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1. Now That We're Broken, We Have Been Chosen by Darling_JustCallMeV

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

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

   27 May 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Past Rape/Non-con
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Author Has Not Watched Iron Lung (2026)
   • I write vibes not science sorry
   • I also write fantasy not sci-fi even more sorry
   • no beta we die like ava
   • POV First Person
   • POV Alternating
   • Present Tense
   • Monster The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • But only a little bit cause I'm a wimp
   • Demisexual Ryland Grace
   • Traumatized The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
   • Slow Burn
   • Simon Never Stops Cussing
   • Miscommunication
   • Depression
   • Meet-Ugly
   • Ryland Grace is a Leaky Space Blob
   • When Hopecore meets Nopecore
   • I would rather die than use AI
   • Rocky Takes Bestfriendship Too Far

   Summary

   Rocky: Grace's birthday! Due to comparatively shorter Eridian years, this happens much more often than it did on Earth. But this time Rocky is extra extra extra excite, because he got Grace a super special present!

   Grace: Always happy when Rocky's excited, but sorta hopes that the "special present" is the cancellation of all future birthday celebrations.

   Simon: Is the special present. Is Not Having A Good Time About It.

   Adrian: At wits end.

   · · ─ ·✶· ─ · ·

   Or: This author's cheeky response to the fics with throwaway lines tying Simon's fate to Grace's happiness. I cringe every time.

   (Warning: In this AU, Rocky has lost all good sense and decency.)

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