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1. Public Bookmark 35

   Running On Empty by Silverbreeze424

   Fandoms: Half-Life VR But The AI Is Self Aware  

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

   02 Dec 2020

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Benrey/Gordon Freeman
   • Bubby & Gordon Freeman
   • Dr. Coomer & Gordon Freeman
   • Tommy Coolatta & Gordon Freeman
   • Benrey & Bubby & Tommy Coolatta & Dr. Coomer & Gordon Freeman
   • Benrey & Gordon Freeman
   • Gordon Freeman
   • Benrey (Half-Life)
   • Bubby (Half-Life)
   • Dr. Coomer (Half-Life)
   • Tommy Coolatta
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Team as Family
   • Frenrey can be read as platonic

   Summary

   “Gordon Freeman had been running on empty for the entire time he’d been stuck in Black Mesa since the Resonance Cascade, but now that his arm had been cut off, he was running on something less than that. “

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,898

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   9

   Kudos:

   299

   Bookmarks:

   35

   Hits:

   1,710

   Bookmarked by Slobberfox

   22 Oct 2025

2. Public Bookmark 44

   Inhuman Science by IRegretNothingAndEverything

   Fandom: half life but the ai is self aware, Half Life VR But The AI Is Self Aware

   • Teen And Up Audiences, General Audiences
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen, M/M, Multi
   • Series in Progress

   21 Mar 2022

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Bubby/Dr. Coomer
   • Pre Benrey/Gordon Freeman
   • Bubby/Dr. Coomer (Half-Life)
   • Benrey/Gordon Freeman
   • Pre Gordon Freeman/Benrey
   • Tommy Coolatta/Darnold
   • Benrey (Half-Life)
   • Gordon Freeman
   • Tommy Coolatta
   • Bubby
   • Dr. Coomer
   • gman
   • Joshua Freeman
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Bubby (Half-Life)
   • Dr. Coomer (Half-Life)
   • Sunkist (Half-Life)
   • Benrey - Character
   • Darnold (Half-Life)
   • The G-Man (Half-Life)
   • breakdowns
   • Canon amputation
   • Gordon doesn't get his arm back after this cause they didn't 'finish the game right'
   • So GMan didn't 'fix' it
   • but he did take the gun hand so that's rude of him
   • Benrey is human-adjacent
   • but far enough off that he has weird ideas about everything
   • he thought they were friends and is just realizing 'oh i fucked up'
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • IE During the final battle they don't kill benrey
   • Panic Attacks
   • Pancake VS Waffle debate
   • a lot of syrup
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • pre relationship but because this is no longer a one shot
   • Pre-Relationship
   • lets add that tag there
   • if Bubby is offering emotional advice/support you know shit just went down
   • Also casual mention of Tommy just... disappearing
   • Sweet Voice
   • Black Mesa Sweet Voice
   • why have I not tagged that until now?
   • Shower Arguments
   • bubby doesn't know trans people exist
   • despite dating one
   • Major Character Injury
   • Near Death Experiences
   • Attempted Murder
   • Family Problems
   • Kidnapping
   • the OC is just Gordon's ex wife who is taking care of Joshua btw
   • Tube Bubby
   • they put me back in my tube can't have shit in black mesa
   • despite it not being black mesa that put him back in
   • Bubby Chews On Things He Shouldn't
   • yankee with no brim but it's bubby with no skin-
   • im so sorry
   • that violence this is just
   • a lil bit of - Freeform
   • Gore
   • on Bubby's part
   • the bubby with no skin thing
   • he has some just not enough y'know?
   • Bubby In The Tube
   • What He Gonna Do
   • nothing really he's healing
   • Bubby sees people upset and goes 'time to take care of them' as if he's not missing skin
   • i do mention his injuries a bit but not a lot
   • but still better safe than sorry
   • slight gore
   • Healing
   • Bubby is in his tube this entire time
   • he's having a time
   • Tommy is also emo
   • tommy had to kill his dad and now he's feeling emotions about it
   • Tommy and Sunkist don't make that much of an appearance
   • Bubby is fucked up in this
   • he's in his tube for a reason
   • Mentions of Canon Amputation
   • Coomer Hive Mind
   • it's a lot softer than i expected it to be actually
   • Stimming
   • This time it's people!
   • for like one time tho it's fine
   • Introspection
   • the og character is gordon's ex wife her name is harmony i still love her
   • Benrey's vibes are weird rn
   • he was missing skin for a bit but he's okay now
   • joshua is deaf
   • Sign Language
   • Pining
   • pining gays
   • gordon is a lil traumatized here
   • but it's okay benrey isn't as bad
   • he dealt with his shit
   • the gay grandpas are here
   • bubby is just in his tube and coomer is sitting outside the tube
   • Showers
   • Showering Together
   • except not really
   • Getting Together
   • Finally
   • gay ass
   • just a lil one though and it's not really mentioned again
   • over use of sweet voice
   • like so much sweet voice guys
   • Bubby is taking a shower and Coomer's sitting on the counter in the bathroom
   • it's implied that they switch places IE coomer gets into the shower and bubby sits on the counter
   • they gay like that
   • Sunkist lays on people
   • mostly tommy
   • bubby keeps trying to get that sticky left over from IVs off
   • and bruises himself a lil
   • but not that bad and it's not really mentioned again
   • It's just darnold
   • escaping black mesa
   • he's getting free
   • that's all uwu
   • also he has a rat named king but he isn't shown here
   • just mentioned
   • but it's an important mention y'know
   • Losing Teeth
   • Transforming into an inhuman creature
   • trying to learn how to being not human works
   • gordon is having a time
   • it's not necessarily bad just... a time
   • unreality
   • The Void
   • King the rat
   • babey!
   • Tommy is pining
   • it gay babey!
   • also Gordon is kinda not human
   • this happens simultaneously with Transformation
   • which is why im writing at the same time y'know
   • not because im writing all the things cause im bored in my dorm room
   • no one is cis or straight or neurotypical i make the rules fuckers
   • Cats!
   • i saw a post on tumblr
   • and now Bubby has a cat
   • happens at some point during transformation
   • after he loses his teeth
   • but before he gets stuck in his bed
   • Violence against Immortals
   • IE they do beat up G-Man again but they don't kill him
   • It's mostly Coomer being very angry and Gordon being like 'well why not'
   • Bubby has lowered motor control and tremors
   • Gordon has a prosthetic
   • The OG character is Harmony
   • none of them are cis or neurotypical
   • there are two og characters
   • the other is Gemma
   • Harmony's wife
   • she deserved a wife
   • hi this is a bit edited cause i finally decided what pronouns i wanted everyone to have
   • and g-man has None so uh
   • yeah - Freeform

   Summary

   Benrey is not the boss, they manage to get out without fighting him. This sends everything off the rails.

   There is an ask blog for this Bubby now! It is on tumblr at @fiery-tube-man

   Words:

   49,603

   Works:

   12

   Bookmarks:

   44

   Bookmarked by Slobberfox

   21 Oct 2025

3. Public Bookmark 19

   Sixer by CirrusGrey

   Fandoms: Gravity Falls  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   20 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Dipper Pines & Mabel Pines
   • Ford Pines & Stan Pines
   • Dipper Pines & Ford Pines & Mabel Pines & Stan Pines
   • Mabel Pines
   • Dipper Pines
   • Stan Pines
   • Ford Pines
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Cats
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Arguing
   • Reconciliation
   • evesdropping

   Summary

   “Grunkle Stan!” Mabel squealed, dropping the broom and rushing over to the counter. “You didn’t tell us you have a cat!”

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   4,093

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   13

   Kudos:

   90

   Bookmarks:

   19

   Hits:

   323

   Bookmarked by Slobberfox

   20 Oct 2025

4. Public Bookmark 95

   simulacrum by recryption

   Fandoms: Half-Life VR But The AI Is Self Aware  

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

   16 Jun 2020

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Benrey/Gordon Freeman
   • Gordon Freeman
   • Benrey (Half-Life)
   • Tommy Coolatta
   • Dr. Coomer (Half-Life)
   • Bubby (Half-Life)
   • Darnold (Half-Life)
   • Sunkist (Half-Life)
   • The G-Man (Half-Life)
   • Joshua Freeman
   • Post-Canon
   • Found Family
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Supernatural Elements
   • Redemption
   • unreality

   Summary

   After the Game, Gordon Freeman thought that he'd finally have a moment of peace -- some time to adjust to the new apartment Black Mesa had gifted him, talk with the Science Team in a situation where none of them were actively worried about dying, take care of Joshua, and finally live like, y'know, a normal person.

   Unfortunately, it doesn't look like he can escape the Game's influence -- and, equally as unfortunately, somebody he's familiar with doesn't seem exactly like they want to, either.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   19,775

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   87

   Kudos:

   625

   Bookmarks:

   95

   Hits:

   4,595

   Bookmarked by Slobberfox

   17 Oct 2025

5. Public Bookmark 6

   Whatever the Fuck Benrey Is by DeckofDragons

   Fandom: Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware (Web Series)

   • Mature, Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Other, Gen
   • Series in Progress

   24 Feb 2025

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Benrey/Gordon Freeman
   • Dr. Coomer & Gordon Freeman
   • Benrey & Bubby (Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware)
   • Benrey (Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware)
   • Gordon Freeman (Half-Life But the AI is Self-Aware)
   • Tommy Coolatta
   • Dr. Coomer (Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware)
   • Bubby (Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware)
   • Gordon freeman (Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware)
   • Gordon Freeman
   • Darnold (Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware)
   • Slow Burn
   • Benrey goes by he/him but that doesn't make him a man
   • oh my god they're roommates
   • there's only one bed
   • Not A Game AU
   • Gordon gets (has to) keep the gun hand
   • Making This Up As I Go
   • I'm leaning into Benrey's inhumaness
   • they're both lonely and touch-starved
   • Nightmares
   • Gordon isn't okay
   • Benrey's not really okay either
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff
   • one shot/drabble collection
   • fic and sometimes art
   • Vacation
   • Frostbite
   • Hypothermia
   • Benrey is cold-blooded so he doesn't do well in the cold
   • and Gordon's got the metal gun hand
   • so he shouldn't be in extreme cold for too long either
   • Sick Fic
   • they talk about death
   • it's fine in the end though

   Words:

   144,524

   Works:

   4

   Bookmarks:

   6

   Bookmarked by Slobberfox

   17 Oct 2025