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[oathkeeperoxas]

TOP GUN / Icemav fic recs

After recently bingeing so so many fics in the TOP GUN and specifically the icemav tag, I bring to you all a selection of some of the finest below. Many many more are so very good, but there’s only so much I can fit in one post, so I’ve tried not to duplicate authors. If they’re on here, please check out an author’s profile and also give their other works some love!

The Next Step https://archiveofourown.org/works/4229682 by thedevilchicken

When he takes a job as an instructor, Maverick has issues to deal with. Ice shouldn't be the one to help him.

Posted in 2004!! Icemav shippers are the real ones, this fic has layers of guilt and grief and shower sex and complicated relationships and is so so so chewy.

Twice the Speed of Life https://archiveofourown.org/works/39694146/chapters/99373488 by Winterotter

Maverick spends the weekend with Iceman after training Rooster and the rest of his Top Gun class, and things take an unexpected turn. An AU set after the events of Top Gun: Maverick. Beware spoilers for the new movie in this fic.

Icemav get together after the events of TGM what can I say but yes. Ice’s trauma and PTSD is handled so well, and the way that Mav and Ice are FRIENDS has just. It’s got me. I love when they are friends with each other as well as loving each other 🥺

Fire or Clear https://archiveofourown.org/works/21742234 by weshes

Ice peeled his shades off and looked at Mav, and the smirk grew just a tiny bit. "You've got a little something on your face." He gestured to his own face, the side of which was perfect and unbruised, unlike Mav's. He knew this from a long, wincing examination in the mirror that morning. But at least his eye was open and working now, and he could roll it at Ice, so small mercies.

HURT COMFORT MY BELOVED!!!! Again, Icemav are such FRIENDS here and I love that for them, the hurt/comfort goes both ways and is so delicious, oh and the sex is hot af too

A Shared Cup https://archiveofourown.org/works/24314623 by @susiecarter

It was only a training exercise. It was only supposed to be a training exercise.

Literal agony trying to choose just one fic from this author when they’re so so so good. Reccing this one as I've already rec'd the (incredible, amazing) gift I received from this author!! This is rivals to lovers, accidental soulbond, telepathic sex… what else could you want from a fic. The accidental soulbond and the way it shows how focused Ice and Mav are on each other even in the beginning of their time together at TOP GUN ohhhholyyyy shit. Yeah that’s the good stuff

Lead Me On (To The Other Side) https://archiveofourown.org/works/20485757 by @boasamishipper

Goose talked to him most nights. His choice of conversation was normal — movies he’d seen, music he liked, stories about his wife and son — and sometimes Ice almost forgot that Goose was dead at all.

Ghost!Goose acts as icemav's matchmaker. Cracky premise, heartbreakingly amazing fic.

Walking into the sky https://archiveofourown.org/works/44164918/chapters/111057325 by @kerbyfullyloaded

Pete Mitchell was fourteen when his daemon settled. It took him a few years to join her in the sky, wings on his chest and steel all around him.

Daemon AU fuck yes!!! The daemon and human interactions here are sooooo much, the way they add so much flavour to the retelling of the og Top Gun is so very very good!!!

Dreams of Impact https://archiveofourown.org/works/42588693/chapters/106977687 by @icemankazansky

Maverick's trip in Darkstar takes him further than he ever imagined possible.

Another author which was almost impossible to choose just one fic from. This dimension hopping story about how Maverick’s flight in the Darkstar shows him what could have happened if things went a little differently in the 90s blew my socks off!

All In https://archiveofourown.org/works/19849111 by @icemankazansky

An A/B/O retelling of Top Gun. Maverick, an alpha, meets Ice, an omega, at TOPGUN, and knows instantly they're mates. Then there are complications.

I had to include this series because omega!Ice has me by the throat I will NOT lie… the little moments throughout this make my head spin, they are so in love!!!

Like a thursday https://archiveofourown.org/works/23324872 by @academicgangster

Hey, you get dumped or somethin'? I won't tell.

When I say I cried. This was written pre-TGM release and has MCD, but is written so heart breakingly perfectly because of it.

Am I your baby tonight? https://archiveofourown.org/works/46775455 by jiangwanyinsimp

Five times Iceman thought Maverick was sweet-talking him but it was one of their vehicles, and one time Maverick actually was sweet-talking him. Or, a glimpse into thirty years of marriage.

Soft, sweet, perfect.

Vortex https://archiveofourown.org/works/28000056 by @m-madeleine

Ice loses his ring, Maverick finds it. Things get interesting.

The complicated relationship and the back and forth here!!!! So much going on!!!!

Honey Lungs https://archiveofourown.org/works/43471734 by ReformedTsundere

"Did you want a drag?" Maverick's eyes snap up to Ice's and he sees a crease of confusion there, probably trying to work out why Maverick had been staring so intently at his lips. Even though Maverick is sure he's said he doesn't smoke before, saying no would only inspire more questions, so Maverick swallows instead and tries to smile. "Sure."

Well you see. The thing is, I am not immune to icemav smoking.

When We Get Around to Talking About It https://archiveofourown.org/works/41275461/chapters/103487754 by @compacflt

Goose has been dead for a week and a half when Iceman loses his first wingman in a dogfight with six Soviet MiGs over the Sea of Okhotsk. Goose has been dead for thirty years when Iceman loses his second wingman to a surface-to-air missile on the tail-end of a mission he's responsible for: he's sent his family on a suicide mission to destroy a uranium enrichment facility in Siberia. This is the story of those thirty years in the middle. (Or: Tom Kazansky rises through the ranks while trying to stay a good man. If he ever was one to begin with.)

I can’t have an icemav rec list without including this fic, THE icemav fic of all time!!!! I adore slice of life, definitely my favourite genre, so getting 30 years of icemav development and love and ups and downs written as perfectly as they are here obviously catapulted this up into being my fav icemav fic. Please give it (and the sequels) some love!!

[growup-thatbeautiful]

Pretty Girl | 1. pretty girl

1. pretty girl | 2. lover, you should’ve come over | 3. been on my mind | 4. last goodbye | 5. hold my hand

What happens when social media’s favorite model reconnects with famous actor Jake Seresin?

Warnings: cursing

A/n: let me know if you want to be added to the taglist :) all pics are from pinterest

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Instagram

liked by penny_benny, tasha.trace, roo_bradshaw, and 412,000 more

y/n.username thanks for having me chanel

view 20,000 comments

penny_benny There’s my girl ♥️

username she’s living the dream right now

tasha.trace when are you coming to sd :(

-> y/n.username when you invite me :(

-> roo_bradshaw You’re invited :)

username all of the mavericks being obsessed with y/n is my favorite thing ever

username i want to be you

amelia.a.benjamin you’re my hero

username if she goes to san diego i think i’ll cry

-> username literally

-> username i have dreams about her and the mavericks being back together

maverick.mitchell they’re lucky to have you! 😁

bob.bob.floyd proud of you!

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Messages

tash: you know

tash: i have a guest room

you: you have many guest rooms phoenix

tash: yes

tash: and one that’s decorated just for you

you: …

you: i have job in two weeks

you: but i can come for a week?

tash: no

tash: more

you: i can’t 😭

tash: fine

tash: but you’re not going to sleep the whole time so we can spend all of the time together

you: deal

you: stock up on the red-bull now

tash: you got it babes

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Instagram

y/n.username added to their story

y/n.username added to their story

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Instagram

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tasha.trace i call it girl time but we’re constantly interrupted by the guys ✨

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y/n.username why do i ever go anywhere else but where you are 🤔

-> tasha.trace babe i have no clue

roo_bradshaw I’m part of girl time always though

username why is y/n not in the jeep pic

-> thereal_javy because we hate her obv

-> thereal_javy jk she was in a different car

maverick.mitchell y/n.username ever the photographer

-> y/n.username of course, mav 📷

hangman.jake i’ hate to say it but i’m with roo on this one roo_bradshaw

hangman.jake girl time is really y/n.username time

-> username no way they’re literally all obsessed with her

-> penny_benny No complaints

r_paybackfinch welcome interruptions i think

amelia.a.benjamin they don’t take a hint

-> maverick.mitchell What?

-> amelia.a.benjamin what

thereal_javy i thought we were all invited

-> tasha.trace no just y/n.username and roo_bradshaw

-> hangman.jake :( just because you love roo more than me

-> y/n.username i invited hangman too!

-> hangman.jake atta girl

-> username AHHHHH

username y/n took no convincing at all to go see them 😭

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Messages

roo renamed the chat to mavs + bestie

you: aww, i’m bestie??

roo: no

tash: yes

you: i am bestie

bobby: you are bestie

bagman: sure you are

you: guys 🥺

you: what are we doing tonight

you: tash says it’s my choice but i have jet lag and don’t want to make any decisions ✌️

callie: i vote that they guys decide and we get ready

payback: “get ready”

javy: what does that mean

bagman: bad idea

callie: it means we talk shit about you and do eye shadow for 30 minutes

tash: real

you: facts

fanboy: 👁️👄👁️

roo: dude

bobby: wtf

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Messages

bagman: disco

you: ??

bagman: we’re going to a disco bar

bagman: just keeping you updated

you: oh thanks!

you: you’re not going to

bagman: i’m going to wear it

you: 😭

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Instagram

y/n.username added to their story

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Messages

tash: don’t go :(

you: tasha :((

you: don’t be sad :((

tash: but you’re leaving me with the idiots

tash: and halo

you: ik

you: sorry bout that part

you: but i have to work

tash: i guess

tash: real talk though

tash: you and bagman spent a lot of time dancing together…

you: mhm

tash: and??

you: and??

tash: girl

tash: come on

tash: roo is laughing his ass off next to me because of how stupid you’re being

you: why don’t we talk about you and roo instead

tash: no

you: that’s what i thought

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liked by tasha.trace, roo_bradshaw, and 506,000 more

y/n.username made a trip to the sunshine state ☀️

view 30,000 comments

username she actually went omgg

username who is that she’s with???

-> username it’s the mavericks

-> username they’ve been friends forever

roo_bradshaw a trip that was too short

tasha.trace you need to visit more often

tasha.trace we miss youuuu

username two pics with jake?!

thereal_javy come back now, phoenix won’t stop looking sadly into the distance

-> tasha.trace you miss her too shut up

halo_cal_bass and why do you not live here??

-> y/n.username fr

hangman.jake we loved having you, darlin’

-> username SHDKAKAOSO

-> username “DARLIN’” IM DEAD

-> delilah.seresin gross leave my friend alone

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Instagram

liked by y/n.username, roo_bradshaw, bob.bob.floyd, and 1,000,000 more

hangman.jake long time no see y/n.username

view 50,000 comments

username he posted the outfit she put on her story

-> username omg you’re right

delilah.seresin let her sleep bro

-> hangman.jake does she look like i woke her up?

tasha.trace you better have washed that bag

-> hangman.jake “wow hangman, what great pictures” “thank you for posting my best friend”

-> hangman.jake those are acceptable, nice comments you could leave

-> roo_bradshaw no

username how do i function after seeing this

thereal_javy the fit 🔥

-> hangman.jake i know 🔥

halo_cal_bass real men carry purses

-> roo_bradshaw true

-> hangman.jake i’m literally holding a bag

y/n.username thanks for holding by bag bagman

-> hangman.jake really?

-> y/n.username luv youu <3

username i’m unwell

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Messages

bagman: it was good to see you, darlin’

you: you too jakey :)

[fuddlewuddle]

So, I’ve finished another RoosMav long fic and I’m just really proud of this one. It was a difficult story to write and tell properly and I think I managed it, and I just thought I’d put it here, in case anyone else is interested in reading it 🥺

Like missiles falling from the sky (come and save us)

Summary:

Mav never pulled Bradley's papers, though they ended up estranged anyway.

And now they're back together for a mission that might be the last thing they ever do.

Oh, and they're still married.

Not that anyone on the mission knows that.

It'll be a piece of cake, right? ....right?

[milesdickpic]

Goose and Carole: The Alternate Universe Pt. 3

Click here to see the master list

Hey, besties. This is an impulse post for everyone's well-being. I know we all need a little something happy that can counter the recent chapters of HLG I have released! So without further intro... here is our Leia's first birthday! ❤️ (a birthday post for my birthday 🥹) I love you all so much! 🫶🏼 Happy reading and enjoy! 💕

A/n: It's Leia Rey's first birthday. She is going to be showered with gifts, but little do you and Bradley know... She has a gift for you all too 🥳

Word Count: 1.5k~ sowwy it's short 🥺

Warnings: cursing, but so much freaking cuteness you might throw up 😭❤️

Please don't take my work, I will find you. 

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Leia’s first birthday was coming up. You and Bradley had been hard at work trying to get everything ready for it. It was going to be cowboy/cowgirl themed. You and Bradley decided it was going to be called, “Leia’s First Rodeo.” Nick, Carole, and Mav helped you and Bradley with the workload. Carole especially, she practically was at your’s and Bradley’s house every day helping you do party favors and whatnot. 

“She’s gonna be one already, babe. Where has the time gone?” You and Bradley were laying in bed the night before Leia’s party. Bradley was gently rubbing Leia’s back as she slept on his chest. He looked over at the clock. “0000, sweetheart. It’s our baby girl’s birthday.” He kissed the top of Leia’s head and started to sing happy birthday to her in a whisper. 

You rubbed Leia’s back and smiled at her and Bradley as he sang to her. She was facing you and it was as if she could hear her daddy. She started to smile in her sleep. 

“Oh Brad, look!” You said in an excited whisper. “She’s smiling.” You rubbed your index finger against her cheek. “Our pretty girl.” You leaned into her and kissed her lips. “Happy birthday, Princess Leia.”

The next morning you woke up to giggling. You opened your eyes slowly and looked over your shoulder. You saw Leia sitting up on Bradley’s stomach. He was holding her hands and making faces at her. She was giggling and bouncing on his stomach. You watched as he picked her up and held her parallel above him. He brought her up and down, every down he placed kisses on her face making her squeal. When she squealed really loud Bradley gasped. “Oh, my little love. You have to be quiet Mommy’s asleep.” 

You turned around all the way and smiled. Bradley and Leia both looked over at you and then back at each other. They had the same guilty facial expression. “Uh-oh, Leia. We’ve been caught.” Bradley blew a raspberry on her tummy and laid her down in between the both of you. 

“Are you ready for this party babe?” Bradley smiled at you. 

You nodded. “Let’s get this rodeo started.” You started to giggle.

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Bradley had invited some of his close friends from work. Mav, Carole, and Nick invited some old friends. You invited your best friend Bri and her boyfriend. 

Bradley came down the stairs with Leia on his hip. He had his whole outfit on and ready. He tipped his hat to you and winked. "How do we look, honey?"

You raised your brows and bit your lip. You made your way over and placed a kiss on Leia's cheek. You fixed Bradley's hat and winked at him. "You are sexier than socks on a Rooster." (hehehe 😈)

He hummed and got closer to you. "Huh, that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me, mama." You started to giggle. "Although, I think I look sexier with just socks on." He winked and you started to laugh harder. Then the doorbell rang. Bradley placed a kiss on your head and gave you Leia before he went to open the door.

Nick, Carole, and Mav were the first ones to show up. Nick was wearing a whole get-up with Mav. From the cowboy hat down to the boots. They came galloping into the house. Mav was holding up a gift bag as he came over to greet Leia. 

He picked her up and kissed her cheek over and over again. “Happy Birthday, my little Leia!” He continued to attack her with kisses until Nick took her away from him. 

“All right, Grampa Goose’s turn. Step aside, Mav.” He tossed Leia into the air and blew a raspberry into her cheek. “Happy birthday, my favorite girl!” He pointed at Bradley. “Not you this timed, squared. My other little girl.” He poked Leia’s belly causing her to giggle. 

Bradley rolled his eyes and went to go help his mom carry in some gifts for Leia. Nick and Mav came up next to you with the biggest puppy dog eyes. You looked at them both confused. 

“Can I help you, boys?” You started to laugh. 

“Can Leia open our present now?” Mav gave you a pouty lip and held his hands to his chin. 

Nick nodded. “Yea, y/n. Pretty please.” He put his cheek next to Leia’s and gave you the biggest pouty lip. 

You started to laugh and Bradley came over. “What the hell are you two doing to my wife?” He started to laugh. Carole came over and slapped both guys on the back. 

“Oh! Would you two stop!”

They both stood up and rubbed their backs. “Ow.” Mav furrowed his brows and looked at Carole. 

“Ouch, honey. That wasn’t very nice. I’m holding Leia.” Nick pointed at Leia as she sat against his hip. Carole squinted his eyes at him and took Leia from his arms. 

She punched him again and he flinched against it. “OUCH!” Leia started to giggle. 

You looked at Mav and Nick as they winced at their pain. “She can open ONE.”

They high-fived. “YES!” They brought over the gift bag to Leia and cooed at her. 

Carole held her in her arms and bounced her up and down as Mav and Nick covered her in kisses. “Happy birthday, Leia!” The three of them said at the same time. 

“Open the present, baby!” Nick helped her pull the paper out of the bag. 

Mav pulled out the little pink boots for Leia. “Oh my gosh! What’s this, sweetheart?” Mav gasped as he showed them to Leia. You and Bradley sat back against the counter and watched as the three of them showed Leia her first gift. 

“How about we try them on, sweetheart?” Mav raised his brows at Leia. He slipped them onto her little feet. “Oh, they’re perfect!” 

Nick and Carole clapped for Leia as she kicked her little feet. “Yay!”

Nick pulled out the next present, “There’s more, little Leia!” He poked her belly. He pulled out a matching pink cowgirl hat. “Ooooo! Your first hat, honey!” He placed it gently onto her head. Leia smiled big. “Oh, you are the most beautiful cowgirl I have ever seen!” Nick placed a kiss on her cheek. Mav grabbed Leia from Carole and held her up to show you and Bradley. 

“She’s ready for this hoedown!” You and Bradley clapped and Bradley went over to grab his daughter. He kissed her over and over again as they all crumbled at Leia’s outfit. 

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Everyone had finally arrived at the party. Everyone was dressed accordingly. It was finally time for Leia’s cake. She was sitting on the floor with Bradley’s friends playing with toys. She kept handing her toys to Bob and Fanboy. She loved when they made noises with her planes and flew them around. Phoenix and Payback were making radio calls acting like they were the pilots in the planes. Hangman held onto Leia as she was standing trying to grab the planes from Bob and Fanboy. Coyote laid back against the couch and watched as they all were entertaining the birthday girl. 

You and Bradley came over and were ready to steal your girl for her cake. Bradley squatted down and held his hands out for Leia. You, Nick, and Carole stood behind him. “Come to Daddy, sweetheart!” Bradley gave his daughter a big smile. 

She had yet to take her first steps. Bradley was always practicing with her but she would always fall before she took her first step. Hangman held Leia as she took steps to Bradley. He eventually let her go and she was standing on her own. 

“Holy shit.” Bradley watched as Leia gained her balance. Every guest in the house watched on. 

Mav watched closely with wide eyes. “She’s gonna do it. Holy shit.”

Leia wobbled slightly and took a little step. Bradley opened his mouth wide. Everyone stayed quiet as they watched Leia take another step and then one more before falling to her butt. Everyone erupted and Bradley swooped Leia into his arms and covered her in kisses. “You did it, babe! You took your first steps, sweetheart!” You and Bradley cried and gave Leia kisses. Nick came over and attacked Leia with kisses. 

“You did it, Jedi! You walked!” He grabbed Leia from Bradley and he and Carole covered her in kisses. He held her up to everyone. “WATCH OUT EVERYONE, WE HAVE A WALKER ON OUR HANDS!”

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Bradley finally made his way to Leia’s high chair and placed her in it for her cake. You placed her smash cake in front of her and lit the candle. You and Bradley stood behind her high chair as everyone began to sing happy birthday to Leia. You and Bradley blew out her candle and gave her a kiss on her cheeks. You both kissed her so hard to squish her cheeks and gave her a little fish face. 

Everyone clapped and cheered for Leia as she dug into her cake. You and Bradley knelt down next to her and she each fed you both some cake. Bradley kissed Leia’s messy face and smiled. 

“Happy birthday, princess. Daddy loves you so much.”

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AHHHHH! We all got to experience her first birthday! I hope this all helped a little with the pain I've been putting you through. I love you all! See you in the next post! 🫶🏼

Leia's first birthday party guests are in the comments 🤠🥳

[boasamishipper]

my personal favorite highlights from the official top gun: maverick script:

meek engineer's name is simon and is dating someone at the pentagon which is how they found out about the drone ranger coming to shut the darkstar project down

"That's...blue sky up there, Mav." "Yeah, but dark blue. Ominous."

mav also called darkstar 'angel' and 'girl' which i'm glad they cut otherwise i would have died in the theater then and there

"Hondo stares at his monitor. He knows his friend well." 🥺🥺🥺

"y'all built one hell of a plane" oh mav ❤️

"For anyone unfamiliar, it’s obvious there is story here - Glory and ghosts." g o d

admiral's aide do you MIND he's having a MOMENT

warlock is described as "an affable, brilliant two-star" hell yeah

i personally think it's hilarious that cyclone was apparently top of his class in '88 but in the script he's in his forties?? even if he's 49 the film takes place in 2019?? that would make him 18 in 1988?? mr mcquarrie sir the math ain't mathing

"Maverick has had about enough of this shit" if that doesn't just sum up both movies

as a macheresin shipper the fact that hangman and coyote were planned as besties from the get-go,,,,,,,my heart is Full

"sorry i couldn't be there" oh ice 🥺🥺🥺

mcq's love for casablanca continues to shine through

penny's dad is alive and retired and still hates mav

"Keepin’ it tight, I see, Phoenix" hangman is such an ASSHOLE i HATE him (affectionate)

bob's description is "human wallpaper" i am DYING

"shit, that's fritz" i DEMAND to know why fritz's arrival elicited that reaction from fanboy!! show me the fritz&b-team daggers cut!!

"Maverick sees a ghost. From this angle, the kid is a dead ringer for Goose, just as gawky and gangly, loving life." and what if i Bawled

MAVERICK REQUESTED HONDO SPECIFICALLY

HONDO WAS GONNA MEET UP WITH A LADY IN RENO WHO IS 'AN ACROBAT' AND 'VERY FLEXIBLE'

"I need at least one person on my side here" MAV

"I'll stand somewhere else" HONDO

mav originally ran the entire class through the contents of the F-18 NATOPS 👀👀👀

in the original script rooster gave hangman his callsign...personally gonna stick with the headcanon that phoenix (if it had to be one of the daggers) was the one who gave it to him, but Very Interesting nonetheless.

rooster calls phoenix 'fee' brb peppering this into All my fics

PHOENIX IS THE MAV OF THE MOVIE CONFIRMED

I DEMAND TO KNOW IF THERE IS FOOTAGE OF GLEN POWELL SINGING 'HOT FOR TEACHER'

genuinely cannot believe mcq wrote this. he is on galaxy tier levels of thinking i could never even hope to reach.

rooster being protective of phoenix you know that's right

theo the yellow lab was originally named "t" in the script,,,,,,,,t for tony scott,,,,,,,,,

"You're a warrior, Ice. A fighter." bury me ALIVE

"(Note: Important we include PILOT POV establishing gray-out in the lead up to G-LOCK)" this script is tighter than a snare drum

"Kinda like your ass depended on it" GET HIS ASS MAV

phoenix and bob refuse to even IMPLY that mav was in any way at fault for them having to eject,,,,,,,,they are Ride Or Die

as a warlock/hondo shipper i am also Delighted they actually got some screentime together

MAV WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE THE EULOGY AT ICE'S FUNERAL 😭😭😭😭😭

mav and hangman were apparently supposed to talk after mav chose hangman as his wingman but i'm glad that scene got cut because a) showing vs telling and b) hangman is Not emotionally aware or mature enough to say what he says here out loud and you can't convince me otherwise

"Hondo stares at him. Maverick stares back. Something unspoken passes between the two men." and mavhondo shippers everywhere rejoiced

"HONDO squeezes his fist tightly, feeling something crack. He opens his hand to see the crystal of his stopwatch is crushed, the second hand frozen. An omen." HEY MCQ WHAT THE FUCK

"CLOSE ON Hondo, reflecting on his last moment with Mav." see above

"How we gonna get this bag’a ass in the air?" "Just hang on. Cause this bag‘a ass is about to go ballistic."

"Rough Rider, this is, uh...Ghost Rider" *cries in callbacks*

"The minute Hangman touches down, pull the trip wires and have the barricade stanchions ready." (silence) "HE DOESN'T HAVE A GODDAMN TAILHOOK." (OH SHIT FUCK OKAY RUNNING NOW)

lowkey like the parallel between cyclone nodding at mav and hangman and rooster shaking hands. they still don't like each other, but they respect each other a little more now. as the script says, that's enough.

"Among the pictures is one of Goose and Maverick in the bloom of their youth - their whole lives ahead of them." 😭😭😭😭😭

WE WERE ROBBED OF PHOENIX JOINING ROOSTER AND PENNY AND AMELIA AND MAV AT THE HANGAR I REPEAT WE WERE R O B B E D

"TIME CUT as Phoenix holds two model planes, demonstrating air to-air combat to a very interested Amelia." ooooh amelia has a cruuuuuush

"Rooster turns, looks at the make-shift family taking shape in this makeshift home…And he smiles." 😭😭😭😭😭

[nixie-deangel]

@phisworld14 these all directly follow up from your ask!

🥺 chap2 of helper - a/b/o hangster

"What?" No, seriously what? What was she talking about? They had tried to argue with her about what he had in his papers? "Mav tried arguing with me about who you'd want to help and Bagman tried to suggest you'd want anyone but him to help you out." Phoenix made sure he was looking at her before she rolled her eyes at him. "

🔥 virgin jake - hangster

"I think not," she teased. "Seriously though, how bad did you fuck up with this, Brad Brad?" "Don't call me that," he whined before letting out a long, heavy sigh, choosing not to give her a verbal answer. He knew he’d pay for it but he really did not want to put into words what an absolute dumbass he’d been when dealing with Jake. "Seriously, Bradshaw, is it really that fucked up or are you just blowing shit out of proportion because your ass is dramatic?"

💔 icemav break up / icedad

"It looks like Mav won't be able to make it after all, kiddo," Ice says after a moment of floundering on how to phrase it. "Oh." "I can try and see if I can pull in a favor or two?" he offers halfheartedly. Though he really isn't sure if he'd be able to do much. Not with graduation being in less than two weeks. And already devoting most of his energy outside of his offices to dealing with Carole.

Make Nixie Write This Weekend!

[roosterscockpit]

His Little Girl | Bradley Bradshaw x reader p. 20

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I am so excited to continue the story for all of you! I can't wait to see what the future holds for You, Bradley, and Leia! ❤️ I love you all! 💕 Happy reading and enjoy!🫶🏼

A/n: He is finally back and today will be yours and Bradley's first time making a decision together as parents. Well, kind of 🥺 Maybe it was a fair play of subtle peer pressure 😫😉

Word Count: 3.1k

Warnings: none, just a love-fest OVERLOAD. ❤️

Please don't take my work, I will find you. 

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After some time of showing Leia around, she started to gravitate to Mav’s P-51 Mustang. She stood in front of it and looked at it with curious eyes. She walked up to it and touched some of the parts that were low enough for her to touch. Her eyes were so big and filled with intrigue. Mav’s plane had her mesmerized. 

“Leia! Honey!” You looked over and started to call. You were nervous as she started to touch Mav’s plane. “I cannot afford to fix that thing….” You whispered under your breath. You were looking all around as your daughter explored the plane. “Leia? Baby?”

Bradley came to you and put his hand on the small of your back. “Let her, sweetheart. She’s just exploring.” You looked at him in concern.

“Seriously baby, she’s just curious. It’s okay. I did the same thing when I was a kid.” He kissed your head and watched on as Leia walked around the mustang. 

You took a deep breath and kept a watchful eye on her. 

Bradley went up to her and picked her up to get on his shoulders. “Let's let you get a better look, huh Leia?” She was propped up on his shoulders and was gently touching more of the plane as Bradley walked around it with her. 

Mav came to you and wrapped an arm around your shoulders, “Leia liking the ‘stang?” He watched as Bradley showed her around the plane. You nodded. “You know Goose did the same thing when Bradley was a kid. He picked him up and showed him around the plane. Carole was a nervous wreck. She knew those two boys were trouble together.” You gulped and became tense. Mav squeezed you tight, “Good thing you're an engineer, huh y/n?” He laughed and patted your back.

Mav joined them and taught Leia about his plane. 

Mav Put his hand up to his plane, “This is a plane called a P-51 Mustang. It was used during a war that happened a long time ago. I was lucky enough to get to have it.”

Leia’s eyes widened, “Oh my gosh! This plane is yours!” She starts to get giddy. Bradley panicked and had to hold onto her thighs because she was bouncing around. “Be careful, baby. Daddy doesn’t want you to fall.” 

She smiled and wrapped her hands around Bradley's head and rested her hands on his forehead, “Sorry, but this is just rad! Papa has a plane!” She rested her chin on top of Bradley's head.

“She’s 78 years old, Leia. Do you want to sit inside of it?” He rested his hand on its wing and raised his eyebrows at her.

She lit up and her mouth wide open. She straightened out her back. Bradley looked up at her and saw her excitement. He put his hands beneath her underarms and put her on the floor gently. Mav climbed onto the wing and put his hands out for Bradley to hand Leia to him.

After getting Leia he put her in the pilot’s seat. Bradley came to stand with you. “Come on, y/n. Let's go up to the second-floor ledge to watch her.” He guided you over to the stairs. 

Mav was showing her all the different controls and taught her about the plane. You and Bradley watched them together. He threw his arm around you and placed his hand on your waist. You leaned into him and rested your head on his chest.

“Look at her she’s a natural.” He used his free hand to rest on the safety bar in front of you two and rested against it. “She looks so confident in there.” He held you closer to him. He nuzzled his cheek to your head. 

You smiled, “It’s in her blood, she’s definitely a Bradshaw.” You looked up at him. “She comes from a line of pilots."

Bradley looked down at you and kissed your forehead, “She’s so smart. Maybe she’ll be a WSO one day.” He gently squeeze your hip and kissed your temple.

You threw your head back a little bit, “A what?” You said questionably.

“Weapons System Officer, sweetheart.” He was looking out at Leia sitting in Mav’s mustang. He was smiling so big at them. 

Leia yelled over, “Look! I’m a pilot!” She waved at you both.

You smiled and waved back to Leia. Bradley leaned his weight against you and put his hand up from the railing. He curled his fingers to wave back at Leia and blew her a kiss, “You look beautiful as a pilot, my love!” He rested his hand back on the bar. 

You looked back at him, “English, Bradley.” You blinked at him.

Bradley looked down at you and chuckled, “A Bob, y/n, A backseater.”

You blushed, you didn’t understand the pilot talk, “Oh I knew that…” You laughed with Bradley. “Maybe she’ll be a Bob then.” You looked up at Bradley again and he nodded. He looked down at you and kissed you again. “I love you, baby.”

You wrapped your arms around his waist and pushed yourself into his chest. His arm held onto you tighter. You both continued to watch your daughter. You watched how Bradley was looking on. His eyes filled with so much love as he watched Leia with Mav. You looked back as Mav leaned closer to her and she erupted. 

“Momma!!!!” She screamed so loud it echoed through the whole hangar. “Can I go fly with, Mav!” She stood up in the pilot’s seat. 

Your jaw dropped, “Uh, I don’t-” you looked at Bradley and Mav. You started to shake your head, no, not being able to get any words out.

“Momma pleaseeee! Mav said he could take me!!!!” 

Mav turned around to you and Bradley. “Now I said I could take her one day.” He was laughing and had his hand up toward you. “Only if it was all right with you and Rooster.”

You looked at Bradley, your mouth still open and not knowing what to say. He looked at you and shrugged, “Let her do it, sweetheart. Mav took me out for my first flight when I was her age. He’s the best pilot the navy has to offer. You know, right after me.” He smiled down at you and brushed your hair back, “But it's ultimately up to you, baby. But just know, she will be safe. I promise.” You were still in shock. You were blinking at Bradley not knowing what to say.

Leia screamed over to you, her deciding parents, “Momma! Please! Can I please fly!!”

You looked at her and then at Bradley. Bradley nodded with a smile. You sighed. “Okay.” You whispered. You looked over to Mav and smiled, “Okay!” 

Leia squealed and threw her hands in the air. Mav looked at you and nodded his head to you. “I’ll keep her safe, y/n. I cross my heart!” He gestured an x over his heart.

You shook your head, “Great another pilot in my life.” You let out a loud sigh. 

Bradley laughed and turned you around to face him, “You also get to fly free, sweetheart.” He kissed your forehead sweetly, “Anywhere you want.” You dropped your head down and laid the top of it against his chest. He laughed and picked your head up, “Another aviator on your hands, baby. You almost have yourself a whole squadron.” You threw your head back and groaned. “Just wait until she meets the squad, then you’ll have more of us.” You groaned louder and Bradley just laughed at you. “We aren’t THAT bad, sweetheart.” You narrowed your eyes at him. You didn’t have to say anything. “I will just shut up now.” You nodded at Bradley.

The two of you made your way down the stairs. Bradley ran over to the plane and helped Leia down. You watched as Bradley got Leia ready for the flight. He put his sweater on Leia so she could stay warm during the flight. He gave her a kiss on her forehead and brought her back over to the plane. Mav was doing his routine checklist before flying. As soon as Mav was finished with his checks he came up to you.

“Are you sure you’re okay with this, y/n?” He raised his eyebrows with concern.

You looked down and away. “I trust you, Mav. I know she’ll have a blast and you will take care of her.” You looked up and smiled at him, “I am okay with it. I’m just nervous is all.” You started to rub your arm, “This is her first time ever being in an airplane. I don’t want her to freak out.”

Mav grabbed your hand to stop you from your nervous tic, “I promise to take care of her, y/n. She will be okay. It's in her blood.” He reassured you before going to Leia to get her ready for the flight. 

Bradley held Leia’s hands and lifted her so she was dangling from his grip, “Okay stretch stretch stretch!! Make sure you’re loosened up for the flight, baby girl.” He set her down, “Okay, now jump ten times to get the blood flowing!” They started to jump together. “Okay now, run!” He chased her around the hangar. She was squealing as she held up her dad’s sweater as he chased her around. “I’m going to get you!” She screamed loudly and gave into his embrace. He picked her up, “Okay pilot Leia, do you feel ready to fly this mission?” 

“Yess!” She screamed loudly. 

Bradley whispered in her ear and Leia nodded. "Okay baby, let's try this." He set her down.

"Ready, sweetheart?"

Leia nodded.

Bradley stood next to her and looked at you, "y/n. This is something my dad and Mav used to do before flying drills. And then something Mav did with me as a kid."

You raised your brows.

Bradley looked at Leia, "I feel the need..."

Leia looked at Bradley, "the need..."

The both of them erupted, "FOR SPEED!"

Bradley put his hand up and Leia jumped up and high-fived him.

Mav looked over and smiled at them, "That was perfect! We are ready!"

Bradley walked over with Leia to the plane. You followed. Bradley jumped onto the wing and grabbed Leia from Mav. Bradley and Mav helped Leia into the back seat of the plane, Bradley put on her helmet and buckled her in. You watched from the ground. Bradley was so gentle with her, making sure her buckles were tight so she would be firm against the chair and wouldn’t get boggled around.

“You ready, sweetheart?” He put up a thumbs up to her. She gave him one back. 

“One more thing, baby.” He reached for his aviators from his shirt and placed them on his daughter. “Now you’re a pilot, baby girl! You look rad!” He threw up horns with both hands and she did it back. He patted the top of her helmet and then helped Mav into his seat. 

“Take care of my girl!” He slapped the side of Mav’s helmet and descended down the wing to meet up with you. 

“If you decide you don’t want to send her, say your schpiel now, Captain y/n.” He looked at you waiting for you to say no. “Send them.” You poked him in the chest. 

He hopped into the taxiing car and you beside him. He taxied Mav and Leia onto the runway. Bradley lined them up for take-off. You and Bradley parked the car and waved to Mav and Leia. 

“MAV! PLEASE NO FLIPS!” You screamed as the canopy closed. Mav hit the side of his helmet and shrugged his shoulder signaling he has no idea what you said. You crossed your arms and glared at him. He laughed and put a thumbs up. He and Leia waved at you before they took off.

Bradley wrapped his arms around you, you in front of his big body. He leaned down to whisper in your ear, “They’re just going to do a little course right above us, baby girl. You can watch his every move and maneuver from right here. She’s going to be okay. I promise.” He placed a kiss on your temple. 

Mav was ready for take-off and he saluted to Bradley. Bradley nodded and Mav took off. Your heart was racing when the wheels lifted off and there were accelerating and ascending into the sky above you. 

“Geez sweetheart, I can feel your heartbeat against my chest.” He held you closer and was rubbing your arms. “Give them 20 minutes and she will be grounded.” 

You sighed, “I wonder how she’s doing up there.”

You could feel Bradley’s chest vibrate into your back as he laughed, “If she’s anything like me, she’s never going to want to leave the sky.”

The two of you watched as Mav did a couple of laps in the sky. Bradley leaned into your ear again and sang, “Highway to the danger zone! I’m gonna take it right into the danger zone! Highway tooooo the danger zoooooone! Ride in tooo the danger zooooonnneeee!” Swaying with you to the beat of the song. 

You laughed and hit him in the stomach with your elbow, “Now is not the time for that song, Bradshaw.” He laughed and kissed you on the back of your head. 

Bradley ducked his lips back to your ear, "So, baby, I wanted to say sorry again."

You turned around slightly to meet your eyes with his, "For what, Brad?" You lifted one of your brows.

He kissed your lips, "For needing some time to text you or call you." He sighed, "I couldn't text you much when I was on the boat. From the moment we boarded to the moment we docked back in San Diego, it was busy."

"No, Bradley-" your voice was soft. You turned to him and he held you in his embrace. You rubbed his cheek. "You don't need to apologize. I know it was a lot. You went through a lot."

He kissed the inside of your hand, "I don't know what I did to deserve you, babydoll." He caressed your cheek and pulled you in for a kiss. "But I have to. I know you were hurting. I know it stressed you out."

You shook your head, "Doesn't matter." You smiled sweetly, "You're here with me now my sweet boy and that's all that matters." You were blinking slowly as you fell in love with his eyes.

He smiled slowly, this was a pure smile, it hit his eyes and he lit up. "I wanted to text and call you, baby. To tell you I was okay. The majority of the time I didn't have service out there. I should have sent a messenger bird or something like that... a messenger shark." you both laughed.

"I needed you to know I was okay. That I was alive. No one could get a hold of their families. It tore me apart knowing you were probably just at home worried. I am so sorry, baby." He took your hand from his face and interlocked his fingers with yours. He kissed the back of your hand.

"When I got home, I was going to go with Mav to see you, but I wanted to make sure everything was perfect when I saw you again. When I finally got to meet Leia. So I asked Mav if we could have dinner at his house. I knew you'd say yes."

Your eyes widened, "So Mav didn't want us to come here out of his own will?" you laughed.

Bradley shook his head, "Of course he did, baby. He could never turn down spending time with you and Leia. He loves you both so much."

You kissed Bradley slow and your lips lingered near one another's as you held him close to you, "Thank you, Bradley, I love you."

He kissed your forehead and you turned back around to watch as Leia and Mav flew around, "You're welcome y/n, I love you, always."

You continued to watch as Mav and Leia circled around. He was doing a couple of aerobatics, enough to make your heart and stomach do flips. But, you knew Leia was in great hands.

“So do you think Leia will be an engineer like you? Or a badass pilot like me and her founding fathers before her?” Bradley chuckled.

“I definitely think she could be a better pilot than all of you. She’s smart like me, Bradley.” 

You felt him nod, “You’re not wrong about that, sweetheart. She’d be the best pilot ever. No one would stand a chance against her.” 

“Or maybe she will be what she wants to be… a princess.” You looked back at Bradley and smiled.

“She already is one, baby. She’s always been one.” He smiled down at you. “Orrrr, maybe she will want to work on planes?” 

You raised your brows, “Oh I can definitely see her doing that, Bradley.”

He kissed your forehead, “She will have Mav, me, and the whole squad to teach her about them. It’s all going to come naturally to her if she decides to do that.”

You looked back at Mav’s plane as they circled above and continued their course. 

After some time Mav finally landed and the canopy opened. First, he climbed out of the plane, and then he grabbed Leia. She was wide-eyed and grinning. 

“Momma! I wanna go again!” 

Bradley ran over to help Leia down. Bradley set her on the floor she ran to you with her arms open. You hugged her tight when she was in your arms. She pulled back and adjusted the aviators on her face. “That was so cool! I felt like a bird!” She was so happy and excited. 

Bradley came over with Mav, “She did such a great job, y/n.” 

Mav gave Leia a fist bump. “You can be my wingman anytime.” He winked at her. 

“You’re better than your dad! You’re a natural!” She looked at Bradley and let out a big “HA!” and pointed at him. Bradley knelt down and took his aviators off of her face and placed them back on his shirt collar. “Lieutenant Leia I think you well deserved these.” He reached into his jeans pocket and held the pin in his hand. Leia’s eyes lit up.

He looked at them and unclasped the backings. He lined them onto Leia’s shirt like where they would be on his uniform. He put the pin gently onto his daughter’s shirt and clasped the back up with the pin holders. Then straightened put her shirt. He grabbed her hands, “These wings are yours, sweetheart.” 

He pushed her hair back out of her face, “You’re officially the Navy’s secret weapon.” He winked at her. Leia saluted Bradley and he saluted back. 

She looked at the wings on her shirt and jumped onto Bradley. “I wanna be a pilot like you and Mav when I grow up.” She nuzzled her head into Bradley’s shoulder wrapping her arms tightly around his neck. He closed his eyes and pulled her in as close as he could. “You’ll be the best pilot anyone has ever seen, baby.”

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Leia's first flight lesson with her papa Mav! She wants to be like dad and papa Mav 🥹❤️. This just keeps getting sweeter and sweeter. I don't know how much more I can take 😭 I'll see you in the next part, babes! The love just continues from here 😍

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[prettyboysinmyheart]

a ella and mav fluffy blurb please 🥺

“Tell me about your day, amour” Maveric asked.

He had just gotten home from practice, and all he wanted to do was hold his girl in his arms and relax. Currently, he had ella in his lap, arms wrapped around her waist while hers was around his neck, playing with his curls.

“Well today I had tennis practice, went out to lunch with the girls, oh and my mom called to ask how we were then i took a long nap.” Ella said, with a smile on her face.

“I love you, ella” He says quietly, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear. She noticed tears starting to form in his eyes.

“Baby, are you ok? Ella’s smiles instantly faded. She cupped his face and wiped the tears off his cheeks. Seeing the tears made her want to cry.

“I’m ok now, amour. Practice was horrible and nothing was going my way. I just wanna hold you and forget about it.”

He continued to hold her while ella gave him kisses every few minutes as a reminder that she was there.

[ohtobeleah]

How do you think Hangman would react if Iris was in some type of mid air emergency like a bird strike or she looses an engine? Do you think Hangman could control his emotions if they were still top secret?

Wait! I want everyones opinion on this because! Oh my god. Jake would like implode. He’d have to? I feel like that should be the way Mav finds out?

An accident that one of the idiots like Rebound or White are involved in as well and as good as Iris is she just can’t control the situation.

It would freak the fuck out of Rooster too because what if it was like what killed his dad 🥺 He can’t lose anyone else.

[bradshawsbaby]

Bradley Bradshaw headcanon: Bradley mostly taught himself to play the piano, but Ice helped him, having learned the instrument as a child, and taught Bradley how to play classical pieces, including “Frederick fu-freaking Chopin”*, as Ice put it.

Bradley is proud to have so much of Goose and Mav in him, but he’s also so proud that he has that piece of Uncle Ice with him forever.

*Tombstone reference

Oh, my heart, this is the sweetest!!!

Bradley and Uncle Ice 🥹

I like to think that the two of them had a really close relationship, and that Bradley really clung to that after his falling out with Mav. Losing Ice was really painful for him because it felt like losing another piece of his connection to his father 🥺

[crinkled-emotions]

Day 31: Free Day (Surprise fic!)

This one... oof. I can't believe it's finally here.

I'm super grateful to those people who have sent in asks or commented on the fics, I honestly didn't think I'd be able to get to 31 🥺 I talked more about it on the Ao3 version of this because tumblr is a NIGHTMARE for hate asks atm.

Warnings: Carole's cancer diagnosis and discussions of cancer-related complications, Goose's accident, Hangman's fear of not being fast enough to get to Mav and Rooster during the Dagger mission. Rooster also puts himself back into therapy.

This fic also contains Hangster and a couple of very special guests!! I really went loose with this one, I didn't edit it particularly hard nor did I think about whether it would be received well. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did writing it 🥹

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“Jake Seresin, you have three seconds to get over here and explain yourself!”

Hangman’s head shot up, glancing over the back of the couch in Maverick’s hangar. Coyote frowned from beside him, following his gaze to see three figures coming into the space.

“Oh shit,” Hangman hissed, “I gotta hide.”

He got up and made an abrupt disappearing act into the hangar, Coyote calling after him but to no avail. Phoenix was standing too, beaming as she ran to give one of the people coming toward them a hug.

“Oh my god, I haven’t seen you in forever! How are you?”

“Honey we are doing just fine.”

Phoenix folded into the older woman’s arms, surprisingly affectionate with her which the others were now watching closely considering Phoenix was more likely to bite someone’s head off rather than giving them a hug.

“You’re here!”

Maverick came out of the airstream, Rooster following shortly after. He stopped dead in his tracks halfway down the stairs, eyes widening.

“Mom? Dad?”

-

Carole surged forward, leaving Goose in his wheelchair for a moment to wrap her son in a hug.

“Bradley,” she breathed. Nothing more needed to be said.

“What the fuck?”

Sorry. Except for that. Thanks Fanboy.

“Uh- guys, uh... meet my parents. This is my mom, Carole... and my dad. Goose.”

Rooster helped his dad join the group, gently touching his shoulder.

“You okay, dad?”

“Better than you,” Goose retorted, earning an eye roll. Carole swatted Rooster’s shoulder and then extended her arms to give Maverick a hug too.

“And you, Maverick, what were you thinking?!”

“Carole, I-“

“-god, if we’d lost both of you...”

She pulled away, tears in her eyes as she looked between Rooster and Maverick, then sighed.

“Is Jake here?”

“Mom...” Rooster started carefully but she held out a hand.

“I just want to talk to him for a moment.”

“He’s down the back, ma’am,” Bob offered. Carole waved at him, pressed a kiss to Goose’s lips and Rooster’s temple then made her way through the collection of vintage cars and a plane or two. The Daggers turned toward Rooster, gobsmacked.

“Why the hell are your parents all buddy buddy with Maverick?” Payback demanded. Rooster just smirked.

“Have you not been listening for the last six weeks?”

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“Jake, I know you’re back here.”

Hangman grimaced, slowly turning toward Carole. The older woman stood by the photo wall, arms crossed.

“Ma’am, I-“

“-since when have I been ma’am to you? Honey you were there for three Christmases, you don’t ever need to ma’am me.”

Hangman grimaced, leaning on the workbench.

“I said some really awful things to Rooster- Bradley. I said things I didn’t mean and now he’s mad as hell. How are you not pissed at me for everything I’ve done?”

“I don’t think he is, and I’m certainly not. Yours and Bradley’s relationship ended but that doesn’t mean I stopped worrying about you.”

Carole and Goose had taken Jake in all those years ago when Rooster took him home for the first time, constantly looking to him for reassurance because he didn’t know what it was like to have a supportive, welcoming family. Goose was paralysed from the neck down but he didn’t let it affect his charm and his sense of humour; Carole had survived what was almost terminal cancer and she still held her own against her incredibly stubborn son and husband. Hangman cleared his throat, eyes falling to the concrete flooring.

“I thought they were dead.”

“I can’t imagine how scared you must have been. You and Bradley...”

Carole Bradshaw was fun loving, loud and the life of the party at all times but she also raised what could only be described as a handful of a son with a gentle hand and her maternal instincts came out with almost everyone she met, Hangman included. He’d spent many a night sitting up with her, the two of them the insomniacs of their relationships, just talking about anything and nothing.

She was the mother figure he’d never had.

“Jake. Are you okay?”

“No,” he choked out. Carole’s eyes softened and she stepped forward to pull him into a hug.

-

“So what Bagman said, about Mav and your dad-“

“-it’s true, my dad and Mav were at TOPGUN when the accident happened. My dad was in a coma for... a really long time. When he did finally come around he couldn’t feel anything from his chest down. All the PT in the world can’t fix the kind of paralysis he has.”

“Man, that must have been really difficult for you. I’m sorry.”

Bob’s voice broke the silence first. Rooster hummed.

“I remember my mom was doing the laundry once and she just started bawling. Mav said she found a load of my dad’s clothes she’d forgotten about and it just... yeah. I don’t actually remember seeing dad all that often, one minute he was gone and the next he was sitting in his new wheelchair at home and he couldn’t pick me up anymore.”

Phoenix’s brows furrowed.

“I can’t even imagine. Your mom was sick too, right?”

“It was three years of hell.”

Maverick and Goose joined the Daggers by the couches, Maverick ruffling Rooster’s hair as Rooster glanced over at his dad.

“You handle the drive alright?”

“Yeah, fine. How about you kid, you doing okay?”

“Just glad to be on the ground,” Rooster said quietly. He felt Goose gently touch his shoulder.

“We’ll talk about this later.”

Rooster hummed, glancing around.

“Where did mom go?”

“I’m here honey. Have you told them about the Walmart diaper story yet?”

“Mom,” Rooster groaned as Carole and Hangman appeared from the back of the hangar. Phoenix’s eyes lit up and she scooted over on the couch to make room for Carole.

“Wait, I haven’t heard this one. I thought I had all the BB Blackmail.”

“The what?”

“Oh, Roos,” Hangman shook his head, “you have no idea.”

-

That evening Carole and Goose retired to the house beside the hangar- Maverick tended to sleep in the airstream in the hangar itself but the house had been specifically fitted with everything Goose needed for his wheelchair access including the bathroom and kitchen. The Daggers rolled out their swags across the hangar but stayed up a little longer to talk. Everyone started to drift off except Rooster and Hangman, sitting up on the couches together with a beer in hand.

“I don’t get it,” Hangman said, “you almost lost your parents and you still cut Maverick off.”

“Jake I don’t want to get into this with you,” Bradley groaned.

“No, you listen to me. Mav might have a couple screws loose but he must have done it for a reason.”

“I think my mom had something to do with it. She always went quiet when I started talking about the Navy or begging to get my licence.”

“Can you blame her? She almost lost her husband and her best friend in one hit.”

“Yeah, I do blame her. This was so fucking important to me, it was all I could talk about.”

“I know, Bradley, I remember when you found out why you were four years behind everyone else.”

Hangman took a sip of his beer, eyes to his lap.

“Left me in the dust.”

“Jake, I don’t know what to tell you.”

“I’m going to bed. Drink some water before you try to sleep.”

Hangman stood, collecting the beer bottles around the hangar to put in the trash before rolling out his swag. Rooster sighed.

“Jake, I’m sorry.”

“Goodnight.”

-

Carole and Maverick stood out in the bright morning sunlight just outside the hangar doors, drinking coffee and looking over the desert.

“How long were Hangman and Bradley together?” Maverick asked.

“Almost four years. Bradley was never the same after he found out about his papers.”

“Couldn’t get off his perch?” Maverick supplied. Carole laughed.

“Sure.”

Then she turned to face Maverick properly.

“What happened on that mission, Pete? Bradley calls after deployments but he doesn’t spend hours just sitting there listening to us babble. I’ve never seen Jake that haunted either.”

“You really want to know?” Maverick asked. When Carole just glared at him he sighed.

“Alright, we better sit down. Let’s go inside.”

They headed into the house, taking a seat at the dining table. Carole reached over and squeezed Maverick’s hand.

“I know this one was different.”

“I didn’t expect to come home from this one.”

“Pete you say that all the time-“

“-no I mean it. I saw the mission plan and I knew someone wasn’t coming home. If that was going to be the case, I wanted it to be me.”

“Pete, you did that. Everyone made it thanks to you.”

“How much did Bradley tell you?”

“Enough to know I could have lost both of you.”

“It’s a good thing Jake was spare; I knew if it came down to it he would be the one who’d push their jet to the limits to help in time without hesitating. He might be an ass at the best of times but he saved our lives. I’ll forever be grateful for that.”

Carole glanced down at her coffee cup.

“I think something shook loose in Bradley this time.”

“Me too.”

Maverick touched her hand, gesturing toward the bedroom.

“How’s he doing? Anything from the docs?”

“Oh, the usual. The nerve pain isn’t any better but he doesn’t want to tell Bradley.”

“We spent too long keeping secrets from Bradley, Carole.”

“I know, I just... he’s doing so well at work and the way he was last night- that’s the Bradley I know and love. He was smiling and laughing like I haven’t seen him in years.”

Maverick smiled.

“Yeah, I thought so too. Just... talk to him.”

“I will.”

Carole got up, rinsing out her coffee cup.

“You think he’s going to be okay?”

“He’s tough.”

“But is he going to be okay, Pete?”

Maverick frowned.

“I don’t know, Carole. All we can do is make sure he knows we’ve got his back.”

-

“So your mom looks good.”

“Are you flirting? Phoenix, she’s my mom.”

Phoenix gaped at Rooster for a second, then she burst out laughing and took his cup of coffee from him.

“Shut up, god knows you’re still flirting with Hangman after all these years.”

It was Rooster’s turn to stare hopelessly at her. She elbowed him in the side.

“Seriously. I haven’t seen your mom smile that hard in years-“

“-Bradley! Come help with breakfast!”

Carole called out the front door of the house and Rooster smiled at her over his shoulder.

“Be there in a second, mom!”

He took his coffee back from Phoenix and drained the mug, planting it back in her hand.

“Thanks for... everything, Tash.”

He headed back for the house when Carole yelled again, leaving Phoenix staring blankly after him. She heard someone else approach her from behind and smiled when she realised it was Bob and Fanboy.

“I didn’t think he knew how to smile,” Fanboy started. Bob nodded.

“It felt like I was talking to a brick wall sometimes, but this Rooster? It’s almost unsettling.”

“You know the story about his papers?” Phoenix asked them, both men shaking their heads. Phoenix sighed.

“Well, uh, after Mav and Rooster’s father were in a really awful crash, and Rooster’s mom beat cancer by the skin of her teeth, Rooster thinks she wasn’t down for him risking his life like Maverick still does and his father did. Apparently it was all he could talk about from the moment he was old enough to understand the Navy.”

“My dad’s a rancher, I wanted to be one for years too,” Bob supplied but Phoenix cleared her throat.

“It went so much deeper than that. Mr Bradshaw almost died from his injuries and then the infection he sustained later on. I don’t think Carole could have handled losing Bradley too, so Rooster thinks she might have asked Mav to pull his papers from the Naval Academy. It set him back four years which is how we ended up in the same TOPGUN class with Hangman. I don’t know all the details but I think Rooster’s finally made peace with whatever happened between then and now.”

Bob was quiet for a moment, processing everything, but Fanboy’s brows furrowed.

“Why was he so damn bitchy with Mav if it was his mom that pulled his papers?”

“You’d have to ask him.”

“No thanks,” Fanboy and Bob said simultaneously, earning laughter.

“He lived with him.”

They all jumped when Hangman appeared beside them, eyes on the desert in front of them rather than looking toward his teammates.

“What?”

“When things got really bad, Rooster moved in with Mav.”

Phoenix sighed.

“That tracks.”

“Is he gonna be pissed you can’t keep your mouth shut?” Phoenix asked Hangman, who just shrugged.

“He’s already pissed.”

“Daggers! Breakfast!”

The conversation was cut short by Maverick calling out for everyone to come eat, Payback and Coyote emerging from the hangar and Phoenix following the others down the hill where they’d been talking.

-

“Mrs Bradshaw, can I ask- Bradley Bradshaw?”

Carole smiled at Payback, patting his hand.

“He didn’t tell you?”

“Mom,” Rooster started quietly which immediately had everyone’s attention. Phoenix put her fork down, raising an eyebrow.

“No, please tell us. What are we missing?”

“When Bradley was born, his mom was-“

“-dad.”

The Cheshire-cat grin on Hangman’s face told the others he hadn’t heard this story either. Goose glanced between the Daggers then he smiled. Rooster put his head in his hands.

“So Mav and I were on base when Carole called to say she was in labour. It was just lucky that we were only a half hour away instead of being deployed so we were able to get to the hospital fast.”

Goose’s eyes met Carole’s and he smiled softly at her. Phoenix wondered what it was like to be that in love, then almost choked when she realised Hangman had a matching fond look on his face... directed at Rooster.

“Anyway, so we get in the room and Carole is doing her thing and she looks me dead in the eye... says she wants to call him Bradley then just starts laughing. I thought it was a joke, but the second Mav held him he says he looks like a Nick Junior. We compromised; my middle name is James, so...”

“Oh my god. Your middle name is James?” Phoenix says. Rooster sighed.

“Alright, let’s hear it.”

“We didn’t mean to call him BJ, it just happened.”

The Daggers frantically tried to avoid eye contact with one another so they didn’t burst out laughing, but Phoenix rested her head on Bob’s shoulder to stifle her giggling and that was it for the rest of them. Rooster rolled his eyes.

“I’m spitting in your food tonight.”

“How sweet, BJ!” Phoenix grinned. Even Maverick was smiling as he shook his head.

“I swear I work with teenagers.”

-

“How are you doing, kid?”

Rooster glanced over as his dad came into the living room, sending him a soft smile.

“I’m okay.”

“You’ve been quiet.”

“Dad. I don’t want to talk about it.”

“I know, B.”

Neither Goose nor Carole called him any variation of Rooster; it was always his first name or a nickname. Bradley’s shoulders relaxed and he shrugged.

“Look, it’s fine, it’s no big deal.”

Goose frowned.

“Well, from experience, almost dying is a big deal. Almost dying twice? I mean, I’m surprised you’re not drunk under a tree kid.”

That earned a snort.

“Bradley, you came home different.”

His eyes dropped to his lap and he took a deep breath.

“I know.”

“Kid, no one expects you to have it all together.”

That seemed to unlock something and Bradley hummed, then cleared his throat.

“Bradley?”

“Dad I can’t- I can’t breathe.”

“Alright, put your head between your knees. You’ve done this before, it’s okay.”

“Is he okay? Bradley, sweetheart what’s going on? Goose?”

Carole appeared from downstairs, rubbing her hand over her son’s back and cupping his forehead.

“Just breathe, honey. In through your nose, out through your mouth.”

Bradley did as his father had said, focusing on the air moving through his lungs. He heard his mother talking to him and his father softly, her hand firm on his back. He might have been in his thirties but times like these brought him right back to his teenage years when everything was too much, or when he and Jake broke up and the only person more upset had been his mom.

“Fuck, Roos. You good? I thought you said these stopped.”

Somehow Bradley had missed the door opening. His head shot up to find Hangman standing by the entrance to the living room, arms crossed over his chest. He strode across the room and pulled the curtains shut then went into the kitchen. Carole gently brushed Bradley’s curls from his face.

“Say the word and he goes.”

“No, no it’s okay,” he managed to get out, carefully working himself back upright. Goose watched him for a moment.

“Feel okay?”

“God, no.”

-

“How long has it been since you, your parents and Mav were all in the same room?”

Rooster glanced down at Phoenix’s head on his shoulder as they sat on a picnic blanket, looking over the sunset. She glanced up at him, waiting for an answer.

“Too long,” he sighed. Phoenix smiled.

“It must be weird having all three parents in the same room.”

“Scary to think I could have had none of them. I can’t- if I’d lost them...”

Phoenix touched his shoulder.

“But you didn’t.”

“I almost did. All three of them, at various stages. For a while there it felt like the moment I caught my breath it would all go bad again.”

“I know.”

She did, of course she did. She’d been the one to find him in the barracks, staring helplessly at his phone. Hangman was long gone at that point, so Phoenix had booked him a flight home and urged him to speak to his CO about leave. Initially his leave request was denied but a call from a certain Admiral had made it so he had a couple days to go home and be with his family when his mom had a scare at a check up scan.

“I think I’m going to lose them, Tasha.”

“Oh, Roos.”

“Mom’s been in remission for almost three years and dad’s not in any immediate danger but Mav... it’s so fuckin’ stupid.”

“It’s not; Mav lives life on the edge,” Phoenix reassured. Rooster snorted.

“Yeah.”

“Well, have you spoken to him about it?”

“Pot, kettle, black.”

Phoenix punched his shoulder.

“Maybe he could use a reminder about what he’s got to come home to. It must have been difficult juggling holidays if you couldn’t even be in the same room together.”

“Oh no, we had it down to a fine art. I got Christmas but I made sure to be busy at Easter-“

“-you mean drunk.”

“I mean drunk.”

Rooster sighed, nudging Phoenix’s shoulder.

“I gotta sort my shit out with Seresin, I’ll come find you later.”

“Go get ‘em, Roo. Get laid.”

Rooster rolled his eyes as he stood, dusting off his jeans before he headed to find Hangman sitting with Payback and Fanboy arguing about college football.

“Hey, Seres- uh, Jake. Can we talk?”

“Sure.”

He scooted over on the couch but Rooster shook his head.

“Not here.”

Fanboy and Payback exchanged a look.

“No, man, you guys stay here. We can argue about football elsewhere.”

Payback stood, grabbing Fanboy by the end of his jacket to get him to follow. Hangman stood.

“Look, Bradshaw, I-“

Rooster gently took him by the arm and led into the airstream, closing the door behind him.

-

Hangman’s brows furrowed.

“What are you doing?”

“Thanks for earlier. When I-“

“-yeah, don’t sweat it.”

A pause.

“So... was that it-“

“-I’m sorry for what I did to us.”

Jake’s eyebrows shot up.

“Bradley... that was three years ago.”

“Did you move on? See other people?”

“Not like I saw you.”

Rooster leaned back against the kitchen counter.

“I’m sorry.”

“I know.”

The tension in the tiny airstream could have been cut with a knife. Hangman crossed his arms over his chest; Rooster reached out to touch him but stopped at the last second. The last thing he wanted Jake to think was that he was apologising for sex. To his surprise Jake met him halfway, lacing their fingers together.

“All I ever wanted was for you to talk to me.”

“I didn’t know how.”

“Do you now?”

“I want to try.”

Jake’s shoulders settled.

“Bradley, this... I can’t go another round if you’re going to get cold feet and leave again.”

“I’m not talking out of my ass, Jake.”

“Fucking prove it, because I won’t do this again.”

Bradley reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone, tapping away for a moment. Jake watched him, brows furrowed.

“Are you seriously answering a text right now?”

“No, I’m pulling up an appointment. Look.”

He thrust the phone into Jake’s hand. Sure enough, it was an appointment confirmation booking for a therapy centre in San Diego.

“Wait, this isn’t the VA-“

“-I don’t want to talk to someone who’s associated with the Navy, my... issues aren’t with the Navy. They’re issues from my childhood, shit I never talked about. Not even with my parents or Mav.”

Jake swallowed, passing the phone back.

“Is this some adrenaline thing? Get back on dry land, sleep with your ex, trauma gone and appointment cancelled?”

“No.”

For some reason, he believed him. Maybe it was because he could hear the sincerity in Bradley’s voice, the way he ducked his head to meet Jake’s eyes. He didn’t tense up when Jake put a hand on his chest, leaning in to press a kiss to his cheek.

“If we’re serious about this, we do it properly. No sex, no making out to avoid talking about our feelings. I don’t care if it sounds dumb, I want to know what’s going on with you.”

“I know. I’m going to try. I don’t want to let you down ever again.”

Jake didn’t know if he was a weak man, a dumb man or a whipped man, but he didn’t shy away when Bradley leaned in and kissed him softly.

“I missed you, darlin’,” he whispered, hands finding Bradley’s hips.

“I missed you too. I’m sorry.”

“I know.”

Jake wrapped him in a hug, burying his face against Bradley’s neck. When he opened his eyes, he groaned.

“We have paparazzi.”

“What?”

Bradley pulled away, glancing over his shoulder.

“Guys,” he groaned

“Carry on!” Phoenix called through the open window, Coyote holding up a bowl of what looked like popcorn.

“Are they back together yet?” Carole called from the couch.

“Yes, mom, we’re back together.”

Jake and Bradley exchanged a look, then Jake took him by the hand.

“We can talk more later when we get back to San Diego.”

“I’d like that.”

-

“We did good, Goose.”

Goose hummed, watching the Daggers playing dogfight football on the empty tarmac.

“We did, honey.”

Carole squeezed his hand.

“You owe me twenty bucks.”

“You bet they’d be back together when we got here!” Goose protested. She sent him a look and he sighed.

“We share an account honey.”

“You’re no fun.”

“I have a better idea.”

They exchanged a look, then Carole squeezed his hand and stood.

“Mav! You lost!”

“Fuck.”

-

[oathkeeperoxas]

TOP GUN / Icemav fic recs part 4

Hello my fellow icemav enjoyers, I bring to you more fic recs, freshly harvested from the local fields. If I list an author below, I also recommend checking out their profile for their other works as well!

Rec list 1 here

Rec list 2 here

Rec list 3 here

Where Are You Going by @adiduck

They’ve both heard all the philosophical bullshit, of course. Poems about your soul forever seeking its other half, impassioned treatises they were supposed to read in high school English about how you know where your own limbs are, quotes from long-dead guys about physical distance but hearts taking up the same space--that kind of bullshit. Maverick never put much stock in that kind of thing--he’d hated school. It probably shouldn’t have been surprising that Ice also really did not care about the science or philosophy--they were supposed to be perfect for each other, after all. (Or: There’s a handshake in the O Club the first night of Top Gun, and the very bearing of “magnetic North” shifts permanently under Ice and Mav’s feet)

Soulmate AU!!!!! This is so cleverly put together, the worldbuilding details are delicious and so very excellent, and the characterisation is on point. A very fun and enjoyable read 💖

Polaroid Picture by @betanoiz

man, we used to be brothers. superheroes and warriors. - The story of Maverick and the important relationships in his life, as told through photos.

The author plays with form through the use of pictures in this fic, using them to broaden the story and really show the character's relationships with each other. A very soft landing that hits all the right notes.

Ever Higher by @astolat

Maybe he wouldn’t have thought of it on his own, but soon as he’d heard about it—well, it was fucking obvious, wasn’t it? There was no other way to keep climbing.

I read this the first time, had to sleep on it, then come back to digest it properly. The author fits so much into every single sentence - the plot and the reveal hit you straight to the chest, no room to avoid it.

Mach 4 Mile High Club by @topgunreacts

In a civilian bar off base, Ice finds half-price drinks, trivia, and Maverick. The drinks he's expecting. The trivia he can handle. He isn't ready for Maverick.

This is just pure fun!! The back and forth between Ice and Mav builds deliciously throughout the story, the smut is top tier, and the finale lands just perfectly.

that’s what i love (about sunday) by @gracedbybattle

For the past few years, Ice has gotten used to the silence. But their house isn’t so quiet anymore.

Established icemav and the daggers can be so so good actually!! The domestic fluff here hits all the right notes.

Decent by @lambourngb

Ice was aware of the old adage, 'Don't Judge a Book By Its Cover', but he had seen Maverick fly, and now that they were teaching together, he was pretty sure he had Mav figured out. There were lots of reasons for Mav to be insanely confident; he had movie star looks, he had gifted hand-eye coordination in the sky, and he had no discernible shame trigger. Turns out, probably all of that was true, but Mav had one more reason for his swagger.

I have been converted to the Mav has a big cock agenda. Enough said.

Take the Long Way by @kerbyfullyloaded

Five times Iceman tried to get Maverick to come home and the one time he finally did.

This and it's sequel are so full of satisfying emotion - this author has such an excellent voice for the characters and it very much comes through in the prose!

Centrifugal Motion (Perpetual Bliss) by @brendaonao3

A month after the DADT repeal goes into effect, Ice finally gathers the courage to tell Mav he wants another chance.

The pining! The second chances! The yearning that threads its way through this, oh... so very soft and good 🥺

A Box of Love by @film-in-my-soul

It's black and embossed, a medium-sized thing with a careful label facing outward— Wedding, 2014. Jackpot.

Married icemav my beloved. The established relationship is written so tenderly and well, with an understanding between the two of them that I hold very close to my heart

[sebsxphia]

Ok with Jake chewing on his dog tags, its like sensory toys with his name on it…I feel like a lot of the daggers have some sort of neurodivergent thing..cyclone (and the rest of the navy probably) “whatever not a thing” vs mav keeping little sensory trinkets in a basket by his desk, same with ice..they may be a bit old..but they want their kids to be happy (ice didn’t die..cause I said so) like they have all sorts of little accommodations in his classroom (as much as the navy lets them, it’s the military after all)

yessss! oh goodness, i love this sweet thought so much dear anon! 🥹 i definitely think mav would know and understand, and if they requested such a thing, he would out of his own pocket 🥺💌

[whoregaylorenzo]

do we have any idea what happened between mavio? oh fellow mavio lover please tell me you have an idea 🥺

oh bestie....*pats seat next to me* we're really in it now aren't we..😭😭

okay there's definitely better ppl to ask this since I've only been here for a few months but I'll tell you what I think I know

disclaimer: a lot of the gaps of my knowledge (so a lot) are filled in with dramatic exaggerations and my own headcanons so don't take it too seriously

1. maverick comes into motogp with one championship under his belt (moto3) and a third place in moto2, from what I've gathered he'd been seen as one of the real next talents, I'm not 100% sure of the timeline but I know I've heard vale mention him as well as marc as someone who could be quick/has a lot of talent

2. he starts off at suzuki (with aleix), gets some good results even a win and a couple podiums and after two years moves to yamaha in 2017 after coming 4th in the championship im 2016

3. he fucking wins his first two races with yamaha, talk about an entry to a team. oh and his teammate was valentino rossi. enough said.

4. mav having a grand time at yamaha, finishing 3rd and 4th and 3rd again (2017,18,19) in the championship. then shit starts going downwards.

5. in 2019, fabio arrives on the motogp stage with the petronas yamaha. he has an amazing first season, getting like 7 podiums and finishing 5th overall.

6. 2020 (ooh getting spicy) so there's a lot of very friendly interactions between mav and fabio from this time, it really seems like they were good buddies, n then preparing to be teammates in 2021, being excited about it!! looking at results tho - even though fabio only finished 8th that year, he won three races, meanwhile mav got one win plus two second places - both behind fabio...

7. so going into 2021 the situation is basically - fabio, boy wonder replacing motogp legend and maverick - not quite being able to fulfill the potential ppl said he had, getting this new teammate, a fast young guy - [threatening music starts playing]

7. and then the season starts off not too bad for mav with a win but after that - forget it. mav getting worse, fab winning and winning and winning. mav starts thinking yamaha have clearly moved on from him and are backing fabio, casting him aside a bit (in his perception, I can't really speak on what really happened I simply wasn't present in the fandom and I've not dove that deep yet), and then ofc it culminates in the whole debacle with mav just having enough of the frustration and doing sth rash, leading to the yamaha fallout and him leaving the team - well being fired really - and going to aprilia

8. as far as I know, it wasn't this alone that broke mavio? I think fabio said sth to the effect of he doesn't really care about mav leaving the team, and then there's a mav quote I think of him saying he's surprised to hear that from fabio

9. and then ofc there's fabio on that podcast this year answering the question "who's the rider you have the worst relationship with" with maverick.

IN CONCLUSION I think a culmination of fabio riding high on success, mav spiraling and lashing out, all that lead to the sorta icy relationship they have now....*sob*

anyway at the bottom of this I gotta add these tags from vic @distinguishedfifty to lighten the mood bc I simply love them uwkfjfkd

if any motogp mutuals have more to add here or maybe wanna correct me on things pls feel free!!

[ladywaffles]

19 and goosemav+carole please? 🥺🥰

thank you!!! :3

things you said when we were the happiest we ever were

“Get the camera, get the camera!” Carole whacks him in the arm the second they hear Maverick’s footsteps in the hallway.

“I’m going, I’m going!”

“Hurry up!” she hisses.

“It’s not the Queen of England, it’s just Mav!” Goose grouses.

“Just Mav?” Maverick says, letting himself in as always. “And here I was thinking you liked me! I thought we was going steady, Goosey!”

“Maverick!” Carole squeals. She all but throws herself into his arms, never mind the fact that it’s barely been three days since she last saw him, and showers him in kisses. Goose smiles to himself and plucks his Polaroid off of the bedroom dresser.

By the time he makes it back to the kitchen, Maverick is wearing a lovely shade of Covergirl’s coral pink lipstick all over his cheeks.

“Smudge that up a bit, and it’d make a great blush, Mav!” he crows.

“You’re the worst, Goose,” Mav says, reaching over the table to grab a napkin.

“Love you too, dearest,” Goose smiles.

“Now, Maverick,” Carole says, folding her hands neatly on the table. She’s got a bright gleam in her eyes. Goose hands her the paper they got from the doctor’s office yesterday, and she’s positively glowing.

“We’ve got some news for you, something very important,” she says seriously.

Maverick’s face falls. “It’s not bad, is it? You’re not sick? Oh, God, Goose, why didn’t you say sooner!”

“No, I’m not sick, Mav,” Goose answers. “But Carole is… well, she’s got a delicate constitution, you see.”

Maverick looks like Goose just kicked a puppy in front of him and then told him to run it over with the Kawasaki. He’s biting his lip so hard to fight from bursting out with a honk of laughter that he can almost taste the blood.

“Carole? You’re not dying, are you?” Mav takes Carole’s hand and runs his fingers over her knuckles. “Whatever it is, me and Goose are gonna be here for ya, I swear. I’ll be on my best behavior, scout’s honor!”

“You were never a Boy Scout, Maverick Mitchell, you take that back!” Carole giggles and hands Maverick the results from the doctor.

“Goosey took me to see someone yesterday,” she tells him. “Since I wasn’t feeling too good. The results came back fine, but it looks like we’re gonna have a pretty different lifestyle going forward. We’re gonna have to change a lotta things around here, Maverick, and I’m expecting you to be here for all of them.”

Maverick takes a deep sigh before unfolding the paper. Goose holds up his camera, training it on Mav’s face so he doesn’t miss the money shot.

It takes all of five seconds for Mav to process it and look at Carole in shock. The flash goes off, but Maverick doesn’t notice at all.

“You’re—you!” he sputters.

“We’re having a baby!” Goose yells, throwing his arms around Mav’s neck. “I’m gonna be a daddy!”

Carole wraps both of them into a tight hug, and then they’re dancing around the tiny kitchen.

“Wait, wait!” Mav says, holding the paper up so it doesn’t crinkle. “We gotta put this somewhere important.”

He takes the novelty magnet they picked up in Pensacola during flight school and tacks the ultrasound to the middle of the fridge.

“There we go!”

Mav turns back to them with a smile wide enough to split his face. “You’re gonna be parents,” he says. “God, who woulda thought!”

“Don’t think this changes anything, mister!” Carole wags her finger at him. “You’re still gonna be around here just as much as you are now. How else are we gonna manage without our baby’s godfather?”

Goose snaps another picture of Maverick, his mouth hanging open like a bass on a line, and laughs.

send me a pairing and a number!

[topgunruinedme]

Omg staahp! I was just reading your response and slider with his baby girl?? 😍 spank me daddy 😏

I can see how the confusion for slider and ice about mav's level of experience happened! I am giggling at the idea of mav running around exhibiting brat energy making all the doms on base day dream about giving him a spanking. Omg...do they possibly think Goose doms Mav?? 🙈 how embarassing for goose if someone hints to him that he's clearly not punishing Mav enough lol.

Who is the special guest... Carole?? Please 🙏🥺. I think she would be number 1 supporter. She's just throwing Mav at Ice and Slider like yes, your baby boi needs some good dick. But also, let me know when you're done so you can babysit bradley while i abscond with my hubby. I was rewatching top gun clips earlier and it reminded me of how good friends mav and carole were. I feel like they both have that chaos demon energy that is so fun.

-🌺

Anon🌺!

I couldn’t resist adding Mav as Sliders baby girl 😉

I’m so glad you can see where the confusion came from.

Stoooppp your giving me too many ideas 😏 people on base making passing grumbled remarks on Goose not punishing Mav enough or being to slack with him and Goose being so confused, “im not his keeper”.

I can’t get it out of my head now, everyone thinking Goose is Mav dom but he clearly isn’t doing his job well enough so Ice and Slider step in 👀

You will have to see haha, there’s a few chapters before our guest arrives but they are fully supportive of mav 😉

“Stop being an idiot, now go get a good dicking”

Goose eyes widening and he made a spluttering noise that most likely attempted to be a protest.

“Oh hush you, the more dick he gets the less whinny he is. Is that really something you want to interrupt?”

Maverick and Carol had such a great relationship in the movies I loved their platonic relationship. She was down for anything and was so supportive of him.

I have a head cannon of Mav constantly being mistaken as Carols husband because of how they act together haha