I Pulled up the zip on my dress as I headed out to the apartment setting the kettle on the stone top and prepping the coffee cups for this morning, enjoying the short sprint of silence. I heard the bedroom door open and close with its usual creak and I smiled not bothering to look
"Morning"
"Morning" He grumbled back in his usual early morning tone "Coffee ready?" he asks basically looming over me
"Just a minute Benny it's not done yet" I told him giving his chest a gentle elbow as I made the coffee up and handed it over to him
"Thanks Hun" He says quickly taking it and having a few sips leaning on the kitchen counter in his kimono and his boxers his jewellery still around him as it pretty much never leaves him even if he often fiddled with his newest ring as he was not yet used to it being there "What's happening today?"
"It's Tuesday remember" I told him starting on some toast for breakfast
"Tuesday." he nods "Remind me?"
"You have that meeting." I remind him "With Arthur" I pushed
"yeah" it clicked "Fuck that's today?"
"Yes. at ten" I laughed "And its Quarter to nine, he has an inch about being on time, you need to get across town and you're currently in your boxers"
"Fine" he sighed downing the rest of his coffee "The car's fulled up right?"
"it's half tank yeah"
"That's fine, where's little one?"
"Where she always is" I smiled having my own coffee and I couldn't help but watch, as he headed across the apartment leaning himself over the little wooden crib making sweet little cooing noises which woke her
"Chrisy, Chrisy." he cooes "Hello Chrisy" He smiled picking her up and pulling her to his chest as she woke and began her giggles "Good Morning"
I couldn't help but smile watching him with her, I remember I was really worried when I first found out I was pregnant, given how he has always been more emotionally distant which isn't a bad thing, I know that's just how benny is. And I was worried that perhaps he'd be distant or struggle when our baby was born but the moment I told him his hard shell cracked and he did his best to be more open with these things and as soon as she was born the shell broke open, admittedly he still struggled but he treated her so sweetly spoiling her with all the affection possible, and he was a very good daddy to her.
"Hello chrisy" He cooes giving her little head kisses "shall we get ready to go out?" He smiled and she happily clapped showing her approval, "yeah? you gonna help daddy with his outfit?" he asked and she clapped giggling away "That's my girl" I chuckled watching what he does almost every day now taking her with him over to the clean laundry basket digging though it getting out any of his clean clothes "So, What shall we wear today?" He asked her "shall we wear black jeans, blue jeans or black press pants" He says laying them out for her and she grabbed the black jeans "Ohh thank you chrisy" he smiled putting them to the side and putting the rest back in the basket "What about shirt? shall we wear the green shirt, the grey shirt, or the black t shirt?" He offered laying them out for her and she picked the green "Ooh good choice chrisy." he smiled putting them on the side and the rest away "Now, shall we wear boots, lace ups?" he asks taking her to the shoes by the door "which ones are going with this outfit?" he asked and she picked the boots "Good girl" He smiled kissing her head "Now you sit with mummy while she does your breakfast and daddy will get dressed" He told her sitting her in her high chair and taking his clothes to the bedroom I gave her a cuddle and her breakfast bottle until he returned in the outfit she picked out for him and she giggled like crazy "There we go, does daddy look handsome chrisy?"
"He looks very handsome doesn't he chrisy?" I smiled
"Lets pick out little ladies outfit" he smiled picking her up again giving her kisses as he took her to her little draws "what does my little lady wanna wear today?" He asked letting her look though all her clothes and she picked out a little dress and some socks "Aww beautiful chrisy" he told her getting her dressed into the outfit she picked out. "There we go, what's mummy think?" He asked holding her close
"You both look lovely" I laughed "make sure to take her little coat too" I remind him
"I'm taking her coat." He says getting both his and her coats "Come on then little lady," he smiled "See you later hun" he says giving me a kiss
"Have a good day benny, you be good chrisy" I told them giving them each a kiss
"she'll be a good girl, I'll bring milk" he says heading off to his meeting with chrisy cuddled in his arms.
Hello hello!!! For the Benny watts stories do you think you can do one, that were Benny's wife and he invites Beth to stay with us until she goes to Paris and he told us about it and we were fine with it but Beth didn't know that we knew she was coming and she is jealous of us and trying to start things with us but we put her in her place and benny is turn on by us putting her in her place. Please and thank you ☺️
I hurried to the kitchen and started work on dinner for us as well as some more snacky bits while we all caught up and of course imagine Beth and Benny will want to be playing chess for a while. And as dinner worked I quickly grabbed a dress from the airer beside the dryer threw my cream dress onto the laundry and slipped on my tea length off shoulder white dress with monochrome flowers and vines, making sure to do it up tight and making sure my petticoats sat fluffy, making sure to reapply my lipstick. I Heard the door and went to set things down but I heard him heading down the stairs "I got it!" He says so I left dinner to simmer fixing my hair in the reflection of the pan on the drying rack, And I headed through to the living room. Benny stood having just brought her in, Beth stood in her six-inch red under sole heels, flesh-toned tights, a rather snug square neck drop waist black dress with raised piped white seams, her long red hair well curled allowed to hang to her shoulders, she smiled as she looked around the living room.
"Very nice, certainly an improvement." She says her head stopped as if she almost jumped when she saw me, her smile seeming to vanish from her lips "You're not alone." Her cheerful tone shifting
"Why would I be?" He asks her coming further into view and immediately I noticed a bright red kiss on his cheek which didn't take long to deduce where it came from
"Sorry, just didn't know you'd be here," she says "Elizabeth Harmon," she says offering her hand
"That's alright, Y/n Watts" I smiled shaking her hand
"Watts?" She asks with a glare in Benny's direction
"It's about time you met my wife" he smiled wrapping an arm around me and giving my cheek a kiss I smiled giving his lips a little kiss and cleaning off the lipstick stain
"Forgive me I've been busy with dinner" I said fixing my dress
"No, no it's... adorable" she says fixing her hair
"Do have a seat" I offered and she took a seat in Benny's chair so I sat on the sofa as Benny headed to the kitchen to fetch drinks
"A lot changed in a season"
"You could say that," he answered from the kitchen
"So go on give me an update on what's been happening?" She says as he arrived backhanding her a drink immediately I notice her fingers grace his as she took her glass but he said as usual utterly oblivious and he sat down beside me on the sofa
"Well, been doing the usual rounds and all" he shrugs
"I haven't seen you around much"
"Took a little time off"
"Guess you didn't want him away so much?" She asks me
"I told him he could go"
"No I wanted to be here with you, I've got all the time in the world for tournaments, why would I cut short our honeymoon?" He Cooes holding my hand "I wanted time off anyway"
"From what losing?" She asks
"You needed some time off, you were working too hard" I smiled stroking his hair immediately he shot me a look he knew something was up but couldn't quite figure it out yet
"What about all this then?" She asks
"Well, stopped off in a little hotel on the way back from California just to sleep for the night give my head a rest. Decided to pop down to the little cafe across from the hotel and there she was"
"We weren't meant to be closed but I couldn't just kick you out into the cold"
"You were very sweet to me,"
"We chatted, and we ate until the sun came up."
"I knew of never finding another girl like you in a million years, we traded numbers and I came back home but pretty much the first thing I did the second I got home was call you"
"Ended up talking a for a good few more hours"
"We talked every day for months, and it got to a point I couldn't wait any longer I drove all the way down there turned up in the middle of your shift, marched in and proposed with a cheap ring I bought from the pawn shop"
"You made me drop a whole pot of coffee on the floor, but I said yes. I mean how could you say no to that face."
"Got things square brought this place and for married at the courthouse just a month back" he explained "Still getting used to it" he chuckled fiddling with his wedding ring
"And still unpacking, this place was a steal but sort of a spur-of-the-moment sort of thing"
"What about the cafe? You quit I'm guessing?"
"It was my business I sold up and used the money for our down payment and the rest on the laundromat a few blocks down"
"Humm quiet the business girl" she says
"Been one all my life." I answered "It's always good having solid cash coming in, pretty soon I'll be taking the laundromat profits and investing in a little record store I have my eye on"
"The one on Harrington's street?" He asks
"That's the one"
"Awww I told you about that" he smiled giving my cheek a kiss "So what's been up with you Beth? Grandmastering I suppose?"
"Mostly been on tour for my new book, heading off to Paris for the invitational planning on going out with Cleo while I'm there" she explained "Mostly been taking care of the house, it's been nice having some time off to relax not easy being grandmaster and all"
"I imagine it takes a lot of your time." I snapped back "Not reliable though, chess money comes and goes I'd always be worried if we replied on just winning tournaments it's nice having concrete assets" I explained "and the profits are nice"
"Very nice, you paid off my car for me. I had a lot of parking tickets... way more than I thought I did, there was actually a warrant out to impound it. But it's really nice not worrying so badly about money"
"It's very nice to start a marriage with a clear financial slate." I smiled
"Well hopefully I should be getting my Moscow prize Money as usual" she snapped back
"Ohh do excuse me I need to check on dinners" I smiled getting up and heading to the kitchen everything was going well I heard them talking about chess for a solid few minutes but when I headed back I noticed she had moved forward to the edge of the chair moving her hand down the sofa arm until her hand met his he pushed her hand off absentmindedly as they spoke clearly assuming it was an accident but her hand quickly returned to his and even slyly pushed his wedding ring down his finger
I coughed which caused her to move away, and Benny nervously brought his hand to his chest fixing his ring
"I don't have many rules for guests in our house Beth. But I'd thank you very kindly to keep your hands to yourself" I told her
"Just playing y/n like old times" She smiled getting to her feet
"Be that as it may. I'm sure a very smart girl such as yourself can understand concepts and this one's pretty damn simple." I told her "Keep your hands off my husband"
"Understood" she nods "I'll take my things upstairs" she says sheepishly grabbing her things and heading upstairs
"First door on your left" I told her before I went to the kitchen as now dinner was ready so I began setting things up on the table and I felt Benny come and wrap his arms around me kissing my neck "Benny!" I complained elbowing him slightly
"Raooww" he playfully laughs "thought there was gonna be a catfight"
"I was making a point."
"You really sexy when your... commanding"
"Am I?"
"Ummm hummm" he smirked biting his lip a little "You should put your foot down more often, I like it"
"Well see"
"I'm sorry -"
"What for? Not your fault" I shrug
"I should have moved, or said something, or... not Invited her here"
"Benny," I laughed turning to face him leaning on the table as I wrapped my arms around his neck "It's fine, your not always the best at picking up on these things I learned that pretty quickly hence why I've always been really straight forward with you, you didn't pick up on it's it's fine not like you imagined she would, you did perfectly fine my love. She's your friend you invited her here it's not a problem if you want her here then she'll be welcome. But that doesn't stop me from kicking butt if I need to"
"Your sure?"
"Very sure"
"I love you so much"
"I love you too" I smiled pulling him into a kiss I heard heels on the stairs but we ignored her continuing our kiss till I pulled back "Go on then Mr watts set the table" I told him
"Yes, Mrs watts." He smirked back giving me another kiss "Another drink before dinner Beth? We can play some speed chess after"
Benny Watts x reader, the two are roommates in New York, the reader has a habit of smoking when stressed/need to think and Benny noticed this. One evening, when they were at the bar near their house - drinking Whiskey and playing speed chess together, Benny said to the reader, "If you lose two games in a row, don't smoke, okay?" Reader (who was smoking to think as usual) shrugged to indicate that she wouldn't lose. But after two games, the reader loses and Benny takes the cigarette from the reader by kissing her?
I sat on the fire escape my foot tapping rapidly again the metal grating, the sounds of cars going up and down the busy new York streets. the only thing bringing me a slight bit of peace was bringing the ciggette to my lips inhaling the harshness holding it tight before blowing out what remained.
"It's a dirty habbit" his voice perked up I rolled my eyes a little glancing in thought the open escape window to the main room of the apartment, the door on the back wall with the small grey kitchen to the side even if it really wasn't much more then a fridge, oven, sink and single counter top, the three doors to the right for the two bedrooms and bathroom, my sofa wedged up the corner beside the shelf and in the centre the table where he sat deep in his game with himself in his jeans and his floral kimono I meerly glared at him and he ran his hand over his spikey chin "I'm just saying"
"You want me to get into your bad habbits or are you smart enough to shut the fuck up?"
He smirked a little raising his eyebrows "hit a nerve" he says continuing with his game
"You often do" I sighed putting my cigarette out and climbing back inside the apartment sitting on the sofa crossing my arms
"Do you want to have a conversation so that we can get to the bottom of what's bothering you or do you just wanna sit and pout?" He asks and I glared again "sit and pout it is"
"You left your laundry in the dryer"
"That what this is about?"
"no! But it doesn't help"
He sighed and finished his game before turning on his chair to see me leaning his elbow on the table and his cheek on his hand "what's the matter y/n?"
"I'm fine." I snapped back
"Bullshit. Your frustrated as fuck'
"Oh you know that because your a chess genius do you?"
'no. You only smoke when your frustrated." He says "what's the matter?"
"Nothing is the matter! When I do or do not smoke is none of your damn business benny!"
"....what's. the. matter."
"Mikey hasn't called me"
"Ahhh there it is." He smiled "maybe he's busy?"
"For four days!"
"Did we pay the phone bill?"
"Yes."
He got up and came to sit beside me "he's a dick don't let him stress you out don't give that little fucker the time of day you can do way better anyway"
"You think so?"
"I know so"
"Thank you benny"
"Your welcome y/n"
"What happened to that girl you were dating anyway?"
"I haven't dated anyone in like four years"
"Okay let me rephrase that. What happened to that girl you were fucking?"
"I was replaced"
"By?"
"A vibrating toothbrush"
".... I mean, I can't say I blame her benny"
"Yeah she realised that either way she ended the night partly satisfied and white dripping down her chin, and the toothbrush she doesn't have to leave the house so?"
"Yeah that's fair" I shrug "did she mention the brand of toothbrush?"
"No. There's a bathroom between us and I still hear way more then I want to"
"If I have to listen to you then you have to listen to me"
"Fair enough"
I sat on the small porch of the bar often bringing my cigarette to my lips trying to calm myself down after everything, soon enough benny arrived back at the table with a blue ribbon in each hand setting one in front of me and the other infront of him “Dirty Habit” he says
“I know I know but… work. And just shit in general” I sighed
“You’ve had a lot of cigarettes lately” he says as he set the board between us up for another speed chess game
“I’ve been very stressed lately” I sighed as we plaid until I won
“Okay… How about this, If I win this game you put out that cigarette out?”
“And when I win?”
“I’ll buy you a pack”
“Sure” I shrugged setting the board up again and we plaid a rather quick and merciless game of speed chess and it wasn’t long until I was backed into a corner and he smirked I did my best to keep it going but I knew I had no choice so I sighed resigned and put my cigarette out which made him very happy resting the board and I got another cigarette from my bag
“Hey!”
“I put out my cigarette. Didn’t say I couldn’t get another one”
“Okay, How about if I win two in a row, you put that out and … you try to give up the cigarettes”
“Really?”
“I’ll let you have some leeway but you have to actually try to give up”
“And if I win?”
“I’ll shut up about it being a bad habit. I’ll never mention it again”
“Never?”
“Not ever I promise”
“Deal” I smirked I did my best our game much slower but far more merciless I didn’t let him get over me quiet so easily he actually had to put a bit of fight against me slowly but surely until I noticed what he’d done “God damn it” I sighed
“So?” he smirked
“It's not over till it's over” I snapped still doing my best to fight for a good few more moves using the cigarette to calm my nerves until I had no other option and I resigned which only made him smirk more, he pulled the cigarette from my lips and threw it to the floor stamping out the cigarette I sighed before he turned his attention back to me he leant over the table giving my lips a soft kiss which made me jump a little and my cheeks turn bright red “Uhhhhhh”
“So?” He smirked holding his hand out I rolled my eyes but handed over my cigarettes “Lighter” he warns so I sighed and handed my lighter over too “Thank you, I know it’ll take time but you’re giving up”
“Fine” I sighed “But How exactly do you plan on making sure I do give up?”
“Well I have your word, given our deal.” he says “and I’ll set up a system of rewards and punishments for you” he winked
“Ohhh”
“So, come on finish your drink and we’ll head back to the apartment” he smirked
“Am I allowed a smoke after?”
“After?” he glared
“After…” I smirked
“Maybe, We’ll see.”
“Alright” I finished up my drink
“Good girl” He says taking my hand and giving it a gentle kiss
Hello hello!!! For the Benny watts stories do you think you can do one, that were Benny’s wife and he invites Beth to stay with us until she goes to Paris and he told us about it and we were fine with it but Beth didn’t know that we knew she was coming and she is jealous of us and trying to start things with us but we put her in her place and benny is turn on by us putting her in her place. Please and thank you ☺️
I hummed to myself the sweet little song from the cinema the other day, as I worked making a fresh batch of cookies I dug around the cupboards for a good while but I was utterly stumped. So I sighed Washing my hands and drying them on my apron as I scampered across the little house and up the stairwell and across the corridor to the office I didn't bother to knock on the half-opened door heading inside. The wooden flooring dusted and swept the grey square wallpaper across the walls the small window open a crack on the wall across from me, the desk up against the window with the dark green typewriter sat there surrounded by papers yet to be sorted, the shelf on the wall yet to be stacked with items a box sat below it ready for the activity, the small table in the centre of the room where the wooden chess board sat with the cheap chess clock and a white cup with a black rim on a matching saucer, the coffee almost gone with only the thin dregs left behind the slight lingerie on the porcelain of small chunks and grit from the cheap instant coffee powder, the chess board in a half plaid game, and there he sat in his chair barefooted, his black jeans tight to his slender form, against his skin was his plane black t-shirt fairly snug where it had slightly shrunk due to him losing a recent fight with the new dryer, then his loose textured green button down, only three or perhaps four buttons done up from the bottom leaving the undershirt exposed, the glint of his silver chains hung in this opening too, along with the speckels of silver at his wrists and fingers almost as much a part of him as anything else. He ran his fingers across his top lip and be hair that graced there slightly fiddling with the ring on his hand before making a move shifting his pieces across the board, his hair unbrushed but flat where he had a shower and had left it to air dry and it remained a little damp. After making his move he caught my attention glancing up at me and for a moment a smile arrived on his lips,
"Hi sugar" he smiled returning focus to his game
"Where is it Benny?"
"Where's what?"
"My cutters."
"... In the kitchen?"
"Yes, very helpful, where in the kitchen?"
"Uuughhh... in the cupboard?" He suggested
"Benny." I glared crossing my arms
"I have no clue"
"Can I have help to find them at least?"
"Course" he smiled noting where he was in his game on his paper before getting up from his chair wrapping an arm around me and pressing a kiss to my forehead "Come on then sugar cookie" he Cooes grabbing his cup "You can make me another coffee"
"You can make your own coffee" I chuckled as we headed down to the kitchen "So where did you put them?"
"Uuhhh" he pondered having a dig in a Couple of cupboards around the kitchen before finally handing over my cookie cutters
"Thank you" I smiled taking them to continue my baking "I swear I can't find anything at the moment"
"That's just because we're still going through the process sugar cookie," he says wrapping his arms around me and nuzzling his chin on my shoulder "We're still unpacking, still finding little places for things, and it's a big change for us, our nice new house it's going to take us a little while to get used to things"
"I suppose your right"
"I'm always right" he smirked giving my neck little kisses
"Benny!" I complained as he was tickling me with his kisses "Cut it out"
"No" he smirked squeezing me tighter and giving me even more kisses
"Benjamin Watts get off!" I complained trying to push him away
"Never!" He joked
But we were interrupted by the intense bells of the phone which made us both jump
"I got it," he says kissing my cheek and stealing a bit of cookie dough as he headed to the phone
"Benny!"
"Love ya sugar" he calls
I rolled my eyes before finishing up with my cookies adding them to the oven and setting the timer cleaning up before I headed into the living room, the large windows looked out to the New York streets, the front door locked up tight, the mantle on the side wall with some of our more precious items across it, the coffee table and rug in the centre of the room with Benny's leather chair In the corner beside the bookshelf and lamp, and the two sofas across the other side's, the phone mounted to the wall near the front door, I smiled giving things an adjust before turning my attention to benny stood with the phone to his ear he saw me and smiled before returning focus to the conversation with whomever it was
"Yeah, okay great see you in a bit," he says before hanging up
"Who was it?"
"Beth." He says leaning on the wall
"Ohh? You two going to play phone chess again?" I asked
"No, she's going to Paris for the tournament next week but she asked if she could come up and stay and get a direct flight and all"
"Aww that's nice, Is she getting or hotel?"
"I said she could stay here." He says and the moment he said those words his face went pale "shit. I should have asked first... shouldn't I?"
"It's usually the way to do so Benny yes, it's alright you're still learning" I laughed giving him a kiss
"So it's okay?"
"Why wouldn't it be? We don't have any plans"
"No, but... I don't know how you'd feel about her being here."
For a moment there was silence but yet it felt like we exchanged a thousand words I simply smiled and gave him a sweet kiss
"You're my husband." I smiled, resting my hands on his chest Letting him wrap his arms around me "I don't have anything to worry about, do I?"
"Nothing at all sugar cookie" he Cooes bringing me into another sweet kiss "I'm happy to let her get a hotel if you're uncomfortable"
"I'm sure it'll be fine" I smiled "Now you can go make the guest room up and I'll make some dinner for us," I said before trying to go but he pulled me closer into another kiss which I returned happily, his hands often stroking my waist and hips as we kissed and any time I tried to pull away he simply tugged me closer again until I felt his hand slip down and take a grip of my ass making me pull back rubbing my nose on his "excuse me?"
"Yes my little sugar cookie?" he cooes
"Go make up the bed," I told him
"Fine" he sighed "I'm going." he rolled his eyes and headed for the stairs
"Umm good husband"
"Do I get a reward?" he asks leaning on the banister
I hummed my little tune as I pushed the cart along the alise of products every so often glancing to the signs above each alise and then to my shopping list to cross reference between the two, I felt a small tug on my dress so I glanced behind me seeing little Lisa in her clean dress her hair in the pigtails I did for her this morning
"Ohh yes?" I asked she simply pointed to the shelf where the the chocolate chip cookie dough sat in its logs "I think that's a great idea Lisa" I smiled I let her choose which ones we got and helped her add them to the cart "okay next is orange juice, you think you can grab that for me?" I asked her and she nods and runs off happily to find it. I went around and got the rest of the groceries we quickly paid for and loaded up the Lincoln heading through the busy still drizzly New York streets back to the beautiful house I now called home. I pulled into the driveway and parked up helping lisa out the car and she happily came and helped me unload all the groceries into the kitchen, once everything was away I started on the rest of my chores for the day sorting all the beds, all the laundry everything I needed to do when I heard the phone so I bolted downstairs grabbing it before it rang off
"Watts residence?"
"Hi y/n" her voice smiled
"Oh hi carol" I smiled "what's up?"
"I know we were talking and you mentioned you have an open bedroom"
"Yes we do, now Alice has gone home we have an open bedroom. Why do you ask?"
"I've got a young lady here, it's an absolute shit show of a case and I need somewhere for her to go and I know just how well you guys do with these kinda cases"
"Absolutely what's her name?"
"Mable she's just turned eleven, she's a very sweet girl been thought one hell of a time"
"No problem well we are more then happy you can send her and her file along as soon as you get chance"
"Thanks y/n you're a lifesaver" she says before she rang off
So I put the phone down and I grabbed a little cream basket from the cupboard, I headed upstairs making sure to peek in on Lisa on her room playing with her rag dolls so I went on past the other rooms to the last free bedroom I opened the door revealing the fairly bare bones room, it use to be Alice's room when she lived here but she left a few weeks ago with a wide smile happy she finally was able to live with her mother again, I made the bed with some fresh clean sheets and made sure the room was free of dust and spiders, I set the basket on the bed and made sure to fill it from the airing cupboard with a fresh new fluffy towel, some clean brand new PJ's, some snacks, some colouring stuff, a stuffie, some fresh blankets for the bed, a new toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo and conditioner and even a bath bomb all of them fairly mini travel sized ones ready for Mable to arrive I even made her a little card up to put on the basket for her. When I checked the time I rushed myself down to the front door watching out the front window as the yellow bus pulled up outside the house, I opened the door up and smiled widely as I saw them all get off the bus so I smiled and waved As Jessi ran over dropping her backpack on the doorstep to give my legs a hug, I smiled and patted her head "Hi Jessi, How was school?"
"Good" she smiled
"Alright, go on then make sure you get on that maths before dinner else you won't want to do it after bath time" I told her
"I Will" she smiled happily running inside
"Afternoon Harriet" I smiled to her
"Hi," she smiled nicely
"How was your day?"
"Okay," she nods
"Okay, make sure you eat some dinner okay" I told her as she headed inside, and as soon as she was in Dani came to the door too "Hi"
"Hi, how was class?"
"Good" she smiled giving me a tight hug
"Awww, lovely hugs come on then we have cookie dough for tomorrow"
"Great" she smiled heading inside too, I waved the driver away and headed inside to start on dinner for the girls, making sure everyone was okay given everything had had happened during the day at school and what they wanted to do over the weekend
"He's home!" Jessi smiled as she was at the window I laughed and set the dishes down and went towards the front door but I didn't even need to open it as the door opened and immediately I saw benny as he came though the door and dropped his duffle bag on the floor, in his jeans and black shirt
"Hi Benny" I smiled
he didn't bother to reply simply taking me into his arms and lifting me up giving me a spin "I've missed you little lady"
"I've missed you too" I smiled giving him a sweet kiss as he set me down on the floor again "Happy Anniversary" He smiled handing over some roses clearly from the gas station but still
"Thank you benny, a week late but thank you" I smiled giving him a kiss
"Better late then never, you know I don't like going off over our anniversary" he says "Where are my girls?" He asks and immediately the girls all bolted to give him cuddles even Harriet everyone coming to give him a cuddle and to tell him about everything since he was gone, and of course he came to have his own dinner all while listening to the girls tell him everything he missed and of course he told them all about his time away until they headed up to their rooms, "How has everything been?"
"its been okay, Harriet's struggling but I hope it'll cheer her up to have you home again. Jessi is struggling with her maths so I've been looking into a tutor for her. Dani's missed you a lot, and I know Lisa has been feeling a lot better since she's gotten settled" I explained "Ohh and we got a letter from alice"
"we did? didn't you open it?" he asks as I handed over the letter
"Course not I was waiting for you" I smiled "Ohh and we have a young lady coming tonight for the spare room."
"Ohh her name?" he asks opening the letter
"Mabel"
"Lovely, how old?"
"Eleven."
"we know anything about her?"
"Not much but carol is bringing her pack when she brings her"
"You made her a bed up?"
"Made a bed, and a basket for her"
"Good, I'll have a chat with her when she gets here, we'll give her pack a look though one she's settled in her room"
"Absolutely, and Lisa helped me pick out some nice cookie dough logs as a nice activity for tomorrow"
"Ohh that sounds lovely the girls will love that" He smiled "you wanna read?"
"Of course" I smiled sitting with him and leaning my head on his shoulder holding his arm tightly
"Dear Benny and Y/n Watts,
I wanted to let you know I've settled down into the new house and my new room.
My mother has made lots of promises since I moved in, I'm not sure if I should believe her or not but I'm going to give it time, I know she's put so much work in already.
Even thought its nice to be back with my mother, I do miss you all terribly.
I still keep the blanket you gave me on my bed at night and I've been using the lessons you taught me in school.
My grades are good, and I'm waiting to here back about a summer internship which will be amazing,
I know I've told you both a hundred times but I can't thank you enough for everything you did for me and I'm sure I'll be able to see you at some point again.
I hope everyone is okay and things are going well, and I'll send more letters as soon as I can. "
"Awww she's such a sweetie" I smiled
"I worry about her"
"I worry too. I know she doesn't trust her mother"
"Can you blame her? she's let her down before"
"I know, well I always told her she has a bed here if ever she needs one"
"We'll write her back tomorrow" I smiled
We caught up about benny's tournament until the door knocked so we fixed up a little and went to the door seeing carol with her folder
"Hi carol" I smiled
"Hi, Ohh I didn't know you where home benny"
"Only got back tonight, So about Mabel?"
"She's in the car" she says indicating behind her to the car on the street "I've got her file, not sure how long she'll be here"
"she can be here as long as she needs" I told her "School?"
"Not at the moment we can give her a week see how she settles," she explained
"Okay" I nodded "Shall we meet her?"
Carol Happily walked us down to the car and their sat Mabel, with a trash bag of her belongings, her hair matted and messy, her skin dirty she was clearly nervous. we were slow and careful but we helped her out of the car and into the house up to the bedroom I set up
"So, this is your room its your space completely to can do whatever you want with it , we have a three day weekend so over this weekend we can help you unpack and take you to do some shopping to get some nice things for your room" I explained "Everything in this basket is yours its all for you"
"To keep?" she asks
"To keep, absolutely" benny told her as he leant on the door frame
"All of it is for you, and if there is anything specific you'd like, maybe a type of plush or blanket you'd like we can get you them. These hygiene things are all yours and when we got out this weekend we'll get you whatever larger ones you'd like to keep in the bathroom, You're welcome to go and have a bath or shower to make yourself feel more comfortable"
"And your welcome to ask for anything you want, if you'd like to go to the hairdresser, maybe get your nails done, go get some plushies anything you'd like"
"Just let us know, is this bag all your stuff?"
"Yes" she nods
"Okay is there any clothes you'd like me to do any laundry for you? anything you'd like us to wash before we put away?"
"Ohh... uhhh yes please" she nods handing the whole bag over
"Everything? you sure?"
"Yes please, could I go have a bath?"
"Of course you can, and if you need anything that's benny and I'm y/n you need anything at all just let us know"
"we hope you can get comfortable, and enjoy your time here" benny told her
I went and ran her a bath with bubbles and some bath bombs leaving the towel in the bathroom for her, and I took her clothes down cleaning all her clothes and toys in the machine
"she seems okay" Benny says as he came into the kitchen flipping though her file
"she does, hopefully she can relax over the next couple of days and maybe spend some time with the other girls"
"Absolutely, Ohh got another nut allergy"
"Ahh like Harriet, no problem" I nodded sitting with him to go though the file about her history and her issues to make sure she's comfortable, once we sorted all the girls for the night making sure to give them all privacy and we headed up to our own bed room
"Y/n?"
"Yes benny?"
"You ever get kinda... upset we can't have our own kids?"
"Sometimes" I admit "But we have lots of kids to look after, all the girls we have here all the girls we've helped before who are so much better now then they were before they came here"
"Yeah its nice to help them all out, its nice to help them all"
"It is, besides, Carol's been trying to convince us to adopt Lisa for years now"
"I know, I'm thinking about it, come on lets get to bed"
I sat at the table two coffees deep into my day, I wasn't even half way through my game yet replaying with myself as usual, I didn't bother with a clock as I wanted to focus on my play without the restraint of time. The apartment was cold and damp as rain was battering the city, gray clouds hung low, Only the lamp by my chair to illuminate the room, I kept my bare feet off the floor as I focused on my game. Admittedly it was taking me a lot longer than usual but I kept getting distracted.
I know she wasn't doing it intentionally, honestly I doubt she even realised I could hear her.
The glass door to the bedroom opened a mere crack just enough that at the table I could peek inside, her lamp on low beside the bed causing a fire like orange glow that often flickered cause shadows to dance across the apartment floor through the frosted window. I stopped my game again resting my elbow on the table and my chin on my hand watching her for a moment.
She sat perched on the beds corner a few items cascaded across the sheets, her small mirror sat on the chest of draws pulled as close to her as possible, she had been doing her nails causing the unmistakable smell of nail varnish to wash across the apartment, but now she worked on her make up slowing adding various colours and shadows to her face thought all her little brushes, much like a grand artist builds images of trees and flowers. All the while she sang.
Lowly and softly as she worked.
I felt… beyond lucky to hear her.
She sounded like an angel, or a siren.
The sort of voice you'd walk off a cliff for, I didn't get to hear her very often as she was so aware of herself, and so shy that she would always stop herself once she found out I was listening to her.
But for a few brief moments I could just sit and listen.
She worked away as she sweetly sang until she dropped her brush off the table and as she picked it up she noticed me looking
"Oooh-" she jumped turning as red as a rose "sorry Benny"
I chuckled "you have nothing to be sorry about, I like listening to you"
"You don't have to be nice" she says returning to her work
"I don't. Luckily I have only compliments"
"That's what you always say"
"Because it's true." I told her "I could listen to you forever"
She smiled a little and as soon as she was done with her make up she fixed her hair one last time getting up and readjusting her little dark black dress and slipping on her small silver locket
"How do I look?" She asks nervously fiddling with her dress
I couldn't help my smile getting up to give her a cuddle and a little kiss "you look beautiful"
"It's not too much?"
"Not at all. You need to make a good impression it's good to be memorable honey" I told her
"If you're sure benny" she nods grabbing her bag and getting all her little things she needed I could tell she was fearful adding little things to her bag to delay her leaving
"Hun, your pacing again"
"Maybe I just shouldn't go, knowone wants to hear me sing"
"Y/n" I sighed "they wouldn't have asked you to come for an audition if they didn't want to hear you sing" I told her "and even if they don't, I'll always want to hear you sing." I told her stroking her chin and give her a kiss. "Hey, where's that smile?" I asked and she blushed but smiled "there we are. Beautiful"
"Okay, I'll be back soon"
"Take you time" I told her "good luck honey" I smiled kissing her head
"Thank you benny" she smiled before she headed off out, so I made myself another coffee and returned to my game I did my best to just focus on the chess even if admittedly I was a little nervous for her heading out all by herself but I did hope it went well for her, I lost track of time in my game as usual until I saw the door open to y/n returning home. She sat her bag down hiding her face behind her hair so I got up and carefully approached her as you would a street cat or large dog
“So?” I asked gently “How’d it go?”
When she picked her head up it was clear she had been crying her eyeliner run down her face causing deep black tears down her face she shook her head, I did my best not to sigh or seem disappointed as that would only make her feel worse so I pulled her into my chest letting her wipe away her little tears on my shirt rubbing up and down her back and kissing her head “it’s okay, maybe it just wasn’t meant to be. Hey come on we can have ice cream and get tucked into bed okay?”
“Okay” she nods
I waited around for a few minutes outside the little bar watching cars go back and forth on the old cracked streets, the rain still plundering the city, the sweet glow across the city from the neon signs. I waited a little while more as I didn’t want to be spotted. After a good while I headed into the bar and taking a seat far enough back grabbing myself a blue ribbon. As soon as the music stopped I excitedly turned to see the stage in the corner of the bar, it was empty for a few moments before y/n walked up nervously to the small mic for a moment silence flooded the bar until the music started and she sang, I couldn’t help my smile and almost tearing up watching her so nervously but sing so beautifully.
I sat in bed with my book often glancing to y/n with her own book too “Y/n?”
“Yes benny?”
“Are you okay?”
“I think so” she nods
I smiled and put my book down wrapping my arms around her and nuzzling into her chest she smiled putting her book down and hugging me too “Sing to me”
“Humm?”
“Sing to me sweetheart”
“Really?”
“Yeah, sign me to sleep”
“Alright” she giggled stroking my hair as she began to softly sing. I sighed happily, relaxing hearing her sweet voice to let me drift off to sleep.
I fixed the hotel room curtains back where they should be, and I went to the small uncomfortable bed laying back looking at the ceiling, I knew I’d struggle to sleep, I always do when I’m away from my own bed. But at least I had something, I grabbed my bag and slot the tape into the small player that I sat by the bed and attached the headphones into it so I could lay down with them on, letting the tape play listening to the grainy badly recorded sound of her sweet voice, I smiled cuddling my pillow listening to her voice as I drifted off to sleep.
He sat there leaning on his arm playfully, he knew my fate and so did I. But I refused to give him the satisfaction. I hated his cocky sly smile and almost annoyed piece movements and clock taps. Every moment every second only amused him more.
Until I had utterly no option so I gave in handing him the game and taking my glass to sip my juice.
He smirked and reset the clock fiddling with his rings a moment as he smirked at me
"Again?" He offered sly smirk across his lips cocky confidence his voice
I didn't want to, but… "fine" I sighed, resetting the board.
This time he was slow. I barely saw his attacks but all of them I noticed far too late to control, he had me wrapped around his finger and I had to suffer the utter embarrassment of once again having to resign to Benny watts. By now a crowd of chess folks and not had gathered to watch us meaning I was all the more annoyed to have lost.
"Again?" He smirked
I knew I should leave the stupid table slap his stupid face but "fine' I snapped letting him reset the board
I pulled out every trick I knew, every complex play, everything to make him jump give him something unexpected but he had the nerve to fucking yawn at me responding to everything with his usual quiet calm as if he'd been expecting this for hours and given it was speed chess I had little time to think of anything to get back at his plays but the longer it went on the slower it got the more he watched me with those dark eyes I was just delaying the evenitable I sighed and resinged and his smirk grew
"Again sugar?"
"No Benny" I snapped
"Really?" He chuckled "alright. Fine. I was just about to make it interesting"
"I'm fine. Any longer I'll be up all night. Besides wouldn't want to keep you" I said finishing my drink and gathering my stuff
"Y/n come on one more game?"
"No thank you Benny. I'll see you tomorrow." I told him "goodnight" I nodded heading towards the elevator
"Goodnight y/n" he smirked blowing me a kiss
I rolled my eyes and headed back to my room getting changed and into bed with a book trying to ignore him.
Even if he wasn't here I was still stewing, often staring at the ceiling running through the games and deeply stewing in my anger. I hadn’t even read any of my book. When the door of my hotel knocked. I glanced at the small clock, seeing it was fairly late. Now most people were in bed by now, so I got up and went to the door, opening it up and I was admittedly a little shocked to see who stood beyond my door.
He leant against the door frame dressed the same as earlier, but now with his leather trench coat over him, his hand rested on his knife’s holster, his hat in his other hand slightly waving it back and forth in his hand, he smirked at me from under his hair, he looked me up and down even if I immediately tightened my cardigan around me.
“Hey y/n” he smiled
“What is it benny?” I asked
“Rematch?” He smirked
“Why would you want a rematch, you won?” I sighed heading inside my room he happily followed me sitting his hat on the side and kicking the door shut
“I didn’t mean the chess game sugar” he smirked grabbing my cardigan pulling me tight into his chest rubbing his nose against my own "so? Shall we continue where we left off in Ottawa?" he smirked
"Okay" I smirked
I sighed looking up at the ceiling getting my breath back my body relaxed and overexcited at the same time, Benny's sweaty body beside me in my little hotel bed gasping intensely "Fuck- You took it out of me sugar" he chuckled
"Sorry"
"No problem, little lady"
I smirked a little "Benny?"
"Yeah?"
"Again?"
"fine" he smirked back "Give me a sec to get my breath back" he says
TV SHOW THE QUEENS GAMBIT
COUPLE: BENNY X READER
RATING: FLIRTY
I say at the small excuse the hotel has given for a vanity. My little case opened with a few tools have made their way across the vanity as I worked on my hair and my make up knowing it was likely I was to be photographed and such. I began taking my clips and rollers out of my hair. I heard the sound that had been defending me for the last ten minutes. Silence and I saw in the reflection the bathroom door open and emerging from the bathroom was the familiar man. Barefoot in the green shag carpet, his lower half-concealed with the dull old green towels with 'TRHH' embroidered on them, his chest bare still with a few beads of water trickling down his smooth skin onto the towel, his thin chest made his ribcage clear with little to conceal it, his arms with a slightly more muscle than the rest of him given that he had been working out alot more of late, his hand on his neck as he stepped over to the left of the two queen-sized beds, his hair dry and fluffy in his usual way. He grabbed his duffle bag from the bedspread digging through the books and chess magazines before throwing out an outfit onto the bed one item at a time.
"You use my hairdryer again Benny?" I giggled
"Yes. I find it adds a nice bounce to my hair" he answered fiddling with his hair a little before he began getting dressed
"Alright Benny whatever you say" I giggled finishing with my hair and grabbing my brush adding a little more blush and highlight to my cheeks
"What are you doing anyway? You've been sat there since I got up" he says throwing his towel to the side and getting his jeans on
"Making myself look pretty" I answered trying to focus I felt a kiss on my head and his arms around my neck and shoulders
"You're already very pretty."
"Thank you Benny" I smiled, giving him an elbow so he would return to getting his clothes on "I thought you liked when I dressed up?"
"I do. It's cute" he answered "I like when you dress up all beautiful for tournaments."
"Because you like to show me off" I giggled as I finished up and headed to the other bed to get my handbag sorted
"I might do" he smirked evilly as he got his jacket on "now. Where did I leave my knife?" He pondered
"On the bed stand Benny"
"Ahh thank you"
"Your welcome" I giggled going to get my own jacket for the day
"Don't"
"Why not?"
"You're not wearing that stupid big coat it'll ruin how nice you look in your snug little dress" he encouraged
"But I'll be cold" I pouted
"So? You can cuddle me. And maybe if you get a little chilly I might get to see those little nips poke out your dress again. Humm like in Ohio"
"No!" I whined
"No coat. Or no snuggles tonight"
"Fine" I sighed leaving my coat here
"Good girl" he smirked
"Shall we go?"
"No."
"No?"
"You're not going out without that baby"
"Without what?" I giggled unsure what exactly I was missing he smirked more turning me to face the mirror again, his arms around my waist tight so I had no space to move away from his body, he smirked running his nose up from my shoulder to my jaw then pressing a couple of soft kisses on my exposed neck I blushed hard as I felt him choose his spot of course as usual in a place impossible to hide he kissed the skin there softly before biting like a vampire, he sucked hard almost like he was actually trying to drink blood from me his grip tightening as he did before he pulled back and smirked hard admiring his own work and the now dark hiki that sat perfectly in my neck
"There. in case any of those boys forget who you belong to" he smirked "let's go" he growled grabbing my waist and tugging me Along with him so I had no chance to hide what he did to me, or my large amount of blush that now tinted my face.
We went out to the main part of the hotel where the chess tables were still being set up. Benny never removed his arm from around my back, his hand from my waist keeping me close to him at all times. I didn't speak much, still not being used to all this but I always was a little shy.
But I was getting used to the similar faces and names at these things now. I know Benny liked having me around on his arm like I was his little bragging rights just having me attached to his hip, you rarely ever see women at chess tournaments so I always got looked at perhaps more than Benny would like me to. So he kept me closer and almost always gave me a mark or something to make it obvious I was taken. He liked me to dress up and look pretty and sexy even if it always made me blush and want to hide away in my jackets but he liked to show me off.
"I've got my match I'll see you later alright?"
"Okay, good luck" I smiled giving him a kiss
"Thank you, I'll see you soon" he cooed giving my head a kiss before he headed off for his game
I went to the bar to get myself an orange juice taking a seat on the little stool waiting for my drink, I noticed almost instantly as usual eyes were on me. On my neck. On my tits. On my ass. Men looked me up and down like I was meat. Many of them did not have the excuse of just checking out some pretty girl, all of them were chess boys so they all knew who I was, and who Benny was. So I knew to some extent I was safe, not like anyone would try anything. I mean Benny is literally a chess player who walks around with a knife there not risking that just for an ass slap. But that didn't mean they didn't look. It always made me blush seeing so many people looking at me I knew boys were looking at me looking me up and down checking my dress, my hair, my body and even my hair many looked away once spotting my neck but some didn’t. They continued so I grabbed my bag and headed out to the main part of the hotel spotting benny playing his game against some other boy and it wasn’t long before the boy laid down his queen and benny offered his hand, of course, the boy gave in.
“See, I told you it wouldn’t be long” He smiled giving my cheek a kiss
“I know your too good” I giggled taking his hand
“Am I, come on else we’ll be late for the next one” He smirked putting his arm back around me and keeping his hand on my ass as we walked to the next match.
