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• To Lay Low with You by paperthin52

  Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Iron Lung (2026), The Fall Guy (2024)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/M, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  14 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace/Tom Ryder
  • Jody Moreno/Colt Seavers
  • Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Colt Seavers
  • Tom Ryder
  • Jody Moreno
  • Original Characters
  • Eden cult members (Iron Lung)
  • Ava (Iron Lung)
  • Eva Stratt
  • Gail Meyer
  • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
  • Pre-Teacher Ryland Grace
  • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
  • Eden is a Death Cult (Iron Lung)
  • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Ryland Grace Has ADHD and Autism
  • Ryland Grace Has Self-Esteem Issues
  • The Convict | Simon Has PTSD (Iron Lung)
  • The Convict | Simon Has Religious Trauma (Iron Lung)
  • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • No Beta We Die Like Cannon
  • The Convict | Simon Was Raised In a Cult (Iron Lung)
  • Unreliable Narrator
  • Unreliable Narrator Ryland Grace
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Panic Attacks
  • Implied/Referenced Abuse
  • References to The Martian (2015)
  • Ryland Grace and Colt Seavers and Sierra Six | Courtland Gentry Are Siblings
  • Ryland Grace and Colt Seavers Are Twins

  Summary

  After a massive argument between his boyfriend of 2 years, Tom Ryder, Grace decided that sticking around and mending their already fractured relationship wasn't worth it. He wasn't very emotionally stable when he made the choice, and probably concussed. But that all that didn't matter now! The decision was made, and he was stuck on an old-fashioned train for the next 18 hours to slide out of the state and get as far away from Tom as he could.

  Good thing the other guy in the cabin was hot and had a decent sense of humor.

  Or

  I slap two mentally unstable men in a small cabin car and force them to fall in love.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  24,379

  Chapters:

  3/?

  Comments:

  25

  Kudos:

  145

  Bookmarks:

  22

  Hits:

  981

• Then There Was Void by paperthin52

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

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/M, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  03 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Ryland Grace
  • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Eva Stratt
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Ava (Iron Lung)
  • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
  • Original Characters
  • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst
  • Science Fiction
  • Eventual Romance
  • Eventual Happy Ending
  • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
  • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Blood and Injury
  • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Ryland Grace Has ADHD and Autism
  • The Convict | Simon Has Anger Issues (Iron Lung)
  • This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
  • Medical Inaccuracies
  • The Convict | Simon Has Religious Trauma (Iron Lung)
  • Eden is a Cult (Iron Lung)
  • Blood Oceans (Iron Lung)
  • Mutated The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • C.O.I. | Consolidation of Iron (Iron Lung)
  • The Quiet Rapture (Iron Lung)
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) Thinks Ryland Grace is an Angel
  • Canon - Project Hail Mary (Book & Movie Combination)
  • Alternate Universe - Project Hail Mary Fusion
  • no beta we die like the last tree
  • The Convict | Simon Has Radiation Poisioning (Iron Lung)

  Summary

  After the stumbling events of fishing, Grace had dragged Rocky all the way to their shared airlock and burnt his arm, eyes, and lungs with 210 degrees Celsius ammonia. Waking up, he finds Rocky unmoving and hurt, and the probe filled with microorganisms from Adrien. He figured it would take a short amount of time to breed the predator, until he walked by the airlock window and found the sky empty of stars.

  How do millions of stars and planets disappear in 6 hours and 17 minutes?

  or

  Instead of Simon going into PHM, Grace and Rocky are tossed into the Iron Lung universe right after the fishing event.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  16,648

  Chapters:

  3/16

  Comments:

  5

  Kudos:

  47

  Bookmarks:

  8

  Hits:

  596