#911 lone star au

[theghostofashton]

when fate cries

rating: m pairing: tk/carlos

An ACL tear, the statement posted a couple days later had read. Carlos would need immediate surgery, and obviously – he would not compete for the USA in London. TK, still coming off the thrill of being named to the team himself, hadn’t been sure how to feel. Carlos had always trained in Texas, and he in New York, so they rarely crossed paths outside of competitions. That’s why he was looking forward to being on the team with him, so sure it was guaranteed. It was practically a given among every coach he talked to. Carlos was a lock. It felt weird to celebrate. Wrong, almost. Carlos should have been with him. They’d both been working for this their entire lives. three years later, the road to rio brings with it far more than redemption

thank you so much to @sanjuwrites and @paperstorm for beta reading this for me <3

chapter one chapter two chapter three chapter four chapter five chapter six chapter seven chapter eight chapter nine

[guardian-angle22]

This or That: Tarlos Edition -> AUs or canon compliant fics? ↳ Love Game by @welcometololaland ↳ Rescue Me by @littlemissmarianna ↳ summer slipped us underneath her tongue by @alrightbuckaroo ↳ Magnetic North by @paperstorm ↳ no rules in breakable heaven by @strandnreyes

[heartstringsduet]

First Aid

Summary:

New York City. 2016.

Two liars meet.

In a city eating him up, Carlos hides how he makes ends meet and why he keeps on knocking on TK’s window to be patched up. Desperate to be loved, TK hides his true self and relies on substances to be the perfect son, lover, friend.

Two liars meet - and fall in love with each layer unpeeled.

[Ch.1] [Ch.2] [Ch.3] [Ch.4] [Ch.5] [Ch.6] [Ch.7] [Ch.8] [Ch. 9] [Ch.10] [Ch.11] [Ch.12] [Ch. 13] [Ch. 14] [Ch.15] [Ch. 16] [Ch. 17] [Ch. 18] [Ch.19] [Ch.20] [Ch.21] [Ch.22] / 23

-> Please heed the tags and warnings!

thanks to my beta readers @rmd-writes @welcometololaland ; my sensitivity reader @freneticfloetry & the tumblr helpers and cheerleaders mentioned in the notes 💕

[sonnycrsi]

For all the sayings that tarlos is a poor substitute for a certain ship or got together too soon or don’t have any development or years of slow burn and realization. You know what? it is actually one of the reason I love that tarlos started the way that they were. I love that it tells a story of how two people meet and get attracted to each other, and start seeing how that grew into either a relationship or not. Because yes ! (Suprise) that is how most romantic relationships started in real life! I love how banal it is! And them not having 6 years of build-up or how they both were still dealing with their own issues and insecurities and working thru it while also working on being with each other does not make it any less valid of queer story. I hope someday we won't dismiss queer relationships and stories because of how fast they got together or how much of a family member they consist of (ehm tarlos not having kid @ fox)

I love seeing them not only have feelings for each other but the way the show portray their love as an act, that them being with each other is a conscious choice and effort they both make. I hope someday we won’t be dismissing any queer story whether they got together after six years of pinning or got together immediately. They are soulmate.

*and having queer characters portrayed by queer actors will always be a big freaking bonus.

[welcometololaland]

NOW COMPLETE

Chapter 8 - A Family Affair

Do you like Tarlos? Do you like pets? If so, you have come to the right place, specifically this fic - a Tarlos love story set in a pet store by @strandnreyes and Lolaland

The Rainbow Fish | E | 911 Lone Star | 8/8

Despite being a big fan of animals, TK Strand has never owned one. He’s never had a reason to enter a pet store, until he gets caught in a torrential downpour. Carlos Reyes knows a lot about pet stores. It comes with the territory, considering he works at one. That being said, none of his in-store training ever taught him how to help a beautiful, rain-soaked stranger pick up the aquarium rock display they just knocked over. OR The Tarlos pet store meet-cute.

Chapter 1: The Rock Incident

Chapter 2: Carlos 1, Carlos 2, Carlos 3

Chapter 3: Employee of the Month

Chapter 4: Lou the Lizard

Chapter 5: Job Application

Chapter 6: Cat Rescue

Chapter 7: Epilogue Part 1: TK vs Cat, Carlos vs Lou

Chapter 8: A Family Affair

Thank you to @rmd-writes and @lightningboltreader for being our trusty beta readers!

[lightningboltreader]

Carlos is funny and smart, caring and generous, and the best friend TK’s ever had.

He is also, it turns out, a furnace.

Read on A03

3k, G

For the prompt Good friends TK and Carlos fall asleep together and wake up spooning...

[watmalik]

TK's most recent Instagram posts ✨

[honeybee-taskforce]

Relationship: Carlos Reyes/TK Strand Rating: Explicit (Sexual Content) Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence Tags: Alternate Universe, Karate Instructor Carlos Reyes, Vigilante Carlos Reyes, Paramedic TK Strand, Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Heavy Angst, Explicit Sexual Content, Men Crying, Falling In Love, Grief/Mourning, Therapy, mentions of criminal activity, Unreliable Narrator, POV Carlos Reyes, POV TK Strand, Hurt Carlos Reyes, Slow Burn, Canon Compliant, But The 911LS Timeline Gets Shuffled

Carlos stretches once more, swinging his arms around, before picking up the phone and looking into the camera again.

Black mask covering his face completely, goggles resting on his head, with his red bomber jacket and hoodie combo securely tucked underneath the repurposed and spray painted red kevlar vest he wears. His eyes are the only thing sticking out and showing who is really under the mask at the moment. If he slides the goggles down and puts up his hood, as usual, he is completely unrecognizable to anyone that knows him personally.

To the public, he is called The Phoenix. Always able to recover from anything, never backing down from a fight. A skilled fighter.

A hero.

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An AU where Carlos and TK have supernatural abilities and try to do right in the world with them.

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[Prologue]

[One: i'll be good, for all the times i never could]

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enjoy! <3

[decafdino]

Wednesday!!! thanks to @lemonlyman-dotcom @heartstringsduet @whatsintheboxmh and @tellmegoodbye for the tags today. If you want to get slightly less uncensored snippets from me, you should totally definitely think about joining the Tarlos Haven discord :^)

"Your horse is alright, by the way," Paul mentions semi-casually. "They both are. And your parents are worried."

Carlos bites his lip. "They should be," he says without really thinking about it.

"Carlos…" Paul hesitates. "What happened?"

I fucked everything up, and it's all my fault. "I already told you," he says, frustration creeping into his voice. "We were ambushed. TK was [redacted]." His grip on the reins begins to tighten subconsciously. "So my mother and father have every reason to be worried, because I'm probably about to kill a man. Several, if that's what it takes."

Paul shakes his head. "I just…don't know what to say."

"You don't have to say anything."

"But I should," Paul counters. "This isn't right. Knights of this kingdom don't seek out revenge. You're on the verge of betraying your oath."

"I've already betrayed it." Carlos looks at him sharply. "I betrayed it when I fell in love with the prince. Everything I've done since has been from bad judgment, from a lack of clarity in my thinking because I would do anything—anything, Paul—if it meant TK would be happy." He blinks back the tears that have suddenly sprung into his eyes.

for the first time in a long time I'm going to be tagging some people! sorry if youve already gone and absolutely no pressure if you don't want to. @welcometololaland @emsprovisions @rmd-writes @jesuisici33 @sanjuwrites and open tag! Please tag me back bc I want to read all the wonderful things yall have written

[alvxprodz]

Manu Rios x Rafael L. Silva

[theghostofashton]

seven sentence sunday

thank you to @heartstringsduet @strandnreyes @corsage @bonheur-cafe @lightningboltreader

@carlos-in-glasses @paperstorm @reyesstrand for the tags <3

To him, it’s long days and even longer nights, feeling like he was suffocating. It’s hours spent walking up and down the streets, unable to get himself out of his head. It’s the full extent of desperation, being so cornered that he didn’t know where to turn and the only way out was to float into a different world. He turned the pills into his escape route because they were all he had. All he could do, in a life that felt like it no longer fit.  New York is everything TK is trying so hard to get away from. A part of him wishes he could go back in time and return to the version of himself that was captivated by it.  He forces in a breath and tries to refocus.  Carlos is directly in his line of sight now, and TK’s attention turns to him. He’s in a denim jacket and a pair of black jeans, wearing his glasses. His hair is messy and the v-neck he’s wearing underneath the jacket shows off part of his chest, golden cross necklace sitting in the middle. TK thinks he’s never been more attractive.

open tag bc i'm getting to this so late!

[guardian-angle22]

↳ requested by @ladytessa74

[gaydinosaurrr]

Evan Buckley is an orange cat in every way shape and form, thanks for coming to my Ted talk

[nisbanisba]

Are there any tarlos AUs where Carlos is an animal control officer and TK is a vet or something. Just curious you know.

Here are some feral kittens at the animal control shelter where I volunteer. I go over on my lunch break and forcibly cuddle them

[welcometololaland]

wip wednesday! I hit 50k on 10 things au today!

“Are you sure your family likes me?” TK asks, leaning on the bar as Carlos reaches across for another glass of wine. Now that the formal part of the evening is over, his top button is undone, his tie pulled slightly loose and his hair a little less perfect. It might have something to do with the seven minutes of heaven in the restrooms earlier, which was outrageously risky, but TK wasn’t about to say no once Carlos dragged him in there.

“I think Tía Lucy wants to adopt you,” Carlos replies, thanking the bartender before shooting TK a wry smile. “Which would make things really complicated. So if she asks, please say—”

“Shut up, dude,” TK snorts. “Be serious. I want them to like me.”

“They like you, TK,” Carlos insists. “My mom is acting like you’re the one marrying my sister. You know it’s rude to show up Eren on his wedding day, right?”

“Ugh,” TK groans, rolling his eyes as Carlos bats him on the arm playfully. “You’re the worst. It wasn’t your sister I was making out with in the bathroom.”

Carlos raises his glass. “Thank god for that.”

“Speaking of which, should we—”

“Do you want to go outside for a bit?” Carlos asks, tilting his head towards the lamp-lit decking. “I hear there’s a dark corner with your name on it.”

open tag and some gentle shoves below

thanks for the tag @kiwiana-writes and @heartstringsduet 💜

tagging some ls parties: @reyesstrand @safeaswrites @bonheur-cafe @carlos-in-glasses @carlos-tk @sznofthesticks @liminalmemories21 @fitzherbertssmolder (maybe a lil art wip?) @birdclowns @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut @louis-ii-reyes-strand @inexplicablymine (you don't go here but I'm bullying) @rmd-writes @lightningboltreader @strandnreyes @doublel27 @alrightbuckaroo @freneticfloetry @three-drink-amy @herefortarlos @chicgeekgirl89 @basilsunrise @kiwichaeng @lemonlyman-dotcom @ladytessa74 @wandering-night19 @goodways @theghostofashton

[noxsoulmate]

💞 Through Thin Walls 💞

🏘 A Tarlos Neighbor AU 🏘

Ship: Tarlos | Fandom: 911 Lone Star Author: noxsoulmate | Podfic by: Juulna | Artist: kinkajou Read and listen on ao3 | View the art on ao3

Chapters: 2/2 | Complete Word Count: 18197 | Rating: Explicit | Warnings/Tags: alternate universe - neighbors, first meetings, 5+1 things, podfic, podfic & podficced works, podfic length: 2-2.5 hours, dorks in love, two person love triangle, falling in love, getting to know each other, getting together, idiots in love, love at first sight, kinda, cliche firefighter rescue, fluff, fluff and smut

Podfic created by the amazing @juuls

Art made by the wonderful @a-kinkajou

Created for the @pod-together event

Based on a prompt by the lovely @actuallysara

Summary:

“Hey, so please don’t freak out–” In the next moment, Carlos could hear a thud, followed by a curse, and he was pretty sure the guy had just hit his head somehow. Carlos winced in sympathy. “Sorry! Sorry, it’s just your neighbor here.” “Dude,” came the reply, the voice sounding rough, probably from all the crying. “Way to give a person a heart attack. Also, creepy much?” “My apologies. The walls here are basically paper with some paint slapped on. So uhm… noises are somewhat muffled but… not really, I guess.”

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3 times Carlos only heard his neighbor’s voice, 2 times TK lusted over a certain officer, +1 time it all melted together.

OR: A Tarlos Neighbor AU

🏘 Read and/or listen on ao3 🏘

💞 and please leave lots of love on the wonderful art on ao3 💞

I cannot thank my team enough 🥰 @juuls, @a-kinkajou, this was such a wonderful experience!! thank you so much for putting up with me, tolerating my rambles and my writer's block, agreeing to switch fics when I panicked, and always cheering me on - and of course for the AMAZING podfic and art respectively that you two created for this fic. I truly hope this will only be the first of many projects we will work on together 😘

Sneak peek and more art under the cut:

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When the first sniffles came through the wall, Carlos was startled, turning in his bed where he was cocooned in his blankets, book in hand, and in the process of winding down. It was his first night home after a week straight of night shifts and it was his goal to quickly get back into a normal sleep rhythm, even though he wasn’t remotely tired. 

The sniffling sound that very clearly came from the room adjacent to his didn’t help in that endeavor, setting all his senses on high alert right away.

As far as he knew, the apartment next to his had been empty for the last few months. Someone must’ve moved in during the week – which was entirely possible, seeing how Carlos hardly had any free minutes between his shifts, helping on the ranch for two days, and covering some extra shifts so Mitchell could visit her sick mom.

What little time he’d spent in his apartment, Carlos had been asleep. So yes, a new neighbor moving in without him noticing was actually quite possible. 

That didn’t explain the sniffles though which by now had turned into sobs that hardly sounded muffled. And why would they? His neighbor probably didn’t realize just how thin these walls were. Carlos certainly hadn’t suspected it when he first moved in – but quickly found out the hard way. His neighbor until a few months ago certainly had a thing for loud women… 

Contemplating what to do, Carlos tried to focus back on his book. It wasn’t his business why his new neighbor was sobbing so loudly. Or bawling his eyes out by the sound of it. Damn… 

Putting the book back down, Carlos closed his eyes for a moment. Two parts of himself were at war right now. The polite side, reminding him that it was not his place, that it would probably be embarrassing for the man to find out that Carlos could hear him; that it wasn’t nice to snoop in other people’s privacy. And then there was his protector side, wanting to make sure the man was okay. It didn’t sound like he was in direct danger or crying because he had hurt himself. But the tears still sounded so full of pain.

In the end, it was his compassionate side that won out, and putting the book aside he turned further in bed and moved closer to the wall. Clearing his throat, he spoke just above his normal volume.

“Hey, so please don’t freak out–”

💞🏘 Continue on ao3 🏘💞

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