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   You Make Me Feel Like I'm Worth Something by thetimeofmylife4532

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

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   15 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • The Blood Eel (Iron Lung)
   • Slow Burn
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Violence
   • Demisexual Ryland Grace
   • I love these two characters
   • Swearing
   • will update tags with each chapter
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Touch-Starved The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Traumatized Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Meet-Ugly
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Eventual Romance
   • Panic Attacks
   • Hallucinations
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Sleep Deprivation
   • Yearning
   • Simon is Scared of Physical Contact (But Secretly Craves It)
   • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung)
   • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky are Best Friends
   • The Convict | Simon Has PTSD (Iron Lung)
   • POV Ryland Grace
   • POV The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Self-Hatred
   • Ryland Grace Has PTSD
   • Fear of Vulnerability
   • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
   • The Convict | Simon Has Religious Trauma (Iron Lung)
   • Canon-Typical Blood (Iron Lung)
   • Canon-Typical Violence (Iron Lung)
   • Simon Can't Escape the Blood Eel
   • Canon-Typical Gore (Iron Lung)

   Summary

   Grace thinks he’s fine being alone and plans to spend the rest of his days as a teacher, relaxing on his biodome beach. He already has everything he could ever want; who needs human connection? So when the Eridians find a bloody submarine near their planet, he's surprised by how the terrified man who came along with it captures his attention.

   Now, Grace has a new goal: to get Simon to trust him enough to open up about his past, the injuries they found him with, and the reason he refuses to sleep.

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   Blending of movie genres ~ Simon experiences PHM-level hope for the first time in his life, and Grace gets thrown headfirst into horrors beyond his comprehension.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   32,635

   Chapters:

   16/?

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   Bookmarked by EldritchBookWorm

   26 Apr 2026