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Joined 03-17-13, id: 4604295, Profile Updated: 08-27-13
Author has written 3 stories for Portal, and Half-Life.

Oh, it's been a long time since I was asked to write about myself.

You can call me Borealis. I don't really have a title for myself as of yet. I've been writing for many years now, and have written for Portal since before the second game came out. However, I've never published one of these Portal stories on a site like this. I suppose I was just waiting until I found a story worth sharing.

Favorite Portal characters:

GLaDOS

Doug Rattmann

Chell

Adventure Core

My style:

I tend to write short things in general, such as one-shots. However, my word count is growing, when I can find the inspiration. I'm very good at fluff, decent at describing action, somewhat good at smut, very good at angst, and relatively inexperienced with horror. I take suggestions with joy, since it's hard these days to pick a topic on my own.

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Redemption by Silverstreams reviews
After Caroline discovers her 'parents' to be Black Mesa spies, Doug Rattmann hides young Chell in Old Aperture before she's sealed off and presumed dead. Years later, she's back, and her resurfacing could lead to Aperture's downfall. A Portal prequel about what it truly takes to have a shot at redemption.
Portal - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Suspense - Chapters: 37 - Words: 157,232 - Reviews: 210 - Favs: 127 - Follows: 127 - Updated: 7/26 - Published: 1/6/2013 - Caroline, Chell, D. Rattmann, GLaDOS
Beyond Aperture by ScotsburnChocolateMilk reviews
What if she had held on at the end? Post-Portal 2, slight AU, no humanizations.
Portal - Rated: T - English - Friendship - Chapters: 22 - Words: 60,693 - Reviews: 184 - Favs: 213 - Follows: 209 - Updated: 12/28/2016 - Published: 3/23/2012 - Chell, Wheatley - Complete
Sunlight by Sweet Christabel reviews
AU. Working at Aperture Science's top-secret research facility on the moon, a bitter, callous Doug Rattmann just wants to return to Earth, fed up with the monotony. But within the cold tedium, there's a spark of fire: a test subject with extraordinary tenacity. Drawn to her against his will, Doug finds that it's not too late for him to change, and that maybe he can save them both.
Portal - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 9 - Words: 38,855 - Reviews: 39 - Favs: 39 - Follows: 19 - Updated: 11/22/2013 - Published: 9/27/2013 - [Chell, D. Rattmann] - Complete
Tenacity by Sweet Christabel reviews
Chell is an ordinary young woman thrown into an extraordinary situation. To gain her freedom, she must fight her way through Aperture Science for a second time. The only allies she has are a moron who betrays her, her greatest enemy trapped inside a potato, and a mysterious man who paints on the walls. Eventual ChellxDoug Want to skip to the AU? Read chapter 3, then jump to 8 :)
Portal - Rated: K - English - Friendship/Adventure - Chapters: 15 - Words: 71,649 - Reviews: 60 - Favs: 56 - Follows: 29 - Updated: 9/23/2013 - Published: 7/4/2013 - [Chell, D. Rattmann] GLaDOS, Wheatley - Complete
Simulated Emotion by bedazzled-bat reviews
He didn't hate Her. He may have found Her terrifying and tyrannical, but he pitied Her too much to hate Her. -Mild RattDOS-
Portal - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,379 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 20 - Follows: 3 - Published: 6/10/2012 - D. Rattmann, GLaDOS - Complete
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The Beneath reviews
Old Borealis blueprints mentioned a branch set up in Cleveland, but you never paid much attention to the rumors that people were disappearing. When you're captured by GLaDOS and reluctantly become one of her many test subjects, it's hard to see the big picture. An old enemy's returned, and is attempting to break in. The worst part is that you think they have help from the inside.
Portal - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Suspense - Chapters: 9 - Words: 12,465 - Reviews: 18 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 11 - Updated: 9/7/2013 - Published: 3/17/2013 - GLaDOS
Brothers in Science reviews
Originally created for a Portal kinkmeme prompt, now brought here. Aperture is gone, but the lone survivor has made his way out. Doug makes his way to one of the last strongholds of human civilization, where Gordon is encamped.
Crossover - Half-Life & Portal - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,936 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 7 - Follows: 3 - Published: 8/27/2013 - Gordon F., D. Rattmann - Complete
Where Angels Tread reviews
When under pressure, the mind moves much faster than the body, cogitating at astounding speeds and coming to conclusions. Perhaps someday he would act upon his revelation.
Portal - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 913 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 3 - Published: 4/25/2013 - D. Rattmann, Chell - Complete