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  1. Rec 26

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    TK and Carlos face a whole new parenting challenge when six-year-old Jonah is excluded from the class bully’s birthday party, and it seems like he’s even losing his best friend because of it. With the help of Owen, Andrea and Buttercup – and an unexpected turn of events – the husbands find a way to muddle through and heal a couple of little broken hearts.


    As soon as Carlos steps out from the passenger side of the truck, silhouetted against the cold white sky, TK’s chest blooms with warmth.

    “Papa!” Jonah shouts.

    “Hola, mijo!” Carlos shouts back, his hat off because he knows the drill – TK and Jonah will get hit in the face with the brim when they embrace him if he keeps the hat on, and lord knows Jonah’s had enough of things hitting his face for one day.

    “What are you doing here?” TK asks. The nice surprise is making him laugh. He hurries along with Jonah, and Carlos jogs to meet them halfway. Sam casually saunters along behind.

    Playing cool and corporate, Carlos answers, “Well, sir, when you informed me of what happened, I thought we'd better take a detour and check out the scene.”

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    18 Oct 2025

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  2. Public Bookmark 78

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    Nick knew that without a doubt, if he ever had something he needed to discuss with Charlie, good or bad, he could. They’d proven time and time again that they were ridiculously good at communicating with each other, even at the hardest of times. Charlie was one of the least judgemental people Nick had ever met, and one of the most thoughtful and empathic too. Nick felt safe, cared for, and loved no matter what.

    And yet, Nick couldn’t get himself to ask Charlie for one, simple but also rather important request.

    He really wanted Charlie to top him.

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    15 Oct 2025

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  3. Rec 10

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    As soon as they decided to bring home Jonah, they knew their time in the loft had an expiration date. As moving day approaches, TK and Carlos say goodbye to the first place that was truly theirs.

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    04 Oct 2025

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  4. Rec 27

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    A loose door latch. A trip to Home Depot. A toolbelt full of lube.
    Carlos fixes the latch.
    TK gets screwed.

    aka: Carlos wants to prove himself as a dad. TK wants to prove he can make hardware shopping dirty. Together they discover that doers really do get more done.

    “You know. I’ve seen a lot of pornos that start like this.” Carlos cocks an eyebrow.

    “Oh, you’ve seen a lot of pornos.”

    “Shut up,” TK says, uncrossing his arms so he can take the five extra steps to the dining table and dramatically drop down into his husband’s lap. He finally presses a kiss to those perfect lips, tasting the coffee Carlos’s been sipping and the cinnamon he brewed it with. Carlos immediately brings a hand to TK’s hip to support him while he runs the other up the back of his t-shirt.

    “Hot guy with a tool belt,” TK continues, poking a finger into the dimple at the side of Carlos’s dopey grin. “Big hammer, looong measuring tape… offering to lay some pipe.”

    “I believe I laid a decent amount of pipe last night,” Carlos deadpans.

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    27 Sep 2025

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  5. Rec 18

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    A tag for 4x13, 'Open', in which TK and Carlos host a dinner party and TK opens up about his wedding diet.

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    12 Sep 2025

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    (not actually Ed)

  6. Rec 21

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    When Carlos accidentally goads an arm-wrestling match between Owen and Enzo that leaves Enzo with a broken arm, TK is seriously mad. Fortunately, make-up-birthday-sex is a thing – and for TK and Carlos, this means deep-throating, role play, toys, and the kind of sex that breaks the laws of physics.


    “Do you want me to run a bubble bath?”

    “Yes,” TK answers bitterly, “But you’re not getting in it.”

    “You’re banning me from the bath now too?”

    TK sniffs. “I’m taking a bath alone. I’m going to bed alone. Tomorrow, I am going to eat breakfast alone.”

    “Huh.” Carlos nods, hanging his black jacket up beside TK’s and placing his Stetson on another hook. “Three of your favorite Bs all by yourself.”

    TK turns to him with a snarl. “We might have lunch together if we’re not out on calls.”

    “Oh, might we?”

    “At the burrito truck,” TK huffs.

    “Another favorite B, but it gets to include me?” Carlos teases, making his way back to him.

    TK rolls his lips. “Maybe.”

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    10 Sep 2025

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  7. Public Bookmark 46

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    TK doesn’t know much about farming peach trees, but on a small plot of land in rural Georgia, he learns he likes the taste of them on the farmer’s lips.

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    06 Sep 2025

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  8. Public Bookmark 19

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    “Oh yes, of course.” Carlos chuckles again. “We’re married for the night.”

    Maybe it’s a little confusing - husbands, pretending to be strangers, pretending to be husbands - but it works for them.

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    18 Aug 2025

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  9. Public Bookmark 35

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    “Do you need me to take over a bit more today? Get you out of your head like this?”
    It’s clear before TK answers, something unlocking in his hazy eyes. “Yes. Yes, Carlos.”

    The death of his mother rips the floor out from under TK’s feet. Carlos tries to break his fall, leaning more into their dynamic to guide TK to a safer landing.

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    05 Aug 2025

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  10. Public Bookmark 89

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    “Our last vibrator didn’t say that you couldn’t get it wet either, did it?” Carlos teases, stepping back under the spray and running the plastic head of the toy down TK’s abdomen. “But it turns out that it wasn’t water resistant. You discovered that, if I recall correctly.”

    “Well,” TK protests. “I was horny, you were away for three days and how was I supposed to know that I couldn’t take it into the shower?”

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    TK just really, really, REALLY loves his fiancé.

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    03 Aug 2025

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  11. Public Bookmark 45

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    Carlos is lifting weights at the gym when he considers whether he looks too muscular for the wedding. For a second opinion he sends a locker room selfie to TK.

    TK sets out to prove in response that, while it's normal for everyone to have self doubts about appearance, he very much loves Carlos and the way he looks.

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    02 Aug 2025

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  12. Public Bookmark 39

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    In a nightclub somewhere in Downtown Austin, Paul becomes a voice of wisdom when TK and Carlos are each flirted with by other men – and jealousy, confusion and a little bit of chaos ensues. Will our heroes end up going home together? (A 1x05 coda)


    It’s attempt number three of trying to lean coolly against Carlos' car while they wait for Paul to appear after finishing his shift.
    TK descends into laughter again, and Carlos feels so fizzy he can't stand still.
    "He's going to walk out here and think we're a pair of idiots," TK whispers, shoving Carlos playfully.
    "I'm happy for him to think you're an idiot." Carlos shoves him back. "But I want his first real impression of me to be more accurate than that."
    "Nah, he already thinks you're hot and sophisticated," TK says, poking Carlos’ cheek. "So, it's time we prove him wrong."
    "Shut up." Carlos tickles at TK's hip, a spot he discovered the thrills of the other night when TK writhed under him and creased into a snort-laugh.
    "I mean, we can't disprove your hotness.” TK chuckles against Carlos’ touch. “But your sophis– wait, I think he's coming!"

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    01 Aug 2025

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  13. Rec 51

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    He could not remember the last time he was able to look at himself in the mirror and feel something other than shame. Be it self-inflicted scars or the inescapable give of flesh, Tyler did not remember how to love this body and was unsure if he ever had.

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    28 Jul 2025

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  14. Rec 34

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    A look into the ups and downs of first few months of Jonah living with Carlos and T.K.

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    28 Jul 2025

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  15. Rec 79

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    The past becomes a thunderous echo when TK misses his mom’s funeral after his plane makes an emergency landing, while Carlos spirals thinking he’ll never see TK again. Safe on the ground, TK and Carlos hold each other up as they face the day’s trauma and begin a future that is somehow even more crowded with love.


    Carlos bounces out of the hanger coltishly, his limbs loose as jelly, heading in the vague direction towards which the T.S.A. agent wafted an arm. It takes him a hideous moment to clock TK, alone inside an expanding circle made of fellow first responders and passengers wearing shock blankets, bewildered and milling around. There he is – directly in the sunshine, glowing gold and alive. Carlos stops because the sight of him takes his breath. His heartbeat pounds in his ears. He doesn’t even feel himself launch into a run, but the warm air thumps against him as he moves faster than he has ever moved – his limbs firm now, muscles powerful, carrying him to the center of his world. Carlos runs, and as he runs the heartbeat in his ears changes to words. He hears his voice and he hears TK’s, whooshing in the wind.
    Hey, wanna dance?
    Yeah.

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    28 Jul 2025

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    Made me cry. 👌

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    After 3x13 – while TK is alone with Cooper, Carlos is alone with his thoughts. Both recall times they’ve chased the next high, other men, or each other. When Carlos arrives home, TK still has something important to say – and it's something he didn’t tell Cooper.
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    The sleeves of Carlos’ hoodie are too long for TK. He looks down at his fingers poking out and scratches the broken skin around his thumbnail, feeling like a boy. He feels like a boy a lot at the moment. It’s common after losing a parent, to regress into that place where your mom or dad have been gone from the house for a while, and you panic that they’ll never come home. One day, it happens. They never come home again. Even if you are an adult in your twenties, forties, sixties – it’s terrifying and an utter gut-punch.
    "You want to talk about it?” Cooper asks. “Or not talk about it?"
    TK takes a moment to consider this. Cooper's arrival at the loft, upon secret invitation from Carlos, was something of an ambush – albeit a welcome one. Nonetheless, TK had intended to spend the whole evening alone with his thoughts. He hadn't expected to articulate any of it.
    "Yeah, I do,” he says, “And then I think I want to talk about Carlos."

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    28 Jul 2025

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  17. Rec 17

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    “Alright, you’re on. No proposal until we’ve won the league twice.” Jamie grins, victorious, and Roy tugs at his shirt again. “But this better not take fucking ages or you’ll never hear the end of it, Tartt.”

    Jamie’s eyes flash. “Sixteen months, babe. Promise.”

    Roy tilts his chin up, and they seal it with a kiss.

    or,

    roy, jamie, and a proposal, as told through premier league match days

    (a diabetic!jamie fic)

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    10 Jul 2025

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  18. Rec 51

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    When TK commits to the role of a stay-at-home dad, he quickly realizes that means all the money he spends will be Carlos’. It makes TK uneasy in a way he doesn’t know how to articulate, and it doesn’t take long for Carlos to notice something’s up.

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    03 Jul 2025

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    🥰🥰🥰

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    Six months after Gabriel Reyes’ death, TK grows concerned about Carlos’ drinking and brings him to a meeting at the Y. Afterwards, over omelets at the diner, the husbands open up to each other. TK reflects on meeting Carlos after years of addiction and self-destruction, while Carlos has continued to seek closure by uncovering two unknowns: The identity of his father’s killer, and how his father truly felt about Carlos as his son.


    A single tear slips from Carlos' eye. Years ago, there was a young man in New York City called TK Strand and he had no idea that in Austin, Texas, a stranger called Carlos Reyes was aching, yearning, pining for exactly him. He had no idea how loved he was going to be by someone he had yet to meet. He had no idea how wonderful he was as a person with or without a partner – but he was about to find out. That's why you have to keep living, Carlos thinks, so you can find out.

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    09 Jun 2025

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  20. Public Bookmark 21

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    Back together after their breakup, TK and Carlos head to Galveston for sea air and sunshine while TK recovers from his coma. Unfortunately, they arrive as Galveston’s worst storm for 100 years is raging – and they quickly learn that their hotel is the most haunted in the city. With TK susceptible to seeing things in the dark after his near-death experience, echoes from the past arrive with messages, and there isn’t much to do except huddle up in bed and wait until morning.


    TK scrolls a little lower down the page he’s on. “And we’ve got Sister Katherine. A nun.”

    “A nun?” Carlos sags, the navy button-up in his hands slapping against his legs. “I’m a gay Catholic. The last thing I need is an angry nun sneaking up on me while I have your balls in my mouth.”

    “Carlos!” TK giggles with surprise and faceplants the mattress before propping himself up on his side. His bare foot sticks off the edge of the bed, prime target for a ghost to grab. “She didn’t bother us when we were in the shower.”

    “True.” Carlos quirks an eyebrow. “But we didn’t exactly give her much time.”

    TK glares at him playfully and resumes his research...

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    30 May 2025

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