New Roots

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• Germination by call_me_kat

  Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Multi
  • Complete Work

  12 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace & Rocky
  • Adrian & Ryland Grace
  • Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Ryland Grace & Ryland Grace's Eridian Students
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
  • Adrian (Project Hail Mary) & The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace & Rocky
  • Ryland Grace
  • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Original Eridian Characters (Project Hail Mary)
  • The NannyBot | Armando (Project Hail Mary)
  • Tags Contain Spoilers
  • Temporary Character Death
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Ryland Grace's Biodome | Beach House on Erid
  • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Medical Inaccuracies
  • Crying
  • Ryland Grace is a Leaky Space Blob
  • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
  • Touch-Starved The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Supportive Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Supportive Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
  • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
  • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
  • Ryland Grace Has a Bad Time
  • Angst
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Angst with a Hopeful Ending
  • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
  • Author Is Sleep Deprived
  • Not Beta Read
  • No beta we die like Simon does and Ryland didn't
  • Fuck AI
  • Canon-Typical Blood (Iron Lung)
  • The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung)

  Summary

  It was a miracle that the man was alive, but every Eridian he asked confirmed that there was still a heartbeat in the stranger’s chest. It would take another miracle for him to wake up. The impenetrable sleep made treatment easier. However, Grace couldn’t shake his distrust in any kind of coma after condemning his crew to the stars. The longer he was unconscious, the less likely it was that he ever woke up again.

  Series

  • Part 1 of New Roots

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,249

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  7

  Kudos:

  89

  Bookmarks:

  9

  Hits:

  670

• Sapling by call_me_kat

  Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Iron Lung (Video Game), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Multi
  • Complete Work

  16 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace
  • Adrian (Project Hail Mary) & The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Ryland Grace & Rocky
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) & Original Eridian Characters (Project Hail Mary)
  • The Convict | Simon & The Eye (Iron Lung)
  • The Convict | Simon & SM-13 | Iron Lung (Iron Lung)
  • The Convict | Simon & The Convict | Simon's Mother (Iron Lung)
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon's Mother (Iron Lung)
  • Original Eridian Characters (Project Hail Mary)
  • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Adrian (Project Hail Mary)
  • The NannyBot | Armando (Project Hail Mary)
  • Tags Contain Spoilers
  • Temporary Character Death
  • Ryland Grace's Biodome | Beach House on Erid
  • Medical Inaccuracies
  • Touch-Starved The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon is a Leaky Space Blob (Iron Lung)
  • Ryland Grace is a Leaky Space Blob
  • The Convict | Simon Needs a Hug (Iron Lung)
  • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
  • Past Trauma
  • The Convict | Simon Has a Bad Time (Iron Lung)
  • Angst
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Angst with a Hopeful Ending
  • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
  • Author Is Sleep Deprived
  • Not Beta Read
  • No beta we die like Simon does and Rylamd didn't
  • Fuck AI
  • Simon thinks Eridians are Angels
  • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • The Convict | Simon Lives (Iron Lung)
  • Simon yearns like its his life's purpose

  Summary

  The only reason he wasn’t certain he was dead was that he couldn’t imagine being in a coma in the afterlife. Hell was supposed to be endless suffering, and this wasn’t anywhere close to that. It wasn’t perfect by any means, but it was lightyears better than joining the fallen in the blood ocean. He wasn’t entirely sure what he thought about Heaven, especially with what he’d done for the promise of it after death. Simon hadn’t earned Heaven by anyone’s metric. Even if he had, the issue of his waning consciousness was still a deciding factor. Purgatory would be the closest to what he was experiencing. Except. How could he earn his forgiveness if he couldn’t even open his eyes?

  It felt dangerous to call himself alive, even if it was in the caverns of his own mind. 

  Series

  • Part 2 of New Roots

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,823

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  5

  Kudos:

  78

  Bookmarks:

  6

  Hits:

  456