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justwearthegoddamncardigan · 3 months

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hi! can i request a beth harmon x fem reader please? just this sort of sweet moment between them where all the stress from the tournaments and everything that’s been happening melts away and everything is okay because they’re together.

i can never find any good fics of her and i love all the stuff you’ve written so i got really excited when i saw her on your list!

thank you so much!! ❤️

Thank you for requesting beth ❤🥺

My girl

Beth Harmon x fem!reader, reader is an author

Set before Russia, just a slice of life type fic

Warnings: some swearing

You drop your keys on the counter, taking your time to slowly toe your shoes off, watching Beth walk into the living room and settle in an armchair.

She'd been a little... distant at dinner, not fully tuned in, in a way you know she'd never be on purpose. The tournament stress is clearly sinking into her.

You turn on the Christmas lights you'd kept up, for months after the holiday season, opting to turn off the ceiling lights and let the fairy light glow filter through the room.

"Beth?"

She turns her head to you as you bend down beside the couch, perching your chin on the sofa arm to look up at her.

"What are you thinking about?" you ask softly.

Beth lets out a breath, shifting and stretching her legs out behind her. "Paris, Borgov, ...losing, and losing like that." She plays idly with your hands as she speaks. "Jolene's money, your money. Benny hating me."

She shakes her head. "I should've just said yes to those Christian funders."

You squeeze her hands. "Beth, it's okay. First of all, Jolene gave you that money out of her own free will. She wants you to go to Russia. And me? I just sold two stories to that publishing agency, remember? The money will come back. And... true friends always come back. So Benny'll be back, just give him time to cool off."

You move up to the armchair, Beth's soft giggle ringing as you huff and squish yourself into the clearly-meant-for-one-person armchair beside her.

"We're going to Russia," you tell her. "And," you drop a kiss on the tip of her nose. "You're gonna rip the board right out from under Borgov's sad little king."

Beth laughs, shaking her head. "I've gotta get through all the other Russians first."

"Fuck 'em. You're gonna take home the whole damn tournament."

She cups your cheek in one hand, tilting your head up to press a kiss to your lips. "Yeah, fuck 'em."

You slide out of her arms, grinning at the pout she gives as you stand up from the armchair. It's your favourite thing, being able to see all the cute little expressions and actions she doesn't show outside.

"I'm coming back," you promise. "I'm making tea."

"You're amazing," she says, smiling at you over the top of the chair.

You smirk. "I know. Music?" The radio crackles to life as you turn it on, recognising an song you know Beth loves, and you grin to yourself as she slowly rises from the armchair.

You sway slightly along with the song beat as you fill the kettle and search for your teabags, watching Beth dance her way towards you, holding up her closed fist as a microphone.

"What- can- make- me- feel this way," she punctuates each word with a dramatic movement.

You grin, knowing what's next.

"My girl..." Beth points her arm straight out at you, singing each harmony. She makes her way into the kitchen, looping an arm over your shoulder and kissing your cheek. "Talkin' 'bout my girl."

"Oh my god, this is boiling water, Beth."

"My girl!"

You shake your head, grinning. She's undeterred. You pour milk in with the tea, and toss in a little spoon of sugar.

Beth reaches out as you pass the cup to her. "Thank you," she says softly, smile crinkling her eyes.

You take a sip from your cup. "Anything for my girl."

You move back into the living room, Beth disappearing off somewhere.

"Y/n!"

You turn and see her holding up your book, which you'd just gotten properly printed.

"Can you read it to me?"

You take the book from her. "Haven't you already read most of it?"

Every chapter you'd write, she'd read. Beth was the first person to see the plot unfolding in your head, storylines stretching out and forming together. You'd sit there, clicking sounds ringing as you typed, and Beth would play chess games against herself as she waited for you to finish the next page.

You pull the paper out of the typewriter, the fresh ink allowed to rest on the table for just a second, before it's snatched up by Beth, eager to read after a new revelation on the previous page.

"Holy shit, Y/n."

"What?"

"That's genius."

You smile. "You think?"

"Yeah..." she trails off, eyes flicking across and down the page as she reads.

"Wait... fuck." She blinks up at you, evidently having finished the page. "What happens after?"

"You know it's gonna take like at least an hour for the next page right?"

Beth huffs. "Can't you just tell me? I know you already planned it out."

"Nope," you say, snorting as she groans into the couch.

Beth flops into the sofa beside you. "I mean, I know the story but I haven't read it all together and finished. Please, Y/n?"

She turns her sweetest expression on you, and you fold immediately.

"Fine, fine, sure," you say, setting down your tea. You settle into the couch, pulling your legs up beside you, then you open the book.

Beth nudges your foot, and you look up. "Thank you," she says. "I love you."

You smile. "Love you too."

I'm writing the requests a little out of order just getting any of the older ones out first. Short fic today but loved writing the fluff :))))

#the queen's gambit #queen's gambit #beth harmon x reader #beth harmon #my writing

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nrgburst · 2 years

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Full Tilt (16000~ words) by NRGburst Chapters: 2/2 of Playing the Rush Fandom: The Queen's Gambit (TV), The Queen's Gambit - Walter Tevis Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Beth Harmon/Benny Watts Characters: Benny Watts, Beth Harmon, Jolene (The Queen's Gambit) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Rating May Change, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Mutual Pining, Poker Lingo, Actual Chess game Summary:

adj: a player’s state of impaired judgment due to emotional agitation

TQG x Rounders: Benny gambles his way to Moscow AU Part 2

Cover art by mniiv

#beth x benny #benny x beth #beth harmon #benny watts #the queen's gambit #fanart #tqgfic #playing the rush #mine

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yesterdaylovedme · 1 year

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RPers Sought via Discord

I am seeking canon x canon ships for fandoms via discord. This will be a 1x1 situation. I am happy to double! For my ships, please reach out for information as many are crack/unusual. I do tend to stick to MxF romances but if we're doubling up and one pair is MxF, I'm open to adding a same-sex pair. When I double, I use a word counter to make sure posts are equal. I don't require this of my partners as long as they look similar in effort. Should favoritism begin to appear, I'll express concerns but if it happens often, I'm going to end the RP.

My posts tend to be several paragraphs (I guess the term might be novella or advanced literate) in third person, past tense. When on Discord, it's not unusual to take a few messages to complete my post but I do indicate with a (c or cont) if it's continued and end with an (end) to indicate that it's all complete. Due to post sizes being lengthy, I tend to give about 2-3 posts a week. Often more but I would say that's a pace I'm happy with getting from a partner. We all have lives. I'm not going to hound anyone to post unless it's been like, a month. People get busy or bored. It happens. That said, I love a lively OOC where we get to know one another and converse freely even if posts come at a slower pace. I'd rather hear about disinterest and work to fix it, than have resentment or complacency build behind the scenes.

NSFW stuff is bound to happen within moderation and with proper development. My RPs are very gradual, slow burn. I'm in this for the long haul and I expect my partner to be as well. Communication ensures longevity and interest.

My discord: MK Meringue }#0169

When messaging me, please tell me where you found my username and what you're interested in discussing, otherwise odds are I won't reply. Nothing more strange than just getting a 'hi' from a stranger online. Again, my ships are a little off-beat so if we chat and find we're not looking for the same thing, no harm. It never hurts to ask.

Looking for RPers for the following fandoms:

Alice in Borderland

I can write as An, Kuina, Arisu, Usagi. I'm looking for a Chishiya or Arisu. As a note, I am happy to drop other canons (like from Yu Yu Hakusho for example) into this universe if that is of interest.

The Queen's Gambit

I can write as Beth, Jolene, Harry, Townes. I'm looking for a Benny or Harry. A crossover with Godless could be fun.

Fire Emblem Three Houses

I can write as Hilda, Flayn, Yuri, Hapi, Dimitri, Annette, Hubert. I'm looking for a Seteth, Claude, Hubert, Linhardt, Lorenz or Edelgard. Adding Fates characters might be fun here.

Gravity Falls

I can write as Mabel, Stan, Candy, Tambry, Gideon. I'm looking for a Ford, Dipper, Wendy. I DO NOT WRITE DIPCIFICA! Crossover with SVTFOE or Amphibia possible.

Naruto

I can write as Sakura, Ino, Hinata, Sasuke, Naruto. I'm looking for a Shikamaru, Ino or Temari.

Game of Thrones

I can write as Sansa, Arya, Cat, Theon, Tyrion. I'm looking for a Joffrey, Ned, Theon or Jon.

MHA

I can write as Momo, Todoroki, Ochako, Bakugo, Denki, Melissa. I'm looking for a Todoroki, Bakugo, All Might, Eraserhead, Tsuyu, Ochako.

Pokemon SV

I can write as Nemona, Arven, Iono, Larry. I'm looking for an Arven or Nemona.

Death Note

I can write as Light, Misa, Naomi, Sayu. I'm looking for an L.

ATLA

I can write as Suki, Aang, Toph, Azula, Zuko. I am looking for a Zuko, Aang or Katara.

Harry Potter

I can write as Hermione, Ron, Luna. I am looking for a Harry or Cho.

Yu Yu Hakusho

I can write as Yusuke, Botan, Koenma, Koto, Kuwabara, Genkai. I am looking for a Kurama, Koenma, Keiko or Hiei.

Fruits Basket

I can write as Kagura, Tohru, Kyo, Yuki, Hana, Momiji, Kisa, Shigure. I am looking for a Hatori, Momiji, Haru, Kisa, Ayame, or Tohru.

Phineas and Ferb

I can write as Isabella or Candace. I am looking for a Ferb.

Honorable mentions: Dot Hack, Kaleido Star, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Yokai Watch, The Hunger Games, Final Space, The Orville, Star Trek or Doctor Who.

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sabohteurs · 2 months

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send ⭐ for muse pairings : mine x yours

peter parker x kamala khan ⇾ honestly ? fan - girl vibes. that's it. peter being older than kamala but also still young compared to the rest of the superheroes. he had his own fan - boy moments and i think he and kamala would have some fun interactions.

tatum riley x gale weathers ⇾ in my au where tatum actually survives. just in law things. also since tatum was so protective of sidney and so catty to gale, the evolution of that would be so interesting to play out.

regina mills x johanna mason ⇾ in my hunger games verse for regina, a victor of . . . i think i had her win the . . . i don't remember which games. 50 - something. 4, maybe ? idk. but just victor bullshit, rebellion bullshit.

eleanor dutton x jolene walsh ⇾ just two country girls. she's my yellowstone oc, the kid beth and rip never had. idk i just want some fun things for her and i reckon they could get on well. maybe. if ellie's anything like her mother though, she'll be a handful. maybe jolene can chill her out or be a good balance for her ? idk lol.

rachel berry x rowan griffith ⇾ or claudia johnson ? idk just some industry peeps. my take on rachel is re - imagined and i have no real thoughts on what we could do with them, i just have a mighty need to write her lol. alternatively, my broadway oc mackenzie brenner would also be a good option, i think.

thena x vidya sharma ⇾ i meeeeeeeean ? i miss them. i love them. i would love to pick them back up again pls n thank you. that's all.

verna x valquiria frietas ⇾ i think there's SO much potential here for them crossing paths over hundreds of years, every few generations. maybe valquiria even struck a deal with verna at some point ? not sure, but i think there's lots of potential for sure. otherwise, i think valquiria and elphaba ( @defyed ) could work too.

ra mi-young x aster monet ⇾ mi-young is a doctor. my default for her is in an apocalyptic setting. it just kinda makes sense to me, maybe ? idk. i also have no thoughts, head empty for this i just think it'd be neat.

#& out ‚ answered.#nereidae #taaaaaaaaaas !#my love i have missed yooooou #idk what any of this is love me anyway

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vulvokovnadia · 4 years

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For a time, I was all you had. And for a time, you was all I had. We weren't orphans. Not as long as we had each other.

#THEY!!!!!#the queen's gambit #tqgedit #perioddramaedit #ataylorjoyedit #anya taylor joy #moses ingram #beth x jolene #bbelcher #tvedit #filmtv #netflixedit #my stuff (2)

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sseureki · 4 years

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I’m not your guardian angel. I’m not here to save you. Hell, I can barely save me. I’m here because you need me to be here. That’s what family does. That’s what we are.

#the queens gambit #the queen's gambit #jolene x beth #beth x jolene #beth harmon #elizabeth harmon #i was waiting for her to come back!#moses ingram #anya taylor joy

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vintageteapots · 4 years

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Don’t get me wrong I love the queens gambit with my whole heart and I love Benny and belteik and townes

HOWEVER

It would have been so easy to make Beth more explicitly queer. Like there was so much tensions with her and jolene at the beginning. And then between her and Margaret or whatever her name was in school ( I know she bullied her but like the talking while making out with that guy, and also the other girls teasing Beth about the guys she played against really felt like they were teasing her for her sexuality and I really think that one girl was projecting). And then when they meet again when they’re older t e n s i o n. The whole thing with cleo could have been WAY more fleshed out and confirmed (cleo should have had a bigger role regardless) like the straight people I watched it with did not pick up on the fact that they definitely fucked. And then when jolene came back at the end they could have rekindled what they had it something. This is not to say I don’t love beths male live interests (she’s undeniably bi) I just think her female love interests weren’t given enough attention and it’s right there it would have been so easy

#the queen’s gambit #the queens gambit #beth harmon #Beth x jolene #Beth x Cleo #it could have been so gay

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tqgincorrectquotes · 2 years

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Beth: Jolene's my lawyer. And she's the most beautiful lawyer in the world.

#the queen's gambit #the queen's gambit incorrect quotes #tqg incorrect quotes #beth harmon #jolene dewitt #beth x jolene #source: parks and rec

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alicentes · 3 years

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the show: Beth and Jolene have a platonic sisterly love. There is no romantic feelings here. Beth only ever loved her gay friend Townes!

the book:

#I haven't read the books but I cannot believe we could have had Beth having canon romantic feelings for jolene #the show could have confirmed bisexual Beth I'm so mad #the queen's gambit #beth harmon #beth x jolene

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lexingtonyork · 3 years

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𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜... 𝚒 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 - 𝚓𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚎

[𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚍𝚜]

𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐. 𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 - 𝚓𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚎

𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑, 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑? - 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚘𝚗

𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝? - 𝚓𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚎

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lyrainbeleriand · 2 years

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Beth Harmon | This Is What Makes Us Girls

this is just a quick edit from mine! there’s bethov and bethlene in here

#the queen's gambit #beth harmon #liza harmon #elizabeth harmon #lizaveta #vasily borgov #bethov #beth x borgov #beth x jolene #bethlene

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nauticfoxes · 3 years

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after beth starts getting money from chess tournaments, the first thing she thinks about is sending a letter to jolene. is she still mad at her? would she write back? would she even read it? open it? so she never gets the courage to do it. but she keeps track of jolene, always. knows her 18th birthday and when she would have moved out of the orphanage, looks at phone book after phone book searching for jolene, reads the local newspapers for anything related to college admission, and gets jolene’s address. beth keeps it with her, always, and when she gets lonely, that empty, stubborn feeling in her, she writes letters she never sends. it’s all so stupid, how she writes and writes and can’t never say anything meaningful. anything that would bridge the gap of the years apart.

#the queen’s gambit #beth harmon #beth x jolene #tqg jolene #tHEY DONT EVEN SAY JOLENE’S LAST NAME I HATE IT #anyway this is just part one of beth loves jolene with her whole heart but she’s a disaster lesbian with emotional issues ok!

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javajunkieao3 · 4 years

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Beth/Benny Fic: Being Alive - Part 5

When Benny meets Jolene.

Beth is half asleep when the phone rings on her nightstand. She just bought a phone for the bedroom a few weeks ago, and since then, she seemed to get twice as many calls. Benny groans, covering his eyes with his hand, and says, “You know, we got a lot less calls before you brought a phone in here.”

“Please spare me your bedrooms are not for phones lecture,” Beth says, nudging his arm affectionately before she reaches over him and grabs the phone. Draped over his torso, Beth answers the phone, shooting him a playful look when he pinches her side.

“Hello?”

“Beth, I need you to do me a favor.”

“Jolene,” Beth says happily, picking up the phone cradle and sitting back on her side of the bed. Benny nudges the cord behind his pillow and then proceeds to close his eyes again. “What do you need?”

“A witness for my wedding.”

“Your wedding is next month,” Beth says, not understanding. Jolene's married lawyer kept his word and left his wife for her, and they were supposed to get married at the end of the next month.

“Well, it was next month, but now it’s this afternoon,” Jolene says. “Al’s family isn’t too keen on him marrying a black woman. Like I’m not the best thing to happen to him.”

“Of course, you are,” Beth says. Jolene had always been the best of people, even when Beth hadn’t really understood what that meant.

“So, we’re saying fuck ‘em, and just doing the justice of the peace route.”

“What time do you need me?” Beth asks immediately.

“We’re meeting at the courthouse at noon.”

“I’ll be there.”

Beth hangs up the phone and asks Benny, “Do you want to go to a courthouse wedding?”

Benny opens one eye. “What exactly are you asking me?”

“My friend Jolene is getting married this afternoon and I’m going to be her witness.”

“I thought she was getting married next month.”

“Change of plans,” Beth says simply, climbing out of bed. She walks over to her closet and starts going through her dresses. “I don’t know what to wear to a courthouse wedding.”

“I’d say the rule is probably still no white.”

“I know that,” she says, already combing through the various hangers with military-like precision. Something occurs to her, and she looks back at Benny. “You don’t have a suit.”

“So what?” He’s lying in bed with his arms crossed behind his head, and he looks so positively cute that she almost forgets all about the afternoon and climbs back into bed with him, but she can’t have that. This is Jolene and she knows her friend is already not getting the wedding she had originally wanted. Benny is getting a suit.

“Ben Snyders opens at 9. We’ll find you something there.”

“I don’t need a suit. I have my black coat. That’s good enough.”

“You shouldn’t even have that black coat anymore,” she tosses over her shoulder, attention back to her closet.

“Stay away from my coat, Beth. You already made me throw away the hat.”

“You say that like it’s a bad thing.”

“It is.”

“I promise to not touch your coat,” she says, turning back around. “But, you need a suit.”

He studies her face for a moment and then says, “This is important to you, isn’t it.”

It’s not a question, but a statement, and she nods.

“Okay,” he says. “I’ll get a suit.”

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At 11:45 a.m., Beth and Benny stand outside of the courthouse waiting for the bride and groom. Beth turns to Benny and smooths down the collar of his suit jacket, smiling to herself.

“You could try to look less smug,” Benny teases.

“I just think you look very handsome.”

“And you look beautiful.”

Beth isn’t typically a fan of public displays of affection, but she leans in and kisses him softly, lingering with her mouth against his until she hears Jolene call her name. She pulls away and turns toward her friend’s voice, surprise registering on her face when she sees the pair. Al is dressed in a traditional black suit. Beside him, Jolene is wearing a deep red silk jumpsuit.

“Aren’t brides supposed to wear white?” Beth asks with confusion.

“That’s what they want you to think.”

“Who’s they?” Benny asks.

“The patriarchy. The white is supposed to be about the bride’s virginity or some shit like that. And, I’m no virgin. So, I thought I’d just dress for me. And Al. This is his favorite outfit of mine.”

“It really is,” Al echoes, and when he looks at Jolene, Beth can see that he’s telling the truth. Jolene softens in a way that Beth hadn’t seen before, and then Jolene looks over at Benny and says to Beth, “So, you finally threw one of those chess boys a bone?”

Beth grins. “This is Benny.”

“I know who he is,” Jolene says. “I read about you, Benny Watts. You’re almost as impressive as my girl, Beth.”

Beth knows that Benny can be sensitive to the comparison, and she says, “Jolene’s biased.”

To her surprise, Benny shakes his head and says, “No, I’m pretty sure she’s right.”

Beth meets his gaze and she can feel her cheeks flush. Jolene grins wide. “I like you, Benny.”

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Beth didn’t have many courthouse weddings with which to compare Jolene and Al’s, but if she had to guess, their wedding easily ranked in the top-five. Both the bride and groom prepared their own vows, and Beth noticed even Benny looking somewhat emotional as Jolene read from her folded up piece of notebook paper, her hands shaking. The union was sealed with a kiss, and then they went to a nearby diner to celebrate. They all order burgers and drinks, and when Benny looks appraisingly at her chocolate shake, she wordlessly trades her shake for his green river, and then tells him, “This means you can’t complain when I eat your fries.”

“I think that’s a fair trade.”

Beth does, in fact, eat a good portion of fries, and after the plates are cleared, Jolene pointedly asks, “So, when are you two walking down the aisle?”

Beth chokes on her drink and Benny says, “I can’t really say we’ve thought about it.”

“You do want to get married someday, don’t you?”

Beth is almost afraid to look at Benny, but then he says, “Sure, if it was the right person.” He stands up, putting his napkin on his seat, and says, “I’m going to head to the bathroom. I’ll be right back.”

“I’ll come with you,” Al says.

When they are out of earshot, Jolene says, “You do realize he was talking about you, right?”

“You don’t know that.”

“That boy is in love with you.”

Beth smiles slightly, but then it dims when she thinks about how she still hasn’t been able to say it back. Jolene reads into her silence and says, “I know it can scary. Being loved like that. I felt the same way with Al. We’re not used to it.”

“It’s not that,” Beth says. “I haven’t been able to say it back.”

Beth expected some tough advice from her friend, but instead she says, “You’ll say it in your own time. Something tells me that boy will wait.”

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When they say goodbye, Beth gives Jolene a tight hug, feeling uncharacteristically emotional. Jolene kisses her cheek and says, “Thank you for being here, today.”

“Of course. We’re family, right?”

Jolene nods, and Beth notices that her eyes are glassy, too. “Damn right, we are.”

While Al gives Beth an awkward half-hug, Jolene wraps her arms around Benny and murmurs, “You hurt her, I hurt you. Butter knife straight to the balls.”

Benny pulls away, somewhat startled, and nods. “That is a very specific threat.”

“A vague threat does no one any good.” Just as swiftly as the threat came, Jolene grins beatifically. “Thank you for coming to my wedding.”

He walks over to Beth, and as they head back to her car, he says, “So, that was Jolene.”

“That’s Jolene.”

“She’s kind of intimidating.”

Beth looks over at him and says, “She threatened you, didn’t she?”

“Yes. And in a very graphic manner. I’m about as impressed as I am intimidated.”

Beth grins. “Sounds just about right.”

#the queen's gambit #the queen's gambit fanfiction #Beth Harmon #Benny Watts #Beth x Benny fanfic #Beth Harmon x Benny Watts #Jolene #Beth x Jolene

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rorigilmore · 3 years

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Fan video of Beth and Jolene from the queen’s gambit set to dorthea by taylor swift.... someone make it

#dorthea #taylor swift #the queen's gambit #beth harmon #beth x jolene

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softestborgov · 3 years

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Per my last post: I am rebranding this blog as a general blog about my Queen’s Gambit fic universe. It has now become a crossover with Soviet hockey, so, there’s RPF too (mostly in the afterstory). And a lot of WLW/MLM solidarity.

My ship of Vasily and Ksenia has not changed. I love them so much and I’ve really missed them. On that note, I’ve confirmed that their kid who Beth sees with them at the Mexico City zoo is a girl. Her name is Alina and she later goes on to do incredible things in hockey.

I’ve seen some fics in which Vasily’s canon wife - who I have given the name Olga Sobakina - is a lesbian, and I adore the idea so much I’m adding it to my ‘verse too. Olga is simply Vasily’s translator who becomes better friends with him and Ksenia over the years. I may still be uncomfortable with Beth/Vasily shipped romantically, but poking into fics still gives me inspiration.

If I use the spelling Lutchenko (rather than Luchenko in the book), do not be alarmed. This is on purpose. I know for sure this spelling is an existing Russian surname - note Soviet hockey defenseman Vladimir Lutchenko who, by the way, is the most involved hockey player (existing irl, but changes in the fic) in my TQG ‘verse. Only in this ‘verse and related AUs, Vladimir is the nephew of the Lutchenko in TQG canon, for whom I headcanon the name Vsevolod Dmitryevich. They look enough alike.

Note that the IRL hockey players are portrayed, for the most part, differently than they probably were in real life, and I ship some of them together. I talk about the same fic ‘verse over on this blog (at least, at the rare times I get the chance to).

Beth and Jolene get together, as they should. It’s a lovely and criminally underrated story of childhood friends to lovers. My ‘verse follows the book detail of Beth finding Jolene when she hits rock bottom. Jolene scolds Beth for Not Being More Responsible, but still has so much confidence in her, then gives her the money for Moscow. I will also squeeze in a phone conversation between them while Beth is in Moscow. Much yearning.

Remember the WLW/MLM solidarity point? I’m so excited to expand on Beth’s friendship with Vladimir because there is So Much Solidarity, And Chaos. Beth is gonna tease Vladimir about his crushes on two of his teammates, and keep asking him when he’s going to bring his two boyfriends home. Uncle Vsevolod is Absolutely Here For This. He was one of the first people fic!Vladimir came out to, and has supported him ever since.

Tagging @hockeychaos, my bestie and such a wonderful cinematic-universe-coauthor. Mandy, I will never not give you another shoutout <3

Also tagging @elizabethharmons for whenever you come back online <3

Asks and things are still very open.

#varlaam talks #I'M BACK BITCHES #update #the queen's gambit #the queens gambit #tqg #tqg fanfiction #beth x jolene #crossover #hockey rpf #hockey fanfiction #soviet hockey #will tag dump with the characters later i guess

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