Engineer/Pyro

Pairing
Pairing:	Engineer/Pyro (Team Fortress 2)
Alternative name(s):	Three Rubber Gloves; Firetrucks; Fire Forged; Molten Metal
Gender category:	M/NB
Fandom:	Team Fortress 2
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Common
Archives:	n/a
Other:	n/a
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Engineer/Pyro, known mostly as Texas Toast, is a common pairing within Team Fortress 2 fandom. The ship is between The Engineer and The Pyro, two of the game's nine playable mercenaries and main characters.

Common Tropes

• Pybro: Referencing a popular sub-class of Pyro in the game who primarily works to defend Engineer's buildings.

Engineer/Pyro Fandom

TBA

Example/Notable Fanac

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fan Art

• Partner for life by PatientZeroes, ^{Archived version} (2017)
• TF2 : Texas Toast, chillin' by shykasumi5, ^{Archived version} (2014)
• cool pybro tip: kill yourself during setup to contribute to your engineers cause by eggl-rd, ^{Archived version} (2023)
• Uncomfortable by shishkaleshaya, ^{Archived version} (2024)

Fan Fic

• Gentle Hands Don't Get Bit by ScarletKilometers (2024), The Teufort base gets taken over by stray cats and the Engineer gives Pyro a few pointers on the matter of animal handling
• Technicolor, California by Delphi, (2016), Pyro and Engineer meet for the first time at a state hospital in 1967. It’s a romance straight out of the pictures.
• Meet the Handsome Pyro by Palus_Hiemalis, ^{Archived version} (2020), (...)A fluffy romance between two confused mercs just trying to do their jobs and cope with the miserable Gravel Wars.(...)