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1. A tree grows on Erid by dirtymakeupbrushes

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

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   29 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Meet-Ugly
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Religious Guilt
   • Aromantic Asexual Ryland Grace
   • Planet Erid (Project Hail Mary)
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
   • Touch-Starved The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Cohabitation
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) Thinks Ryland Grace is an Angel
   • For quite a bit actually
   • Mutated The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Platonic Relationships
   • POV Alternating
   • POV Third Person
   • Gender fuckery Ryland grace
   • Passive Suicidality
   • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
   • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky are Best Friends
   • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung)
   • Paranoid The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • elements of self-harm
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Sleep Deprivation
   • Mutation
   • Miscommunication
   • like a lot of it
   • Near Drowning
   • Don’t look at that tag
   • Adrian’s a real one in this fic
   • updates mostly daily
   • Actively Mutating The Convict | Simon
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Author Is Not Religious
   • No beta we die like Simon thinks he does
   • Blood
   • Self-Hatred
   • The Author Regrets Everything
   • Additional Warnings In Author's Note

   Summary

   Ryland Grace is living peacefully on Erid. Peacefully until something (or someone) so monumentally bloody stains the water in his enclosure.

   Simon is trying to get by on what he thinks is heaven, until he starts to mutate into something unholy.

   OR

   You know the drill it’s platonic bloodymary time

   Language:

   English

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