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1. Far Too Young To Die by JustAManicMonty

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

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M, Other
   • Work in Progress

   12 Oct 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
   • Adrian & Ryland Grace & Rocky
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary) & The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ava/The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Blood Eel (Iron Lung)
   • Olesya Ilyukhina
   • Yáo Li-Jie (Project Hail Mary)
   • Jack (Iron Lung)
   • Ava (Iron Lung)
   • Carl (Project Hail Mary 2026)
   • The Convict | Simon's Mother (Iron Lung)
   • David (Iron Lung)
   • Alternate Universe - College/University
   • Alternate Universe - No Astrophage (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung)
   • Adrian and Rocky are Humans (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Blood Eel is Named Ellie (Iron Lung)
   • The Blood Eel is a Vampire (Iron Lung)
   • Established Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Vampires
   • Blood and Violence
   • Non-Consensual Blood Drinking
   • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
   • Character Turned Into Vampire
   • Vampire The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
   • Ryland Grace is a Leaky Space Blob
   • Human Rocky (Project Hail Mary) Looks Like James Ortiz
   • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
   • They/Them Pronouns for Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky are Best Friends
   • Rocky is the Best (Project Hail Mary)
   • Rocky is a Little Shit (Project Hail Mary)
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Slow Burn
   • Ryland Grace Has ADHD
   • BloodyMary (Iron Lung/Project Hail Mary)
   • Animal Death
   • Not like pet animals just like wild animals
   • Professor Eva Stratt (Project Hail Mary)
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Eventual Romance
   • Ryland Grace Has Abandonment Issues
   • Ryland Grace Has Self-Esteem Issues
   • POV Alternating
   • POV Ryland Grace
   • POV The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Fluff and Angst
   • no AI
   • Depression
   • Let Rocky Say Fuck (Project Hail Mary)
   • angst with happy ending
   • Vampire Compulsion
   • Suicide Attempt
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • like super dark
   • no beta we die like DuBois and Shapiro
   • Demiromantic Ryland Grace
   • Fuck AI

   Summary

   Ryland Grace attends Petrova University with his roommates Rocky and Adrian. Brilliant yet clumsy, he finds that his circle of friends is too small — so small that he can’t even find a partner for his class project.

   Simon Fleischer goes through the motions as he attends the same university. He’s been alone so long he doesn’t find friends necessary, especially since everyone assumes him to be violent because of his appearance. But still, he needs a partner for his psych project.

   After crossing paths at a house party, the pair decide to work together. Simon fails to show up to their work session, returning to class days later acting strangely.

   Forced onto a road of blood and isolation, Simon fights to keep his humanity and his secret. His new vampire lifestyle forces him to confront the old pain he’s been avoiding for years.

   Oblivious to his struggles, Grace wants to get closer to him. Maybe because that pain is so familiar. Or maybe it goes deeper than that.

   Can Simon resist the temptation to tear into flesh?

   Can Ryland solve the puzzle that is Simon?

   Language:

   English

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