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Polaris by dameronss
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
25 Jul 2026
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Summary
Simon Aebischer has spent the last several years since being released from prison hiding from his past and quietly working toward his PhD. He has his lab, and his weird, fucked-up strand of mutated algae, and a promise he's made to himself to put something good back into the world after everything he's done. He's always assumed that "good" would take the form of meaningful contributions to marine botanical research that might, if he's lucky, do something to help their warming planet.
But then the planet stops warming. It starts to freeze. There's life in the universe besides humanity, and it's going to kill them.
Now there's a woman with red hair telling him he's going to be working on some kind of project. She tells him it's not optional, but he would've gladly gone anyways. He wants to do anything he can to help.
And anything to learn more about the kind-eyed microbiologist the woman dragged along with her to kidnap him from his lab.
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aka a Simon-worked-on-the-project-on-Earth AU!