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1. a drag path for you (can you find me?) by saltychips16

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

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

   21 May 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky
   • Adrian & Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Original Eridian Characters (Project Hail Mary)
   • Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ava (Iron Lung)
   • Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary) - Freeform
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky are Best Friends
   • Simon and Adrian literally third-wheeling Grocky
   • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
   • Astronomy
   • Author is not a scientist
   • Slow Burn
   • Post-Canon
   • Blood. Litres and litres of blood
   • Serious Injuries
   • Near Death Experiences
   • Blood Eel (Iron Lung)
   • Swearing (thanks Simon)
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Touch-Starved
   • Crossover Pairings
   • medical accuracies but science inaccuracies
   • Iron Lung and Project Hail Mary are in the same universe
   • Asexual Ryland Grace
   • Aromantic Ryland Grace
   • C.O.I. | Consolidation of Iron (Iron Lung)
   • there aren't many romance tags but i swear when the slow burn is done its so cutesy
   • Healing
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Fear of Forgetting - Grace
   • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • NO AI do NOT feed my work into ANY AI istg
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Ryland Grace Has Self-Esteem Issues
   • POV Multiple
   • Implied AuDHD Ryland Grace

   Summary

   Grace has come to terms with the fact that he will never see another human or Earth again. And that's okay, because he's happy on Erid with Rocky and Adrian. However, with the Hail Mary in mint condition, the Eridians propose that he travel to a red moon in a planetary system with a dead sun, along with Adrian and Rocky, to determine just why it's so...weird. The answer's no. Obviously.

   Until they hear a human distress signal coming from that exact moon, and suddenly everything changes.

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   English

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