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1. you wait and you wonder who'll take on your odds by paperclipbitch

   Fandoms: The Queen's Gambit (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   25 Mar 2021

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Beth Harmon/Benny Watts
   • Beth Harmon
   • Benny Watts
   • Jolene (The Queen's Gambit)
   • D. L. Townes
   • Harry Beltik
   • Matt (The Queen's Gambit)
   • Mike (The Queen's Gambit)
   • Hilton Wexler
   • Arthur Levertov
   • Future Fic
   • Marriage of Convenience
   • What Beth Harmon Did Next
   • Period-Typical Sexism
   • Tropes
   • Mutual Pining
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Build
   • Smoking
   • Exes to Friends to Spouses to Lovers
   • managing addictions
   • Chess
   • Chess Metaphors
   • Friendship
   • Phone Calls & Telephones
   • Beth's Chess Harem
   • References to Addiction

   Summary

   “Don’t think of it as marriage,” Benny tells her. “Think of it as castling.”

   Beth raises an eyebrow. “Am I the king or the rook in this analogy?”

   Series

   • Part 1 of Marriageverse

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   English

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