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[alrightbuckaroo]

thanks for the tag - @your-catfish-friend @carlos-in-glasses @im-overstimulated-and-im-sad @sugdenlovesdingle you're all queued :)

have some sentences from my latest fic i posted? i apologize for being annoying but i really really love this one :) (also check out this gorgeous art to go along with it by @whatsintheboxmh here 🧡)

“Hi, sweetheart, how was your day?” Carlos kissed his husband’s cheek.

TK shrugged, “It was all right. I’m just tired.”

“Are you hungry? Do you want dinner?” Carlos asked.

“Eh, not yet. I just want to relax with you.” TK placed a hand on each of Carlos’s cheeks and brought him in for a kiss. “I missed you.” TK smiled, sleepily.

“You saw me this morning, but I missed you too.” Carlos took TK's hand and intertwined their fingers and led him to the couch. Carlos laid down first and TK crawled on top of him, laid his head on Carlos’s bare chest, and nuzzled in, and shortly faded into slumber.

read the rest on AO3

no pressure tagging: @tellmegoodbye @literateowl @reyesstrand

@reyestrandd @chicgeekgirl89 @lemonlyman-dotcom @ladytessa74 @thisbuildinghasfeelings

@laelipoo @bonheur-cafe @nancygillianmvp @vineofroses @alidravana

@my-little-tilly @fallout-mars @heartstringsduet @reasonandfaithinharmony

@freneticfloetry @terramous @strandnreyes @safeaswrites @zitasempri

@honeybee-taskforce @welcometololaland @actualalligator @alrightbuckaroo @herefortarlos

@carlos-tk @jeysbvck @inkweedandlizards

@mikibwrites @paperstorm @lightningboltreader @sanjuwrites and open tag :)

#everyone go read!! #queue ever heard of scrabble?

[alrightbuckaroo]

Happy Sunday/Monday everyone! (Maybe we should let them join forces and create a day called Funday.) Thanks for all the tags in all the tag games as a recent. As everything from the Time Loop AU is extremely referential, I don't want to risk spoiling anything so sharing snippets has been more of scarcity, but I've got something to share today:

“Have you spoken to your mom lately?” TK asks, almost haphazardly. Silence floods the room, slipping through underneath the door and drowning them both.

“Why do you ask?” Carlos replies, not quite sure why TK wants to invite a conversation that’s so….intimate, so personal. That said, Carlos doesn't fully mind.

Not too long along, the idea of something being just that seemed frightening; now he wants to sink his teeth into like a ripe fruit.

“Well you know,” TK begins to answer before looking away and casually shrugging, as if he didn't just say a series of words that seemed anything but. “You know, with the 126 being pulled apart in separate directions and,” He stops himself before he lets the words tumble out of his mouth.

Carlos can hear the sentence in the pause, regardless. Sure, the 126 was pulled apart, but he and TK were pulled even further apart.

Thanks to @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut, @carlos-in-glasses, @janto4ev, @orchidscript, @sznofthesticks,

@freneticfloetry and @lemonlyman-dotcom for the tags!

No pressure tagging: @reyesstrand, @carlos-tk, @strandnreyes, @safeaswrites, @honeybee-taskforce

@heartstringsduet, @herefortarlos, @lightningboltreader, @paperstorm, @theghostofashton

@never-blooms, @bonheur-cafe, @basilsunrise, @nancygillianmvp, @vineofroses,

@ambiguouspenny, @welcometololaland, @rmd-writes, @your-catfish-friend, @sanjuwrites

and @lightningboltreader!

#and maybe a whole fic to share soon!! #fic: love can pull you out of yesterday #seven sentence sunday

[alrightbuckaroo]

Thank you for the tag @heartstringsduet and @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut 🩷

Chapter 4 of I Was Thinking About Your Mouth is now live on Ao3. So this is from the final chapter 🥲 in which something very important has arisen:

“Tyler.” Carlos rises up, plants a hand on his chest, over his heartbeat. Otherwise, he thinks TK will never stop talking. In itself, not bad. He wants TK to talk to him every day for the rest of his life, about everything, anything. But right now he has the boner to end all boners. The best boner in the world. He wants it documented. This boner needs to be retained within the archives that TK’s body keeps of Carlos’ best performances.

Open tag and tags below!:

@nancygillianmvp @safeaswrites @literateowl @eclectic-sassycoweyes

@kiwichaeng @fallout-mars @sznofthesticks @im-overstimulated-and-im-sad

@carlos-tk @vineofroses @three-drink-amy @orchidscript

@mikibwrites @herefortarlos @sugdenlovesdingle @tellmegoodbye

@theghostofashton @freneticfloetry @lemonlyman-dotcom

@chicgeekgirl89 @sanjuwrites @alrightbuckaroo @liminalmemories21

@never-blooms @ladytessa74 @welcometololaland @rmd-writes

@lightningboltreader @goodways @bonheur-cafe @chaotictarlos

@paperstorm @reyesstrand @strandnreyes @thisbuildinghasfeelings - If you want to share/haven't already! No pressure ever! ❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜

#congrats on almost being done with another fic cig!!! #queue ever heard of scrabble?

[alrightbuckaroo]

Thanks to @heartstringsduet for the tag! Please enjoy a smutty moment from an upcoming smutty anniversary fic haha.

“Yes, sir,” TK breathes. At the playful arch of Carlos’s brow, TK swallows hard. Pinned beneath the weight of himself, his c*ck begins to leak. “Yes, sir — I want your c*ck in my mouth. I wanna give you the best fucking bl*wjob of your life. I wanna suck you til you’re shaking, I want you to hold me in place and fuck my throat and make me choke til I’m seeing stars. I wanna blow you so well I know you’re gonna think about it all day at work.”

No pressure tags beneath the cut!

@alrightbuckaroo @birdclowns @bonheur-cafe @carlos-in-glasses @carlos-tk @catanisspicy @detective-giggles @eclectic-sassycoweyes @fitzherbertssmolder @freneticfloetry @goodways @herefortarlos @honeybee-taskforce @im-overstimulated-and-im-sad @janto4ev @jesuisici33 @lightningboltreader @louis-ii-reyes-strand @lemonlyman-dotcom @mooshkat @meditating-honey-badger @noxsoulmate @never-blooms @orchidscript @paperstorm @rmd-writes @reyesstrand @sugdenlovesdingle @safeaswrites @sanjuwrites @three-drink-amy @theghostofashton @thebumblecee @vineofroses @wandering-night19 @welcometololaland @vineofroses @chaotictarlos

#oh hello! #queue ever heard of scrabble?

[alrightbuckaroo]

Thank you for the tags @carlos-in-glasses @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut @im-overstimulated-and-im-sad @sugdenlovesdingle @sznofthesticks @freneticfloetry 💕

“Hey Paul, you’re on speaker.”

“You're on speaker?” TK repeats indignantly. “Why do you have to announce he’s on speaker? Are you worried he’s gonna say something I shouldn’t hear?”

“What? TK. No, I’m not worried he’s gonna say something. What would he say?”

“I don’t know, why do you have to warn him?”

“It’s the polite thing to do, TK. I don’t think he’s gonna start dropping dirty secrets I’ve been hiding from you.”

“Are you sure?”

“What could I be hiding? A secret viral Tik Tik account? A rabid Pokémon addiction? Do you think I’ve got another wife squirreled away?”

“Oh, God. Too soon, Carlos, I’m—”

“Uh. Hey guys,” Paul’s tinny voice cuts into their bickering from the speaker phone in Carlos’s hand. “Did you need me for this?”

Tagging @heartstringsduet @nancygillianmvp @thisbuildinghasfeelings @bonheur-cafe @paperstorm @basilsunrise @janto4ev @whatsintheboxmh @chicgeekgirl89 @welcometololaland @strandnreyes @honeybee-taskforce @eclectic-sassycoweyes @vineofroses @ladytessa74 @fitzherbertssmolder @fallout-mars @your-catfish-friend @kiwichaeng @iboatedhere @liminalmemories21 @alrightbuckaroo @literateowl @guardian-angle22 @tinyluminaryzombie @herefortarlos @filet-o-feelings @rmd-writes @theghostofashton @reyesstrand @lightningboltreader @never-blooms @decafdino @certifiedflower and OPEN TAG 🏷️

#love the idea of paul and carlos being friends outside of work!! i know they went to the bar/club but i like the idea #of them having their own thing

[alrightbuckaroo]

911 lone star fashion -> every grace outfit

↳ 4.09

#queue ever heard of scrabble?

[alrightbuckaroo]

#okayyyyyy #queue ever heard of scrabble?

[alrightbuckaroo]

“There’s a really beautiful thing that Barthes says in Fragments d’un discours amoureux—I quote it in the book, in Richard Howard’s translation—where he says, “What if I were to think of you as a force?””

— Waiting Translations: A Conversation with Kate Briggs — Music & Literature

#fic: you can't catch a sinner with a saint #queue ever heard of scrabble?

[alrightbuckaroo]

Fic Pride Friday

Rules: Post your favorite line or passage from as many of your published works as you’d like. Let yourself feel proud of your creations! Tag as many people as you post snippets, so your fellow fic friends can be proud, too.

I was tagged by @lemonlyman-dotcom 💜and @sznofthesticks 🩷

I only have two stories published and Come Home to Me I debated if I wanted to share anything from it because the parts that I'm proud of, I think are best if you read the whole thing for full heartachiness but I did manage to find a snippet. But you should go read the whole thing!

And the one for No Kissing Rule is honestly the first words I actually wrote down for this fandom so I'm proud of it just for that fact alone :)

Come Home to Me (a 2x02 2100⁰ coda)

“Hi,” TK sighs through the phone and the instant relief Carlos feels hits him so hard he has to lean back against the wall.

“Oh my God, when I heard through dispatch. I– I didn't know what to do.” Carlos's voice sounds desperate to his own ears.

TK gasps softly. “Oh baby, I promise I'm okay. I’m sorry you heard that way, that’s awful. I don't have a lot of time right now. I'm in a corner of the locker room on my way to shower. I just really…I wanted to hear your voice.” TK’s voice shakes just a little as he says the last few words and Carlos’s heart aches for him.

No Kissing Rule (a TK has the flu sickfic)

Carlos moved to bend down to kiss him goodbye and TK quickly disappeared under the blanket, narrowly missing hitting Carlos in the chin as he moved.

“What was that for?” Carlos asked.

“No kissing. I don’t want you to get sick too.” TK said softly, peeking just his eyes out of his blanket burrito.

Carlos’ confusion turned to laughter. “I appreciate that babe, but we did way more than kiss just last night. Not to mention you practically slept on top of me most of the night. I think the ship has sailed on me being exposed to your germs right now.”

Ok no pressure tags for @carlos-in-glasses and @alrightbuckaroo and open tag for anyone else 💖

#the links still work!! #queue ever heard of scrabble?

[alrightbuckaroo]

#bisexual men always win ‼️ #queue ever heard of scrabble?

[alrightbuckaroo]

Fic Pride Friday

Happy Friday, everyone! I missed this last week so I thought I'd make up for it this week! I don't have in me to go through 40+ works as of late, so I just pulled some from my long form work. Thanks to @carlos-in-glasses, @vineofroses, @bonheur-cafe and @literateowl for the tags!

Rules: Post your favorite line or passage from as many of your published works as you’d like. Let yourself feel proud of your creations! Tag as many people as you post snippets, so your fellow fic friends can be proud, too.

tender eyes that shine:

TK’s thrusts are in rapid succession; the only thing keeping up with the rhythm is Carlos’ heartbeat. It’s as if TK, right now, in this moment, is a lifeline that Carlos is tethered to that’s born out of nothing more desirous longing and trust.

TK calls him “Baby” and the last thing Carlos thinks is that he can only hope Heaven will be half as sweet as the way that word sounds rolling off of TK’s tongue. Suddenly, the darkness that’s gripped him seems to ease itself. Darkness ebbs away as the light becomes something more tangible, something just out of reach. He opens his eyes, and he sees both TK and his father. Carlos isn’t sure if he’s been brought back from death or if he’s been left to his own devices in Heaven. He’s always thought that TK has the beauty of an angel that’s come down to Earth, one that’s replaced his halo with a fireman’s cap. When he sees his father standing above him, it comes as no surprise. Carlos has always considered him to be a martyr, fighting the good fight until the very end. With the warm golden hue surrounding the both of them, he thinks this must be the highest the sky can go.

summer slipped us underneath her tongue:

TK leans down, causing a dip in the bed as he leans in to give Carlos a kiss. He tastes like last night’s raspberry tart and all of Carlos’ dreams come true. He pulls away and says, “I’ll be back before you have the chance to miss me.”  Carlos smiles, his face still cupped between TK’s hands.  “It’s hard not to miss you. I love having you around.” There’s that word again: love.  Love is a word that’s always tossed around casually, even by them; but the way it sounds rolling off of Carlos’ tongue causes TK’s heart to skip a beat. As if it’s a rock being thrown across a once still pond.  Ever since TK realized that this, this thing with Carlos is no longer casual but something very real; the word love has hit his ear differently each and every time. He loves Carlos, and all he wants to do is tell him. 

Carlos is spiraling well beyond his control. He’s trying to piece where he went wrong but then TK is grabbing his hand and saying his name like it’s the only word he’s ever know.

29 Going on 30

TK’s a little disheartened at the realization. He used to know this city like the back of his hand; now he feels like he’s wearing a glove.

“I think that part of living life is finding new ways to left love in,” Carlos continues. “Learning that love can be an afternoon serenade, a hideous sweater that you still found a way to look good in or the realization that the love that feels too good to be true is the love that you’ve been deserving of all along.” TK is quiet for a beat; a medley of mixed emotions overtaking him. Love that feels too good to be true is the love that you’ve been deserving of all along. Maybe Carlos is right, maybe he needs to let himself finally feel comfortable with the idea that this type of love isn’t meant to crumble. He won’t have to dig through the remains of what’s left to restore himself. This love has a foundation that’s meant to last. Quietly, he asks, “You still think I’m a dream?” “So much I almost can’t believe my eyes,” Carlos replies with a smile. “You deserve an everlasting love, Tyler,” The words are a declaration, a phrase that gives no room for argument. “I’ll always be here, wanting to be the one that gives it to you.”

come and take a walk on the wild side

It’s 4:02 a.m. and TK is standing on the balcony, smoking a cigarette. For the most part, the party has thinned out except for a couple of stragglers and those that had decided to spend the night. He holds the phone close to his ear; hearing the other line ring, once, twice, three times. He’s about the end the call before it can even start when a voice answers on the other line. “Hello?” The voice sounds groggy, and aged. TK still recognizes it all the same. TK doesn’t respond, feeling the words anxious to grab purchase. “Hello? Is anyone there?” TK doesn’t reply, and it’s not soon before the person on the other line hangs up. He brings the phone down, and whispers to himself, “Happy Father’s Day, dad.”

“I’d ask you to save the attitude for dinner, but,” Sam finally breaks eye contact, looking back down at his phone, knowing he’s about to win this back and forth between them. “We both know you’ll hold me to that.” TK hears the unspoken command: knock it off. He knows he should, just make the rest of the night easier for both of them; but there’s something in him that wants to fight against that feeling. Relieve himself of the weight that he’s holding for both of them. “Yeah? And give your dad another reason to hate everything about me?” TK decides not to think about the fact Winston brings out the worst in both of them. Sam doesn’t look up from his phone, wanting to treat TK’s response like it’s nothing but a low brow tactic. “He doesn’t hate everything about you.” TK snorts. “Oh yeah? What doesn’t he hate?” Sam looks up from his phone and stares directly at TK, giving him his undivided attention. His words drip with a scathing sense of frustration, “The way you know how to get under my skin.”

I'm a week late to this so I'm sure everyone has already gone, but if you haven't and want to share, consider this open tag for you :)

#come and take a walk on the wild side really is that girl when she's updated #fic: tender eyes that shine #fic: summer slipped us underneath her tongue #fic: 29 Going on 30 #fic: come and take a walk on the wild side #tag you're it #my writing

[alrightbuckaroo]

Fic Pride Friday

Thank you @vineofroses @ladytessa74 and @sznofthesticks for tagging me!

Rules: Post your favorite line or passage from as many of your published works as you’d like. Let yourself feel proud of your creations! Tag as many people as you post snippets, so your fellow fic friends can be proud, too.

This is a good exercise in not being shy about my writing so here we go!

Sugarpie Honeybun || idk what I was on when I wrote this entire thing, but somehow this part happened and I am very proud of it

“When someone asks who you are to me and there's not enough time to tell them all the ways that you are part of my heart and my soul. That you are my guiding light in the dark, that shined light on things I wanted to keep hidden and loved even those parts all the same, even when those parts are ugly and serrated and hurt you in ways that I never wanted them to. When you hold even those pieces like they’re precious just because they came from me, what should I call you then?”

Even if the World Ends Tomorrow || The soulmates of it all and my first time going full angst on a fic so particularly proud of this drama.

Faith has always been the last thing on his mind when hope was all he could hold onto, especially in their darkest moments when it didn't seem worth it anymore to keep living. Despite it all, TK has always believed in one thing.  That particular thing being fate. Soulmates in particular.  How else could he explain how Carlos came into his life at the exact right time. How time and time again, he’s saved him and been saved by him, encouraging him to keep living even when every waking hour felt bleak. How, in this moment, can he feel Carlos’ pain in his own body as viscerally as if it’s his very own. With every scream he feels his throat grow tight like the cry is being ripped from his own vocal chords. With every pull of the stitch through Carlos’ blood soaked skin he can feel it drag through his own heart and stain it a burning, viscous red. And when their eyes meet for just a second, their blown pupils reflect the same agony back at each other like they share one body.

Should I Keep on Waiting? || Took the light metaphor and ran with it. Still running with it clutched in my hand tbh

The sprinkle of hope blossoms just a bit more when TK tangles his fingers into Carlos’ hair so he can press their foreheads together and kiss him when he comes, like he wants every part of them to stay connected even as Carlos follows him over the edge at the exact same time. Hope grows leaves when TK leans in first to kiss him one final time in the afterglow as he gets ready to leave before sunrise, hearts still racing against each other while both of them are still trying to catch their breath amongst the stars that lingers in the corners of his vision. Even if this thing they have is made up only of the leftover stardust and is only meant to slip through his fingers and disappear into the sunlight, Carlos can't help but hold it reverently like it's meant to grow into something more.

Thank You for the Music: Particles || I don't do a lot of AU's, but I'm particularly proud of this one Particularly this part where Carlos closes his fist in the flashback and in the present his hand is open because he's let go of his dream.

He'd look out his bedroom window at the spaceships the size of skyscrapers that lay stagnant miles away from his ranch home back in rural Texas. His father would gripe and grumble everytime they were alerted of one of them taking off, locking away their animals and livestock into their soundproof barns so they couldn't get spooked or run away. His mother and sisters would be the same, rolling their eyes at having to be subjected to the deafening roar of hundreds of rockets going off at once when they would prepare to take off. Carlos however would excitedly climb onto the roof of the house right outside his window and watch the white spaceships go up in a burst of flames, ascending before disappearing into the sky above. He'd reach his hand out and trace the trail of smoke left in his wake, closing his fist against it like it was a string of a balloon that could take him away along with it.  He lays his open palm against the window now, no longer clutching this dream from childhood. He's made it up here after years of learning skills that could get him on a ship, dreaming and praying that it would be enough to bring him up here light years away from Earth and an undefinable distance from home. 

Lighthouse || This little fic will probably always be up there with one of the fics that I adore despite the length. Particularly these lines.

I love you. Leave the light on, I'm coming home.

Tagging: @lemonlyman-dotcom @alrightbuckaroo @carlos-in-glasses

@heartstringsduet @theghostofashton @chicgeekgirl89

@chaotictarlos and @sanjuwrites . Also, open tag!

#i need to finish even if the world ends tomorrow 😭 #queue ever heard of scrabble?

[alrightbuckaroo]

Fic Pride Friday

thanks for the tag @liminalmemories21 !

Rules: Post your favourite line or passage from as many of your published works as you’d like. Let yourself feel proud of your creations! Tag as many people as you post snippets, so your fellow fic friends can be proud, too.

large popcorn with a bag of m&ms (in terms of theme and pulling the theme throughout the fic, this is probably still my favorite fic i've written, and i wrote it three years ago! lol. the old guard.)

The screen in front of her blurs, and she’s in another theater, in another time. Andy, Nicky, Joe, they drop away. In their place is ... she glances to her left, and he’s there. Laughing at whatever is on screen as he eats his popcorn. They snuck into Bridesmaids. Is this then? Nile can’t look away, transfixed on this memory of her brother. She knows it’s a memory but it feels so real; the smell of buttery popcorn fills her nose. The lights from the screen dance across her brother’s face. He leans toward her. She knows what he’s going to say before he says it.

“Can you pass me the m&ms?” the memory whispers. It echoes through her. She holds onto it, traps it inside the very deepest parts of her and doesn’t let go. He fades away just as quickly as he appeared. Where he just was, Andy still is. She catches her eye, but Nile turns back toward the screen, ready to get lost in someone else’s adventure for a while.

peace (second Lone Star fic, where poetry was my focus. this part was absolutely my favorite section. Lone Star.)

Slowly but surely new life sprouted from the ground right at their feet. The embers of yesterday faded as he grasped for the ever growing vines. He latched onto the first signs of life so quickly he never realized his hand was the only one reaching out.

a call (with anything i write i always want the end to have a punch and i really liked how this one turned out. shadowhunters.)

“Forgive me for being so forward, Alexander, but you don’t strike me as someone who receives compliments very well,” Magnus says.

Alec raises his eyebrow. A challenge.

Magnus huffs, shaking his head. “I was going to tell you that you have a lovely laugh.”

Alec ducks his dead, smiling into his coke. He can feel the blush rising in his cheeks.

Magnus laughs, delighted by being right. “You’re going to have to get used to compliments, Alexander.”

“Oh, why is that?”

“Because you deserve to hear them,” Magnus says, like it’s a simple truth.

Alec stares at Magnus, the light, fluttery feeling returning. Magnus stares back, and in his eyes Alec sees all his potential, waiting for him to answer back.

echoes (im not very confident about detailing atmosphere and blocking character movements but this part i thought i did pretty well. Lone Star.)

It’s quiet right now. A clock ticks on the wall above his head. An occasional shuffle of someone adjusting their sitting position in the hospital’s unfortunate chairs. Across from him the scratches of Marjan’s pen almost lull him to sleep. But then Mateo’s tapping foot drags him back to wakefullness. Every once in a while, the crinkle of a turned page tunes him into Judd and the magazine he’s pretending to read. Next to Judd, Paul sits unmoving, except for his eyes, silently checking in with Carlos. Each time Carlos nods, but he’s not sure what he means by it. Thank you for calling me. Yes, I’m still here. Yes, I’m scared too.

halted beginnings (really just the last line of this paragraph is my absolute fave. Lone Star.)

Huh. He thinks that seems like something one should remember. The anxious pacing throughout the courtroom, the bored looking witness, plucked randomly from the staff milling about their day. The weeds they pulled from the ground and fashioned into make-shift rings. And the look on his parents’ faces when they showed up to dinner that evening and told them. How a moment’s piercing silence was almost enough for Carlos to doubt that this was what his parents wanted, until cheers and congratulations rang out, engulfing them in a joyous cocoon of happily ever after. The doubt slithered away, defeated. Carlos hugged his parents. In his father’s embrace, he closed his eyes to the look his sisters shared between them, and thought, this is what pride feels like.

why (carlos being fucking dramatic about doing something nice for TK just because it involves Lou II. crack fic! Lone Star)

"Tada," Carlos says with as much cheer as he can muster. This was his idea but he's ready to be out of ideas and never follow through on them ever again. He will obviously accept the award for best husband of century but he will also let it be known that this has been torture.

TK reaches for Lou II and Carlos is happy to hand him over. Lou II agrees if his wiggling body is any indication of how happy he is to see TK. Carlos scoffs. He just bought him pajamas, but okay.

fundamental (there are actually so many parts to this one that i love that it's hard to choose. i was truly in my unhinged writing phase a couple of weeks ago lollllllll. this fic is also one im just super proud of because of the writing process of it thanks in large part to @goldenskykaysani for making the editing process so much fun and thoughtful and yes i will keep tagging you every time i mention this fic because it really would not exist without your help so deal with it!!! lol. this fic also one where every time i think about it im just like, yeah! i fucking did that!)

Iris, I said, Iris, Iris, Iris. I started giggling because wouldn’t that be funny, Dad, that I could find a way to make you proud of me even if it meant dying? Iris, I said again. Would you ever marry me? And she fell back laughing, her beer sloshing over the rim, and I followed her down, sprawled out on her bedroom floor, watching the ceiling fan spin. I took another sip, and filed the question away. 

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no pressure tagging: @paperstorm @lemonlyman-dotcom @alrightbuckaroo @bonheur-cafe @sznofthesticks

@ladytessa74 @theghostofashton

#love seeing that you've spread your talent amongst a multitude of fandoms <3 #queue ever heard of scrabble?

[alrightbuckaroo]

Fic Pride Friday - on a Saturday!

Thank you for the tag @freneticfloetry @lemonlyman-dotcom @bonheur-cafe

@literateowl @ladytessa74 @liminalmemories21 🧡 And for giving me a reason to create a banner for non-WIP tag games.

Rules: Post your favourite line or passage from as many of your published works as you’d like. Let yourself feel proud of your creations! Tag as many people as you post snippets, so your fellow fic friends can be proud, too.

I've opted to share from three fics- Suddenly in the Silence, Where All This Love Comes From, and Wrestling Angels:

Suddenly, in the Silence:

"I think the closet is haunted," TK says, fumbling the buttons of his lapelled pajama shirt. Carlos faces the opposite side of the room. "But it's from Ikea." "Not that one." TK throws an arm towards the white pre-fab nothingy unit that had housed their pajamas. "I mean the old Reyes relic." "My dad's tatarabuelo built that," Carlos says defensively. And occupies it now, TK thinks but does not say. Instead, he opts for, "It might be fun to sleep in your old bedroom like we did that time before. Snuggled up in that creaky twin with your adorable horse comforter over us." "My old room," Carlos breathes a laugh, "Is the most haunted in this house." "With memories, though, not ghosts."

Where All This Love Comes From

A single tear slips from Carlos' eye. Years ago, there was a young man in New York City called TK Strand and he had no idea that in Austin, Texas, a stranger called Carlos Reyes was aching, yearning, pining for exactly him. He had no idea how loved he was going to be by someone he had yet to meet. He had no idea how wonderful he was as a person with or without a partner – but he was about to find out. That's why you have to keep living, Carlos thinks, so you can find out.

Wrestling Angels

But love is going to come into his life, and it won’t be what he’ll expect, because it’s going to be TK Strand, a firefighter who shows up in Austin from Manhattan following a relapse. He’s a little fierce and rough and moody and funny. He’ll bring disorder to the orderly life he’s about to work so hard to create for himself and himself alone. TK will cause him pain, and he’ll push TK’s buttons, and then it’s going to work out, and he’s going to marry him. And TK is going to be the one to ask. Love is going to be powerful, runaway, gutting, enormous – yet weirdly and utterly defined by the small moments as much as the major events. It’s going to feel physical and invisible, like storm winds that take his breath and knock him off his feet. He’s going to have sex. He’ll have it with a few guys before TK, and every time with each of those guys, it will be somewhere on a sliding scale of outright bad, awkward, embarrassing, mediocre, good, better, great, fantastic. With TK it will be different. Supercharged, mind-blowing, right from the start, and it will also be gentle, romantic, connective in a new way. It will always be a deeper experience than with anyone else. It’s going to mean something real every time, even from the beginning when TK insists that it’s not going to, and Carlos will pretend as much as he can that he doesn’t mind.

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#me with my favorite show of all time because if i remind it it's my favorite something's gonna fuck that up

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Re: Carlos's "it's a small town, TK" comment. Austin has grown a ton in the last few decades, but it has always had small city vibes to me. I think Carlos was just trying to say that it's smaller than NYC, but idk. Fully agree that most episodes were not written by anyone who has set foot in Texas. For one, I would love to see them go to a bar that isn't a honky tonk. They do exist!

I think it's definitely more spread out than New York is, but I would argue that the traffic in that damn city is anything but small 😭 (I-35 you are the bane of my existence!)

Like any and all things, I'll blame this on Elon Musk.

#as someone who visits every one to two years it pisses me AWF that they're never done with road work 😭 #like girl hurry it UP 😭