#roy x jamie

[skittishlikefromthewar]

my favorite headcanon to ponder is that as soon as they enter the Champions League - and it becomes official that this level of cardiovascular training is going to become Jamie's new longterm normal - Roy immediately bans him from running on pavement (so that he'll still have cartilage in his knees by age 60, and because no trainer ever cared enough to do that for Roy and he's gonna do better by Jamie if it kills him).

However...

--they can't limit all his running to a treadmill or track either, because that's a GREAT way to get hurt when he's on the pitch. 

Cue a hilarious montage of Jamie biking to some park, folding the bike to carry over a shoulder while running through said park, hopping back on the bike once he reaches the road, biking until he reaches a grass/dirt track along the river, running until the dirt track runs out, biking again, etc.

Cut to a shot of Roy frowning studiously because This Isn't Working Out, before he turns to Jamie and dead-serious, he asks, "Can you run the pavement on your hands?"

And Jamie is 😭😭😭 on the inside but verbally he's just "uh....yeah! Yeah sure I mean yeah no don't think so but yeah sure yeah why not I'll give it a go?"

Cut to Jamie managing seven whole haphazard steps in a handstand before, "aiyeeee..." and a close-up of Roy cringing with his fists over his mouth. 

Cut to Roy frowning studiously again. This time Jamie's got a big abrasion on his cheek. Again, deadly serious-

"Could you cartwheel the asphalt bits?"

Cut to Jamie cartwheeling over and over and over like. well, like a wheel, making good speed...

in a very much NOT straight line, until he cartwheels right into a bush.

"Well." Roy's got his studious frown, Jamie's got his scraped cheek and leaves in his hair. "I think we're out of options."

And Jamie's face falls. "Coach no. Please I can figure it out. Just need to keep trying things don't I?"

But Roy's shaking his head. 

And Jamie just looks sadder and sadder, and he starts to look a little scared. "Coach really I can just run the pavement like I used to it's f-"

"Nope. I'm calling it."

We linger on Jamie's devastated face. 

Quick cut to Jamie's torso. He's running on the road. He reaches the park. He runs through the park and reaches pavement again. He runs the pavement until he reaches the dirt track by the river. He runs the dirt track until it ends, transitioning straight onto the road once again. Scene cuts to him panting at Richmond Green once he's all done. He slowly straightens up, turning to Roy (who it's revealed bicycled the whole way with him) with the angriest, most murderous glare we've ever seen cross Jamie's face.

Roy breaks into his first grin of the entire montage. 

We finally pan down to Jamie's feet

--clad in every runner's favorite pseudo-orthopedic clown shoes. They let you run on a beautiful, cartilage-preserving cloud and not even Jamie can make them look slick. 

*This post dedicated to my own hoka-related humiliations. They're lovely at what they're designed for but oyyyye. tbf hoka does make slightly less gigantic, less hideous models (ones that visually limit themselves to the type of loud garishness that Jamie would actually probably adore). But also tbf, you KNOW Roy would insist on Jamie getting the biggest, ugliest, most embarrassing, "it's yer fuckin knees, Tartt come on!" model he could find. 

(Bonus: Jamie suddenly becomes an expert in every dirt, grass, and otherwise natural running trail in all of London because as long as there's no concrete or asphalt anywhere on his run, he can go back to his normal low drop shoes.)

[billy-crudup]

TED LASSO 3.10 | International Break

[izzy-hands]

I just hope none of that ever gets in the way of our friendship.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

1x9 | 2x12 | 3x11

[thepunkmuppet]

how on gods green earth has no one done this yet

[kcsplace]

(x)

[tedlassosource]

Just up the way at Wembley, making his debut for England, Jamie Tartt!

[anya-chalotra]

#they really went from enemies to phoebe inviting jamie over to celebrate with their family because her uncle apparently doesn’t shut up about him

[atorionsbelt]

me when i’m an actor who passionately endorses the gay shipping of my own character with his repressed narrative foil onscreen and am not afraid to say it

[bombshellsandbluebells]

I know people have already joked about Live Sister Reaction but the look on Roy's sister's face when Jamie explains his gift is so funny

that's not a "oh wow how thoughtful" or a "oh they really are best friends" look, or even a "wow that's going to mean a lot to Roy" look, that's a "holy shit, Roy, this man is in love with you" look

[siobhans-roy]

Coach, I know that you have my best interests at heart, or the club’s anyway. Even though you’re clearly upset about something else and you’re taking it out on me. What I’m trying to say is, I’m sorry for being a dick earlier.

TED LASSO 3.06 “Sunflowers”

[billy-crudup]

TED LASSO 3.02 | 3.11

[izzy-hands]

#roy must really, really love jamie

bonus:

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Ted Lasso — A Conversation with Brett Goldstein and Phil Dunster (x)

[jacnaylor]

[tomwambsgays]

i'm gonna miss my best friends, roy kent and jamie tartt