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New fic!! And continuations in the “whiskey burns” series

Wild Like the Horses (Naive Like a Child)

“Everything that should have kept the kid tethered to the world was now gone.

He’s driving to Arkansas because a kid he’s hardly known needs a home—and Bill has the room. Bill flexes his jaw, swallowing the lump in his throat since hanging up. Life’s funny. Doesn’t matter how long it’s been—Tyler’s family.

With a stiff breath, Bill climbs out.

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EVERYTHING AND NOTHIN' CHANGED AT ALL update!!

Ch.24 - wild wind blowing

"Babies have the WORST timing"

Kate’s ragged breaths drew from a surprising strength. “It wasn’t supposed to be like this,” she thought, anchored in pain..

“Babies have their own schedules,” Cathy said. She found a medkit in a small closet, along with towels, a water basin, and extra Aquafina bottles. “This one seems to have picked had quite the night.”

“The timing is shit.”

Kate let out a guttural moan, folding forward as another contraction hit. “Given how our life’s been goin, darlin –” Tyler stepped in with, “are you really all that surprised?”

“I’m going to need you to shut the fuck up.” Kate utters a feeble, half-groan scream. She walked back to the cot, easing herself down onto it. “They’re close together,” she gasped. “Too close. It’s happening fast.”

The pressure changed yet again, air sucked from the space like the sky was trying to inhale breath. Somewhere above, metal clattered, trees snapped, something exploded.

“We need blankets. Water. Something clean.” Cathy turned the lantern toward the back wall of the cellar. “Tyler—check the bins. You ever delivered a baby before?”

“Nope, never had the pleasure,” Tyler replied, his voice carrying an edge of sarcasm, though his eyes betrayed concern. “I helped birth calves on my aunt’s farm before though.”

Kate shot him a look that could freeze fire. “You did not just compare me to a fucking cow!” She pinched the sheets against her palms. She chewed at her bottom lip.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/66052483

based on the Carrie Underwood song "Blown Away"

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Dani: I spy with my little eye something that starts with S!

Boone: Sunshine?

Javi: No, not sunshine!

Lily: *looks over at where Tyler and Kate are arguing over something stupid*

Lily: Is it sexual tension?

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Kate: Tyler and I- Cathy: Are getting married? Tyler: No, we- Cathy: *pulls out binder* Sit down. I have planned out the entire thing.

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Tomato Soup

In sickness and health..

...and some hurt, with a sprinkle of discomfort, and a bit of angst

(aka A collective of standalone hurt/sick/comfort focusing on Hangman & Phoenix, and feat. Tyler Owens and Kate Carter)

read more at AO3

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What birth years do you headcanon for Kate and Tyler?

For Kate, 1996. For Tyler, I know some people HC him to be the same age as Glen which would be 1988 but I see Tyler in his early 30s, like 32, so I’d say 1992 for him

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S.O.B.H (Symptom of Being Human) - UPDATE!!

Chapter 2: Getting Out of My Own Head

The door opens. Jake doesn’t look up to see who walks in, but the distinct click clacking, the slight misstep—it’s definitely Maverick, Jake’s CO. “How do you feel?” There was almost complete silence before; Jake would have preferred if it stayed that way.

He doesn’t feel like talking.

“Whiskey is dead.”

Jake’s eyes pinch close. No shit, his brain screams at him. Of course she’s dead. He’s the one who watched her go down, the one who pulled her body from the water, the one who ripped off her flight vest, pumped her chest, the one who wouldn’t—COULDN’T—stop, until it was someone else pulling him off her.

His chin tilts towards his chest. “I know.” His hands grip the edge of the sink. He’s breathing—at least he thinks so—at a moderate rate. Truth be told, he’s not really paying attention.

“You fly long enough out here, something like this is going to happen,” Maverick quips; if he wasn’t his CO, Jake wouldn’t mind telling him to ‘shut up’ about now. “The important thing is to get out of your own head.”

(aka: Hangman's first air-to-air kill/losing his wingman)

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Dark Cal Kestis - Jedi Survivor

🔥😍🥵

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Symptom of Being Human

hangman+phoenix story collection (feat. other characters)

Ch.1 - It's a Small World After All

Hangman and Phoenix go to Disneyland

read more at AO3

Story

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Kate: Aww, you love me so much. Look at you falling for me. Tyler, on the floor, face down: You fucking tripped me.

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Leave the Light On

Twisters Discord holiday exchange gift for @knightsistersblog up on AO3

oneshot Rating: Teen and up Fandom: Twisters (2024) Relationships: Kate Carter/Tyler Owens Characters: Kate Carter, Tyler Owens, Javi, the Wranglers Additional tags: everyone's a little hungover, Tyler's got issues, no beta this fic is late enough Summary: Tyler wakes up in bed with Kate and tries to piece together what happened the night before. None of the Wranglers are helpful.

Tyler groaned when the alarm on his phone went off somewhere on the other side of the bed. Fighting back nausea, he rolled over and slapped at it, but his arm came into contact with someone else before he could find the phone. There was a muffled yelp and Tyler winced as the sound reverberated in his hungover head.

“Boone? Can you get the alarm?” He rolled back to his own side of the bed. Boone was a cuddler when he got drunk, it wasn’t the first time Tyler’s woken to find he’d gained a bedmate and lost the blankets.

They’d all really tied one on last night, celebrating the grant that had come through for Kate’s tamer project. They were at a motel in Iowa, one the Wranglers used a lot in July when the season really got going in the northern Plains states. Lily had sweet-talked the clerk, a fan of the channel, into upgrading her to a suite—at least, what passed for a suite at a roadside motel—and the whole crew had partied. 

Tyler knew there’d been beer, and bottles of tequila, and some very cheap champagne … his stomach roiled. The room swam in front of his eyes, bright in the summer morning sunshine, the faded wallpaper bending and waving on the wall where a tidy black suitcase sat, a pair of tennis shoes lined up precisely next to it. Kate’s suitcase, Tyler’s mind supplied. Kate’s tennis shoes. Groaning, he rolled over, realizing as he did that he was shirtless. 

A hazy picture was beginning to surface in his memory. Heat and urgency and laughing at something Kate said while he struggled with a button fly, leaning up to kiss her again as his fingers continued to fumble— oh shit. 

“Ty?” Kate croaked beside him, his phone in her hand as she silenced the alarm. Her hair was a wild tangle across the pillow, and she self-consciously held the sheet against her bare chest. She looked a little green and a lot panicked. She was still the most beautiful woman Tyler had ever seen.

Stupidly, the next thing out of Tyler’s mouth was, “Do you know where my pants are?”

The rest of the morning just went downhill from there. 

Kate had awkwardly pointed to the ceiling light fixture and then, while he was distracted gaping at his suspended denim, she’d scurried into the bathroom and slammed the door behind her. Tyler had tried to stand to retrieve his pants and, with them, any shred of dignity, but his head and stomach revolted at him being upright. At least he still had his underwear on. He gingerly laid back down on the bed, breathing slowly, waiting for the nausea to pass. It did, but it was replaced with a different kind of sick feeling in his gut.

Tyler couldn’t remember much after Lily had gotten out her kit late last night. He raised his arms and scanned them for any ink, but they were still bare. That had been after the bottles of bubbly, after the shots and shots and more shots. Dani had dared someone to let Lily tattoo them, Tyler was pretty sure it hadn’t been him. Boone had wanted them to play Truth or Dare, but then the tequila was empty and somehow all seven grown-ass adults had arranged themselves in a ragged circle and Kate was reaching out to spin the bottle. 

It had landed on Javi, and Kate had turned bright pink. Tyler remembered the swooping feeling of disappointment in his gut. He and Kate hadn’t put a name to this thing between them, and they certainly hadn’t made each other any promises. But there’d been enough flirtatious texting, heated glances and lingering touches shared between them over the past two months for him to have gotten it into his head that they’d been building towards something. Seeing her react like that to the prospect of kissing Javi made the wounded kid still inside Tyler wail at the unfairness of it all. 

Javi blustered out a faux-shocked “What!” and a high-pitched giggle that told Tyler Dani had been sharing her good weed that night. Kate shook her head, shoulders shaking with laughter, and leaned over to give Javi a quick kiss. Pulling back, she overbalanced and tipped against him, laughing, while Javi caught her.

“Aw, come on now,” Dani hollered across the circle, “you gotta put a little more into it than that!” 

Kate and Javi just kept laughing. 

Tyler thought that was probably the part of the night when he’d started drinking his beers faster. 

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Hangman x Phoenix HC(s)

They met in bootcamp, and eventually stationed in Afghanistan together

The whole 'friends with benefits' thing started there as a way to release off steam

The events of TGM were the first time they saw each other in a while

Phoenix is one of the only people who can go shot-for-shot with him and still hold her liquor

Despite the outward impression they hate each other, there is genuine love there under the surface. Most people around them can see it--even if they themselves 'deny deny deny'

After the bird strike, Hangman visited Phoenix in the hospital. She never knew he was there

Post-uranium mission, Hangman and Phoenix hooked up -- they called it "life affirming sex"

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Kate: Hey, can you help me with this zipper? Tyler: Of course. Kate: ... Kate: UP, Ty. Kate: Right, sorry.

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character headcanon asks!

⌛ for an alternate universe headcanon

💄 for an appearance headcanon

👽 for a beliefs headcanon

👩‍👩‍👧 for a childhood headcanon

🔥 for a dislikes headcanon

🧦 for a domestic headcanon

😢 for an emotions headcanon

👗 for a fashion headcanon

👻 for a fear headcanon

🍕 for a food headcanon

👯 for a friendship headcanon

🎭 for a hobby headcanon

🕎 for a holiday headcanon

🏡 for a house headcanon

💕 for a love headcanon

🎻 for a music headcanon

👀 for a personality headcanon

⛄ for a seasonal headcanon

👩‍🌾 for a work headcanon

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PHOENIX AND HANGMAN ARE BESTIES WHO WILL FIGHT SOMEONE FOR EACH OTHER BUT WILL AWKWARDLY HUG AND GRIMACE WHEN IT‘S DEMANDED BY A CIVILIAN SOCIAL SITUATION (other than when there‘s a lot of adrenaline involved and they celebrate that they all made it back from a suicide mission or when one of them is heartbroken and needs a hug)

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Kate, Javi, and Lily: [walk into a room to see Boone spinning in circles] Kate: Boone? What are you doing? Boone, still spinning: Dani told me that there was no way I could be a top, so I'm practicing my spinning! Lily: I'm going to tell him. Kate: Don't you dare. Javi: You're doing great, Boone.