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Caska was young and dumb and drunk when they first realised they wanted to kiss Lücan Serenel.
They're much older when they realised he would have let her.
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Quiet Night In by Thumtack_Things
Fandoms: Bards of New York (Web Series), Ballad of the Nightmare Krew - Fandom
20 Oct 2025
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A little missing scene fic of Ember and Lilith after they left the room at Tylo Vale's
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The Laika to my Felicette by banthatguy
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
17 Jun 2026
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There's 1 in 70,000 people on the planet who have the gene needed to survive the Hail Mary's expedition. In that limited pool, 1 in maybe 1000 had the necessary skills needed for the mission — more dire still, even less people were willing to volunteer for what is essentially a suicide mission.
When an explosion killed not only their science officers but also their engineers, Eva Stratt makes the tough decision to put 2 people on the spacecraft that no one was expecting to be even be candidates.
One is a middle-school science teacher.
One is a convicted eco terrorist.
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AU where Simon did all his suffering on Earth and is dragged against his will onto the Hail Mary alongside Grace
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17 Jun 2026
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trapped in a memory by beefcakebeetle
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
06 Jun 2026
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“Let me be there,” he pleads. “For all of it. No more hiding. Let me take care of you.”
“It’s too much,” he says sadly. “I don’t even know what to do.”
“We’ll figure it out together.”
“It isn’t fair to you.”
“Was I fair to you when I was struggling?” He asks.
Grace doesn’t respond, knowing he has a point.
(In which Simon learns about Grace’s episodes, and figures out how to support him)
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07 Jun 2026
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let the dirt hang heavy in your chest (or: i'm their perfect little cosmic canine) by one_billion_marbles
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)
04 Jun 2026
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Simon focused on the view. So many stars. They were beautiful, and he was happy they'd be the last thing he'd see.
"I'm ready." Simon whispered into the still air. The combing stopped, and Simon mourned the loss immediately.
"You can kill me now."
AKA: What if Simon misinterpreted why Grace was showing him the Greenhouse? Our bodies become the soil, after all.Bookmarked by Thumtack_Things
04 Jun 2026
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SWAK by Cowboycrows
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026)
18 May 2026
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“I don’t know,” says Simon. “I don’t even know where we’re going, they won’t tell me.” He buries his face in his knees and arms again, and Grace hears something that sounds suspiciously like a sob. Maybe Simon’s eyeballs were sweating too.
“You have to promise you’ll come back,” Grace demands, his own lower lip trembling. "Pinky promise!" He jabs his pinky into Simon’s cheek and pokes him with it until Simon looks up.
Simon’s eyes are red-rimmed, but Grace’s glad that he’s managed to surprise just the tiniest smile from him. “I’m not pinky promising, that shit’s for babies,” he says, eyeing Grace’s extended pinky with mock disdain.
“Then how am I supposed to know you’ll keep your promise?” Grace shoots back.
“We gotta seal the deal with something else,” Simon says seriously.
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A modern-day AU with no astrophage or the quiet rapture where Simon and Grace are childhood friends and met at a playground when they were eight.
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18 May 2026
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Anathema by Blizzard96
Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
21 Apr 2026
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Ryland... So that was the name of the one sent to torment him.
(Or: The words you write on your skin shows up on your soulmate's body as well. Simon has been taught this is the worst kind of temptation possible.)
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16 May 2026