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1. all my aching bones are trembling and i may yet fall apart by seven_more_bees

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

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M, Other
   • Work in Progress

   24 Jun 2026

   Tags

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   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon & The Convict | Simon's Mother (Iron Lung)
   • fuck it i'm adding the tag she deserves it
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Mutated The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung)
   • Body Horror
   • kind of? i don't treat it as super horrifying
   • Graphic Description
   • Serious Injuries
   • The Convict | Simon Has Religious Trauma (Iron Lung)
   • POV Ryland Grace
   • POV The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Aromantic Asexual Ryland Grace
   • Queerplatonic Relationships
   • Touch-Starved The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Mentioned Ava (Iron Lung)
   • Eden is a Cult (Iron Lung)
   • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace is Trying
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) Thinks Ryland Grace is an Angel
   • My Friends Call Me Gay Simon
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Queerplatonic The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • Protective Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • no AI
   • Fuck AI
   • these are my emotional support em dashes
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Implied/Referenced Cannibalism
   • Slow Burn
   • i don't really know if i can call it that but it took 37k words before someone mentioned the possibility of a relationship so i think that counts
   • Aromantic Asexual The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • how did i not already have that as a tag
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Religious Guilt

   Summary

   Ryland Grace finds Simon in the Iron Lung after the events of the movie on the way to Erid. Simon is very unstable, both physically and mentally. He goes from violent to a sobbing, horrified mess several times over, and Grace isn't quite sure what to do. But he wants to help him. Whatever happened to him, he deserves better. Simon struggles to accept this reality. How can love come without a cost? How can he receive aid without the expectation of a favor? Of servitude?

   OR

   Good god get these boys some therapy. Also Simon has religious trauma that will be a theme. and they're gay but it will be in a aspec way trust. I'm not sure how yet but it's happening.

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   English

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