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   Checkmate, I couldn't lose by CaramelCoffeeBean44

   Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F, M/M
   • Complete Work

   23 Jun 2024

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Regulus Black/James Potter
   • Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
   • Barty Crouch Jr./Evan Rosier
   • Marlene McKinnon/Dorcas Meadowes
   • chess au
   • Regulus Black is a chess player
   • so is James Potter
   • Rivals to Lovers
   • what else
   • Regulus Black Needs a Hug
   • Angst
   • Regulus Black is Bad at Feelings
   • James Potter is So Whipped
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Falling In Love
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Trauma
   • Disordered Eating
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Addiction
   • it's really not that bad i swear
   • Sirius Black Needs a Hug
   • Remus Lupin is the only stable character in this
   • Dorcas Meadows is a goddess
   • Pining Marlene McKinnon
   • Chaotic Barty Crouch Jr.
   • Asexual Evan Rosier
   • Evan Rosier Needs a Hug
   • They're all 21 and lost
   • I'm sorry if that hits too close to home
   • also
   • Slow Burn
   • Like
   • REALLY slow
   • You Have Been Warned
   • no beta we die like men
   • English is not my first language so I'm sorry for any bad grammar
   • Abusive Walburga Black
   • Regulus Black-centric
   • Regulus Black and Sirius Black Angst
   • Alternate Universe
   • Inspired by The Queen's Gambit
   • Chess
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Kind Of
   • Alternate Universe - Muggle
   • this fanfiction is finished but I still reply to comments!
   • Chess Tournaments
   • Regulus Black Plays Chess
   • Chess Metaphors
   • Fashion Designer Dorcas Meadowes

   Summary

   Regulus Arcturus Black, the most aspiring chess player of his generation and descendent of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, finds himself up against James Potter, notoriously brilliant, unnervingly smug, and unfortunately, extremely attractive. What starts out as a rivalry soon turns into more as the line between friendship and love starts to blur, and soon, Regulus risks more than losing just the game. With his abusive family breathing down his neck, his brother Sirius gone, and only chess to escape into, Regulus is haunted by his ambition, loneliness, and addiction, and James Potter might just be the only one who can stop his downfall.

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