

my @911lsbb is finally here! there are so many people i have to thank for this that i’m sure i’m going to forget someone, but here goes.
to @doublel27, @marjansmarwani, @moviegeek03, @terramous, @lire-casander, and @whenshereads for helping me develop the plot, for motivating me to write, and for being wonderful beta readers and validating me 💚
to @tarlos-spain for running this wonderful challenge 💚
to my incredible, talented artist @dangermagnetstrand 💚
to @maomarty-blog for this amazing banner 💚
and to everyone here who has supported me throughout the journey of writing this fic 💚
summary: Falling in love with TK Strand wasn’t part of Carlos’s five-year-plan. Falling in love with anyone wasn’t part of his five-year-plan, but TK… He blew like a whirlwind into Carlos’s life and brought him a happiness he couldn’t have even dreamed of. But tragedy is never far around the corner, and when it strikes, that happiness feels like a distant memory.
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orpheus and eurydice, with a tarlos twist
fic word count: 13.9k
chapter 01: it’s a love song (5.2k)
chapter 02: it’s a sad tale; it’s a tragedy (6.3k)
chapter 03: and that is how it goes (2.3k)
Keep your words on ice,
Your gaze lights the fire
They say, “Keep on playing nice,”, but…
I have no desire
[ID: Seven screencaps from Taskmaster. Ivo Graham stands beside a flip chart covered with his scribbled notes. He says enthusiastically, "'This is medieval!' Something you could shout at literally any point in 1125. Who? William I, the Conqueror - dead. But his son or relative, William II, William Rufus, I think is king. When? 1125. What? Fighting illness. Why? Life hard. Death frequent. Tension constant." End ID.]
[ID: Three screencaps from Taskmaster. Mae Martin says, "Can I just point out that Ivo and I have a really similar year? And Ivo went to Eton, and I spent high school on acid." Ivo Graham says, "Odd to look at our two outfits and think that you're the acid one." Mae is wearing a plain dark sweater and trousers, while Ivo is wearing a blue shirt patterned with geese and trousers with a squiggly psychedelic print. End ID.]