married prompt: "I'm going to bed. Do NOT stay up all night." "...Hmm."
thank you so much!! 💕 this one kinda got away from me haha, i hope you enjoy!
“That smells so good, baby.”
TK comes into the kitchen just as Carlos is setting their dinner down, dishtowel draped across one shoulder. As he’s turning back to grab a serving spoon, a pair of arms slides around his waist.
“Thank you for cooking,” TK murmurs, his breath tickling Carlos’s ear. Carlos turns his head just slightly, enough to press a kiss to his temple, and leans back into him.
“It’s just pasta.”
Every ounce of him wanted to just order takeout and curl up with TK on the couch, but after barely managing to squeeze in lunch from outside the past three days, he was determined to cook their dinner tonight. The desire had increased tenfold when TK had texted him and described his shift as ‘disgusting’, warning him that he was getting right into the shower as soon as he walked in the door. Carlos had promised himself he would have dinner waiting once TK had gotten out.
“No it’s not.”
Carlos smiles sheepishly in the direction TK is looking, another bowl sitting beside the dish of pasta.
“I made a salad.” He just chopped up whatever veggies they had left in the fridge and tossed them with some tofu, not a big deal. He’s happy when he can get there before they start to spoil and create something out of them.
“It’s really good,” TK says, once they’ve sat down and started eating. Something warm blooms in Carlos’s chest. He watches TK spear a piece of tofu and pop it into his mouth, the small smile that comes over his face as he chews.
every time i think they can’t do any better, every time i think they can’t make me smile or cry any harder, they always do.
hi, you’re tk and i’m carlos. and we’re soulmates.
the simplicity of this line and everything that it holds within. carlos is ready to remind tk every day who he is, that they’ve loved each other for a lifetime, that they’re soulmates, that he isn’t going anywhere even if at the end of the day tk might forget everything again. and it’s not a project for carlos to take on, it’s not something for him to fix, it’s just the extent of love. the lengths you go to just to spend one more second with the person you love, the difficulties you face because the love is too strong to back down. in sickness and in health they’re soulmates. whatever happens. it’s that simple and it’s that beautiful
carlos just wanting his kiss. tk's adorable nose scrunch & awed grin, the absolute SWEETNESS of the kiss, the golden wedding ring adorning tk's hand cupping his husband's face 😭😭😭😭 THE JOYYYYYYY HERE IN THIS MOMENT. IT'S UNPARALLELED
feeling totally fine about both carlos and tk admitting that they felt broken, that they felt lost and numb and unlovable and like they’d never be whole again, until they found each other. until they gave each other the dream of a future they never were sure they’d get for themselves. not at all spiralling about it. nope!