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• The Griever's Almanac by dirtymakeupbrushes

  Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  08 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Ryland Grace & Rocky
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace & Rocky
  • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Ryland Grace
  • The NannyBot | Armando (Project Hail Mary)
  • Eating
  • Disordered Eating
  • Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
  • anyone heard of a starvation character study?
  • Angst
  • Journey to Erid (Project Hail Mary)
  • Starving Ryland Grace
  • oh my god that's a tag
  • Ryland Grace Has a Bad Time
  • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
  • Ryland Grace Has Scurvy
  • Mutated The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Guilty The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Worried Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • POV The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • POV Third Person
  • POV Third Person Limited
  • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
  • and regular starved but we'll get to that
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Medical Inaccuracies
  • I did try to make it accurate
  • Religious Guilt
  • Author Is Not Religious
  • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
  • Everyone Needs a Hug
  • Nobody is having a good time
  • Implied/Referenced Cannibalism
  • Not actually though
  • NOBODY DIES CHAT NOBODY DIES
  • Implied/ Referenced Happy Ending
  • Platonic Relationships
  • Aromantic Asexual Ryland Grace
  • Eden is a Cult (Iron Lung)
  • Character Study
  • Malnutrition
  • author switches randomly between metric and imperial units
  • bear with me
  • no beta we die like grace wont
  • Vomiting
  • Queerplatonic Relationships
  • Whump
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort

  Summary

  The Hail Mary has been housing three for some time. The dinner situation is not going very well.

  Rocky can get along fine on Eridian food, and due to his mutations, Simon can too.

  It's Grace's lack of Earth rations that are the problem.

   

  OR

   

  Simon and Rocky have to watch as their saving Grace starves in front of them.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  35,717

  Chapters:

  7/7

  Comments:

  242

  Kudos:

  915

  Bookmarks:

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• A tree grows on Erid by dirtymakeupbrushes

  Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  05 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace & Rocky
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
  • Meet-Ugly
  • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
  • Religious Guilt
  • Aromantic Asexual Ryland Grace
  • Planet Erid (Project Hail Mary)
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
  • Touch-Starved The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Cohabitation
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) Thinks Ryland Grace is an Angel
  • For quite a bit actually
  • Mutated The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Platonic Relationships
  • POV Alternating
  • POV Third Person
  • Gender fuckery Ryland grace
  • Passive Suicidality
  • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
  • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
  • Ryland Grace & Rocky are Best Friends
  • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
  • The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung)
  • Paranoid The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • elements of self-harm
  • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
  • Sleep Deprivation
  • Mutation
  • Miscommunication
  • like a lot of it
  • Near Drowning
  • Don’t look at that tag
  • Adrian’s a real one in this fic
  • updates mostly daily
  • Actively Mutating The Convict | Simon
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Author Is Not Religious
  • No beta we die like Simon thinks he does
  • Blood
  • Self-Hatred
  • The Author Regrets Everything
  • Additional Warnings in Author's Note
  • Gills
  • slight body horror
  • Medical Inaccuracies
  • but i did try to make it accurate
  • Unreliable Narrator
  • Happy Ending
  • Gonna be so fr rocky and Adrian collectively show up like four times
  • The Convict | Simon thinks Rocky is an angel
  • Platonic Slowburn

  Summary

  Ryland Grace is living peacefully on Erid. Peacefully until something (or someone) so monumentally bloody stains the water in his enclosure.

  Simon is trying to get by on what he thinks is heaven, until he starts to mutate into something unholy.

  OR

  You know the drill it’s platonic bloodymary time

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  podfic/translation welcome!

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  52,402

  Chapters:

  20/20

  Comments:

  577

  Kudos:

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  Bookmarks:

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  Hits:

  22,609