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The Player tries to explain to Dr. Coomer why he left the game for so long.
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- Part 2 of HLVRAI Drabbles
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My Heart's Here Upon My Sleeve by willowberecki
Fandoms: Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware (Web Series)
13 Jun 2026
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Addi V. is the guy-to-know at Black Mesa High, the one who works out problems between students, the true neutral party. His relationship with his friends Bubby, Harold, and Tommy seems to be unshakeable... if only he didn't have a crush on someone who's already taken.
When Harold Coomer disappears without a trace, and with a new student named Gordon to throw a wrench in their dynamic, they must put everything aside to look for him. During this search, new feelings will emerge - as will new conflict - and Addi will slowly uncover that there may be more to this world than there seems.
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Morepesok doesn't like to give up its inhabitants.
Or, a story about Childe's mother, except it entirely takes place before he's born and solely features original characters and made-up lore. I'm pretty proud of it though
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- Part 4 of Tales from a Town of Night and Frost
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Morepesok was not a religious town.
It was one of stories, yes, of superstition when the situation called for it, but not of religion. Because the goddess of Snezhnaya was the Goddess of Love, and what use did Morepesok have for love? What good would love do against the bitter cold?
The Goddess answered no prayers, anyway. She hadn’t since long ago.
And Alexei Yefremovich Novikov, at the tender age of four, was just becoming aware of that.
Alexei's relationship with Ajax has been complicated, but over the years he's begun to care more and more for his little brother - only for it all to be ripped away when Ajax is seemingly replaced by a changeling.
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- Part 3 of Tales from a Town of Night and Frost
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This Disconnect Feels Like Drowning by willowberecki
Fandoms: Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware (Web Series)
07 Jun 2026
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The Player's internet connection has been acting up.
(Based on that one part in Act 2. You know the one)
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HLVRAI Drabbles by willowberecki
Fandom Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware (Web Series)
13 Jun 2026
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Tales from a Town of Night and Frost by willowberecki
Fandom 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
12 Jun 2026
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A collection of fics about the Harbingers and their experiences with and reactions to Childe before and after he joined their ranks, listed in chronological order. All fics are standalone, so you don't have to read them in order
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When the Battle Is Over (place your trust in my arms) by Tanit (Saawek), TeaAndSconesx
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
03 Feb 2024
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Childe slips his hand into Zhongli’s and tugs him toward the steps leading down to the harbourfront. Zhongli stumbles, grumbling, “Ajax!” under his breath, but when Childe pauses to look back, the corner of Zhongli’s eyes are crinkled and the lantern-light catches off his golden irises like flame.
His eyes can hide no secrets any longer.
Zhongli loves this.
And so does Childe.
In an effort to keep up with Zhongli's inhuman stamina in the bedroom, Childe turns to unconventional means to extend his own.
It works—but at a cost. With his health deteriorating, Childe attempts to fight on as he attempts to conceal his condition from Zhongli, but as it becomes more and more difficult to maintain his façade, a slip up during a routine mission threatens to bring his efforts crashing down around him.
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- 30,405
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- 6/6
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Bookmarked by willowberecki
23 Oct 2025
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After the Osial incident, Childe becomes a prisoner of the Qixing and quickly discovers that the people of Liyue do not tolerate foreign spies almost destroying their city. Zhongli attempts to negotiate his freedom but may have to resort to more drastic measures as Childe slowly unravels in their hands.
Forced to examine his past, Childe begins to question his motivations and purpose. Who is he, really? How can he face everything he’s done after the delicate lies he’s weaved about who he is are stripped away? The masks of cruel murderer and loving brother within him battle for dominance, but which is the true him?
The only source of comfort he has is Zhongli, who complicates things in his own way….Series
- Part 1 of this fragile peace we carry
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- English
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- 60,644
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- 14/14
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- 2
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- 45,805
Bookmarked by willowberecki
27 Jan 2026
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As the Sun Gazes Upon the Moon by TeaAndSconesx
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
22 Dec 2023
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Concrete and plaster rain from the ceiling, a cloud of dust billows from the floor to create a storm rivalling the Desert of Hadramaveth, and Zhongli raises a geo shield moments before a slab of concrete hurtles toward him, slamming against the shield and shattering in pieces on the floor.
From within the cloud comes a glint of purple and a low, dark laugh.
“Oh, xiansheng…looks like you don’t have much of a choice now, do you?” Childe emerges from the chaos, his hydro polearm crackling electro at the tip. “Don’t go easy on me. I won’t be holding back either.”
After one of Dottore's experiments goes wrong, Childe spends a week lost in the depths of the Abyss. Summoned to Snezhnaya to assist, Zhongli meets a darker, more tormented Childe than the one who left Liyue only weeks prior, tainted with an insatiable thirst for the Geo Archon's blood.
As Childe continues to struggle against uncontrollable transformations and his own dark urges, Zhongli contends with his own uncertainty in being able to assist before Childe is lost to the Abyss's call.
After all, how can one who is not human hope to help another regain their own humanity?
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- 165,324
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Bookmarked by willowberecki
26 Jan 2026
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An explosion sounded in his ears. His mouth filled with hot blood. The fibers of his being unraveled, and he was unmade.
Childe insists he feels fine, but the persistent coughing and grimacing seems to indicate otherwise.
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- Part 2 of Twelve Days of Chilumi
Bookmarked by willowberecki
22 Jan 2026
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A body tumbled against his.
Shocked, and caught off guard, Zhongli stumbled, his spear clattering to the ground as shock turned to horror and his arms clutched at the broken, bloody figure, sinking to his knees with water pooling across his floorboards and seeping into his dressing gown.
“Childe?”
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Or: Instead of sending Childe to Snezhnaya, Skirk sends him to Zhongli.
Bookmarked by willowberecki
07 Dec 2025