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1. losing streak by rosysoleil

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

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

   25 May 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • The NannyBot | Armando (Project Hail Mary)
   • Heavy Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
   • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
   • Ryland Grace and Rocky are Platonic Soulmates
   • Slow Burn
   • Meet-Ugly
   • like really ugly
   • simon is all sorts of fucked up in this
   • grace is trying his best
   • Recovery
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • for iron lung anyway
   • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
   • in simon's mind its enemies to lovers though
   • which reminds me
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • narrators plural
   • grace isn't much better
   • Protective Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • canon typical swearing from simon and canon typical not-swearing from grace
   • simon thinks hes winning at 3d chess and grace is still trying to put the connect four board together

   Summary

   “Is it okay if I touch you?” the man breathes.

   Simon doesn't know why he asks. No, it's not okay. None of this is okay.

   “Please,” he continues when Simon doesn't respond. “I-I need permission.”

   Simon closes his eyes. It's his own type of silent defiance. If this man isn't just fucking with him – if he does, for some strange reason, feel bad or guilty about capturing him, then good. Let him drown in it.

   Simon is captured by a compulsive liar who, bafflingly, gives him food, smiles at him, and pretends the Quiet Rapture never happened.

   Grace saves the life of a violent human who seems to be under the terrifying delusion that every star and planet has disappeared without a trace.

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