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Call Me (By My Name) | E | 911 Lone Star | COMPLETE

Chapter 1 - Call Me Maybe (Carlos)

Chapter 2 - Call Me Maybe (TK)

Chapter 3 - Dirty Talk (Carlos)

Chapter 4 - Dirty Talk (TK)

Chapter 5 - Phonography (Carlos)

Chapter 6 - Phonography (TK)

Chapter 7 - Hotline Bling (Carlos)

Chapter 8 - Hotline Bling (TK)

Chapter 9 - Hung Up (TK)

Chapter 10 - Hung Up (Carlos)

Chapter 11 - Kiss Me Through The Phone (Carlos)

Chapter 12 - Kiss Me Through The Phone (TK)

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Ring ring, good people of Tumblr. Welcome to a Tarlos canon divergence/AU (we're not quite sure) written by Lolaland and @rmd-writes, posting every Thursday and Sunday.

Thank you to @lightningboltreader for beta reading and @strandnreyes for cheerleading!

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The last thing Carlos Reyes ever expected was to find himself calling a phone sex line. But Austin feels like a small town when it comes to finding a one night stand and desperate times call for desperate measures.

The last thing TK Strand ever expected was for someone to mistake his phone number for a phone sex line. But he’s lonely, horny and the guy sounds hot, so he gives into temptation and tries his best to sound professional.

OR

Carlos: do NOT say he ran

Carlos boxing

"I'll say, 'Hi, You're TK, I'm Carlos,and we're soulmates'"

TK telling Carlos he'll be his personal shopper etc inside the townhouse 😉

Thank you so much for the ask, @rmd-writes!

Alright. I'm going to do two scenes, one gif each. Which I feel is still within the spirit of the rules I put in place. (I mostly wanted to avoid doing longer sections for any scene because that would throw me into the decision-making paralysis that steals my creative energy in the first place.)

All of that said, I blame you for putting those specific scenes together in one list…

It was suddenly very important that I see these two moments next to each other. It couldn't be helped.

26: how dare [you]

"Hmm." Alex chews slowly, hyper-aware of the way Henry's eyes are fixed on him, bright and hopeful. He'd been adorably excited to share Jaffa Cakes with Alex for the first time, and Alex is giving them an honest try; he really is. "I mean, it's okay…" Henry purses his lips, practically pouting. It's kind of fucking adorable, but Alex can't tell him that; he might get self-conscious and stop. "I understand." "Honestly, babe, I think I just don't really like marmalade?" Henry presses a hand to his chest in what Alex can only hope is mock horror. "How dare you."

..........when will I learn to vet these things better

3. 3 films you could watch for the rest of your life and not get bored of?

Saw 1 my beloved.

Bottoms. Holy shit is that film a fucking delight.

Also there was this film last year based on a queer romcom, you probably haven't heard of it though.

26. fave colour and why?

I'm not really a one specific favourite colour kind of guy, but I LOVE a jewel tone. IDK, I just love colours that are bold and bright and beautiful.

24. what’s one thing you’re proud of yourself for?

Not blocking you every time you make me compliment myself xoxo

what is something you're looking forward to this year?

I feel like I'm meeting a celebrity sorry I just love your fics :)

I'm sorry I missed this a couple weeks ago! I'm always on mobile so I apparently missed several asks 🙃🙃🙃

The wip you're referring to is a firstprince au of one of my all time favorite movies, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days :)

Henry is a soft-spoken but confident author employed by a harlequin-esque publishing company, chugging away at churning out what he feels like are absolute shite bodice-rippers for profit like a content machine until he can find a way to publish his actual life's work, a deeply personal novel. But for now bodice-rippers pay the bills.

Alex is a charismatic advertising exec who is trying to break into a new market for which his boss and coworkers think he's ill suited, and of course he MUST prove them wrong.

Henry posits to his cubicle-mate Pez that if anyone actually did anything in these books in real life their partners would die laughing or run away screaming. Pez says he'll take that bet bc he thinks Henry could literally recite Shakespeare mid-coitus (complete with plastic skull held aloft) and his partners would eat it up.

Alex says he can sell anything, up to and including himself, to anyone regardless of their initial opinion of him. His coworker Hunter, who's a little jealous of Alex's rise to success, calls his bluff.

They happen to be caught in the same bar on the same night. Bets on both sides are set in motion.

If you've seen the movie, then you know this is where the chaos ensues :)

27. your favorite part of the writing process

Oh, it's definitely sharing my ideas and/or words with other creators—and not just for the dopamine hit. I mean, yeah, I love being cursed at because of something I've written, obviously. Who doesn't long for their closest friends to tell them to go to hell? But it's more... like... the community aspect of fandom is what really motivates me, personally. I love sharing bits of my work with y'all and getting your thoughts (and giving you, in particular, an opportunity to make my stuff more painful lmfao). I love plotting out my ideas with other creatives. It's the best part. Hands down.

28. your least favorite part of the writing process

So, I've recently come to accept that periods of Not Writing are part of the Writing Process. We all go through lulls and phases in our lives where writing is hard, whether because of personal things that are happening, or just because our brains need breaks. I hate taking breaks against my will, lmao. I'm learning to be kinder to myself about it, but that doesn't mean that I don't hate when all I wanna do is write and my brain is off in the Maldives without me or something.

30. share a fic you’re especially proud of

Well, to that end... I'm particularly proud of ’till the gravity’s too much right now because it was the first fic I posted after the worst year of my life, thanks to some very supportive friends and some blorbos I finally allowed myself to write.

If you feel like it, answer with three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs! anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog

Rae, I hope you know that I suck at these because I feel like I have the most uninteresting life going. Like a random fact about me could be "I drink more Diet Coke than could ever be considered healthy"...

I started going to a Bootcamp-style fitness class with the intention of improving my fitness. Not only has that happened but we have discovered that I have a talent for weights. I can now lift 160kg. (352lbs for the weirdos who don't like metric)

I once went on national radio to talk about being asexual because I tuned in almost randomly and found it was the topic of conversation