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  1. Public Bookmark 53

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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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    15 Nov 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 8

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    Agatha is a pro hockey player. After dealing with the loss of her sister and adopting her kid, she gets traded to a new expansion team in Seattle. She meets Rio who is the teams Zamboni driver, an injury in college ended her hockey career but as she gets on the ice with Nicky and Agatha she’s starting to think maybe she can have a comeback and possibly love.

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    15 Nov 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 9

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    "Your hair isn't grey. It's shiny, like silver."

    Oh.

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    18 Oct 2025

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    “There’s one thing I should probably tell you, if you’re still interested in the room," Agatha said.

    “I’m interested.” Rio looked up at her then, their eyes connecting again instantly. Blue meeting brown.

    “I’m pregnant.” She watched for a reaction.

    Rio pressed a hand to her heart. “Am– am I the father?” she stuttered theatrically.

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    Agatha Harkness is pregnant, recently dumped, and in need of a roommate to help pay her mortgage. Rio Vidal just so happens to be looking for a place on Craigslist.

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    26 Aug 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 56

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    Natasha Romanoff's life was one long, continuous traumatic experience. She learned early on that trusting anyone or anything only led to pain.

    As fate would have it, she crossed paths with an archer in a Belgrade alley, and it changed everything.

    He offered her a way out. A second chance. Freedom.

    If only she can trust that it's real.

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    Clint Barton wasn't planning on bringing home a traumatized assassin the way other people would adopt a cat. It just kinda happened that way.

    He is in no way qualified for this. She needs professional help, not some circus brat with a bow.

    Trust is hard.

    But maybe he can teach her how, the way someone once did for him.

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    20 May 2025