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[manesalex]

Happy Birthday, @unbreakablejemmasimmons!!!

#unbreakablejemmasimmons #happy birthday!!! #i hope it's amazing and filled with love and joy!!! #*mygifs

[welcometololaland]

Fic Rec Friday - Round Up Part 1

Thanks to everyone who participated this week - the theme was: rec a fic starting with the same letter as your name / username. I have a list below, but I only included ones people tagged me in or ones I could find from the #fic rec friday tag. If I've missed any, please let me know!

Please read at your own discretion. Heed tags and ratings on each individual fic. Keep yourself safe, friends!

Also PSA - the rec lists were super long this week so i'm so sorry if i have stuffed up a link or accidentally put someone in the wrong category!

911 Lone Star (Part 1) (needed to be split into 2 posts this week!)

(Fl)oral arrangements by Lolaland (me)

(It Can't Come) Too Soon by onionrings_andhoneymustard

A Chance Do Over by @lightningboltreader

A Clock Chimes Softly Twelve for Midnight by @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut

A Lack Of Color by @iboatedhere

all I know since yesterday (is everything has changed) by @strandnreyes

Among my stillness was a pounding heart by tailoredshirt

And They Were Roommates by Lolaland (me)

And This Is Romance, Let’s Dance by @rmd-writes

Back to You and Me by @three-drink-amy

Begged And Borrowed Time by @iboatedhere

By Your Side by @never-blooms

can i be close to you? by @catanisspicy

Cold Feet by @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut

come back, come back, come back to me by @irispurpurea

coming down (crossover with 911) by @taralaurel

damn the consequences by @morganaspendragonss

Delicate by paperstorm

Feels so good in my arms by lakeofshiningwaters

Find another dose by paperstorm

Fire Meet Gasoline by @howtosingit

Flashes of silver by @bellakitse

forever will never be long enough (with you) by falloutmars

Four Suits by @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut

got my heartbeat skipping by @unbreakablejemmasimmons

got real love maybe by @reyesstrand

gravitate towards you by @rafael-silva

hands are tied and clocks are ticking by @terramous

happens great, happens sweet by @reyesstrand

haunting by @morganaspendragonss

heartbeats by McRaider

hold me like you never lost your patience by @color-me-paranoid

I Don’t Have to Live Without You Anymore by @howtosingit

I promise that it's worth the risk by @marjansmarwani

i was made to keep your body warm by @bellakitse

I'll be here all the same by @strandnreyes

i’ll go on singing till i know you’ve heard by @maxbegone

i'm half-doomed (and you're semi-sweet) by @roseapothecary

if you're broken, I will mend you by honeysnapdragon

in the night (come alive) by @reyesstrand

Invisible String by paperstorm

It Beats for You by @basilsunrise

Just Coffee by @taralaurel

let me take your heart (love you in the dark) by @reyescarlos

Life, believe, is not a dream, so dark as sages say by @beautifulhigh

Life’s a Game of Inches by paperstorm

lit the spark (that set a fire) by @reyesstrand

love is like ghosts by @reyesstrand

Love is Pain by @moviegeek03

love me as if i were forever by @rmd-writes

love of my life by @colonoscopys

Lucky Dog by @lightningboltreader

Make the Yule Tide Gay by @rmd-writes

Man to Man by @carlos-in-glasses

My Home Beats in Your Chest by @justaswampdemon

meet me in the margins of an old cookbook by buckleyblueeyes

raise no liar by @blueink3

real or imagined, what does it matter? by @marjansmarwani

rehearsal by @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut

Requesting Immediate Backup by @chicgeekgirl89

Ritual by paperstorm

Rosa Mundi by @thevenstar

#fic rec friday #911 lone star #fic rec friday round up

[penna-nomen]

Day 2 of 12 Days of Fandom

My second recommendation for the 12 days of fandom is:

February 13th by @unbreakablejemmasimmons ~1300 words

This was written for the Candy Hearts Exchange which went live on Valentine's Day. It features David and Patrick as a couple, and their good friend Stevie who is single and depressed about Valentine's being tomorrow. It has humor, friendship, and solidarity with single friends. Plus it voices all three characters perfectly. Of course I love it.

#fanfic rec #schitt's creek #12 days of fandom

[guardian-angle22]

Tag a fic that starts with the same letter as your username and describe why it's so good / how it has a hold on you. Then tag some people to see what everyone else is reading. Spread the love! Please tag @welcometololaland or tag #fic rec friday so she can compile the masterlist.

I was tagged by @welcometololaland @ladytessa74 @lemonlyman-dotcom & @lutavero Thank you all for the tag!💜

I have some that start with g for my username and some h for my actual name. This week I felt like highlighting some older fic. So all of these recs were posted in 2020/2021. (Which also means some of the authors might not even be active in the fandom anymore and I hope they're okay with me tagging them still! let me know if you're not!)

got my heartbeat skipping by @unbreakablejemmasimmons

this is set after 1.01 and it features tk and carlos flirting over ice cream. short & sweet (pun intended).

got real love maybe by @reyesstrand

this is a missing scene fic set between 2.09 & 2.10 with Carlos asking TK to move in. Full of soft, domestic feels.

gravitate towards you by @rafael-silva

tk + 126 have a rough shift, but carlos is there to feed them. more wonderful, soft fluff.

haunting by @morganaspendragonss

tk can see ghosts. and occasionally gets possessed by them. I absolutely love this supernatural trope. would read a million fics with it. this one is so good.

heartbeats by McRaider

this is a pre-series gen fic exploring some moments between tk & owen. I absolutely adore fics exploring the father/son dynamic between them and this one is so lovely.

#911 lone star fics #fic rec friday #fic recs #I know I should tag people but I used up all of my day's energy compiling this lmao #its been a Day™ #looking at carlos reyes up there reading his lil fanfics always makes me happy though

[paperstorm]

Hi! I was wondering if you have any Tarlos fic recs? Aside from yours, of course, which are wonderful!

I have so many fic recs, I devour fanfiction hehe. Here are a few I have loved recently

Phonography by my love @welcometololaland (E) - TK and Carlos make a sex tape and it's fuego

Also of course Love Game. If you're not reading the Tennis AU what are you doing. It's incredible.

i had a dream last night by my other love @rmd-writes (E) - the morning after the proposal scene. I will read five hundred fics like this and this one is so good

baby i'll give you everything you need by @unbreakablejemmasimmons (E) - SEXTING!!! do you need to know anything else??

Inseparable, like gravity by @tailoredshirt. (E) - a sweet little scene for the prompt 'cock warming'. I have rec'd this fic before and I will rec it again. AO3 says I've read it 15 times. It's my happy place.

Tarlos, Interrupted by ColorMeParanoid (E) - the sexytimes get interrupted by TK's nosy parents

Just The Four Of Us by destimushi (E) - TK/Carlos/Buck/Eddie. Mind the tags, won't be for everyone, but I thought it was fantastic

Take the clouds away by Road1985 (E) - soft, needy bottom Carlos. My favorite thing on this entire planet of earth.

a wretch that i can't defend by @cowlos-reyes (E) - TK has dacryphilia, a form of paraphilia where he's aroused by tears. This one was super interesting, such a fascinating dynamic to explore.

Pineapple by @chaotictarlos (E) - TK uses his safeword

all i see is him right now by @rmd-writes (E) - Lingerie and mirror sex and a praise kink oh my!

Feels Like Home by AShortWalkToDelinquency (E) - Incest warning on this one, TK/Carlos/Owen. I thought it was well written. Dead dove tho.

to live for the hope of it all by @strandnreyes (E) - an AU where TK and Carlos get trapped on a tropical island after their plane crashes. This is (I am not exaggerating) one of the best stories I've ever read. Not just fanfic, stories period. Please read it. It's so beautiful.

#anon asks #911 lone star #tarlos #fic recs

[andrea-lyn]

@earnmysong (ty darling!) tagged me a bit ago to share an old fic of mine. honestly, half of my stalling has just been to figure out what I want to share, and I wound up thinking about one of my last magnificent seven fics before I started writing RNM (the fandom which ate me)

put your money on me (I know it's not easy) by andrealyn [faraday/vasquez, modern au] When Carmen Vasquez decides to head back to school to prevent the bar from closing down, Faraday is in a tight spot. He might lose his favorite bar and one of his best friends. Lucky for him, when a door closes, a window opens and in through it comes someone from his past that he never paid much attention to, but plans to get to know better now.

tagging @el-gilliath @aewriting @smilebackwards @bestillmyslashyheart @unbreakablejemmasimmons @raedear @knoepfchen and anyone else who wants to dust off some old fics to share!

#meme

[saadiestuff]

 @unbreakablejemmasimmons​ is a little behind on RNM...

#roswell new mexico #kyle valenti #rnm 4x09 #roswell nm

[eclecticmuses]

Share ten different favourite characters from ten different pieces of media, in no particular order, then tag/send to ten people (anon or not).

Thank you for the tag @lavendarneverlands! Do I even watch enough media to have ten faves from ten different pieces of media? Like, keeping it strictly down to one apiece? Let’s see...

Leo Fitz (Agents of SHIELD)

Rory Williams (Doctor Who)

Jyn Erso (Star Wars: Rogue One)

Wedge Antilles (Star Wars, various) (it’s a different Star Wars, shhhh)

Molly Hooper (Sherlock)

Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy (Star Trek reboot)

Jonathan Carnahan (The Mummy series)

Loki (MCU)

Doctor Strange (MCU) (it’s a different part again shush)

David Levinson (Independence Day)

Neville Longbottom (Harry Potter) (though I don’t fuck with that anymore)

I had to think reeeaaaaally hard to fill up this list. 😅 And even then I cheated a little bit. Tagging @keyofmgy @recoveringrabbit @cherrylimeade and @unbreakablejemmasimmons! 

#about me #meme time

[lambourngb]

Five sentence fic ask: "He'd never seen the photograph before."

Sequel to THIS and THIS

He'd never seen the photograph before.

With the tap repaired, thankfully Alex had moved on to playing something less devastating to Michael’s equilibrium, like old Townes Van Zandt in the bar. The urge to flee was quieter as he hummed along with Alex’s voice, “All the Federales say, they could have had him any day, they only let him slip away, out of kindness I suppose,” and inspected the wall of photographs Maria had installed on the back wall of the bar. 

The garish light up Indian Head was gone, finally mothballed in the wake of Hank Gibbons’s declared death. It was a long, sorted story that started with the original owner of the bar leaving a clause in his transfer of ownership to Maria, tying the offensive neon wall ornament to Hank’s patronage of the bar. With Hank dead, at least legally declared so, Maria had eagerly filled the space with candid snapshots of the Wild Pony patrons and open mic nights.

A particular shot of Forrest Long caught Michael’s eye. His head was tipped back, clearly laughing loudly, but next to him, draped with a way-too-friendly arm around him was a man. A not-Alex man. Michael leaned in closer, studying the surroundings of the photo with the setup of the Wild Pony, trying desperately to age the photo. Was this before he dated Alex? Was that just a very affectionate friend who was comfortable staring at Forrest like he was some sort of meal? It would take a serious set of balls to cheat on Alex in the bar of his best friend and to allow photographic evidence to become part of the decor.

He was so involved in studying the photo, he didn’t notice when the music stopped in the background until Alex’s voice startled him, “That’s Adam.”

“Good friend, then?”

“Really good friend,” Alex answered with an emotionless voice, then seeing something in Michael’s face he relented with a small smirk, “he’s Forrest’s new boyfriend. We broke up last month.” His eyes flickered to the photo and then back to Michael, “And there’s no need to glare at the photo, it was amicable. We’re all still friends.”

“Oh, that’s good,” Michael answered like the uncharted genius he was. “That you guys stayed friends. That’s nice. Friends are good.” 

Alex’s smile went crooked with amusement at Michael’s babbling. His eyebrows lifted inquiry, “So are you done doing what you’re doing?”

Michael’s first thought went to the careful space they had been sharing as friends while Alex was with someone else. He wanted to be done with that. He really wanted to reach forward, to close that space with something out of his dreams for them. Then reality set in, as he watched Alex turn toward the bar and then back to him. It was a question about the repairs. 

“Yeah, it’s all set.” He still didn’t want to leave, but he had run out of ploys. “What about you? You all ready for ‘American Idol’ now?”

“I think that’s been canceled. If I were to audition it would ‘America’s Got Talent’ or the Voice, but my anxiety has its hands full with the Wild Pony amateur nights.” The gentle correction rolled into a self-deprecating joke kept Michael smiling back at him. After a too long pause, Alex turned toward where the stools were still in place, and the rack of guitars next to them. “I have one more song to practice, but it requires another guitarist.” 

This time there was no mistaking Alex’s expression for anything but entreaty. 

“Me?” Michael glanced down at his wrapped hand. Alex followed his gaze but stayed silent as Michael flexed his fingers around the bandana. The last time he had played a guitar, it was here at the Wild Pony. The ashes of Caulfield were still in his hair, his trust in things being okay had been fragile and stretched, and then Maria had smiled at him. Hope, renewed hope, that maybe he could be human. Maybe he could be what she wanted. Then he played her guitar, buoyed on that brief respite from reality. The calm to his chaos, not as complete as he remembered as a teenager but still he could hide there for a while in that feeling of normalcy. 

Then his brother had died, almost before the song had finished, and nothing was normal for a long time afterwards.

Time was a vicious circle. Caulfield would never wash fully off him, and here he was, standing in that same place, wondering if renewed hope would kill him this time. Who would die this time if he were to pick up a guitar again, and strum a few notes into the air under the cover of a normal, low-stakes friendship with this man? 

That was too morbid.

“There’s no one here. You can take that off, and no one but me will see it and I already know.” 

He opened his mouth to Alex, to tell him it wasn’t the bandana that kept his hands off a musical instrument, that it still felt like an escape he hadn’t earned. Before Michael could answer, Alex pressed his advantage, “Please Michael? We haven’t played music since we were 17. It’s one of few good memories I have from high school.”

What could he do then, but agree. 

****

#ficlet #first line prompt meme #me writing a full story shouldn't surprise me right #unbreakablejemmasimmons

[manesalex]

Happy Birthday, @unbreakablejemmasimmons!!!

#unbreakablejemmasimmons #*mygifs #happy birthday!!! #i hope it's amazing and filled with love and joy!!!

[queermil]

"only"

“Alex,” he says helplessly, hands splayed out in front of him. “Of course I have. I’ve only wanted to tell you for -- forever.”

#millie answers #unbreakablejemmasimmons

[angrycowboy]

"hope"

“I really hope you’re just being paranoid,” Maria says as she approaches, and Michael hopes he is too.

#thanks for the ask! #notso writes a soulmate au #unbreakablejemmasimmons

[haloud]

"little"

From part 3 of To Raise a Child!

Michael’s face went bright, angry red. A little voice in his head that sounded like Max told him she didn’t know what happened yesterday--because he hadn’t told her--but because it sounded so much like Max it was easy to tune out.

#unbreakablejemmasimmons

[foramomentonly]

"start"

Slightly cheating, it's "started."

"Not forever," she assures him, gracious even as he's breaking her heart, has been in agonizing measures for months, since this all started. "I'm not an idiot, Guerin. Some of this is on me."

#unbreakablejemmasimmons

[chamblerstara]

sagittarius!

sagittarius: do you find your writing humorous? do you have any comic relief characters? what do you do if a scene gets too serious?

Sometimes I do, yeah. I mean, I feel like it’s canon that Michael and Alex are horny idiots who can’t keep their hands off of each other. So sometimes I find the comedy in that.

As for comic relief characters? Sometimes Kyle. He’s just so well-intentioned that sometimes that can go to the extreme. It’s fun. Also Max. He just feels like he’d be uncomfortable with a lot of stuff and he’s fun to mess with.

If a scene that isn’t meant to be serious gets too serious, I tend to take some time away from it before going back and finding shortly before it started getting too serious. I try to rewrite from there. This occasionally happens when I write fun, smutty fic. Michael and Alex both have a ton of issues and, while they’re important to explore thoughtfully, sometimes I just want to write them being happy, you know?

#unbreakablejemmasimmons #writing #ask me stuff #thank you so much for the ask!!!

[tempest-nova]

not really. a Malex fanmix

01. red // pieces | 02. cascada // what hurts the most | 03. novi ft. tyler blackburn // can't love me | 04. sam tinnesz // when the truth hunts you down | 05. dermot kennedy // lost | 06. sleeping at last // saturn | 07. snow patrol // chasing cars | 08. gabrielle aplin // start of time | 09. lifehouse // everything

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Time for my Cosmic Love Exchange post! This is to @unbreakablejemmasimmons -- you are a delightful person and I love your fanfic Shades of Blue; I hope that you become inspired to write more fic in the future! I'm pretty rusty with writing these days myself, so I decided to use the insparation you provided me on anon in the form of a playlist. I hope you have a great day!

#cosmicloveexchange #roswell new mexico #rnm fanworks #unbreakablejemmasimmons #malex