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One who was once confident was now crumbling. The other was the reverse.
Hikaru realises he is no longer haunted by insecurity and the mental block of never being good enough.
And Magnus realises what he had all along but had lost because he was too late.
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The scraping of a chair.
His eyes snapped open. He tilted his head up slightly to look—white shirt, slacks, barely tamed hair.
“Hey,” Magnus greeted him with a smile, voice seemingly steady.
Their gazes met.
Hikaru froze. There was a long silence before Magnus took a deep breath and dropped into the seat, burying his face in his hands.
They never were good at pretense.
“What year is it?” Magnus asked into his palms, the words cracking.
“2025,” Hikaru murmured.
Magnus laughed, soft and incredulous. “2025,” he repeated.Series
- Part 7 of not in love properly
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26 Nov 2025
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"I don't know. This is stupid, but for some reason… I just wanted to talk to you, I guess. I mean, I know it’s four in the morning, and I didn’t expect for you to pick up…”
A drunken late night phone call.
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11 Nov 2025
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Hikaru is dying.
And Magnus is forced to carry on living.Bookmarked by Spiffing
02 Nov 2025
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we were wrecks before we crashed into each other by aster_pdf
Fandoms: Professional Chess RPF
25 Oct 2025
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"The only thing he had been sure of when it came to Magnus Carlsen was that they hated each other, and he doesn’t even know if that’s true, because now accompanying the usual resentment is a rush of lust and attraction and all-too-embarrassing feelings."
The events that occur during the 2010 World Blitz Championship, both on and off the board.
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27 Oct 2025
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On the table — papers.
Sheets that turned out to be a dagger, capable of severing a vein and cutting the ropes binding the hands.Bookmarked by Spiffing
15 Oct 2025