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Hello and welcome to the first event of 2024 hosted by Tarlos Weekly Prompts. This even focuses on the 1 year wedding anniversary of TK and Carlos! Their anniversary is 5/16/23 (that's the day the show aired and until we get told otherwise is the date I will be using for the anniversary).

This event will run until May 16th. All things created for the event needs to be posted by then and will (hopefully) be added to a masterlist that can be reblogged. There will be a variety of prompts to choice from for the event (listed below). As always, if you have any questions please ask me! I hope everyone has fun with this!

Let's go over some rules first which are more or less the same as they always are for this blog.

Accepted works: fic's, moldboards, fanart, gifs

All works need to be new works.

All works need to be Tarlos centric

All works need to be properly tagged.

All work needs to be posted by 5 p.m. est time on May 16, 2024

Tag the blog (@tarlosweeklyprompts ) I'm tracking the tag #idotarlosevent

and now what you guys really want....

~Prompts~

listed under the cut are 15 different prompts that you can pick from

First Anniversary - what happens? who plans it? do they both plan it? does one plan a surprise?

"How could you forget our anniversary?" "Because every day feels like our anniversary with you."

Honeymoon Part 2 - for their first anniversary TK and Carlos go on a trip together

TK and Carlos sit down for the day to talk about what they've learned throughout being married for a year.

Revisiting conversations - TK brings up wanting to have kids again.

"I loved you then. I love you now. I love you forever."

"I didn't forget, I was just waiting to surprise you."

Vow renewal

The 126 throws a surprise party for the couple.

"I do, forever, want to be your husband. That hasn't changed in the year that we've been married."

TK and Carlos redo their honeymoon

"I hope it's okay that this is the first year of forever."

"You're always going to be my greatest adventure."

"Every day I realize more and more that you're the one that I want and nothing will change my mind about that - not even this."

"Why is that in my house?"

#tarlosweeklyprompts #tarlos #tk strand #carlos reyes #tk strand x carlos reyes

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Are you all too young to remember Slim Goodbody? This is truly the stuff of nightmares.

idk man the nervous system makes me kinda nervous

#memes #funny memes #slim goodbody #80s television #nostalgia

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A check-in and announcement

Hey everyone! I know it's been a minute since I've been around and longer since I've posted prompts. I want to first say I am so sorry for just stopping without any warning. Grad school got rough and my job is even more rough than that, I didn't have the mental energy needed to keep up with this blog the last few months. I also had feelings that I couldn't post the prompts that I wanted to and there was some negative talk that just impacted me and I needed a break. It was a good break and allowed me time to distance myself from fandom spaces in a way that I needed and helped me realize somethings and I was able to deal with some complicated emotions surrounding fandom in general. Everything is good now.

That being said, I am back and planning some fun things. I've decided that I am going to go back to how I was doing the blog in the beginning with only one prompt being posted each week. I tried to hard to cater to everyone who was pushing me to post more than one, to have fun themes every week, and I burnt myself out trying to do what everyone wanted me to do. So, it's going to be one prompt a week unless it's a special occasion.

I will start posting weekly prompts again starting in June when I go on summer break (I'm a teacher so it's easier for me to start this up again when I'm not working 40+ hours a week). In the meantime I would love to hear from you guys!

There will be a special wedding event happening in May to celebrate Tarlos being married for a year!

What kind of prompts are you hoping to see? What events do you want to see on the blog? What do you want me to do that I haven't, or what's something I did in the past that you'd like to see again? Let me know via asks!

I'm excited to be back doing this again!

You can also find me over @chaotictarlos!

Love, T

(P.S. just a small reminder that I run a discord server for this blog and general tarlos/lonestar stuff and if you're over the age of 18, message me and we can see about you joining!)

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2×02

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Why does he just always look like he’s up to no good?

#because he absolutely is

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Chapter: 14/15 | Chapter Word Count: 3,128 | Total Word Count: 20,354 | Rating: Explicit | Warnings/Tags: Rehab, Relapse, Referenced Suicide Attempt, Detox, Betrayal, things do get better, reunion sex

A year after TK & Carlos's wedding, TK's world fell apart when his father was killed during a fire call. TK relapsed, spiraling down into darker depths with his addiction than he'd ever been before. After trying and failing to convince TK he needed help, Carlos went to extreme measures to get TK into rehab.

This story begins on TK's first day in detox, and is initially told through letters that he writes to Carlos on his journey to get back home.

Inspired by the song "A Long Way to Get" by Bob Schneider

April 21, 2024 | April 29, 2024 | May 14, 2024 | May 24, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | June 14, 2024 | June 17, 2024 - Part I, TK | June 17, 2024 - Part II, Carlos | June 17, 2024 - Part III, TK | June 18, 2024 | June 19, 2024 | June 20, 2024 | June 24 - July 15, 2024

Long Way to Get

July 18, 2024

Please note that the rating has been updated from mature to explicit, and I have added some new tags. If you have any questions about the updated rating before reading, please send me a message.

TK paced in the front lobby, his packed bag sitting on the floor. He'd woken up way too early that morning, eager to get packed and be on his way. The problem was, he didn't have much to pack, so he'd had to sit in his room and be anxious before breakfast and his last session with Lindsey. She'd helped him feel a little calmer, but he still had a lot of pent-up nervous energy as he waited for Carlos.

His flight had already landed, but with the Los Angeles traffic, there was no telling when he would get there. TK fiddled with the ring on his left ring finger and tried to envision his life once he left rehab. They were going to New York because TK needed that intermission before jumping back into life on Austin, but he also worried that the lack of any structure would be bad for him. After the first day, he would have to decide on a schedule, something to keep him grounded throughout the day outside of the controlled environment of rehab.

He and Carlos had done a lot of work over Carlos’s visit, but TK was still worried that resentment would bubble up in Carlos once they got home and back to their old routines. He wondered if he’d made the right choice in having Carlos come with him to New York. Maybe it would have been better for TK to have that adjustment time by himself and then go back to Austin to join Carlos in their normal environment. Or maybe they both needed this reprieve together.

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#tarlos fic #tarlos #tk strand #carlos reyes #long way to get #addiction #recovery #therapy #911 lone star fic #911 lone star #mhb fic #songs about love

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TK STRAND IN EVERY SCENE

1.02: yee-haw

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Manifesting the return of workouts in Season 5.

#911 lone star #tk strand #carlos reyes #season 5 wishlist

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Pretty sure this happened at least once

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Thought I’d take the chance to kick this off today! Apologies if I tag anyone who has already participated and I just haven’t spotted it yet! If that’s the case, let me know. I wanna see all the sentences! Please enjoy Carlos’s perfect exterior starting to crumble in boxing fic 🥊

‘Need you,’ he replies, fingers shaking as he waits for TK’s reply. The seconds stretch impossibly, elongated like the shadows spilling out against the dirt track and over the greenery surrounding him. Carlos’s stomach twists and lurches, the whole world distilled into nothing but this, this trembling moment, his heart laid bare on the screen of a $20 burner phone. He needs him.

‘I’m at home,’ TK’s reply reads. ‘Come back to me baby.’

The edge of a sob curls upwards through Carlos then, a choked breath bursting out of his throat. He pockets the phone, dries his eyes with the heels of his hands, and goes to TK.

Open tag! If you’ve got something to share, please let me see! No pressure tags also for @carlos-in-glasses @catanisspicy @chicgeekgirl89 @chaotictarlos @birdclowns @bonheur-cafe @sanjuwrites @rosedavid @noxsoulmate @never-blooms @largepeachicedtea @louis-ii-reyes-strand @lutavero @lightningboltreader @three-drink-amy @thisbuildinghasfeelings @welcometololaland @wtfuckevenknows @mooshkat @meditating-honey-badger @goodways @rmd-writes @strandnreyes @reyesstrand @orchidscript @heartstringsduet @theghostofashton @thebumblecee @sugdenlovesdingle @paperstorm @freneticfloetry @inkweedandlizards and YOU if you’re not on this list and wanna play, the open tag is your warm invitation 💛

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Oooooh this sounds really good 👀👀👀👀

Thanks you @heartstringsduet @alrightbuckaroo @never-blooms and @carlos-in-glasses for the tags, for either inspiration weekend or seven sentence Sunday, which I am combining! Here’s my latest little AU, the current love of my life. Ft. Undercover Carlos in a boxing gym 👀 thanks also to @rafaelsilvasource for the Carlos boxing pic!

“Don’t call me that in front of people we don’t know,” says Ty – or, evidently, not Ty. He turns to Carlos, the very fact of their shared gaze doing something to the air, something Carlos schools his features against. He assumes the closest expression to neutrality he can as the stranger says, “It’s TK. And I’m just saying, Judd, don’t we wanna make sure all these muscles aren’t just for show?” Carlos feels his throat work as the stranger – as TK – eyes his upper arms now, sauntering closer. TK, casual yet resplendent, reaches out towards him, and gives Carlos’s left bicep a gentle squeeze. TK hums at what he finds, lips still curled into a smirk. This, Carlos realises, is another moment where decisions must be made immediately.

“Do I meet your approval?” he asks, voice lower than he’d intended it to be.

“For fuck’s sake,” Judd mutters.

No pressure tags go out to @paperstorm 👀 @orchidscript @catanisspicy @iboatedhere @chaotictarlos @sanjuwrites @meditating-honey-badger @detective-giggles @rmd-writes @largepeachicedtea and @mikibwrites

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Chapter: 3/5 | Chapter Word Count: 5173 | Total Word Count: 13131/? | Rating: Explicit | Warnings/Tags: Drug Use, Overdose, Semi-Public Sex. Blow Jobs, Anal Sex, Rough Sex, Dom/sub Undertones, Light/Implied BDSM, Alternating POV | More Tags Will Be Added

Previous Chapters: I Can't Get No Relief | At the End of the Day

Water in My Brain

“Fuck, baby. That was so good,” TK panted as Carlos rolled off him. Carlos lifted his arm so TK could tuck himself under it. TK kissed Carlos’s shoulder, then laid his head to rest on his chest. It was honestly his favorite place to be.

Since that night at the club several weeks ago, things had shifted between them. Seeing Carlos with another man had ignited a fire in TK. The idea of Carlos being touched by another man brought up a carnal possessiveness in him, which wasn’t completely fair because TK still wasn’t ready to make things official with him.

He didn’t want to be without Carlos. He was TK’s favorite person. They had fun together. Carlos’s dry wit was a perfect match for TK’s sarcastic humor. The sex was amazing, probably the best TK ever had. He missed Carlos when they were apart. So why did the thought of committing to him, saying, yes, I choose you, make him want to head for the hills?

He was sure there were a lot of reasons. Watching his parents’ marriage fall apart, and seeing the ways they hurt each other, had made him scared of commitment. It hadn’t mattered in his teens and early twenties, when all he really cared about was getting high. But after rehab, he’d felt ready to take the next steps in his life. He’d gone to therapy and talked about how his parents’ divorce affected him; he thought he’d moved past it.

This time, TK didn’t need a shrink to tell him that his fear of taking the next step with Carlos stemmed from his relationship with Alex. It had taken TK a while to trust Alex, but when he eventually let himself take those steps, TK let himself be absorbed into Alex's life. His friends were Alex's friends. The places they went were Alex's places. He lost himself along the way, maybe on purpose. It was a lot easier to be Alex's boyfriend than it was to be TK Strand, a recovering drug addict who'd wasted his early twenties chasing a high he would never achieve. As long as he was with Alex, TK didn’t have to figure out who he’d become.

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Inspired by Somebody to Love by Queen.

#tarlos fic #911 lone star #somebody to love #mhb #explicit #tarlos #carlos reyes #911 lone star fic

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WE'RE BACK!

Episode 3.01: Two Crones with Microphones

SPOILER WARNING FOR SEASON 7! The latest episode of the Lord Johnlander podcast is now available to stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, iHeartRadio, and more. In episode 3.01, “Two Crones With A Microphone,” Pan and Beth cover episode 701, “A Life Well Lost.” Lord John didn’t even have screen time this week, but this is Lord Johnlander, so you can’t tell that by listening to us. Pan is…

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girls love it when there's a bisexual man btw

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We missed you too

Season 3 of Lord Johnlander starts 21 June 2023.

New episodes dropping the Wednesday following each Outlander season 7a episode release.

Yeah we know. Season 3 covers season 7. It's... look, it's not our fault. We're confused too, but we're rolling with it.

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Did you miss me?

I am working on updates to all my current WIPs and hope to have at least one update if not more by the end of the weekend! Stay tuned!