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• Maybe you don't have to be alone, Simon by TheMagpieBard

  Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026)  

  • Explicit
  • Major Character Death
  • M/M, Gen
  • Work in Progress

  10 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)/Original Character(s)
  • The Convict | Simon (Iron Lung)
  • Original Characters
  • Original Non-Human Character(s)
  • My First AO3 Post
  • authors first fic
  • could be read as reader insert if you want
  • human x nonhuman
  • author watched Iron Lung 3 times but has a horrible memory
  • do you tag stuff that gets added in future chapters?
  • Character X OC - Freeform
  • Simon Lives AU
  • Mid-Canon
  • Post-Canon
  • but later
  • Using markiplier for some small Simon characteristics
  • Simon gets a giant fish bf
  • canon accurate death
  • Trauma
  • Comfort
  • No AI Used
  • author is just a weird writer
  • medical inaccuracy
  • No beta readers
  • Slow to Update
  • markiplier pls i am begging you to release iron long on streaming
  • my theater stopped showing it and i dont have the heart to pirate from you
  • author is a senior in college and is writing as fast as he can

  Summary

  After Simon gets detached from the chain and thrown off the map, he's stuck trying to find his way back for the C.O.I to hopefully save him. The silence is killing him, until he finds someone to fill that silence with.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,115

  Chapters:

  2/?

  Comments:

  6

  Kudos:

  28

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  212