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Here on Earth by blipblopblork
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026), Arrival (2016)
06 Jun 2026
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Ryland Grace was Eva Stratt’s first choice for mission science specialist aboard the Hail Mary. He declined, and the astrophage explosion never happened, so Martin DuBois was sent to Tau Ceti. He died in a coma along with Yáo and Ilyukhina. Simon was born on Earth fourteen years after Ryland Grace. Instead of the COI, the latter half of his childhood was marred by the beginnings of the astrophage crisis.
Fourteen years after the launch of the Hail Mary, a beetle returns to Earth. Over a decade earlier than should have been physically possible. The telemetry reveals that all three members of the crew died. So who sent it back, and why? Grace and Simon work alongside a team of scientists to see if the Earth’s Hail Mary pass can still be salvaged.
(Absolutely no knowledge of Iron Lung or Arrival is needed to enjoy this fic - I just borrowed a character from each. This is an AU of Project Hail Mary in a universe I'm calling the "Penpal Verse," for reasons which should become apparent.)
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surrendering to something by SunBringerSuri
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
13 Jun 2026
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Simon glares viciously at the poor excuse of a knot. It’s not the boot’s fault, he knows that. He’s glaring because he has no other option than the one currently at his disposal, and it’s an option he despises with every piece of his wretched heart. But the sun is climbing higher and he needs to get outside to check on the garden. He grits his teeth and forces the words out.
“Can you…help me with something?”
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Or, 5 times Simon needs some help, +1 time Grace needs some help.
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- Part 1 of and love (is not what i thought it was)
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“You built a teleporter?” Grace swallows. “You – did I know you could do that? Did you know you could do that?”
“Could not do that.” Rocky lowers himself back down, fiddling with the device. “Had theory. Much trial and error. Build long time. Should work.”
“Should – it should work?” Grace sputters. “You haven't tested it?”
“Not without you,” Rocky says, as if that should be obvious.
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The Laika to my Felicette by banthatguy
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
17 Jun 2026
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There's 1 in 70,000 people on the planet who have the gene needed to survive the Hail Mary's expedition. In that limited pool, 1 in maybe 1000 had the necessary skills needed for the mission — more dire still, even less people were willing to volunteer for what is essentially a suicide mission.
When an explosion killed not only their science officers but also their engineers, Eva Stratt makes the tough decision to put 2 people on the spacecraft that no one was expecting to be even be candidates.
One is a middle-school science teacher.
One is a convicted eco terrorist.
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AU where Simon did all his suffering on Earth and is dragged against his will onto the Hail Mary alongside Grace
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Home Is Where The Tree Will Grow by yourbathroomwindow
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
21 Jun 2026
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[FINISHED WORK WITH EPILOGUE ONESHOTS]
Ryland Grace has officially lived on Erid for one whole year. Everything's set up to his liking. He has food, a lab, and his best friend who visits him on the daily.
Sure, he's the only human person here. But given his background, he doesn't mind suffering from touch-deprivation. He's safe right where he is.
Well, not for long. Now, there's a new guy. Who's pragmatic and flat when it comes to any form of expression.
That's fine! Grace can deal with that. He has no worries...
And why does Rocky keep trying to push the idea of them dating.----
Or here's my take on the Ryland Grace x Simon ship. I had a vision, I followed it to the end. -
Leftover Light by atimefeeler
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026)
05 Jul 2026
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“Don’t let the blood get into your ship, okay?”
That made Grace pause. “What?!”
“If I die, you have to get my body out of here,” the man pleaded, but Grace had to go. His oxygen was out. The guy would be dead in six minutes. “You have to get me out, even if I’m dead. Hey!”
“Just hold on!” Grace propelled himself through zero gravity, away from the radio.
“Don’t leave me here-!” The roar echoed through the ship halls.
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When Ryland Grace complained about being a little bored, maybe a little lonely, he thought a nostalgic trip around Erid would fix him right up. The last thing he expected was to find deadly space bacteria in deep space and a human. Alive.
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where nothing bleeds by interstellarisms
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
10 Apr 2026
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Simon didn’t expect his savior to be exactly his type.
What a welcome sight. Even if this stupidly handsome man ends up being evil, or working for the C.O.I, at least he’d die looking at something good.
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Grace and Rocky find Simon's ship floating in deep space on their way to Erid.
UPDATE: This fic has been peer reviewed by a NASA engineer who has approved of the science!
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Within A Spectroscopic Binary by oofouchyikes
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
29 Jun 2026
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Between Grace's scant first aid and the nanny bot they managed to get the man mostly stable, tucked into Grace's bed and completely dead to the world for the past few days.
It's the same man currently trying to kill him.
or, the Eridians find a man covered in blood and Grace hasn't been able to care for something in far too long.
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- Part 1 of The Nature of Star Systems
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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. -
Freaky Friday Fiasco: Hogwarts eighth year edition by LizzyChen95
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
03 Jun 2025
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Harry and Draco come back for their eighth years. Draco and Harry change. Harry become more bold and Draco become prettier. One potion incident lead to them switching their soul (freaky Friday). Chaos happens.
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Funky Freaky Friday: Hogwarts Drarry Gay Edition, 1998
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19 Aug 2025
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Dear Diary by AWickedMemory (TeddyLaCroix) for Isinuyasha
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
11 Sep 2015
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// This can’t possibly go worse than the last time I kept a diary. //
After the war, Harry picks up a journal to write in… and it writes back. Luckily, it’s not a Horcrux on the other end this time.
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2020.04.19 - Listen as a podfic by Sandstripe!
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- 2021.11.10 - Read in Bahasa Indonesia by holyverde
- 2023.06.16 - Read in tiếng Việt by picpicpico!
- 2024.02.16 - Read in 한글 by 현 (hyun)!
- Links to read this in Русский (theladywiththecamellias), 中文 普通话 國語 (Bluebubbling), Türkçe (pelin), and Polski (globesmacked (yvieteal)) are in the notes due to AO3's character limits for this summary :) Thank you so much to each and every translator for your hard work! There are no words for how touched and excited I am that people like this story enough to want to translate it.
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16 Aug 2025
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Draco shivered in his arms. “I hate you more than I’ve ever hated anything in my entire life,” he hissed, dragging Harry down by the collar.
Harry laughed into the crook of Draco’s neck. “Likewise, sweetheart.”
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25 Jul 2025
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“Oh my- lie back down!” Draco barked, already moving. “What is wrong with you?” He huffed in frustration as he leaned over, fixing the bandages he’d just settled less than ten minutes ago. “Do you want to be stuck in medical care for the rest of your life?”
Harry smiled at him through the pain. “Yours? Definitely.”
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22 Jul 2025
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Seamus and Dean, digging into Malfoy’s three-tier chocolate cake. McGonagall snacking on Malfoy’s double chocolate chip cookies during Transfiguration the other day. Madam Pomfrey, gushing on and on about Malfoy’s madeira loaf cake. It’s all anyone wants to talk about anymore; in class, in the library, in the common room, in the halls.
Where are Harry’s ginger snaps? Harry’s double chocolate chip cookies and loaf cakes and muffins and pies? Harry’s bloody delicious macarons? Where are they? What is Malfoy playing at?
Alternative title: Draco Malfoy and How to Say Sorry Without Actually Having to Say it
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14 May 2025
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Join the Dark Lord, they told him. Become a true Malfoy, they said. Only, he didn’t want to. Draco knew he had one shot at escape, one chance to get out of there and it all boiled down to one thing: Potter.
Draco didn’t know where else to go.
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03 May 2025
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Draco Malfoy, newly employed Potions Master at Hogwarts, has enough to think about. Creating his own potions, looking after Slytherin house and trying to be a decent enough teacher was already difficult enough. The last thing he needed was an old flame ruining his chances - but one does not simply get over Harry Potter.
A Hogwarts Professor AU in which Draco teaches Potions, Harry teaches DADA, and they both teach each other a thing or two along the way.
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03 May 2025
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Death offers Harry a bargain: 14 days to stop Draco from ending his own life.
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03 May 2025
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Stop All the Clocks (This Is the Last Time I’m Leaving Without You) by firethesound_HP_archive
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
05 Mar 2014
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Living with Draco was difficult; living without him is unbearable. But if there’s one thing Harry learned from the war, it’s that even when one life ends, the rest of the world goes right on living.
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24 Mar 2025
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Life has not been easy for Draco Malfoy since the war. His hopes that he could complete his house arrest and finally get on with his life were not to be. Spat at in the streets, unable to get work, Draco is getting desperate. Desperate enough to put his life in the hands of a backstreet practitioner to see if finally getting rid of the Dark Mark can make a difference. But his decision has consequences he had not expected, and may provide the answer as to why Harry Potter seems unable to leave him alone.
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22 Mar 2025
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Chasing Dragons by The_Sinking_Ship for Ladderofyears
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
17 Jul 2021
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Draco can think of only one way to outclass his pleat-front-khaki-wearing politician ex, and that’s by making headlines with an obvious upgrade. And who better to upstage the cheating bastard than the Saviour of the World, Harry Potter himself? Sure, Potter is a little rough around the edges in ripped jeans, a rumpled tartan shirt, and a permanent scowl. Draco reckons a haircut and a shave wouldn’t hurt, either. But Potter is also in need of a Healer willing to keep his secrets, and Draco is just the man for the job. It’s a perfectly reasonable exchange. They need only attend a couple parties arm-in-arm, smile nicely for the paparazzi, and tolerate each other long enough to convince everyone they’re smitten. In return, Draco will keep Potter alive and in one piece.
But it isn’t long before Draco realises he might be in over his head, because Potter is ten tonnes of trouble packed into a leather jacket, and seems keen on hurtling himself towards death on the back of a flying motorbike. And that says nothing of Potter’s penchant for fire-breathing beasts and things that bite.
Ah well, at least they’ll have some fun while it lasts. After all, Draco always did like a bit of danger.
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16 Mar 2025