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Agatha and Rio thought the hardest part would be admitting they loved each other. They were wrong. A year in and their lives have fully collided. Now they must learn the delicate art of blending their routines, balancing their ambitions and weathering each other’s flaws with tenderness… and patience.
The opening is behind them. Now comes the true test: the middle-game. And in chess or in life, the middle-game is where pressure rises, opponents reveal themselves and every move counts.
New challenges. New tensions. Same love worth fighting for.
*****
OR: Chess AU - Part II
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- Part 2 of The Rule of the Game
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Remus Lupin, a quiet, witty prefect who carries a monster beneath his skin and a childhood marked by fear, rejection, and resilience. As tensions rise in Wizarding Britain and whispers of the Dark Lord grow louder, Remus finds himself the unknowing pawn in the game of chess of the greatest wizards in Britain.
Sirius Black is freshly severed from his brutal pure-blood family. Regulus Black is being pushed into a deadly political game he may not survive. James Potter is trying desperately to keep his friends—and their innocence—intact.
Friendships strain, alliances blur, and the shadows of the coming Wizarding War lengthen over Hogwarts’ ancient stones. As the Triwizard Tournament returns and dark magic creeps closer, the boys who came seeking a school year will instead face the first battles of the war that will define their lives.
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Darkness, again by Stoneym
Fandoms: 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime)
27 Nov 2025
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Defeated at the hands of the king of curses, Yuji Itadori finds himself alive on the day he was supposed to eat the finger. Can he change the future, or does his influence do more harm than good?
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Vir Fen'Halam by Lithosaurus
Fandoms: Dragon Age - All Media Types, Dragon Age: Inquisition
24 Nov 2025
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"The sickening sensation of magic that should never had existed filled her and Kai tried to hold on. The world around her was unmade. With a crack and an impact of changing pressure, she fell backwards out of a rift in time into a snow drift. A second, far greater crack echoed around her. After a disorienting moment, she shook the snow out of her hair and recognized her surroundings; the Frostback mountains above the valley of Haven, 9:41 Dragon. Overhead, a pillar of sickly green light shot into the sky. "
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They failed. The Veil fell and Old Gods stalked the world. Driven to the brink, Kai Lavellan tries one last desperate ploy; go back in time and stop Fen'Harel before he could destroy the world. The Inquisition would march, she would march with them.
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- Part 2 of Owl, Raven, Robin
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This work will basically just be me writing one shots on my OC's. I may make a creepypasta version of this, but I digress. This is all for writing practice and for the sake of my enjoyment, as well as my friends.
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Caution wins wars, risk wins hearts by feiyuanism
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
22 Nov 2025
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a simple game of classic starchess.
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- Part 1 of Gone wrong, gone romantic
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- English
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- 1,400
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 4
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dead draw
/ded•drô/ noun • the position in which no player has any chance of winning.-
These people have known each other forever. Some were friends that turned into rivals, others rivals that turned into friends. And then there's Simon and Wilhelm, who hate each other (not really) and seem to be afterthoughts at this tournament. -
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Two people who use sex as a weapon, love as leverage, and each other as collateral damage. A story about predation, manipulation, and whether damaged people can learn tenderness - or if some things are too broken to fix.
NEW CHAPTER DROPS EVERY MONDAY 8 AM GMT
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---Isabelle (Bells) Hann thought she had her life perfectly mapped out: a prestigious job at tech consultancy Larssens Ltd, an engagement to wealthy Theodore Watson, and a future built on safety and respectability. But her carefully constructed world begins to unravel around her predatory boss, Jude Larssen - a man whose brilliant mind and dangerous instincts have kept her orbiting him like a moth to flame for three years.
When Jude manipulates a high-stakes dinner with Japanese conglomerate Yamamoto Industries by claiming he and Bells are engaged, their simmering professional tension explodes into something far more volatile. As Bells becomes entangled in Jude's web of corporate machinations, late-night phone calls, and psychological games, she discovers that the line between manipulation and desire is thinner than she ever imagined.
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- Part 1 of Terms of Engagement
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Cypher is blind.
Omen doesn't know how to confess.
Sage wants to grab them and make them kiss.
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Rigging The Game by BitchIEatPeople
Fandoms: Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Helluva Boss (Web Series)
19 Nov 2025
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Dying was a shame. Dying just as she was about to achieve her Magnum Opus was an even bigger shame, and of appendicitis no less. But oh well, it was out of her control. She just hoped she could finally catch a break in the afterlife.
Famous last words.
Now, somehow, she's the Antichrist in a cartoon she used to watch, her father is a duck-obsessed ADHD-brained mess of a man, her mother is absent at best, and she's got less than two hundred years to turn Hell into an actual centralized state before canon starts and everyone else's problems start becoming her problems.
But hey, at least she won't be bored... probably.
(Or in which, a professional chess player is reincarnated as Charlotte Morningstar, Princess of Hell, and does what anyone would do in her shoes-tear canon asunder and dance on the ashes, because she is NOT going to tip-toe around the timeline just to get disrespected by a man with a TV for a head and literally half the cast of her own damn show.)
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Today's Bliss, Tomorrow's Posion by Soyeahthishappened
Fandoms: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
18 Nov 2025
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22 days have passed since embarking on the journey of a lifetime to defeat Dio Brando and save the life of Holly Kujo, mother to your long-time friend. Through tribulations and feelings alike you travel alongside each other, anticipating the final battle for the lives of each other and those you love. Confidence does not guarentee success, however, as life seldom goes as planned.
Whisked away in a instant from a misty town shrouded in mystery, you are brought to Cairo against your will where you meet evil incarnate himself. Believing you to be the reincarnation of his lover long past, you must engage in a game of his design if you wish you make it out with your life and sanity intact.
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When her thirteen-year-old son announces he wants to learn how to play chess, successful graphic designer Agatha Harkness expects little more than after-school lessons and a new hobby to keep him busy. What she doesn’t expect is to cross paths with Rio Vidal, self-taught prodigy and future grandmaster, whose brilliance is matched only by her arrogance.
Drawn into Rio’s orbit, stubborn and haughty Agatha finds herself clashing with the other woman’s sharp wit and unshakable confidence. But as their worlds intertwine, spurred by the quiet intensity of the game, the lines between opposition and attraction begin to blur, both of them waiting for the inevitable checkmate.*****
Or: the Chess AU nobody asked for but I wanted to write anyway.
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- Part 1 of The Rule of the Game
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After the war, Hermione Granger walks away from the wizarding world, seeking a new life at St. Emrys University, where magic is nothing but a memory. She is determined to move forward—until she sees Draco Malfoy.
Except he isn’t Draco Malfoy anymore.
His name is Daniel Lucas Marchand. His past has been (temporarily) erased. He doesn’t recognize her. And by all appearances, he is just another ambitious law student thriving in the Muggle world.
But Hermione remembers. And no matter how much she tries to avoid him, their paths keep crossing.
What begins as resentment and avoidance soon becomes something far more complicated as Daniel—sharp, observant, and entirely unaware of who he truly is—notices that Hermione is hiding something.
And some truths refuse to stay buried.
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In a world where strategy wins wars and miracles demand impossible prices, Erin Solstice finds herself in Baleros teaching chess in the Academy. Fraerling-sized, battle-worn, and carrying secrets no one believes, she becomes both a puzzle and a wonder—forcing [Strategists], students, and even the great Niers Astoragon to confront truths beyond their understanding.
Spoilers up to 10.38 E. I deliberately omitted some characters and changed some of the original plot.
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Dean smiled, and hesitated at the door. He opened his mouth, but nothing came out, just like last week. Castiel watched him expectantly, but without judgement, ever patient.
“I… thanks, Cas,” Dean managed, hoping to convey how he felt. Because somehow, he felt that something happened this time, something clicked.
Castiel smiled, actually smiled with his eyes and mouth and Dean almost swooned like a Victorian lady.
Fuck he’s so handsome.
“Any time, Dean. My door is always open.”
Dean nodded and hurried away. He hoped he didn't seem rude by it. His heart thudded in his chest and he didn't even stop by to say goodbye to Alice.
What the hell is happening to me?This is about Dean going to therapy and Cas teaching him chess, because what Dean really needs is a friend he can rely on (and maybe thats what Cas needs too). But Dean feels different around Cas, maybe it was because of the way he listened and looked like he cared, maybe it was the coffee Cas always seemed to get right. Either way, Castiel was one of Deans best… was Deans favorite… Dean… well he really liked his therapist, ok? It’s normal to like your therapist!!
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Fyodor had known he felt a romantic longing for her, almost since the day in the park when they met. He knew of her escapades with men who couldn’t possibly know her like he does, and some women who couldn’t appreciate her the same either. He knew Dazai would reciprocate with the physicality, but he did not know if she felt the same depth and strong presence of destructive love as he had felt. He knew he felt stronger of her than he had anything, more than his past God.
AKA: T4T teen fyozai agree they will stick together until they commit double suicide eventually and kiss about it
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“Take it, if you can. But if not, may as well die by my hand.”
“Lies. I am the eighth harbinger. You are nothing but a measly, weak and selfish god!”
Venti laugh’s eerily, shaking his head, the chains rattling ominously. La Signora eyes him with a steady gaze.
“Long ago, you took away my lover. Now, I can take away something precious to you!”
“Your lover, Rostam?”
Basically a ‘What if’ Signora captured Venti instead of la kicking him :)
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- Part 8 of Wind and Time Chronicles
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The moment she stepped off the train, something proved her intuition right—the air was undeniably different. A fresh breeze accompanied by a promise of something unrecognizable, and a captivating smell of sugary treats from a small bakery nearby.
Bella was undoubtedly aware that she, too, would have to adapt.A musican gets hired at a local event planning company, while managing all the chaos in both her heart and mind.
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- Part 6 of The Dark Horse Covered In Candy
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To the Death Eaters, she is nothing but a pawn.
To Theodore Nott, she is something far more dangerous: a complication in a game he was born to win.
But in chess, pawns can become queens - and queens can cost you everything.(Please mind the tags.)
A Note from the Author:
Each chapter in this story takes its name from a chess strategy. The move defines not only the board, but the story itself.
Every piece you meet — the pawn, the bishop, the queen — carries its own burden of power, sacrifice and consequence.Huge thanks to my beta and partner in crime for this story:
beckysbooktok 💛I created a playlist to accompany this story — listen on Spotify:
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Cypher and Sova have been assigned a long-term mission in Morocco. This is a collection of memories involving and around them as they work together (and apart) to get the job done.
Ah, and Cypher is a fan of Greek mythology. Sova gets used to it eventually.
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- Part 2 of greek-inspired val fics