country fire

Die From a Broken Heart **TARLOS**

it started as a normal day for Tyler Kennedy Strand. he woke up when the sun hit his face. feeling the heat that was let off from the bright beam of light and the pair of strong arms around his waist was enough to tell tk that today was going to be a good day. he scooted over closer to carlos's side of the bed. he was trying to get into a more comfortable into Carlos's chest to embrace the hug for just another couple of minutes before his boyfriend had to get up for his shift.

"good morning carino" carlos said giving tk a small smile. 

"morning" he said back turning over on his side. propping his head on his elbow so he could better get a look at his beautiful boyfriend.

carlos grabbed his phone from the night stand to check the time.  he unplugged it before looking back over at tk.

"I have a shift in and hour so I better get ready to go." he said giving tk a quick kiss and heading to go get a shower. tk huffed and flopped down on his back when carlos pulled away.

"can't you just not go today?" tk asked as he watched the ceiling fan spin around in circlers.

"sorry Ty but I have to. and don't you have a shift today to?" carlos asked as he walked into the bathroom. "in like 15 minutes?" he added as he turned on the water.

"shit!" tk yelled as he jumped up off of his bed. he ran over to his dresser and grabbed his uniform. "I got to go 'los!"

"wait don't you need a shower?" carlos asked as he turned off the water.

"i'm gonna get one at the station! i'll be home sometime tomorrow I have a 24 hour! love you!" he yelled as he ran down the stairs and through on his slides. he was quick to grab his keys and shove his boots and uniform in his duffle bag before he took off.

~~~HALFWAY THROUGHTK'S SHIFT~~~~

the engine, pumper and the ladder truck were backing up into the bay when tk had gotten an uneasy feeling in his stomach. something was off. the team had just gotten back from a 4 alarm structure fire and had been gone almost all day. everyone jumped out of the truck and gathered around there captain. 

"what do you want us to do next cap?" Judd asked clearly wanting to keep busy since they all had to try to stay awake.

"Paul and Marjan you two can wash the bunker gear and polish the helmets. and Judd, Tk and Mateo, you guys can wash the trucks and make sure everything is in place." he said giving us a reassuring smile.

"you got it cap!" Mateo said as he ran to grab the rags and the buckets.

we had just finished the Engine and the Pumper and by now Paul and Marjan were done and helping us. we were scrubbing down the top of the truck when Judd asked us another question. we had been playing 21 questions and it was now his turn.

"ok tk what's your favorite animal?" he asked trying to keep the conversations neutral for work.

"um...probably dogs for house pets and a more exotic animal would probably be a sea otter." I answered. "ok Mateo whats your favorite kind or music?" I asked just as I heard Michelle yell my name from a crossed the station. 

"TK! theres someone hear to see you. he's in the loft!" she yelled down from the balcony.

"ok thanks!" I yelled back getting a small nod in return. "I got to got guys but we can finish the game when I get back." he said as he got a mix of 'sure' and 'k' from his fellow workers.

he climbed down from the truck and walked over to the stairs that lead to the loft and the common room. he all but ran up the stairs. he was kind of hopping that it would be Calrose bringing him his lunch as usale but he all but stopped dead in his tracks when he saw who was sitting on the couch by the tv.

"Alex? what are you doing hear?" I asked as I stopped moving closer to the man. I felt me heart drop as he gave me a sly smirk.

"i'm hear for you baby." he said as he stood up from were he was sitting on the couch.

"Alex no I have a boyfriend who loves me and I love him so its not gonna happen." I told him as I went to turn away. he grabbed my arm and squashed it tightly in his grip.

"yeah but he wont treat you as good as me" he said as he traced his other hand over my face.

"what? did things not work out with what ever the hell his name was?" i asked. i was pushing the limits and i could tell. his face dropped and he took my wrist and twisted it. "Ow! alex stop! that hurts!" i heard a small snap and then my hand went numb. he punched ne in the stomach and I fell to the floor.

"TK!" i heard a familiar voice yell. i stood and walked over to the  stairs. i saw carlos holding a Subway bag an iced tea. he brought my lunch just like he promised. his timing is perfect as always.

"carlos!" i screamed as alex pulled me back to where we were. he slammed me up against the wall. "is that the pretty boy? we'll you can do better than that Tyler. now listen to me you will come back to me and you will like it." he said as he took a step back.

"no." I said giving him a dirty look.

"what did you just say to me? I can and will kill you tyler." he asked as he took a step closer.

"I said no alex."

he took a step back and looked to his left and then he pulled his fist back and took a swing. I closed my eyes and felt a strong body stand in front of me. I opened my eyes to see that it was carlos. he caught alex's punch and was putting him into his handcuffs. 

"what the hell are you doing?!?" alex yelled trying to break lose from Carlos's strong grip. 

"abuse, fiscal and verbal attempted murder and threats and resisting arrest. and assault on an officer of the law." carlos said as he looked over alex's shoulder at me.

"this isn't fair!" alex yelled

"you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law" calros read alex's rights as he escorted him to the squad car. we walked down the stairs  and out of the station earning a bunch of looks from everyone on our team.

"tk are you ok" Marjan ased as she rushed over and gave me a hug. fallowed by the rest of the team.

"yeah im fine. he's just a jerk" 

"is that alex?" judd asked as he pointed to the squad car.

"yeah."

"tk your wrist." I heard Mateo say from where he was standing holding marjan's hand.

"Michell!" I heard judd yell.

~~~looking over tk's wrist~~~

"it definitely broken." she said as she finished putting his cast on.

"the nerve of that guy to just come in hear and do this to you I swear if I wouldn't go to jail for it I would....." carlos said from where he was walking back and forth in front of the table.

"carlos take a breath im ok. because you saved me."

"I love you" he said walking over to kiss me.

"I love you to" I told him back

"ok your all good to go it should be healed up in 5 weeks maybe 6 so until then not heavy lifting with this hand. michell smiled at them as they walked turned to walk out of the fire station to go home.

"thanks Chell" carlos yelled from over his shoulder.

"no problem" she yelled back. tk laid his head on Carlos's shoulder. glad that alex couldn't hurt him any more.

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this is for @CyreniahHinojosa sorry it took so long for me to right it but I couldn't figure out how it should have played out. I really hope you like! and sorry its been a wile since the updates but its been a crazy couple of weeks!

~arianna