#hilton wexler

[mistressvera]

[tqgincorrectquotes]

Wexler: Why are you ignoring Beth?

Benny: I'm playing hard to get.

Wexler: Why would you do that? You're already hard to want.

[criminalromantic]

Benny: *does something stupid*

Wexler, leaning over to Beth: Are you absolutely sure you want this one? We can get you a better one.

Beth: *sighs in defeat* I want that one.

[humiliatedrook]

References (from left to right, top to bottom): Arthur Levertov, Hilton Wexler, Beth Harmon/Benny Watts, Harry Beltik, Mike Beth x Benny candy hearts Valentine's Day cards

[homosandhomies]

not me tearing up when all of the boys call up beth to help her win the chess tournament 🥺🥺

[ilreleonewikia13]

COWBOY LIKE ME : C H A P T E R 2 ↴ - The Alekhine Defense - ↪ Part one ↩

Benny couldn’t help himself from enjoying the way his adversary’s mind crumbled before his hazardous Opening; the Alekhine Defence, the most dangerous and reckless opening that a professional player could ever play in an official tournament like that: only an idiot—or Benny Watts—could decide to start a game with such combination and expecting to win. And it was exactly what he did; in less than two moves, he was able to throw into confusion Stevens’ strategy and then in less than seven, he put in check his king. The crowd clapped, astonished; they knew who would win in the end - it was taken for granted - but no one would ever have imagined that the match would have ended so fast. In reality, only Benny's moves had been smooth and without indecision; some of reporters present there—would write later—that for a moment they believed to be witnessing a blitz match and not a National’s Final, for how swift his hands were: Kevin Stevens, on the other hand, seemed to be in dire straits and unsure about his strategy, he wasn’t prepared for that.

[bsquaredcentral]

Title: It Gets Easier (But It Never Gets Easy) by ['PawnToBishop4 (AbsolutelyNotAlex)'] Words: 4135, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: The Queen's Gambit

Rating: Teen

Warnings: None

Categories: F/M

Characters: Benny Watts, Beth Harmon, Cleo (The Queen's Gambit), Arthur Levertov, Hilton Wexler, Harry Beltik

Relationships: Beth Harmon/Benny Watts

Status: Completed

Additional Tags: 1960s, Phone Calls & Telephones, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Gambling, Canon Compliant, Post-Canon, Unbeta'd, Making Up, Post-Moscow (The Queen's Gambit), Angst, Addiction

A Benny-centric, post-Moscow reunion fic wherein Benny is as Fucked Up (TM) as Beth is.

[kwebtv]

The Queen’s Gambit  -  Netflix  -  October 23, 2020

Period Drama (7 episodes)

Running Time:  60 minutes

Stars:

Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon

Bill Camp as Mr. Shaibel

Moses Ingram as Jolene

Christiane Seidel as Helen Deardorff

Rebecca Root as Miss Lonsdale

Chloe Pirrie as Alice Harmon

Akemnji Ndifornyen as Mr. Fergusson

Harry Melling as Harry Beltik

Patrick Kennedy as Allston Wheatley

Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Townes

Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Benny Watts

Marcin Dorociński as Vasily Borgov

Isla Johnston as young Beth

Annabeth Kelly as five-year-old Beth

Recurring

Sergio Di Zio as Beth's father.

Dolores Carbonari as Margaret

Eloise Webb as Annette Packer

Matthew Dennis Lewis and Russell Dennis Lewis as Matt and Mike

Max Krause as Arthur Levertov

Ryan Wichert as Hilton Wexler

[nrgburst]

For @shadowspellchecker and one of my favourite fics! This soulmarks AU is absolutely riveting and the detailed worldbuilding is perfection!

pawn and knight (watch your words) (26450 words) by ShadowSpellchecker Chapters: 12/? Fandom: The Queen's Gambit (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Beth Harmon/Benny Watts Characters: Beth Harmon, Benny Watts, Alice Harmon, William Shaibel, Jolene (The Queen's Gambit), Arthur Levertov, Hilton Wexler, Cleo (The Queen's Gambit), Alma Wheatley, Mike (The Queen's Gambit), Matt (The Queen's Gambit), Luchenko (The Queen's Gambit), Vasily Borgov, Real Life Character(s) Additional Tags: Period-Typical Homophobia (discussed), Age difference (discussed), Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Consent Issues (discussed), Deconstruction, Unreliable Narrator, Updates Mondays, Reconstruction, Cold War, Blackouts, 1960s Series: Part 1 of pawn and knight Summary:

He is eight when the mark appears. He doesn't notice. His opponent does.

Or: First-words soulmark AU. Benny is up for an Epic Chess Rivalry. Beth just wants to win it all.

[midwinterblinder]

This is me trying

Chapter 6: “So she’s back in New York then.”

Josephine leaves early the next morning. It had been nice to talk to Beth and the others the night before and with Benny on the other side of the group she didn’t have much interaction with him after the question he asked about her father. She stayed longer than she planned to, which means that she hasn’t slept all that much and she has a long trip ahead of her. Luckily she won’t be driving herself, but sitting in a bus for hours isn’t exactly her idea of fun either.

As she makes her way down to the lobby with her suitcase, she thinks back to the long car rides with Benny. If the trip was 12 hours or less they always drove instead of taking a plane. They would play chess and talk about everything and nothing in the car. When the elevator doors open she shakes her head with a sigh as she tries to shove the memories to the back of her mind.

When she steps into the lobby and starts to walk to the reception, she’s surprised to see Benny standing there. He seems to be checking out as well, which is strange because she’s not sure she has ever seen him leave a tournament this early in the morning.

Benny is just as surprised as Josephine when he sees her as he turns to walk away from the reception. “Leaving already?” He asks as his eyes move to her suitcase before coming back up to her face. When they were together they didn’t leave before 10 in the morning and it’s only 8 now. He was actually hoping to avoid seeing her by leaving early.

“Yeah.” Josephine nods. “I have a bus to catch.” She adds and her eyes find his. She’s not sure if she should keep the conversation going or if she should just go her own way. “I should check out.” She says after a moment of silence.

Benny nods and moves out of her way. “You don’t want to miss your bus.” He says casually as he swings his car keys around on his finger. “Have a safe trip.” He adds as he walks towards the exit.

*****

Josephine takes a deep breath of New York air when she finally gets off the bus. It was a long trip and she’s happy to be back in the city that has become her home once again. She grew up in New Jersey and moved to New York when she moved in with Benny. She had fallen in love with the city over the years that they lived there, but when she left Benny she also left New York.

She moved back a few months ago, but has so far carefully avoided any of the place she used to frequent with Benny. It’s not even that she doesn’t want to see him, it’s more about what will happen when they’re seen together, about what will happen when he hears she’s been seen around Benny.

Now is not the time to think about that though, so she gets her suitcase and heads in the direction of the subway to get to her apartment. New York is expensive so she shares an apartment with Gina, a girl she had met a became friends with when she first moved to New York with Benny. Gina was probably her only friend outside the chess world and Josephine is beyond grateful that she was willing to share an apartment with her. Gina had been begging Josephine to move back to the city and when her old flatmate moved out she offered the vacant room to Josephine.

Gina isn’t the one that greets her when she steps into the apartment though. There’s a man on the couch, a man she recognises instantly as Hilton Wexler. A decent chess player, but more importantly a good friend of Benny. “Jo, hey.” Hilton says when he sees her walk in. He looks uncomfortable, clearly unsure how to act around the ex of one of his closest friends. It never used to be this awkward between them. Hilton wasn’t just Benny’s friend, he used to be hers as well, but he had known Benny first so after the break up they didn’t speak anymore.

“Hi.” Josephine says as she places her suitcase down. “It’s been a long time, Hilton. How have you been?” She tries to sound casual, but everything comes out forced. What she really wants to asks is why he’s there in her apartment, but that really can’t be the first question she asks him in four years.

“I’m good.” He nods. “Just here to get Gina. We’re going out.” He gestures to one of the two bedrooms where Gina is probably getting ready. “She said you were out of town for a tournament. Does that mean you’re coming back?” He asks and she’s pretty sure she sees a hint of excitement on his face as he says it.

“I’m trying to.” She says as she takes off her coat and hangs it by the door. “I got my ass kicked by Beth Harmon in the final though.” She sighs as she walks further into the room and sits down on a chair as the awkwardness slowly seems to leave the room.

“You played Beth?” Hilton raises his eyebrows. “I would have loved to have seen that.” He mutters. “Wait if you were at the same tournament as Beth that means you saw-“ He trails off, not sure if he should same Benny’s name around her.

“Benny?” Josephine asks and Hilton nods as he sends her an apologetic smile. “You can say his name, Hilton. It’s fine.” She assures him with a smile of her own. “Yes, I saw him and we spoke. It was awkward, but not as bad as I expected it to be.” She tells him honestly.

Hilton seems to relax as he sees how she’s taking it. “That’s good.” He nods. “I mean, if you’re getting back into chess you’ll probably run into each other quite a bit so it’s good that it wasn’t too bad.” He expands and Josephine nods.

Any further chance at conversation is put to a stop when Gina steps out of her room. “Okay, I’m ready.” She smiles at Hilton, who gestures to the chair Josephine is sitting on. “Oh you’re back.” Gina says as she turns to face her flatmate. “Hilton and I were just going out.” Gina sends her an apologetic smile. “You can join us if you want.” She offers.

“No, no.” Josephine shakes her head. “Go out. I need to wash off the bus ride and then replay my last game so I can get mad at myself for every mistake I made.” She half jokes as she stands up and gives Gina a brief hug. “You have some explaining to do.” She whispers in Gina’s ear, because her flatmate had definitely neglected to tell her she was seeing Hilton. “It was nice seeing you again.” Josephine smiles at Hilton when she pulls away from Gina, who blushes slightly at Josephine’s earlier words.

*****

The next day Hilton is sitting across from Benny as they play a game of chess. He’s not sure if he should tell Benny about seeing Josephine or not and it’s not doing his chess any good. “Alright, what’s going on?” Benny asks when he has beaten Hilton for the fifth time in a row. “You’re distracted.” He adds as he leans back against the pillows in the corner of his apartment. He can tell something is bothering his friend just by the way he’s playing.

“It’s nothing.” Hilton tries to brush it off, but Benny raises his eyebrows at him and he gives in. “I saw Josephine yesterday.” He sighs. “She’s living with Gina.” He adds as he watches Benny’s face. Benny manages to keep his expression under control, but Hilton sees a flash of emotion pass behind his friend’s eyes.

“So she’s back in New York then.” Benny mutters more to himself than Hilton. Benny’s not sure how to feel about Josephine being back in the city. He was the one who introduced her to New York all those years ago. He showed her around and took he to all his favourite places and it just feels wrong that she’s in New York but not with him. It just doesn’t make sense that she could be walking the streets of his city right now without sharing a bed with him.

“Yeah.” Hilton nods slowly as he tries to gauge how Benny is feeling. “I wasn’t sure if I should tell you.” He says. “She said you saw each other this weekend and that it wasn’t that bad. Is that true or was she just saying that so things wouldn’t get awkward?” He asks.

“I’m not sure how she experienced it.” Benny shrugs. “I snapped at her though.” He admits to Hilton, who doesn’t look surprised. Benny had been bottling up all his feelings since she left, so it was bound to come out at some point. Hilton is just about to speak up, but Benny clearly wants to move on so he beats him to it. “So you and Gina, what’s going on there?”

[shadowspellchecker]

Chapters: 6/? Fandom: The Queen's Gambit (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Beth Harmon/Benny Watts Characters: Beth Harmon, Benny Watts, Alice Harmon, William Shaibel, Jolene (The Queen's Gambit), Arthur Levertov, Hilton Wexler, Cleo (The Queen's Gambit), Alma Wheatley, Mike (The Queen's Gambit), Matt (The Queen's Gambit) Additional Tags: Period-Typical Homophobia (discussed), Age difference (discussed), Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Consent Issues (discussed), Deconstruction, Unreliable Narrator Summary:

He is eight when the mark appears. He doesn't notice. His opponent does.

Or: First-words soulmark AU. Benny is up for an Epic Chess Rivalry. Beth just wants to win it all.

[mistressvera]

She won!

[tqgincorrectquotes]

Jolene: Beth, I said you could bring ONE person to the reception.

Beth: Jolene, they don't come separately.

Benny: Yeah, we're pack animals.

Harry, Matt, Mike, Levertov and Wexler: *nodding*

[criminalromantic]

Benny about Beth: She could slap me across the face and I’d still thank her.

Wexler: We’d thank her too.

[humiliatedrook]

Bonus:

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

[anisanews]

Live-Work Contemporary By Mid-Century Architect Donald Wexler Finds The Perfect Buyer

The Hollywood Hills contemporary was deigned by noted architect Donald Wexler for his son, … [+] photographer Glen Wexler.

Hilton & Hyland

In 2007, Donald Wexler, the late Mid-Century architect (a protegee of Richard Neutra and William Cody) who helped shape Palm Springs’ Modernism movement, designed a Hollywood Hills compound for his son, international photographer and director Glen Wexler. “Donald Wexler worked together with Glen, who wanted a very specific live-work space. That is what the design is focused on,” explains David Kramer, a top-producing agent with Hilton & Hyland in Beverly Hills who recently sold the home for Glen Wexler. 

(Disclosure here: I interviewed and profiled Donald Wexler for Palm Springs Life years ago. The afternoon I spent touring Mr. Wexler’s designs with him remains a career highlight.)

The home was designed as a live-work space and feature high ceilings, gallery walls and a wealth of … [+] open-concept space.

Hilton & Hyland

Dramatically different describes the home. Lofty ceilings frame the oversized sized living room where you first glimpse the home’s focal point –additional creative areas flow from the two-story gallery space. Natural light through clerestory windows and walls of glass can be found throughout.

Steel and concrete steps lead up to a rooftop patio and spa.

Hilton & Hyland

A gourmet chef’s kitchen, dining room, and media room all open to exterior patios. The design captures the indoor-outdoor lifestyle the architect was noted for. The oversized master suite leads to an infinity-edge spa and waterfall. Far-reaching city and hillside views compliment the property from its prime Hollywood Hills location. 

A waterfall feature cascades down from the upper level.

Hilton & Hyland

The five-bedroom, six-bathroom concrete compound recently sold for $3,461,050. “We knew the buyer for the home was very specific. We used the floor plan, which included two kitchens, a two-story gallery, artist studio and media room, to market and attract a targeted buyer,” Kramer says. The buyer, an international artist, made an offer immediately upon seeing the residence.

The spa and rooftop deck take in spectacular views f the Hollywood Hills.

Hilton & Hyland

Donald Wexler’s use of prefabricated steel in residential design in Palm Springs gained international exposure in the architectural community. According to the Palm Springs Modern Committee, “the Alexander Construction Company contracted Wexler and Harrison to design an innovative neighborhood of all-steel homes at the then northern edge of Palm Springs. Due to the rising costs of steel, the project was halted after just seven homes were built. These innovative factory-fabricated, site-assembled steel houses combined prefabricated components with standard construction methodology and are now internationally acclaimed.” These seven homes Wexler and Harris designed are much sought after by Mid-Century enthusiasts.

The upper level holds flexible creative space.

Hilton & Hyland

The timeless and award-winning Palm Springs International Airport (often grabbing the top spots in the best airport in the United States rankings) was designed by Wexler. A perfect example of Mid-Century simplicity and elegance is the 1964 Wexler-designed Dinah Shore home on Hermosa in the Las Palmas estate area of Palm Springs. Actor Leonardo Di Caprio reportedly purchased the property several years ago.

The media room has a subdued vibe with dark-hued paint and carpeting.

Hilton & Hyland

An award-winning photographer and director, Glen Wexler is known internationally for the hundreds of record album covers he created and executed elaborately staged digital photo compositions of improbable situations for Van Halen, Michael Jackson, Black Sabbath, ZZ Top, and Rush. Wexler displayed these in his home’s gallery showroom, where they were seen by celebrities, artists and musicians who were frequent guests of the architect. He has also worked on top advertising campaigns for Acura, Sony and Microsoft, to name just a few clients. His photography also appeared on the cover of TIME.

The chef’s kitchen, like many of the home’s common areas, opens to patio space.

Hilton & Hyland

The Wexler compound illustrates how timeless creative design by an iconic architect is always in demand. 

Hilton & Hyland is a founding member of Forbes Global Properties, a consumer marketplace and membership network of elite brokerages selling the world’s most luxurious homes.

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