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Nerve Endings by thewriterhyena
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
27 Jun 2026
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“COI,” Simon growled, bringing one knee up and shifting his weight, struggling to remember how to stand. The ground bucked beneath him, sending him onto all fours, the impact jarring every nerve. “Not done feeding me to it, keep chewing and spitting.”
He gagged on his next words, choking back a sob. “'M’not a person, am I? Just a machine to you. Patch me up, send me in again..." Every muscle seized in a violent, cramping tremor. His breath shook. Cold sank into his bones while his skin seared hot.
“I don’t know who this COI is,” Grace said evenly. A cough. A few deep, wheezing breaths. “Wow, you really did a number on me.”
“Rocky explain,” the alien said firmly, tapping Grace’s knee not too gently before turning back to Simon. “You in danger. You hurt. We hear distress call through wormhole. We help.”
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24 Jun 2026
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The Butcher makes a deal with Ellie, a voice in the blood ocean. He is deposited somewhere full of grace, with one mission: find love to remove the mutations that have turned him into a monster.
Ryland Grace lives on an alien world. He was content with his stories and his science, his students and his chosen Eridian family. But when a mutated monster washes up on the shore, he suddenly has someone to share his world with.
Inspired by Beauty and the Beast.
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23 Jun 2026
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bloodstream by miriisen
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
21 Jun 2026
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Just as Grace was about to float back to the entrance, finally freeing himself from the prison of the ship, he suddenly felt something grab his wrist, pulling him back with a force so strong his legs nearly flew out from underneath him. Grace’s neck cracked loudly as he whipped around so fast he was left dizzy.
The man’s hand was gripping his suit. The dead man. The man who was dead. The dead who was dead and there was no possible way he could not be dead had just moved.
That bright light panel must have killed him, Grace reasoned as he stared down at the hand holding his wrist. Yes, the light killed him, and this was a dream. Funny, he had always thought you were supposed to see all your best memories before you died. If that was true, then he was very concerned that this was the best memory his brain could conjure, especially since this had never happened. At least, as far as he was aware.Bookmarked by usagirun
22 Jun 2026
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all my aching bones are trembling and i may yet fall apart by seven_more_bees
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
24 Jun 2026
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Ryland Grace finds Simon in the Iron Lung after the events of the movie on the way to Erid. Simon is very unstable, both physically and mentally. He goes from violent to a sobbing, horrified mess several times over, and Grace isn't quite sure what to do. But he wants to help him. Whatever happened to him, he deserves better. Simon struggles to accept this reality. How can love come without a cost? How can he receive aid without the expectation of a favor? Of servitude?
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Good god get these boys some therapy. Also Simon has religious trauma that will be a theme. and they're gay but it will be in a aspec way trust. I'm not sure how yet but it's happening.
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22 Jun 2026
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Splendor and Misery by ZephyrOnTheWind
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
24 Jun 2026
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The Light had turned Simon inside out and put him back together. He couldn't imagine that it had accidentally given him a gift during reassembly.
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Simon blinks into existence in the Hail Mary's airlock, injured minutes ago, killed seconds ago, and already healed.
Grace lays bedridden at the bottom of the Hail Mary, two months away from Erid and dying from malnutrition.
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21 Jun 2026
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Saving Simon (Saving Grace) by Happy_Papya
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
28 Jun 2026
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Grace and Simon have ended their stories. Unfortunately, neither of them had their happy ending.
Grace has found a tentative home on Erid. He's living with his soulmates, Rocky and Adrian. He's saved the stars, set foot on distant worlds... and he's starving. Not even just for food, although that's part of it. His first love was humanity, Earth. He loved science, teaching children, and making friends wherever he went. And now he's 10 years away from it all and desperate for human connection.
Simon is objectively worse off. His prayer to live was answered by the Blood God, but in its ignorance it did not distinguish between Simon and the rest of the SM-13. He's stuck in a hellish limbo, encased in the mutant tree and fused with the submarine, reliving the horror of the last moments of his life, waiting for freedom.I know I know. Another "Grace finds Simon floating in space" fic. Listen, I was blissfully ignorant. After consuming some bloodymary fanart I was unwillingly possessed by a creature from hell, vomiting the contents of this fic into my notes app while the Great Unknowable Eye of God beheld me in my stupor. After three days of not eating or sleeping, I returned to consciousness and had to upload this.
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18 Jun 2026
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Trial and Error by UON
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
25 Jun 2026
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What if Grace met Simon, but things went very badly, and now they're stuck on Erid as enemies?
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A slow burn story of two people trying to understand one another and learn to coexist. No one said it would be easy.or "Come for the smut, stay for the plot"
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16 Jun 2026
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My (Lack of) Stars by starlightgrace
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
25 Jun 2026
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Simon wakes up in space, confused and annoyed. Somewhere far away, Grace is getting into the SM-13.
Updates hopefully every day
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15 Jun 2026
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the softest echo (could be enough for me to make it through) by sunsetsundae
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026)
26 Jun 2026
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“You live in an enclosure,” the man said. There was no venom in his voice. He was just stating a fact.
“Yeah, but… it’s nice. I have just about anything I could ever ask for. And back on Earth, well… there’s nothing for me there now.”
A new human, inexplicably, shows up on Erid, and Ryland Grace has to remember how to be a good host. Considering he hasn’t seen another human in about a decade, and this human is both distractingly handsome and incredibly traumatized, it’s safe to say that this might be a challenge… especially with Ryland still working through his own issues, even all these years later.
But he saved the entire world, so, how hard could it be to save one more man?
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15 Jun 2026
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Blessings from the Water by AuraWhiteFox
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
14 Jun 2026
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Simon thought he'd died. He remembered releasing that stupid black box, he remembered the blood and pain, he remembered Ellie's teeth cracking down on SM-13.
Then he woke up, floating in that hateful submarine, in a pool of blood. Intact. Had that all been some terrible nightmare? Had he failed and was now doomed to die slowly in a portion of the ocean of blood?
Then the speaker that shouldn't be working cracked to life.
"Hello?"
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Grace was content with how his life was going. Sure, he was light years away from Earth and all the other humans. But he was alive, he had a best friend and a whole planet that cared for his happiness and well-being. He got to teach once more and had a beautiful view that was created just for him.
But he was lonely. He had Rocky and the other Eridians of course, but he could really do with a cat or something to cuddle and love. Not that anything like that was going to happen -
Wait, why was the ocean bubbling? Was that a voice? Light? What was happening?!
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15 Jun 2026
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“What are you talking about?” Grace's fingers played quick chords as he spoke. He didn’t even look as he did it, but it did not make them any less purposeful.
“Discussing possible reasons why Tau Ceti is not infected while other stars are,” Eva replied deftly. “I would invite you to join, but we were just finishing—”
“Oh, that’s easy.” His hand twisted a knob, and the notes came out sharper. “It is infected—Petrova Line and everything.”
In Grace's opinion, dreaming about time traveling is no excuse for getting out of practice with his Eridian. To the rest of the Petrova Taskforce, it seems a bit odd that their resident Astrophage expert has suddenly taken to carrying a keyboard around and playing it whenever he speaks. Eva Stratt resolves to figure out what is going on.
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15 Jun 2026
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In the Absence of Space by Cowboycrows
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
12 May 2026
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Simon waited.
Waited for them to apologize. Tell him there’s nothing they could do. That he wasn’t worth the trouble or resources, that he wasn’t worth the time.
But that never came.
Instead, after a second Grace came back on the line, his voice sounding determined now. “Alright,” he said. “Hang tight.”
Simon blinked slowly. “What?”
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15 Jun 2026
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Within A Spectroscopic Binary by oofouchyikes
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
28 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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15 Jun 2026