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1. Wishing to Sunbathe by Nikki2cool

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

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M, Other
   • Work in Progress

   03 Jun 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)
   • Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Original Eridian Characters (Project Hail Mary)
   • Author Has Read Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
   • Author Has Watched Iron Lung (2026)
   • Author Has Not Watched Project Hail Mary (2026)
   • sorry guys my nearest theatre is two hours away and I only watched iron lung cuz it came out on my birthday
   • I'm a long time fan of Mark :P
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Question mark?!?!
   • idfk
   • Simon's relationship with Grace starts out rocky
   • You see what I did there?
   • Mildly Inaccurate Science
   • I'll do my research but I'm as dumb as a doornail :T
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived
   • can you tell?god I hope its not obvious or sometyhing
   • Australian writing American characters: Color! ☝️🤓
   • I'll try to keep things cannon for each piece of media but I don't remember everything sorry :(
   • Fluff
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
   • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung)
   • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Has Trust Issues (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Has Anger Issues (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) and Ryland Grace are Patron Saints of One-Way Trips
   • WAIT THAT TAG IS FRYING ME
   • cackling
   • Ryland Grace is a Leaky Space Blob
   • Protective Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • My First Work in This Fandom
   • POV First Person
   • POV Alternating
   • Sassy Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • HAHA so glad that's an actual tag
   • that rock is so full of sass and spite
   • Slow To Update
   • I'm not a good writer guys I js do ts for shits and giggles
   • Mentioned Eva Stratt
   • WAAAAAAAAAAIIIIITT WAIT WAIT
   • Older Man/Younger Man
   • coughs
   • okay so grace isn't OLD he's AGED
   • biiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggg difference
   • wait guys please
   • please see the vision
   • GUYS

   Summary

   If you escaped hell and ended up in paradise, you'd think you were still in hell. You'd question every good thing that happened and flinch at every offering. You'd keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. Even as Simon stares at the one thing he's wanted nothing more to see again, he keeps waiting for the smell of iron. The smell of blood.

   The first other human Ryland Grace has seen in years is some crazy psycho man who keeps trying to fight Eridians who could flatten him in a second. Is that sexy? Grace has got no idea. But! Hey! A crazy psycho human is better than no human!!! Ever...!!! For the rest of Grace's life...!
   ....
   Maybe the confidence is the sexy part?

    

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   updates whenever I get bursts of inspiration

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