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  Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)  

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  13 Sep 2026

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  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace & Rocky
  • Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Mutated The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Touch-Starved The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
  • The Convict | Simon Has PTSD (Iron Lung)
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) Thinks Ryland Grace is an Angel
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) and Ryland Grace are Patron Saints of One-Way Trips
  • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
  • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace Has PTSD
  • Not Canon Compliant
  • Meet-Cute
  • Scientific Inaccuracies
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Objectum Ryland grace
  • Betaed
  • Slow Burn
  • Ryland Grace Speaks Eridian
  • POV Multiple

  Summary

  Grace's poor, starving brain is just so horribly desperate for something interesting to happen again. For the bland days to be swept aside, in favor of the buzzing excitement of something new, something fresh to be happening.
  Did he become some sort of adrenaline junkie during this mess of a suicide mission?
  Well, worry not, Dr. Grace! Your wish is about to be granted!

   

  Oooor, one of the many fics that explore the what if of saving Simon and leaving him in the hands of the very capable Dr. Captain Ryland Grace, and his best friend Rocky. And eventually Adrian. Navigating the adjustment to a comfortable life, coping with trauma, some well deserved happiness, and perhaps (NOT perhaps) a romance.
  I'm a sucker for happy endings I fear.

  Chapter titles for each story chunk are going to come together into a full sentence. Each sentence will vvvvaguely summarize said chunk, and each title will hint to the events in said chapter. 😋

  Language:

  English

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  Chapters:

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