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TK Strand used to belong everywhere Carlos Reyes was.
Backyard summers. Rooftop conversations. Shared lunches. Promises that felt permanent at thirteen.
Then high school happened.
Carlos became popular. TK became quiet. And while one of them was learning how to be seen, the other was slowly disappearing behind exhaustion, isolation, and a home life he never let anyone look at too closely.
Until the day someone finally does.
A high school AU about loneliness, survival, chosen family, and being loved gently enough to stay.
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TK thought stepping away from the 126 would make room for something bigger — a home, a child, a quieter kind of love.
But somewhere between preschool drop-offs and bedtime stories, he starts to feel like he’s fading. Jonah looks at Carlos like he’s a hero. The station doesn’t need him anymore. And the day that should have proved he still matters slips by without anyone remembering.
When the 126 finally realizes what they’ve forgotten, they rush to make it right — but TK has already started to wonder if being “the one who stays” means being the one no one sees.
A story about identity, invisibility, and what happens when love forgets to look closely.
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Watching someone you love slip away is nothing anyone can ever prepare for. Not doing it alone doesn't make it okay, but it makes the weight of it a little easier to carry.
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A 3x03 Coda in which I get everyone to the same room so they can worry together.Series
- Part 4 of Season 3 Codas
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29 Dec 2025
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In the Fall of 1925, TK arrives on the shores of a remote island surrounded by a stormy sea. The rain that pelts the harbor is as bleak as the broken heart he carries with him. He’s taken a job as the island’s new lighthouse keeper - unqualified for the post but enticed by the isolation. He quickly encounters Carlos, a clerk at the town’s general store with kind brown eyes and his own past hurts. In his grief, TK thinks it will be better for everyone if he spends the rest of his days in solitude. Fate and the lighthouse have other plans.
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19 Nov 2025
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After TK gets hurt Carlos waits by his bed until he wakes up, but then, feeling stupid for holding a vigil for his ex, he leaves.
The accident gives TK the kick that he needs to face up to his love for Carlos, but after finding out that Carlos has met someone else, is he too late?
Or, will true love conquer all and eventually will they find their way back to each other, back to their home?
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26 Oct 2025
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When Jonah nearly gets arrested, Carlos bails him out. It's a night Carlos spends reflecting on what it means to be both: a father and a son.
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06 Sep 2025
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At seventeen, Carlos Reyes is a quiet Texas high schooler—until TK Strand, a whirlwind from New York, crashes into his life. With TK comes sparks, secrets, and challenges Carlos never expected, forcing him to be braver than he’s ever been. A ‘what if’ story of teenage Tarlos.
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- Part 1 of Rise and Shine
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17 Aug 2025