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actuallysara · 2 years

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#DINAH Masterpost: Rafael & Ronen's M&Gs

This is all from memory, lots of quick notes taken after the meetings and other fans’ contributions so I apologize in advance if some things/dialogues are not 100% accurate. Photo credits to xkeelyx1

Ronen's Saturday M&G: • He just recently hung out with Liv Tyler. He misses her a lot on set and he hopes she will be back for the tarlos wedding considering both Carlos and Nancy are very close to her.

• His favourite Harry Styles songs right now are "Cinema" and "Boyfriends". • He thinks TK got into his addiction the same way he did. Just being around wrong people and bad influences in high school especially considering how New York is the biggest place for opioids. He said TK was probably a bad boy. TK and him are so similar it's weird. After reading his first script he thought playing the character would be kind of therapeutic for him. • The first two things that are on his bucket list are: teach the same theatre program in his high school that he started in and work with the students and be one of the coaches; and start an opioid program in Staten Island because that's the worst borough in New York for drugs. • He owes his life to one of his high school teachers who was like a mum for him in high school. • He would love to do theatre and Broadway at some point. He wants to do "Streetcar named Desire". That's one of his biggest dreams. • He thinks TK and Andrea’s relationship has got to bloom at some point. TK doesn't have a mother figure anymore. Tommy is his captain so Andrea would be perfect for that role. He would love to get more TK and Gabriel stuff too. • Roxana is hilarious and amazing to work with. • Someone suggested TK could sing to Carlos at their wedding and he said that the perfect song would be "Heroes" by Enrique Iglesias. • He thinks a crossover in season 4 is pretty much given. They couldn't do one in season 3 because Covid killed their budget but he thinks their budget is gonna get back to normal soon. • The plan for season 3 was to have a two episodes crossover. • Team Buck or team Eddie? Probably team Buck since they had some scenes together in the crossover. • He would like to shoot a scene with Angela Bassett. • He really hopes we're gonna see Jonah. If he's not mistaken Tim has said we're probably gonna see Enzo at some point too. Enzo is a massive father figure for TK cause he was there when Owen wasn't. He wants Alexander Skarsgard to play the part. "TK is gonna have a crush on his step daddy, or well, step zaddy". Timothy Olyphant or Josh Duhamel would be cool too. • We're getting a big tarlos wedding. Tim wants to make sure they earn that. Rafael and him want to see them being engaged and not rushed into it. Things are probably not gonna go smooth all the time for them. • He really wants to get more Carlos backstory. "I need to see more, I don't know anything about Carlos as Ronen." A fan was like "where do you come from?" referring to Carlos and Ronen went "heaven". • He thinks TK would be a hot mess if Carlos were to get hurt. He wouldn't handle it stoically as Carlos and he would definitely try to kill the person who hurt him. That could also potentially put his sobriety at risk. He would love to do another fight scene. • He thinks a 911 Lone Star convention with the whole cast is feasible.

Rafael's Saturday M&G: • He thinks Carlos has sisters, he can't be an only child. He definitely grew up with a lot of women in the house. • He thinks they're still playing it very safe with tarlos and that they're still being generic with their storylines. • In the 3x08 promo we see Carlos on the phone while the plane was going down. Carlos was trying to reach TK and he left him a voicemail. He remembered what the message was but he wouldn't tell us. • The cut dinner scene from season 1 was Carlos making dinner and him and TK were talking about Iris. But production changed the storyline so that scene didn't really make any sense anymore so that's why it got cut. TK was also feeling guilty about something "as always". He finds it so ridiculous that they keep using the still from that cut scene to promote the show everywhere. • He wants to see Carlos get hurt too but he's starting to take it personally that so many people want him to be in pain. • He thinks there's a huge difference in Carlos getting hurt and in police officer Reyes getting hurt. Because if it's Carlos getting hurt then that's more exclusive to TK and his family and potentially the 126; while if it's police officer Reyes getting hurt then that involves the department and literally everybody else. • He wants TK to think he got stood up at the wedding so bad. It could go that Carlos is on his way to the wedding and maybe an accident happens and there's traffic and he could get hurt there. • He really wants a Carlos begins episode. He wants to see what kind of mistakes he makes cause that man's not perfect. • He brought up fanfiction out of nowhere. He hasn't read any and he was shocked to hear there are graphic ones. "Are there some orgies happening? Is that why it's so hot in here?" He asked for titles but we all refused. • Shooting the tarlos proposal was the most fun he had shooting a scene. That was the last shoot of the second to last day. • He finds it funny that people focused on the "fucking lizard" line during the proposal. • He might write a script rather than a book. • He wants to get Ronen back for always posting videos of him sleeping. A fan called Ronen "a little shit" for doing that and he absolutely lost it. About him reacting with his famous "Ronen": "I love Ronen, I really do. I understand him and I see him so that's why I react that way".

Tarlos Saturday M&G: • Ronen: "you guys made us the highest selling couple of the convention. I mean it's not a competition but..." Rafael laughing: "It's not a competition but fuck them all" • They got asked if they have any lgbtq+ couples or tv shows/movies they look up to. For Rafael it's "Weekend" and "God’s Own Country"; for Ronen it's "Moonlight". • A fan asked them about tarlos wearing shoes in bed during 2x12. They tried shooting the scene with them taking off their shoes but it didn't flow and it was mostly a security/technical matter since they literally had to walk through real fire. That would have just been an impediment to get the scene out. • Carlos having longer hair in season 3 was all Rafael. • They got asked who breaks character more often between the two and it's Rafael. Cause he doesn't shoot often with Julian, Natacha and Brian and shooting with them is both the best and worst time ever. They're all funny and always make him histerically laugh. During the scene when he goes into the firehouse in 3x07, Julian, Natacha and Brian wouldn't stop making him laugh and they had to adlib during that scene so they would just keep saying the dumbest stuff. In that scene Ronen adlibs "I'm not even a firefighter anymore". Jim says some crazy stuff too and at times it's really hard to keep going during scenes. • They got asked if they could choose another actor to play Carlos/TK who would they choose and Ronen didn't miss a beat and said that nobody else could ever play Carlos Reyes. Ronen: "This is the guy and I can't even begin to imagine somebody else in the part." Rafael: "I've never encountered myself wishing that another actor would play his role" Ronen: "Except when I annoy him and take videos in secret and he's just "Ronen". There are so many videos that you've never seen". Rafael: "I like this guy and I'm not just saying that cause he said it." • Regarding the audition tapes. Rafael said he never wants to see them but those would probably explain why they're here right now. Their connection was right from the beginning. They barely spoke and the chemistry was just there. Ronen said he doesn't want to be mean but once Rafael auditioned he went to the producers and said "Do we even have to see the other guy?" cause there was just another actor auditioning for the part. • Rafael talked again about how they're playing it safe with tarlos and Ronen went "in Station 19 you have Danielle flashing Stefania and I'm like "why aren't we doing that???" Rafael: "Are you gonna wear a sock?" Ronen: "No" Rafael: "No?! No sock?! Lord" Ronen: "I'll wear underwear, the camera just won't see it." Rafael: "Are we still talking about it?!" • The scenes in 3x15 with the lizard were added two days before shooting the episode. Rafael didn't know the lizard was real at first and just shaked the box it was in. It didn't move at all so he thought it was fake and he ended up traumatizing the poor animal. • Rafael said he can actually picture Ronen doing something like that too, just picking up a random lizard and bringing it home and Rafael would just have the same reaction as Carlos and go "Ronen NO" • A fan mentioned how they would love to see them both doing theatre and Ronen went "Tarlos: a Broadway show. Or Tarlos: the musical" Rafael: "It would be the gayest thing ever". • Lighting has been a problem for the past 3 seasons. The scenes are shot beautifully but the filter they use just make them all look grey and it gets frustrating for them too because irl they don't look anything like that. But it definitely improved from season 1. • They would love to have Liv back for the tarlos wedding. • They didn't notice that the time the proposal happened at (3:18am) was also the number of the episode. • During Carlos' hospital monologue Rafael improvised the "Believe people when they tell you who they are". They shot the dream sequence first so in order to add something for Carlos to appear really mad, he got mad too and added that line. The dream sequence was a crazy day of shooting cause they had to keep putting Rafael in and out of the scene while Ronen was walking around the living room. • They both want the wedding to happen at the right time and for it to not be rushed.

Tarlos Sunday Breakfast: • Ronen mentioned how he was waiting for Rafael to do the tarlos photos the day before and that he stood in line with fans. Ronen: "You were late and I was in line waiting for you." Rafael: "Ronen, do you know the joy I get in having YOU wait for me" Ronen: "I'm pretty punctual" Rafael: "Yeah, we're not talking about that" Ronen: "on SET. Not the make up trailer" • Ronen is an iced coffee guy and he didn't know what Rafael drinks, which is hot black coffee. When he suggested he likes tea Rafael was so affronted. He judged Ronen for liking iced coffee because it's such an American thing. • A fan brought them a gift and they joked that it's for both of them. Rafael: "You give Ronen something and then I meet all of you and you go "I gave Ronen something for you" and I go??? Where is it???" We learned Ronen doesn't share alcohol. • Someone was talking about the heat and went "where's a paramedic when you need one" and Rafael pointed at Ronen and went "She's right here" • Rafael loves the dinner scene in 1x03 cause that's the scene that made him fall in love with tarlos. • Ronen's favourite scene always changes. The engagement is number 1 and then he loves the scenes where they talk about TK's sponsor in 3x13. • Rafael really got mad at the "You know he's straight, right?" line in that scene cause that’s such a stereotypical line among queer couples. For Ronen that just made it more real.

Rafael's Sunday M&G: • Not many questions were asked during this M&G cause it was mostly a conversation about the convention, Paris, the videos he recorded for fans and the show in general and what it means to people and how it helped lots of fans during the pandemic. • He talked a bit about his trip to Ireland and how he risked his life there by driving too close to the edge of a cliff. • "Eveyone's a child. Everyone goes to bed having ice cream and watching Pocahontas" • He has watched Heartstopper.

#911 lone star #911 lone star cast #ronen rubinstein #rafael silva #tarlos #dinah #convention #con talk #carlos reyes #tk strand #con masterpost #conmasterpost #my masterpost

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paperstorm · 1 year

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When TK was looking at his mum's photo and said "I'd do anything to feel like that again" and looking so lost, you can see the alarms were blaring at Carlos head and this is when he get why TK needed Cooper. Because for once TK was giving Carlos that pieces that he's been asking and he's at lost too. He doesn't know how to do this. This is when he realised what's Cooper/sponsor's role in TK's recovery. He admitted to himself that he doesn't know what to say and that maybe this is his role in all of this: to step back and to allow TK a safe spce to ask for help. And I'm so so proud of him. I can't imagine how hard to swallow that pill. I really love how they handle this part of being in a relationship with an addict. And you know what made me so happy? That this interaction, this slice of life was shown to us through queer couple. How straightforward the approach was and no unnecessary drama (that will be surely there if they're hetero couple, no offence). Fave Tarlos moment for sure!!!

(This ask is so old, I'm trying to get down to zero haha because they nag in the back of my mind when I have ones waiting) but yes I love that scene so so so much. I love that even tho TK's relapse wasn't his doing, they show that he's still struggling. They show that recovery is not linear and addiction is a lifelong struggle. That's so much more important than romanticizing it. And I love that you can see the exact moment Carlos realizes that something is happening here that is bigger than him and beyond his capabilities, no matter how much he loves TK and wants to be everything to him. It's such a beautiful scene.

#911ls asks

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sugdenlovesdingle · 1 year

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I'd like to add a slightly different perspective to the Gabriel wedding theory. My father died 4 days before my wedding took place, and after a lot of agonising and discussions with my family, especially my mother, my fiance and I decided to go ahead with the wedding. I'm sure some people would call me callous and insensitive, but I do feel very strongly that decisions like that are a personal choice. There were also money considerations, my dad gave us a lot of money towards the wedding so we could have our dream day and we honoured him by making the most of his gift. Had we cancelled or postponed we would have lost most of it. I just want to make the point that a decision like that, if portrayed well, can be a beautiful one. It doesn't mean brushing it off or not grieving.

You make a good point. I was more going from my personal experience - my mum died last August and I'm still only barely holding it together. I can't imagine getting married right after that. It's like - "I'm out of bed, what more do you want?"

But then again - we never saw Gabriel and Carlos being that close and it'll be just such a waste if they kill him off. There's so much left to explore with their relationship - we've only seen a little bit of it when he hugged/held Carlos after he woke up when he got kidnapped.

I know the show mostly focuses on Owen and TK but I really hope they will keep Gabriel around to give us some Gabriel and Carlos content next season.

#911 lone star #Tarlos

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thisbuildinghasfeelings · 1 year

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What do you think about Carlos' sisters and the dynamic between them all? When I headcanon-ed sisters for Carlos I originally made him the youngest but that was mostly because I wanted him being a tio and I'm not really sold on the idea. It could be either way or I can see him be in the middle even. The only thing I am now pretty sold on is that either way there must be a significant age difference between them, otherwise they would have meddled in Carlos' life instead of allowing him to feel so lonely and isolated that he chose to marry a woman, but if they were still tweens/young teens or already in college or something it would make more sense.

In favour of them being older we have the comparison thing of his parents being interested in their boyfriends while never asking him about his (though I don't remember if it was ever mentioned there being something to compare, and that thing in any case could easily be filled by older cousins); and the pressure he felt over marrying, especially if at least one of them was married. That though raises the question of how had Carlos not known how his mum would act when there was wedding planning involved.

In favour of them being younger we have the mention of their quinceanera as the reference for the wedding cake he and TK wanted, and not anything else, which seems odd otherwise.

As for him feeling pressured to be prefect I don't think it would make a difference what order he was born in, since he's the only son which warrant a certain set of expectations. Also I think he's just wired that way, to a point at least, searching constantly for people's approval.

I've always thought Carlos either had older sisters or was an only child. Because of this, I have a hard time picturing him now with younger sisters. I agree that the pressure put on Carlos/the pressure he puts on himself isn't necessarily affected by whether his sisters are younger or older. Like you said, he's the only son and he's also just wired that way. Unless we find out differently, I think I have to imagine them as older sisters because that's how I've always thought about it.

We know so little about the Reyes sisters and the likelihood that we will ever find out much of substance about them is not high. That means the possibilities are almost endless when it comes to why they apparently didn't get more involved in Carlos' life. Of course, there's the possibility that they're terrible sisters, but I'm not even going to consider that without having evidence that this is the case. Maybe they aren't close with Carlos. This isn't really my head canon, but maybe they're much older and so aren't very in tune with what's going on in his life.

One potential scenario could be that Carlos didn't come out to his sisters, or at least not until much later. Carlos came out to his parents when he was 17. His older sisters would probably be in their 20s and likely would have moved away from home, or at least would be living somewhere else for college. Carlos got a complete non-reaction from his parents and felt deeply that he had disappointed them. I could see Carlos then not wanting to come out to his sisters, perhaps fearing a similar or worse reaction. And if Andrea and Gabriel weren't talking to Carlos about it, I could see them not talking to their daughters about it either. In that case, it's possible that Carlos could have married Iris without his sisters knowing that he's gay.

Or another possible scenario could be that Carlos did come out to his sisters but did not confide in them about how deeply he was hurting, or about his intention to marry Iris. We already know that good communication is not a strong Reyes family trait. We also know that Carlos is someone who wants to appear strong and in control and is not particularly likely to talk about his feelings, especially negative feelings. In fact, he was probably even worse with communication when he was younger. Maturity and opening up through his relationship with TK have likely helped him get a tiny bit better in that area. When Carlos decided to marry Iris, I could see him just going ahead and doing it and informing his family after the fact. At that point, his sisters may have just done their best to support him by accepting his decision. After all, they were raised by Gabriel and Andrea, who tried to support Carlos by simply pretending nothing had changed and never mentioning it again. You'd hope that his sisters might have been able to do better than that, but maybe they made the same mistakes as their parents.

There's also the possibility that Carlos came out to his sisters and they were loving and supportive, but it wasn't enough for Carlos because he still felt disappointment from his parents. I have a hard time believing that loving and supportive sisters would condone Carlos' marriage to Iris before the fact, so even in this scenario, I think I have to assume he didn't tell them about it until he was already married. Then, at that point, what could they do? Carlos soon realized that the marriage wasn't a good idea. Perhaps part of that came from discussions with his sisters.

I think it's most likely that we will never get any storyline involving Carlos' sisters. A throwaway line here and there is probably the best we'll ever get. However, I do hope we'll see them at the wedding and/or get at least a couple more tidbits of information about them. Their names at the very least! I feel like (unless the wedding happens in some kind of spontaneous scenario because of some kind of disaster/emergency) Carlos' sisters have to be at the wedding. Otherwise, why even have Carlos mention their existence?

I have a strong feeling that the show is never going to give us details of exactly what happened when Carlos married Iris or what the Reyes family dynamics surrounding this were like. Because of that, we can probably come up with whatever scenario feels most plausible to us and it will likely never be contradicted by canon. Personally, I'm not quite sure where I'm landing on this yet. I need more time to think about it.

#answered ask #lone star speculation

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mysmorgasbordoffantabulosa · 1 year

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What do you think the story was behind the Japan trip that vminkook where supposed to go on together but only jk and jimin went? And Tae went separately with his mum. And of course the awkwardness between them at that show the day after they got back. And Jimin said Tae wasn't answering their calls whilst they where in Japan.

I think the reason why Tae didn't end up going with them is probably a mixture of reasons.

BigHit in 2017, were clearly "interfering" in Taekook's relationship. They were on several occasions shown to have separated them in official content. I don't think that BigHit was doing this interference to hurt TK, but in their mind to protect them and BH's investment. In this instance though I think Tae had an unexpected scheduling conflict at the same time. I think it's the same that happened with Jeju trip earlier in the year, why TK were supposed to go together until JK had personal matter to deal with, though I think it was schedule conflict instigated by BH.

Remember, BTS since debut only really had its first vacation/break in 2019, so members were always either on schedule (doing events, rehearsals, recording etc) or off-schedule but on call (where members could go on trips/short holidays but would drop everything when BH changes their schedule). So, I think BH saw a potential issue with them going to Tokyo without staff and changed Tae schedule at the last minute meaning he had staff with him for the duration, possibly screening calls.

I think this all fed into the contract renegotiations and so today we see less interferance and more support from BH than in the past.

#my asks #taekook #jungkook #taehyung #jeon jungkook #kim taehyung #bighit

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cowboytarlos · 2 years

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Pt. 6 to tarlos song headcannon thing (god still need a name for this)

This is an odd one. Hear me out.

Up by Olly Murs (ft. Demi Levato) has an essence to early season 3 tarlos which I can’t get out of my head.

“I never meant to break your heart, And I won't let this plane go down, I never meant to make you cry, I'll do what it takes to make this fly”

This verse is the Epitome of what TK was talking and feeling about with his mum in his little coma dream. He freaked, panicked and ran. He didn’t want to hurt Carlos but once he did it was too late. And plus I’m pretty sure this is the first time he had made Carlos cry. (He probably/definitely cried at the breakup but we never saw that). He had seen Carlos cry before but knowing his coma was causing it defo made it hurt more.

He woke up from his coma to see if Carlos would take him back. He was doing what he could for Carlos, to not lose Carlos.

And it can work backwards. Carlos didn’t have come, or stay. They weren’t together. TK broke up with him. And now his ex is in coma, and he chose to stay. Didn’t leave his side till he woke up. Saying what he needed to say, doing what he needed to, in hopes to saves them.

“Oh, you gotta hold on, Hold on to what you're feeling, That feeling is the best thing, The best thing, alright, I'm gonna place my bet on us, I know this love is heading, In the same direction, That's up,”

TK still loved Carlos. Throughout those six months (I think it was six) when they weren’t together, he still loved him. Still hadn’t told Nancy about the breakup, well what happened, and was glad the person by him the entire time was him.

The relationship was stronger and went up (see what I did) after this. They both still loved each other, and didn’t let them go to waste.

God i feel like I’ve just write an essay.

#tarlos #tk strand #carlos reyes #911 lone star #I think about this everytime i listen to the song now #I need a name for this god #tb song hc

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blxckdamask · 2 years

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i really liked that episode !!! i loved pauls storyline so much im glad hes getting the screentime he deserves. the way they handled the different types of grief this ep was imo done quite well. this season has been really good so far im loving it !!

#911 lone star #i even liked owens plotline which was very surprising #tk and tommys relationship is something i will forever cherish i love my paramedics soooo much #the bird dying was fucked but i understand the symbolism of owen closing that chapter of his life for good #and tk going to that meeting and SMILING SO WIDE TELLING STORIES OF HIS MUM I WILL START SOBBING #i do not want to talk about pauls storyline im in too much pain over it #brian and natacha did an amazing job this week i live for paulmarjan content and this week they really delivered #even if it did end like that #911 ls #911 lone star spoilers

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saladbroth · 2 years

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hot take (maybe? idk i haven't been on solangelo tumblr for long enough) but actually i think will has the long hair and nico the short hair and it's glorious

like obviously nico starts out his relationship with will as a sickly looking mildly greasy rat bastard and will, disaster bi as he is, finds that irresistible, but nico does take more care of his appearance once his mental health is better, and he's still emo and wears his aviator jacket and hawaii shirts and all that but he cuts his hair a bit shorter and has a hair and skin care routine and then will,,,

forgets to cut his hair until he visits his mum so it grows out and curls more and more and the only skin care he does is when nico and the rest of the apollo cabin force him to, and he uses just soap or a bodywash shampoo combination and it drives nico up the wall because somehow will's hair is still incredibly soft???

anyway all this is to say that nico always plays with will's hair and puts small braids in it when will has his head in nico's lap, and he's the one to pin it back when it falls into will's face too much, and he can never really stop thinking about how his hair looks like spun gold when the sun shines on it, and mayhaps will sometimes gets annoyed with the length of his hair but then nico tucks a curl behind his ear and lets his fingers linger for a second and smiles and yeah, will is simply too gay tk cut it and miss out on that, can't be helped

#ty for coming to my ted talk #solangelo #nico di angelo #will solace #pjo #hoo #heroes of olympus #trials of apollo #god. hair. inherently gay concept if you ask me #Nico: *tucks hair behind wills ear and smiles up at him*#Will;has been talking about cutting it for weeks: *visible gay panic*#i just think that they #oh to be young and in love and in almost constant mortal peril but still able to find love and tenderness in the moments between

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lily-blue-blue-lily · 11 months

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okay i think nancy is my new favourite character

#maybe not favourite but i really love her so much and i want more storylines with her #the scene with them all putting tims name on the ambulance #god that was too much for me #also im back to hating rob lowe #no specific reason just owen is more annoying in s2 #i really dont like the whole plot of him getting back with tks mum and the pregnancy and stuff #like i dont care #and they are both annoying #this sounds awful but i preferred the cancer plotline #like obviously it was more emotional and i think made his relationship to everyone else in the team more meaningful #now he seems completely seperate from his team and its just about soap opera style drama with his ex #im just fed up of rob lowe and his punchable face #i want more storylines with literally every other character #because im now very attached to every other character #i love them so much #so so much #911 lone star lb

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parameddic · 1 year

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thinking about the way TK was at a point where he asked the guy to marry him and Alex was at the point where he was already knee-deep in looking for an Out

#i have seen a lot of discussion re. TK's 'big swings' comment before he proposed to him and i think...#yeah he probably had some inkling something was up but he Was in love with alex yknow #a different. style of love i think? to carlos but he loved him anyway and honestly stable in-love relationship that doesn't have #a narcotics element was a good relationship for him to have and he was holding on to it and there's.#he also had his mum in New York i don't think i can tell you how that was accenting his decisions but he was Safe there #and he was going to take Safe and run with it. safe yes please. safe keeps him alive.#anyway #thinking about TK trying to stay Safe vs not knowing entirely how to do that vs Alex simply walking away from him (and then some)#they don't do a lot of exploring that. but alex hurt him. so there's that

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doublel27 · 2 years

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Ngl it's kind of annoying seeing people complain about TK being hurt again after the preview. Like ofc he's gonna be emotional if his dad is hurt. And he's not gonna be the only one emotional, Mateo and Marjan along with the rest of the 126 are gonna be hurt. It wouldn't make sense to not explore how almost losing his dad hurts after losing his mum.

People are allowed their feelings, Nonny, as are you. If people are tired of TK whump, physical or emotional, that’s valid. I’m happy to talk to people about their feelings and frustrations, and see where we can agree. In fact, right before 3x15 I kept saying how much I missed TK’s smile and then we got Lou!

That being said, I do like when people come into my inbox with a conversation or a question instead of an anonymous flounce, like I’m gonna beg them to stay. If fandom doesn’t bring you joy anymore you should exit stage left.

You make great points! Owen getting injured is going to hurt everyone on the team. I have never forgotten Mateo’s voice cracking after Owen told the team he had cancer and he said he didn’t want cap to die. They’re all going to be in pain. It’s going to hurt. Just as this team has been devastated any time a member of their team is hurt. Again, Mateo with the rosary in Saving Grace still stands out.

Also, yes, it makes sense to investigate the TK and Owen relationship here. We have been wondering as a fandom about the cool-off between TK and Owen this season. It was mentioned briefly in 3x16 but otherwise it’s just been a gap. As has the deleted scene of Owen next to TK when he was on the vent during the ice storm. That this scene came up in 3x15 when Owen talked to his therapist. With the parallel of TK sitting next to Owen’s bedside mirroring both the deleted scene and 1x08 there’s some real room in this episode to investigate what is going on with their relationship and where the space came from.

I am really looking forward to it.

#911 lone star #tk strand #owen strand #the strands #911 lone star 3x18 #911 ls speculation #anon ask #anon reply #doublel27 talks

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morganaspendragonss · 3 years

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Hey! I absolutely love your "the lovers that went wrong" fic - ive been back to reread it several times now because i think its such a good idea and I love the relationship with TK and his mum - if only the show could give us something as good as that! - I was wondering- only if you were interested, could you write something from Carlos' pov with his parents? maybe they can see that TK is more than a friend and they talk to Carlos about him and TK and why he's feeling insecure? if not np :)

thank you so much anon, that’s so sweet of you!! i love this prompt, too - god knows the show probably won’t show us carlos’s pov. it was my pleasure to write it.

a note on the spanish - technically, i do speak spanish but it’s still very much a word in progress, so if any spanish-speakers want to correct me then please do

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Carlos can feel TK's eyes burning holes into the side of his head, but he doesn’t look around. He doesn’t want to see the confusion and hurt he knows TK must be feeling - and if that makes him a coward, then so be it. His parents’ gazes are flicking between them, so Carlos distracts his mom by pulling her into a hug, grateful for the brief opportunity to hide his face.

Behind them, his dad is shaking TK’s hand, and Carlos’s entire brain is screaming wrongwrongwrong. This isn’t supposed to be happening. Not like this. Not yet.

He’s not ready.

His mom pulls away and Carlos forces a smile back on his face. They stand in an uncomfortable silence for a few moments, Carlos feeling like he’s being scrutinised.

Then, TK speaks. “It was great to meet you, Mr Reyes, Mrs Reyes,” he says, “but I should go. I told my dad I’d meet him and I’ll be late if I don’t leave.”

The lie rolls off his tongue, smoother than Carlos’s had, and Carlos dares a glance over. What he sees is so much worse than he imagined; to any other person, TK looks the picture of innocence, smiling kindly, eyes wide and bright.

But Carlos knows him. He can see the tense set of TK’s shoulders, the way he’s subtly put more distance between them, the hurt hidden deep in his eyes. He feels sick with guilt, but there’s nothing he can do to fix it. Not here.

“I’ll drive you,” he offers, but TK firmly waves him off.

“No,” he says, jaw clenching minutely. “My dad’s place isn’t too far; I can walk.”

“But -”

“It’s fine.”

Their eyes meet, and Carlos is suddenly hit with the force of what he’s done. Everything he’s been so scared of - TK deciding they’re not working, running away, Carlos getting his heart broken - all of that might happen now after all.

And it’ll all be Carlos’s fault.

TK’s hand lands on his shoulder. “I’ll see you around, Carlos,” he mutters, and then he’s gone, striding back the way they came and taking half of Carlos’s heart with him.

“Is everything okay, mijo?” his mom asks, as Carlos keeps staring after TK even though he can’t see him anymore.

Carlos doesn’t have an answer to that - the casual way they parted cut deeper than he’d ever thought possible, and he doesn’t know if it was just TK keeping up the act or his way of hurting Carlos the way he’d been hurt. Carlos wants to believe it’s the first one, but his less charitable side can’t help but wonder.

He can’t tell any of this to his mom, though, so he braces himself and turns back around, smiling. “Yeah, of course,” he says, surprised by how steady his voice is. “What are you guys doing here? I wasn’t expecting to see you.”

“Clearly,” his dad remarks, faintly amused, but before Carlos can figure that out, his mom is taking his arm and dragging him along with her.

“I was planning on making my chiles rellenos tonight, but your father forgot the chiles when he went shopping the other day.” She sends a reproachful look behind her, but the effect is offset by her fond smile. “You know they do the best ones here, so out we came. And here you are.”

“Here I am,” Carlos agrees through gritted teeth. He tries to extricate himself from her grip. “Look, mami, I don’t want to keep you. I’ll go, and you can -”

She stops suddenly, planting her hands on her hips. “I don’t see my only son for weeks, and the second we run into him, he wants to escape?” she demands. “No. You’re coming home with us, and you can help me with the food.”

“It’s hardly been weeks, mami,” he says weakly, knowing he’s already lost this argument. When Andrea Reyes makes up her mind, nothing can sway her.

“Psshh, details.” She waves her hand dismissively and takes his arm again, leaving Carlos no choice but to follow her to their car. He directs a wordless plea for help back at his dad, but he just holds his hands up, shaking his head.

“Your mother’s right, you know,” he says. “We barely see you these days. Give us the afternoon, at least.”

Which is how Carlos ends up in his mother’s kitchen, silently helping her prepare chiles rellenos and trying not to wallow in his grief over TK.

He fails miserably - miserable being the operative word.

His mom is being suspiciously silent, and if Carlos had any energy left, he would call her out on it. He knows they’re going to end up having a discussion at some point, but he’s in no mood to provoke it. Easier just to let her initiate it herself.

“That boy at the market,” she starts eventually, far too casually for Carlos’s liking. “What was his name again?”

“TK.”

She hums. “You’ve never mentioned him before.”

He sighs heavily. “We’re friends, mami,” he reminds her wearily, the lie coming easier this time, which is something he really doesn’t want to read in to.

“I never suggested otherwise,” she says. “He seemed nice.”

“He is.”

She sighs, clearly fed up with his reticence, and sets her knife down. “¿Qué pasa, mijo?” she asks, turning to face him.

“Nada, mami, no pasa nada,” he insists, though he’s not entirely sure why he’s still bothering to lie.

“Don’t pull that shit with me, Carlos Reyes,” she says sharply, startling him. “Soy tu madre; te conozco. Now, I’ll ask again - what’s going on?”

He meets her gaze, seeing only warmth and concern there, and it nearly breaks him. “It’s difficult to explain.”

“Try me.”

Carlos bites his lip, deciding how best to break the news to her. He’s still not ready, not really, but he’s made his bed. Time to lie in it.

“I’ve met someone,” he hedges, trusting her to fill in the blank of TK’s name. “I’ve known him for a while, but we’ve only been seeing each other for the last four months.”

There’s a brief silence, then, “Why did you not tell us?” she asks, her tone gentle, not at all accusatory. “Is it not serious?”

He hesitates, swallowing past the lump in his throat. “I don’t know,” he admits, half-whispering. “I don’t… He… I…”

Carlos shakes his head, giving up on speech. He doesn’t protest when his mom reaches up to draw him into an embrace, resting his head on her shoulder.

“I’m scared, mami,” he chokes out, squeezing his eyes shut and letting the tears fall. His mom holds him tight, rubbing comforting circles on his back as he shakes in her arms.

They stay like that for a while, until she moves her hands to his shoulders and eases him away from her. “Why are you scared?” she asks. Her eyes narrow. “He’s not hurting you, is he?”

Carlos recoils at the thought. “No,” he says, the words bursting out of him in a half-shout. “He would never.”

“Then, what is it?”

He hesitates again, the thought of telling her everything suddenly very daunting. She clearly notices, as she reaches around him to push the half-prepared food away. Carlos’s eyes widen at that; his mom never stops cooking once she’s started. She smiles ruefully, then leads him over to the couch, pulling both of them down onto it.

“Tell me.”

And Carlos does. He doesn’t divulge all of their long, complicated history, but he tells her enough for her to understand. He talks about TK’s reluctance to start anything, his own determination to try anyway. He talks about those days after TK got shot, and the solar storm, and that night under the stars when they finally agreed to give them a shot.

He talks about his fears that it’s all just a fantasy, that any day now the rose-tinted glasses are going to come off and TK is going to realise that he’s made a mistake, and Carlos will be left behind again. And he talks about his guilt for even thinking it, the way he wants so badly to believe that this is it.

Because, for him at least, Carlos is fairly sure that it is. He just wishes (hopes) the same is true for TK.

When he’s done talking, he glances hesitantly over at his mom. She’s watching him with a small smile on her face, her hand gently squeezing his knee.

“Oh, Carlos,” she says, shaking her head. “You’re in deep, aren’t you?”

He grimaces and nods. “I’ve ruined it all,” he says. “I hurt him, and now he’s never going to trust me again.”

“Oh, no you don’t,” she admonishes. He frowns up at her, only to meet a spectacular frown of her own. “You’re going to go to him, right now, and explain everything like you’ve just done for me. He’ll listen, and if he doesn’t then clearly he’s not good enough for you.”

“He’s good enough, mami,” he says, cracking a small smile. “I don’t know where he is, though; he was lying when he said he had to meet his dad.”

“Then you’re going to go home and wait,” she says, matter-of-fact. “If half of what you’ve said is true, he’s going to want to talk just as much as you do.”

Carlos doubts that, but he supposes it’s as good a plan as any. He could call TK, but he doesn’t want to rush him. Better to let him decide when he wants to talk to Carlos - Carlos had been the one to hurt him, after all.

He leans into his mom’s side, smiling at her. “Thank you, mami.”

She kisses his temple. “Te quiero, my son. Now, go. If this boy is as good as you say, I’ll never forgive you for letting him go, let alone him.”

Carlos laughs, then gets to his feet and leaves his parents’ house, filled with a sudden determination to fix this.

He doesn’t think he could live with himself if he didn’t at least try.

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