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1. Love On-Loan by pensational

   Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   21 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Ryland Grace/Reader
   • Ryland Grace/Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Reader's daughter
   • Abusive Ex Husband - Character
   • AFAB | Assigned Female at Birth Reader-Insert
   • Alternate Universe - No Astrophage (Project Hail Mary)
   • Alternate Universe - Teachers
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence
   • Threats of Violence
   • Controlling Ex-Husband
   • Reader has an eleven year old daughter
   • Awkward Conversations
   • Awkward Flirting
   • Teacher Ryland Grace
   • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
   • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
   • Reader-Insert Needs a Hug
   • Reader-Insert Needs Therapy
   • Slow Burn
   • Roommates to Lovers
   • POV Alternating
   • It starts tense it gets sweeter
   • Eventual Smut
   • Eventual Romance
   • Ryland Grace is on the Aromantic Asexual Spectrum

   Summary

   Ryland Grace is shy, awkward, and nerdy. He knows this, keeps himself to himself, and does not get involved with other people's business. So why, when the pretty new librarian at the school needs to get out of her abusive husband's clutches, does he find himself offering her and her eleven-year-old daughter the spare room in his apartment?

   But it's only temporary. Only until she gets back on her feet. That won't take long, right?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   11,978

   Chapters:

   4/?

   Comments:

   16

   Kudos:

   33

   Bookmarks:

   4

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