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1. A Life in Your Shape by Col_needs_sleep

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

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   05 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary) & The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace & Rocky
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Original Eridian Characters (Project Hail Mary)
   • The NannyBot | Armando (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon Acts Like a Sad Wet Cat (Iron Lung)
   • but only for a few chapters
   • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
   • Touch-Starved The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
   • Slow Burn
   • slow burn but author is impatient
   • The Convict | Simon Has PTSD (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace Has PTSD
   • Author Has Not Read Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
   • I
   • IM WORKING ON IT I SWEAR
   • Mutated The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • I’m new to tagging
   • Sorry guys
   • Body Horror
   • Graphic Body Horror
   • Self-Harm
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Simon is having a bad time
   • Demisexual Ryland Grace
   • Bisexual The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Author is horror writer at heart
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) Thinks Ryland Grace is an Angel
   • The Convict | Simon is a Leaky Space Blob (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace Does Not Swear
   • (Almost never
   • The Convict | Simon Swears A Lot (Iron Lung)

   Summary

   “I picture it soft, and I ache”

   He pulls up a stool and sits by this new person's bed side. The man has blood that's begun drying, caking his skin, the only part of him that's been cleaned is beneath and around his bandages. They wrap around his chest, arm, and the left side of his face. His left arm is amputated, and Grace guessed that it hadn’t been that way before his dive. The new person looks more tired than Ryland has ever seen anyone. His breathing is steady, and it seems like it’s been a while since it has been. He both feels so incredibly bad for this man, and is so very happy that he’s here.

   Simon started shaking as he looked down at himself, covered with blood that was a mix of his and the oceans. He couldn’t tell whose was whose. The metallic smell began stinging, and he felt the tears pricking like needles in his eyes.
   “There’s so much blood.” He choked out.
   “I know, I’m here to help.”
   “Simon”
   “What?”
   “Thats my name, Simon”
   “Ok Simon, let’s clean you up.”

   (Title from Mitsuki - Strawberry blonde)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,301

   Chapters:

   5/?

   Comments:

   6

   Kudos:

   27

   Bookmarks:

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