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1. Public Bookmark 57

   The Heart is Hard to Translate by then00breturns1101

   Fandom Half-Life VR but the AI is Self-Aware - Fandom, Half-Live VR But The AI Is Self-Aware, HLVRAI - Fandom, HLVRAI- FANDOM

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

   14 Apr 2021

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Benrey & Gordon Freeman
   • Benrey/Gordon Freeman
   • Benrey & Tommy Coolatta
   • Gordon Freeman & Tommy Coolatta
   • Benrey & Joshua Freeman
   • Benrey & Gordon Freeman & Joshua Freeman
   • Gordon Freeman & Joshua Freeman
   • Benrey & Tommy Coolatta & Gordon Freeman
   • Benrey & Bubby (Half-Life)
   • Benrey (Half-Life)
   • Gordon Freeman
   • Tommy Coolatta
   • Joshua Freeman
   • Bubby (Half-Life)
   • Dr. Coomer (Half-Life)
   • They/Them Pronouns For Benrey (Half-Life)
   • Post-Canon
   • Canon-typical discussions of violence
   • Panic Attacks
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • gratuitous use of black mesa sweet voice
   • Semiverbal Character
   • benrey is semiverbal
   • Autistic Benrey (Half-Life)
   • Fluff
   • Communication
   • Semiverbal Benrey
   • Tommy is a good friend
   • Gordon is trying his best
   • Light Angst
   • sensory issues
   • Autistic Tommy Coolatta
   • Tommy's there for a bit
   • Nightmares
   • Trauma
   • Communications - Freeform
   • realizing you fucked up
   • Found Family
   • non-verbal communication
   • Autistic Joshua Freeman
   • Non-Verbal Joshua Freeman
   • Family Bonding
   • Benrey has only known Joshua for one day but if anything happened to him--
   • learning ASL
   • This is the softest one yet folks
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Touch-Starved
   • hugs and cuddling
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Buckle up folks
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Flashbacks
   • Medical Trauma
   • Needles
   • Misunderstandings
   • Xe/Xem Pronouns for Bubby
   • Hard of Hearing Bubby
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • more trauma!
   • Establishing healthy boundaries
   • canon-typical discussion of the dick slip
   • Trans Gordon Freeman
   • Important Conversations
   • Black Mesa Sweet Voice
   • physical affection
   • Nonbinary Benrey (Half-Life)
   • Temporary Character Death
   • Dreams and Nightmares
   • Angst and Feels
   • Cuddling
   • fellas is it gay to ask your friend to sleep in your bed

   Words:

   36,424

   Works:

   7

   Bookmarks:

   57

   Bookmarked by aroacekitty

   14 Aug 2026

2. Rec 28

   Becoming Human verse by alvinna

   Fandom half life but the vr is self aware, Half-Life VR But The AI Is Self Aware, HLVRAI - Fandom, Hlvrai fandom

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

   05 Sep 2021

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Benrey/Gordon Freeman
   • Bubby/Dr. Coomer (Half-Life)
   • Gordon Freeman
   • Benrey (Half-Life)
   • Tommy Coolatta
   • Dr. Coomer (Half-Life)
   • Bubby (Half-Life)
   • The G-Man (Half-Life)
   • Joshua Freeman
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Slow Burn
   • Post-Canon
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • kind of a sick fic but not really
   • no beta we die like men
   • Angst and Humor
   • Not A Game AU
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Benrey just works on gamer logic
   • Benrey being a little shit
   • Panic Attacks
   • Blood and Injury
   • Alcohol
   • Getting drunk and playing smash
   • slight body horror
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Depression
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • It's a throwaway line in chap 21
   • Kissing
   • Declarations Of Love
   • Sappy
   • fluff...so much fluff
   • Established Relationship
   • shape shifting
   • only a little bit
   • Xen Benrey
   • Therapy
   • Fluffy Ending
   • There is a lot softness in this one

   Words:

   127,247

   Works:

   3

   Bookmarks:

   28

   Bookmarked by aroacekitty

   13 Aug 2026

3. Public Bookmark 88

   to make a heaven of hell by M_Moonshade

   Fandom Malevolent (Podcast)

   • Mature, Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M, Multi
   • Series in Progress

   30 Jun 2025

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • John/Arthur Lester
   • John & Arthur Lester
   • John/Arthur Lester/Noel | Charlie Dowd
   • John/Noel | Charlie Dowd
   • John (Malevolent)
   • Arthur Lester
   • Yellow (Malevolent)
   • Faroe Lester
   • Noel | Charlie Dowd
   • Dennis "The Butcher" Collins
   • Daniel Saltzman
   • Marie Pilon (Malevolent)
   • Hattie (Malevolent)
   • Oscar (Malevolent)
   • Kayne (Malevolent)
   • John (Malevolent) Has His Own Body
   • Faroe Lester Lives
   • Noel | Charlie Dowd has PTSD
   • the dark world
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Canon-Typical Gore
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Queerplatonic Relationships
   • Established John/Arthur
   • new york polycule
   • Sexy exposure therapy to treat Charlie's PTSD
   • past Charlie Dowd/Roland Cummings/Delphine Cummings

   Words:

   125,918

   Works:

   2

   Bookmarks:

   88

   Bookmarked by aroacekitty

   06 Aug 2026

4. Rec 18

   Touch for Gordon? by PCrabapple

   Fandom Half Life VR But The AI Is Self-Aware, Half-Life but the AI is Self-Aware, HLVRAI - Fandom

   • Mature, Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Series in Progress

   26 Nov 2020

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Benrey/Gordon Freeman
   • Benrey (Half-Life)
   • Gordon Freeman
   • Tommy Coolatta
   • Dr. Coomer (Half-Life)
   • Bubby (Half-Life)
   • Touch-Starved
   • Touching
   • Hugs
   • Lap Sitting
   • Wholesome
   • Fluff
   • Heartbeats
   • Shaving
   • Fear
   • Praise Kink
   • Erections
   • Imagined Violence
   • Knifeplay
   • Anxiety
   • Beards (Facial Hair)
   • Facial Shaving
   • Minor Injuries
   • Blood (only a little)
   • Grooming (Like Facial Hair Grooming)
   • Sexual Tension
   • Unresolved Sexual Tension
   • Sounding
   • Catheters
   • Urethral Play
   • Hugging
   • Kissing
   • handjobs
   • Embarrassment
   • Blushing
   • Mentions of Urine
   • but no watersports
   • Resolved Sexual Tension
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Overstimulation

   Words:

   14,777

   Works:

   3

   Bookmarks:

   18

   Bookmarked by aroacekitty

   16 Jul 2026

5. Public Bookmark 95

   Two Sugars-verse by ThatOneGirlBehindYou

   Fandom The Magnus Archives (Podcast)

   • Not Rated, Explicit, Teen And Up Audiences, General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply, Major Character Death
   • Multi, M/M, Gen, F/F
   • Series in Progress

   14 Mar 2021

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Major Character Death
   • Martin Blackwood/Gerard Keay/Jonathan Sims
   • Gerard Keay/Jonathan Sims
   • Martin Blackwood/Gerard Keay
   • Martin Blackwood/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
   • Georgie Barker/Melanie King
   • Martin Blackwood/Gerard Keay/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
   • Gerard Keay/Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
   • Basira Hussain/Alice "Daisy" Tonner
   • Gerard Keay & Gertrude Robinson
   • Agnes Montague/Gertrude Robinson
   • Emma Harvey & Gertrude Robinson
   • Adelard Dekker & Gertrude Robinson
   • Adelard Dekker & Agnes Montague
   • Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist
   • Martin Blackwood
   • Gerard Keay
   • Georgie Barker
   • Melanie King
   • Peter Lukas
   • Gertrude Robinson
   • Eric Delano
   • Mary Keay
   • Jonathan Sims's Grandmother
   • Alice "Daisy" Tonner
   • Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist's Grandmother
   • Agnes Montague
   • Jonathan "Jon" Sims | The Archivist's Mother
   • OT3
   • Polyamory
   • Cat Cafés
   • Fluff
   • Alternate Universe
   • No spooky entities
   • No beta we die like mne
   • Established Relationship
   • Canon Asexual Character
   • Trans Male Character
   • Cunnilingus
   • Oral Sex
   • Anal Sex
   • Fluff and Smut
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Banter
   • Background Gertrude/Agnes
   • Canonical Character Death
   • (For Agnes and Eric)
   • Implied Murder
   • Family Fluff
   • Prequel
   • Found Family
   • Meet-Cute
   • right at the very end
   • Slice of Life
   • Minor Injuries
   • Caretaking
   • First Kiss
   • Kissing
   • Kink Negotiation
   • Asexual Character
   • Sex Toys
   • Anal Fingering
   • Sex Positive Ace
   • Injury
   • Hospitals
   • Childhood Friends
   • Best Friends
   • Mentions of homophobia
   • Mentions of police corruption
   • Pre-Slash
   • Secret Crush
   • Grandparents & Grandchildren
   • Falling In Love
   • Developing Relationship
   • Mentions of Cancer
   • Cancer
   • Bittersweet Ending
   • Aromantic Awareness Week
   • Aromantic Gerard Keay
   • Past Relationship(s)
   • Internalized Arophobia
   • Character Study
   • Gerry Week 2021 (The Magnus Archives)

   Summary

   JonGerryMartin fluffy, non-spooky AU

   Words:

   28,462

   Works:

   11

   Bookmarks:

   95

   Bookmarked by aroacekitty

   12 Jul 2026