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1. Salvage by JoyBoii

   Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), David Szymanski's Iron Lung - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary (2026), Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir  

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

   01 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace
   • The Convict I Simon (Irong Lung)'s father (mentioned)
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Near Death Experiences
   • The SM-13 | Iron Lung (Iron Lung)
   • The SM-13 saves Simon because they went through hell together
   • Klabautermann - of one piece lore
   • The SM-13 becomes a Klabautermann
   • Therapy in the void
   • The indomitable human spirit or whatever
   • Simon's unkillable desire to live
   • Ryland Grace's Biodome | Beach House on Erid
   • Daily Life on Erid (Project Hail Mary)
   • Mild Sexual Content
   • second chances and healing

   Summary

   Angels have blond hair. He never knew that. Or that they had hair at all. Maybe they don't—

   — are the first thoughts that come to him when he was able to have thoughts again.

   The creature above him is bathed in light, blinding and brilliant. The light smears the outline of its head into a pale golden blur.

   The angel is speaking to him, he thinks. The thought is so absurd, Simon can only lay there and stare. He's vaguely aware of other noises around him - footsteps, the shuffling of a busy room and strange discordant melodies that sound like wind chimes shaking in the wind, overlain with a strangely human voice. Must be the angel.

   The angel shifts above him and Simon notices a splotch of red close to it's head.

   He frowns, tries to lift a hand and when that fails, he tries to speak. He has to warn the angel that there's blood on its halo. Simon hasn't believed in anything in a long time but in his delirium, can't resist the burning urge to correct this wrong. Angels shouldn't have blood on them, especially if it came from him.

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