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How do you fill the shoes of a dead man? They don't fit quite right. Loose in places, and dig into the skin in others.
How do you reinvent yourself? A shirt that's too big. The expectations to be great, and be a voice of reason.
A city burned. A power vacuum. A path of self-discovery.
Do you have enough duct tape to keep yourself functioning to see it through?
Or are the wounds too deep? Can you not get up with just one useless leg?
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more than my petty share by PebblePoet
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
13 Jul 2026
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Ryland Grace had grown used to the fact that he was never going to see another human again.
Simon never got the chance to grow used to that fact, because he was dead. Or at least, he was supposed to be.
When Simon (notably not dead) washes up on the shore inside Grace’s biodome, both of them are proven very wrong.
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Full transparency: chapters will be released a little irregularly because my schedule at the moment is pretty unpredictable, but the fic itself is entirely outlined so have no fear, it will be finished!Bookmarked by SaltyButter
16 Jun 2026
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Kiss Me Right Between the Eyes by microbialmystery
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
15 Jul 2026
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Blood rushes past Grace’s ears, and he can hear the steady thrum of his own pulse coming from somewhere in his head. His cheeks burn.
This introduction was especially not going how he thought it would be.- - -
This is a post-canon fic where there's a language barrier between Simon and Grace! Takes place after Grace and Rocky have made it to Erid and Simon has been dumped in the blood ocean. Lots of angst and eventually even more comfort.
Chapters and tags updated semi-regularly :)Series
- Part 2 of BloodyMary language barrier
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12 Jun 2026
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where nothing bleeds by interstellarisms
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
10 Apr 2026
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Simon didn’t expect his savior to be exactly his type.
What a welcome sight. Even if this stupidly handsome man ends up being evil, or working for the C.O.I, at least he’d die looking at something good.
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Grace and Rocky find Simon's ship floating in deep space on their way to Erid.
UPDATE: This fic has been peer reviewed by a NASA engineer who has approved of the science!
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12 Jun 2026
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losing streak by rosysoleil
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
26 Jul 2026
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“Is it okay if I touch you?” the man breathes.
Simon doesn't know why he asks. No, it's not okay. None of this is okay.
“Please,” he continues when Simon doesn't respond. “I-I need permission.”
Simon closes his eyes. It's his own type of silent defiance. If this man isn't just fucking with him – if he does, for some strange reason, feel bad or guilty about capturing him, then good. Let him drown in it.
Simon is captured by a compulsive liar who, bafflingly, gives him food, smiles at him, and pretends the Quiet Rapture never happened.
Grace saves the life of a violent human who seems to be under the terrifying delusion that every star and planet has disappeared without a trace.
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06 Jun 2026
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better than your best by Goldmonger
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
15 May 2026
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“Rocky, I’m here, okay? Come back to me, pal, please.”
Of course I will, I think, drawn to that voice, that strange, wobbling voice, which I care about without knowing exactly why, and I should – it makes me angry, not knowing – I should know –
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21 May 2026