Literally how this AU came about…
Welsh: (as we are settling in for the night) We should pull out your chess set tomorrow and play a round! Get our brains working and such.
Mr. Welsh: (half asleep already) Sure, that’d be fun.
Welsh: (internal dialogue) Oooh, that’d make a good GingerRose AU…
No rest for the shipper’s brain!
(more gingerrose)