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1. A second chance by Vitaa84

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

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

   15 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky
   • Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian/Ryland Grace/Rocky
   • Adrian & Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Original Eridian Characters (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Blood Eel (Iron Lung)
   • Ava (Iron Lung)
   • Post-Canon Fix-It
   • Meet-Ugly
   • Blood and Injury
   • Injury Recovery
   • The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung)
   • Touch-Starved The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Mutated The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Has Religious Trauma (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) Thinks Ryland Grace is an Angel
   • Ryland Grace is a Leaky Space Blob
   • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
   • Angst
   • Demisexual Ryland Grace
   • Protective Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Eventual Romance
   • Non-Consensual Drug Use
   • Delirium
   • Explicit Language
   • Eden is a Cult (Iron Lung)
   • Not Beta Read
   • no beta we die like Rocky’s crew
   • They/Them Pronouns for Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • author yaps in notes
   • Demisexual The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Dubious Science
   • I will finish this!!!!
   • Slow Burn
   • attempt at slow burn
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Sad with a Happy Ending
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived
   • I Love Eva Stratt
   • Canon - Project Hail Mary (Book & Movie Combination)
   • Mostly POV Third Person Limited
   • Sometimes POV Third Person Omniscient
   • no AI
   • Fuck AI

   Summary

   “I don’t know. I don’t know who he is or how he got here. I don’t… I don’t know a lot of what’s going on.” With his free hand he brushed some of the hair out of the strangers good eye. He looked peaceful like this, especially with the drugs. So unlike the man who had tried to wring his neck less than an hour ago.

    

   “But I’m going to find out.”

    

   ——

   Or

   Adrian and their team find a new moon orbiting 40 eridiani, and upon further investigation find out not only is it filled with an ocean of human blood, but has a submarine floating on its surface with a human inside. So the do what they think is best and bring the stranger back home to Erid, to consult their resident human: Ryland Grace.

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   English

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