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New From the Sands chapter is up! :D
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
I love AUs because I can make young Earl and Carlos housemates and make silly comics like this. I brought up this idea for From the Sands to @fluctuating-fanby and couldn't get it out of my head
earlos 10
A Shy Kiss
Carlos’ heart was fluttering, hard enough that he wondered if it might be time to crack open his ribcage and let it out. It was a bit early in the year for that; he should take some readings. He should definitely use a clipboard. He should---
A heavy, single thump of a heartbeat interrupted the fluttering, coinciding with the faint brush of fingers against his, and Carlos completely lost his thread of scientific inquiry. He raised his eyes somewhat bashfully to Earl’s.
“Hi,” Earl said, twitching his pinky so that it brushed up against Carlos’ index finger. Then Earl glanced away, biting his lip.
“Hi,” Carlos echoed, wanting to lace his fingers into Earl’s but finding his hand completely frozen on the table. He looked away too, but in a different direction, and he imagined that to an outside observer it appeared that Earl was fascinated by the espresso machine while Carlos was taken by the pile of lizard skins in the corner. He did wonder what those were doing there; shouldn’t they be canned? Or at least in baggies?
“Um,” Earl said, and Carlos snapped his attention back to the chef. “Did you want to. Maybe. Um.”
“Sure,” Carlos said in a rush.
“Huh?” Earl said.
“What?” Carlos dug his fingers into his hair.
“Go for a walk?” Earl finished.
“Sure,” Carlos said again.
They left the coffee shop, Carlos trailing Earl awkwardly until Earl slowed and offered his hand. Swallowing, Carlos placed his fingers chastely into Earl’s palm; Earl angled his hand and interlaced their fingers.
“O-oh,” Carlos stammered. “Um.”
Earl dropped his hand. “Sorry,” he said quickly.
“No!” Carlos said. “It was okay!”
“Oh,” Earl said, but he made no move to take Carlos’ hand again.
They walked in silence for awhile. Carlos mostly stared at the ground, but he occasionally risked a glance at Earl; the chef’s chin was raised and he was taking in the evening around them. Carlos thought maybe he should look around too, pay closer attention, but then he thought maybe that would distract him, and he didn’t want to be distracted right now.
“Are these the trees?” Earl asked suddenly. Carlos looked up. “The ones you did science on during your first date with Cecil?”
“Um,” Carlos said. “I’m actually...not a botanist. Or a dendrologist. I’m a scientist. So...I didn’t really want to do science on the trees. I wanted to kiss Cecil. But I was so nervous.”
Earl let out a sharp laugh. “Nervous,” he said. “You really had no reason to be. Cecil was in love with you even then.”
“I know, but...he didn’t know me, you know? He knew an idea of me, based on minimal actual interactions. I thought maybe...I’d do something stupid, and he’d realize he didn’t like me after all.”
Earl stopped walking. “Well. I hope you know now that worry was unfounded.”
“I guess.” Carlos returned his gaze to the ground. “It could still happen. And---” And it could happen with you, he managed not to say, trailing off into silence instead.
“Carlos?” Earl shrugged his hands into his pockets. “Um. You’re not the only one who’s nervous.”
Carlos blinked up at him. “Huh?”
“I mean. I thought you were nervous. Now, that is. And. Um. I’m...” Earl trailed off too, hunching his shoulders.
“Oh,” Carlos said, heat rising to his cheeks. “Oh,” he repeated.
“I,” Earl started, then stopped. “Um. May I. Er. Kiss you?”
Carlos burst into giggles. “Really?”
Earl slouched uncomfortably. “Yeah?”
The giggling was uncontrollable. “Earl,” he forced out through the bubbles of mirth. He hugged his elbows, grinning. “Yeah.”
Earl glanced around self-consciously, pulling his hands out of his pockets and running them back through his hair. He let out a long breath. Then he leaned down to plant a swift kiss on lips that were still trembling with nervous laughter.
WIP meme, "lips"
Nothing in progress for Star Wars, but here’s a li’l snippet of earlos that never went anywhere. (Quoting more than a sentence because I can.)
Dizzy, lost, his face hot and his vision unfocused and his hands fluttering against Earl's back, Carlos broke away, sucking in deep, desperate breaths. Earl's eyes were dark and his lips were swollen and parted, and Carlos groaned without meaning to and closed his eyes and fell forward again---
But two fingers pressed abruptly and firmly across his lips halted his renewed quest for Earl's mouth.
“It’s okay. I couldn’t sleep anyway.” Earlos
“Sorry,” Carlos’ words are mumbled in the dark, and Earl can barely place them. “I didn’t mean to wake you.”
There has been a steady ticking noise coming from Carlos’ direction for the past five minutes, which means that something had upset the scientist, and he was, as all good scientists must, honoring the traditional scientist practices and performing an experiment to discover the answer to “How many times must a repeat a seemingly mundane action in order to calm myself down?”
Earl, an unintended observer of the experiment, had concluded that the answer was quite many.
“It’s okay.” Earl said, his hand gently touching Carlos’ back- just enough to be a comforting presence. “I couldn’t sleep anyway.”
Would you write a high school AU in which Earl and Carlos are dating, and CECIL is the new transfer student?
Okay, Cecil can’t be from anywhere but Night Vale, so I’m putting Carlos and Earl in Boston (well, Cambridge), where I headcanon Carlos as being from (and he totally went to MIT, let’s not kid ourselves). Also, I’m giving their high school a radio station like on 90210, so yeah.
Enjoy.
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“Hello?” Earl answered his cell phone groggily.
“Are you listening to the Station right now?” Carlos asked.
“Carlos? What time is it? What are you even doing awake?” Earl asked.
“I got distracted doing tests on the snow- you know how it is, you go outside to shovel, and then you start noticing crystal patterns, and you have to stop and study.” Carlos explained.
“Right.” Earl sighed, rolling over in bed. He was seriously beginning to regret marking his boyfriend’s number as one of the ones to bypass his Do Not Disturb settings.
“Anyway, that new kid, Cecil? I think his name is?” Carlos continued. “He’s on right now, and he’s talking about us-”
“I think you’re hallucinating.” Earl said. “You need to sleep; it’s, like, four in the morning.”
“No, no, listen.” There was a lot of shuffling on Carlos’ end, and then, finally, a staticy voice started coming through.
“-and by far the nicest, and best looking, people i have met here have been Carlos, the Future Science Major, and Eagle Scout Earl Harlan-”
“O-okay,” Earl said, sitting up. “I don’t know how you did that, but you’ve freaked me out, congrats.”
“I didn’t do that,” Carlos huffed. “I’m a scientist, not an av guy- I can hear you rolling your eyes. There’s a big difference!”
"drabble prompts for angsty Cecearl" what about drabble prompts for earlos? do you write earlos? this is a v. important question to which I need an answer
If by earlos you mean Earl pining for Carlos and Carlos being oblivious to it to the moment Earl confronts him... then yes.
Nah, just joking.Yes, I’d write anything for them.
Earl Harlan?
My NOTP for them None. Maybe Marcus? I’ve read some Marcearl and it’s not my thing I guess. So more like nahTP
My BROTP for themCarlos, at least in canon.
My OTP for them Teen!Cecearl forever. Or, well, almost forever. How long was he 19 again?
My second choice pairing for them Earlos. Why. This is not even a good ship. I love it.
My fluffy pairing for themCecearlos.
My angsty pairing for them Cecearl <3
My favorite poly ship for them Cecearlos. GDI this is the thing that got me into poly shipping and keeps me there (I guess it’s holding my ankle).
My weirdest pairing for themCecearlos+Adam from the stories by @dangersocks and @jathis ? Does that have a name?
Thanks for asking! If you have drabble prompts for angsty Cecearl, I’m always up for that
