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Digital Girlfriend by sock_stealer
Fandoms: Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware (Web Series)
20 Mar 2026
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Signing up to be a beta tester for Valve’s new game involving experimental artificial intelligence is exciting until you can’t get the fucking headset off your head. It’s worse when your least favorite of the bunch haunts you through said headset.
And, oh yeah, that enemy is a butch now. Because her life just can’t get any worse.
(But holy fuck, it is hot.)
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frenrey (yuri) following the aftermath of HLVR - a game created to test AI technology.
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Remembrance in Another by sock_stealer
Fandoms: Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware (Web Series)
16 Mar 2026
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The words feel wrong and unfitting, but Gordon can’t help but believe there’s something more to the draw that tugs her closer to Stain. She’s never met her before, but she thinks Stain’s close enough.
They look similiar, right?
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all characters genderbent
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Cemetery Girl by sock_stealer
Fandoms: Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware (Web Series)
10 Jan 2026
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Benrey is dead. This wouldn’t be out of the ordinary if everyone else hadn’t been acting like he was actually dead.
Benrey is immortal. There’s no way he’s ’dead.’
Gordon figures now is the time if ever to dig six-feet down to get answers. She wouldn’t fall for such a stupid prank. This was Benrey they were talking about. He’d kill himself if it meant he could make a joke out of Gordon.
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two shot
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Government Conspiracies and the Truth About Aliens by sock_stealer
Fandoms: Half-Life (Video Games)
06 Apr 2025
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There’s a security guard infamous for reading increasingly bizarre conspiracy theorist fiction in Sector C. Gordon hasn’t caught his name yet, but when one of his books is left for the taking, he finds himself growing curious about what kind of individual is working at the top government research center in the nation *and* simultaneously believes the moon landing was faked.
A gayer retelling of the events of Half Life 1, in which Barney and Gordon meet as the world is crashing down around them.
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Virus Alert! by sock_stealer
Fandoms: Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware (Web Series)
31 Dec 2024
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Apparently, even after a passport-fueled boss battle and the ending of the streams, Gordon is still haunted by the annoyance that is Benrey. This time, however, it seems the AI has made a permanent home in his PC, and neither of them are sure how to get him out.
(Benrey Computer AU)
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11/28/25 : will likely be taking down to be rewritten in the future or just flat abandoned, sorry!!!!
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various homes on the long road of denial by Anonymous
Fandom Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware (Web Series)
19 Oct 2025
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assorted post-canon frenrey. some aspects will be consistent while others won't. series order is vaguely how i imagine the chronology.
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what is yours and what is his by Anonymous
Fandoms: Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware (Web Series)
03 Sep 2024
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you aren't his, despite the way he can never get himself off of you.
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- Part 4 of various homes on the long road of denial
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Nuclear Option by damadamascus
Fandoms: Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware (Web Series)
27 Nov 2021
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Noun; the most drastic or extreme response possible to a particular situation.
Gordon's not doing well, after Black Mesa. Nobody else seems to notice.
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Don’t Break Character (Or My Heart) by s3wageboy
Fandoms: Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware (Web Series)
16 Mar 2026
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It's Gordon Freeman's last year of high school, with, so far no interruptions. He's gotten through it without too much public embarrassment, forced socialization, and late book fees. However, fate (and Tommy Coolatta) have other plans.
Stage Cue: Enter Benrey, an eyeliner-wearing, annoying, asshole. He gets roped into Black Mesa's theater program against his will.
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Finished, Dropped or something else? How to make custom tags for story titles by Curvo
Fandoms: No Fandom
12 Dec 2024
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A short guide on how to add tags next to fanfiction titles, so you know which stories you have already read or dropped when browsing for new ones to read.
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15 Feb 2026