A/N: For the record, I wrote this piece far before OneRepublic's "All the Right Moves" came out. The "king of hearts"/"queen of spades" lines are completely coincidental.
He's the king of hearts, jaunty and inviting; a warm shade of welcome.
She's the queen of spades; quiet but cunning, proudly ruthless in her pursuit of starkly black and white truths.
He fits alongside innumerable different deals. She seems to stand alone, often the heavy hand of chastisement. They are tonal opposites, his participation beautifully reckless while hers remains slyly calculated.
But with time, she's started to play losing hands just to keep the game going. Their antes are pushed to the brink, but neither can fold just yet, the cost of gambling and losing too high to risk.