If the Stars Could
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If the Stars Could Dance by Coora360
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
23 Jun 2026
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Simon wakes up thinking the universe is a cage, survives an eel attack, and then spends the rest of his recovery absolutely refusing to be anyone’s problem.
That is, until he sees Ryland Grace dancing in a classroom like joy is something that still belongs to him. It makes no sense to Simon. It shouldn’t be possible. But somehow the sight of a ridiculous scientist swaying badly to music he can’t hear becomes the first thing in a long time that feels like life instead of survival, and Simon spends the rest of his time pretending he’s not looking for it again.
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- Part 1 of If the Stars Could
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If the Stars Could Bleed by Coora360
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
27 Jun 2026
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The first thing Simon Fischer learned about saving humanity was that no one asked whether he wanted the job. They simply informed him he was the only engineer qualified to keep the Mary alive. Every propulsion system, environmental control, fabrication unit, air recycler, or electrical failure would be catastrophic. If something broke millions of miles from Earth, there would be no repair crew to call, no replacement parts waiting in a warehouse, and definitely no second chances. There would only be Simon.
He'd argued, refused, and even pointed out there had to be someone else. There wasn't. The sun was dimming, and every calculation ended the same way: someone had to go. So Simon went.
He hadn't expected to become humanity's last engineer, and he certainly hadn't expected to become friends with a mysterious scientist welded into a submarine.
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- Part 2 of If the Stars Could
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If the Stars Could Smile by Coora360
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
03 Jul 2026
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Simon had been working at the middle school for barely two months, and somehow, everyone already knew who he was.
The students knew him as the new metals teacher with one arm who could somehow demonstrate every project better than they could. The faculty knew him as competent, punctual, and impossible to read. The boys' wrestling team knew him as the coach who had accidentally embarrassed their own coach during a demonstration match.And the girls' wrestling team? The girls' wrestling team seemed to know everything. Or at least they acted like they did.
"Coach Simon, do you know Dr. Grace?"
How could Simon NOT know who Dr. Grace was?
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A teacher AU.
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- Part 3 of If the Stars Could