Fics like The Light That Comes Through

Francis returns to his cabin from seeing off David Young on his transport to Erebus to find that his chess set has been disturbed. It’s barely anything. Two pawns and a knight on either side of the board have been touched, and the white king and queen moved forward one row. There isn’t any semblance of strategy to the way the board has been set up: more white pieces than black have been moved, for a start. It does not seem like the intention was for any serious game to play out. Rather, it seems as though whoever touched the board was merely looking to amuse himself to pass the time. Of course, Francis knows exactly who it was that rearranged the chess set. He knows it was Fitzjames, because he watched him do it. Or: five times Francis is distracted by James’s hands without him noticing, and one time James makes excellent use of that distraction.

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