#tarlos wedding

[watmalik]

I CANT

[beautifulhigh]

One thing I loved about the family dinner was the open discussion about TK’s addiction. There wasn’t any hiding, any attempt to sanitise it. There were kids present - cousins, nieces, nephews - and they know about TK, know this about him.

And I just love that they have never, not once, treated TK’s addiction as some kind of failing or flaw. No judgement, no comeback, no attempt to “protect” younger ears by skirting around it. This is their Cousin TK, their Tío TK, and he doesn’t drink because he’s sober. We love and support him in this and they can understand that, same way they can all understand and accept that Tío Carlos loves Tío TK

[unstatedmartini]

ok but the way the vows were so perfect because tk wasn't a stranger to the idea that he could be a fully realized gay man in the world and marry his soul mate openly and without fear. but he was wrong about who his soul mate was. and he was so catastrophically wrong that it made him feel that love was out of his reach, a promise and a privilege that wasn't granted to imperfect, insecure, insufficient people like him. but carlos looked at him at him like he was worthy of love, and that's the way tk will look at carlos for as long as they both shall live

but carlos was hiding from his family and from the world and from himself. he'd long since given up on love or marriage or the warmth of genuinely loving and encouraging friends and family. and tk unlocked him. tk opened the door to the bright beautiful messy necessary world of being yourself and knowing what it is to love and to be loved in turn. tk taught him that love isn't a shameful secret, it's a gift worth giving, and in front of their friends and family they promise that gift to one another as long as they both shall live

[angeltk]

tarlos dancing in the background for @bubblesandroses8

[tarlossource]

4 x 14 "Tongue's Out"

[rafaelsilvasource]

DELETED SCENE [HD]: TK & Carlos Cut Their Wedding Cake | 911: LONE STAR S4 E18 - “In Sickness and In Health”

[scarletsaga]

can we take several minutes to a life time to appreciate how a black trans man is officiating a biracial catholic/jewish gay wedding like this is so unbelievably beautiful i can’t stress enough the importance of this.🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[renegadesstuff]

FIRST LOOK AT TK STRAND'S WEDDING RING 😍😍😍😍😍

[ambiguouspenny]

Someone to crowd you with love

Someone to force you to care

Someone to make you come through

Who'll always be there

As frightened as you

Of being alive

Being alive

[eclectic-sassycoweyes]

Been thinking a lot about not only TK using Carlos’ bicep as his personal ‘emotional support bicep’ which 🥹🥹🥹 - also thank you and creds to @paperstorm for making the huge contribution to the whole entire fandom with this description -

But, also about the whole thing from Carlos’ perspective and how Carlos reacts to it, and feels about it, makes my stomach do a little swoop every time I come across a gif from either the wedding ep or the scene where they’re waiting for news on Marjan

Like, I’m thinking about semi-lonely, tense pre- and during season 1 Carlos needing someone, not just to love and be loved by but to take care of and hold and be there for🥺 Like we all know Carlos must work a lot to maintain those biceps and of course this is probably for his own sake bc he likes them, and to be good at his job etc but,,

He’s obviously gotten some attention from it, guys who finds him sexy and maybe likes a little power play

And he can appreciate that especially when ‘guys’ are in fact TK who enjoys it and wants him to use his strength a little bit to press his hands into the mattress above his head: (🔥)

Or to ‘twist his arm’ 😏😏

But more than that S1 Carlos longed for his body (huge bicep) to be appreciated in different ways. To be the one that someone (TK) needed to be held by, to be the shoulder (bicep) that someone (TK) could cry on, and lean on (both figuratively:

And literally:

- He needed to be that for someone (TK), to take on that role in a healthy, loving relationship. And he certainly got that from TK. But he got even more than that, more than he could have dreamed of, bc with TK he’s also become a shoulder (bicep) to sleep on:

Not just in the domestic privacy of their own home, but in public, among a wonderful new group of friends and family:

As well as a shoulder (bicep) to both lean on and rub their thumb back and forth on for self soothing:

In short, that work paid off exponentially as he got to be someone’s (TK’s) ‘emotional support bicep’. 🥲

And what completely gets me is the way he’s so casual about it in this last one. Like I imagined the first couple of times Carlos in his head would have been like ‘oh, okay, my bicep is now your pillow, I see, I’ll stay as still as possible or react in some way like by kissing your hair or something or move so you’re more comfortable’, and ‘oh okay, you’re not letting go, you really must love that bicep, I’ll buy a permanent gym membership and think of that ever time I work out, this bicep shall be forever dedicated to your needs’ while in his head being all 😳🫠🥰😌🥹🥹🥰

But now he barely reacts, it’s so natural. He just barely registers that ‘oh, my adorable, emotional boyfriend (husband😭) (TK who I know in and out and who know me the same way😭) is (once again/per usual😭) reserving my bicep for emotional support reasons while he cries on me, imma let him do his thing while I grab his ankle, both to comfort TK,’ - but also bc while TK needs to physically lean on someone (Carlos) when he’s emotional (or sleepy, or just, it’s right there anyway), what Carlos needs it something (someone) (TK) to hold on to, to tether himself to bc it’s overwhelming for him to lose control of his emotions.

And TK is the perfect rock for him because he’s not only so open about his emotions, and an adorable kitten boyfriend (husband), but because he’s also and at the same time incredibly strong and prepared to catch Carlos at any time😭

The naturalness of it all just says so much about how long they’ve been together and built their relationship, how well they know and how comfortable they are with each other and how they’re perfect for each other and fit together like two pieces of a puzzle! There are some thoughts here about different kinds and ways of embodying ‘masculinity’ and vulnerability but I’m not nearly eloquent enough rn to go into that..

Anyway, with TK, Carlos, now without even giving it a second thought, has gotten the relationship he dreamed of and more, has gotten exactly the appreciation for his strength and body (biceps) that S1 Carlos longed for and worked so hard for, and gets to take on the role in his relationship that he needs and be who he always were and I’m just 😭🥹🥹🥰🥰🫠 slowly melting away over it.

[watmalik]

Every time TK Reyes-Strand smiled on his wedding day.

[loneswaggingranger]

I really believe that the reason tarlos is so loved by many is because it's the ship that our generation has been waiting for since forever. A ship that doesn't have to exist in headcanons (which are all valid and true in their own right because no one can rob you of your interpretation of the characters that mean the most to you).

This is a queer couple existing within a high-paced show that's not focused only on romance. A couple existing not just for the sake of PR points. A gay couple that has not been queer-baited from the get-go, and has had unapologetically canon sexual tension from the very start. A couple that genuinely fits into the piece of the plot and are written with the care and love that we've ALL been craving for.

I'm thinking of all the examples of fan-favourite ships that have stayed too long as non-canon: Destiel. Buddie. Stony. Stucky. Geraskier. Sterek. Just, there's so many platonic ships that had the potential to grow into something more and just... didn't. And I'm not here to dunk on those character choices because platonic love is genuine, true and equally deserving of attention but. There's just something different about being able to see pieces of growth from your favourite blorbos on screen blossoming from a seed into a whole-ass tree. Because that's honestly what I feel looking at tarlos. (Re: wedding)

We've been waiting a long time for a ship like this, I think. Or at least, I have. A ship in a fast-paced series that isn't a romcom but still has the space to breathe and be real. (if anyone knows more pls rec em). yeah. i'm so whipped for them.

[birdclowns]

soon

[angeltk]

tk and carlos + dancing — 1.01 -> 1.05 -> 3.04 -> 4.18

[fangirl-paba]

Carlos holding on to his life line just a little bit harder 🥺❤️

[rafaelsilvasource]

DELETED SCENE [HD]: TK & Carlos Receive Pep Talks Before Their Wedding | 911: LONE STAR S4 E18 - “In Sickness and In Health”