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• What Slithers in the Deep by CryptiDrytch

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

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  24 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Benrey/Gordon Freeman
  • Bubby/Dr. Coomer
  • Tommy Coolatta/Darnold
  • Gordon Freeman (HLVRAI)
  • Benrey - Character
  • Tommy Coolatta
  • Bubby
  • Dr. Coomer (HLVRAI)
  • G-Man (HLVRAI)
  • Darnold
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Dredge crossover
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Eldritch Horror
  • Psychological Horror
  • Eldritch Benrey
  • Eldritch tommy
  • Eldritch G-Man
  • Not A Game AU
  • Black Mesa Sweet Voice
  • Black Mesa doesn't exist though
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Not Beta Read
  • No Joshua unfortunately
  • Cults
  • Other minor characters - Freeform
  • Chapters may receive minor changes as we go
  • minor gore

  Summary

  Gordon Freeman's the new fisherman for a small local town in the coasts. Unfortunately for him, he's about to learn that the coasts are far more dangerous than he bargained for, and that things aren't exactly normal when sailing the seas. Horrible creatures lurk in the deep, some stranger than others, and Gordon's about to meet them one way or another.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  28,330

  Chapters:

  6/?

  Comments:

  34

  Kudos:

  59

  Bookmarks:

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  866