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1. The Suspension Bridge Effect by Kayla_Phoenix

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

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   28 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky
   • Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Body Horror
   • Mutated The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) Thinks Ryland Grace is an Angel
   • Meet-Ugly
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky are Best Friends
   • Protective The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Whump
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Everyone is traumatized
   • Blood
   • The blood eel followes
   • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
   • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
   • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Self-Hatred
   • Self-Esteem Issues
   • Hallucinations
   • Night Terrors
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Demisexual Ryland Grace
   • Eden is a Cult (Iron Lung)
   • Implied/Referenced Cannibalism
   • Help
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

   Summary

   The suspension bridge effect refers to the phenomenon where sexual attraction increases under conditions of high anxiety. Maybe that’s why Simon feels such a connection to the man who saved him from dying in a tomb his fellow man put him in to punish him for a crime he never committed. Maybe that’s why he’s so protective of his savior. His angel. Despite the situation, he finds himself in a state only slightly better than what he once was. But those emotions often fade with time, which begs the question: Is the love between the two men real, or will it fade out like the stares Simon once knew?

   On Grace’s journey to Erid, Rocky and he run into what could only be described as a submarine. The most surprising thing, though, was that inside was a wounded man on the verge of death. Not able to turn away from someone in need, Grace brings him on the ship with no idea how important he will become to the man he saved.

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