❝ 𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑲, 𝑫𝑶 𝑰 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀 𝑵𝑬𝑬𝑫 𝑨 𝑷𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑷𝑶𝑹𝑻 ?❞ ───── 𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑰𝑺 𝒀/𝑵? 𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝑰𝑺 𝒀/𝑵? 𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼?

The local sheriff, Forzen, decides to help the local saloon owner clean up after a particularly rowdy bar fight. What happens after-hours stays after-hours. (Mostly.) (AO3 import because i refuse to use it anymore, originally published June 10th, 2020)

Forzen remembers things. Though, most of them....he wishes he really didn't. (AO3 import because i refuse to use it anymore, originally published September 3rd, 2020)

do computers dream of electric sheep? the thing that was turned into an antagonist dreams of a clay house near a beach, and looks through a webcam at an unpixellated world he cannot yet comprehend.

“You’re helping him.” Joshua tells Tommy. He adds leaves on a tree, black crayon blended with an ugly green marker. Tommy nods. Agrees. “I’m helping him.” There’s a lull in the conversation. Tommy’s doodles are in pen, now. Crushed soda cans and an old, old cat. A wilting flower. “You like my dad, don’t you?”

Black Mesa is a small town, and there’s never been much of a need for names, so the arcade’s actual name – if it ever had one – is entirely unknown to the kids. Including the Friday regulars, who always go straight to Mortal Kombat in the corner, one at a time, and bicker about if whoever got there first should let the other kid even touch the joysticks.

Gordon catches Benrey in a dissociative episode.

Gordon sleeps for 30 hours straight. Benrey’s alive. Everything’s kinda chill.