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hirakiyois · 1 year
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i wish rafael's voice was bad but it's not it's quite literally perfect and now it's forever engraved in my brain in the form of "i'll say hi, you're tk, im carlos, and we're soulmates"
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alrightbuckaroo · 4 months
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you, me, and the lizard makes three
1/1 | No Archive Warnings Apply | 6k | For @birdclowns for Tarlos Secret Santa (@tarlos-santa) | Written for the prompt, "tarlos + their lizard boy son" | All the thanks in the world to @heartstringsduet for being my second set of eyes on this one <3
Summary: While TK is away in New York City for a short trip, Carlos is left to care for Lou II, feeding him mealworms and all, until TK gets back. What starts as something that feels akin to pulling teeth ends up becoming an exploration into just how much love Carlos realizes he has to give. Even if he didn't realize it, at first.
“You sure you can handle watching Lou II while I’m gone?” TK asks and Carlos answers with a beat of silence. He glances over at Lou II, who’s casually basking in the lamp light shining over his tank. The faint whine of the line sounds especially loud.  “Of course,” Carlos finally replies, his voice sounding hesitant and unsure. Obviously he should have just assumed that he’d be in charge of Lou II just like he’s in charge of everything else while TK’s away; but somehow, the thought didn’t truly exist to him until it was said out loud.  TK smiles and Carlos swears he can hear it through the line. “You know that means you’re going to have to feed him those crickets and mealworms he loves so much.”  “TK please,” Carlos’ voice sounds stressed and dismayed all at once. “Don’t say it out loud, it just makes it that much worse to think about.
Enjoy a story in which Carlos goes down the "pet he didn't want" to the "pet he can't live without" pipeline, only on AO3 :)
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welcometololaland · 28 days
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summarise your wips badly game! thanks for the tags @kiwiana-writes @inexplicablymine @indestructibleheart @orchidscript and @cha-melodius
i don't know if there's a point to this for me, aside from making fun of myself, but here are my active wips summarised very poorly:
neighbourhood disputes and speeding fines result in deep self introspection and also hot sex (tarlos).
two abandoned men in a foreign country decide to unabandon themselves by hitching their metaphorical wagons to each other (firstprince).
workplace enemies accidentally orchestrate their own redundancies and fall in love (hangster).
college students are made to angst over each other by third college student's incredibly misguided method of meeting the parents (tarlos).
man finds himself the beneficiary of copious amounts of tiktok products (tarlos).
husbands find themselves on a boujee ski trip in aspen with everyone they hate (tarlos).
a case of mistaken identity leads to an HR nightmare (tarlos, co-write with @rmd-writes)* can't talk about this one because it's literally IMPOSSIBLE to give spoilers without giving away the plot.
EDIT FOR CEE: american man desperately wants to believe his mysterious crush has a red room and will stop at nothing to manifest it (firstprince).
you can send me an ask if you want (i think that's the point of this game??) or you can just laugh at my really bad attempts at describing things. also, i'm free all day today so maybe if you wanna bully me i can attempt to write some snippets if anyone is interested :)
please consider this an OPEN TAG because i'm not sure if this has breached rwrb containment and i'd love to see some lone star people do this.
will tag a couple of people who might be interested but not too many bc i've already annoyed all of you so much this past week @strandnreyes @reyesstrand @liminalmemories21 @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut @carlos-in-glasses @heartstringsduet @nancygillianmvp @alrightbuckaroo @sznofthesticks @theghostofashton @hippolotamus @bonheur-cafe @never-blooms and @celeritas2997 BECAUSE!!!!! I KNOW!!!!
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noxsoulmate · 8 months
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💞 Through Thin Walls 💞
🏘 A Tarlos Neighbor AU 🏘
Ship: Tarlos | Fandom: 911 Lone Star Author: noxsoulmate | Podfic by: Juulna | Artist: kinkajou Read and listen on ao3 | View the art on ao3
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Chapters: 2/2 | Complete Word Count: 18197 | Rating: Explicit | Warnings/Tags: alternate universe - neighbors, first meetings, 5+1 things, podfic, podfic & podficced works, podfic length: 2-2.5 hours, dorks in love, two person love triangle, falling in love, getting to know each other, getting together, idiots in love, love at first sight, kinda, cliche firefighter rescue, fluff, fluff and smut
Podfic created by the amazing @juuls
Art made by the wonderful @a-kinkajou
Created for the @pod-together event
Based on a prompt by the lovely @actuallysara
Summary:
“Hey, so please don’t freak out–” In the next moment, Carlos could hear a thud, followed by a curse, and he was pretty sure the guy had just hit his head somehow. Carlos winced in sympathy. “Sorry! Sorry, it’s just your neighbor here.” “Dude,” came the reply, the voice sounding rough, probably from all the crying. “Way to give a person a heart attack. Also, creepy much?” “My apologies. The walls here are basically paper with some paint slapped on. So uhm… noises are somewhat muffled but… not really, I guess.”
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3 times Carlos only heard his neighbor’s voice, 2 times TK lusted over a certain officer, +1 time it all melted together.
OR: A Tarlos Neighbor AU
🏘 Read and/or listen on ao3 🏘
💞 and please leave lots of love on the wonderful art on ao3 💞
I cannot thank my team enough 🥰 @juuls, @a-kinkajou, this was such a wonderful experience!! thank you so much for putting up with me, tolerating my rambles and my writer's block, agreeing to switch fics when I panicked, and always cheering me on - and of course for the AMAZING podfic and art respectively that you two created for this fic. I truly hope this will only be the first of many projects we will work on together 😘
Sneak peek and more art under the cut:
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When the first sniffles came through the wall, Carlos was startled, turning in his bed where he was cocooned in his blankets, book in hand, and in the process of winding down. It was his first night home after a week straight of night shifts and it was his goal to quickly get back into a normal sleep rhythm, even though he wasn’t remotely tired. 
The sniffling sound that very clearly came from the room adjacent to his didn’t help in that endeavor, setting all his senses on high alert right away.
As far as he knew, the apartment next to his had been empty for the last few months. Someone must’ve moved in during the week – which was entirely possible, seeing how Carlos hardly had any free minutes between his shifts, helping on the ranch for two days, and covering some extra shifts so Mitchell could visit her sick mom.
What little time he’d spent in his apartment, Carlos had been asleep. So yes, a new neighbor moving in without him noticing was actually quite possible. 
That didn’t explain the sniffles though which by now had turned into sobs that hardly sounded muffled. And why would they? His neighbor probably didn’t realize just how thin these walls were. Carlos certainly hadn’t suspected it when he first moved in – but quickly found out the hard way. His neighbor until a few months ago certainly had a thing for loud women… 
Contemplating what to do, Carlos tried to focus back on his book. It wasn’t his business why his new neighbor was sobbing so loudly. Or bawling his eyes out by the sound of it. Damn… 
Putting the book back down, Carlos closed his eyes for a moment. Two parts of himself were at war right now. The polite side, reminding him that it was not his place, that it would probably be embarrassing for the man to find out that Carlos could hear him; that it wasn’t nice to snoop in other people’s privacy. And then there was his protector side, wanting to make sure the man was okay. It didn’t sound like he was in direct danger or crying because he had hurt himself. But the tears still sounded so full of pain.
In the end, it was his compassionate side that won out, and putting the book aside he turned further in bed and moved closer to the wall. Clearing his throat, he spoke just above his normal volume.
“Hey, so please don’t freak out–”
💞🏘 Continue on ao3 🏘💞
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Noxy’s Tagging List:
@detective-giggles, @sgirl18, @firstprince-history-huh, @beautifulhigh, @rangergurlgleek1211, @shadesofdeviant, @actuallysara, @carlos-in-glasses, @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut, @welcometololaland, @wtfuckevenknows, @lightningboltreader, @meditating-honey-badger, @just-inside-her, @alidravana, @morganaspendragonss, @bonheur-cafe, @heartstringsduet, @ravens-words, @lire-casander, @otter-love-asl, @ramblingdisaster73, @first-kanaphan, @xtltokio, @buckybarnesalways, @mangacat201, @catanisspicy, @lemonlyman-dotcom
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rmd-writes · 7 months
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hi! tarlos and 24 please!🥰 love your writing 😊
I’ve assigned each prompt I received a number and am using a random number generator to choose which prompt to write because I got quite a few from you all! If you’ve sent me one, I promise I will get to it!! Because I’m using these prompts to try to shake words loose after a bout of writer’s block, these are all just whatever I can come up with in <20min and barely edited 💖
Thanks so much nonnie! ☺️
24. Eating from each other’s plates
There’s a moment of quiet as they each take their first bite of brunch, savouring their meals. He and TK are sitting side by side, knees pressed together.
Nancy is watching TK carefully, like she’s not quite sure that he’s really here. It’s not just that, she’s keeping a close watch on the two of them as well. Carlos feels like he’s under close scrutiny.
He can understand it, he supposes. Nancy cares a lot about TK, and after everything – including having to resuscitate him in the field – she’s probably got a vested interest in his well-being.
It’s nice to see them still bicker like siblings. TK had grown impatient at Nancy taking too long to decide what to order, teasing her and threatening to order for her if she didn’t decide. It’s easy for him – he always orders whatever version of waffles is on the menu at their favourite cafe. Carlos has never understood how TK can stomach eating so much sugar for breakfast, because the waffles on offer may as well be dessert.
Today TK is eating cinnamon waffles with caramelised banana, caramel sauce, vanilla ice cream, toasted coconut and almonds and cinnamon sugar. Carlos opted for something much more savoury – corn fritters with avocado and a jalapeño mayonnaise, plus two poached eggs. Nancy had settled on eggs over easy, bacon and toast in the end.
It’s not long before TK’s sneaking bites off Carlos’ plate as they chat easily with Nancy and she fills them both in on some of the wilder calls she’s been on and what the rest of the team has been up to while TK has been on leave. Carlos doesn’t mind. It means that TK is back, that they’re here together, that Carlos somehow got another chance at it all.
“You guys are gross, you know that?” Nancy says, when she realises that Carlos has been cutting bite-sized portions of his food off and leaving them on the side of his plate for TK to pick at.
“I’ll show you gross,” TK retorts before Carlos can say anything, opening his mouth to give Nancy a view of his half-chewed food.
“Dude!” she exclaims, wrinkling her nose.
“TK,” Carlos admonishes but they all laugh.
Later, Nancy frowns when she notices that TK hasn’t finished his food. “Appetite still not back?”
TK looks at her in confusion. “What?” She gestures at his plate. “Oh! No, that’s for Carlos. He likes to eat it at the end because he says my breakfast should be dessert. Right, babe?”
He beams at Carlos, leaning over to press a slightly sticky kiss to the corner of his mouth. When he’s subjected to the force of TK’s happy gaze like this, Carlos isn’t sure how he survived the months apart. Not when the smile that lights up TK’s face and makes his green eyes crinkle at the corners makes something warm and golden bloom inside Carlos’ chest.
He squeezes TK’s knee and exhales. “Right, I don't know how you can eat that first thing in the morning.”
TK smirks and Carlos realises what’s coming.
“Well, babe. This isn’t the first thing I ate today.”
(you can read my other intimate moments prompts here)
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vineofroses · 25 days
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Because I missed the rewatch for the beginning of season 3, im dropping my live reactions below for the first two episodes. Season 3 is my favorite season so very excited we're here for the rewatch. This is the season I started watching live but I don't think I caught up until like 3x06.
3x01, The Big Chill:
I really love the cut from Owen's "and we never give up ... Until hell freezes over" to the blizzard like 7 months later.
I feel like we start with the turtle people too early. The amount of screen time that passes between them discovering the kid under the ice to when TNT gets there feels waaaaaaay too long. One of the more clunky pacing issues for me.
I don't love the Paragon Blue on any of TNT 😭
The camera work on the Paragon boss saying "this company's mission is to not only provide elite care but quality comfort" as he walks in front of the mission statement on the wall is top tier. That's comedy
Ahhh I never noticed Nancy using a ginger beer substitute for TK 🥺🥺🥺 best friends
I wonder how many 126 hangs they've done since the break up. Or is this one the first one?
The LACK of PAINT on Judd's PAINTBRUSH is so funny
Just noticed: Marjan's insta handle is @ *FIRE*FOXX*
Haha I love natacha's line reading of "where it just ... Started snowing?!"
Really do love the parallel of Carlos arresting marjan like he arrested michelle
"it's important to know when a thing is over" BUT I KNOW YOU'RE DYING INSIDE
I remember being so excited for Julie Benz when she showed up in this show. But I hate what they do with her later in the season. She doesn't really give off stalker vibes in these episodes. I am very tickled by the fact that Julie Benz, Gina Torres, and later Amy Acker are all in this show. Just needed them to all share a scene for a true Angel reunion.
Love TNT briefly running into Mateo on the ice beheading scene. Their little waves to each other and the "good to see you too" is so sweet and sad
Marjan tells Billy that #firefoxx is back up to 7 million followers. What does this mean? Does she mean her Instagram followers? Why is it "back up" to that number? Why did it go down? I know theres probably a way to follow a hash tag on certain sites but shes exclusively always talking about insta. Can you do that there?
Packing ice dude's wound with snow is unsanitary, no?
Once again I am asking Lone Star to stack the bench of the 911 call center. I need to get to know more of them than just grace!!!
These veterans laughing at Carlos are so in the right. Lol sorry Carlos but lower your fucking gun please!!
"we get snow days now?" 😭😭😭😭
I love seeing Carlos going from call to call and helping people where he can
Grace drinks chamomile 😍😍😍
Making coffee with twigs??
Lol at Nancy using the almost ice decapitated man to dig for information about the Tarlos break up 😭😭😭
GOD CARLOS AND TK INTERACTING IS SO AWKWARD get me out of this hell!!!!!!!!!
I'm torn between hating the break up and knowing there's so much good fic out there that covers the break up better than the show did!!
It is really cool to see multiple firehouses coming together to help with the collapsed roof.
Judd watching Frozen in preparation for having a daughter when Charlie is still a few years away from even retaining Frozen 😭😭😭😭
The last time TK sees Carlos before he becomes a Popsicle is Carlos rushing out of the furniture store, off to an emergency Carlos barely explains. Idk why thats a matter of note but he must have been like, what the hell was that all about. and then 🥶
Paul getting buried was such a gnarly moment
For real though, we don't even make it back to the turtle people in the first episode?????? Idk, i feel like the build up to that rescue isn't necessary. It's too long of one.
3x02: Thin Ice
starting on the kid in episode 2 starts the build up over so seeing the turtle people first feels even more unnecessary.
I don't know fire fighter protocol but would it actually be okay for Mateo to stay behind at the roof collapse and not go with his house when they are called elsewhere?
I think what also makes the boy ice rescue feel so long and so unrealistic is that the close of the cold open ends with the turtle crawling over the boys face. The next time we get back to that rescue, grace picks up the 911 call from the woman who has already gone a whole block away to call from a landline. There's a disconnect in the scenes here. With the couples discovery of the boy being the first scene of the previous episode, it's unclear how much time has passed since the boy went under. She tells grace it's been at least 5 minutes since they showed up on the scene but since they split up the scenes of the boy going under and the couple showing up there's a lapse in urgency. I think this would have worked so much better if they just cut the discovery of the boy from episode 1 and just put it in 3x02 in chronological order of events. And then it cuts to TNT arriving but theres no indication of how much more time has passed. It's really kinda annoying. As an audience member all I can think about is the boy being underwater and the show taking their sweet ass time to get around to this rescue.
Every time TK says "I was a fire fighter in New York" all I hear is Britta's "I lived in New York" throughout the run of Community. 😭😭
Gahhhh and we don't even go back right back to that rescue after commercial break. Sorry ya'll I never realized how much this pacing bothers me until I decided I was gonna live blog this.
These episodes are such great Paul episodes. I feel like that gets kinda lost in all the Tarlos drama.
This girl Lindsey has such low self esteem. Her and Paul's interactions throughout this episode is such a wonderful little story of finding confidence. They should bring her back at some point so we can see her thriving!!
For once can we see TK do a cool rescue where he doesn't end up mortally injured??
It bugs me that none of these people are wearing hats or scarves or anything
I saw someone else say this on here and I apologize for forgetting who it was but it is kinda weird that these paramedics don't get TK to perform any warming techniques after that dip into the water though I suppose they all three are more concerned about the boy, which is understandable. Still ... Kinda weird to not be able to multi task as medical first responders
And still no reaction from TK's "I can relate" comment. Hes literally sitting there shaking!!! Lol
Ok like I know there are stories of people surviving drownings even though they were under for awhile. It's just the pace of this rescue stretches it out soooooo long that it seems unrealistic especially with how the kid just wakes up coughing a bit of water. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️
The way you can see TK walking off in the top left corner of the screen 🥶🥶🥶🥶
Sometimes I just gotta laugh when the show has the paramedics spout off all the medical buzzwords so the audience understands what's happening. Tommy explaining the symptoms of severe hypothermia TO TK is so funny for this reason. He knows, Tommy knows, Nancy knows, so let's hop to it but only after we explain it to the audience 😭😭😭😭
I do so love this kinda angst though 😍😍😍
Funny that Paul takes his wet coat off only to then give it to Lindsey even though the point was to take off the wet clothes 😭
Lol Paul's "miss that dude" in regards to Owen is kinda funny. Kinda wish Paul said something about TNT too but he was dying so I'll let it pass
What does Judd have against chamomile tea????? That's perfect for a snowy day AND personally I think it would be great for a stressful job like being a 911 operator
Nancy immediately hugging Carlos gives me so many feels 🥺🥺🥺
Carlos coming to the hospital anyway and being all exasperated and like "mehh of course he only wants me here because he's in the icu 😤" like hes not actually worried as fuck !!!!!
"we need to find his father" BUT THEN WE BARELY GET ANY OF OWEN AT THE HOSPITAL!!!
Ugh Owen, lol
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herefortarlos · 9 days
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hey desi! it's nice ask week, i hope you're well and don't mind me coming into your inbox :)
what's your favorite lone star episode?
who is your all time comfort character?
what's your favorite song/album right now?
Hello my sweetest, Rachel 💖!! Sweetie, the day I mind you coming into my inbox will be the day I am no longer a pansexual liberal, so not a chance of that ever happening 😂.
Ohh why would you ask me that!! Okay, favorite overall Lone Star episode, and not just for 1 or 2 scenes, has to be 3x13 "Riddle of the Sphynx". That episode just gave us sooo much good Tarlos! We got supportive and jealous/sassy and then understanding Carlos. We got TK attending meetings and doing what he has to do to take care of himself! We got so much tarlos physical affection and that amazing dining table scene!! I recently watched that episode again and that scene blows me away every time, Ronen and Rafa acted their butts off! We get tarlos communicating, even if it's messy communication at first, and so many iconic lines!! "It feels like he's getting pieces of you that I don't" "You don't want those pieces" "I do, I want all of it" "You have all of me, Carlos." Just throw me off a bridge why don't you 🥲, and it's one of the few episodes where I know all the tarlos dialogue word for word. @heartstringsduet are you proud of me 😊. Then TK being affected in the field and being depressed about his own mom, looking at photos telling Carlos, "I'd give anything to feel like that again", and Carlos realizes he is in way over his head and that this isn't about him, it's about TK and what he needs so Carlos gets over that insecurity and reaches out and makes sure TK has the support he needs 🥹 And then the infamous "I love you" with TK "Heart Eyes" Strand and Carlos' understanding "I know." Every tarlos scene in this from beginning to end of episode is amazing and impactful and leaves me an emotional mess every time I watch it 💖
who is your all time comfort character?
All time comfort character you ask? 🤔 After thinking about all the fandoms I've enjoyed and been a part of over the years, please don't come at me for saying the obvious of TK 😅. He's the first live action character that I have loved this much, and there are so many reasons for that! One of the biggest being how he has been through so much hardship in his life but he is so unselfish and sees the best in people and still has so much love to give!! He is sunshine personified but he is still very much a real person with flaws and baggage, but he is constantly working to take care of himself and be a better person! I've had similar, not exact of course, experiences in my own life and have come out the other side better for it! It took a lot of time of course and I needed to be in a place where I had the power to make my own decisions and I love that about TK too, that the show constantly shows that his decisions to get better have ultimately been his own! And him being an openly gay character who is proud of his sexuality was primarily what drew me to him and the show in the first place 🥰
what's your favorite song/album right now?
Ohh always love a music question! Haha and probably not what you're expecting but my favorite album lately has been Bo Burnham's "Inside (Deluxe)" edition. It's such a fantastic special and I watched the deleted scenes not too long ago and have not been able to stop listening to "Five Years". The chorus is so damn catchy and I wish it was longer and the line "Everyone's a feminist until there is a spider around" makes me laugh every time 🤣.
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paperstorm · 6 days
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TIM MINEAR why have you forsaken us? Where are our stills? You’ve done your thing over on og and given them Bi Buck so please come back and give us some Tarlos! Anyond else starting to worry about the lack of Carlos BTS? Like they are clearly filming massive fire rescue stuff atm so maybe he’s probably not around for that (or not very much) but 7 weeks in and we haven’t seen any Rafael bts. Zilch (ditto Grace). Makes me worry we aren’t getting much Carlos this season and I don’t even know what to think about Tarlos. Why has it been nothing? I can’t even get excited about the steamy scene Ronen teased as that could easily end up being cut.
There is still so long to go, this hiatus is just never ending. I don’t understand why they wouldn’t want to give us something to help ease the suffering. I stg if Ronen, Rafael and the LS/Fox promo teams haven’t fed us by the one year wedding anniversary I might just give up.
Yes, dramatic but seeing so much coverage of the og, and Buddie everywhere when you search for Tarlos is just getting to me. I need some new Tarlos content. I want to see Carlos Reyes in husband era.
We will get stills my love don't you worry, we didn't get much last year this early into production either I don't think. They'll start coming MUCH closer to when the show will actually begin, it's only April and we're still waiting until at least September. OG is getting attention right now because it's currently airing, it's not an equal comparison. And after the last season I have absolutely no fear that Carlos isn't going to be very prominent in the season. They set up important storylines for him and season 4 was his season, Rafa's time to shine and to prove himself that he can kick ass, and did he ever. The writers and Tim clearly love Carlos, I would find it completely baffling if suddenly in season 5 they just stopped caring about him. If they're doing a lot of big complicated rescue stuff right now, Carlos is probably not in that. But that's true of every season. We'll get stills and info soon enough and all go bananas about it.
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freneticfloetry · 6 months
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9 people you want to know better
Thanks to @liminalmemories21 and @theghostofashton for the tags! 😘
current book you’re reading: Fiction: I recently found the most gorgeous edition of Dante & Aristotle Discover the Secrets of the Universe in a bookstore in Asheville, so I’m rereading. Nonfiction: Phoebe Robinson’s Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes
last song you listened to: James Arthur’s cover of “A Thousand Years” (which is, just, so good)
currently watching: I literally finished Star Trek: Strange New Worlds at like 2am. But Upload is back, baby! Still need to watch this week’s episode.
current fic you’re reading: It’s all about the Knaveverse. I’m savoring the back half of The Knave of Hearts… brought back the tarts, which is the third installment in @liminalmemories’ enviably lush and utterly delicious Through the Looking Glass series. Now that the cold med brain fog is gone, I need to return to @paperstorm’s fantastic Hockey AU, Magnetic North. I also really need to get back to @three-drink-amy's Teach You How Forever Feels, which has the best Jonah there could ever be. And I’m always ready and waiting for THE FIC, aka You Keep Coming Back With A Bird In Your Teeth.
next on my watch list: Probably Star Trek: Lower Decks. But the BFF is constantly trying to get me to start Letterkenny.
current obsession: I feel like neither Hozier nor Tarlos/911LS even count at this point. Job hunting. I have officially had enough of my company — which, before it was acquired by a holdings company that doesn’t give a shit about people when there is profit to be had, and before our caring, invested owner CEO retired and left us with a vainglorious, overprivileged vulture who has zero idea what the fuck he’s doing, used to be the place I thought I would actually retire from one day — taking wild advantage of me, and it’s time to get the fuck out of dodge. So there’s that. Also, these glazed salted caramel cashews from Meijer. They’re just stupidly delicious.
Tagging @never-blooms, @paperstorm, @catanisspicy, @alrightbuckaroo, @carlos-in-glasses, @lemonlyman-dotcom, @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut, @walkinginland, and @bonheur-cafe!
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Thinking a lot of season 2 thoughts as we begin season 2 in the rewatch. Mostly, I'm thinking about season 2 Tarlos and how, despite the fact that we get some great Tarlos moments in there, season 2 really lacks a strong arc for them. This is something I think both seasons 3 and 4 do very well (at least in terms of what can be expected from a network procedural with a large cast that also needs to make room for a lot of Owen Strand screen time.) Both 3 and 4 have beautiful Tarlos arcs and themes that are built on throughout the season.
But with season 2, I feel like there are mostly little Tarlos moments in isolation. We start off the season with some tiny but significant moments that give us a good sense of where they are in their relationship now. We get some good stuff in 2x04, and we have the issue of Carlos’ parents raised there that is revisited throughout the season, so that’s good (but still the show doesn't dig into Carlos' issues with his parents much at all yet in season 2.) Then we have them moving in together, but we don’t see them decide to do it and we barely even get to see them living together since the place is burning down two episodes later. Worst of all, the final two episodes of the season have no Tarlos to speak of. Their part of the season just kind of ends after the fire with no resolution. It feels...unfocused? Incomplete?
It makes me wonder if it was a Covid era production issue, or maybe the show was still finding its footing/figuring out how best to use the characters. Anyway, this isn't at all to say that I don't like season 2. I LOVE season 2! As far as Tarlos moments, we get the Carlos Cow Eyes, the argument/beautiful resolution in 2x04, several flirty Tarlos moments I would love see more of in the future, the couch cuddle with grumpy TK in 2x07, Carlos rushing in and holding up concussed/kidnapped TK in 2x08, and of course the 2x12 sex/cockblocked by a fire scene (PLEASE some of that energy in season 5…even a fraction of it!) Aside from Tarlos, we get the introduction of Tommy and Andrea and Gabriel! TK as a paramedic/the TNT paramedic team! Not to mention some truly wonderful episodes...BAD CALL! SAVING GRACE!
Anyway, all these thoughts make me even more grateful than usual for the fandom. Fic writers and artists and gif makers and people who write amazing long meta posts and people who make an observation in one or two sentences and turn that into a post and people who tag gif sets with their own thoughts and insights...all of these things have helped me to see the show in new and interesting ways, appreciate things I might have missed, and create my own cohesive Tarlos season 2 arc in my mind! Where the show's writers fail, the fandom always steps up to make it better!
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An update from me that I have been brewing on for quite some time !
Hey guys, so I know that I have been almost completely gone from this fandom for about three months just after being so lucky to get to know and talking to some of you and even getting a bit back into writing!
The reason for this is luckily not a bad one, but is that I have been lucky enough to travel for three months, the first two living on a sailing boat with 7 other people and a dog, two of whom (and the dog) being friends I know from home who are sailing almost around the world and who invited me to join and the last month doing a roadtrip with in the US with another friend from home who went with me!
It’s been amazing and I feel so privileged to have been able to take time out my studies and (barely) afford to do this trip ! 🙏 but I have also been regretting that I have been so unable to join in on fandom activities and sending love to all the amazing fics and other creations that you guys have posted while I’ve been away! One trait for me is that I am already usually quite overwhelmed by life and stuff and so am notoriously bad at being two places at once and keeping in touch when a lot is going in my immediate surroundings! Luckily my friends and family are aware of this and are so good at bearing with me 😅 but I really have been so happy about being welcomed into this fandom and joining it for real and meeting and talking with you guys, so I wish that this amazing experience didn’t have to mean that immediately after just disappeared for three months !
Instead of trying the impossible task of completely catching up now that I am home with exams and an unestablished living situation or even knowing for sure whether I’m going to join my friends sailing again in a couple of months, I just wanted to let you know that even if I have been invisible I haven’t been completely away, more like I just regressed back to the lurking stage of fandom for a while🙃 wip Wednesday and seven sentence Sunday have helped keeping me on track of what day of the week it was, and I have loved keeping a bit up with fandom on those days and all your amazing creations have forced me to take shortlived breaks from everything going around me to read your snippets and fics and I’ve loved everything you’ve posted SO much, you’re seriously all so talented and me and everyone else is so lucky to have YOU share it in this fandom !!! Sorry I haven’t been able to give it all the love and appreciation it deserves !!
I also wanted to share with you that the US roadtrip started in Austin (!! :O) which was so exciting and I got this little Tarlos related souvenir:
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We also passed by a AFD firehouse, which was super cool although I didn’t get to take a picture of it because stuff was happening all around me.
Anyway, I’m back, at least for being a little more visible and cheering and engaging although maybe not so much for writing - my tablet which I prefer to write on and where all my wip’s and ideas are on is packed away somewhere but maybe I’ll get it one of these days or try to manage without.. and also I’m staying with my parents, and due to them having just moved and medical stuff that happened while I was away, I’m helping them with the move and other projects in the house.
I still haven’t decided if I’m going away again - on the one hand, it’s an amazing opportunity, on the other hand I really want a stable and permanent place to live, to finish my studies in a normal, everyday life sort of way, and not least of all be able to set an hour or two aside to just engage with what I love and write and post and reblog and talk and all those things !!
Sorry for rambling, that’s my thing, and sorry for tagging you if you didn’t really wanna read through all my ramblings, it was just important to me for my update and explanation for being away and my appreciation for everything you’ve created and posted in the meantime to reach you guys but please don’t feel obligated to do anything with it🙃 I hope you all are doing well and thank you if you’ve actually reached this part of this long rambling post !
Just tagging some of the people here that I’ve been so lucky to enjoy talking to and if I miss anybody that I’ve only talked to a little or who remembers me from small interactions, just know that I mean you too, I’m just too shy and afraid that tagging you in those ramblings will be unwanted to tag you if our interaktions havent extended further than the tags or a couple of messages 🙃
All the hugs from Mar !!
@carlos-in-glasses @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut @im-overstimulated-and-im-sad @paperstorm
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shadesofdeviant · 25 days
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For the fanfic asks … all of them? 😁
HAHAHA Ginger! I mean...you said you'd ask for all of them XD So...I guess I'll answer them all XD.
🍄How do you come up with ideas for your stories?
A variety of ways, sometimes I get inspired to write an AU based on an episode of a show, or a novel etc. Or sometimes my brain just pops ideas into my head.
🍉Are you a pantser or a plotter?
I am very much a plotter. It's also why I don't often get much written because I need SO much to be planned before I can write.
🍒What genres/tropes do you find yourself using most often?
Fluff, 5+1, Domestic Slice of Life, AU's - I am an absolute sucker for AU's.
🥝Who are your literary influences, and have they shaped your own writing?
As much of a problematic person as they were, Anne Rice's first 3 vampire chronicles books were the books that got me thinking...oh I really wanna do this kind of thing. J R R Tolkien's descriptions very much shaped my own (i used to write horrifically long paragraphs). Neil Gaiman inspired my shorter style, quirky dialogue with inside jokes aimed at the reader.
🥕What's your favorite fic you've written, and why?
My favourite fic is a toss up between "Your Arms Are Like Corset Strings" (9-1-1, Buddie) and "Rainbow Coloured Monstrosity" (9-1-1: Lone Star, Tarlos).
The rest I'm gonna put under a cut haha or this post is gonna get SUPER long.
🥨How do you overcome writer's block?
When I work it out I'll tell you haha. I don't think I've ever managed beyond just pushing through and hate-smashing at the keyboard, or just waiting for the inspiration to come back by itself.
🍕What's your favorite comment you've received on a fic?
Honestly as cliche as it might sound, all comments I get are my favourites. I couldn't pick any specific ones, I enjoy comments so much.
🌭Do you have any writing rituals to help 'get in the zone'?
I use a lot of notebooks, I also get really sad and make powerpoint presentations of planning. Then I either listen to music, or put on some series that Ive seen enough times that it can be background noise.
🍔What's a headcanon that hasn't made it into a published fic yet?
I HC a few things for different people but they're not exactly huge things, but have a few examples. I headcanon that Alec Hardy is a huge fantasy novel fan. I headcanon that Eddie Diaz has chronic pain in his shoulders. I headcanon that Aziraphale hates the scent of pine.
🍭What's been your most challenging story to write, and why?
I'm writing a huge multi-part reincarnated soulmates AU, in which the soulmates meet each other throughout history and have different names etc. and it's...taking me soooo long. And honestly it's just because it so long and has so many historical points I need to research hahaha.
🍬What's a genre/trope you've never written, but might in future?
I'm...not sure tbh. Theres a lot of genre's/tropes I don't like or I'm not comfortable with so won't ever touch. But the ones I do like, I've attempted or I am in the process of attempting.
🍩What advice would you give to aspiring fic writers?
Just go for it. Find something you really, really want to see written and write it, because at the end of the day you write for yourself first and foremost. If you try to write to please everyone you'll stress yourself out too much.
🌶How dependent are you on feedback, good or bad?
Bad feedback is never warranted. I do not write for profit so therefore do not need amazon style reviews. Nor do I ask for constructive criticism. I appreciate if someone wants to tell me they like what I wrote though.
🥑What are you currently working on?
I am currently working on a bunch of things: Doctor Who x Good Omens crossover - The events of "The Giggle" with Crowley tagging along. Broadchurch Whump - 2 entries, poor Alec is getting tormented. Broadchurch x Good Omens x Rab C Nesbitt crossover - Alec, Crowley and Davina are identical triplets. Shenanigans ensue. Buddie birthday gift for someone dear to me. Buddie soulmates AU.
🍹How do you decide a story is ready to post?
I finish writing it haha. I let it come to a natural stopping point and then try not to over think it.
🍊What's a story that changed significantly from its initial idea to the final draft?
My reincarnated soulmates AU. I've changed so many historical points and condensed some and completely scrapped a whole half of it haha.
🥠What's your approach to world-building?
Powerpoints. Powerpoints and mind maps haha. If I'm going AU I will plan it like I'm Tolkien creating middle earth haha XD.
🍎How do you prioritize which stories to work on when you have multiple ideas?
I don't. My brain goes brrr and tries to plan all of them at once to the point I can't work on ANY of them haha.
🌮How do you balance the desire to write for yourself versus the desire to write for an audience?
I have been writing on and off since I was 13, and I used to write entirely for the audience and it stressed me out. Whilst I enjoy audience responses and like to receive comments confirming that they enjoyed what I wrote, if I don't like it, I won't post it, but if I enjoyed what I wrote I will love it regardless.
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welcometololaland · 5 months
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i'm so sorry, i know its friday here but hear me out!!! in compensation, i offer two snippets. one from eurotrip (rwrb) (please scroll for RWRB!), the other from my tarlos collab with the amazing @strandnreyes (please read her lil snippet if you haven't!!!)
PET STORE (TARLOS)
“Is it normal to name fish?” TK continues, straightening up. “Or is that not a thing fish owners do?” Carlos can’t stop the smile that stretches across his lips as he watches TK tap his card on the reader. He’s possibly the most adorable being Carlos has ever known, which is saying a lot because Carlos has met a lot of cute beings. “I think it’s nice,” he replies. “It gives them personality.” TK hums as he retracts his card. “Are you going to ask what I named the goldfish?” Carlos laughs softly, printing a receipt and handing it over, trying not to gasp as their skin touches briefly. “What did you name the fantail, TK?” TK looks at him, all green eyes and gorgeous lips stretched into a grin. “Carlos.” “Carlos?” Carlos asks, wondering if his face looks as pathetic as he feels. “Why would you name it that?” “Oh, I know a guy.” Carlos bites his lip and looks down at the counter. This has to be flirting. It feels like flirting. He desperately wants to ask TK if he’d like to go out for dinner, or maybe make out in the middle of his place of employment. There’s a staff room he could lead them to, although Sharon probably has a camera or five set up in there.  Instead, he says, “I think your goldfish is a female.”
EUROTRIP (RWRB)
“Just move the fucking bed, Henry.” “Right, yes.” After another minute of awkward manoeuvring, Alex hitting his head on a wooden slat and Henry apologising profusely, the phone is freed from between the wall and the bed frame and drops into Alex’s outstretched hand. He wiggles out from under the bed, victoriously clutching it in his fingers, before collapsing onto the mattress with an exaggerated sigh. “That will teach you not to fall asleep watching porn in bed,” he jokes, revelling in the flush that colours Henry’s cheeks. It’s become a staple of this trip and Alex thinks it’s so achingly beautiful that he’s started taking every opportunity to make it appear. “I wasn’t— You’re a plague on this earth,” Henry stammers, taking his phone from Alex’s hand before perching himself on his own bed, facing Alex as if they’re bunkmates on a school camp, about to tell each other their deepest, darkest secrets. “Thank you. Really.” “No problem,” Alex says as he leans backwards, resting his elbows on the bedspread. “So…” “So,” Henry repeats, almost shyly. “I—” “We—” They laugh awkwardly, Henry running a hand through his hair as Alex bites his lip. He doesn’t know where the hell either of them are going with this, but he gestures for Henry to go first and watches him wring his hands in his lap. “I just wanted to ask,” Henry says, looking down at his lap before allowing his eyes to flick upwards to Alex’s face. “What’s going on? Why do you seem so…” “Pissy?” “Yes,” Henry replies, huffing a laugh and giving Alex a tentative smile. “That.”
thanks for the tags under the cut and I TAG EVERYONE BACK WHO TAGGED ME FOR SEVEN SENTENCE SUNDAY, DON'T FORGET!!!! also @rmd-writes who didn't tag me but I pressure and also @herefortarlos because i see you writing and i want it and @happiness-of-the-pursuit because i am still crying over my little lola rat <3
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noxsoulmate · 8 months
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💞 Of Lizards, Love & Laundry 💞
🦎 Carlos Reyes and the Journey of Becoming a Lizard Papa 🦎
Ship: Tarlos | Fandom: 911 Lone Star Author: noxsoulmate | Artist: paxdracona Read on ao3 | View art on ao3
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Chapters: 1-3/9 | Word Count: 4309 | Rating: Mature | Warnings/Tags: canon compliant, Lou II is the Houdini of Lizards, how Lou II makes his Papa love him, a story told in 7+2 parts, Carlos is so done, but TK knows how to condition his man, sex and spicy food, bribery, fluff, domestic fluff, fluff and smut, fluff and humor, Carlos loves TK, so he puts up with the reptile in their loft, until he starts to love the little monster as well
Inspired by @paxdracona's amazing art
Created for the @911reversebang
Summary:
“TK, your lizard got out. Again.”
Lou II might just be the Houdini of lizards, an escape artist par excellence – but he’s also TK’s emotional support lizard, so how could Carlos not start to like the little monster? It certainly has nothing to do with TK’s ways of bribery or attempts at conditioning him, and more with the fact that Lou II is just… growing on him. Even if that means loads and loads of extra laundry.
OR: Carlos Reyes and the Journey of Becoming a Lizard Papa, told in 7+2 parts
🦎 Read on ao3 🦎
💞 and please leave lots of love on the wonderful art on ao3 💞
I cannot thank @paxdracona enough for this wonderful collaboration 🥰 It started out as a simple "okay, I think I have enough ideas to make this a short 5+1 fic" and then became so much more, thanks to cute Bearded Dragon videos, funny Insta posts, lots of talking and laughing and plotting, and just the generally amazing art Pax created for every little snippet I sent her way. Pax, this was a delight and I would collaborate with you again each and every single time 🦎 (also, we should both adopt a beardie now...)
Sneak peek and more art under the cut:
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Carlos will forever deny the high-pitched scream that leaves him the moment he opens the drawer to pull out a fresh pair of socks. What he won’t deny though, is the fact that his soul definitely left his body in that moment. 
He can already hear footsteps running towards the bedroom, his fiancé’s worried, “Babe?!?” echoing around the loft – and still, he can’t stop himself from putting his emotions into one frustrated yell of, “TK!!”
“I’m here, I’m here,” TK calls back, skidding to a halt in the doorway, using the door frame to stop his sprint. “What happened? What? Are you hurt?!”
Carlos tries not to explode at him, he truly does, so he simply glares at him with all the rage he feels and points to the drawer, pressing out through clenched teeth, “Your monster got free.”
TK, in all honesty, seems to light up as he steps over to the dresser and reaches into the drawer. “Oh, hey baby, hi. There you are. Hi.”
Something about that comment strikes Carlos as odd and he sucks in a deep breath, frustration rising, when he realizes what it is. “You knew he was out?”
At least TK has the decency to look sheepish while cradling the little monster to his chest. “He might’ve gotten away while I cleaned his terrarium earlier today.”
Carlos lets that information sink in for a moment, remembering how overly excited TK greeted him about half an hour ago when Carlos got home from his shift. How he seemed slightly breathless and waved it away as just being done with some workout but still had declined to share the shower with Carlos, claiming some tidying up he wanted to do.
That lying little… 
“And you didn’t tell me?” Carlos accuses to which TK almost reflexively replies, “I didn’t want you to freak out.”
“TK!”
And, yeah, that argument sounds eerily familiar.
Carlos pinches the bridge of his nose, trying not to think about the fact that he walked around the loft – mainly the bathroom and bedroom – naked while this little monster was running around. Or, worse yet, getting all his germs over Carlos’ clothes.
He points a finger at TK, giving him his strongest Officer Reyes glare. “It’s your turn to do the laundry and every single one of my socks will be in that machine, do you hear me?”
“Of course,” TK promises right away. “I’ll just… wash everything in that dresser, okay?”
💞🦎 Continue on ao3 🦎💞
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rmd-writes · 1 year
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I’d love to see a #Tarlos kiss in anger! #45 on the list please! 🥰
I’ve assigned each kiss prompt I received a number and am using a random number generator to choose which prompt to write because I got quite a few from you all! As a reminder, I’m trying to keep these to around 200 words and I’m going to try and do at least one per day til they’re all done. If you’ve sent me a prompt, I promise I’ll get to it!
(I think it's time to give up on the 200 word limit, you guys are getting whatever I churn out in the 15-20 min I give myself to write these, without me spending the same amount of time again to edit them 😅)
Thanks for this prompt! It took me a minute to figure out what to do, because I don't really write them fighting except for that one breakup era fic
a kiss in anger
TK knows he’s overreacting. He shouldn’t be mad about this but he is. 
He slams the bathroom drawer shut and closes his eyes. Carlos shouldn’t have said those things either. 
He forces himself to take a steadying breath. In for four, out for four. Annoyance is still simmering under his skin. Fuck it. He’ll go to work early. Maybe he can work out or something to take the edge off. 
When he walks out of the bedroom, backpack slung over his shoulder, Carlos looks up from the kitchen where he’s preparing food. 
“Your shift isn’t for another hour,” Carlos says flatly. 
“Going in early.”
“You haven’t eaten yet.”
“I can take care of myself, Carlos,” TK snaps. 
Carlos sighs. 
“I’ll see you back here,” TK mumbles before moving to the door. 
“Hey,” Carlos calls out, wiping his hands on a tea towel and walking towards him. “Be safe, I love you.”
The knot in TK’s chest loosens, just a little. They’ve been through so much and never leave each other without saying those words. No matter how they’re feeling. Just in case. 
“You too. I love you,” he says to his husband, who’s standing right in front of him now. “I’m still mad at you.”
Carlos looks at him pointedly. “You think I’m not? We will be talking later. But I’m not letting you go out there without this, we have a deal.”
He leans in and pauses, an unspoken question.
TK rolls his eyes, still annoyed but he closes the distance between them anyway, pressing his lips to Carlos’ and lingers, parting them slightly to feel the cut of Carlos’ teeth against them when he draws back. 
“Now you can go,” Carlos murmurs.
“You be safe too,” TK says before he walks out the door, sliding it closed behind him.
He pauses on the other side of the door, the anger dissipating just a little more at the knowledge that Carlos won’t let him leave without these words, without a kiss, no matter what.
(Find all of my kiss prompt ficlets here or read them on ao3)
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morganaspendragonss · 4 months
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woah it’s wednesday and i actually have something to share! and i made a banner! it’s a christmas miracle!
this isn’t the most interesting snippet ever but the only other thing i have is for my tarlos exchange and i’d rather not give the game away
It’s not rare for them to get repeat patients, but it’s a surprise when their first call of the day is to a familiar address.
“Is that…” TK says, and Nancy nods in confirmation.
“Dispatch is saying it could be a prank call,” she reports. “Apparently the kids who called it in weren’t making much sense.”
“Well, Alf did say he was having some problems with local kids. Maybe they’ve started calling ambulances to mess him around.”
Nancy hums as TK turns into the parking lot opposite Alf’s convenience store. A part of her hopes TK is right; a prank call would be annoying, but Alf had seemed sweet when they’d treated him the other day so she just hopes nothing bad has happened to him.
The door is locked when they approach, a hastily written ‘CLOSED’ sign taped to it, but Alf opens it readily enough when they call out and it’s a relief to see he’s – in appearance at least – unharmed.
The relief doesn’t last long though, as Alf ushers them inside and they get a proper look at the mess of his shop – and their patient.
“Please, you need to help him,” he says, ushering them towards a teenager leaning against some shelves. “I didn’t mean to but they were trashing the place.”
Nancy picks her way across the glass-covered floor, carefully avoiding stepping on the smashed picture frame, and kneels down next to the kid. TK joins her a second later, nodding confirmation that Alf is fine, and she looks over to him.
“What happened?” she asks.
Alf points a shaking finger towards a baseball bat discarded on the floor. “It’s his,” he says. “I had to hit him with it, I thought he was going to kill me! I– I know I shouldn’t have and I know I’m in trouble, but please help him.”
“We will,” TK promises as Nancy fixes an oxygen mask to the patient’s face. “Where did you hit him?”
“Across his chest.”
Nancy exchanges a look with TK, and more than anything she wishes Tommy hadn’t chosen today to do her training course at the hospital. This is way beyond anything she’s run point on before, but she’s the senior paramedic here so it’s all up to her.
She takes a breath and nods to herself, looking at TK over the patient’s head. “Looks like he has a tension pneumothorax,” she says. “We’re going to need to do a needle decompression.”
TK shakes his head. “He’s freezing. We need to get him warm first to improve his clotting.”
“Can you go back to the rig and get a heated blanket ready?”
“Copy.” TK stands and takes a step towards the door, but suddenly Alf is in his way, blocking the exit.
“No!” he shouts, so loud that Nancy jumps. She watches as Alf refuses to let TK leave, and an uneasy feeling begins to bubble up inside her.
“Fine,” TK says, sighing in defeat. “There has to be something around here we can use.” He disappears down the aisles amid protests from Alf
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