The Stakeout - POSTED

From the moment I watched the chaos and hilarity of Iris and TK's dynamic in 4x02, I knew I must write a situation that would make Carlos question all his life choices and here we are. I also love watching Carlos spiral so this is set with the interpretation that Gabriel's killer is never found.

This is set ten years into the future where TK and Carlos' 10 year wedding anniversary is coming up. I hope you enjoy it!

Carlos believes Owen is sleeping with his mom and has a lot of feelings about it. TK (and his partner in crime) are there to help... sort of.

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TK smiles at Carlos as he slides the front door shut with his foot. His chin rests in his palm, mirroring Iris across the table.

“What are you two giggling about?” Carlos asks, carrying a heavy fish tank into the loft from where he’d retrieved it in the garage. “Should I be worried?”

Iris grins. “Had any car troubles lately?”

“I was just telling Iris about the little problem you had this morning,” TK says.

“Excuse me?”

“The car problem,” TK clarifies.

“It wasn’t a problem, besides I fixed it.”

“Oh, you fixed a problem you didn’t have?” Iris asks. The windshield wipers snapped off the Camaro this morning on the freeway in a bought of biblical rain whilst Carlos was driving to work. It was definitely a problem. “You’ve had that car since graduation, it’s old, it’s had its time. Maybe you could sell it and put the money towards your big anniversary.”

“Okay, you two have been talking too much.” Carlos looks at him accusatory. TK pleads innocence with his eyes, Carlos isn’t green to this and not so easily fooled anymore. “I don’t need to sell my car because we agreed we’re keeping the celebrations small.”

“You can admit you’re having car problems; we’ve all been there.”

“Not me,” Carlos brushes Iris off with a charming smile and gestures to the tank he’d placed on the table in front of them. “Is this the one you wanted?”

“Yes,” TK smiles. “Thank you, baby,”

Iris admires Lou 2’s old tank. “It’s perfect.”