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we are drifting back and forth between each other like a tree breathing through its spectacles by wolflings
Fandoms: The Queen's Gambit (TV)
11 May 2025
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Benny’s got a decent-sized list of things worth a damn in this life, but right at the top are chess and Beth—pleasing Beth and making Beth melt and making Beth laugh and yeah, making her roll her eyes, too.
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11 Dec 2025
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pawn and knight (watch your words) by ShadowSpellchecker
Fandoms: The Queen's Gambit (TV)
21 Jun 2021
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He is eight when the mark appears. He doesn't notice. His opponent does.
Or: First-words soulmark AU. Benny is up for an Epic Chess Rivalry. Beth just wants to win it all.
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- Part 1 of pawn and knight
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29 Nov 2025
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now i'm covered in the colors, pulled apart at the seams by thisismetrying
Fandoms: The Queen's Gambit (TV)
30 May 2022
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Beth can’t see color. But the chess board and the world that it contains is all black and white, so it doesn’t really bother her.
Ironically, it is at a chess tournament that she starts to see color.
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or the queen's gambit "you can't see colors until you meet your soulmate au" that no one asked for
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24 Nov 2025
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if anyone could have saved me (it would have been you) by ICanSpellConfusionWithAK
Fandoms: The Queen's Gambit (TV)
19 Mar 2024
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“You’re not real,” He croaks out once his insides finally stop trying to tear themselves out of him.
She shrugs and pulls her knees to her chest.
“I’m not sure,” She admits. “I’m definitely dead.”
Benny nods and leans his head back against the cold concrete of the wall.
“You’re definitely dead.”
“I guess I won’t need the air mattress then.”
aka Beth is a ghost and Benny is having a hard time accepting it.
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18 Oct 2025
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Benny thinks about chess during sex to avoid other thoughts. Scarier thoughts. Thoughts that involve Beth, and the future, and his heart.
(My take on their first time.)
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16 Oct 2025