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1. I welcome the freefall, I welcome the ground by notaknife

   Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026)  

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

   20 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky
   • Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Ava (Iron Lung)
   • The Blood Eel (Iron Lung)
   • Post-Canon Fix-It
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) Thinks Ryland Grace is an Angel
   • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
   • Slow Burn
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Eventual Smut
   • The Convict | Simon Has Religious Trauma (Iron Lung)
   • Canon-Typical Violence (Iron Lung)
   • other Eden characters I invented
   • Protective The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Protective Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • get Simon to talk about intimacy challenge: impossible
   • Ryland Grace is a Leaky Space Blob
   • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) and Ryland Grace are Patron Saints of One-Way Trips
   • engagement miscommunication
   • general life-ending yearning
   • Hallucinations
   • Panic Attacks
   • Nightmares
   • First Kiss
   • Blood Eel Hallucinations

   Summary

   "Simon, are we like, engaged?"

   Okay, he wasn't calm. He was borderline shrill. It doesn't help when he watches Simon swallow painfully, face pale and nervous.

   "...No?"

   Grace's eyebrows shot up into his hairline. "You're not sure?"

   ***

   Or, that time Grace and Rocky steal Simon away from the blood ocean and the starless universe tries to take him back.

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   English

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