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• The Pie Crust Theory of Everything by eyesonsapphire

  Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Iron Lung (2026)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  18 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace & Rocky
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • BloodyMary
  • alternative universe
  • Simon doesn't get chomped by the frog
  • Slow Burn
  • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
  • Ryland barely swears
  • Simon barely does anything else
  • Rocky learns the F word
  • Let Rocky Say Fuck
  • Abundant Pop Culture References
  • A Genuine Attempt To Explain The Plot
  • Humor
  • The Convict | Simon Has a Prosthetic Arm (Iron Lung)
  • Plot-related autocannibalism (mentioned)
  • Angst and Humor
  • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
  • Touch-Starved The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Adrian is an Eridian baddie
  • and Rocky knows it
  • Grace and Rocky's unending banter
  • Canon Divergence - Grace has plants
  • Eventual Smut
  • Domestic Fluff

  Summary

  Ryland Grace was totally cool with being the only human on Erid for the rest of eternity and beyond. It was fine. He'd made peace with it.

  And then another one came crashing straight into his house, and he had to admit that he didn't mean ANY of that, it was just something you say to cope until a one-armed renegade gets folded through spacetime to end up at your door.

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