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1. Fate Fell Short This Time by Imitationvanilla

   Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026), Fallout (Video Games)  

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

   28 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • past Eva Stratt/Ryland Grace (mentioned)
   • Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • you don't need to know too much about fallout to read this
   • just like a cursory glance over the wiki is fine
   • anywho
   • Vault Dweller Ryland Grace
   • Surface Dweller The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Alternate Universe - Fallout (Video Games) Setting
   • Plot
   • Lots of it
   • Flying by the seat of my pants
   • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
   • It's gonna happen
   • but like
   • it needs time
   • Memory Alteration
   • or maybe
   • Memory Loss
   • Former Child of Atom The Convict | Simon
   • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Mutated The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Has Religious Trauma (Iron Lung)
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • this is the thing i talked about on tumblr
   • it has escaped containment
   • Swearing
   • Title from a Blink-182 Song
   • Wound Care
   • Starvation
   • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
   • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
   • Ryland Grace Acts Like a Wet Cat
   • Smoking
   • Survival
   • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
   • Banter
   • Attempt at Humor
   • both on part of grace and the author
   • I'm Bad at Tagging
   • Angst
   • Arguing
   • minor arguing tho
   • Blood and Injury
   • Conversations
   • Literal Sleeping Together
   • Nightmares
   • Kissing
   • Making Out
   • Bad Weather
   • There's a Tag for That
   • Frotting | Rubbing Penises Together
   • Monsterfucker Ryland Grace
   • Anal Fingering
   • Just a little tho
   • Extremely mild Masochism
   • Body Worship
   • just a little
   • Eden is a Cult (Iron Lung)
   • Fighting
   • Oral Sex
   • Come Swallowing
   • Fluff
   • Quiet Sex
   • Kinda
   • Slow Dancing
   • Non-Consensual Drug Use
   • Talking
   • Emotions
   • Men Crying
   • Love Confessions

   Summary

   He’s covered in roach guts. Glowing roach guts, wonderful. They smell terrible, and Ryland can’t even bathe, ugh. But the poor thing was slowly freezing to death. He couldn’t just…

   Grace sighs and stands, wincing at the squish of the mess around him. He shakes the mess off his hands. Lesson learned. They dealt with radroaches in the Vault differently. Maybe he should take a page out of their book and just shoot them on sight.

   That reminds him. He needs to go through his pack.

   The sofa’s too rotted out to hold Grace’s weight, so he scrapes off the worst of the roach gore (ew ew ew ew), unstraps his back and lets it flop to the filthy ground. Cheese and crackers, that thing was heavy! At least they weren’t sending him out without provisions.

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