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1. Short Circuit (5+1 times) by Lex_To-Be-Kind-Takes-Work (Seth_Silver_Ink)

   Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   16 May 2026

   Tags

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   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
   • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
   • Ryland Grace
   • Minor Adrian/Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Adrian (Project Hail Mary) - Freeform
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary) - Freeform
   • Amputee Simon
   • Buff Simon
   • Grace is not Graceful
   • Awkward Grace
   • you know the drill
   • I spun them on the ace spec wheel and won’t tell you where they landed
   • Kissing
   • Making Out
   • Tension
   • Mutual Pining
   • mutual yearning
   • Grace caught romantic feelings and went on with life
   • but then started catching physical attraction and lost his shit
   • sorry his stuff
   • Wingman Adrian
   • Heavily Reluctant Wingman Rocky
   • adrian uses they/them
   • Adrian’s top notch relationship advice
   • Simon is nothing if not a spiteful bastard
   • Unresolved Sexual Tension
   • no time for that now because oh my god they’re holding hands
   • Grace’s inappropriate thoughts

   Summary

   “It’ll work better if you insulate that wire and connect it to the bolt of this gear,” Simon leans in closer as he speaks, pointing to what he’s talking about, his breath hitting the shell of Grace’s ear with each word. “It’ll keep it from short circuiting.” The ghost of contact never made makes Grace want to writhe in his seat, maybe even dare to reach o-
   “Ri-” Grace’s voice cracks embarrassingly high before he clears his throat, “right, thank you so much, I will get right on that.”

   ——

   Or 5 times Grace short circuits plus one time that… He still short circuits.
   So more accurately 5 times Simon unintentionally short circuits Grace, plus one time he intentionally short circuits Grace.

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