11 Bookmarks by Menacing_Pfeffernuse
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emergency contact: the band au nobody asked for by themorgue
Fandom Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
08 Jun 2026
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Set in the modern, normal universe with no astrophage, Simon spends most of his days puttering around and doing jack all after his life was upended by a sudden disbanding of the (rather infamous) death metal band he was part of. After encouragement from his co-workers, Simon attends the first concert he's been to in years. As a result, Simon is immediately enamored by this blond guy working the merch table.
(Bloodymary but put them in my local rock scene)
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22 Jun 2026
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Ryland Grace isn't teaching summer classes this year, so he comes up with the bright idea of going on a "vacation" - AKA, driving across nearly the entire continental United States to go to a research summit. His car breaks down just outside a town so small it's hardly included on maps: Salt Creek, Tennessee, right by the Kentucky border. Maybe it's the warm spring air, the charming tiny library, or the cheap diner food that makes him want to stick around awhile. Or maybe it's the quiet, handsome stranger fixing his car.
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To Lay Low with You by paperthin52
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026), The Fall Guy (2024)
25 Jun 2026
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After a massive argument between his boyfriend of 2 years, Tom Ryder, Grace decided that sticking around and mending their already fractured relationship wasn't worth it. He wasn't very emotionally stable when he made the choice, and probably concussed. But that all that didn't matter now! The decision was made, and he was stuck on an old-fashioned train for the next 18 hours to slide out of the state and get as far away from Tom as he could.
Good thing the other guy in the cabin was hot and had a decent sense of humor.
Or
I slap two mentally unstable men in a small cabin car and force them to fall in love.
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it's human nature by arkieanchews
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
26 Jun 2026
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A new school year is upon Grover Cleveland Middle School, and Principal Stratt just hired a new custodian recommended by Carl. Science teacher Ryland Grace is always eager to meet a new friend.
He wasn't just expecting to meet someone like Simon.
Inspired by the song "Human Nature" by Michael Jackson.
FINAL: New chapter every Friday and Saturday.
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Ryland looked down at his clipboard, where he had written a reasonable script, supplied earlier that day by Adrian. Unfortunately, the moment his eyes landed on the words, his brain supplied only terrible ways to say them.
He chose the worst one.
“I need flowers with prominent reproductive structures.”
The man went completely still.
Ryland could feel his soul attempting to leave his body.
“For a plant anatomy lab,” he added quickly. “For my students. Middle school students. Not–” He cut himself off, because there was simply no end to that sentence that would improve his situation. Instead, he just weakly smiled, and added “Science.”
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Ryland Grace is brilliant with biology, awkward with adults, and far too invested in giving his students the lessons they deserve. Simon Fleischer is a guarded florist who trusts plants more than people and has no interest in being needed by anyone again. But when a forgotten school lab brings Ryland into Root & Thorn, their lives begin to tangle in quiet, unexpected ways – through flowers, roots, and the terrifying possibility of being cared for properly.
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The Science of Stunts by thepossumwrites
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), The Fall Guy (2024), Iron Lung (2026)
26 Jun 2026
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Colt Seavers is asked to be a Stunt Coordinator for TerryBytes first film while Tom Ryder is on an "indefinite hiatus" that films in San Francisco. He accepts because the pay is great and he gets to hang out with his twin brother during filming.
Simon Fisher is a brand new stuntman with a past he's trying to outrun that just wants to do a good job. When he learns the legendary Colt Seavers is joining, he thinks this is his big break. Then he meets Colt's twin brother, and damnit he's just Simon's type.
Ryland Grace is just a science teacher, his brother is the big deal, not that he's particularly fond of what Colt does for a living. Well, okay, maybe it's not all that bad, especially not when he gets to be on set for his favorite Youtubers new movie when class gets out. But ope, his stuntman is the most handsome guy he's ever met.
Then Tom Ryder enters the scene again, and all hell breaks loose.
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- Part 1 of The Science of Stunts
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It's Worth It by HulkJanitor
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
21 Jun 2026
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Grace and Rocky are on their way to Erid when they encounter a strange terrestrial vessel that has somehow made its way to space. The single occupant is alive and Grace and Rocky rescue him, but they are then faced with the challenge of gaining this stranger's trust and dealing with the contamination he brought with him.
*slaps roof of fic* This bad boy can fit so many near-death experiences in it! But also friendship! And fucking (eventually)!
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Indomitable Grace by thepossumwrites
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
26 Jun 2026
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The Blood Eel only knows pain and isolation in its world. Others have come searching for answers, only to learn in the end that death is the only one that matters. But then it meets Simon. As it unmakes him it catches a glimpse of something its never seen before, Happiness. It wants to learn about it, yet Simon doesn't know it. It goes to throw him away, but then he utters a prayer.
Hail Mary, full of Grace
The Blood Eel searches the cosmos and comes across The Hail Mary, occupied by Ryland Grace, and it decides this is what Simon was asking for. So it obliges.
What follows is the story of two lost souls coming together in a cosmic event, learning together to live, to love, to be happy. All while The Blood Eel looks on, insuring it continues to learn, one way or another.
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the great tribulation by aloremrem for Ikira
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game)
17 Jun 2026
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When Grace gets seemingly teleported by means unknown into the SM-13 right as it was nearing The Light, both Simon and Grace have no idea what is happening. Grace knows he was supposed to be in his house on Erid, Simon knows this new guy cannot possibly be a hallucination, and Ava, upon hearing Grace ramble about theories for how he got there, knows that new guy is Smart. Could-Secure-Our-Survival Smart.
She orders Simon to bring Grace back to the surface, and thus begins Grace's ordeal in a starless universe. -
if i couldn't have you, i'd rather be alone by starryjax
Fandom Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game), Project Hail Mary (2026)
31 May 2026
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Wayfaring Strangers by the_chapaa_herald
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026)
21 Jun 2026
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Simon, a disgraced biomedical engineer, spends his time as a hermit, shut up inside his apartment during the day. His ideas and willingness to take risks have labelled him a psychotic recluse, as did the accident that took half his arm, half his senses, and the life of his lab partner and best friend. Stripped of his title, his funding, and his general standing in the local community, he moved across the country to escape. He cannot outrun his past. He is not well.
Enter Grace.
Ryland is an esteemed molecular biologist, his genius and ingenuity known throughout the nation- and one or two other countries, but he doesn't like to brag. Despite his numerous diplomas and published papers, he chooses to spend his time surrounded by the chaos of a classroom, trying to keep children engaged in the science and life of the world around them. The distraction is a welcome one after witnessing the death of his twin brother in a tragic work accident. Teaching his students quickly became all that he had. Placed on leave and unable to teach, he now has nothing.
The collision of their paths happens unceremoniously and spectaculary all at once in the midst of a musty gymnasium support group.