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1. The World We Dream About by moss_cos

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

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/F, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   31 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • Ava (Iron Lung)/Eva Stratt
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky
   • Ryland Grace & Eva Stratt
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ava (Iron Lung)
   • Eva Stratt
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Canon is my plaything
   • I take all the elements and stick it in a jar and shake them
   • Inspired by Hadestown
   • Hadestown References
   • Inspired by Orpheus and Eurydice (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore)
   • Moon AT-5 (Iron Lung)
   • Eden is a Cult (Iron Lung)
   • Blood Oceans (Iron Lung)
   • Isolation
   • The Convict | Simon is a Prisoner
   • I'm Bad at Tagging
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Psychological Horror
   • Psychological Torture
   • Blood and Torture
   • Prisoner Slavery
   • hope core
   • Fear of Doom
   • I'll try to mark specific content warnings in the summaries for each chapter
   • Play With Me in the Doom Jar
   • Set in Iron Lung Universe
   • Possible Character Death
   • Trolley Operators
   • BloodyMary
   • Angst
   • Whump
   • Smut
   • just a little
   • for flavor
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Religious Cults
   • Bloodletting
   • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Toxic Yuri
   • no AI
   • Fuck AI
   • you can pry em dashes from my cold dead hands
   • if I want to interrupt myself in the middle of my sentence I will whenever I please
   • AI CAN KISS MY ASS
   • they’ll never take me alive

   Summary

   It's an old song.

   The truth of the matter is that this story has been told to you before. You likely think you know how it ends- that this epic will be cut short in silent and isolated despair, no matter how many times you tell it. Yet, with your heart on your sleeve, you've opened the page, believing that maybe this time will be different. Maybe this time it will turn out, he will keep the faith, he will stay the course and hold fast to his mind.
   Maybe this time he'll get his freedom.

   But this time, it starts with the shining light in a stranger's eye.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   26,800

   Chapters:

   10/?

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