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1. The Way Home by freshwater_shark

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

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

   18 May 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Minor Characters
   • Slow Burn
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Journey to Erid (Project Hail Mary)
   • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
   • Rocky Needs a Hug (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
   • Wormholes
   • Parallel Universes
   • nobody is okay
   • Grace and Simon are both aroace-spec
   • Body Horror
   • (because simon)
   • Mature rating due to violence
   • Self-Esteem Issues
   • Crying
   • Panic Attacks
   • Strap In Guys This Is Gonna Be A Long One
   • Tags will be updated
   • I care about the science but it will probably be at leadt slightly inaccurate
   • POV Multiple
   • POV Third Person Limited
   • do not feed into AI
   • overuse of em dashes
   • i promise i am a person
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky are Best Friends
   • Ryland Grace and Rocky are Platonic Soulmates
   • Hallucinations

   Summary

   “Rocky… Rocky does not understand.” he says.

   Grace doesn’t either.

   Because before him, he doesn’t see the billions of stars they’d been travelling across.

   Instead, there is nothing.

   No light. No stars.

   OR

   How Grace and Rocky end up in an alternate universe. And how they get back (with some extra cargo).

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   7,053

   Chapters:

   3/?

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