Playing with words

Just a PSA that fandomgiftbox  is in the sign up phase and that everywoman  exchange is at the nominations stage right now! Yes, I am side-eyeing myself for signing up for them when I'm currently swamped but it's only some GIF making and 500 words in order to get rarepair WLW fic/art! :D And I'm going to get used to this pace of daily life anytime now, right? :DDD 

ETA: Whoops I totally forgot to post that I wrote fic earlier this week too. 😅 I haven't written a 5+1 for years and this one just came pouring out outta nowhere. Like I was inspired by a couple of songs from 2019 (Stroke and Godless by Banks) and a GIFset I made 4 months ago, wtfeven is going on in my fevered brain.😅


the touch placebo (1374 words) by NRGburst
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Queen's Gambit (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Beth Harmon/Benny Watts
Characters: Beth Harmon, Benny Watts
Additional Tags: 5+1 Things, Canon Compliant, beth-centric, Rivals to Lovers, this isn't even that smutty but it's descriptive enough that i'm rating E for safety, Angst
Summary:

Five times Benny touches Beth (and one time she touches him back)

Okay we have 8 days left in Japan and I'm still trying to scan pictures so I can bring memories digitally instead of big stacks of albums and sell stuff. We aren't even started packing our suitcases. And we have so many bucket list people to see one last time and things to do and eat one last time. And now my kids are done school and expect entertainment. This is like The Perfect Storm. I'm sorely tempted to just get on the plane and LEAVE. ALL. THE. CRAP. BEHIND. So what if we lose a couple years of photos, right? siiigghhh 

In fandom news:
Game of Thrones is back and I'm suddenly shipping Missandei/Grey Worm like whoa. Those little glimpses in the trailers have got me so excited! They've had just the sweetest ~longing looks~ relationship where they've both vocalized how much they desire the other and yet have dutifully refused to act on their feelings. JUST DO IT ALREADY DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT SHOW YOU ARE ON. Like, other characters keep going on and on about how he has no equipment, and I'm like... that's not technically true? The way he shut down Daario on that with just a withering look last season was just A+++ XDDD Seriously they can have all the joys of a loving relationship with none of the childbirth/rearing stress! I'm feeling this is a fantastic life choice decision especially now. XD I love how much he *hearteyes* over her, how she's always the one making all the moves because he won't. 
Awesome premiere ep though. It was very much like setting up pieces on a chess board- you can probably see how it's all going down...but you're likely to be completely crushed by your expectations when things go absolutely sideways instead! "The Great Game is terrifying" and absolutely riveting teeveeeeee! :DDD

Here is my fandom giftbox if any of you are interested! I don't know if anybody else has one, but reply with a link yours if you do! I love stuffing, but I will obviously be doing it post-move!

Shadowhunters continues to delight more and more! I think it's Sebastian|Jonathan, but I'm waaay more interested in 2B than 2A or S1? I just wish there was more Izzy and less Clary, but fine, fine plot. (Why do I always glom onto non-main characters to stan in TV shows? There's got to be a psychological reason for this.)