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jake shaving Bradley after the mission, forcing him to sit down on the edge of the bathtub, he has an old straight razor that he carefully swipes across Bradley's skin, hand gripped firmly around Bradley's neck, fingers over his pulse point and it calms him, reminds him that Bradley is okay, he's in his arms right now, technically his life is in Jake's hands yet again, and Bradley's looking up at him with something, something more than Jake's willing to accept right now, but he just holds Bradley's face gently as he shaves him

"I should shave this godawful mustache, save everyone from it," he jokes but his voice trembles horribly

"you wouldn't dare," Bradley says and that's when he wraps an arm around Jake's waist, pulling him in close until they're flush and honestly it's a terrible angle to get anything done but Jake allows it, allows Bradley to touch him like this because his heart is pounding a mile a minute and he doesn't know what he'd do if Bradley wasn't touching him

and yeah, when Jake flicks the last little bit of foam off of the razor he leans down and presses his lips to Bradley's forehead, lets it linger when he can feel Bradley's breathing underneath him, Bradley's hands soft around his waist and allows himself to relax, he's here, they're both still here, and they're both alive

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Top Gun Silliness

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pop the question

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Miles Teller as Lieutenant Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw

Top Gun: Maverick (2022) dir. Joseph Kosinski

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GLEN POWELL as BEN ANYONE BUT YOU (2023)

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Maverick and his Bradshaws ♥♥ I was in the mood for some happy stuff ♥ Polycule of all time, living their best life and nothing bad will ever happen so there C:

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TOP GUN (1986) dir. Tony Scott

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"well, look what we have here. welcome aboard, princess."

a macheresin pirate x prince au that has completely taken over my life. (@salemfrogtrials i blame you)

jake's the captain of the hidden dagger, one of the kingdom's most prolific pirate crews. he's cocky and arrogant and doesn't let anyone get close to him. javy is the crown prince, sheltered from birth and knowing nothing about the world. he runs away one day and gets kidnapped by jake's crew, who are ecstatic to have the prince as ransom. except, they quickly realize that using the prince as a bargaining chip won't work, and javy actually wants to stay.

jake decides to let the prince stay. and of course, they fall in love.

javy learns what it's like to be loved for who you are, not who you're expected to be; jake learns what it's like to be loved despite who you and others think you are.

(natasha is javy's knight who is leading the charge to rescue him. reuben and mickey are part of her crew. the rest of the daggers are a part of jake's crew.)

if you want to hear about the choices behind my designs ↓

jake: long hair and a beard because pirate lol, he's got fancy belts and necklaces and earrings and keeps a sword on him. he's got green on him bc he deviates slightly from your typical pirate color scheme, reflecting how despite his appearance, he is, in fact, a green flag. lol.

javy: his main color is purple because it reflects royalty. on his prince outfit, the orange represents rebellion as its his favorite color and a part of his individuality. he doesn't have his piercings or eyebrow slit before he runs away, but after he joins jake he does (probably a swordfight for the eyebrow). also. he's wearing jake's little belt tassel (the green one) after he becomes a proper pirate and jake gives it to him. he gets jewelry BUT he keeps the purple on his design because he's still a royal after all.

javy’s got white pants and jake has dark pants, and javy’s got a dark top while jake’s is white. it's a representation of their experiences being essentially opposites. HOWEVER they do share the same gold-orange color throughout their design- both on the bottom of their shoes, both on the jewel they wear (javy’s under his collar and jake’s on his belt). jake’s green sashes are closer to yellow on the color wheel which makes it more complementary to javy’s purple. over time, javy slowly gains bits and pieces of jake’s design and vice versa- specifically javy gets jake’s green and jake gets javy’s orange. javy wears dark pants like jake while jake starts wearing dark tops. essentially over time their color choices begin to match each other but they still keep individuality.

okay sorry ramble over. i will be returning to this. please enjoy!

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GLEN POWELL AS ↴ GARY JOHNSON BILLY — HIT MAN (2024)

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enemies to lovers speedrun

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TOP GUN: MAVERICK (2022)

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Hangman riling up Rooster so bad that when he shoves Hangman against the wall, fists in the front of his uniform he lifts Hangman off the ground a couple of inches and oh dear it drives him WILD

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everyone at the Hard Deck deserved compensation

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peekaboo

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TOP GUN: MAVERICK | 2022

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MONICA BARBARO as PHOENIX TOP GUN: MAVERICK (2022) dir. Joseph Kosinski