Fandom: 911 Lone Star | Fic: Pretty Penny | Relationships: TK Strand/Carlos Reyes, TK Strand & Original Character | Chapter: 12/? | Chapter Word Count: | Total Current Word Count: 70211 | Rating: Mature | Warnings/Tags: Past Drug Use, Unplanned Pregnancy, Fluff, Angst, Canon Compliant to the End of Season 3, more tags will be added, picking a wedding date is hard, Stressed Carlos, engaged tarlos, Family Drama, Tarlos, Childbirth Class, Discussion of Birth, possible birth complications, Mildly Graphic Description, it's a bloody nose, discussion of past sexual abuse, Relapse, Overdose, discussion of suicide, Original Character Death(s), Explicit Language, Derogatory Language, Dad!TK, Papá!Carlos
Now that TK and Carlos are engaged, TK is ready to put the past behind him and move forward with their lives. But when he runs into a childhood friend, his entire world is turned upside down.
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Let me tell you, friends, after struggling to have the time to write this chapter with so much going on in my life (My sister got married, yay! Work has been incredibly busy, Boo!), my ADHD did its best to try to prevent me from editing and getting it posted today. But here it is, finally! I hope you enjoy the new POV! Not sure if it will become regular, but I really needed it to tell this the way I wanted to.
Chapter 12
Carlos fought back tears as he looked at the grim faces around his parents’ dining room Sunday morning. The only thing keeping him from falling apart was that TK was already falling apart. He looked at TK’s red-rimmed eyes, swollen from crying and lack of sleep, and knew he had to stay strong for his husband and baby.
They’d always known this was a possibility — it had been their worst fear since the day they became Kennedy’s dads. Confronting it was an entirely different thing. Just like the lack of sleep and taking Kennedy to get her shots, nothing could have prepared them for this feeling.
TK reluctantly handed Kennedy to Andrea, then joined Carlos, hugging him around the waist and burying his face in Carlos’s neck. Carlos rubbed his back and waited for someone to come up with a solution. Typically, he was fiercely independent, especially when his parents were involved, but right now he just wanted a grown up — or someone more grown up than him — to make the nightmare go away.
“We don’t have to tell anybody,” Owen said, sipping on a smoothie. He’d made an entire pitcher, but, not surprisingly, he was the only person drinking one. “It’s not like anyone subpoenaed you for the information. It’s very easy to factory reset a phone. Do it, sell the phone, and forget this ever happened.”
“That still doesn’t solve the problem of this Kenny character existing,” Andrea said.
Carlos let out an exasperated sigh. “It’s Kyle, Mamá.”
“Whoever he is, he’s trouble,” his mother answered back. She propped Kennedy on her shoulder and kissed her temple. “Isn’t that right, mi cielo?”
“Andrea,” Gabriel spoke up, “Aren’t you friends with the social worker? Couldn’t you call her up and explain the situation off the record? See what she thinks.”
“Really, Gabriel? I’m surprised you think I would put a friend in that position. Besides, that could easily backfire.”
TK turned around and leaned back against Carlos. “We have to tell social services,” he said. “It’s the right thing to do.”
“Maybe in theory, but not in this context,” Owen said. “The priority here is Kennedy’s well-being, so in that case, saying nothing is the right thing to do.”
“You’re not talking about context, dad. You’re talking about looking at it in a vacuum. Don’t everybody’s feelings matter here?”
“Not to me,” Owen said. “I’m your father, and I’m Kennedy’s Buddy. You and Carlos’s feelings matter. Her well-being matters. I don’t care about anybody else.”
“Buddy?” Gabriel said, raising his eyebrow.
“People would never believe I’m a grandfather anyway,” Owen said.
Gabriel rolled his eyes, and Carlos snorted. His father-in-law was really too much, but at least his heart was in the right place. “Well, I agree with Owen,” he said. “We don’t owe anybody anything. Our family is what’s most important.”
“You’re all saying our feelings are the most important,” TK said, pointing between himself and Carlos, “but then dismissing my feelings about it.”
“Nobody’s dismissing your feelings, TK. We’re just saying that Kennedy is our number one priority.”
“Whatever, Carlos,” TK said, shrugging out of his arms. He walked down the hallway toward the bathroom.
“He didn’t sleep at all last night,” Carlos explained.
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You know how Judd went to Owen’s place to ask him to take Wyatt ghost hunting or whatever and Owen assumed Judd was going to him for fatherly advice on how to raise a son? I cracked up laughing when Owen assumed that because dude you’re the LAST person anyone would go to for fatherly advice lmao. He’s not the worst father ever of course but we all know how he is with Tk being emotionally distant so much of the time unless Tk is hurt or dying. I know it’s easier said than done but as long as Owen continues to not seek help with his obvious trauma/mental health and everything then he will just continue to put this wall between him and Tk and really everyone around him. He can function around everyone because he’s the captain and TK’s dad but it can only go so far. He really gives advices to people all the time but he never takes anyone’s advice when they just want to help him and he never grows because he refuses to accept he has problems. He thinks he’s ‘over’ them and it’s so annoying because if he TRIED we wouldn’t want to fast forward his scenes and roll our eyes at how annoying he is
lskdfjksd Judd is like "no actually I know how to be a father and that's not the problem." Like Daddy Judd has been in full force, and he doesn't need parenting advice from Owen. Owen needs therapy asap to deal with his issues and be available for people. He can't be happy living the way he is. And yeah, he's very stagnant and we see him repeating the same patterns because he hasn't addressed them but continues to be confronted by his past.
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