#tornado tamer

[rosemilo]

Being there for her, no matter how, was all that mattered to him

[logan-bear-bear]

So I’m just sitting here, think about the Tornado Tamers and Wranglers, and the Tamers really are the OG Chasing group cause here me out here

Kate=Tyler (The leader)

Jeb=Boone (The recorder)

Addy=Dani (The daredevil)

Javi=Lily (The data collector)

Praveen=Dexter (The cautious one)

Like in my mind that makes sense to me, and there really are such moments that really nail this in the coffin with each of them but I dunno

[tempesttamers]

“Hey Siri, play Tongue Tied by GROUPLOVE”

[missallie93]

Tyler Owens: is somebody gonna match my freak

Universe: *drops tornado tamer Kate Carter directly in front of him*

Tyler: 🤠🤠🤠

[ace-and-sleepdeprived]

ahem, i’m starting to see people try to vilify javi for some of the choices he made, so i’m here to defend my boy.

“he purposefully put kate back into a triggering atmosphere and got mad at her for appropriately panicking!” first of all, he didn’t get mad at her when they didn’t get the full scan of the first tornado because kate freaked out - he visibly got frustrated, yes, but he didn’t lash out at her. if anything he probably felt awful for putting her in that situation, but he had to be professional cause of storm par, and second of all, he understands that she’s traumatized because he’s traumatized too!! just because javi wasn’t in the fucking tornado with the rest of the tamers does NOT mean he isn’t JUST as traumatized as kate is from losing three of his best friends in a freak storm. just because his way of coping with the trauma is more like jo’s in the original doesn’t mean he doesn’t harbor the same guilt kate does.

“he still has the storm par truck at the end so he’s just gonna continue being an opposing force to kate and the wranglers!” i think javi still having the lion truck doesn’t explicitly mean he’s still with storm par - as he tells scott in the scene where he dumps him that he’s done with storm par and with riggs - he likely either bought the truck from them or already has ownership of it [kate apologizing for stealing his truck], so he’s pretty plausibly not connected with storm par anymore. hell, it’s even heavily implied that javi’s working with the wranglers now, given his interactions with tyler at the airport.

“javi should’ve died in the movie!” so you want kate to have even MORE trauma on top of what she already has?? if javi had died that would’ve meant ALL of kate’s friends from the tornado tamers would be dead from tornadoes. i don’t know about you, but that would fuck SEVERELY with anybody’s psyche regarding tornadoes. in that situation, kate would be completely justified in going back to new york and never coming back, since oklahoma would be the place where four of the most important people in her life died horrific deaths. it’s GOOD that javi didn’t die and got to have a good ending alongside her, even if he was led astray because of his own guilt and didn’t make the wisest choices in who to connect himself with. he DESERVES a good ending as much as kate does, even if he coped with the trauma in not the best way.

this is just my two cents, but i HAD to talk about this because i don’t want to see people try to paint javi as the villain when he clearly isn’t.

[captainsophiestark]

Take A Break

Javi Rivera x Reader

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Written for my personal fic writing challenge for 2024, Sophie's Year of Fic! Featuring a new fic being posted every Friday, all year long :)

Fandom: Twisters

Summary: As part of Kate's original crew of tornado-tamers, you're as much of a workaholic as she is. Thankfully, Javi's around to help pull his girlfriend out of her notes when she really needs a break.

Word Count: 1,123

Category: Fluff, Humor, kind of angst just because of what happens to the original crew, but you can easily pretend that doesn't happen in the timeline of this fic :)

Putting work into an AI program without permission is illegal. You do not have my permission. Do not do it.

"Hey, enough work for tonight. Come join the party with the rest of us."

I smiled to myself as I made a few last notes off the computer screen. I knew Jeb was mostly talking to Kate, but I also knew that if I stayed here and tried to keep working after he managed to get Kate to take a break, my boyfriend wouldn't be far behind to literally drag me away from my notes.

I scribbled down a few last things as Jeb herded Kate away to the campfire, then started the process of shutting down my computer. Just as the last program finished closing, two arms wrapped tightly around my waist and picked me up, pulling me away from my work at the back of the truck.

"Javi!" I squealed, laughing as he slung me over one shoulder and started heading for the campfire.

"Yeah babe?"

"I was about to head over!"

"Oh yeah, I've heard that one before. Sorry, I know you too well. I know how fast another minute can turn into another hour. I care about this project as much as you do, but you need to take a break."

I sighed, rolling my eyes even though Javi couldn't see me. Even so, I couldn't totally hold back a smile.

"You know, Jeb just came and threw an arm around Kate."

"That's because Jeb lacks commitment," Javi responded as we neared the fire with the rest of our friends. He made sure to speak loudly enough that Jeb could hear him, too. "And because Kate's easier to convince than you are."

I scoffed, but the impact was lessened as Javi flopped into one of the chairs around the fire, pulling me around to sit in his lap in one smooth move. I shook my head and grinned up at him once we landed.

"You don't want your own chair?"

"My girl's had her head in her work, completely ignoring me for hours. No, I don't want my own chair."

I laughed, snuggling in closer to Javi and resting my head on his chest. He wrapped his arms tighter around me, and I smiled to see the rest of our friends settled comfortably around the fire, too.

"Glad you could finally join us!" called Praveen, Addy grinning beside him. I grinned right back.

"Don't act like I'm the only workaholic in this group," I said, fake-scowling as I curled closer into Javi's side. "You're all just as bad as I am. That's why we're friends."

"Alright, I resent the implicaiton that I don't know how to have a healthy work-life balance," said Javi, drawling his words a little as he held up his hands on either side of me to help illustrate his point. "I know how to have fun and how to work my ass off with Dorothy."

I twisted in Javi's lap to look up at him with a frown.

"Is it a healthy work-life balance to go way too hard on work and fun?"

He just looked down at me with a grin, leaning in for a quick kiss before pulling back with the same roguish smile.

"Hell yeah it is."

I just laughed and shook my head, leaning back on his shoulder as he tigthened his arms around me.

"Alright, whatever you say. I guess that's what college is for anyway, even if it's grad school."

"We're making memories. We have to have something to say when we're being interviewed for our incredible scientific breakthrough. Some good memories for the memoir."

"He's right," Jeb chimed in, leaning back and stretching his arm out across Kate's chair. "Most people won't want to hear that we spent every hour of every day in the lab. They want to know the people behind the science."

"I don't think any of the journals we want to publish in are going to care about who we are outside of the lab," Kate countered, flopping back against Jeb. "Or the people reading our grant proposals."

"Still works for the long-term headlines," Addy chimed in. "'Brilliant scientists tame the tornado, protecting the home where they spent countless nights together'."

"I think that's a little long," mused Kate.

"It makes it sound like we were all sleeping with each other or something," I added.

"Yeah, that's just the two sets of lovebirds over there," Praveen added.

Kate and Jeb smiled, Kate tucking her head into Jeb's shoulder, and I shot Praveen a wink before leaning up to give Javi a quick kiss. Praveen and Addy liked to make a big show of covering their eyes and shouting at any sign of PDA, but we knew it was all in good fun. They loved the four of us, both separately and as couples, even if they'd both developed strong ten minute comedy sets on the fact that they weren't dating each other or anyone else in our little group.

"Alright, enough of this," Kate said, leaning forward and raising an eyebrow. "I came over here with the promise of s'mores. So where are they?"

"Javi packed them," said Jeb, nodding in our direction. Javi shifted under me, settling further into the chair and wrapping his arms a little tighter around me.

"They're in the back of the van, but somebody else is gonna have to get them. I'm settled in here, and if I don't keep an eye on this one, she might just run right back to her computers."

Most of our friends rolled their eyes, but even so, Addy stood up.

"Lucky for both of you, I want s'mores enough that I'm willing to get up and take one for the team."

"Thank you, Addy," we chorused. She just waved us off with a smile. I waited until she passed Javi and I and got all the way to the truck, then leaned up to whisper in my boyfriend's ear.

"You absolutely know I wouldn't choose computers over s'mores. Probably ever."

"Of course I know," Javi said, leaning down to whisper in my ear with a smile, nuzzling into the crook of my shoulder. "But I'm enjoying sitting with you like this. We're too comfortable to be getting up for s'mores when we have friends that'll take care of that for us."

I laughed, nodding and resting my forehead against his.

"You're right. Genius decision."

"I know."

We shared a smile, one of Javi's hands gently squeezing my thigh as I leaned in to give him another quick kiss. Sitting by the fire with him, surrounded by all our friends, was my absolute favorite happy place. It made all the work and risk and long nights spent huddled over calculations and theories worth it, to be able to do it with Javi and the rest of our crew.

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[cat-in-a-box13]

Twisters Headcanons Time!

Because this movie has been living rent-free in my head for the past two weeks

Javi, Kate, and Addy were absolutely friends in high school. I would even argue that Kate and Javi go back as far as middle school because I too, would do anything for the people that saw me through my warrior cats girl phase and still agreed to be seen in public with me.

Addy met Praveen in college and he took one look at her and decided she was absolutely insane and he wanted nothing to do with her, only to discover that his best friend was dating her best friend when they introduced the friend groups a month later

Speaking of introducing the friend groups, it was absolutely a disaster. No one can convince me that any of the Tornado Tamers (is that the name we're going with? Because it's honestly awesome) were functional human beings at any point in their lives

Addy was a disaster lesbian and I will except no criticism on this. She had terrible taste in women, and every time she walked out of the room after introducing the Tamers to her latest girlfriend, they were all side-eyeing each other like "This one was... interesting" "She was a bitch." "Oh, thank god somebody said it. I hate her."

Jeb was the dad of the group, but Praveen was absolutely the mom. Neither of them know how the original trio survived this long.

Javi gets horrendously carsick if he's in the backseat. He is always either driving or in the front passenger seat as the navigator.

This means that whenever Javi and Kate chase together, she's always stuck in the passenger seat because it's harder for her to navigate and drive at the same time, and Javi doesn't have the same instincts that she does.

After the "lightning incident" as they later termed it, Praveen kept a first-aid kit that a paramedic would be jealous of stuffed in the back of the car under the seat. When Javi went looking for everybody after the tornado passed, it was the only thing he was able to recover from the car. He still uses it to this day, and he thinks of Praveen every time he has to open it.

Kate hasn't visited the graves since the funeral. Javi visits the graves monthly, except for when he was active-duty military and couldn't get away.

The first time Kate tries to visit their graves after she comes back to Oklahoma, she had a panic attack when she tried to get out of the truck and had to call Tyler to come get her because she couldn't drive home. It took another week, and a pep talk from her mom before she managed to stand in front of the graves and say hi.

Speaking of her mom, Cathy liked to joke that she had five kids when the Tamers were using her barn as their home base. When Jeb, Addy, and Praveen died, she knew something was wrong hours before Javi called her sobbing from the hospital where her baby had just gone into surgery. She had never driven that fast in her life, until she gets another call from a considerably calmer Javi five years later. He still cried when he saw her the second time, and she hugged him just as tightly as she had before.

[goddesspharo]

Tornado Tamers + Tornado Wranglers TWISTERS (2024), dir. Lee Isaac Chung

[ghostofskywalker]

Hi! Can I request a Kate Carter x fem reader where the reader is an environmental scientist/meteorologist collecting data with Storm Par (for non-evil-insurance reasons), and that's how Kate meets her and they're in love obviously but Kate doesn't realize it until her tornado tamer works and she realizes the first person she wants to tell is the reader? I love Twisters, I'm so happy people are writing for it! Thank you!

hi! i hope you enjoy this :)

words: 1,294

summary: when javi introduces kate to the storm par team, you couldn't help the way you were captivated by her. and once you get to know her more, that feeling only grew.

Kindred Spirits

You had met a lot of people working for Storm Par. As Javi liked to say, there were PHD’s from the finest schools in the country, all dedicated to pushing the boundaries of tornado research with some of the most technologically advanced gear and machinery at their disposal. And most of them, if you were being honest, were incredibly boring to talk to. 

Sure, the work you did was never dull, and the weather often made up for a lot when discussing theories and ideas with your coworkers, and Javi was the person you connected with the most, but the two of you were almost always busy, and you began to keep to yourself more at work. 

That is, until you met her. 

Standing in the muddy parking lot with crowds of other people, all ranging from fellow agencies to amateur thrill seekers, you couldn’t take your eyes off her as she walked up with Javi. “Everyone, this is Kate,” Javi said, and you smiled warmly in greeting. You could tell she was nervous, and you remembered feeling the same way. “She’s the smartest person I know.” 

And as you found out, Javi was certainly not kidding with that honorific. As one of the team’s data analysts, it was your job to take a look at the storm data coming in on weather radar and make judgements about where you could go to get the best chances of success, and you liked to think that you were pretty damn good at it. But even your most successful run of predictions paled in comparison to the way that Kate seemed to simply know where tornadoes were going to pop up. If you weren’t so fascinated with the skill, you would be more than a little jealous, if you were being honest. 

But at the same time, you couldn’t help the way you were utterly captivated by her. 

One morning in particular, you were sitting on the motor lodge’s poor excuse of a balcony when the sound of a nearby door opening made you turn. “Sorry,” Kate said, moving to turn back towards her room. “I didn’t know anyone was out here.” 

“No need to apologize,” you said. “There’s enough room out here for the two of us, you don’t have to go back inside.” 

You hadn’t expected her to stay, but a pleasant feeling settled in your stomach as she pulled a chair next to where you were sitting. The two of you sat in comfortable silence for a few moments, but you could tell that something was troubling her. 

“Anything on your mind?” It was a shot in the dark, you were practically a stranger to her. But you knew that sometimes it helped to just talk, to let out your troubles, so you offered the space anyway. 

“Just tornado stuff,” she said, a smile crossing her face. “I don’t know what to think about something.” 

“I think most people here are thinking about tornado stuff,” you laughed, not wanting to push her into telling you something she wasn’t comfortable with. 

“Do you think it’s possible to stop a tornado?” 

That was certainly an odd question, and you pondered the implications. “By stop, what do you mean?” 

“To vaporize it in its tracks,” she said. 

That was not what you were expecting, and you considered the possibilities, based on the data you had already collected. “I think it certainly could be possible, if we had some way to artificially stabilize the system that controls it,” you said. “Though I don’t have a clue what one could use to do that.” 

“Sodium polyacrylate,” she said, and you could immediately see the vision she had. “Or I thought it could. Now I’m left wondering if I ever had a chance in the first place.” 

As she told you the story behind it, you mulled over the details. “The logic stands,” you said. “I know it’s not much of a consolation, but I think that it could work.” 

“Maybe,” she said. “I just don’t know if I have the strength to really begin testing it again.” 

“That’s understandable as well.” In a moment of boldness, you reached out and rested your hand over hers, pulling it back when you realized what you had just done. “If you ever wanted any help with it though, I’m here. Even if you’re back in New York, Javi knows where to find me.” 

She smiled, knowing your offer was sincere. “Thanks.” 

***

After that day, you didn’t see as much of Kate as you would have liked. It felt too strange to ask Javi if he knew anything about where she was, so you simply kept your head down and did your job. 

You had been working with some scientists in the nearby national weather service building when you heard about the tornado in El Reno, and you left the building immediately. But by the time you arrived at the site of the disaster, the damage was already done. 

Wandering through the streets, you looked for any sign of Kate, or any sign of Javi. With each step you took past ruined buildings, a fear that you haven’t felt in some time began to build in your stomach. What if something happened to them?

When you heard someone call your name, you turned immediately. 

“Javi!” The two of you raced towards each other, and you immediately pulled your friend into a crushing hug. “I’m so glad you’re okay.” 

He nodded, before pulling away and grabbing your hand. “Come on,” he said, offering no otherwise explanation. Hoping that he would lead you to Kate, you followed. 

You could tell that she had just been through hell, and you weren’t sure what she thought of you, but you pulled her into a hug just as tight as Javi’s. She was covered in sweat and grime, but you didn’t care one bit. “What happened?” you asked, selfishly hanging onto the embrace a little longer than you probably should have. 

“It worked!”

You didn’t need an explanation for that, knowing exactly what she meant, and you couldn’t help but smile. “Really?” 

“You stopped the tornado?” 

“Yes!” she said. “With a little bit of adjusting and some silver iodide, it worked.” As Javi stepped away to speak to someone nearby, you grinned at Kate. “Thank you.” 

Confused, you looked at her. “For what?” 

She pulled you into another hug, a smile on her face. “For just being there.” And as the two of you stood there, not letting go of the embrace, she spoke once more. “When I was sitting in the tornado and watching it dissipate, I realized that I couldn’t wait to tell you.” 

You pulled back slightly to look at her, and the two of you were so close. “Kate-” 

“Is it crazy to say that I want to kiss you right now?” 

God, you had to be dreaming right now, or it had to be something to do with leftover adrenaline from a near death experience, something. No, the voice in your mind said. This was not the time to be cynical, to think that all this was nothing. “Is it crazy to say that I want the same thing?” 

As your lips connected, any reservations you had disappeared. Your hands found their way to her waist, and you didn’t even care that Javi had probably seen all this happen. 

When the two of you broke apart, you spoke. “Come work at Storm Par,” you said. “I think we could really use someone with your talents on the team.” 

She laughed. “Is that the only reason?” 

“And I don’t want to have to say goodbye.” 

Leaning in for another quick kiss, Kate laughed. “Don’t worry,” she said. “I’m definitely here to stay now.”

- the end -

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[snapghoul]

I gotta know the conversation where Kate sliped up to Jake about Tyler getting hurt, because now I’m curious

Also how did Jake confront Tyler about it?

Yes. Yes, you may know.

There’s not enough wind in Oklahoma

Alt title: til it’s all blown away

Note: Had a fun time writing this and it has obliterated my writing block. I’m still trying to get the characters right in writing so if it’s still ooc I’m sorry.

Warnings: foul language, discussion of near death.

Song: Blown Away by Carrie Underwood

Jake stood next to the bright yellow barrels, his mind reeling. He didn't know much about storm chasing, but he knew his brother had a penchant for risky ventures. What he hadn't known was that Tyler's recent foray was more than just another daredevil stunt.

“So it does what?” Jake asked.

This wasn't Tyler's idea at all; it was Kate’s—her ambitious tornado tamer project. She’d been explaining it to him with contagious enthusiasm.

“So the silver iodine makes more rain to increase the cold pool and my polymer absorbs the moister! It essentially cuts the fuel and the storm collapses on its self,” Kate said, patting the top of the barrel with a wide, excited grin.

“It worked the first time we tested it—well, the first time with version 3.0. The initial tests ended tramaticly, and the second one didn’t work at all. But this one did—on an EF5, no less! In El Reno. I managed to get my polymer deployed before the storm wreaked total havoc. In the end, everyone was safe; the truck got wrecked, and Tyler took a steel beam to the leg, but he’s alright,” Kate said, her back turned as she removed one of the barrel covers, wanting to show off the mixture.

Jake's smile slowly faded, replaced by a hard, cold look. Anger and concern warred within him. He had been told Tyler wasn't even near El Reno during the storm. Now, the truth was hitting him like a ton of bricks.

Jake’s voice was tight with suppressed emotion as he stepped forward. “So Tyler didn’t just happen to be in the area—he was in the middle of it?”

Kate turned around, her brows furrowed in confusion. She remembered Tyler talking on the phone with someone, was it Jake she didn’t know. “He said he called you…“

Kate wasn’t naive; it was clear Tyler had kept his near-death experience from Jake. The depth of Jake’s anger was evident, and she understood why.

“He didn’t tell you.” It wasn’t a question.

“No, he didn’t,” Jake said through clenched teeth. His voice was strained with fury. “Actually he didn’t call me, ma did. I was under the impression he wasn’t even near El Reno!”

Kate frowned, the barrel cover slipping from her hand. “I’m sorry. I thought he told you. I’m sure he just didn’t want you to worry—”

She trailed off, uncertain of what else to say, unable to speak for Tyler. Jake’s expression was a mix of anger and hurt, and she understood it wasn’t directed at her.

“No, you have no reason to apologize,” Jake said, his voice steadier now. “In fact, thank you for telling me.”

Jake’s jaw was clenched, and his green eyes were sharp and cold. He glanced at the barrels, managing a strained smile as he addressed Kate with an uncharacteristic politeness.

“I’m looking forward to seeing your project in action. But if you’ll excuse me, I need to have a word with my dear brother.”

Kate watched Jake struggle to contain his anger as he marched across the dirt driveway of her mom’s house.

“Shit,” Kate muttered under her breath.

Tyler, oblivious to the approaching storm, was engaged in a conversation with Bradley near the barn. Jake seized Tyler by the shoulder, spinning him around with a violent jerk that startled both Tyler and Bradley.

“You’re a goddamn bastard, Ty!” Jake erupted. “You almost died and didn’t tell me? Or Ma? What the hell were you thinking?”

Tyler wasn't usually aggressive, at least from what Kate had observed, but she had never seen his demeanor turn so icy so quickly. He shoved Jake away to create some distance between them.

"It's no different from your job," Tyler said defensively, it was pot and kettle to him. "I was fine. I didn't see any need to tell anyone. It was like the rodeo."

"My job? What does that have to do with this? Tyler, you were nearly killed by an EF5!" Jake shouted, his voice thick with frustration.

"Nearly! Just 'nearly,' Jake! Those are the key words," Tyler retorted. He had faced death in the face so many times, the close call seemed almost insignificant now.

"Exactly—'nearly' is the problem! You never really see how close you come to death until one day it finally catches up with you!" Jake yelled back.

"You do the same! Do you have any idea how terrified Ma and Dad were when you signed up? You treat that death trap like it’s a joyride!" Tyler pressed.

Jake took a sharp breath as Tyler shifted the focus of the argument onto him, trying to make his role as a fighter pilot the issue.

"This isn't about me, Tyler. You lied not just to me but to the whole family! Do you even understand what would have happened if you had died?"

Jake couldn’t fathom a life without his brother; they were two halves of the same whole. Tyler knew him inside and out, and vice versa.

Tyler fell silent, his jaw clenching as his eyes flickered with a mix of guilt and anger. He hadn’t considered the full impact of what might have happened, and he wasn’t sure he wanted to.

Jake pressed on, his voice rising with urgency. “You don’t get it! Losing you would tear everything apart. I know you push boundaries and take risks, but damn it, Tyler, you have to be honest with us! We’re your family, and you can’t just leave us in the dark about something this serious!”

Jake was panting, his shoulders heaving as his words echoed across the vast Oklahoma landscape. Tyler remained silent for a moment before turning and walking away. Unlike Jake, he didn’t lash out with venomous words when things became overwhelming; he simply withdrew.

In a fit of frustration, Jake let out a primal scream, his anger spilling over. He threw his hands up in exasperation and stormed off in the opposite direction, needing to channel his rage and confusion into something, anything.

[kitkat-the-unstable-snack]

Twisters headcannon!!!!!

(Mainly going to be the tornado tamers)

Addy and Javi were like siblings, and when she died, it felt like Javi had lost a part of him

When Javi told kate that he would have done anything for her, it wasn't in a romantic sense, but because they had been friends for so long that she would have done the same for him

Jeb and Kate were so in love that he was planning to propose after she had gotten the collage grant

Addy and praveen were together when he was struck by lightning

Kate's scar still gives her pain

Kate and Javi both have survivors guilt kates, being that she led her friends into an E5 and Javi, being that he didn't warn them quickly enough

Javi is bisexual and has hooked up with everyone in his friend group except addy

Addy is a lesbian whose gay awaking was jo harding

Javi was the one who told everyone parents what happened

That is all I got. I might do one for the tornado wranglers later!

[sophiphi]

Yall we need to come up with a proper ship name for tyler and kate because im getting tired of just going tyler x kate and vice versa or whatever. So here’s some ideas (and my takes lmao)

Tykate (kinda bland n boring tho)

Tate (?? no)

Kayler (ugh pls dont vote for this guys)

Tyter (like tighter. mix of tyler and carter. mmmm not my best idea but its better that the first three imo)

Kyte (like kite? gahh idk)

The ship name also doesnt HAVE to be a mix of their names. it could also just be related to their stories + common ground or smth. but tornado tamers is a pretty long ship name if u ask me lol

Share yall’s thoughts!! Lets get a ship name up n running so it can sail lol

[chelsealeshay]

The Tornado Tamer and Tornado Wrangler: A Future Fic

First #TYLERKATE fanfiction is finished. Thanks to the person who threw out the idea on Tumblr about Kate finding the picture Ben took in Tyler’s truck in the future.

Hope y’all enjoy this one.

[tempesttamers]

Kate and Javi and their team loved those storm chaser parking lot parties. Javi would play his guitar and Addie would leap to her feet, dragging Kate along with her. Jeb was easily persuaded by Kate and it was only a matter of time before they convinced a reluctant Praveen to join them. They would sing and dance and laugh well into the night.

Javi hadn’t picked up his guitar since their last night together, fearing that the notes, too, would be carried away by the wind.

[stevethehairington]

okay so it wouldn't be like a DIRECT au of it, just like a heavily inspired by, but BUDDIE TWISTER/TWISTERS AU:

so. buck is a storm chaser. he's got his team, him and a few others, and then abby, his girlfriend. they're working on trying to find a way to tame a twister — to get it to stop before it can start enough to do it's damage. they think they've finally got it, only when they go to put it into test there is a horrible accident and buck loses the whole team, except abby. the two of them are the only survivors. and it is DEVASTATING, but buck is like at least abby and i can lean on each other in our grief, we can get through this together. only abby quits. she quits stormchasing then and there and she leaves, just disappears, leaving buck alone with his grief. (if we want to be Extra Angsty, perhaps she even leaves with some sort of comment that implies she blames him for what happened).

so buck quits too — only it's not a permanent quit, of course. his sisters boyfriend, chimney, is a stormchaser, and when bucks home visiting maddie one day, chimney is there and he's talking about his teams plan (maybe his team was also after the same sort of twister tamer thing — maybe even based off of bucks teams initial research) and he's asking buck about it and buck hasn't thought about this stuff in a while (lies; he's thought about that incident every day since it happened.) but like enough time has passed that talking about it with someone else who's enthusiastic about the research rather than just interested in the tragedy of it all, starts to excite him a little too. and chimney tells him he should come with, when he and his team head out in a week. and after some Thinking and some encouragement from maddie, buck agrees and goes with chimney.

and so buck joins the 118 — consisting of chimney and hen and bobby (and maybe ravi too bc i love ravi okay). and it's good. they're a great team, brilliant, and they're all about helping people too. like, yes, their research is important to them, and they're fighting tooth and nail to achieve their goal, but they're put that on pause if there's even a chance for them to go help people evacuate or find shelter or clean up in the aftermath — and that's something buck really loves about the team. bc that's all he wants to do, help people. so buck fits right in with them and it's. it's fun, again. he did miss this.

and, of course, the 118 has a riiiiiival team — another group of stormchasers who are ALSO trying to find a way to stop the twisters before they can do their damage. they're both close, so it's kind of like a competition between them, which team will capture success first? but this team (not really sure who it'll consist of yet) but im undecided on if eddie would be the leader of the group or if he's just a team member, but. eddie dia,z with his sweeeeet texan twang, and his big cowboy hat and his flashy belt buckles and his charm, he's there. and their team is popular in the stormchasing world, and everyone's eyes are on them too.

but like it's always those two — the 118 and eddies team — at the forefront of it all, they're always chasing the same storms.

and both teams are on the cusp of a big storm, but the 118 catch wind that there's a small town in the path of this one, and they decide instead of following the twisters they're going to head to the town to help the people there. and they end up veering off the path and eddie notices and then HE finds out about the town and he tells his team they need to go help too but his team is like dude NO we gotta get to the twister, the 118 are gone so this is our chance to be the ones to test our tornado tamer solution, WE could beat them. and like eddies team has clearly lost the whole point of all of this — to save people. but HE hasn't, so he goes rogue and he heads to the town instead, where he finds the 118 and they're a bit wary of him at first bc it feels out of character for someone from his team to be here doing this rather than chasing the storm, but at this point im thinking buck and eddie have already had some conversations (MAYBE eddie has actually saved buck once already too so like that trust between them is already built) and buck just immediately starts shouting instructions and eddie falls into line with them and the two of them work flawlessly together and the rest of the 118 is like yeah okay he's good people and they welcome him in too.

and maybe eddies team runs into trouble too and eddie catches wind of it (he's still connected to their radios maybe?) and he's like fuck we gotta help them too so he and buck break off to go help that team (bc even if they're the 118's rivals and even if they're on the verge of the breakthrough the 118 has been chasing too, that doesn't matter rn. what matters is saving as many lives as possible) so the two of them break off to go help and they DO but eddies teams solution DOESNT work, but they took the 118's truck that was loaded with THEIR solution so buck and eddie let that loose and THAT DOES end up working and so buck and eddie save eddies team AND the town AND each other.

and, OF COURSE, through all of that buck and eddie fall in love, and in the end eddie ends up joining buck's team, and they chase storms together, and when they have bad days, when they have close calls, they're there for each other and they're not going anywhere, and they ALWAYS have each other's backs <3

[authorangelita]

What if... In 1997, a huge tornado ripped through Mac's hometown in Oklahoma, killing his mother when he was 5 years old.  His father, a storm chaser, was away from home when it happened. 

The rest of this is under a cut for possible Twister/Twisters spoilers.

Mac grew up to study tornadoes and, in present day, is working on a way to stop tornadoes in their tracks.  A tornado tamer, one might say. 

The Phoenix Foundation funds Mac's research.  Matty is the director, coordinating the money and the equipment that Mac needs.  Mac's team consists of Jack (has the instincts for what the tornado will do and drives the lead truck), Riley (runs the tech), and Bozer (data analyst and team cook).

Their rival is The Organization headed up by none other than James MacGyver himself.  His team consists of Murdoc (lead storm chaser), Nikki (runs the tech), and Henry Fletcher (data analyst).  They're chasing storms so they can develop a very early warning system and therefore make a lot of money. 

Both teams go chasing the same tornado... it goes badly... Mac has to choose between saving Jack or saving his dad. Angst ensues.