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• savior complex by freshlypickedmint

  Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026)  

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

  12 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Ryland Grace & Rocky
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace
  • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • pain and suffering
  • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
  • Canon-Typical Gore (Iron Lung)
  • ryland grace also needs a hug
  • everybody needs a hug
  • canon-typical throwing up (phm)
  • Tags will be updated along with chapters
  • Whump
  • post-canon (Iron Lung)
  • mid-canon (project hail mary)
  • Not Canon Compliant
  • Angst
  • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
  • Ryland Grace Has a Bad Time
  • Miscommunication
  • Touch-Starved
  • Grace PoV
  • Simon POV
  • The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung)
  • will occasionally be retconning things but that's what I get for starting to post before outlining the darn fic
  • self-suturing a la The Martian
  • spoilers for iron lung and phm (both book+movie)
  • there will be smut eventually
  • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
  • some body horror
  • Nightmares
  • PTSD
  • Eventual Happy Ending
  • gods help me I'm terrible at tagging
  • Slow Burn

  Summary

  what if instead of dying, Simon got teleported via wormhole (eelhole? hm) to the PHM universe. that's it that's the fic

  title from, well, "Savior Complex" by Phoebe Bridgers. (originally titled "outnumber the stars" but I changed it- in case you're confused!)

  Series

  • Part 1 of bloodymary brainrot

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  30,978

  Chapters:

  9/?

  Comments:

  366

  Kudos:

  864

  Bookmarks:

  179

  Hits:

  12,849

• just to hide outside your door by freshlypickedmint, solanumflare

  Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  30 May 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Masturbation
  • Mutual Masturbation
  • but like. one sided mutual masturbation
  • just read it youll see
  • Voyeurism
  • Non-Consensual Voyeurism
  • Mutual Pining
  • Angst
  • Porn with Feelings
  • Crying During Sex
  • Dacryphilia
  • Orgasm Edging
  • Sexual Overstimulation
  • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
  • Sexual Fantasy
  • Self-Hatred
  • The Convict | Simon Has Religious Trauma (Iron Lung)
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • not a lot but it comes up
  • Requited Unrequited Love
  • Ryland Grace Has a Bad Time
  • POV Ryland Grace
  • POV The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)

  Summary

  Grace tries and fails to fix his touch starvation, and Simon ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  9,533

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Comments:

  100

  Kudos:

  828

  Bookmarks:

  87

  Hits:

  7,354

• without any strings attached by freshlypickedmint

  Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  29 May 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Ryland Grace
  • Porn with Feelings
  • Blowjobs
  • Crying
  • Crying During Sex
  • clear communication
  • (for fucking ONCE)
  • Established Relationship
  • First Time
  • (sorta) - Freeform
  • my friend said this was a fucking attack on his emotional and mental stability
  • Holding Hands
  • it’s really soft
  • Fluff
  • Mild Angst
  • Mild Hurt/Comfort
  • color system

  Summary

  Simon has finally worked up the courage to try something new.

  Series

  • Part 4 of bloodymary brainrot

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,878

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  72

  Kudos:

  793

  Bookmarks:

  50

  Hits:

  6,497

• when somebody needs you by freshlypickedmint, solanumflare

  Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  16 May 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Ryland Grace & Rocky
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Ryland Grace
  • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Aromantic Asexual Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace is a Leaky Space Blob
  • Internalized Aphobia
  • Angst
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • everybody needs a hug
  • Everybody Gets a Hug
  • Panic Attacks
  • Flashbacks
  • talking it out
  • Crying
  • Lots of Crying
  • rocky is the sole braincell
  • actually I lied nobody's got a braincell
  • the real villain is Simon's negative self-talk
  • Mutual Pining
  • Literal Sleeping Together
  • Non-Sexual Intimacy
  • Cuddling
  • feelings with a tiny bit of porn
  • Smut
  • not much though
  • don't read this for the smut
  • POV Ryland Grace
  • POV The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • POV Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • yes. all 3.
  • Cupioromantic Ryland Grace
  • implied demiromantic Simon

  Summary

  the much-requested followup for the events of "Like Real People Do," which, if you haven't read it, can be found as the second work in this series. This fic won't make much sense without it.

  Series

  • Part 3 of bloodymary brainrot

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  12,500

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  73

  Kudos:

  577

  Bookmarks:

  47

  Hits:

  5,887

• like real people do by freshlypickedmint

  Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  29 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Ryland Grace
  • Porn with Feelings
  • Mutual Pining
  • Yearning
  • Idiots in Love
  • They really are such idiots
  • Angst
  • Touch-Starved
  • Blow Jobs
  • Biting
  • Anxious Ryland Grace
  • anxious simon
  • Everyone Needs a Hug
  • Soft
  • POV Ryland Grace
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • well. not actually that much comfort
  • whoops
  • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
  • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
  • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace is a Leaky Space Blob
  • Ryland Grace Acts Like a Wet Cat
  • Touch-Starved The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
  • your honor they're both really stupid
  • POV The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)

  Summary

  Simon and Grace... have a moment.

  Series

  • Part 2 of bloodymary brainrot

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  8,521

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Comments:

  122

  Kudos:

  735

  Bookmarks:

  63

  Hits:

  11,393