Carlos had just started his shift he had got his gear from his locker when his captain came in " Reyes.. a word ?" She asked Carlos nodded closing his locker he followed her into the office " if this is about the coffee maker -." Carlos said reluctantly " your not in trouble besides we needed a new coffee maker maybe you can talk to your father in law for suggestions ." She smirked " the reason why I called you here is because I was wondering if you had given any thought to taking the detectives exam .." she said
" Ive seen you work on cases .. your determined and you think outside the box .. all the qualities that make up a good detective ." She said " I've got a lot going on I'm getting married my schedule is busy I don't know .." Carlos said " how about I let you work a case with some of our detectives let you get a feel if your interested after that you have 6 weeks to prepare for the exam if not thats okay you go along with your duties as a patrol officer ." She said " yeah .. yeah okay ." Carlos said " go pick up the details from the detectives unit feel free to go home and start doing your own research come back tomorrow with anything you have figured out ." She said " thank you captain ." Carlos said
Carlos brought home all the paperwork with him he closed the door behind him Carlos saw Tk in the kitchen doing dishes with his headphones in so he took the opportunity
He came up behind him wrapping his arms around Tk's waist" Jesus fuck Carlos !" Tk said turning around but Carlos couldn't help but laugh " your not funny ." Tk said drying his hands " it was kinda funny." Carlos laughed " what are you even doing home you just left like 2 hours ago ." Tk said putting his headphones on the counter " and why does it look like a filling cabinet on our counter ?" Tk asked " my captain has me working a case with the detectives at my district to see if I like it before I decide to take the detective exam ." Carlos said " well thats a big deal ..." Tk smiled " is that something you would wanna do ?" Tk asked " I mean I don't think its a bad idea I just don't wanna make the wrong decision .. what do you think ?" Carlos asked
" I think whatever you choose is the right decision." Tk smiled kissing the back of Carlos's head " you need anything while I'm out ?" Tk asked " wait your leaving ?" Carlos said " yeah remember I'm going back to therapy today ?" Tk said softly " shit right sorry ." Carlos said " I love you ." Carlos said kissing Tk's lips " I love you to have fun ." Tk smiled " need e to bring some red yarn home ." Tk joked " very funny ." Carlos smiled
Tk sat in the chair playing with the stress ball that was on the table " how was your childhood ?" His therapist robin asked " does that really matter I mean thats not really why I'm here ." Tk said she gave him a small smile " I'm sorry - I know its helpful its just not my favorite topic ."
" I have more of those if you want ." She said gesturing to the stress ball that was about to pop in Tk's hand he brought the basket of stress toys out and set it on the table " they are there if you need them ." She smiled " do you mind telling me about your relationships with your parents and sister ? How it was like at home for you ?" She asked
"Um I was always close with my parents they fought a lot but I kinda got used to it I guess my mom died before I moved here I'm still close with my dad ." Tk said " and what about your sister." She asked " we were always close then she died when I was five .." Tk said biting his lip " that must have been hard ..." she said " yeah and a few months later my parents divorced ." Tk said playing with one of the fidgets from the box " what was that like your parents divorce?" She asked
" well they fought less so that was nice but I guess I just missed it ..?" Tk said " missed what ?" She asked " being a family .." Tk said "do you think that was what started your usage of opioids and self harm ?" She said jotting down some notes " I don't really know I just wanted an escape and that - it just made it easier to ignore what was really going on I guess .." Tk sighed
"Mind if I ask when the last time you self harmed ?" She said " a few weeks ago .." Tk sighed " which is good right ?" Tk asked as if it was a question " definitely." She said " how have things been lately ?" She asked " I proposed to my fiancé so that's good ." Tk smiled " you haven't talked about him yet .." she smiled " well he's not a problem . He's probably one of the only things thats good ." Tk smiled " tell me about him ." She said " what do you wanna know ?" Tk asked
"Does he know about your struggles?" She said " yeah I mean - he's caught me self harming a few times he doesn't like that I do it but he gets why I do." Tk said biting his nails "do you wish he didn't know ?" She said " yeah I think he would probably worry less but he's - he understands me when nobody else really has .." Tk sighed
After therapy Tk came home with a coffee for Carlos he opened the door seeing Carlos at the dinning table with his computer multiple stacks of papers and he was jotting down some notes " I'm home ." Tk said coming into the kitchen " hey ." Tk smiled " how'd it go ?" Carlos asked " oh you know the usual prying at my brain session ." Tk said kissing the top of Carlos's head "I brought you something ." Tk smiled Tk set Carlos's coffee on the table " I love you ." Carlos smiled " I know ." Tk said
Carlos had moved to the couch later that night "babe I'm tired I'm gonna go to sleep are you coming ?" Tk asked " I will in a few m just gonna wrap this up ." Carlos said " okay I love you don't stay up to late ." Tk said kissing the top of Carlos's head
A few hours later Tk rolled over in bed but Carlos wasn't in sight his computer light shinning into the bedroom still Tk wandered out of bed rubbing his eyes " you still up ?" Tk sighed coming out of the bedroom " I'm sorry ill be in bed in a few -." Carlos said watching s Tk wandered around the living room " we both know you wont go to sleep cause you'll be to worried about this case .." Tk said grabbing his throw blanket off the back of the couch and another pillow " scoot over and lift your laptop .." Tk said yawing slightly Tk draped the throw blanket over Carlos letting the excess going on the inside of the couch he put a pillow on the inside of the couch before bringing the throw blanket up to Carlos's chest he took Carlos's laptop letting it guide back down to his lap before Tk climbed in next to Carlos " you don't have to .." Carlos said softly " I want to .." Tk said softly nestling his head into Carlos's side Carlos let his fingers tangle in Tk's hair throughout the night his other hand doing the job of typing and jotting down notes
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The Great War - A Tarlos Love story
Fanfiction"Life is unpredictable and control is just an illusion. And it makes us feel small and powerless." But when control becomes to much people get hurt It turned into something bigger Somewhere in the haze, got a sense I'd been betrayed Your finger on...
