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1. Per Aspera Pro Astris (through suffering, for the stars) by good_chicken_nugget

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

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   03 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Implied and Referenced past Grace/Rocky
   • Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
   • various non-canon eridians
   • Slow Burn
   • Ryland Grace Has PTSD
   • The Convict | Simon Has PTSD (Iron Lung)
   • Rocky Has PTSD (Project Hail Mary)
   • Everybody got PTSD
   • don't judge me for questionable science please
   • Simon has non-canon scars for aesthetic and storytelling purposes
   • Grace has his scars from the book
   • Mutated The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Rocky gets a gun
   • discussions of self-harm
   • Simon has that good ol religious trauma
   • discussions of starvation
   • Body Horror
   • Worldbuilding

   Summary

   Ryland Grace thought he had made peace with never seeing another human for the rest of his days.

   He had not.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   35,856

   Chapters:

   10/?

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