Love is Blind AU (chronological)

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• the nearness of you by mimi_kc_i

  Fandoms: The Fall Guy (2024), Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  18 Jul 2026

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  • Ryland Grace/Tom Ryder
  • Ryland Grace
  • Tom Ryder
  • Colt Seavers
  • this is a prequel to my
  • Love is Blind AU
  • One-Sided Ryland Grace/Tom Ryder
  • fellas is it gay to want your stunt mans twin brother to step on you?
  • sources say yes
  • Implied Sexual Content
  • in the sense that they leave to hookup at the end
  • First Meetings
  • Tom Ryder Is Down Bad
  • ryland is pretty neutral about the whole thing
  • rated teen and up simply bc ryder is in it
  • Brat Tom Ryder
  • Sub Tom Ryder
  • ryland isnt a dom btw
  • ryder wants to be told what to do so badly
  • but only if its grace
  • i regret writing this
  • but one of y'all is bound to like it so to that one person:
  • enjoy
  • Set in 2014

  Summary

  (prequel to 'i know what i look like to you')

  the first time ryland meets tom ryder he's hungover, jetlagged, and meaner than he had any right to be.

  unfortunately for both of them, ryder is super into that.

  or.
  what leads up to the time ryland hooked up with ryder

  Series

  • Part 1 of Love is Blind AU (chronological)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  5,592

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  44

  Kudos:

  228

  Bookmarks:

  20

  Hits:

  1,330

• i know what i look like to you by mimi_kc_i

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

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  21 Jul 2026

  Tags

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  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Courtland Gentry (mentioned) - Character
  • Ava (Iron Lung)
  • Colt Seavers
  • Love is Blind AU
  • oh yeah no one asked for this and im giving it
  • i watched love is blind for the sole purpose of writing this au
  • au where grace works w the government on the dl but is not getting shipped into space
  • Teacher Ryland Grace
  • Park Ranger Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Amputee The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • no AI
  • Fuck AI
  • leaving my typos in so you know im human and not bc i dont have a beta reader
  • Simon falls first
  • ryland falls harder
  • Ryland Grace-centric
  • mostly - Freeform
  • Past Ryland Grace/Tom Ryder
  • In a funny way
  • Updating tags as I go
  • Yearning
  • an unholy amount of yearning
  • the slowest non-slowburn
  • i use ryland as a mouth piece to air my grievances with reality tv
  • ryland is demiromantic greysexual but hes on a dating show and isnt thinking about that right now
  • idiots to lovers
  • a rom com plot in the hands of a moron

  Summary

  When two people back out of the San Francisco season of Love Is Blind, there's only so much time to find interesting replacements. So they settle on just finding replacements. They can make them seem interesting in editing, right?

  Ryland is there as a favor to Colt, who submitted Ryland as a favor to his crush Jody, who wanted to find a replacement for her friend Ava, who has somehow ended up as a producer for the latest season of Love is Blind.

  Simon made the mistake of befriending Ava years ago and is regretting it.

  (title from Boys Like You by Dodie)

  Series

  • Part 2 of Love is Blind AU (chronological)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  44,876

  Chapters:

  15/15

  Comments:

  1,126

  Kudos:

  856

  Bookmarks:

  152

  Hits:

  7,866

• share your address by mimi_kc_i

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

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M, Other
  • Work in Progress

  06 Aug 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Ryland Grace
  • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
  • Ryland Grace
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Colt Seavers
  • Sierra Six | Courtland Gentry
  • Ava (Iron Lung)
  • Love is Blind AU
  • Reality TV
  • Comedy
  • Romantic Comedy
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung) and Ryland Grace in Love
  • Established Relationship
  • but its only been a day lmao
  • i write tv drama as someone who doesnt like tv drama
  • Tags updated with chapters
  • Happy Ending
  • gina and hannah
  • adding them as a tag bc they are so in love
  • Ryland Grace and Colt Seavers and Sierra Six | Courtland Gentry Are Siblings
  • Ryland Grace and Colt Seavers are Twins
  • no beta we die like no one in this au
  • no AI
  • Fuck AI
  • All Mistakes are human made
  • Crack Treated Seriously
  • seriously enough im covering topics like
  • Touch-Starved Ryland Grace
  • Touch-Averse Ryland Grace
  • they exist at once
  • Also for the record
  • Autistic Ryland Grace
  • fuck you autisms your astronaut
  • Ryland Grace is demiromantic graysexual
  • but hes on a reality show right now so he's not really thinking about that

  Summary

  "I really thought things would get easier after the pods." Ryland crossed his arms over his chest, leaning back into the uncomfortable arm chair.

  Behind Ava he could still see the table where the others were arguing.

  Could still hear them, too.

  "You lying asshole!"

  "Hey, we agreed that-"

  "Jesus, and to think they pretended to be so perfect together."

  Simon, still stuck at the table, caught his eye, doing his best to get between the people shouting vitriol at each other, calm things down as much as possible. Ryland winced.

  "What gave you that idea?" Ava finally asked.

  "I don't know." He sighed. "I won't make that mistake again."

  or.

  Ryland and Simon, having finally gotten together, expect the rest of the filming to go without drama.

  That is not quite how it goes.

   

  (title from: Share Your Address by Ben Platt)

  Series

  • Part 3 of Love is Blind AU (chronological)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  18,302

  Chapters:

  5/27

  Comments:

  246

  Kudos:

  239

  Bookmarks:

  42

  Hits:

  2,336