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miryum · 1 year
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HI!!!! Good morning/afternoon/evening to youuu! First, I want to say I really enjoy your fics, it makes me feel like I'm on cloud 9. Too bad their just fiction. Anyways....
Idk if you write fics about benny watts, but ig it's worth a shot, I'm obsessed with play date by Melanie Martinez and that song really fit with benny. When benny was only with the reader to practice or play with her but they have a little thing that a couple does but without label. So the ready gets really tired and have a fight with him, and at the end benny told her his feelings.
Really hope you can make this. And advance thank you! <33
YES!!! My beloved Benny Watts!!!! I love him so much 😊 Thank you so much for your words, yet alas, mine are just fiction *sigh* (also, love your username)
Benny moved a rook across the chess board and your face scrunched up. You were nowhere near the level that the great Benny Watts was, but you liked the think you could predict his moves. You had known Benny since you were children, and therefore were able to practically able to read each other minds. That was an argument Benny used many times to rope you into playing chess with him. If you, the person who was able to prophesy his every move, wasn't able to beat him, then he was confident no one could.
You had tried multiple times to get out of playing chess with Benny (albeit thankful that it was a bit of steady income for the two of you, seeing as you were roommates), but he always managed to trick you into playing with him. Sometimes it was through bets, or he got you tipsy, or he simply looked up with you with puppy dog eyes and you melted.
It was hard though, being Benny's friend. You were constantly left alone at the apartment- if you could call it that- and sometimes had to pick up extra shifts because Benny was too engrossed in chess that he forgot to pick up a check. Your friends had urged you to move out, seeing how the stress could get to you, but you refused. You felt bad about the prospect of leaving Benny. He was your best friend, although you sometimes wondered if you were his. He clearly shared a special relationship with Arthur and Harry, simply because they were all the same sex.
And then there was Beth.
You were unsure of when the girl had first appeared in your life; she had just showed up at one point. And you saw how Benny reacted to her.
You were about to move a knight when a knock sounded on the door. Sharing a look with Benny, both silently agreeing to pause the game, you got up and opened the door. Sighing at the character who was waiting to come in, you moved back to the chess boar and plopped back down on the ground.
"Beth!" Benny smiled brightly. You hated him for it. Your feelings for Benny were probably a main factor in why you stayed by his side, even after he had pushed you into the friend-zone multiple times unknowingly.
"Are you guys playing?" Beth moved to sit by you.
You scooted away from her and towards Benny, gesturing to the board and saying, "Play for me, will you? I could never win against the prodigy."
"Hush," Benny took your hand in his. "You were doing wonderfully."
Without another word, you sat back and watched as the two young adults warred in a battle of the wits. No matter how many times you would watch it, you were always awed at the swift, defiant movements that they shared.
An unwanted pang of jealousy wormed its way into your stomach. Why couldn't you've been great at chess? Would Benny than pay more attention to you? And how could he be so blind? Who else had stood by his side for as long as you?
Throughout the match, Benny continued to hold you hand. When you went to pull away, reaching for a book or magazine to interest yourself in, he pulled you back and muttered something about 'his good luck charm'.
Rolling your eyes at his persistence, you shrugged him off. After a while, Benny was declared the winner, but by a slight margin. Even you were able to see how Benny narrowly avoided defeat. He had gotten lucky. Beth thanked you for letting her drop by, saying she had originally come for a book that Benny suggested. After she had left, you started to pack up the chess board. You had come to live with the fact that in your shared apartment with Benny, chess boards would outnumber anything else.
"You alright?" Benny stretched out on the floor, glancing over your figure.
"Why wouldn't I be?"
"Come on, Y/n." Benny shot you a hard look. "I've known you forever. I can see when something bugs you. Out with it."
"Are you blind?" You rounded on his suddenly, your odd question confusing the boy.
"What do you mean?"
"Can you see what's in front of your eyes?" you pressed again. "Because I don't think you can. Every time that Beth, a lovely girl, no doubt, but only a new, shiny toy to you, rounds the corner, you're transfixed and I can't understand why."
"Where is this coming from?" Benny exclaimed, feeling bombarded.
"Haven't I been enough?" You ignore him and continued on. "I've tried to be a great friend, but it's hard sometimes. It's especially hard when I've been crushing after you for the past few years and you can't realise that I like you!"
"You like me?" Benny stilled, blinking owlishly at you.
"Of course, you idiot!" You wanted to throw the chess board down but knew that a line you shouldn't cross. "We've had some pretty bad arguments in our lives and any other friends would've separated by now. Why do you think I always come back to you?"
Benny couldn't help but let a laugh escape. "You come back to me?" he clarified, shaking is head. "No, Y/n, I come back to you. God damn it, I like you too. Love you, in fact! Ever since I first set my eyes on you. You, may I remind you, had a school-girl crush on that one boy, Jack. So, I backed off. I've been harbouring feelings for you ever since."
You stared at him. "Pardon?" you asked finally.
"I guess I am blind." Benny flashed you a brilliant smile that made you melt. "Blinded by my love."
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oreosmama · 2 years
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April Showers (Benny Watts x Reader)
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Summary: All dolled up and ready to confess, you await a certain chess champion’s visit as a thunderstorm rages outside. But the longer your phone call stretches on, the closer you realize he may be to feeling the same about you.
A/N: long time no see y’all. So as it turns out, life is a disaster. funny how that works. anyways, here’s some benny watts bc he’s hot. hope you enjoy!
Word count: 2075
Outside, the rain poured enough to drown the city life. People fled indoors, hair and clothing drenched, umbrellas shivering with droplets. Few taxis were roaming the streets, save for those catching the poor, wandering souls whose homes were nowhere near the concrete jungle in which they trudged.
You curled your finger tighter around the cord of your telephone. A small grin began to tease at your lips, pestering at the corners and daring to smudge upon your front teeth the pale pink lipstick you wore. 
Had you gone anywhere today? You couldn’t quite remember. And yet, there you were, sitting in your third-floor apartment, draped in your nicest day dress, a little black number that flashed your décolleté, and nothing more. 
You hated the dress—despised it, in fact. The broadcloth fabric tickled at every seam, the skirt, even on a day with a light breeze, always wanted to leave little to the imagination, and you didn’t own a single pair of flats that complemented well, despite its impartial color. 
But he liked it. 
You’d been wearing it when you both first met.
Your eyes gleam as you murmur into the telephone, still watching the road in front of your apartment. Your window has grown fogged, streaks of raindrops smearing here and there, and you lean further against the sill. The bruised clouds show no signs of stopping.
Like it was yesterday, you remembered every second of it; the scent of musk, of leather and aftershave and—was that cinnamon?—flooding your senses after colliding with a solid figure. Two hands had grasped your shoulders in effort to steady you, and—God—how you couldn’t forget the feeling of his fingertips against your bare skin.
Soft. That’s what you admired most about him. Despite his rough exterior and deliberate personality, he was unpredictably, endearingly soft. You curled your head closer to the phone, cupping it against your face as though his words were a caress upon your cheek. A breathless laugh escaped you. “Is that right?”
‘Are you all right?’ That day, he’d dipped his head to meet your gaze after you stumbled from the impact, and shaded eyes scanned yours beneath the wide brim of a cowboy hat. Your breath hitched.
Brown, but not one of those plain browns that was easily forgettable; these were one of those browns that would haunt you for days, the ones you could imagine wandering all over you, making you feel that jittery, hot anxiousness that simultaneously makes you want to tighten your clothes around yourself or strip them off altogether. You had let yourself get lost in them for longer than what was socially acceptable, especially with a stranger. 
But for that time, all you could imagine was diving into them a little longer, getting a little closer to see if they were really that dark, deep umber they seemed to be, or if it was just the shadow of his hat. 
‘I’m fine,’ you’d reassured with a tight smile, though it was the growing flush to your cheeks that made you so tense rather than frustration with the collision. It was warm, too warm, and, even worse, it was embarrassing to become so flustered so easily. 
A corner of his mouth had lifted, and his hands retreated from your shoulders. ‘Sorry about that. I should’ve paid more attention.’
The more you pored over the interaction, and every interaction following that, the more you noticed it at every fleck of his words—the hint of a Southern accent. During the day, it slipped past the ears without notice, but when it came to later hours and earlier mornings, it was thick and heavy off his tongue. Often, his voice would lower an octave. A dangerous gruffness would hang on his every word, and a tightness in his jaw kept his words drawled. 
‘Ah, uh, me too.’ You’d shrugged casually, hoping that in some way it might disguise the terrible tremble of your hands. ‘Just been looking for the mirror.’ You gestured down at the black dress your friend had forced you to try on, silently cursing at the way it wrinkled in all the wrong places and hung loose in others. Of course, you remembered thinking to yourself that day, of all the times you were to run into an attractive boy—no, attractive man, it had to be this moment, donned in the most uncomfortable frock imaginable. 
Slowly, his gaze followed the gesture. A careful, brown scan trailed from the bare skin at your collar bone, following the buttoned path down to the fabric pinched at your waist, and finished at the rippling skirt at your knees. His lips twitched, and for one unbearable moment, he was utterly silent. 
All you could think about was how stupid it had been for you to draw more attention to yourself, as if he couldn’t already see the sweating beading at your forehead, or the heartbeat in your throat. This man was sucking the air from your lungs, leaving you breathless and fidgety and nervous and hyper and taut all at the same time. A terrible mixture. And the one thing you had left to do was damn every haphazard, insubstantial interaction you’d ever had with handsome males that had left you so inadequate for this situation. 
Then his gaze flicked up to you, somewhat darker as he tipped his hat towards you and smirked, a gentle curl of his lips, before clearing his throat. ‘I like it. It looks beautiful on you, Miss…?’
His question had hung in the air, marinating until you could bring yourself back down to reality with a harsh bite on your tongue. ‘YN. YLN,’ you mumbled. ‘A-and you are?’
‘Benny. Watts.’
“Benny Watts, don’t you dare tell me that you’re only in this city for a chess tournament.” You shook your head, an unabashed grin overwhelming your face when he chuckled from the other end. “I did my research, you know.”
“Oh yeah, princess? What’d you find?” There was shuffling from his end, and you heard what must have been jangling coins, but dismissed it.
“The only tournament here is for the state title.”
“Yeah?”
“So you’re telling me that the US Champion wants to play chess against forty-year-olds with nothing better to do, and university students?”
“Yeah, well, maybe I’m strapped for cash.”
You curled further into the sofa, hugging the telephone base closer to your chest and fiddling with the rotary dial. “Bullshit.”
He’d told you he was a chess player that day, and a good one at that. Said he’d travel all over the country to play, sometimes the world. You almost didn’t believe it, until he’d led you over to the magazine rack and pulled the latest edition of Chess Review. 
‘Here,’ he probed the front pocket of his trench coat, revealing a wallet. ‘You should keep it.’ Wordlessly, he passed a few bills to the cashier near the door. ‘And the dress.’
‘No, you shouldn’t just-’
He flashed you a smile and tipped his hat, already halfway out the door. ‘I already did, princess.’ Then he winked. ‘Don’t worry. We’ll meet again.’
“Well, princess, I do so love to be the best in your eyes, but I have to say there are some strong up-and-comers nowadays.”
“Same excuse you used last time.”
“Damn,” he whistled, letting out a sigh. “Can’t slip anything past you, can I?”
But he had, once. Just once.
‘Well,’ your friend had appeared beside you after he slipped out of the department store, causing you to flinch. ‘Now we know the dress works.’
You’d huffed, trying to summon the effort to throw her a glare, but the rapid thumping of your heart had been making any and all anger difficult. ‘I’ve been looking for you.’
‘Well damn,’ she smiled slyly and shook her head with disbelief, ‘you should look for me a lot more often.’
And as the pair of you watched him walk away, you’d spotted a small tuft of blond hair peeking out between the brim of his hat and the collar of his leather trench coat, and cursed at how well it all took your breath away. You had to agree with her. 
“Not anymore. You know I love to hear about your wins, Benny, but not like this.”
“Aw, you flatter me.” You could imagine the way he was fiddling with his hat at this point, dragging a finger across the brim or perhaps readjusting it altogether. “Here I thought you were getting tired of my chess talk.”
“I wouldn’t have stayed on the call if I was. Plus, you get all cute after you’ve won a game.”
On the other end of the line, Benny scoffed incredulously. “Cute? Did you just say cute?”
You leaned your head back, biting your lip. “Yeah, you know, it’s adorable the way you get all excited when they give up.”
“Adorable? Excited?”
“Yep.”
“...You’ve never seen me play a single game, have you?”
Finally, he was back in town. He’d called and told you ahead of time that he was headed over from New York; that he’d signed up for a tournament and had arranged to stay at a local hotel, and that he was wondering if you could meet up somewhere. 
Somewhere.
Meet up.
Hotel.
As if he hadn’t been planning on staying in your apartment anyway. As if the plan was to share a couple drinks and a couple laughs, the way you’d done it so many times before. As if the second before last phone call you’d had with him hadn’t ended with him almost telling you he loved you—just before he broke himself off with a stutter and mumbled something about having to hang up. 
And now he was coming here. 
The conversation had fallen into a natural lull, and it was then you took note of how painfully hot your cheeks were despite the cold weather exuding from your window. Your fingertips were frozen, you realized, as you gnawed on your thumbnail. 
“Benny, I…” You dug your nails into your arm, eyes clenched shut. “I really miss you.”
His breath hitched.
The silence grew suffocating. 
Your heart thumped painfully, and the dress began to itch. 
Then he exhaled. “I miss you too.” He shuffled on the other end. “So fucking much, princess. Look out your window.”
“What?”
Your gaze darted outside. The sun was just setting, and the sky had grown more black during your call. The lone street lamp shining into the phone booth was the only reason you could see him. 
He was supposed to be waiting for a cab at the university—that’s what he’d told you, at least. 
Instead, in the foggy glass box, he raised his hand, fingers flashing in a short wave. 
“Benny.”
“I couldn’t wait.”
When your form disappeared from the window, he hung up. When you raced down the stairs of your apartment complex, he abandoned the phone booth. 
And when you burst through the front doors, he opened his arms, grunting as you collided with his chest, chuckling as the motion flung the damp hat from his head. 
“Now who’s excited?” he mumbled into your hair.
He was completely soaked from what must have been a two-hour walk through a thunderstorm. The damp sleeves of his leather coat began seeping through the dress fabric at your waist. Droplets from his hair dripped onto your cheek. 
Then he pulled away, tilted up your head with a lone hand on your jaw, and crashed his frozen lips against yours, as though trying to absorb whatever warmth you would give him. God, even his ring chilled you to the bone.
But you couldn’t bring yourself to mind. Not as you drew him up the stairs, back into your apartment. Not as you both shed layers upon layers, peeling back whatever separated the two of you, until it was solely skin on skin and nothing more. 
And when the steam of the shower obscured your view of him, he sought you out on his own, searching for you and curling himself around you, planting his lips against your throat as his fingers secured the softness of your hips. 
“Princess?” he mumbled into your skin, sweet honey dripping off his accent and soaking into your skin. 
“Hmm?” Your fingers danced along his scalp as you dragged them through the blond tufts, suds floating down the drain. 
“I love you.”
“I love you too.”
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whoneedsname501 · 1 month
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Help please!!!
I swear there used to be alot more fanfics, in alot more fandoms. Or are the fic hiding from me? Now it is really hard to find something good and when you find something its usually smut. Give me fluff, and cute stuff. Or are just everybody so horny???
Please I need a good recomends for my favorite men. Just as:
TMR Newt
Benny Watts
Whitey Winn
Draco Malfoy
Stiles Stilinski
Tommy Shelby
Poe Dameron
Jack Dawkins (I know he is new but I need something good)
Obi-wan Kenobi
Hawkeye Pierce (MASH)
Hawkeye (MCU)
Javier Peña
Edmund Pevensie
And alot more....
I need FLUFF with them!!! Or at least angst that ends with fluff. Or at very least smut with a lot of fluff and plot. Yes I am the one person that reads smut for the plot :) Please!!!
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the-fiction-witch · 19 days
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Red Head
Media The Queens Gambit
Character Benny Watts
Couple Benny X Reader (Red Head) & Benny X Beth
Rating Flirty (Mild Smut Implications)
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I sat at my table in my apartment hoping my wicked little plan was going to work as I intended. Across my apartment Beth sat sorting her suitcase for the four days she'd be here between the Ohio tournament and Paris, she had intended to get a hotel but I offered my living room to her. It wasn't the case I was feeling nice I did have a point to doing so, I was trying to Coax Y/n over as I know she can be a little... jealous. So as soon as she finds out I have a lady here she'll be over which is really what I want. I miss Y/n so so much, I knew I missed her the moment I got back through the basement door, as all I wanted was to see her sweet Y/E/C eyes and cute red curls. To wrap my arms around her waist and give her a billion kisses. I miss her so badly, but I knew why we were apart. We were young and in love so happy and excited and then... things happened, and I knocked her up. It made our relationship very strained even if we both still loved each other so deeply that we needed time apart she moved out about six months into her pregnancy and I had been visiting her as much as I could. Once our little angel was born we agreed to spend as much time as could to see our sweet girl as much as possible. I had to work still so I'd been off on tournaments and championships so I hadn't seen Y/n or our daughter for almost two months! That's like half her little life I've missed! But now I'm home... the only thing I want is Y/n and my daughter back in my arms where they belong, forever this time. But... if it doesn't work... I have Beth. which will do I guess I know I should think better about Beth, she is nice I guess but honestly... I'd trade the world to have Y/n and Ila back. 
Maybe if Y/n sees me with another lady she might get jealous and realize how much she misses me too. I can hope! 
I sat not paying much attention to Beth and her business, and I perked up as the phone rang. So I cleared my throat and picked up the phone,
"Hello?"
"Hi Watts," her sweet voice comes through the phone, 
I knew her call was coming it's like she has a sixth sense, for this type of stuff. So I smiled and replied, "Hello Y/n,"
"I need a favour,"
"Oh? enlighten me?" 
"Sitter cancelled and I have a double shift today so can I-"
"Don't even sweat it, ohh actually give me a sec," I told her playfully, I moved the phone but made sure it was close enough Y/n would still hear me, "Beth?" I asked,
"Yes?" she asked looking up to me,
"you alright with my daughter coming to stay for the night?"
"Ohh... uhh yeah sure," she shrugged, 
"Good," I nodded before I returned to the phone, "Yeah no problem bring her by and I'll look after her,"
"You sure if you have a visitor?"
"I'm sure, bring her over. I'll see you soon," 
"Alright see you soon," 
I hung up the phone,
"How old is your daughter?" Beth asked,
"She's four months," I smiled,
"ohh, still a baby," she said a little nervous, "Never been around babies,"
"Awww Ila is a beautiful well behaved little angel," I smiled, 
"Ila?"
"Ila. Ila Watts. She's perfect,"
"I never imagined you... as a dad?"
"Well, it happens," I shrug, "And... I don't know, I think I'm kinda... made to be a dad," 
It wasn't long until the door knocked so I fixed my hair and ran to the door opening it up to let her in. Y/n stood beyond my door, in her little white sneakers, her flesh-tone stockings, her little white dress with her cardigan and bag over her shoulder, her sweet red hair in little curls around her shoulders, her sweet Y/E/C eyes and freckles across her face. And in her arms! the sweetest little baby ever! her cute little pale skin and freckles and Y/E/C eyes just like her mother but she had my hair and my nose Y/n had dressed her in a cute little purple dress with little pink butterflies and put her blonde hair in a braid,
"Awwww hello, my sweet little love! My beautiful little Ila," I cooed taking her to pull her to my chest and give her all the cuddles and kisses I'd be saving for her since I saw her last, 
"Hello Benny," Y/n playfully rolled her eyes,
"Hello Y/n," I blushed giving her cheek a kiss praying she would return it and she did which turned my cheeks red, 
We both came in Y/n put Ila's bag on the table as I carried Ila on my hip giving her lots of kisses which made her giggle, 
"You saw her three weeks ago," Y/n laughed,
"Yeah that's three weeks," I chuckled, "You are getting so big now," I cooed, 
"I take it this is the Beth Harmon I have read about," Y/n turned her attention to Beth the two coming almost squaring each other up, 
"You must be Y/n Watts," Beth offered her hand,
Y/n chuckled, "Just Y/n," she said shaking her hand, 
"Ohh... sorry I-"
"It's fine," 
"You two aren't then..."
"No, no... we took time apart just before Ila was born,"
"Yeah, but we share looking after this little lady," I cooed, 
"Her milk's in her bag, her little bear is in the bag, of course, I'll be back at six," Y/n explained, 
"I know, have a good shift, Y/n," I smiled,
"I will have fun Ila sweetheart," she kissed Ila, "Nice to meet you, Beth," She said giving her a wave before she headed out of the apartment and off to work, 
"She's nice," Beth nodded,
"Yeah she's lovely," I nodded trying not to blush, 
"Can I hold her?" Beth asked looking at Ila,
"Aww of course," I cooed, "Ila Watts, this is Beth Harmon." I smiled, "Beth this is Ila," 
"Hello," Beth did her best to smile but Ila wasn't overly bothered about her, 
"Just put your hand under her butt, and under her head there you go," I smiled as I handed Ila over to Beth, she seemed unsure but smiled at little Ila,
"Awww she's so cute,"
"She is isn't she, the most beautiful girl in the world," I cooed, 
But Ila began to squirm and cry, 
"Ohh what did I do?"
"Awww come here little lovely lady, come to daddy," I took Ila back and she happily calmed down, 
"Sorry..."
"It's alright she just probably wanted a cuddle with Daddy," I smiled, 
I finished feeding Ila her bottle and began to bounce her on my shoulder to burp her, 
"You're really good with her," Beth smiled as she sat on the airbed, 
"Thanks," I smiled as I finally burped Ila so I laid her in the crib, 
"You look... really handsome with a baby," 
"I do?" I raised an eyebrow as I sat down with her and we each had a drink,
"Yeah," she smiled, "it's really cute how good you are with her,"
"Thanks," I blushed a little, 
"So..." she smiled moving a little closer and brushing her fingers through my hair, "I notice, Y/n and I do have something in common?"
"Ohh?"
"You got a thing for redheads Benny?"
"...Maybe," 
"Well your little angel's sleeping soundly and she's not getting picked up till tomorrow right?"
"...Yeah, true," I smirked a little, 
"Shall we?" She encouraged, 
I thought about it for a while, I couldn't not think about Y/n but admittedly... Y/n has been gone for a while now, and maybe it would be better for me to just try someone else. "Alright," I smirked back taking her hand and giving it a small kiss before heading her to my room, 
I lay gasping, sweat across my body as Beth turned over and went to sleep. It was fun, and Intense but... I felt sick. 
I felt like a dick, I know Y/n and I aren't together but... I felt so strange, I felt like I was cheating on her. And it didn't help, even if I had been on my own a while this didn't help it just made me miss Y/n even more. I wanted her body in my hands, her lips on my own, I wanted her! Not beth... Nothing wrong with Beth she's great but... I want Y/n. I Barely slept at all just tossing and turning trying not to think about what I did. I suppose it had a small silver lining, I know now... I am not going to be able to get over Y/n. 
Ila began to cry so I got up and slipped some clothes on going out and soothing her back to sleep, I kissed her little blonde head as she drifted away again.
"I'm sorry Ila, Daddy did a bad thing." I whispered, "And Mummy is not going to be happy with Daddy." 
I stayed up watching over Ila until the door knocked so I went and got it opening it wide to see Y/n tired from her double shift.
"Hey," she smiled kissing my cheek,
"Hey," I sighed letting her in, 
"You okay?"
"Yeah... tired."
"Ohh she kept you up?"
"No, no she was an angel as always,"
"Good, Awww sleeping like a little log," she chuckled as she went to the crib, 
"Y/n-"
"Yeah?" She asked giving Ila a little stoke in her crib not wanting to wake her, "Such a beautiful little baby, you were good for daddy?"
"Y/n Please. I need to tell you something?" I sighed crossing my arms over my chest,
"What is it?" She stood noticing how serious I was, 
I went to open my mouth but the bedroom door opened to Beth in my shirt from last night with messy hair, Y/ns eyes met her, and then she flicked them to me, without a word. She knew. 
"Morning," Beth yawned,
I could see the rage building in Y/n so I very quickly grabbed my wallet, 
"Beth. Ughhh run down to the corner store and ughh grab some cigarettes," I told her as I know she smokes handing her some money, 
"I have half a -" she began,
"Beth. Please." I pleaded with her, she looked between me and Y/n and took the money, she went into the bedroom and got some different clothes on all while we waited without a word, She came out and kissed my cheek but I didn't give her a reaction. 
"Back in a sec," she says,"
"Take your time." I told her, The moment the door closed, "I can explain."
"I don't want to hear it," she said packing up Ila's things, 
"No, no no." I stopped her, "Please... please just listen to me I swear I can explain,"
"I don't want to hear it benny," she said our voices hushed so as to not wake Ila but still angry, 
"Please just hear me out,"
"You had sex with her?"
"yes I did But-"
"No, but there is not but-"
"Yes, there is! Please I did it I admit that but I feel so bad about it it's destroying me I should never have done it I was being so stupid!"
"Yes, you were!"
"I know! I know! Please will you ever forgive me!"
"No!"
"No! please, Y/n!"
"You had sex with some girl while our infant daughter slept in her crib, less than two feet away, I don't know what would be worse the door was open she could have seen, heard, god knows what. Closed! she is four months something could have happened to her,"
"The door was open but only a crack! and I listened for her crying the whole time we were super quiet so as to not wake her. But that's not important right now-"
"It's very important Benny!" she complained "You had sex with a woman five feet from our infant!"
"This! This is what you're concerned about! She was safe she was fine, aren't you infatuated I cheated on you!"
"Not really,"
"what do you mean not really!"
"We are split up Benny!"
"So!"
"So it's not cheating if we're not together!"
"But I feel terrible, I betrayed you, I regret everything I did, please"
"This is what you are concerned over! benny we're not together you can fuck who you want I don't care I care when our daughter is in earshot!"
"Why!"
"So you don't traumatize our infant daughter!"
"No! why don't you care? I cheated on you! I had felt sick to my stomach the moment I did it! I still love you, you know I do, and I know you still love me, it was a huge huge mistake and I would do anything to undo it..." I explained tears flooding down my face, "Please... please... I- I can't be without you, the woman I love the mother of my child, I felt like throwing up to think about what I've done. I want you. I only want you. Please forgive me... Please... forgive me, let me do whatever it takes to make it up to you and please.... please Y/n... give me back my family." 
"You're family?"
"You and me and Ila."
"you slept with-
"I know. I know. Please... I'll walk barefoot through glass for you. I'll climb the Empire State Building naked. I'll swim from New Jersey to Dover. Please! She's my daughter... and you're my girl. I am so so sorry, I should have thrown away every invitation that came while you were pregnant, I should have never left your side, I should have helped you work through all your feelings, I have missed half of her life... and I don't want to miss another second of it. And I want to share every single moment of her life with you." 
"That doesn't excuse what you've done..."
"I know." I told her stroking her cheek, "But I swear to you, I would do the impossible for Ila. And I would do the impossible for you." 
"That's just it... it's impossible," she said going to the crib,
"No! NOOOO! No, you can't please!" I begged, "Reject me if you must if you really can't face what I have done. But please... please Y/n I beg of you. Don't take her. She's my daughter, my angel, my baby girl, please! you can't take her, you can't just take her, please! Please... even if you reject me even if you hate me please just let me see her..." I begged, "Please just let me see my daughter,"
"I don't think she should be anywhere near her sex pervert of a father for a while,"
"NOOO! Please!" I broke down, "You have no right! you can't just take her! she's my daughter!"
"And she's mine too!"
"You are not just taking her!"
"What makes you think you should keep her! you've been gone half her life and as soon as you come back you spent your time with someone else so clearly you don't want her around!"
"I said I'm sorry! The only person I want around is you, BUT you -"
"Don't you dare blame me for this! You ran off and left me while I was pregnant!"
"To make money! To afford our baby!"
"and when you get back the first thing you do is shack up with her!"
"I'd have shacked up with you if you were here!"
"Ohh so it's purely whoever is close enough?"
"No! that's not what I-" I sighed, "Y/n... I love you. I am sorry for what I did. I regret it completely. I will never even think of doing something like this again. I want to be with you. I want to be with Ila. I will literally have sex with you every day to make you trust me. and I would becuase your fucking gorgeous! nothing on her. You know why I slept with her! really! the real answer! cause she's a redhead. and it went through my mind in the short seconds she flirted with me that if I turned her over and just looked at her from the back with her red hair for a brief moment I could think it's YOU! Happy! You are happy you made me admit I am a fucking degenerate! That I love my ex that fucking much that I could have slept with any woman from her to Ohio in the last week but no I slept with Beth.  the one Other redhead I know! Becuase I am that down bad about you! I brought her hear literally to make you jealous! to try and get over you and I can't! I did it! it doesn't work! I still love you, I still want you and I would rather DIE than not have you!" 
She grabbed my face and kissed me, I was shocked given how much of a rant I just went on, but I am not complaining I grabbed her body and savoured every single thing. Her skin, her lips, her smell, her taste. I never wanted to let her go, I grabbed her thighs and picked her up wrapping her legs around me as I carried her to bed our lips never even separating until I dropped her on the bed. I went to pull open my draw to grab surprisingly my second condom of the last twenty-four hours but she slapped my hand,
"Don't you dare?" She smirked, "You know that's not how I like you,"
"Alright... just how you love me," I smirked pulling her back into the kiss.
I smiled holding Y/n close and peppering her with all the kisses I could manage, 
"I wonder where Beth is?" She spoke up,
"...Hu..." I sighed, "I hadn't even thought about that... She'll be fine," I shrug, 
"Alright," She chuckled trying to go but I pulled her closer,
"No. My Y/n."
"I'm getting Ila,"
"Ohhh... yes! fetch the angel!" I cooed,
She climbed out and fetched little Ila climbing back into bed I wrapped my arms around the two of them, and... for the first time in months, I felt happy again. I felt complete. I felt like everything was right. The three of us snuggled together in my bed, the world could end in this moment and I would welcome it with a smile, as I have my world in my arms. 
"I love you both so much,"
"I love you too Benny,"
"Does this mean... it's happening?"
"What's happening?" she chuckled,
"We're getting back together?" 
"... I don't know Benny,"
"Y/n, please. you know I'll do anything to make you forgive me. I am a dick for everything I've done. But I want you girls in my life. I need you."
"How about this... a couple of months, visiting. while I think it over?"
"...Okay," I nodded, 
I sat with my book trying to keep my mind awake this late when the phone rang, I rolled my eyes assuming it was Beth. 
I had been... distant with her. We hadn't done anything since that night nothing had happened the rest of her days with me in New York and I had no intention of doing anything with her at all ever again all while I waited for Y/n... she wanted time so I gave her it, Ila had been visiting all month and I felt more in love every second I was with them. I wanted to bolt over and just take them in my arms but I gave her time. 
I went and grabbed the phone expecting her flirty tone but,
"Hello?"
"Hi, Watts."
"Y/n! Hi sweetie."
"Hi, is it a good time to talk?"
"Yeah of course what's up?"
"I uhh... I made a decision,"
"You did," I became nervous given her tone, "what is it?"
"Well... I have, now you need to-"
"Y/n. You know I love you. And I want you back as my girlfriend you know I -"
"Benny please listen,"
"Okay... sorry..."
"I went to the doctor today," 
"You did! is Ila okay!"
"Ila is fine it was for me."
"Oh... are you okay?"
"Yeah just a blood test and stuff but uhh they found something out,"
"What did they find out?"
"... Benny I'm pregnant."
"wha- what!"
"I'm pregnant."
"H-h-h-ho-ho-how- how is that-" I stuttered, "Oh my god we didn't use a condom..."
"Yeah,"
"Please don't take this the wrong-"
"yes, it's yours."
"Ohh thank god. sorry, I-"
"It's okay, natural for you to ask, So I'm pregnant again..." she sighed, "So  I know my answer"
"Which is?"
"I want to come home..."
"You do?" I got teary,
"Is that okay with you?"
"It's more than okay with me," I smiled, "Come home Y/n, and I promise I will be here for you, and Ila, and for our little one."
"Are you sure?"
"Y/n. I love you. I want you home. Our home. I want us to be together again."
"Okay, see you in an hour,"
"See you soon," I smiled blowing her a kiss and she blew me one too before I hung up the phone, but almost immediately I picked it back up and dialled the number it took a while but it soon answered,
"Hello?"
"Hey Beth,"
"ohh Hi, Benny,"
"So uhh... I need a word,"
"About what?"
"This... this isn't going to work, it's been fun, but you're so far away in Kentucky and I have Ila to think about it's just... it's not going to work you can find someone else to go to Moscow with you,"
"Ohh... yeah I understand, thanks for telling me I guess rather than just leaving me hanging,"
"Yeah I didn't want to be a dick about it, but your a really great girl I'm sure you'll find someone better than me,"
"Thanks, Benny,"
"you're welcome, Bye Beth."
"Bye, Benny,"
I hung up and I couldn't hold back my smile I went to the bedroom and dug through my drawer grabbing the little box I had bought when we first found out about Ila... but Y/n never gave me a chance to give it to her. I changed my shirt and did my hair and soon enough I heard the door so I rushed over with the box in my pocket and opened the door to see Y/n with Ila in her arms.
"Hi Benny,"
"Hi," I smiled giving her lips a soft kiss and she happily returned it, I kissed Ila and took her from Y/n taking her to her high chair while Y/n threw her bag on the bed and Ila's bag by the crib, "How are you for stuff?"
"Good for two weeks, we can start the move-in from there,"
"Perfect," I smiled, "Y/n..."
"Yes, Benny?"
"I uhh I have a little gift for you,"
"Ohh? Pizza? cause I am starving?"
"No" I laughed, "But we can get pizza," I smiled, "Y/n." I took her hand and gave it a soft kiss, "I love you beyond measure, when you left it broke me, all I wanted was you back in my arms, we have a beautiful little girl together and she's everything I ever wanted. I made mistakes I admit that and I am happy to spend the rest of my life making it up to you. I've told Beth it's never happening again and it's over even if it never really began... and now... we get another little one. I have Ila. and soon we'll have another sweet baby. I have everything I need to be happy,"
"And now you have me too,"
"I do... but I need you to be one more thing, My wife."
"Benny you-"
"Please Y/n, will you marry me?" I asked offering her the little box she took it and opened it to see the sweet white diamond I got for her what felt like so long ago now, "I understand if you need time to-"
"Yes."
"wh- what?"
"yes! Yes, I'll marry you!"
"Ohh Y/n! I love you so much!" I hugged her as tight as I could,
"I love you too Benny!" she began to cry so I pulled back kissed her tears and slipped the ring on her finger, we both blushed hard and shared our first sweet kiss as an engaged couple only to be interrupted by Ila crying we chuckled and shared a small kiss before I picked Ila up in my arms and I held Ila, Y/n and my hand on Y/n's stomach and our slowly growing baby, 
"I have all that matters to me, in my arms right now. and I am never letting any of it go again." 
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Gold Rush (part 6)
Benny watts x reader
Warnings: cliche tropes, the water class glass exchange was inspired by another author but I can’t find the exact quote so just know I’m not that creative
A/n: howdy darlings, I’m not too happy with this piece but I think I’m starting to find my footing again in this story so if this is well received I will make more parts so please lmk if that’s something you all are interested in. As usual be gentle with yourselves my lovelies ❤️‍🔥
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The rest of the cocktail hour went by without any hiccups, with Benny’s arm around the back of your chair you noticed substantially less backhanded remarks, which, while sexist, was still appreciated. Dinner is brought out in carts with silver dishes overflowing and ready to be distributed.
“You got drinks, I’ll grab us both food” you offered, already on your feet. Benny made some effort to deter you, arguing he had no problem getting the food but you only brushed him off.
“I know the drill, you don’t like raw tomatoes,capers or olives” you assured, already heading towards the growing line, he followed you anyways.
“How’d you know that?” He inquired, and you almost laughed at the question.
“We’ve been to countless of these events together, I’ve just noticed overtime” he smirked teasingly,
“You’ve been watching me, huh?” You give him a gentle jab to the ribs,
“Yeah, with judgment at your childlike pickiness” he rolls his eyes but resigns himself to your shared table
Benny POV
I sat and watched her as the line creeped along, nursing a new bottle. Usually I’d drink at these events but seeing as I’m driving (y/n)s car, which was very close to her heart, I decided to stick with non alcoholic radlers.
“Are you Benny Watts?” The voice to my right catches me by surprise, the owner of the voice even more so. A woman, tall and thin, about (y/n)s age but maybe a little older, stands before me. She has short red hair and large eyes, and is wearing a black and white shift dress. I cleared my throat awkwardly, I was used to being around (y/n) but the idea of another chess girl did make me a little uneasy.
“That’s me, who’s asking?” I lean back into my chair, opening my legs and making eye contact, looking her up and down for any sign of familiarity.
“Beth Harmon” her arms are crossed over her chest, not moving to extend a hand, so I chose not to either. “You hold the US title, correct?” I nodded my head and for a while neither of us spoke, we just sized each other up. Deciding to test my luck I lean across the table, propping my chin up with one arm.
“Come to ask anything or just look at me? I’ve been told I’m quite easy on the eyes” She doesn’t smile or blush or send back a witty remark like (y/n) would, she just narrows her eyes,
“I’m just trying to meet my competition” I raise my eyebrow and am about to ask her what makes her, unheard of by me, my competition. Before a much more familiar voice behind me speaks up.
“I got us food Ben, it was wild in there, nearly had to shank someone in the eye in order to get the last of the garlic rolls- Oh hi! I saw you earlier and meant to introduce myself. I’m (y/n) (l/n), you’re Beth, correct?” Her voice is chipper as she sets out plates down on the table, extending her arm enthusiastically to the woman next to me, who just gives her a look before nodding her head and reluctantly meeting her handshake.
“That’s correct” (y/n) smiles widely,
“You should join us for dinner, we’ve got this table to ourselves and I’d love to know more about you-“
“I’m just leaving” Beth explains quickly “I think I’m going to take my dinner up to my room, thank you though” I watch (y/n)s grin falter before quickly producing another, more artificial smile.
“Of course, maybe I’ll see you tomorrow in competition” Beth nods and responds with a noncommittal “maybe” before removing herself from the situation. (Y/n) takes the seat across from me. She had grabbed two plates full of penne with vodka sauce, complete with the garlic rolls as she had described. I give a quick thank you before diving wholeheartedly into the food, not having eaten anything since breakfast. (Y/n) follows suit but in a much less enthusiastic way and I can see the cogs turning in her head.
“She’s supposed to be really good, new to the competitive world but very serious in the sport” her eyes raise to mine “Beth” she clarifies, as if there were an abundance of women competing in the event. I nodded in thought,
“Seems like a piece of work, feisty for sure” she nods in a distracted manner and continues pushing her food around. After about 20 minutes of deliberation I finally clear my throat,
“I’m going to take my plate back” I state, standing and gathering my used silverware “Do you want anything?” I ask. She had only eaten about half of her plate but quickly pushed it towards me.
“You can take mine back as well, if you don't mind.” she answered.
“You sure?” I question, glancing between her and the half full plate “You didn’t eat much”
“Yeah, I’m sure” she confirms “I just have a bit of a headache so I don’t really feel like eating much more” I nod in response,
“Alright, how about I drop these plates and we pull an Irish exit?” I offer, immediately feeling better when her face brightens into a smile.
“Sounds like a plan to me” she agrees, finishing off her glass. I made quick work of dropping the dishes off on a cart by the door before heading back to the table where (y/n) was standing, gathering her belongings. I pull her coat off the back of her chair, helping her into it. She offers me a shy smile over her shoulder and I mindlessly rub her biceps before gathering my own coat.
The night was still young and the room was even more crowded than before, I protectively wrapped my arm around (y/n)’s back, guiding her towards the staircase, feeling a swell of pride as she subconsciously leaned into my embrace. Her hand finds the bend of my arm as we make our way down the stairs and she doesn’t make any move to release it until we’ve let out into the cold evening air. She buries her face into my sleeve, muttering something I couldn’t quite make out.
“What was that, love?” I inquire, she pulls her face off of my arm scowling into the wind.
"Said it’s cold as shit” she repeats, before curling back into my side. I chuckle, reaching a hand up to stroke her hair reassuringly.
“We’ll turn the heat all the way up in the car,” I promise “you’ll be cooked medium rare by the time we get back to base” I hear her muffled giggle and smile to myself. Give me all the national titles and championship rings in the world, none of it stroked my ego like making her laugh. I’d spent the last 8 years of my life, at least, pushing myself to be competitive in chess in large part just to have a reason to be around her. We both lived for the chase, we both reveled in the intellectual challenge that the other presented, and at the end of the day we were both hard to satisfy. I couldn’t recall either of us maintaining a relationship beyond a few months in the past couple years at least. Arriving at the car I pull open her door for her which she rolls her eyes at but offers a ‘thank you’ regardless. I slid into the driver's side and turned the key in the ignition, allowing it to idle as I cranked the heat up and leaned over the bench seat to rummage through a box left on the back seat.
“What are you doing?” she asked, having kicked off her boots and pulled her feet up on the bench, hugging her knees for warmth. I unceremoniously dumped a wool blanket over her, just as I had done a few weeks ago that rainy night of the qualifier.
“Oh, Benny…” she said, probably meaning for it to be scolding even though it came out more like a coo.
“I know you well, doll” I smirked, finally shifting the car into first gear and pulling out of the parking lot and onto the road. She scooted next to me, eliminating any space between us and I felt my breath catch in my throat. The proximity wasn’t new to us but her intentionally closing the distance made me want to hold my breath. She was much more shy in her advances and I knew any poorly placed joke could send her running, so I bit my tongue and kept my eyes on the road as if nothing had changed. She draped the blanket across both of our laps and I released my held breath. Of course there was a reason, there always is. (y/n) is a chess player, nothing if not calculated and I couldn’t allow myself to so easily forget that. But she leaned her head against my shoulder and shut her eyes.
“Thank you, Benny,” she hummed and I could feel her breath fan across my neck with each word. My skin burned where we connected, my entire right side from shoulder to thigh feeling so hot it may as well have been emitting light. I cleared my throat, keenly aware of the hot blood rising to my face.
“Don’t mention it,” I choke out. The closeness was one thing when we were both half awake and my body simply functioned to warm hers, but there was no reason to write this off as, no simple justification for her mouth to be so close to my jugular, for her legs to be pressed against mine. The car was warm, and getting warmer by the second, there were no misogynists to scare away from our table. It was just us in this vacuum and I drive forever if that’s what kept us here. The drive didn’t last forever, unfortunately and soon enough I was pulling into that long gravel driveway. The rattling of the car pulled (y/n) from her nap which she groaned in annoyance at, sitting up and stretching her arms behind her head. The movement relieved me of her contact, and although between her touch and the thick wool blanket covering us both I had been practically cooking alive, I felt cold without her almost instantly, as if she had taken all of our shared warmth with her. I shifted the car into neutral, pulling up the hand brake and turning off the ignition before turning to her. She looked warm, her cheeks slightly flushed, soft hair tangled around her face like sunbeams. She was like the sun and I was lucky enough to be basking in her light. She catches my gaze, quirking an eyebrow in question but I just look away and clear my throat. During the course of the drive back from town the sun had completely set, so after we both exited the car I linked our hands together as we squinted through the darkness towards the shadow-hidden cabin doing our best not to trip on rocks and fallen branches. After making it successfully up the porch steps I shoulder open the door and feel along the walls until I find the light switch which, when flipped, illuminates the dull yellow overhead lamp. I pull off my jacket and hang it along with the keys to the car by the door. (y/n) strides past me with a determined gait towards the bedroom and I hear a muffled “umph” accompanied by the whine of the old box spring letting me know she had found her destination. I lock the door behind me before heading towards the bedroom as well.
The room was still dark, only the faint yellow glow of the living room casting any light into the cold room. I begin searching through the drawers where I had unpacked my clothes the previous day in search of something warm but comfortable to sleep in.
“Benny?” comes a muffled voice from behind me. I see (y/n) cocooned in blankets with only her eyes and above visible peering through the darkness at me.
“Yes?” I answer, pulling two sets of fleece lined flannels and baggy sweats from the dresser.
“Could you grab me a glass of water?” She squeaks out.
“Yeah, here’s a set of warmer clothes if you want” I offer, dropping them beside her on the bed before heading to the kitchen. The water sputtered in the tap before finally evening out. I made quick work of washing two of the glasses in the cabinet just to be safe before filling them both and heading back towards our shared room. Upon pushing the door open I found (y/n) in a similar position as before, curled up on her side of the bed, but she was now wearing the sweater I had left her. She offered me a tired smile as I sat down on the edge of the bed beside her, handing her the glass. She took only a small sip before placing it nearly untouched on her nightstand, turning her attention back to me. Her eyelids were heavy as she looked up at me through her lashes. Reaching out she ran her hand over one of mine, grasping it in my lap.
“Do you remember asking your mum or dad for a water before bed?” She asked, shutting her eyes now.
“I do,” I confirmed, reaching my spare hand up to mindlessly brush the loose hair from her face.
“Do you remember how you hardly even wanted the water,” she nearly whispered, my hand stilled across her forehead “You just wanted the hand attached to the water, and the arm and the body”. Her eyes were squinted tightly shut as if she could convince herself she was saying it to no one if she didn’t have to look at me. As if her grip around my hand hadn’t tightened as if afraid I would pull away. I wouldn’t.
“I do,” I said simply, resuming the brushing of my hand across her hair. This time cupping her cheek and brushing my thumb over her eyelashes. She takes the invitation to open her eyes, and she smiles.
“Thank you, Benny” it's so quiet I almost miss it when she says it. I smile in return, pulling my hand from her slightly liquor flushed cheek.
“Anything for you, dollface” I return. Grabbing my own set of clothes and heading to the bathroom to change. When I return she’s already asleep beneath the mound of blankets and quilts. I slip into bed on her opposite side, managing to dislodge one blanket that would just have to be enough to get me through the night. The house had warmed noticeably from running the heater throughout the day but it still didn’t do much to keep the night cold from creeping in. I lay on my back, closing my eyes and feeling sleep start to take over only for it to be chased away by a weight covering me. I opened my eyes to find (y/n) had slung her body over mine, hand finding a fistful of my shirt as she curled her face into the crook of my neck. Her breathing hadn’t changed, her body had sought mine out in her sleep. I smiled and pulled the mound of blankets over us, creating an envelope of warmth. The wind whistled violently outside but we may as well have been camping on the sun.
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THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT AO3 SERIESES
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Beth Harmon
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light-yaers · 6 months
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Walk of Shame Pride
Benny Watts x Genderneutral!Reader (at least I tried to make them readable as any gender)
Content warnings: Flirting, 18+, smut, dirty talk, constant switching between sexual tension and sarcastic flirting because it’s my brand now apparently, unnecessary lore. 
Disclaimer: I don’t live in New York, have never been in New York, Google maps and random generators are what you get ok? I also had already started writing this before watching the two last episodes and so refuse to change his apartment to be accurate in this either. I might next time.
Summary: You leave one hookup and find yourself invited to another.
Word count: Looking like it’s gonna be 2k. (It is not.) 4k
A/N: Clearly I feel some type of way about Benny Watts. Inspired by deciding to pull up Walkashame by Meghan Trainor and Walk of Shame by P!nk (which is like my favorite) while thinking about Benny.
It’s five to seven when Benny pulls on his coat and unlocks the door to his apartment. The rest of the house lay quiet, not too surprising for a Saturday morning. As he puts the key back in the lock a door slams a bit further down the too-bright corridor, catching his attention.
Looking over his shoulder he sees someone standing with their hand still on the handle, hooking the other shoe on their foot. They’re far too dressed up for this time of day, but Benny also doesn’t think they’re dressed for the office. What was probably adjusted to perfection the night before now hangs uneven, covered in wrinkles, bunching up in several places.
Benny’s eyes flicker up to their face as they start heading down the corridor in his direction. He can’t tell if the traces of makeup are from the start of the night or the end, maybe somewhere in between. There are signs of a sleepless night around their eyes and they look…not tired, but like they had a fun night, a self-satisfied smile resting easy on their lips. They run a hand over their head, and Benny feels entirely too warmly dressed. The heat only gets worse as they come three, two, one door away, and as they pass him, he can’t help himself.
“Fun night?” His voice is nonchalant and steadier than his pulse when he glances over his other shoulder, watching them stop a few feet away. Then they turn around and his heartbeat almost drowns out your words as you smile, undaunted.
“Yeah, it was.” You don’t know why anyone would be up at this hour on a weekend, much less dressed and heading out. He’s wearing a leather coat and a hat which would make him blend in as an extra in a western movie, although the dark color palette lends itself more to him being cast as the outlaw. “How was yours?”
“I thought it was good then” He matches your smile, and even at this distance you can see his dark eyes sparkle. “but now I’m starting to think I missed out on something. Whoever you just came from has my night beat.”
You open your mouth with an amused frown, taking a second before responding.
“Don’t you have a job to go to? Where else are you going so early?”
He raises his eyebrows with an amused smile.
“You’re going somewhere too.”
You roll your eyes in pretend annoyance.
“I need to go home and change.”
“Want to, yes.” His eyes pass over you. “Need to, absolutely not.” He looks back up and you suppress your amusement to raise your eyebrows at him.
“Are you done? Can I go now?” You gesture down the hall as if to say that there are places you’d rather be than flirting with an attractive stranger.
He opens his mouth, closes it, and thinks for a moment. You cross your arms.
“One second.” He pats his coat pockets, coming up with a pencil and a piece of paper. Using the door in front of him as support he quickly scribbles something on the slip, takes a step back, and holds it out against you between two fingers. You look at his held-out hand, then back at him. He shakes the paper for you to take it, eyes on yours, and you give in, pulling the note from him. Unfolding it you read a series of numbers.
You fold it back up, eyeing him. “I’m not a prostitute, you know.”
He makes something akin to a shrug and puts his hands in his pockets.
“Didn’t necessarily think you were, wouldn’t care if that was the case either.” He sounds sincere enough.
“Okay, then why?” You tilt your head and eye him with amused suspicion, putting the paper away on your person.
He takes a breath, rocking once on the balls of his feet, darting his eyes to the ceiling and back to you.
“ ‘Cause you’re attractive and seem like fun.” He does a small gesture with his head. “Call me sometime.”
You smile and turn, calling over your shoulder. “You wish!” There’s a smile audible in his voice when his answer reaches you.
“Yeah, I do.”
It’s two minutes past eight when you press the last digit in a smoke infused telephone booth outside a club on the next Friday evening. The line to the door is not horrendous yet, but it’s long enough for you to wonder why you decided to step out of it. As you wait for the call to go through you remind yourself of why you did: because he most likely won’t be home to answer it and part of you wants to give him the chance to get out of having this conversation.
The line clicks.
“Benny.” The voice on the other side answers, matching your memory of the guy you spoke to in the corridor after leaving a hookup. Well, he definitely gave you the right number.
“Hi” You almost start laughing. “You gave me your number and told me to call you.”
There’s a second’s pause before you hear him respond, clearly as equally amused as you.
“Just so I don’t offend anyone, is this the person from the hallway?”
You roll your eyes, holding the phone closer to hear over the soccer chant starting up in the line.
“Wow, you meet that many people like that? I’m glad you remember.” Kicking up your foot you lean back against the glass wall, pressing the receiver to your ear.
“I just want to make sure I don’t accidentally accuse the wrong person of looking so good when leaving someone else’s place in the morning that I wanted to pull them into my bed and continue the job.” His voice dips and you feel it in your stomach, looking to the door to check that no one is waiting for their turn. There’s a pause and you can hear your heartbeat in the ear not pressed to the phone. “You called me…” He lightly prompts and you find the thread you lost again.
“Are you busy?”
“Would it be pathetic if I said I’m at home hoping for you to call?” He’s smiling again, his accent smooth around the words. “Have been all week actually.”
“Every evening?” You laugh. “That is pathetic.”
“No, every whole day.” Laughter threatens behind his words too.
“How have you not been fired?”
“I’m a chess player, I don’t work like that.” There’s a shuffle on the other side. “I go to tournaments, competitions, but other than that I practice at home.”
“Wait” That connects some previously unknown dots and you smile. “Benny, you’re not Benny Watts, are you?” Even as you ask you know you’re right, and he can tell that, because there’s an immediate addition of smugness when he answers.
“Oh, you know who I am?” You can visualize the face he’s making, raised eyebrows and self-assured smile.
“Don’t get cocky now, I read the newspaper like everyone else.”
“Yeah, but it’s not everyone who reads those articles.”
You roll your eyes at his teasing tone, trying to chase the smile from your voice. “Back to the point, I’m outside Harmony in Brooklyn, wanted to know if you wanted to join.”
“I just told you I’m a chess player and have been home every night for a week, what gave you the impression that I go to clubs?” He laughs.
“I have faith that you have a vivid social life, I believe in you.” You tease.
“It’s between Bushwick and Jefferson, right?” You hum affirmative. “I’ll be there in ten.”
“Good, see you by the bar.” The phone clicks and you hang up the receiver, heading back outside to join the ever-growing line.
Fifteen minutes later you see him enter and less than a minute later he’s standing next to you, his face slightly lit up by the reflection bouncing off the counter.
“What are you drinking?” Benny gestures to the glass in front of you, a slice of lemon floating on clear liquid.
“Sparkling” Taking a sip you judge his reaction, wondering if he’ll be a jerk about it, but he just shrugs, ordering the same of the bartender who has stopped in front of you both. With the glass in his hand, he turns around to look out over the crowd, leaning back against the counter.
“This your usual place?” Eyes flicker over to you as he lifts his glass to his lips. You turn to lean against the counter too.
“It’s one of them.” Previously called The Trial, now under new management, Harmony is a bare redbrick room lit up only by the display case of bottles behind the bar. Its main crowd is people fresh out into the working life, the music is the same as the Top 100 on the radio and you’re fairly sure the custodian is overworked and underpaid for the job they do. You’d been on the fence when the place was sold, having been a regular at the steel barred counter and blank polished dance floor of its old existence, but two visits were enough for you to decide that you didn’t mind the changes. “Not your style?”
“I’ve been here too many times for it not to be.” Benny turns like he just realized something. “What is your name?”
You cut off the laugh about to spill out and answer, continuing: “You came all the way here without knowing my name, that’s commitment.” Benny looks away, failing to hide an amused smile as he scans the room. You on the other hand don’t hold back your laugh, enjoying how he’s giving an answer by not responding. “So, how’d you get into chess playing?” This time he laughs.
“I thought you said you read the paper.” There’s something adoring in his eyes when he looks at you, tone and smile teasing.
“I must have forgotten that part.” You put down your empty glass behind you, noting the way he follows your movements. The song switches to something with more bass and Benny downs the rest of his drink. Pushing off the counter you stand in front of him, his eyes falling to your shoes and dragging up to meet yours. “Feel like leaving?”
He smiles, one hand coming up to adjust the hat on his head.
“If you’re ready.” He lets you lead the way between groups of excited friends and even more excited new acquaintances until you reach the cold air outside.
You’re ready to start walking but Benny steps out into the street and with a wave and a sharp whistle that bounces between the buildings he has hailed a cab. Holding the door open he gestures with his head for you to get in, letting you use his free hand for support as you sit down, scooting further in to give him space. Benny flicks his coat so it doesn’t get in the way when he sits down, pushing forward to give the driver the address.
He leans back into the seat, his upper body closer to you, his hand supporting his chin as he looks out the front window, before it falls to lightly rest on your knee.
The building looks just like it did last time, dark and dormant. Following Benny up the stairs you feel your heart beat a little faster. No one meets you in the stairwell, nor in the corridor as you walk down the row of doors. When the door clicks open he holds it for you, smile tugging on the corner of his mouth.
“Hungry?” Benny pulls the door closed behind you, meeting your confused glance with an amused look of sincereness.
“Sure” You laugh a little, pulling off your jacket. “what’d’ya have in mind?”
He plops his hat on a hook by the door and heads further into the apartment, his voice reaching you from behind a corner where the kitchen must lie. “I got eggs and toast.”
You look over the sofa, taking a step closer and spotting the started game of chess next to a beer bottle laying on the coffee table. Scanning the room a little further you find the phone, on the small table on the other end of the couch to where the chess board is, and you grin.
“Sounds great.” You call back, walking to the kitchen and leaning against the wall. Benny has thrown his coat over the back of a chair and rolled up his sleeves, putting a frying pan on the stove as you enter.
“Sit down.” He gestures to the table and turns back to his task. You slide into a chair as he cracks an egg into the pan. “Scrambled or sunny side?”
“Scrambled.” You glance at your watch, leaning your arms on the table. The toaster makes a noise. “Want any help?”
Benny opens a cabinet.
“No, I’m good.” Some short minutes later he clicks off the stove. A plate slides in front of you and a glass clicks against the table.
It’s good, really good, almost as good as he looks sitting across from you, sleeves rolled up, blond hair pushed back. The first three buttons of his shirt are undone, several chains laying against the t-shirt underneath. Light catches in his rings as he eats, tongue swiping over his lower lip.
You flick your eyes away when Benny looks at you, a bad habit that you thought you had broken. Those lectures of if someone catches you looking, look away immediately overriding your personal opinion that if you were interested in someone, you should be clear about it. It’s a reflexive response, and you curse yourself out in your head, you’ve not reacted like that in years.
He’s still looking, barely holding back a grin, tongue flicking out, pulling his bottom lip into his mouth. Eyes flicker down to your unfinished food and back up to give you a meaning look. You raise your eyebrows, giving him a look back. He holds your gaze, and breaks, looking away with evident failure to not look smug as all hell while you resume eating, this time standing your ground and continuing to look at him.
After you both finish Benny takes the plates before you have a chance to move, leaving you to lean against the end of the table while he puts them in the sink.
Movement shakes you from the slight trance you put yourself in looking at his back while the water was running. It takes Benny two more steps, which you follow with great interest, until he’s in front of you, closeness making you push back into the table. Not really blocking you physically, but just the fact that he is standing there makes moving seem like an extremely undesirable alternative. Palms resting against the solid wood behind you, you’re in no rush to do anything else than look into his dark eyes, feeling like if this was a movie, a fuse would break due to the electricity in the air.
Then his tongue wets his lower lip, your eyes flicker down, you lift yourself onto the table at the same time as he invades your personal space even further, hands pulling your hips back forward, pushing you against him in the same moment that your lips connect with his.
Your thighs lock him in place, keeping him close even though leaving seems to be the last thing on his mind with the way lips move against yours. It’s like he’s been starving for hours, not eaten just five minutes ago; then again, maybe that wouldn’t be far off. Seven days is a lot for someone who is currently pressing his whole body against you, pulling in your tongue to envelope it with his own. There’s a hand on your back and one at your side, pulling as much as they are caressing you.
Benny’s hips roll against you, sending your eyes rolling back at the friction.
“Don’t stop.” Your hands tug at his sides to get him closer, smile pressing against your lips as he complies with fervor.
Devouring you, Benny almost distracts you from your position until he pushes you back and gets on the table with you, placing a knee between your legs and pushing off the floor. When he leans back down the pressure of his thigh between yours sends sparks up your spine. A sound rolls off your tongue onto Benny’s as you push up against him, arms bracing against his back to pull him down.
Hot air mix between your mouths, letting up only for a second before connecting again, swallowing the sounds the other one makes. You reach up to undo the rest of the buttons in Benny’s shirt, whining when he pushes down harder against you. The hand not holding him up runs down your side, starting to free you of your clothing too as you flick one side of the shirt off his shoulder.
Next the t-shirt gets halfway up his body before your fingers tangle in his chains, lightly tugging him down, earning a heavy drag of his hips as his tongue slides into your mouth. He tears off you for only a second to rip the shirt fully off.
In the back of your head you try to remember if there are buildings facing this one and if there are windows, but that thought gets stuck at the station when everything save your underwear falls on the kitchen floor beside the table. Quickly pulling his belt from his pants you let him go. Before he disposes of the jeans, he pulls a square from one of the pockets, and you can’t help smiling at how you both came to that club prepared.
You sit up, leaning on one hand to watch Benny roll the rubber over his freed cock, palm coming away glistening wet in the light. His shoulders give away the deep breaths he is taking, but even without that, his eyes, running along the floor up to meet yours, would have shown his desire and unwillingness to control it more than you need him to. You let your own eyes run over his skin, sending an almost unnoticeable shiver through his body.
Benny comes back to you, using the free space next to you on the table to get back up, pulling you down over him as he lies back against the wood. You kick a leg over his, as a hand at the back of your head implores for your lips to meet Benny’s. The other hand runs down between your legs, stroking places that makes your eyes flutter and heat roar in your stomach. Your increased breathing seems to encourage his hand to move faster, the one keeping your lips against his running down to push against your back.
The friction between you causes a sound in the back of his throat. You can’t tell if he is embarrassed or more turned on because his mouth grows more insistent against yours. The hand on your back pushes down again, his hips move up, as does another sound from his lips. The hand between your legs drifts down and you straighten your back, despite frustrated sounds from Benny. Setting one hand on his heaving chest for support, your other hand seeks out the one Benny removed from you. You close your hand over his, following the slow strokes he is doing over his cock. Your eyes meet his. His breath hitches and his hand eases up, letting you take over. After a few more strokes you still your hand and lower your hips to meet it. It’s not quick, but Benny’s labored breathing and tremors makes it worth it.
Your thighs shake with the effort to make slow focused movements and not get distracted by the signal of every pleasurable nerve ending being touched by his cock inside you. It doesn’t help that Benny’s mouth keeps falling open, sounds that set your skin on fire tumbling off his tongue. Worse yet, his eyes sparkle every time he opens them to look at you, like a lost man looking at salvation. It sends skitters of fire along your back, pushes air out of your lungs in similar sounds to those he makes. You lower yourself again and his cock strokes against a sensitive spot. When you open your eyes Benny’s pleased look tells you he heard that. Oh, did he hear that.
His eyes locked on your face, his hands help you move your hips as thrills dance up your spine.
“That’s it, use me, just like that.” His soothing voice urges, seemingly without Benny noticing the words falling from his mouth. He’s too focused watching your eyes flutter, dragging your hips down just a little harsher to hear a sigh escape you. Your thighs clench around him at the feeling. You start to do it again, but Benny’s hands are already working to help you through the motion. He drags along the same spot and you feel rushes of pleasure going through your body. “Take what you need from me.”
You’ve never been one to deny someone a request like that. Benny lets out a whimper as your hips start to move faster and you’re not sure how much longer he’ll last. He is flushed red and his every breath is a moan, his hips bucking to meet yours. His cock strikes true every time, pleasure washing over you again and again in heady waves. Sparks set of wildfires in your stomach that spread to every limb and meeting those in Benny’s hands. Your thighs are shaking worse now, especially when Benny runs his hands over them, gently but burning the skin in his path. It’s so much and so good, and Benny’s eyes are alight with all the stars in the sky.
“So good.” He responds to the praise with a moan that vibrates into your body, dark eyes locked on yours. He won’t make it much longer, but he’ll try. You grind your hips down against his and you feel the wave threatening to crash. “Just like that.”
His breath hitches when you push all the way down, and you feel your stomach flip. Then it rushes over you. Benny curses and gasps your name as he finally falls from his balance point. Every stroke is fire, like you are burning and taking Benny with you. You push closer as you feel him shake, sending pride and pleasure through you. His hands guides you onto him over and over, even continuing a few times after he is finished. Then his hands fall to his sides and he closes his eyes. You look at him with a proud smile as he catches his breath. He puts his arm over his eyes.
“Yeah, definitely better than my last Friday.”
-Morning after-
It’s half past nine when you have finished your coffee and eggs. Benny insisted on giving you food before you left, maybe just so he could make you sit at the table again. You wonder if he’ll think about this every time he sits at it now.
You step outside and give him a look when he follows.
“Let me walk you down.” He shrugs and locks the door while you wait.
“I think I can find it myself; I know where it is.” You tease as you start walking.
“Just want to make sure you get hold of a cab.” He follows you down the stairs and holds open the door out to the street. Then he points to the buzzer labeled Watts. “That’s how you get up, for next time.”
You laugh.
“Next time, huh?” Benny shrugs, turning around into the street just as the smile breaks through. His sharp whistle stops a cab rolling past. Benny opens the cab door for you.
“Next time.”
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callsignbirdy · 1 year
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Welcome to the mad house
Hi I’m Birdy, I’m no where near skilled enough to be a writer on here but I love reading. Feel free to peruse my page for recommendations of fics and authors I adore.
Minors DNI there is 18+ content on my page xx
Currently on my page is:
Top gun
Jake “Hangman” Seresin
Stranger things
Steve Harrington
Eddie Munson
Wednesday
Xavier Thorpe
Harry Potter
Draco Malfoy
The Queens Gambit
Benny Watts (current obsession)
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silentexplorer18 · 9 months
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Silent's Writing Weekend 💙
We're doing it! I'm putting out the prompt list options so folks can request things! Woo hoo!
Normally, I don't do a lot of requests anymore, but I'm itching for some requests to get the creative juices flowing. So, for those interested, please send in a character name, and at least one scenario or piece of dialogue from the lists below. You can choose more than one per ask (or send in more than one ask) if you'd like! HOWEVER, if you send in a dialogue prompt, please either tell me the name of the prompt list (with the number) or type out the dialogue in your request! Thank you!
Requests are: Open
Relationship Pairings (X Female Reader):
Kakashi Hatake
Kiba Inuzuka
Feitan Portor
Eddie Munson
Peter Parker (TASM)
Benny Watts
Prompt Lists:
Touch Starved Scenarios (By @novelbear)
List of Random Dialogue Prompts (By @dumplingsjinson)
Ways to Say 'I love you' (By @did-i-do-this-write)
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More Important Than You Think.
A/N: Another Benny story coming up! I adore him and I found this in my drafts, fixed it up all nice and here she is! ❤️
Pairing: Benny Watts x Reader
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“Yes, put him through.” We heard from over the phone, “You all there? I’ll put her on.”
I smile, draping my arm over Benny’s left shoulder, resting my chin on right, all while side hugging Harry with my free arm. For how long I’ve been stand here, I’m surprised my legs ain’t give out yet.
“Hello?”
“If he goes for the knight, hit him with a king rook pawn.”
“Benny?”
“If he goes for the bishop, do the same thing, but open up your queen file.”
“How do you know?” Beth said whilst laugh, still skeptical.
“It’s in the Times. It’s 7 a.m. here, but we’ve been working on it for three hours.”
“We?” Benny hands the phone to Harry, “Hi, Beth.”
“Hi, Harry.” She said, with a soft chuckle. “Hey, what about me?” I grab the phone, and put it up to my ear. “Hey, B.”
“(Y/N)..” She said, most likely on the verge of tears.
“I’m not that good at chess, but I am good at making snacks, and that’s exactly what I plan on doing, whilst helping the boys.” I said, handing the phone off to Harry, putting a hand on Benny’s shoulder, before walking over to his kitchen area, making a little charcuterie board.
“It’s really nice to hear your voices.”
“Oh, well, hang on.” Harry holds up the phone so Matt, Mike, Hilton and Arthur yelled into the phone, telling her they’re proud of her amongst other things.
It truly almost made me want to cry as I brought, the board to the table, gently setting it near the chess board. Benny’s up in seconds, a gentle hand to my lower back. “What’s wrong? You okay?” I nod.
“Just happy you’re all doing this is all.” I said, with a bit of a sniffle.
“You’re? You are helping too. You said so yourself.” I shake my head.
“I did, but I suck at chess, I only offer snacks and emotional support.” I said, pointing to the board, I just set up on the table.
“Okay, come here.” Benny grabs my hand, bringing me into his room, before closing the door. “That? Whatever you told me out there is bullshit. That is not all you do, and is know for.”
“You’re not just that, you’re a best friend, you’re a singer, a musician..my girlfriend? You’re all that and more. Does none of those things mean anything to you?” I nod stating that, ‘it does,’ in fact mean something to me, wiping my runny nose.
“Come on.” He hugs me tight, rubbing my back, before bringing me back into the living area of his place. “You okay? You alright?” Matt and Mike asked at the same time. I smile and nod, standing behind Benny, placing a hand on his shoulder, “I’m fine.”
After listening to them, give Beth all the different combos and variations of how the match with Borgov could go, for a bit, Benny stood up at some point light himself a cigarette.
I backed up from the guys, and stood next to him. “You think this’ll work?”
“It’s gotta work, if not then all those hours looking over all of his old matches, would be for nothing.” I nod, watching him take another drag of his cigarette, watching the end of it become red as it turned to ash and fell to the floor.
I don’t know what came over me, but once Benny took it out of his mouth, I gently plucked it from out his fingers, and held in between my lips. “I thought you, said you didn’t smoke.” He said, as the smoke left his body through both his mouth and nose.
“I don’t. Curiosity, I guess.” I take a drag and almost immediately start coughing, “And that’s why smoking’s for grownups.”
He took the cigarette back, putting it in between his own lips, patting my back with his free hand, I just responded with a death glare, but he stared ahead at the group running up his phone bill.
“You’re very clingy, you know that?” He admitted.
“Well, shit. Thanks for pointing it out. I’ll be outta your hair then.” I start to leave, but Benny grabbed my arm, pulling me back into his chest.
“I didn’t say I didn’t like it, rook.”
“Oh, but of course. You want everyone to know, just who I got to bed with every night.”
“Damn, right.” He pulled me into a kiss, breathing into it cause the cigarette smoke he was holding in, into my mouth and out my nose.
“But if I catch you smoking again, you and I will have problems.”
Benny laughed, finishing smoking his cigarette, before putting it out, “Yes, ma’am.”
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Benny Watts Masterlist NO.1
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PSR (Pre Show Release)
When Benny's Away P1 - Flirty
When Benny's Away P2 - Smut
House Sitting - Smut
Baby - Smut
Pissed - Smut
Pissed P2 - Sad AF
Drawn Hearts - Flirty
ASR (After Show Release)
Ringing - Suggestive
Quit it - Smut
Sugar - Smut
Lovely Tag
Morning In New York - Smut
Hey Babydoll - Smutty
Urges - Smut
Urges P2 - Smut
Urges P3 - Smut
Urges P4 - Smut
Scream - Flirty
Marks - smutty
I don't need your help - Fluffy
I Don't need your help P2 - Adorable
News? - Flirty
Reporter - Flirty
Reporter - Smut
Lucky Day - cute
Eyes - Sweet
I Hate You - Flirty
I Hate You P2 - Funny
I Hate You P3 - Sexy
Good Morning - Smut
Strip Poker - Smut
Sleepy - Smut
My Child - Adorable
It has it's Uses Princess - Flirty
It has it's Uses princess P2 - Smut
It has it's Uses princess P3 - Smut
It has it's uses Princess P4 - Smut
It has its uses princess P5 - Smut
I am not the man for this - Cute
Warn - Cute
Big Daddies Daughter - Sexy
Big Daddies Daughter P2 - Sweet
Big Daddies Daughter P3 - Sweet
Big Daddies Daughter P4 - Dark
Big Daddies Daughter P5 - Dark
Christmas In NYC - Sweet
Forget It - Smut
Meow - Smut
Meow P2 - Smut
Meow P3 - Smut
Go Study Benny - Flirty
Dolls - Flirty
Honeypie - Smut
To New York - Sweet
I Like Boys Too - Smut
I Like Boys Too p2 - Smut
Watts - Sweet
I've Missed you - sweet
NSFW 100
Don't Distract the Driver - Smut
A Kid - Flirty
A Kid P2 - Flirty
A Kid P3 - Cute
Pregnant Lady - Sweet
Grumpy Little Bunny - Flirty
Grumpy Little Bunny P2 - Sexy
Love You - Smut
Deal - flirty
Books - flirty
Daddy - Funny
Daddy P2 - Adorable
I'm Sleeping - Smut
My baby! - Flirty
Love Isn't - Cute
Pinch - Flirty
Drunk Visits - Flirty
No Y/n - Flirty
hello Benny - Smut
Hi beth - Flirty
Misstress - Smut
what is Benny Watts Scared of? - Spooky
Code 103 - Sexy
Shave - Flirty
Mr Watts - Cute
Mr Watts P2 - Sexy
Mr Watts P3 - Smutty
Mr Watts P4 - Smut
Benny The BunnySitter - Smut
Benny the BunnySitter P2 - Funny
Benny The BunnySitter P3 - Sexy
Christmas Tree - Sweet
Cuddle - Adorable
Disscussion - Sweet
Happy To Be Home - Sweet
Somewhere That's Green - Sexy
Somewhere That's Green P2 - Flirty
99 questions
Friendly - Flirty
Tickle - Sweet
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Gold Rush (part 1)
(Benny Watts x Reader)
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A/n: this is my first fic in a long ass time, so enjoy if you’re into it. Disclosure: I don’t own the queens gambit or the song Gold Rush by Taylor Swift which this song is based off of.
Warnings: mention of parent death, minor injury mentioned
Summary: You grew up alongside Benny Watts, both child prodigies in the world of chess. With the prospect of eastern championships approaching, you’re both pushed into a new situation together.
Gleaming
Twinkling
Eyes like sinking ships
On waters so inviting
I almost jump in
You watched him play for the first time when you were 8. You had no interest in the game but something about watching your father go up against a boy closer to your age than his was intriguing. He had a fire in his eyes, even when backed into a corner he pridefully went down with his ship, and that fire remained.
You wouldn’t admit it was because of him but your father didn’t even get a chance to retire his jacket to the coat closet before you had set the chess board up on the table and we’re begging him to teach him beyond the basics you had picked up watching him.
You didn’t see him for a few years, even when you first saw him you didn’t think he was that fantastic of a player, but you had definitely not forgotten about him by the time you spotted his picture on the cover of chess review. He still had those eyes, dark and burning, that never even looked your way but still ignited something in you to pursue a passion that you had found nothing but boring 5 minutes earlier.
Your name alone attracted attention at tournaments, your father being pretty well known in the sport. However when you had begun to rise up the ranks he stepped out of the light to give you space to grow as your own player, supporting you from the background.
You were 11 when you saw him next. You were both undefeated by the time you reached each other in the brackets. You fiddled with your fathers old chess ring under the table while you awaited him. He told you it was good luck to keep it in your pocket. The sudden screech of the chair opposite you being pulled out made you jump, sending the ring to the floor. Cursing under your breath you reached down to grab it only to find another hand doing the same.
“I have to say, when I saw (l/n) on the board I was hoping for someone a little different” he mused, rolling the ring between his fingers “the owner of this ring, perhaps” he handed it back to you, the comment and brushing of hands turning your ears red.
“It’s my fathers” you glanced nervously at the growing crowd of spectators no doubt preparing to watch the most interesting match of the day, you were both big names for your age and chess review had a new reporter covering the match. You had promised yourself you wouldn’t let your nerves get the best of you but Benny Watts was sitting in front of you and everyone was watching and you’d never been in this hot of a seat.
I don't like a gold rush, gold rush
I don't like anticipating my face in a red flush
You glanced around, finally finding the familiar eyes of your father, hiding behind anxious spectators so not to attract attention. He smiled and mouthed the word “breathe”. That’s all it took. Your gaze met your opponent’s and the fire between you burned the rest of the world away. The match was long, about three hours, but he beat you. You accepted it gracefully as your father had taught you.
“You’re good, kid” the cameras flashed as you reached across the table to meet his outstretched hand “You almost had me” you blushed slightly,
“I’ll have you next time” It wasn't an empty statement either, for the next 6 years you’d be constantly pinned against each other, you winning one and him winning the next. It was a well documented rivalry between two child prodigies who could never seem to escape each other.
“I’m counting on it”
I don't like that anyone would die to feel your touch
Everybody wants you
Everybody wonders what it would be like to love you
As you progressed into your teenage years you started to recognize the attention he got compared to you. Given, you got plenty of attention from your name, being a girl and your age, but his attention was different. He was admired for his abilities, his swagger and cool, uncaring nature. While girls in chess were few and far between they always could be found watching him, mirroring his moves in their minds and swooning over so much as a sideways glance. It disgusted you.
He was a fantastic chess player and the admiration you had for him was nothing more than his playing of the game. Other than that, you despised him and his long leather jacket and stupid cowboy hat. The way he’d wink at you just to make your blush and scowl. How the competitive tension was so noticeable between you two was like static in the air. But deep down, you didn't despise him, you despised how you didn’t despise him.
Walk past, quick brush
I don't like slow motion double vision in rose blush
It was just days after your 18th birthday and you had landed another win over Benny, though you had both qualified for eastern championships so a bruised pride was the only real casualty. You flashed a smile for the camera as you always did, win or not, hip to hip with Benny behind the board, small trophy in hand. He pulls his arm around your waist and whispers,
“Your father would be so proud” your smile falters, the camera clicks. As soon as the photos were done you quickly shove your belongings into your bag and head for the exit, glancing briefly over your shoulder you see Benny with his usual crowd of girls but he catches your eyes and gives a weak wave. You don’t return it. Stepping through the door the cold wind hits you like a truck, gusts of rain slamming the door shut behind you. Wrapping your jacket around you tightly you huddle against the building awaiting the bus. You couldn’t go back in there even if it went waiting in a rainstorm in the middle of January. You couldn’t see giving you that pitiful look surrounded by his entourage.
I don't like that falling feels like flying till the bone crush
Everybody wants you
But I don't like a gold rush
The rain soaked you to the bone within minutes and not even your shivering helped you retain any body heat, the clap of thunder almost as if even god was laughing at you. Headlights cut through the downpour and for a brief moment you let yourself believe the bus was running early but as soon as it pulled up next to you you knew it was quite the opposite blessing.
“What in the hell are you doing out here?” Benny yelled over the downpour out the window of his beetle.
“Taking a shower,” you sneered but he didn't look very amused. “I’m waiting for the bus, what do you think?” wordlessly he leaned over and pushed the passenger door open.
“Get in, I’ll give you a ride” You were about to object but his eyes begged you and god knows those eyes would be the death of you. You stepped in and tossed your bag to the floor of the backseat, mumbling a thank you.
What must it be like
To grow up that beautiful?
With your hair falling into place like dominoes
You glanced over at him. He had undoubtedly gotten caught in the rain on his way out to his car. His dirty blonde locks damp and pushed back out of his face, though the few signature strands fell forward as usual. You hadn't noticed before but he was starting to grow in some light peach fuzz on his lip and chin. His wet shirt clung to his thin frame, accentuating the curve of his torso and shoulders. He really was beautiful without even meaning to be, he was just naturally breathtaking.
“Why wait for the bus?” he asked, you blushed at your thoughts.
“We’ll I didn’t rightly feel like walking” You replied sarcastically. He gave an amused sign,
“I’d imagine not but we both know your old man left you that Bel Air, no way he’d part with that thing” You smiled weakly, that car really had been your father’s pride and joy. It was something for him to pour himself into once he stepped out of competitive chess for you.
“It’s still in the garage, I haven't really had a chance to get it out,” It was a lie. You both knew it. You both knew it hurt too much for you to take the last thing your father had to himself from him even if he was gone. He nodded,
“Hold the wheel for a second,” before you could respond he had let go to turn around in his seat to grab something. You snatched for the wheel causing a wild swerve, luckily no one else was stupid enough to be driving in this weather. “Jesus, you’re going to flip us over” he called from the backseat.
“A little warning would have been nice, now get back up here!” you snapped, he chuckled and crawled back into the driver's seat. “What in God’s name was so important back there?” He doesn’t respond; he just tosses a thick wool blanket into your lap.
“You’re shaking the whole car with how much you’re shivering” he explained,not looking over at you. Your face burned red in embarrassment as you wrapped the blanket around your shoulders.
“Thank you, Benny,” you mumbled, he only nods in response. A few moments go by in silence, the weather forcing Benny to drive slow as he could only see 10 feet in front of him and hardly even that. “So eastern championships,” you said turning to him, “Maine this year?”
“Yup, I’m sure you’ll be my biggest competition there anyways so I don’t know why I’d drive 7 and a half hours anyways but I suppose that’s what's happening” He smirks, you blush involuntarily at his words.
“I don’t think I’ll be attending so you’ll have it in the bag then” You couldn’t restrain a yelp as the car screeched to a halt, digging the lap belt into you stomach, “what the fuck-“
“Why wouldn’t you go?” He halfway yelled, you were too caught off guard to answer, “I don’t want a win “in the bag”, I want to get better and I won’t if I’m not competing with you. And I can guarantee going through the books in that big empty house won’t make you better either.”
“That “big empty house” is why I can’t go, Benny! My dad didn’t expect to die so I still have the mortgage to pay on the house, I have the payments to make for the car, and I’m sure you know chess doesn’t exactly pay well.” You snapped, turning in the seat to face him. His eyes bore into yours as he contemplated his next move. He wore the same face during a match when deciding where to move which piece. He grabbed your hands, placing them between his.
“I’m driving up three days before, I have a buddy who owns a cabin about an hour away from where the tournament is. It’ll be empty, I won’t have to pay for anything but food. Come with me, we’ll drive up together, split food and gas down the middle, just… please come” he had something in his eyes beyond pleading that you couldn’t say no to. You nodded,
“Okay” his face broke into a wide smile and excitedly kissed your joined hands. The rain had lightened and the majority of the drive home was spent speaking excitedly about plans, the tournament would give you 2 to weeks to prepare. Arriving back at your house he helps you with your bag and you exchange chess books the other hadn’t read. The clap of thunder announced another heavy surge in the storm and with it the electricity in your house went out. You let out a quick yelp in surprise.
“Benny?” You asked aimlessly into the darkness. A couple clicks in response came before he reappeared.
“Over here babydoll,” he teased, holding his lighter in front of his face illuminating his features.
“I’ll grab some candles, sit tight,” you started to feel along the walls from the living room towards the bathroom where the candles were housed under the sink before accidentally kicking a side table, knocking a mug off and sending it shattering to the floor. “Shit,” you mumbled, feeling around carefully for the shards on the floor. Not carefully enough however, you hisses as a shard sliced part of your palm.
“You okay,” you jumped at the voice behind you, you haven't heard Benny coming up behind you. You stood up awkwardly to share his light.
“Yeah, just broke a cup on accident,” you blushed, clenching your hand in an attempt to stop the bleeding. He noticed immediately and grabbed your wrist, holding the lighter up to it to see it better. It wasn't deep enough to need stitches but it stretched the majority of your palm.
“Come on, let's get you cleaned up,” lead you towards the bathroom, holding gingerly onto your wrist. Once in the master bathroom you reached with your uninjured hand under the double vanity grabbing the candelabra you kept in case of power outages placing it on the far side of the counter. Benny wordlessly lit the candles before turning his attention back to you. You pushed yourself up so you were sitting on the counter. You couldn't resist admiring how beautiful he looked in the candlelight. An orange glow highlighting his features and flickering in his dark eyes.
“Where’s your first aid kit?” his words snapped you from your thoughts.
“Oh, um, under the counter where I got the candelabra,” you sifted to hop off the counter to get it but he placed a firm hand on your thigh urging you to stay put. The touch alone sent shocks through your body. He knelt under you pulling the tin case from under the sink and placing it next to you. He holds your hand between his and you marveled at how small his hands made yours appear. He pads the blood with a wet washcloth before dipping a cotton ball in some rubbing alcohol and tentatively dabbing at your palm. You scrunch your face up as the alcohol burns your skin.
“It’s almost over, babydoll” he soothes, your face burns at the pet name, he had only ever called you that in a mocking way. Before you even noticed he had your hand wrapped up in gauze.
“Thank you, Benny” you nearly whispered, looking at your wrapped hand that still entangled his fingers.
“Of course,” he whispered softly, meeting his eyes cautiously you almost forgot how to breathe with him that close, his eyes wild with something you couldn't name glancing over your body. He suddenly stepped back, releasing your hand. “You should go get changed, your clothes are soaked and your house isn’t heating with the power out” he instructs, refusing to look at you. You nod awkwardly hopping down from the counter. You grab a set of tea lights from under the counter in addition and follow Benny holding the candelabra back to the living room. You place the tealights on the table and light them with one of the candlesticks before making your way up to your room, leaving Benny staring into space on the couch below.
Had you not been so flushed you would have noticed how cold you had gotten from your wet clothes. You strip out of them hanging them over the shower to dry. You ruffled your wet hair with a towel since your blow dryer obviously wouldn’t be working. You tug on a pair of slim but comfortable pants and a turtleneck sweater before heading downstairs.
He was sitting on the couch, leaned over with his chin in his hands, gazing at the unfinished game you had left out on the coffee table, his brow was knit in thought. You stood there and watched him for a moment admiring how his eyes jumped from piece to piece considering different outcomes.
“Rook to f5” You voiced from behind him. He smiled without turning his gaze to you, he always seemed to know where you were.
“You and your pawn collection” he chuckled, but followed your instruction anyways. You took a seat across from him on the carpeted floor, chin in hands. “I should go,” he admitted suddenly, and with a twinge of hesitancy.
“You can spend the night!” you internally cringed at your quick offer, “I’ve got a spare room and it’s still raining cats and dogs out there”
“It’s not a long drive from here,” he assured, standing up and pulling his big leather jacket over his dark jumper. He walked over to your phonestand, jotting something down in the margin of the yellowbook. “Ring me when you want to be picked up for Maine” You nodde, hugging yourself through your sweater as Benny opened the door allowing a cold gust of wind and rain in. Meeting him in the doorframe you bid him goodbye. He leant down and quickly kissed your cheek making your face burn.
“Be safe, Benny” you say, grasping his hand in goodbye.
“You too, Doll” He kisses the back of your uninjured hand which grasped his. “Ring if you need anything” You smiled and nodded. He made a dash through the rain to his Beetle, giving you a sweet wave before driving off. You could hardly bring yourself to blow out the candles as you made your way to your room, exhaustion of the day’s events suddenly overtaking you. You didn’t even remove any clothes before falling into bed and sleeping
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adjournment turns 3 years old today 🤍
can’t believe it’s been this long since i was sat at my uni house desk, writing a chapter a day, while listening to Alps by Novo Amor on repeat. i never expected it to blow up as large as it did, as it now has over 250k reads on wattpad, and over 20k reads on ao3! absolutely immense!
so much love to everyone who’s read it and commented. love you guys an awful lot 🤍
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PLEASE 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 BENNY WATTS X CONFIDENT! PLUS SIZE READER 💥💳💥💳💥😭
Benny with confident!plus size reader headcanons
I hope I haven't been disrespectful, I only mentioned their size once. I hope you like it!
When Benny met you, he was honestly impressed. And I mean that in a good way, he never saw someone who radiated the brilliance that you did.
You were a chess player who just did it to pass the time, but when you saw him you knew you had to work to compete with him for at least one round.
That day you were wearing a nice dress, with some ankle boots adorning your feet, and at some point in the day, you caught a certain person looking you up and down, with a flirtatious smile.
During all the games he had a little trouble concentrating because he had the impulse to turn to see you, something that had never, really NEVER, happened to him.
You didn't win, obviously, and he couldn't compete with you like he would have wanted.
But there was something about you that hypnotized him and just before you left he was able to reach you.
"You need something?" you asked nicely, seeing that he was holding your arm without saying anything. God, he was looking stupid in front of you.
“My name is Benny”
"I know who you are. You were in the paper the other time."
After thinking about the matter, Benny ended up asking you if you could write him your number so that you could play chess one day.
And he looked so cute and nervous that you didn't have the heart to say no.
It didn't take long for you to have a date. And then another, and then another.
The best part of all? The continuous compliments you received from him.
I mean, you were a person who knew who he was and loved himself just like that, but it never hurt to get a compliment or two from a handsome guy like Benny.
You had an avant-garde fashion sense, but not many people understood it.
“Where do you buy such nice clothes?” Benny asked you once. You just laughed.
“Stores only have clothes for those skinny mannequins, so I make all my clothes myself. Fuck the world and its standards."
And on a drunken night, you confessed to her that your dream had always been to work in a fashion design company and revolutionize the way you see clothes, the world, and bodies.
A month later, a strange envelope arrived in your mailbox: it was an acceptance letter for a job you hadn't even applied for, at one of New York's most prestigious fashion houses.
When you found out who had submitted your resume, you decided you were going to marry that man.
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