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Anyone else think about Mav being so excited that Bradley wants to fly? That they talk about it and bond over it and Bradley just keeps asking questions and Mav is so happy to share because this is his passion, he is a nerd about it. Bradley tells Mav they're gonna fly together one day, as long as Mav isn't too old by the time he graduates flight school and Mav tells him he'll be there don't worry about that. When they're older and Mav is getting his advanced degree to be able to be a test pilot he and Bradley study at the kitchen table and Bradley keeps asking questions. And it's something for them to bond over and they both love it.

And then Mav pulls his papers.

And Bradley is left to wonder exactly when Mav stopped wanting to fly with him. What he did wrong.

why.

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Mav (and Ice to a lesser extent) would be far harder on Bradley than they would be on any other kid/adult.

They see Bradley and compare him to themselves, forgetting that they're fully grown adults (debatable in Mav's case) and have YEARS of experience and training on Bradley.

They know what Bradley is capable of, and when he's half-assing it, so they're always pushing him to be better.

Also some of their personal drive for Bradley to BE BETTER is because they know being better will keep him safer. Not safe, but safer. (Being a parent is terrifying when your kid isn't doing a risky job, let alone when they are).

They don't really get it until some of their friends are complimenting them on Bradley's knowledge and skills and they're like 'great! we didn't fuck up!' but then one or the other makes a passing comment and someone (Slider?) just makes a 'what the fuck?' face and asks them outright that if they were looking at any other new recruit, would they be impressed. And they answer that yes, of course they would be.

And then they realise that actually maybe they have fucked up. Bradley knows he's loved, but he doesn't know that they're so immensely proud of him.

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Javy Machado jumping over two chairs to get to Jake when that fight breaks out 😔😔 that's his boy!!

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I’m all for IceMav raising Bradley, but I think sometimes Mav would look at Bradley (who stares back like he hung the fucking stars) and see so much of goose and Carole he distanced himself. Not in a mean way, just sometimes would go silent on a 15 year old Bradley. The teen would be so hurt and confused and Ice was always there. So when ice dies and Mav starts to do it again he snaps because he’s grown up to be 6 inches taller than his father figure and has a short temper so he EASILY thinks he can take him, but Mav just tears up and tells him how proud he is and how proud his parents would be.

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being into top gun is so embarrasing because how do i explain that this military propaganda movie has dynamics that rom-coms wish they had

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Things I know Jake has called Bradley at some point during their time knowing each other just to rile him up:

-BradBrad

-Brad²

-Magnum PI (sometimes with a 'wannabe' tacked at the end)

-Chicken Little

-The first of its kind ('to fly' being implied since, y'know, 'Rooster')

-Chicken Airlines

-Flightless Bird

-Foghorn Leghorn

-My darling chicken (usually followed by a taunt said in the most patronizing tone possible)

-'80s worst hits

-KFC knockoff

-Moon Moon

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I recently stumbled on some edits of Bridgerton season two (the absolute masterpiece) and I couldn’t get Hangster out of my head (happens way too often).

So get this. Mix of first and second season. Bradley is a handsome duke bachelor. Mav raised him after his father died. (Definitely Lady Danbury vibes).

It’s the start of the season, Bradley is forced to come back and reconnect with Mav (he hates it) and Mav being a sneaky bitch tryes to set him up with the diamond of the season, beautiful blond girl with soft green eyes. Tall, elegant, absolutely perfect Seresin girl. He likes her, she would be a perfect wife. He courts her. Only problem is her brother. Only thing Bradley hates more than reconnecting with Mav and resuming his duke obligations is Viscount Jake Seresin. The most annoying person he ever met, he’s getting in the way of courting, sabotaging every Bradleys step. They get into a screaming match about every little thing. Can’t be in the same place for more than five minutes without getting in each others faces. Bradley’s only mission is to marry lady Seresin and is totally oblivious to the fact that Jake is steaming with jealousy.

Bradley starts to get drawn to Jake and he hates it but he also never felt this way about anyone before. They share a very intense moment of staring into each other’s eyes and brushing of hands, chest on chest, bulge on bugle.

Bradley disappears, avoids Jake at all cost while trying to propose to his sister and getting married before he makes a grate mistake of kissing that idiot brother of hers. Jake finally catches him off guard in the study at the engagement ball, and has the most heart wrenching ‘get of your perch Rooster’ speech. Bradley takes it to literally and kisses Jake like he’s his lifeline right then and there.

Enter Lady Natasha, Bradleys sister (Mav loved a good charity case) who catches them kissing (or more grinding on each other like two bitches in heat). She is furious with Bradley (cause he’s supposed to be getting married to this sweet innocent girl not that he was kissing his biggest enemy). She threatens to tell Mav but Bradley tries to blackmail her with his knowledge of her sneaking off with Lord Machado (I stand by the fact that Mav has two very problematic children). Jake squeals “Lord Machado, as in my best friend Javy Machado” and they both turn heads and yell “shut it, Seresin!” At the same exact time and Jake just stands there shocked.

Bradley doesn’t marry Jakes sister but he does get stuck with her idiot brother for the rest of his life.

Throw in some absolutely horny smut in there and you get a finger licking masterpiece.

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I love roosters scars and I also love the thought of hangman delicately pressing his lips to each and every one of them ooo the softness

jakes lips? yep right there on his cheek and neck where they belong

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Admiral Simpson: "Now Iceman is someone I DEEPLY admire."

Maverick: "STAY AWAY FROM MY HUSBAND YOU HARLOT!

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we've discussed that Jake probably had an extremely religious upbringing but what if his father was a preacher and is raising Jake (Jacob) to be one, named him after a book in the Bible bcs he knew Jake was going to follow in his footsteps, and bcs that's all he's ever known, that's what Jake does

uptight and by the book, if not with a short temper, but he does follow in his father's footsteps, becomes a preacher in fightertown for the pilots who need it, collar on his neck and bible in his hand, he's still young, but he knows what he's going to be doing for the rest of his life

but he meets Bradley Bradshaw, goes by Rooster, a pilot, maybe they literally run into each other when they're getting coffee, Bradley apologizing for spilling his coffee on Jake's pristine button down and pressed pants, notices the collar and feels even worse, he can't believe he just spilled his coffee on a priest or smth, offers to pay for another coffee if he needs it, and Jake... feels something he's never felt before

of course he prays that very night to forgive whatever he had felt, but when he dips his head and closes his eyes, a warm smile and cool brown eyes flashes through his mind and Jake gasps, fists his hands and pants heavily, no, he shouldn't fall for this temptation, shouldn't let it consume him

but he keeps seeing Bradley, keeps running into him and he just looks so free, something that Jake has never been, and he welcomes a friendship between them, lets Bradley take him on walks on the beach, doesn't force him to drink, buys him coffee every time he sees him in the shop

and every night Jake should pray away the feelings that are bubbling in his stomach, the thoughts of Bradley touching him, but he can't, all of his life he's just been his father's mirror, and now that he has a chance to become his own person, he grabs at it desperately

the next time he knows he's going to meet Bradley, he leaves his collar behind on his night stand, wears something that isn't his usual pressed dress shirt and pants, and he stands with Bradley on the beach in front of a bar he always finds him, and lets Bradley kiss him as the sun sets, and Jake gently grips Bradley's arms, never wanting to let go now that he has what he wants

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No thoughts. Just this. 😩

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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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If anyone has seen Matlock (2024), hangster give so much divorced Olivia/Julian energy.

Bradley as Julian, his dads founded Kazansky-Mitchell-Bradshaw (KMB) (they kept Goose's name on the wall after his death). He's a nepo but so loyal, kind and hardworking, people don't really hold it against him. (Except Jake, when he's mad at him or teasing him or riling him up, so anytime really).

Jake as Olivia. Ambitious, incredibly talented, absolutely loved by his (ex) in-laws.

Hangster met in law school where they were both fighting to be top of the class. Their fighting was infamous and it eventually culminated into a relationship.

They get married straight after passing the bar. They both work for KMB. Divorced (separated?) during a cut throat partner track race. They never stopped fucking of course, it's just way more hate fueled.

Getting back together takes a while and both are insufferable. They're constantly stealing each other's clients and cases.

The associates all have taken sides. Seresin is an asshole and hella strict but he gets cases that make a career. Bradshaw is nicer and more laid back but seems less serious about the importance of networking and visibility for associates (nepo privileges).

But they eventually get there, probably while parent-trapped together on their biggest case ever. Maybe they found their own firm. HEA

hangster rival lawyer au where they absolutely hate each others guts, Bradley hates Jake's cockiness and Jake hates Bradley's stupid cocky grin and they hate each other so much they have sex about it... oops! some new feelings have arrived!!

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What if when Mav pulled Bradley's papers, he didn't just ruin his relationship with Bradley?

Carole dies when Bradley is seven years old, and less than a year later, Tom takes the promotion to Admiral, years earlier than he wanted.

He loves Bradley like his own son, but he also knows there's nothing legally tying them together. It's a deep insecurity.

Maverick assures him that he's just as much Bradley's father as he is, that Bradley loves him. He always makes sure he and Ice make decisions together, and after a while, Ice finally starts to believe it.

Then Maverick goes behind their backs to pull Bradley's papers. Asks Slider, of all people. Ice's RIO.

Bradley leaves that night.

Ice leaves the next morning.

It's Bradley who goes to bat for his dad, who tells Tom that Pete loves him, that he didn't intend to break them up. Bradley looks sick with guilt.

"I know you still love him, pops."

"So do you—it doesn't mean you're going back."

Because a relationship isn't just love. It's trust, and respect. And Ice is struggling to trust Pete, who promised him they'd make decisions about their son together. And he feels disrespected, too. Disregarded.

So Ice and Mav break up when Bradley is 18 years old, and Bradley is absolutely furious at Maverick, but all of a sudden that anger has to take a backburner because he can't imagine his parents not being together. It's not right. And how can he leave when both of them are alone? Who is checking on dad? Who's making sure pops isn't overworking himself?

And it's a brand new world, after that.

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j need more of the daggers being an insufferable military friend group like what i grew up around. too many barbecues. everyone has their matching set of star spangled swim trunks. sunglasses fucking EVERYWHERE.

both natasha and javy drive a chevy silverado and both of them have accidentally tried to force open the other on more than one occasion. absolutely fucking crowding public spaces also

at each other’s house, mickey keeps playing country on the aux and bob’s weakly convincing everybody to hop on his steak marinade (it’s just mustard, worcestershire, and mayonnaise). singing songs that are absolute lyrical nonsense. javy tries to play lo-fi once and he’s harassed so hard that he gets banished outside

they have a choreo for timber by pit and kesha. their gc is 5% planning and 95% of bradley trying to stop the bbqs and game nights and sports nights from happening at his house again bc at some point the party’s gonna migrate in his room and they’re all gonna put on his extensive collection of hawaiian shirts

no one has been to natasha’s. rumors are she lives in a mansion. it’s just onbase housing. bob is very quiet about it.

if its on base. the moment it hits 5:00pm everyone runs inside so that they dont have to stand at parade rest/attention for the national anthem. reuben and mickey arent fast enough and they try to keep their star spangled hoola hoops from falling to the floor while paying some semi respect to the flag

bradley and jake have already entered a massive pissing contest on whether charcoal or pellets are the better bbq fuel. jake’s a charcoal puritan and bradley is (in jakes words) ‘a bougie trendhopping consumerist’ - but when they’re lounging at the pool with too many beers they keep finding excuses to touch hands and drown each other. their first kiss was with bradley crowding jake into the kitchen while they were the designated drink couriers. and after a sufficient amount of time tasting mouths or whatever gay shit, jake smugly tells him “yea charcoal is better”

javy’s looking at them when they come back but he doesn’t gaf necessarily because he’s voting belligerently drunk group cannonballs on a pool float.

jake has entered the “you guys are like…. my best friends” stage of being drunk. natasha is frat flicking and shamelessly hyping up bob’s grilling to the point that he’s got his head in his hands.

the karaoke is on shuffle but nobody has even gone up to sing at all, so it’s just a bunch of vocal-less songs playing and once in a while one of them will go “who put this shit on the aux.” nobody can find their keys and again, there are sunglasses everywhere