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1. Taking Root by Marquesate

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

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

   06 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Original Eridian Characters (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon Has PTSD (Iron Lung)
   • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Demisexual Ryland Grace
   • Eden is a Cult (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky are Best Friends
   • BloodyMary
   • The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung)
   • Post-Canon Fix-It
   • Ryland Grace is a Leaky Space Blob
   • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon & Rocky are Friends
   • Implied/referenced childhood abuse
   • Ryland Grace Loves The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) Loves Ryland Grace
   • Arrival at Erid (Project Hail Mary)
   • Happy Ending

   Summary

   The second work in The Third Survivor.

   Seed of Life ended in the galley, on a kiss, with the Tree. Taking Root picks up from there.

   The chapters vary in length and can be read as standalone pieces, but they are written to be read in order, and they assume you have read Seed of Life before this. Taking Root is post-canon to that story and rests entirely on it.

   New chapters as they are ready.

   Series

   • Part 2 of The Third Survivor

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   18,400

   Chapters:

   15/?

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