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1. i knew right then and there; there was something different about this man. by jjustapathy

   Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game), David Szymanski's Iron Lung - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, The Edge of Sleep (TV), The Edge Of Sleep (Podcast), The Edge of Sleep: A Novel - Jake Emanuel & Willie Block  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • M/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   28 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace/Dave Torres
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Dave Torres
   • Ryland Grace/Dave Torres
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Ava (Iron Lung)
   • Jack (Iron Lung)
   • David (Iron Lung)
   • The Guy Who Told You to Cross the Wires (Iron Lung)
   • Eva Stratt
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Blood Eel (Iron Lung)
   • SM-8 Research Lead (Iron Lung)
   • The Hail Mary Computer | Mary (Project Hail Mary)
   • The NannyBot | Armando (Project Hail Mary)
   • Dave Torres (The Edge Of Sleep)
   • Dave Torres
   • most of these tags are for the future
   • Work in Progress
   • inconsistent updates
   • the sm-8 research lead is a voice in Simon’s head
   • The Hail Mary Spaceship (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) Thinks Ryland Grace is an Angel
   • Title From a Michael Jackson Song
   • I can’t tag for shit so read at your own risk
   • SURPRISE BITCHES ITS A POLYCULE NOW
   • no beta we die like katie
   • book dave podcast dave and show dave crammed together into one guy

   Summary

   SIMON!! SIMON, WAKE UP! SIMON, YOU HAVE TO! THE LIGHT! IT IS MORE THAN YOU. IT IS SALVATION. YOU NEED TO—

   "Can you.. shut the fuck up?” Simon muttered, rolling over and drifting back off into sleep. His mind ran subconsciously, landing on thought after thought of the light, the submarine, the ocean, the…

   Wait a second.

   What the fuck?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   8,077

   Chapters:

   4/?

   Comments:

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