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  1. Public Bookmark 14

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    A voice comes through the speaker, asking if he needs help.

    He does. He does need help. But he doesn't remember why.

    Everything hurts. But he must reply. This is his only chance.

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    29 Jun 2026

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    The journey to Erid was long and tedious, despite Rocky's best efforts to abate the boredom, four years with only a bossy rock for company is enough to drive anyone insane.

    Upon arrival, sick and malnourished, Grace expects to be met with confusion and fear from the eridians, demands for explanations, and a long and drawn-out process to create living conditions for him.

    What he does not expect to find is another human, comfortably living at the eridians' best recreation of an apple orchard and fiercely attached to Rocky’s mate, Adrian.

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    29 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 9

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    Dr Ryland Grace had awoken, terrified and confused, aboard the Hail Mary just three days ago.
    En route to Tau Ceti, and prepared to somehow save planet Earth, whilst also figuring out who he was before this along the way, he draws the logical conclusion that he is spiraling into insanity when a gruff, sultry voice crackles over the intercom of the Hail Mary, and an entirely fictitious planet looms outside the window.

    Simon would like to know what exactly the C.O.I expected him to find in this ocean of blood. Of course, it's just his luck that the supervisor they put on the other side of the radio is a fucking lunatic.

     

    Or: the events of Iron Lung and Project Hail Mary coincide. Grace puts a bit more thought into the “Gay?” written on his “Who Am I?” list.

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    28 Jun 2026

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    Grace has come to terms with the fact that he will never see another human or Earth again. And that's okay, because he's happy on Erid with Rocky and Adrian. However, with the Hail Mary in mint condition, the Eridians propose that he travel to a red moon in a planetary system with a dead sun, along with Adrian and Rocky, to determine just why it's so...weird. The answer's no. Obviously.

    Until they hear a human distress signal coming from that exact moon, and suddenly everything changes.

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    27 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 9

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    'Grace—' Rocky warned, clutching his shirt.
    Grace gently removes the claw.
    “I promise you I'll be careful, I swear Rock, but I need to see him.”
    Rocky steps back, his suit is covered in blood. Grace's hands are shaking.
    He is about to meet another human for the first time in years.

    Or: grace had turned the page with humans until one of them popped in space.

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    27 Jun 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 12

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    "That does not keep me from having a terrible need of— shall I say the word— religion. Then I go out at night to paint the stars."
    — Vincent Van Gogh, in a letter to his brother.

    Project Hail Mary gains a crew member. The Convict gains a guardian angel.

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    26 Jun 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 40

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    “Let it never be said that Simon of Eden doesn’t go down fighting.

    He staggers on his feet, agony dripping from his open arteries and veins to join the masses pooling in around him, but he doesn’t fall. Around him, the SM-13 walls shudder with the force of the Eel’s wailing. Her words are bouncing around in his skull, rattling and horrendous.

    But he is still alive. For now.”

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    Simon dies at the bottom of an ocean of blood on AT-5. Except he doesn’t. Simon is re-captured by the C.O.I. and sentenced to death. Except he isn’t.

    Simon is, apparently, safe here now– wherever HERE is.

    Except he can’t be.

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    26 Jun 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 10

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    So, dead or alive? Abandoned or absolved? What was he– Simon the Convict, Simon the Butcher– against this backdrop of blackness? Nothing? Everything? Inconsequential? Pivotal? Thoughts eddy through his mind until he is drowning in them.

    Until he hears a noise.

    A sound that takes shape and defies his muddled understanding of his current existence. Wavelengths that weave the shredded actuality of Simon back into something whole, something that very nearly makes sense.

    A voice.

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    26 Jun 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 13

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    "Your cooking tastes like prison food," Simon muttered into the glass, his voice bitter but without a trace of venom, fogging the pane as he spoke.

    Ryland let out a breathless, watery sound, halfway between a laugh and a sob. "I'll take that as a compliment."
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    A continuation of the story after the events of Project Hail Mary and Iron lung. I try to be as story (and fact) accurate as I can be for the nerds out there. I see you, you're welcomed here (and everybody else). I heavily rely on PHM book with some details from the movie.
    TL;DR Grace is panicking because Simon is hot, but make it slow burn and cosmic horror. >:D
    #look at the tags: Body horror and graphic injuries!

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    25 Jun 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 90

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    Ryland Grace finds a submarine, filled to the brim with Astrophage. With a lowered fuel supply and a determination to ensure he and Rocky make it to Erid to save the star with as little complications as possible, why wouldn't they accept free fuel?

    Unfortunately for Grace, and fortunately for Simon, it looks like the Hail Mary is going to be getting a new crewmate.

    May The Gods Help Us All.

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    25 Jun 2026

  11. Public Bookmark *

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    Confirmation bias: the human tendency to search for, interpret, and recall information that aligns with our existing beliefs, while ignoring or dismissing evidence that contradicts them.

    No matter what Grace tries to tell him, Simon is very sure that the man is divine in nature. It just makes sense.

    ~~~

    Simon winds up in The Enclosure, naturally. Grace is super down to have human company on planet Erid, but he really wishes someone would have given him a little bit of warning first. Especially about Simon’s religious cult upbringing — if he had known about that, he maybe could have planned a better-worded greeting that wasn’t basically, “Be Not Afraid.” He really set them up for failure with that one.

    [NO AI USED, AND DO NOT FEED MY WORK TO AI, I EXPRESSLY FORBID IT.]

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    25 Jun 2026

  12. Public Bookmark 17

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    Ryland Grace has what he would humbly call an above-average understanding of how space works. One would hope after all these years, right? But he's forced to stare in confusion at the moon that launched itself into the 40 Eridani system only 4 days prior, completely disregarding the star's gravitational pull, circling as if orbiting a planet that didn't exist.

    Until the intercom system crackled to life.

    "RADIO TRANSMISSION DETECTED. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONNECT?"

    aka AT-5 went on a joyride and dropped Simon right into Grace's new backyard.

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    25 Jun 2026

  13. Public Bookmark 46

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    He woke up alone, scared, and without a clue who he is.

    Maybe someone can help him with.

     

    An Amnesia AU because I wanted to see Simon fall in love with him as Grace found himself.

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    24 Jun 2026

  14. Public Bookmark 27

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    Is it really a second chance if he never really had one in the first place?

    Or, the convict finally has the opportunity to find out what redemption looks like.

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    22 Jun 2026

  15. Public Bookmark *

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    ”Get to work Dr. Grace. The world is counting on you.”

    Stratt turned around and with a wave of her hand another man had walked over, “You’ll be remaining here with Dr. Grace. I trust you can keep him out of trouble.”

    “Shouldn’t be a problem.” The other man’s voice was smooth, and if Grace was hearing correctly it almost sounded like there was an undercurrent of mirth.

    That’s when it clicked, was Stratt siccing a babysitter on him? “Hold on! What trouble are you thinking I'm going to get into?” Should he be offended? He was a grown man, he’d worked in countless labs before and sure he’d had some questionable outcomes but they’d just let him be the first scientist to study an alien life form! They should have more trust in him than this!

    ”Everyone in the world wants to get their hands on astrophage. Simon is here to protect you from them.” Stratt explained, turning again to give Grace an exasperated expression. “I should hope you don’t need constant supervision from yourself Dr. Grace.”

    (Im not good at summaries, bodyguard!Simon and scientist!Grace, hope you enjoy!)

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    20 Jun 2026

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    Simon has spent the last two years working for the COI to obtain a clean record after his participation in the destruction of Filament Station. When he's left on a drifter colony with a scrubbed identity and a tablet, Simon looks into ways to disappear from both the COI's gaze as well as Eden's, which leads him down what is perhaps the strangest avenue he's ever undertaken: a marriage visa.

    Dr. Ryland Grace may or may not know that his friend Rocky has put a marriage profile up whatsoever. Simon is lonely and Rocky is persistent. This may or may not be the worst idea in the history of the universe.

    (or Rocky uses a mail-order-bride broker to find Grace the Best Mate Ever and gets Simon)

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    20 Jun 2026

  17. Public Bookmark 40

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    On board the Hail Mary, Simon finds himself in a prison made of glass, filled with luxuries he could've only ever dreamed of.

    Contamination is a constant fear for Ryland, and though him and Rocky are working on it, it may be a long time before he can hold a human hand again.

    (Or, Simon gets a hamster ball and it's a 3-way touch-starved standoff)

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    20 Jun 2026

  18. Public Bookmark 45

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    Grace and Rocky go on a road-trip...and find something completely unexpected.
    Well...someone.
    And he's not alone.

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    20 Jun 2026

  19. Public Bookmark 33

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    Based off of a Tumblr AU I found at like 2 am in the morning and I wanted to write this

    BIG BIG inspo from both:

    Therewasanamehere (I realized they also wrote about this AU :D ) | https://archiveofourown.org/works/86447261/chapters/228710716

    @idgabuck - the creator of this AU on Tumblr! | https://www.tumblr.com/idgabuck

    Please go check both out! I find these people really really awesome <3 (They'll probably never know tho :"D)

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    19 Jun 2026

  20. Public Bookmark 36

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    Everyone is born in Sin.

    The first doctrine is Penance. Father used to say that suffering is the only way to earn your existence, and that the darkness will always demand its due.

    The second doctrine is Repentance. Back then, it meant weeping for your flaws and obeying who knew better than you. Being here, I am learning that it can also mean accepting you are allowed to survive.

    The final doctrine, Salvation. On Eden, it was something given only to the dead. It took me a long time to see the truth, that salvation isn't a gift. It's something you have to build for yourself.

     

    Or

     

    Grace and Rocky are Saviors of the Universe. They don't have any business tainting their halos with blood.

     

    (title from Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno, Canto XXXIV)

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    18 Jun 2026

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