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Under the cut you can find 60+ tarlos AU prompts I came up with cause I’m not obsessed with this trope at all lol

I apologize in advance for any kind of inaccuracy

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Last updated on: March 15, 2023

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1. Physical therapist!Carlos — filled here Set after 1x08. TK needs physio for his shoulder after getting shot and Carlos ends up being his physical therapist

2. Realtor!Carlos Owen and TK just moved to Texas and they turn to realtor Carlos Reyes to find the perfect house for them. TK keeps finding things that are wrong with the houses they’re being shown and Carlos starts to think he’s doing his job wrong while TK was just making excuses to see him more. Owen is so done with his son

3. Counselor!Carlos Carlos is a counselor at a LGBTQ+ center in Austin. TK just moved to the city and one day he’s feeling on edge and while walking around the city trying to calm down he comes across the center and he goes inside out of desperation. He finds himself in the middle of a meeting held by Carlos and he’s so fascinated by him he decides to stick around. When the meeting is over Carlos approaches him before he can leave. Maybe he ends up helping Carlos out /volunteering at the center?

4. Canon divergence Set after 1x03. Carlos’ condo is set on fire then, maybe as a revenge from someone Carlos arrested in the past. Story is canon until 1x03. TK works on the fire and is devastated for Carlos and for his house. TK wants to be there for him and wants to help him find another place and they just go from there. Carlos would probably be like “I don’t need your pity” and TK would be like “shut up I wanna be there for you, please let me be”

5. Cop!TK + enemies to lovers TK moves to Austin and he gets paired with Carlos. Carlos is annoyed at being paired with the new guy and is not impressed by him at all. Then one day TK saves his life (maybe jumping in front of him/pushing him away from danger/taking a bullet for him) and things change from there.

6. Doctor!Carlos Carlos is the doctor treating Owen’s cancer. He’s there for TK in ways a doctor shouldn’t be but he just can’t stay away.

7. Barista!Carlos Carlos works as a barista at a coffee shop and it doesn’t matter how far it is from the 126 station, TK keeps going there every single day just to see him. TK lets slip that he works at the 126 and when he gets shot and doesn’t go to the coffee shop for some time Carlos gets worried and he goes to the fire station with coffees for everyone and they tell him what happened to TK. The 126 tease TK about it and they tell him to expect a text cause they gave Carlos his phone number.

8. Dog trainer!Carlos TK wants to get Buttercup trained and he goes to a training center where he finds Carlos. Buttercup is a quick learner but TK keeps bringing him there cause he wants to keep seeing Carlos. Carlos calls him out on that cause Buttercup is perfectly trained and TK just plays dumb.

9. Therapist!Carlos (not TK’s therapist) Carlos works at the hospital as a therapist for people who have family members suffering from cancer/illnesses. TK is taking Owen’s cancer news very hard. One day Owen gets hospitalized after feeling sick. TK is at the hospital with him and he is feeling restless and he starts wandering down the corridors and he ends up in front of Carlos’ office but he doesn’t bring himself to knock on the door and ask for help. He just sits there but eventually Carlos comes out of his office after being done with his shift and sees him there and he asks him if he is okay and they start talking. TK keeps going with Owen to his chemio appointments and he keeps seeing Carlos around the ward and they soon develop a friendship in the waiting room. All the talk happens when Carlos is not on the clock/he just makes time for TK.

10. Football players!Tarlos + enemies to lovers TK gets transfered from a NY team to one in Austin and he starts playing for the same team as Carlos. There’s always been a rivalry going on on the pitch between them and things are tense after TK’s arrival.

11. Different first meeting TK and Carlos have been seeing each other during calls but they never actually interacted with each other nor hooked up, no matter how much they both wanted to. One day TK rescues a dog and he can’t find the owner so he takes the dog home with him for the night. Maybe the dog ran away because there was a storm and it was scared and TK doesn’t wanna leave it in the street under the rain. He takes it to the vet the day after and the dog ends up being Carlos’.

12. Nurse!Carlos Set during 1x08. Carlos is a nurse at the hospital where TK ends up after being shot.

13. Paramedic!Carlos Carlos is the paramedic who takes Tim’s place and TK is still a firefigther.

14. Firefighter!Carlos TK and Owen never move to Austin. It’s Carlos who moves to NYC as a firefighter. TK and Carlos starts off on the wrong foot (Carlos considers TK the coach’s son, see Judd at the beginning of S1). TK is still dating Alex and everything goes down as in canon. When TK overdoses Carlos is there and helps Owen saving him. Things start to change for them from that moment.

15. Different first meeting TK gets pulled over by a hot cop and he tries to charm his way out of a ticket by flirting with him. It doesn’t work out but Carlos does leave his number on the ticket.

16. Summer camp!Tarlos TK and Carlos meet at a summer camp when they’re teenagers. They become friends right away and of course they like each other. They eventually share their first kiss there. When summer is over and they have to get back to their normal lives they promise to keep in touch and they do for a while. Then they just stop. Maybe TK becomes an addict around that time and that’s why he doesn’t keep in touch with Carlos. They meet again years later when TK and Owen move to Austin.

17. College AU Carlos attends college in NYC and during his last year there he meets TK. TK is studying at the academy. Maybe they meet at a party. They become close friends. One week before Carlos has to leave to go back home in Austin, they finally come clean with the feelings they have for each other and they hook up. They try to enjoy their last week together knowing that they’ll get back to their normal lives soon. When Carlos leaves for Austin they decide to keep in touch and see where things go from there but then they just stop. Maybe TK becomes an addict around that time and that’s why he doesn’t keep in touch with Carlos. They meet again years later when TK and Owen move to Austin.

18. Pediatrician!Carlos + single parent!TK — filled here When TK moves to Austin with his daughter and she gets ill he’s afraid he won’t find a good pediatrician for her there and then he finds Carlos.

19. Barista!TK TK is a barista at a coffee shop. Carlos’ precinct gets coffee there every single day. TK notices Carlos and keeps writing him little notes on his cup. Carlos doesn’t know who is writing those to him even if he really hopes it’s the cute guy with the green eyes. One day TK leaves his number on the cup and Carlos texts the number trying to understand who the person is but TK won’t tell. They exchange texts for awhile. Maybe Carlos doesn’t go to the coffee shop because something happens and TK worries about him? Eventually Carlos wants to meet up in person and when they actually meet he’s happy to see the person he’s been falling for through messages is TK.

20. Cashier!Carlos — filled here TK keeps going to the same supermarket every single week to see the beautiful man working there as a cashier. He constantly goes there even when he doesn’t really need anything, probably buying one item only and refusing to wait in line for cashiers who aren’t Carlos. Carlos is amused because TK is not even subtle about it

21. Different first meeting TK just moved to Austin. Carlos and him still haven’t met. One of them has a panic attack in the middle of the street. The other finds himself there and they help them through it.

22. Helpine center AU Judd and Grace’s first meeting but make it Tarlos. Carlos works at a helpline callcenter. TK is struggling with everything that’s been going on his life and with the move and he calls the helpline. Carlos picks up. TK falls in love with Carlos’ voice not knowing that the same thing is happening to Carlos.

23. Different first meeting TK is on a walk with Buttercup when the dog runs away and he breaks into a stranger’s garden. That, of course, ends up being Carlos’ house. From that time on TK never changes his route when walking Buttercup always hoping to see the other man. If he lets the dog free leading him to break into Carlos’ garden once or twice more no one has to know.

24. Neighbors!Tarlos — filled here TK and Carlos live in adjacent apartments and their bedrooms are on opposite side of a very thin wall. One night one of them hears the other crying and he starts talking to him through the wall. They start a routine and keep talking to each other through the wall every single night without ever meeting each other in person. Then one night one of them is really down and the other says that they really wanna see them and hold them and the other person finally goes knocking on their door.

25. Professor!Carlos + student!TK (sort of) Carlos is working on his doctorate and teaches night classes for people who decided to go back to college, like TK, and they meet there. They try to keep things professional until the academic year is over but that proves to be very difficult for them.

26. Soulmate AU Everyone has a soul mark that only their soulmate can see, not even the person himself can see it. Carlos marks is very visible and TK sees it right away while TK’s one is more hidden so Carlos doesn’t see it. TK doesn’t really wanna say anything about it but then one night, after they’ve been seeing each other for a while, either as friends or friends with benefits, Carlos sees TK’s mark and he’s hurt by TK’s behaviour. (Maybe TK has his mark on his ankle and he sprains it one day and that’s when Carlos sees it).

27. Undercover!Carlos — filled here Carlos is working a case as an undercover cop. He meets TK during the job and he tries to be professional but he just can’t stay away from him. When TK finds out the truth he thinks that nothing was real between them and he’s heartbroken.

28. Delivery guy!Carlos — filled here The 126 always order pizza from this place Carlos works at as a delivery guy and that’s where TK notices him. TK starts ordering take out from that place every week just to see him and specifically asking for Carlos not knowing that the he can see the “please let the hot guy deliver” notes he keeps leaving on his orders. Carlos is like “do you really eat this amount of unhealthy food every single week?” and TK is like “I don’t even eat it, it’s just an excuse to see you”

29. Best men!Tarlos Judd and Grace are getting married and Judd chooses TK and Carlos as his best men. TK and Carlos’ story can either be canon until 1x09 (so they never got together in the end) or until their break up. Now they have to organize Judd’s bachelor’s party together. They start spending more time together because of it and maybe during the actual bachelor’s party they hook up again and that brings up unresolved feelings.

30. Waiter!TK TK just moved to Austin and while he waits to get back on his feet and to start working as a firefighter again he decides to take up a waiter job offer at a restaurant. One night while he’s at work he sees this beautiful man who clearly got stood up on a date and he decides to make it his job to cheer him up. That’s how he meet Carlos.

31. Wrong number/email AU Carlos keeps emailing/texting the wrong person (maybe there’s one different digit/letter from the email/number he needs) and that’s how he finds himself talking to TK. Maybe they already know each other from work and they don’t get along that well irl and they don’t have each other’s numbers so they don’t realize they’re talking to each other for a while.

32. Firefighter!Carlos Carlos works at the 126 as a firefighter but on a different shift from TK. So they always bump into each other when they exchange shifts but they never manage to actually hang out together. Everyone teases them about their mutual crushes.

33. Queer as Folk AU TK and Carlos have been fooling around for months now. TK doesn’t want anything serious while Carlos wants a serious relationship. One night TK is in a taxi on his way to the airport to go back to NYC while Carlos is out at a club for a LGBTQ+ event. An explosion happens at the club and TK hears about it live on the radio. He tells the taxi driver to drive back to the club and once there he starts looking for Carlos. When he finds him covered in dust and blood he just can’t keep his feelings inside anymore and he tells him he loves him right on the spot.

34. Neighbors!Tarlos — filled here TK and Carlos live in the same building. One night TK is coming home from a shift and he hears the fire alarm from his neighbour’s place going off. He sees smoke coming from out of the door and can hear some girls screaming from inside. He doesn’t even think twice about kicking down the door to put the fire out and save whoever is inside. What he finds instead is a small kitchen fire that has already been taken care of and a very attractive man, Carlos, who was babysitting his nieces and got distracted by them while cooking. TK is mortified while Carlos is very impressed even if he doesn’t have a door anymore.

35. Pet shelter AU (pre Buttercup) Carlos works at a pet shelter. TK has always wanted a puppy since he was little so when he finds himself in front of a pet shelter one day he doesn’t resist the urge to go inside. Everytime he’s sad, mad or when things are going wrong he finds himself there petting every single dog there is and Carlos can’t find it in his heart to stop him or say anything to him. Time passes and TK starts going to the pet shelter more for Carlos than for the puppies.

36. Subway/Bus/Train AU + artist!TK — filled here TK and Carlos both take the subway/bus/train to go to work. TK is either an artist or he just draws in his spare time and he’s really good at it. They see each other every single morning on their way to work and they sit relatively close to each other. One day TK just gets this sudden urge to draw this beautiful stranger sitting in front of him and he gets pencil and paper out and stars drawing. When it’s time to get off for TK, he slips the drawing to the stranger and hurries out. Carlos is left speechless and he can’t wait to see the mysterious man again the day after. But the day after TK is nowhere to be seen cause he was just too embarrassed about what he did and took a different train/bus. Then they eventually bump into each other again.

37. Different first meeting Carlos volunteers to foster temporarily a dog that needs a home until the pet shelter can find a new owner for it. TK has been in Austin for a while when he decides he wants to adopt one to keep him company. He ends up adopting the dog that was staying with Carlos and since he knows that Carlos has become very attached to it, he always texts him pictures of the dog and invites him when they go for walks to the park blatantly using the dog as an excuse to keep seeing him.

38. 3x07 inspired AU There has always been a rivalry between the police and fire department and every year they come together to fight it out on the pitch (could be any sport), with a celebratory party afterwards. Carlos and TK have always seen each other during calls but that is the first time they actually interact.

39. Neighbors AU TK and Carlos are neighbors and meet for the first time on the fire escape stair outside their apartments. It's the middle of the night when Carlos hears noises outside and he's surprised to see a man, who is apparently his new neighbor, hanging out there by himself at 3am.

40. Writer!Carlos + barista!TK Carlos is a writer and needs inspiration for a character for something he's writing. He's sitting at a coffee shop and the first person that catches his attention is the beautiful barista working there, TK according to his name tag. TK who definitely noticed the way Carlos has been staring at him for the past hour (for his character study only of course).

41. Different first meeting One day Carlos wakes up to the following text from a number he doesn’t know: “Hello, I got your number from your dog. He’s not lost, just playing in my garden” with a photo of his dog attached.

42. Childhood friends AU TK and Carlos went to school together, they were friends and secretly had a crush on each other. Then they lost contact during college with TK moving to NY to study and Carlos staying in Austin and they never heard of each other again. Until TK moves back to Austin years later and there they meet again.

43. 3x08 AU TK is on his way to NY for his mum’s funeral when the accident on the plane happens: the stranger getting injured is Carlos not Genevieve.

44. Different first meeting It’s karaoke night with both the APD and AFD. A slightly inebriated Carlos takes the stage to sing one of TK’s favourite song and even if he’s singing terribly TK just can’t look away from him. That night they talk for the first time.

45. Multiple soulmates AU In which people can have multiple soulmates, depending on the time and situation, so it's really a matter of choosing the one for you. People can have one like five. Alex was one of TK's soulmates but their relationship ended as in canon. When TK gets to Austin he doesn't really care about the whole concept of soulmates until he meets Carlos, who is dating his current soulmate. TK can instantly feel that Carlos is one of his soulmates but considering his past experience and the fact that Carlos is dating someone else, he doesn't really do anything about it. Until one of them eventually does.

46. Different first meeting TK is 50 cents short to pay for his coffee and the officer behind him in line named Carlos offers to pay for it. TK makes it his mission to track him down and pay him back.

47. Tattoo artist!TK — filled here TK is a tattoo artist and is working late one night when a very drunk and very hot guy comes into his shop demanding to get a tattoo. TK is amused by the stranger and goes “If you still want my name tattooed on your ass come back tomorrow when you’re not drunk”. The day after Carlos goes back to apologize and he is mortified by what he did the prior night. Maybe he was dared by his friends/colleagues to walk into the shop.

48. Different first meeting TK just moved to Texas when he asks a stranger, Carlos, for directions to a place that is turning out to be very difficult to find. So when the stranger kindly offers to guide him there, he can't really say no. Especially when he smiles at him and TK becomes lost for a totally different reason.

49. College AU One is an art student and the other is an English major. They share a class and sit next to each other and the art student always leaves behind doodles/sketches on the desk for the other to find.

50. Neighbors AU It’s quarantine. TK and Carlos are neighbors and start talking to each other from their balconies. When quarantine is over they finally go out together. (They can still be first responders and work full time or not and spend their days at home in lockdown).

51. College AU TK's parents threaten to cut him off if his grades don’t get better, so he asks the best student in his class, Carlos, to tutor him.

52. Different first meeting — filled here Carlos is biking through the neighborhood when he spots a really beautiful guy jogging and manages to steer into a pole because of him. And of course the stranger would be a paramedic named TK who’s now busy giving him first aid before driving him to the hospital to get his bloody nose checked.

53. Neighbors AU TK and Carlos are neighbors and always see each other in the elevator. Now they’ve gotten stuck because of a power outage so they take advantage of that to get to know each other.

54. Neighbors + dog owners AU TK and Carlos are neighbors and both dog owners. Their dogs really like each other and whine through their apartments doors when they're apart so the two men are obviously forced to spend time together.

55. College AU TK is always prepared for class and exams but he never bring any pens with him and he asks Carlos for one every single day. TK always gives back his pens and Carlos might secretly have a crush on him so he doesn't really ask any questions. One day when TK returns his pen at the end of the class Carlos just tells him to keep it, thinking of doing something nice, but TK seems taken aback by that. From that day on TK doesn't ask him for a pen anymore and Carlos starts missing that small interaction they had so one day he asks TK for a pen only to find out that he always had a full case of them with him and the pen was just an excuse to talk to him.

56. IT guy!Carlos TK has a broken laptop and he takes it to a shop to get it fixed. If after that moment he keeps finding excuses and new problems with it to keep seeing the very cute IT guy that works there no one has to know. “Are you breaking your laptop on purpose?”

57. Roommate AU Carlos puts an ad on craigslist to find a new roommate as a joke but someone actually ends up replying and now this stranger, TK, is actually living with him.

58. Art school AU One of them is an art student and the other is a model who poses in one of their classes. If the student ends up drawing/painting/sculpting nothing during that particular class is not really their fault.

59. Photographer!Carlos It’s time again for the annual calendar photoshoot at the firehouse and Carlos is the photographer hired to take the pics.

60. Parent!TK + parent!Carlos TK and Carlos meet one day when they go pick up their respective kids at school. TK just moved to Austin and could use a friendly face, especially if it’s a young dad like himself.

61. High school reunion AU Carlos and TK went to high school together. They were either friends crushing on each other or dating but they inevitably lost contact after graduation. They meet again at the 10 year reunion of their class.

62. Firefox!TK What if TK was Firefox instead and Carlos was a huge fan of his? When TK relapses Firefox stops being active on social medias and Carlos wonders why until one day he finds himself right in front of him during a rescue in Austin and well, he’s a bit star struck.

63. Different first meeting TK is really craving ice-cream (or whatever else) one night and when he enters a grocery shop and sees a man, Carlos, holding the last tub of his favourite flavour he thinks the stranger is too good looking to fight him over it but unfortunately he catches him staring.

64. Art therapy AU TK is awful at drawing but when his therapist suggests art therapy to him he can’t bring himself to turn down the idea. Carlos can either be the person teaching the lessons or another person joining the workshop and when TK sees him he’s so glad he decided to join.

65. Artist/Museum AU Carlos is an artist and spends a lot of his time at this particular museum to get inspiration for his art. Sometimes he just sits there and draws. TK works at the museum as a tour guide and his explanations about art are so mesmerizing that one day Carlos finds himself joining a random group of tourists just to keep listening to that voice and TK obviously notices.

66. Artist AU Carlos is an artist and usually spends his time drawing at a park where he can get his inspiration from people and the nature surrounding him. One day he’s in a rush and he forgets his sketchbook on a bench just for a stranger to find it and post a picture of it on his Instagram looking for the owner. Carlos really hopes the stranger, TK, who’s a usual runner in that park, hasn’t looked inside cause he might be the inspiration for a lot of his drawings.

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