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OK people here we go. I'm nervous and excited. The first time ever Easter Tarlos Exchange.

So here is the form to fill if you have any doubt please let me know.

Easter Tarlos Exchange

Easter Tarlos Exchange

Also I'm remind you about the dates.

Sign Ups Start: February 25 - That day I'll post the form you have to fill out with all the necessary information

Sign Up End: March 3

Fic author information will be sent out: March 13

Posting will be between April 02 - 10 - You can choose a date in the form you will fill

If for any reason, you can not write your fic and post it for the event, please let me know so I can arrange a pinch hitter to finish it.

Fics need to be at least 1,000 words long

All works must be Tarlos Centric.

Please use the #ETExchage and tag me Tarlos_Spain so I can reblog it.

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Having problems with my blog

I'm having problems from my main tumblr blog @tarlos-spain, I can't send or recieve messages and I think nobody si able to see my posts becuase they don't appears in others blogss.

So I've created this other blog, until the problem is solved. If anybody wants to send me a personal message, want's to ask me to write a prompt or give me ideas for stories or anything, please write me a message to this blog.

Thank you so much.

Also I'm not able to send or recieve messange to @911lsbb blog. I'm the adminstrator of the challenge. So please, if you need to tell me something about the challenge, also write to me here.

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March Day 20

Last day of the Birthday Bingo. This story is for @taste-is-sweet. As usual hope you like it.

Title: The family I didn't know I was part of

Summary: Andrea's Birthday is coming next day but TK fainted because of his recovery from the ice accident. Carlos changed plans

"TK! TK!"

Carlos' voice began to reach him, but it sounded far away and with a horrible echo that was giving him a terrible headache. He tried to open his eyes, move his hands, arms and the rest of his body. But anything he tries to do hurt too much.

"TK, mi amor, can you hear me?" Carlos asked.

TK wanted to say yes, he wanted to say he was listening, that he was there, but his head was spinning and as soon as he opened his eyes, the light illuminating the room made him protest.

"TK."

"I'm here." TK closed his eyes again and held up his hand.

"That's it babe." Carlos gathered his boyfriend's hand between his own and kissed it, to get his attention.

"Can you open your eyes again Tee?"

Tommy's voice next to him caught him by surprise, but it didn't take him long to remember that Tommy had come to give him a quick check up. Since he had been released from the hospital, he had committed to having his captain visit him every other day for at least a month.

He had just had to faint on the day of the visit for Tommy to get worried and extend the visits, recommending that he extend his leave a little longer before returning to work.

He found himself staring at the ceiling, lying on the floor with a cushion under his head. Carlos was on one side, Tommy on the other, and they were both looking at him. Neither was hiding their concern.

"What... what happened?"

TK struggled to sit up, but didn't manage it without the help of Carlos, who carried him back to the couch where he had been sitting.

Slowly what had happened came back to his mind. They had decided to go out to dinner and wanted to invite Tommy over to thank him for all he had been doing for them those weeks. It couldn't have been easy for her to juggle working on the ambulance, taking care of her twins and at the same time taking care of him as an extra patient every other day.

But as he stood up; the room had begun to spin around him and before he could do anything everything was black.

"You've fainted. I think you got a little too excited about going to dinner with your boss." Tommy said with her best smile as she took TK's vitals, heart rate and everything she did every other day and had done that very day. Obviously it needed to be done again. "Everything looks good."

"Really? Tommy, that's the first time TK has ever fainted."

Carlos sat down on the couch, picked up TK's legs and placed them on top of his own. He started massaging them and massaging his feet and his boyfriend closed his eyes and purred.

The cop smiled and continued to stroke his legs.

"It's not uncommon to suffer from some sudden sugar crash or just the exhaustion of getting back to normal life You just need to get some rest for a couple of days and...."

"A couple of days?" TK sat up with a start, but Carlos forced himself to take it again. "Tomorrow is your mother's birthday, we have the whole surprise party set up and I have to pick up the cake."

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Tarlos Pride Month

Lets start the Pride month, with my contribution in the shape of some fics, thanks to @tarlosweeklyprompts. So this is the first one.

Prompt: TK and Carlos both have Austin Pride off and are able to attend together.

Characters: Carlos Reyes, TK Strand and Andrea Reyes. Also a lot mentions to Gabriel Reyes

Pairing: Why change? Tarlos and only Tarlos

Summary: It is the first Pride in which TK and Carlos are married and Carlos had prepared the day with his father... now everything has changed.

Title: The pride that couldn't be

"I've packed two large bottles of water in my backpack and I've taken external batteries for the cell phones, if we get separated I don't want us to lose sight of each other because we know how the streets get later. Do you want to take a sweatshirt in case it cools down later?"

When he didn't get a response from Carlos, TK poked her head out the bedroom door, but his husband wasn't listening. He was sitting on the bed, staring off into nowhere.

He walked over to him and sat down next to him, but Carlos didn't react until he stroked his cheek to get his attention.

"Were you saying something?" Carlos asked with a sad smile.

"What's wrong my love?"

Carlos breathed heavily and rested his head on TK's shoulder.

"Sorry I didn't want to ruin today, with all the plans we had for pride." TK said nothing and allowed him to continue talking. "We have been thinking for so long about what we would do today and before that on the honeymoon, before that on the wedding that without realizing it I had forgotten, it sounds terrible, I know, but I had almost forgotten that my father is already here and that I had been waiting for months for the moment to invite him to Pride with us."

"Oh, Carlos, my love, really, why didn't you tell me before? I've been talking about today for days. We should stay home, watch a couple of movies, order dinner and..."

"No, that's not what I want." Carlos turned to him and kissed him. "I want to... I wanted to show this part of my life to my father taking advantage of the fact that Pride was right after the wedding, my father."

TK motioned Carlos to lie down next to him on the bed and then took his hand.

"I know it won't be the same and there's nothing I can do to bring Gabriel back to you, but I'd like you to share with me the day you had in mind with him. It's silly, I know."

"It's not silly at all." Carlos's smile became much more relaxed. He turned and half turned on his side on the bed, took both of TK's hands and kissed them. "Have I told you today how much I love you? I hate it when I forget to remind you one day."

"You told me this morning, when you got out of the shower and found your bathrobe fresh out of the dryer."

"Well, then I'll tell you again, because you don't have to do this. I don't want to ruin your day by being down."

"I've packed two large bottles of water in my backpack and I've taken external batteries for the cell phones, if we get separated I don't want us to lose sight of each other because we know how the streets get later. Do you want to take a sweatshirt in case it cools down later?"

When he didn't get a response from Carlos, TK poked her head out the bedroom door, but his husband wasn't listening. He was sitting on the bed, staring off into nowhere.

He walked over to him and sat down next to him, but Carlos didn't react until he stroked his cheek to get his attention.

"Were you saying something?" Carlos asked with a sad smile.

"What's wrong my love?"

Carlos breathed heavily and rested his head on TK's shoulder.

"Sorry I didn't want to ruin today, with all the plans we had for pride." TK said nothing and allowed him to continue talking. "We have been thinking for so long about what we would do today and before that on the honeymoon, before that on the wedding that without realizing it I had forgotten, it sounds terrible, I know, but I had almost forgotten that my father is already here and that I had been waiting for months for the moment to invite him to Pride with us."

"Oh, Carlos, my love, really, why didn't you tell me before? I've been talking about today for days. We should stay home, watch a couple of movies, order dinner and..."

"No, that's not what I want." Carlos turned to him and kissed him. "I want to... I wanted to show this part of my life to my father taking advantage of the fact that Pride was right after the wedding, my father."

TK motioned Carlos to lie down next to him on the bed and then took his hand.

"I know it won't be the same and there's nothing I can do to bring Gabriel back to you, but I'd like you to share with me the day you had in mind with him. It's silly, I know."

"It's not silly at all." Carlos's smile became much more relaxed. He turned and half turned on his side on the bed, took both of TK's hands and kissed them. "Have I told you today how much I love you? I hate it when I forget to remind you one day."

"You told me this morning, when you got out of the shower and found your bathrobe fresh out of the dryer."

"Well, then I'll tell you again, because you don't have to do this. I don't want to ruin your day by being down."

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Friendly reminder that it's coming tomorrow

Sign Ups Start: February 25 - That day I'll post the form you have to fill out with all the necessary information

Sign Up End: March 3

Fic author information will be sent out: March 13

Posting will be between April 02 - 10 - You can choose a date in the form you will fill

If for any reason, you can not write your fic and post it for the event, please let me know so I can arrange a pinch hitter to finish it.

Fics need to be at least 1,000 words long

All works must be Tarlos Centric.

Please use the #ETExchage and tag me Tarlos_Spain so I can reblog it

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March Day 18

We're getting to the end of the month but I still have some gifts to publish. This is one is is for @openbookish. Hope you like it

Title: My heart follows you

Summary: It wasn't the best moment to have a heart attack and Carlos even didn't know if it was a real heart attack. But it felt like it, it hurt like it. So he called TK for help.

Carlos wondered when criminals had become Olympic athletes who ran so fast. The guy in front of him had already turned five corners and was now running a few meters ahead of him showing no signs of being tired. He, on the other hand, was exhausted and starting to get short of breath, but he wasn't going to let it go.

Now it was all about pride and proving that he had what it took to become a detective. The exam was getting dangerously close and he had to prove that he was better than the other fellows who were applying for the position.

In his precinct there was only one open position for detective, in the city there were two other open positions. O'Brien had always told him that there was the possibility of applying for a position in another larger city.

But Carlos did not want to move. Going to another city meant sitting down with TK and deciding if they wanted to move together. But he didn't want to force TK to leave his firehouse because he wanted to be a detective. He knew how hard it had taken him boyfriend to find his place and he knew that 126th, the squad and the ambulance along with Tommy and Nancy, were his home. He would never make him decide between him and his job.

He could leave on his own, too, until an opening came up in Austin. They would still be together, seeing each other on their days off. Although if it was hard enough to juggle their schedules and shifts now that they worked in the same city, he didn't want to imagine how complicated it would be to work and live a good part of the week in different places.

Besides, they had just bought a house together and Carlos wanted to spend the rest of his life and the rest of his days with TK.

He hadn't told his boyfriend, but Carlos Reyes was on edge, desperate to get the detective position at his police station, no matter what it took.

So he didn't stop running, he wasn't going to stop until he stopped that guy and took him to the police station. He ran when he felt his chest start to burn and he ran when he knew he had to stop.

His legs shook and suddenly he was about to fall to the ground, but he managed to stay on his feet and tried to keep running, even though it was a bad idea because he could still see the guy in front of him, tired like him. He could still catch him.

And suddenly his heart started beating so hard that it seemed about to burst out of his chest, it was hurting him, it had left him breathless and for the first time he discovered what it was like to suffer palpitations.

He staggered on his feet and had to lean against the nearest wall to keep from falling to the floor.

He put his hand to his chest, he had never had heart problems, maybe that's why he was so scared when he thought that this heartbeat was not normal. He noticed that his legs were shaking, possibly from the tiredness of the run he was not used to, or maybe from something worse.

Something like a blow to the heart made him sit down on the floor. He picked up the phone and called TK. He didn't want to call 911 because he knew it would lead to an investigation. It was the last thing he needed to get the detective job.

"Hey, babe. How was your day?"

"Could be going better. Listen, Ty, are you free?"

"I'm at the firehouse with the ambulance, why?" Carlos groaned, not wanting to scare his boyfriend over the phone, but by now TK knew him well enough to recognize that there was something wrong with his voice. "Carlos, babe, what's wrong?"

"I think I'm having a heart attack."

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March Day 16

I have past the middle of the month. So lets go with another gift. This is for @meloingly.

It's a bit special because we have Carlos talking Spanish having fever.

Title: Speaking tonges... about love.

Summary: When he has a high fever, Carlos only speaks Spanish, and he talks about marriage and children, but TK doesn't understand almost a word

TK sighed as he heard Carlos coughing in bed. He slept, slept the three times he had heard him with the coughing fit. But the fever had spiked enough to have him sleeping the whole time, almost unconscious.

"Damn flu," TK thought.

With how quickly he had passed it. Carlos always laughed when TK told him that he had a very strong immune system and defenses and a simple flu was nothing to him. Two days in bed and then good as new. Carlos was going through his third day, the worst day of the fever. He had not been able to get out of bed, he had barely woken up in the morning; he had hardly eaten anything and what little he had managed to get into his stomach he had ended up throwing up almost immediately.

His fever had spiked so high that for a moment TK thought about calling the emergency room. He wasn't happy about spending the rest of the day in the hospital at Carlos' bedside, but his fever was bordering on extreme.

In the end he had called Tommy. He hated to bother her on her day off, but seeing her show up with the twins, worried about Uncle Carlos, ready to fix something to eat for the two of them as their father had taught them and to be nurses for one of their favorite uncles, so endeared TK to her that she couldn't tell them they'd better stay home to avoid catching anything.

"The fever is high," Tommy said as they left the bedroom. "But we're going to monitor him, if he has no lung problems, no trouble breathing and the vomiting only happens when he eats something, he should be fine, for the time being."

"Sorry to bother you on your day off, Captain."

"We're off work, so please call me Tommy. Besides, I care about you guys and the girls too. When they heard me talking on the phone with you, they went crazy saying they wanted to come with me."

TK sighed and plopped down on the couch. He hadn't slept much during the night. Every time he closed his eyes he imagined something horrible happening to Carlos because he was asleep, so he'd spent most of the night awake watching him, searching the internet for fever-reducing home remedies and the like to keep himself entertained, though he'd ended up watching a couple of series on Netflix on his cell phone with his headphones on.

"Why don't you try to get some sleep? The girls and I will stay as long as it takes."

"No need. Andrea, Carlos' mom, just told me she's on her way. She's bringing us food, which means we'll have a full fridge for two weeks." Tommy smiled and nodded. "I'm not complaining, cooking isn't my thing and while it's bad I don't want Carlos doing anything, let alone spending hours cooking."

"TK..." Carlos' voice made them both alert.

The paramedic approached the door to the room. Carlos had his eyes open, he was looking at him and his hand outstretched towards him to get his attention. TK walked over and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Good morning, my sleeping beauty." He moved to his boyfriend's forehead and gave him a kiss. He was burning and would give anything to notice that he was coming down and slowly getting better, but Tommy had told her, with a fever this high, it would take time for improvement to come. "Would you like me to make you some tea to settle your stomach a little?"

"¿Te he dicho ya lo mucho que te quiero?"

TK wondered if he was the one with the fever now, because he had just heard Carlos speak to him in Spanish. of which he had only understood "I love you."

"I love you too."

"Es nuestro fin de semana libre y tines que hacer de enfermero para limpiarme el vómito."

TK understood even less of what his boyfriend had just said. He understood Spanish words and had studied it in school. Carlos had said he'd be happy to teach his whenever he wanted, but they didn't have that much free time together to get into studying and practicing a language.

"Hold on, I'm going to need help. Don't move."

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