptr)`);
+    const suspend = B.tmp();
+    B.line(
+      `${suspend} = call zeroext i1 @scr_coro_direct_prepare(ptr ${coro.self}, ptr ${record})`,
+    );
+    const park = B.newLabel("await.suspend");
+    const ready = B.newLabel("await.ready");
+    B.condBr(suspend, park, ready);
+    B.startBlock(park);
+    this.emitCoroSuspendPrepared();
+    B.br(ready);
+    B.startBlock(ready);
+    if (type.kind === "void") {
+      this.declare(`declare void @scr_coro_direct_void(ptr)`);
+      B.line(`call void @scr_coro_direct_void(ptr ${record})`);
+      this.emitPendingCheck();
+      return { name: "", type };
+    }
+    const t = B.tmp();
+    if (type.kind === "f64" || type.kind === "date") {
+      this.declare(`declare double @scr_coro_direct_f64(ptr)`);
+      B.line(`${t} = call double @scr_coro_direct_f64(ptr ${record})`);
+    } else if (type.kind === "bool") {
+      this.declare(`declare zeroext i1 @scr_coro_direct_bool(ptr)`);
+      B.line(`${t} = call zeroext i1 @scr_coro_direct_bool(ptr ${record})`);
+    } else if (type.kind === "string") {
+      this.declare(`declare ptr @scr_coro_direct_str(ptr)`);
+      B.line(`${t} = call ptr @scr_coro_direct_str(ptr ${record})`);
+    } else {
+      this.declare(`declare ptr @scr_coro_direct_ref(ptr)`);
+      B.line(`${t} = call ptr @scr_coro_direct_ref(ptr ${record})`);
+    }
+    const out = this.own({ name: this.adoptHeap(t, type), type });
+    this.emitPendingCheck();
+    return out;
+  }
+
   /** The inline await entry of a fiberless async function (`sc_ai_*`): its
    * body on the caller's stack (between scr_async_inline_enter/exit when
    * fiberlessFrames), as in its spawn wrapper, returning the result and
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/expr-async.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/expr-async.ts
index 4d73d0904..b5d765b16 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/expr-async.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/expr-async.ts
@@ -918,6 +918,22 @@ export function emitAsyncExpr(
           return host.emitCoroInlineAwait(e.value, e.adopt === true);
         }
       }
+      // A stackless coroutine body awaits a stackless callee's fiber record
+      // instead of its promise.
+      if (
+        adopted === null &&
+        e.adopt !== true &&
+        e.value.kind === "call" &&
+        host.directAwaitEligible(e.value.callee)
+      ) {
+        const callee = host.fnByName.get(e.value.callee)!;
+        if (
+          typeEquals(callee.returnType, e.type) &&
+          !host.callLifetimes.borrowed.has(e.value.callee)
+        ) {
+          return host.emitCoroDirectAwait(e.value, e.type);
+        }
+      }
       if (adopted === null && e.value.kind === "call" && host.awaitCallEligible(e.value.callee)) {
         const callee = host.fnByName.get(e.value.callee)!;
         if (
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/expr-calls.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/expr-calls.ts
index 81c44d5a6..f0aa3b276 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/expr-calls.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/expr-calls.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   mangleFunction,
   mangleWrapper,
   mangleVtStruct,
+  mangleAsyncDirectSpawn,
 } from "../mangle.js";
 import {
   classEnvironmentIndex,
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ export function emitCallExpr(
     | "instanceOf"
     | "virtualCall"
   >,
-  awaitEntry: false | "await" | "adopt" | "inline" = false,
+  awaitEntry: false | "await" | "adopt" | "inline" | "direct" = false,
   /** A projection consumes a scalar union result (Int32Abi.union): answer
    * a private stack box instead of a heap box. */
   stackResult = false,
@@ -184,6 +185,14 @@ export function emitCallExpr(
             : `${host.llType(callee.params[i]!.type)} ${a.name}`,
         )
         .join(", ");
+      if (awaitEntry === "direct") {
+        // A stackless coroutine's await of a stackless callee: the spawn
+        // returns the callee's fiber record (emitCoroDirectAwait).
+        host.directAwaitCallees.add(e.callee);
+        const record = B.tmp();
+        B.line(`${record} = call ptr @${mangleAsyncDirectSpawn(e.callee)}(${argList})`);
+        return { name: record, type: callee.returnType };
+      }
       if (awaitEntry === "inline") {
         // A stackless coroutine's await of a fiberless callee: the entry
         // runs the body in place and leaves a throw pending; the enclosing
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/mangle.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/mangle.ts
index da6cbe0f5..14736ead7 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/mangle.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/mangle.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ export function mangleAsyncAdoptCall(fnName: string): string {
 export function mangleAsyncInlineAwaitCall(fnName: string): string {
   return `sc_ai_${sanitize(fnName)}`;
 }
+/** A stackless coroutine body's `await f(...)` of a stackless async f: the
+ * spawn of f's fiber record, which keeps its promise inside (direct await). */
+export function mangleAsyncDirectSpawn(fnName: string): string {
+  return `sc_dw_${sanitize(fnName)}`;
+}
 export function mangleTrampoline(fnName: string): string {
   return `sc_tr_${sanitize(fnName)}`;
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/runtime-abi.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/runtime-abi.ts
index 67be86571..5eb24482b 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/runtime-abi.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/runtime-abi.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
  * of the link contract: a program object keeps this symbol undefined and the
  * matching runtime defines it, so incompatible manual links fail before the
  * program can start. */
-export const RUNTIME_ABI_VERSION = 23 as const;
-export const RUNTIME_ABI_MARKER = "scr_runtime_abi_v23" as const;
+export const RUNTIME_ABI_VERSION = 24 as const;
+export const RUNTIME_ABI_MARKER = "scr_runtime_abi_v24" as const;
 
 /** Object consumption is useful today, but the complete scr_* surface may
  * still change before 1.0. The versioned marker prevents accidental mixing;
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/runtime-pack-targets.test.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/runtime-pack-targets.test.ts
index 19519e1f2..fc7ed9efa 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/runtime-pack-targets.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/runtime-pack-targets.test.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ async function fixture(target: NativeTargetSpec, workers = false) {
       object_format: target.objectFormat,
       minimum_os: target.minimumOs,
     },
-    runtime_abi: { version: 23, marker: "scr_runtime_abi_v23" },
+    runtime_abi: { version: 24, marker: "scr_runtime_abi_v24" },
     compiler: { command: "fixture", identity: "fixture", target: target.llvmTriple },
     macros: { executable: [], excluded: ["SCR_LIB"], sanitizer: "external-toolchain-required" },
     flavors: {
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/runtime-pack.test.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/runtime-pack.test.ts
index ee2301172..5ffb4797d 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/runtime-pack.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/runtime-pack.test.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ async function fixture(target: NativeTargetSpec = MACOS_ARM64_TARGET) {
       object_format: target.objectFormat,
       minimum_os: target.minimumOs,
     },
-    runtime_abi: { version: 23, marker: "scr_runtime_abi_v23" },
+    runtime_abi: { version: 24, marker: "scr_runtime_abi_v24" },
     compiler: {
       command: "clang",
       identity: "fixture clang",
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/await-call-emission.test.ts b/packages/compiler/test/await-call-emission.test.ts
index 5d2b614c3..96c039155 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/await-call-emission.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/await-call-emission.test.ts
@@ -183,10 +183,16 @@ test("bodies that suspend only at their own awaits compile to stackless coroutin
   const middle = definition(llvm, "sc_f_middle");
   expect(middle).toMatch(/^define internal double @sc_f_middle\(double [^)]*\) #1 /);
   // Each await prepares its continuation and suspends the coroutine, then
-  // extracts the settled result; nothing parks the stack it runs on.
-  expect(middle).toContain("call zeroext i1 @scr_coro_await_prepare(ptr");
-  expect(middle).toContain("call double @scr_coro_await_f64(ptr");
-  expect(middle).toContain("call ptr @sc_as_slow(double");
+  // extracts the settled result; nothing parks the stack it runs on. A
+  // stackless callee is awaited through its fiber record, without its
+  // promise (emitCoroDirectAwait).
+  expect(middle).toContain("call ptr @sc_dw_slow(double");
+  expect(middle).toContain("call zeroext i1 @scr_coro_direct_prepare(ptr");
+  expect(middle).toContain("call double @scr_coro_direct_f64(ptr");
+  expect(middle).not.toContain("@sc_as_slow(");
+  expect(definition(llvm, "sc_dw_slow")).toContain(
+    "call ptr @scr_async_spawn_direct(ptr @sc_tr_slow",
+  );
   // A callee that never suspends runs in place; the coroutine takes the
   // await's turn itself and awaits a rejected promise only on a throw.
   expect(middle).toContain("call double @sc_ai_leaf(double");
@@ -307,3 +313,41 @@ test("a stackless body runs Promise.all of never-suspending calls in place", asy
   expect(reused).toContain("call ptr @sc_as_leaf(double");
   expect(reused).toContain("@scr_promise_all(");
 });
+
+const directSource = `
+async function slow(x: number): Promise<number> {
+  await null;
+  return x + 1;
+}
+async function direct(x: number): Promise<number> {
+  return (await slow(x)) * 2;
+}
+async function adopting(x: number): Promise<number> {
+  return slow(x);
+}
+async function kept(x: number): Promise<number> {
+  const pending = slow(x);
+  await null;
+  return await pending;
+}
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  console.log((await direct(1)) + (await adopting(2)) + (await kept(3)));
+}
+void main();
+`;
+
+test("a stackless body awaits a stackless callee's fiber record instead of its promise", async () => {
+  const llvm = await emit(directSource);
+  const direct = definition(llvm, "sc_f_direct");
+  expect(direct).toContain("call ptr @sc_dw_slow(double");
+  expect(direct).toContain("call zeroext i1 @scr_coro_direct_prepare(ptr");
+  expect(direct).toContain("call double @scr_coro_direct_f64(ptr");
+  expect(direct).not.toContain("@scr_coro_await_prepare(");
+  // A returned call adopts the callee's promise, and a promise held in a
+  // local is a value: both keep the promise.
+  for (const symbol of ["sc_f_adopting", "sc_f_kept"]) {
+    const body = definition(llvm, symbol);
+    expect(body, symbol).toContain("call ptr @sc_as_slow(double");
+    expect(body, symbol).not.toContain("@sc_dw_slow(");
+  }
+});
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/native-codegen-integration.test.ts b/packages/compiler/test/native-codegen-integration.test.ts
index c0f2cfe84..d8f158ebc 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/native-codegen-integration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/native-codegen-integration.test.ts
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ done:
     expect(await symbols(helperObject, ["-u"])).toEqual(await symbols(clangObject, ["-u"]));
     expect(await symbols(helperObject, ["-gU"])).toEqual(await symbols(clangObject, ["-gU"]));
     expect(await symbols(helperObject, ["-gU"])).toEqual(["0000000000000000 T _main"]);
-    expect(await symbols(helperObject, ["-u"])).toContain("_scr_runtime_abi_v23");
+    expect(await symbols(helperObject, ["-u"])).toContain("_scr_runtime_abi_v24");
 
     const clangExe = join(dir, "clang-program");
     const linkDriver = join(dir, "clang-driver.c");
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ done:
       .split("\n");
     expect(undefinedSymbols).toContain("_sf_scale");
     expect(undefinedSymbols).toContain("_sf_callback_mix");
-    expect(undefinedSymbols).toContain("_scr_runtime_abi_v23");
+    expect(undefinedSymbols).toContain("_scr_runtime_abi_v24");
   });
 
   test("helper and clang object paths retain the same outbound FFI C ABI", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/7104-direct-await-order.ts.json b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/7104-direct-await-order.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..238ee8fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/7104-direct-await-order.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+ "order": [
+  "<repo>/tests/corpus/7104-direct-await-order.ts"
+ ],
+ "diags": []
+}
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/7105-direct-await-context.ts.json b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/7105-direct-await-context.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ed3b6aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/7105-direct-await-context.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+ "order": [
+  "<repo>/tests/corpus/7105-direct-await-context.ts"
+ ],
+ "diags": []
+}
diff --git a/packages/runtime-darwin-arm64/scripts/build.mjs b/packages/runtime-darwin-arm64/scripts/build.mjs
index 856de4b86..85c5ffb00 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-darwin-arm64/scripts/build.mjs
+++ b/packages/runtime-darwin-arm64/scripts/build.mjs
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ async function build() {
       package: packageManifest.name,
       version: packageManifest.version,
       target: RUNTIME_PACK_MATRIX.target,
-      runtime_abi: { version: 23, marker: "scr_runtime_abi_v23" },
+      runtime_abi: { version: 24, marker: "scr_runtime_abi_v24" },
       compiler: {
         command: compiler,
         identity: compilerVersion,
diff --git a/packages/runtime-pack-common/scripts/build.mjs b/packages/runtime-pack-common/scripts/build.mjs
index fa84e9c4d..b242b78aa 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-pack-common/scripts/build.mjs
+++ b/packages/runtime-pack-common/scripts/build.mjs
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ async function build() {
       package: packageManifest.name,
       version: packageManifest.version,
       target: matrix.target,
-      runtime_abi: { version: 23, marker: "scr_runtime_abi_v23" },
+      runtime_abi: { version: 24, marker: "scr_runtime_abi_v24" },
       compiler: {
         command: compiler,
         identity: compilerVersion,
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/scr_async.c b/packages/runtime/src/scr_async.c
index 12cf81f77..db1e54295 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/scr_async.c
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/scr_async.c
@@ -616,6 +616,13 @@ struct ScrFiber {
   struct ScrFiber *awaiter;
   /* This fiber was parked by such a child; set before the switch away. */
   bool await_parked;
+  /* A stackless body spawned for a direct await (scr_async_spawn_direct):
+   * its promise lives in the same block (ScrDirectFiber) and nothing else
+   * sees it. Once the awaiting coroutine suspends it is direct_awaiter, the
+   * finished body wakes it in place of the promise's settlement, and the
+   * awaiter destroys the record when it takes the result. */
+  bool direct;
+  struct ScrFiber *direct_awaiter;
 #ifdef SCR_ASAN_FIBERS
   void *fake_stack;
   /* Live stackless async fibers (scr_async_spawn_stackless) form a list
@@ -2138,11 +2145,31 @@ static void scr_prefix_on_fresh_stack(ScrFiber *f, void (*entry)(ScrFiber *, voi
 }
 #endif
 
-ScrPromise *scr_async_spawn_stackless(void (*entry)(ScrFiber *, void *), void *argpack) {
-  ScrFiber *f = scr_mem_calloc(sizeof *f);
-  if (!f) scr_oom();
+/* A directly awaited body's fiber record and its promise, one block. */
+typedef struct {
+  ScrFiber fiber;
+  ScrPromise promise;
+} ScrDirectFiber;
+
+/* Creates a stackless body's fiber and runs its eager prefix, which
+ * returns at the first suspension or the end. A direct fiber's promise is
+ * embedded and immortal (retains and releases skip it). */
+static ScrFiber *scr_spawn_stackless_fiber(void (*entry)(ScrFiber *, void *), void *argpack,
+                                           bool direct) {
+  ScrFiber *f;
+  if (direct) {
+    ScrDirectFiber *block = scr_mem_calloc(sizeof *block);
+    if (!block) scr_oom();
+    f = &block->fiber;
+    f->promise = &block->promise;
+    f->promise->rc = SIZE_MAX;
+    f->direct = true;
+  } else {
+    f = scr_mem_calloc(sizeof *f);
+    if (!f) scr_oom();
+    f->promise = scr_promise_new();
+  }
   scr_fiber_track(f);
-  f->promise = scr_promise_new();
   f->stackless = true;
   f->als = scr_als_ctx_retain(*SCR_ALS_SLOT());
   /* The lifetime region the eager prefix runs in, which every later step
@@ -2171,6 +2198,11 @@ ScrPromise *scr_async_spawn_stackless(void (*entry)(ScrFiber *, void *), void *a
   scr_current = spawner;
   scr_exc_swap_cell(spawner ? &spawner->exc : NULL);
   scr_als_active = spawner ? &spawner->als : &scr_als_main_slot;
+  return f;
+}
+
+ScrPromise *scr_async_spawn_stackless(void (*entry)(ScrFiber *, void *), void *argpack) {
+  ScrFiber *f = scr_spawn_stackless_fiber(entry, argpack, false);
   ScrPromise *result = scr_promise_retain(f->promise);
   if (f->done) {
     scr_promise_release(f->promise);
@@ -2179,6 +2211,14 @@ ScrPromise *scr_async_spawn_stackless(void (*entry)(ScrFiber *, void *), void *a
   }
   return result;
 }
+
+/* A stackless body that a stackless coroutine awaits right away (the
+ * compiler's direct await): its promise never escapes, so it is embedded
+ * in the fiber record, which the awaiter takes the result from
+ * (scr_coro_direct_*) and then destroys. */
+ScrFiber *scr_async_spawn_direct(void (*entry)(ScrFiber *, void *), void *argpack) {
+  return scr_spawn_stackless_fiber(entry, argpack, true);
+}
 #endif
 
 static void scr_await_park(ScrPromise *p);
@@ -2447,7 +2487,28 @@ bool scr_coro_await_prepare(ScrFiber *self, ScrPromise *p) {
 
 bool scr_coro_hop_prepare(ScrFiber *self) { return scr_coro_hop_needed(self); }
 
-void scr_coro_async_finish(ScrFiber *self) { scr_fiber_finish(self); }
+/* A directly awaited body's end: its awaiter is the promise's only waiter,
+ * and it observes a rejection when it takes the result, so the body wakes
+ * it where the settlement would, without the unhandled-rejection ledger. */
+static void scr_direct_finish(ScrFiber *self) {
+  ScrPromise *p = self->promise;
+  bool stopped = false;
+#ifdef SCR_WORKERS
+  /* A stop request rejects like the fiber epilogue does (scr_fiber_finish). */
+  stopped = scr_context_checkpoint();
+#endif
+  if (stopped || scr_exc_pending()) scr_promise_reject_from_cell(p, &self->exc);
+  if (stopped) p->rejection_observed = true;
+  if (p->state == SCR_PROM_PENDING)
+    scr_trap("scriptc: internal error: directly awaited body finished unsettled\n");
+  self->done = true;
+  if (self->direct_awaiter != NULL) scr_promise_wake_one(self->direct_awaiter);
+}
+
+void scr_coro_async_finish(ScrFiber *self) {
+  if (self->direct) scr_direct_finish(self);
+  else scr_fiber_finish(self);
+}
 
 /* Extraction after the await's suspension: the promise has settled. */
 static bool scr_coro_await_settled(ScrPromise *p) {
@@ -2470,6 +2531,66 @@ ScrStr *scr_coro_await_str(ScrPromise *p) {
 void *scr_coro_await_ref(ScrPromise *p) {
   return scr_coro_await_settled(p) && p->payload ? p->retain_fn(p->payload) : NULL;
 }
+
+/* A direct await of a stackless body (scr_async_spawn_direct): a body
+ * still running gets the coroutine as its only awaiter, which its finish
+ * wakes as a settlement wakes a promise's waiter; a finished body is a
+ * settled promise, which takes one microtask turn. */
+bool scr_coro_direct_prepare(ScrFiber *self, ScrFiber *callee) {
+  if (!callee->done) {
+    callee->direct_awaiter = self;
+    return true;
+  }
+  return scr_coro_hop_needed(self);
+}
+
+/* The result of a finished direct body: its promise's settlement, read as
+ * scr_coro_await_* reads it (a rejection re-throws), then the record goes. */
+static inline void scr_direct_destroy(ScrFiber *f) {
+  /* Only a rejection reason is left: values moved out, and nothing waits
+   * on or shares the promise. */
+  if (f->promise->payload_kind != SCR_EXC_NONE) scr_promise_release_payload(f->promise);
+  scr_fiber_destroy(f);
+  scr_fibers_live--;
+}
+
+void scr_coro_direct_void(ScrFiber *f) {
+  scr_coro_await_settled(f->promise);
+  scr_direct_destroy(f);
+}
+double scr_coro_direct_f64(ScrFiber *f) {
+  double v = scr_coro_await_settled(f->promise) ? f->promise->f64 : 0;
+  scr_direct_destroy(f);
+  return v;
+}
+bool scr_coro_direct_bool(ScrFiber *f) {
+  bool v = scr_coro_await_settled(f->promise) ? f->promise->b : false;
+  scr_direct_destroy(f);
+  return v;
+}
+/* String and reference results move out of the record (+1). */
+ScrStr *scr_coro_direct_str(ScrFiber *f) {
+  ScrPromise *p = f->promise;
+  ScrStr *v = NULL;
+  if (scr_coro_await_settled(p)) {
+    v = (ScrStr *)p->payload;
+    p->payload = NULL;
+    p->payload_kind = SCR_EXC_NONE;
+  }
+  scr_direct_destroy(f);
+  return v;
+}
+void *scr_coro_direct_ref(ScrFiber *f) {
+  ScrPromise *p = f->promise;
+  void *v = NULL;
+  if (scr_coro_await_settled(p)) {
+    v = p->payload;
+    p->payload = NULL;
+    p->payload_kind = SCR_EXC_NONE;
+  }
+  scr_direct_destroy(f);
+  return v;
+}
 #endif
 
 /* One microtask hop: park the current fiber on the READY queue itself and
@@ -3982,7 +4103,7 @@ static void scr_resume_fiber(ScrFiber *f) {
     scr_loop_reap = NULL;
   }
 #endif
-  if (f->done) {
+  if (f->done && !f->direct) {
     scr_promise_release(f->promise);
     scr_fiber_destroy(f);
     scr_fibers_live--;
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/scr_async.h b/packages/runtime/src/scr_async.h
index 041d2ea03..827c303f9 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/scr_async.h
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/scr_async.h
@@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ double scr_coro_await_f64(ScrPromise *p);
 bool scr_coro_await_bool(ScrPromise *p);
 ScrStr *scr_coro_await_str(ScrPromise *p); /* +1 */
 void *scr_coro_await_ref(ScrPromise *p);   /* +1 via the stored retain */
+/* A direct await of a stackless body: its promise stays inside the fiber
+ * record the spawn returns, and the awaiter takes the result from it. */
+ScrFiber *scr_async_spawn_direct(void (*entry)(ScrFiber *, void *), void *argpack);
+bool scr_coro_direct_prepare(ScrFiber *self, ScrFiber *callee);
+void scr_coro_direct_void(ScrFiber *f);
+double scr_coro_direct_f64(ScrFiber *f);
+bool scr_coro_direct_bool(ScrFiber *f);
+ScrStr *scr_coro_direct_str(ScrFiber *f); /* +1 */
+void *scr_coro_direct_ref(ScrFiber *f);   /* +1 */
 
 double scr_await_f64(ScrPromise *p); /* rejected promises re-throw */
 bool scr_await_bool(ScrPromise *p);
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/scr_console.c b/packages/runtime/src/scr_console.c
index 0afb8981a..c29126a4a 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/scr_console.c
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/scr_console.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static void scr_enable_utf8_console_output(void) {
 }
 #endif
 
-void scr_runtime_abi_v23(void) {}
+void scr_runtime_abi_v24(void) {}
 
 void scr_init(void) {
 #ifdef SCR_WORKERS
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/scr_core.h b/packages/runtime/src/scr_core.h
index cdf1061d9..94936a8aa 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/scr_core.h
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/scr_core.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void scr_init(void);
 /* Program objects emitted by the bundled LLVM helper reference this symbol.
  * Its versioned spelling makes a mismatched manual runtime link fail before
  * the program can start. */
-void scr_runtime_abi_v23(void);
+void scr_runtime_abi_v24(void);
 void scr_runtime_workers_v8(void);
 
 /* ── the trap funnel (scr_console.c; scr_library.c under -DSCR_LIB) ──────
diff --git a/tests/corpus/7104-direct-await-order.ts b/tests/corpus/7104-direct-await-order.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab4f438c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corpus/7104-direct-await-order.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+// A stackless async body awaiting a stackless callee that suspends:
+// results of each kind, callees that finish without suspending, nested
+// chains, throws before and after the first suspension, and an uncaught
+// rejection, against a ticker that logs every microtask turn.
+interface Point {
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+}
+const log: string[] = [];
+
+async function slowNumber(n: number, turns: number): Promise<number> {
+  for (let i = 0; i < turns; i++) await null;
+  log.push(`slowNumber ${n} done`);
+  return n * 2;
+}
+async function maybeSuspend(n: number): Promise<number> {
+  if (n > 0) await null;
+  log.push(`maybeSuspend ${n}`);
+  return n + 100;
+}
+async function slowFlag(n: number): Promise<boolean> {
+  await null;
+  return n % 2 === 0;
+}
+async function slowLabel(s: string): Promise<string> {
+  await null;
+  return `<${s}>`;
+}
+async function slowPoint(n: number): Promise<Point> {
+  await null;
+  return { x: n, y: n * n };
+}
+async function slowVoid(tag: string): Promise<void> {
+  await null;
+  log.push(`slowVoid ${tag}`);
+}
+async function throwsEarly(n: number): Promise<number> {
+  if (n > 0) throw new RangeError(`early ${n}`);
+  await null;
+  return n;
+}
+async function throwsLate(n: number): Promise<number> {
+  await null;
+  await null;
+  throw new TypeError(`late ${n}`);
+}
+async function chain(depth: number): Promise<number> {
+  await null;
+  if (depth === 0) return 1;
+  return 1 + (await chain(depth - 1));
+}
+function ticker(name: string, turns: number): Promise<void> {
+  let p = Promise.resolve();
+  for (let i = 0; i < turns; i++) p = p.then(() => void log.push(`${name} tick ${i}`));
+  return p;
+}
+
+async function values(): Promise<void> {
+  const a = await slowNumber(1, 2);
+  const b = await maybeSuspend(0);
+  const c = await maybeSuspend(1);
+  const f = await slowFlag(4);
+  const s = await slowLabel("x");
+  const p = await slowPoint(3);
+  await slowVoid("v");
+  log.push(`values ${a} ${b} ${c} ${f} ${s} ${p.x + p.y}`);
+}
+async function errors(): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    await throwsEarly(1);
+  } catch (e) {
+    log.push(`errors caught ${(e as Error).name} ${(e as Error).message}`);
+  }
+  try {
+    await throwsLate(2);
+  } catch (e) {
+    log.push(`errors caught ${(e as Error).name} ${(e as Error).message}`);
+  }
+  log.push(`errors ok ${await throwsEarly(0)}`);
+}
+async function nested(): Promise<void> {
+  log.push(`nested ${await chain(4)}`);
+}
+async function uncaught(): Promise<void> {
+  await slowNumber(9, 1);
+  await throwsLate(9);
+  log.push("uncaught resolved");
+}
+
+process.on("unhandledRejection", (reason) => console.log(`unhandled ${(reason as Error).message}`));
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  void uncaught();
+  await Promise.all([ticker("t", 10), values(), ticker("u", 3), errors(), nested()]);
+  for (const line of log) console.log(line);
+}
+void main();
diff --git a/tests/corpus/7105-direct-await-context.ts b/tests/corpus/7105-direct-await-context.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5a6bd40e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/corpus/7105-direct-await-context.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// AsyncLocalStorage across a stackless body's awaits of stackless callees:
+// each callee inherits its caller's store at the call, a store a callee
+// enters after its first await stays inside it, and run() scopes survive
+// the awaits.
+import { AsyncLocalStorage } from "node:async_hooks";
+
+const store = new AsyncLocalStorage<string>();
+const log: string[] = [];
+
+async function read(tag: string): Promise<string> {
+  await null;
+  return `${tag}=${store.getStore() ?? "none"}`;
+}
+async function enters(tag: string): Promise<string> {
+  await null;
+  store.enterWith(`inner-${tag}`);
+  await null;
+  return `${tag}=${store.getStore() ?? "none"}`;
+}
+async function body(name: string): Promise<void> {
+  log.push(await read(`${name}.first`));
+  log.push(await enters(`${name}.enters`));
+  log.push(await read(`${name}.after`));
+}
+
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  await Promise.all([
+    store.run("a", () => body("a")),
+    store.run("b", () => body("b")),
+    body("none"),
+  ]);
+  for (const line of log) console.log(line);
+}
+void main();
diff --git a/tests/harness/corpus-costs/7104-direct-await-order.ts.json b/tests/harness/corpus-costs/7104-direct-await-order.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17c78c9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/harness/corpus-costs/7104-direct-await-order.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "plain": 3100, "san": 4100 }
diff --git a/tests/harness/corpus-costs/7105-direct-await-context.ts.json b/tests/harness/corpus-costs/7105-direct-await-context.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78ee9421a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/harness/corpus-costs/7105-direct-await-context.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "plain": 2300, "san": 3100 }