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carlos reyes scholar
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currently writing: lawyer!tk x murder suspect!carlos (glass houses)
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I'm so so touched by your writing <33 For nice ask week I wanted to ask you what is one headcanon about tarlos you haven't explored yet? What do you think their daily rituals are?
thank you for sending this and i’m so sorry it’s taken me until now to get to it! :3 (nsfw ahead)
Hello!
What physical and personality traits do you think TK loves about Carlos and vice versa?
omg i love this question so much :’))
physical traits: tk loves carlos’ biceps, his boobs, his hair especially when the curls are long enough to card through and grip, the little mole under his pec and behind his ear, his long legs and his flexibility, his strong hands, and of course his cow eyes. carlos loves tk’s arms, his tattoos, his thighs and his ass, the little pouch of his tummy and his happy trail, his slender hands and how they look when carlos holds them, his eyes especially when they’re extra green.
personality traits: i think across the board they love each other for their loyalty, compassion, and ability to extend grace. their humour, too—they each think they married the funniest man on the planet. i think they also love that the other’s allowed them to see the world around them differently. i think carlos loves tk’s huge heart and empathy, his fieriness, his love of animals and devotion to his friends and family and his resilience. i think tk loves carlos’ ability to listen (yapper/listener dynamic my beloved) and provide advice, his respect and how considerate he is, how Good he is and always tries to be, his dorkiness, his organization and how it actually brings a good balance to tk’s life. i think they love that they’re both protective and both want to care for each other and are compatible re: riling each other up (like….carlos loves when tk makes him a little exasperated ajdnsjsk). anyway this got rambly i think they just love each other a whole lot :-)
Do you have any headcanons about what TK's first relationship was like 🫣?
i think tk's sexual exploration began at a time in his life when he was very lonely and suffering in the self-esteem department and looking for someone who would make him feel special, which unfortunately doesn't often end well! i'm sure most of the guys he hooked up with were older or straight or taking advantage of him in some way or another, and tk probably worshiped them anyway because he always sees the best in people, and because he never really felt like he deserved better. he probably didn't have much real relationship experience under his belt before alex, and no healthy relationship experience before carlos— which would explain [gestures vaguely at tarlos]
Happy Wednesday. Have more of the Teenage-Jonah fic. Thanks for tagging me @whatsintheboxmh
Officer Stevenson strokes his handlebar mustache. He looks older these days, thinner but sharper for it. “You owe me one, Reyes.” Turning his attention to Jonah, he puts his thumbs in his belt, draws himself up taller. “And you, young man? I don’t want to see your or your friends out vandalizing this town, you hear me? Your dad can’t always bail you out.”
There used to be this reflex, this bracing each time someone mentioned Carlos being Jonah’s dad like they would surely be corrected. Carlos? God no, he’s not my dad!
It never happened. Not even when Jonah was little and he could hold his tongue even less than he can now.
Carlos stopped bracing for it. Maybe he should have, because Stevenson turns to his car, only to turn one more time to say, “Don’t let him off too easy. You know, your pops would have never let you off with just a warning. You’d be in the back of my cop car, stewing there longer than most kids, just to teach you a lesson.”
The worst thing about this is that Carlos immediately believes Stevensn’s words. There’s no proof for it, no trouble big enough that Carlos or his sisters ever got into. For all he knows, his dad would have called in a favor too. Years passing by and he still feels confused about his childhood, about his relationship to his father.
But it pales in comparison to the old wound of what he was robbed of. He wishes he could call him up now, ask him what he would do. What he had said to Luisa when she came home drunk, because Carlos had to leave the room back then. What he would say about Carlos being a father-figure and if he thought he did a good job.
He feels Jonah move under the hand Carlos kept on his shoulder. “He’s-- he’s a real asshole.” For a moment Carlos is angry before he understands Jonah means Stevenson, not his father. “Don’t listen to h'm.”
“Don’t insult law enforcers,” Carlos chides, because he has to. He also has to kiss his kid’s head to thank him for the bit of solidarity that comes so naturally to Gwyn’s sons. “Now come on. We’ll talk in the car.”
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missing tarlos…
CARLOS REYES 9-1-1: LONE STAR (5.11)
I'm sorry, but- 911 Lone Star honoring Nancy's lack of desire to get married should wake people up to the fact that Carlos was never in a similar category, as someone who did. Not. want to have kids.. When Carlos' stance was first called into question, his statement was that he didn't think they were ready for that level of responsibility and that he had so much more he wanted them to do. Classic DEFLECTIVE Reyes entered the chat. It's respectable that if someone felt and said that, it can be taken to be as simple as not wanting kids. But when you look at Carlos' consistent characterization up to that point, his words are not to be taken at regular face value. Actually, his words can be taken at face value, because he wasn't saying much to convince he's not a 'have his own kids' guy. Carlos, who avoided the conversation with his parents about his boyfriend after he'd come out...and avoided addressing stuff in numerous situations, so much so that he married a woman fully knowing he was gay and figured he'd put off divorcing her due to excuses... Carlos WAITS, because he doesn't think he deserves stuff, and he doubts his strengths/abilities....so him shifting the child conversation before they were married to something about how he wants to climb The Great Wall when he doesn't even hike is exactly the kind of tactic Carlos would unknowingly pull back then from not having faced his inner trauma to delay making decisions, which is why him being so relaxed and at peace in the finale is all the more special! Carlos wasn't ready for kids at the time when they first talked about it, but it doesn't mean he didn't ever want kids and that was made clear in the end of their resolution-non-resolution where Carlos presented Lou 2 (and where TK wasn't gonna push/assume his future feelings, because they are a healthy respectful couple).
The fact of the matter is that Carlos not being sure if he ever wanted to have kids has never been about a lack of desire to raise a family. Carlos' poor relationship with his father and feelings of inadequacy growing up caused a fear that he would never be good enough to build up a human life appropriately or to his own (caused by his parents/dad, mainly) standards.
‘Beloved son’ YOU WILL NEVER BE HIM
Nice ask attack! 💛 Which lone star character would make the best American president?
okay the two that pop into mind immediately are owen and grace… owen just has that politician aura, plus he’s done a bit of law school and presumably a pre-law undergrad so he’s not entirely unqualified. grace did study politics though and also i love her so she has my vote.
Dropping in to say that Nancy and Mateo have definitely gone to build a bear before, especially when the pokemon plushies dropped
REYES & CAMPBELL 9-1-1: LONE STAR (5.09)
911: Lone Star | ✨TK Strand's oral fixation✨
Alright, what if she doesn't like where we put his bed? Where else would we put it? I mean, we could give him our room. We're not giving him our room.
