Honestly, I love the BuckTommy dinner scene for a lot of reasons but it feels like a full circle moment in some ways! Buck didn't even know he was bi at the start of the season but had unknowingly been flirting with guys for years (TK Strand anyone?). It is so refreshing to see him in the finale intentionally flirting with his boyfriend! He is empowered and embracing himself and I for one am all for it!
Relationship: Carlos Reyes/TK Strand
Rating: Explicit (Sexual Content)
Word Count: 6.2k
Tags: Alternate Universe - Band, Band Fic, PwP, PwF
Bonus Tags: the 126 crew are a band, TK Strand may be teasing Carlos Reyes on purpose, the concert clothes stay ON during sex, the mirror is chekov's gun tbh, sex in a break room
Summary: The crowd is singing along and the smile on TK's face grows impossibly bigger. This is his element and where he shines most. TK is too busy hyping up the crowd to notice the hungry staring from the VIP front row that Carlos can see, though. TK's shirt is off and he's jumping around, waving his arms back and forth to the song and pointing his microphone to the crowd for certain lyrics. He is laughing and enjoying himself . Carlos has never been more in love and can't stop staring or his own smile spreading.
that scene in 4x01 really gets me because carlos's fear is so palpable. that feeling of knowing your time's up but still being afraid, the painful reality of avoiding a conversation because you're not ready yet and it compounding when you're forced to have it anyway
and tk is so, so kind. open and willing to listen. immediately concerned for iris (his first thought, before he even knew it was iris, being about the person needing a green card. about them struggling and carlos helping), and concerned for carlos too, when he starts to get visibly anxious. and there's something about that, something so caring and gentle about carlos fearing the worst and tk being like hey. it'll be okay. we have time. we can fix it. we can do it together. i'm here. i love you.
it's the kind of thing that feels like it's developed over the years they've been together, of tk learning carlos and what he needs and how to take care of him, and it's so, so beautiful to witness.
Since it’s pride month, one of you talented people should make an LGBT gifset of all the canon queers in the 911 universe like L(Hen, Karen), G(TK, Carlos, Josh, Tommy), B(Buck, Nancy), T(Paul).
There certainly are more characters that I forgot so please don’t mind me being stupid
I just think it would be neat. If anyone makes it, please tag me, I’d love to see it