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Adjournment (Yassen & Alex, T, 5.3k)

Chess prodigy Alex Rider is attending the 1981 Moscow Invitational when a moment of curiosity leads him into trouble, and lands him an impromptu rematch with the World Champion, Soviet Grandmaster Yassen Gregorovich.

Tags: Non-Consensual Bondage, Blindfold chess (one-sided), Chess AU, Cold War AU, that The Queen's Gambit AU that no one asked for

Sorry if John/Yassen is one of your ships, but I

Don’t Ship It

Why don't you ship it? Frankly because I don't like John. Russian Roulette was my first book I read from AR after watching the show, and John was such a hypocrite in it, and incredibly selfish on top of it, I really didn't like him. I think he treated Yassen awfully and sealed his fate in a way (but he fits very well the picture that is painted of MI6 all over the books/show).

What would have made you like it? if John would have been less of a hypocrite I suppose or if I thought he'd actually cared about Yassen

Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it? John saved Yassen's life once and he gave him a very *lickable* scar - it's just not his to lick. It's Alex 😂

And because I really like to talk about it Yassen/Yasha

Ship It

What made you ship it? I like the idea that Yassen could give Yasha a little bit of hope in his very hopeless life at that time. The first time I thought about it was when I saw the kinktober prompt of selfcest, and then it took on a life of its own & I wanted to explore what could have been when time travel exists. Yasha was so much in need of *someone* who just cares a bit for him, and Yassen would care - he wouldn't coddle his former self, but care.

What are your favorite things about the ship? The overall power imabalance, Yassen of course knowing who Yasha is, what he likes and needs and Yasha being in the dark. But also seeing what Yassen *thinks* what Yasha deservers to get & softening when really meeting him. I think a meeting between Yassen and Yasha wouldn't only benefit Yasha, but also Yassen. I think he hasn't really made his peace with his past, with how weak he was (from his perspective of the professional assassin), but to see him and realize that he did his best back then could give him a kind of closure. What would be very interesting to see what would happen if Yassen would bring Yasha back to the future - and your idea of having Yassen/Alex/Yasha - OMG, I love that.

Alex it is!

All right, guys, in light of the death of RBG last night and the responses by the republican party have me once again appalled, but have somehow managed to finally break through my numbness, so I guess that’s something at least.

In light of this, for everyone who sends me a receipt from a donation to the Get Mitch or Die Trying Campaign, the DNC, Planned Parenthood, the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, or the Homeless Black Trans Women Fund (with your information blurred out, of course, but the amount visible), I will write 100 words for every $1 donated, for a maximum of 10k words per person.  If there are other charities you would be interested in donating to, I will for sure be open to that, and if they are a charity I would support, I will give you either 100 words per dollar or 50 words per dollar depending on the charity and how in line it feels with my priorities right now.

So, how will this work?

Send an email to thewallhaditcoming at gmail.com with a receipt for your donation to any of the organizations above (or another organization you’ve discussed with me) with the subject line “Words for Donations”

I’ll send an email back, confirming how many words I will write and ask what you would like those words to be spent on

Tell me what you’d like me to work on. This can be a fic in progress, original work, a fic I’ve discussed before, or an original prompt.

Once I receive this email and it’s your turn in the queue, I’ll send you an email with a screenshot of the current word count.

When I finish the words, I will send you a screenshot of the new word count and ask if you would like to see the words written (for new works, I’ll send them automatically, but if you asked for a fic in progress, there may be spoliers and I want to give you the option to avoid them if that’s what you’d like)

I’m not sure how long I’ll have this offer open, since I don’t know what the response will be, but I’ll give you all 24 hours notice before I close it down.

I don’t have much money, but I’ve donated what I can, and with my current situation, this feels like the best way that I can contribute. Feel free to message me with any questions you have.

“My soul has been incomplete without you,” Tom said lowly, taking Harry’s hand and placing it on his chest above his beating heart. “I broke my soul apart but now it feels like you’re building it back up.”

“Tom...” Harry murmured, looking up into Tom’s stormy dark gaze.

“It feels strange to me, Harry,” Tom continued softly. “I’ve lived with a broken soul for so long...yet somehow I feel like I was missing something before I ever killed. My soul was always damaged and you fixed it. I never wanted to feel this way towards anybody, but now I do...I don’t know whether I want to kill you for doing this to me, or cherish you.”

“You won’t kill me. You won’t hurt me,” Harry said with a small smile. 

Hello!

It's absolutely no trouble, though I fear I don't know the name of the guy (anymore) and I don't even find the single pic - it's buried somewhere in one of my untitled, unorganised folders 🙈