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1. Hands Together, But Not in Prayer by ObsessiveAgony

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

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

   16 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • first fic in a long time
   • I’ve forgotten how to tag
   • Eridian Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung)
   • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Touch-Starved The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Has PTSD (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
   • POV The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Fluff
   • Sweet
   • maybe a one shot
   • Mutated The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • I didn’t really get into detail about the mutations
   • Not Beta Read
   • Holding Hands
   • BloodyMary BloodyMay 2026 (Iron Lung/Project Hail Mary)
   • not platonic relationship

   Summary

   Simon wasn’t used to affection.

   The last person who had given him anything of the kind was his mother, 20 years ago.

   Cults aren’t very affectionate and prisons certainly are not.

   For more than half of his life, Simon had known nothing but pain. Any hand reaching out was never gentle or soft, but always inflicted pain.

   His own hands weren’t much better. They’d been used for…horrible things.

   Survival things.

   So when Ryland Grace first placed his hand over Simon’s right and only hand, he didn’t think his reaction was wrong.

   Series

   • Part 1 of BloodyMary One-Shots

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