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1. 500 Miles Between Us by definitelynotademon

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

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   18 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Has PTSD (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Has Religious Trauma (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky are Best Friends
   • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
   • Ryland Grace is a Leaky Space Blob
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) and Ryland Grace are Patron Saints of One-Way Trips
   • Dubious Science
   • I'm hoping for a happy ending but we will see
   • Slight violence and body horror
   • probably emotional hurt/comfort
   • I'm not sorry
   • Look my brain is just consumed by this pair at this point
   • they're gonna kiss what can I say
   • Angst
   • Miscommunication
   • neither of them have the ability to communicate sorry not sorry
   • Starving Ryland Grace
   • not beta we die like Simon and Grace were supposed to
   • this is definitely a slow burn
   • your honour they're both freaks
   • uhhh there's some suicidal ideation from Simon just FYI
   • they're sad boys
   • Like
   • really sad
   • but happiness will come I swear
   • I don't hate Rocky I just suck at writing him I'm sorry
   • The Convict | Simon Has Anger Issues (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace has eating issues
   • Neither of them know what to do with their attraction
   • But they'll work it out (hopefully)
   • Rocky and Simon WILL gang up on Grace don't you worry
   • Simon has nightmares (they're not great)
   • Yao's gun is on the ship
   • They're so codependent it's not funny

   Summary

   Ryland Grace thought he was destined to die alone in space.

   And, well, he technically was. However, it was with the help of an alien -- an Eridian he named Rocky -- who changed his destiny. Now, with a ship full of Taumeoba in tow, Grace and Rocky were making the long journey back to Erid.

   Until they found a suspicious object floating in deep space.

   Until they miraculously find another human inside.

   . . . --- . . .

   Simon wasn't aware he had the option to live.

   Now he was stuck on a foreign spaceship, on the way to a god-forsaken planet that shouldn't exist.

   He couldn't believe his reality.

   It definitely wasn't real.

   . . . --- . . .

   OR: a BloodyMary fic where Simon appears on the Hail Mary! He and Grace learn to co-exist together on the small ship, with Rocky thrown in the mix (who is suspicious a.f. of Simon). This fic is less plot-driven and more conversation-driven by the trio themselves however, there is plot! Will Grace and Simon learn to live together? Who knows! Probably. But there'll definitely be challenges along the way.

   PLEASE ENSURE YOU READ THE CONTENT WARNING IN THE FIRST CHAPTER

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