𝙰𝚝𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜. 𝙴𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜. 𝙸𝚗 1963 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚗, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚠 1966 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝚝𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚑𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚝. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚊𝚕, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚘𝚗.

"Such a foolish reason I'm afraid, I just wanted to kiss you," she shrugged. Benny went quiet thinking for a second about his next move... She's just like a game of chess, Benny thought, except it's blind chess and you have no clue who you're against yet you still want to win. #1 - BennyWatts #1 - Chess

Mavis Reyes. A Filipino woman born and raised in 1960's America. her life changes as she meet the chess player Benny Watts when she seeks out a friend, in the life of a single mum. - Racism ( It is 1960's America) - I do not play chess - I do not own any of the original characters - I do not speak Filipino

you make me feel like a fool, waiting for you. benny watts x oc written in full grammar slowburn, enemies to lovers-ish #1 checkmate 24.05.21 #1 in bethharmon 22.02.22 #1 in queensgambit 10.07.22 #2 in chess 17.12.21 #1 in bennywatts 31.12.22

"You're his daughter." Benny stated to himself. "Bingo." "Do you play?" He asked, and you shot him a stare. "Bingo?" You replied, sarcastically. He smiled at the board, before tipping his hat and head upwards. "Chess." Life wasn't easy growing up with a chess Grandmaster as a father; it's even more difficult when you find out you could be better than him at his own game. Benny helps you realise that potential.