#bradley x jake

[allaboutalf]

If Glen Powell didn’t get to kiss Miles Teller after he saved his life at the end of Top Gun Maverick then he doesn’t get to kiss Daisy Edgar-Jones at the end of Twisters. The universe balances things out.

That’s why Glen Powell is for the bisexuals.

[kcsplace]

Jake loves the tattoos that adorn Bradley's body.

The origami birds that take flight across his shoulder-blades. A goose, a swan, with a rooster gazing up at them.

The stark lines of the missing man formation of four F-14's, three shooting across his chest, with the fourth arcing up to rest over his heart.

No matter how many times Jake's fingers trace the aged lines of the B-25 Mitchell that rests in the crook of his elbow, Bradley won't explain the choice, only murmurs about it being his first, and that he is going to have it covered up.

He never does.

But Jake's favourite, the one his fingers can't stay away from, is the little incomplete hangman figure he comes home with after his last deployment. Five months they spent apart. Five months new ink has been carried on Bradley's hip without Jake's knowledge and investigation. Five months where the spot Jake's hand rests as they settle to sleep has had seven empty spaces for letters. Five months Bradley has waited to play, Sharpie in hand.

Counting the dashes, and even taking note of them being split into groups of 5 and 2, Jake still has to try his callsign first.

"H"

"Not your callsign you egotistical shit." Bradley added a frown on the blank face.

"A"

_A___ __

"J"

"Nope."

"K"

"Are you using your name now?"

"Yes."

"No.

A leg and two eyes added to the tattoo later, Jake is staring more intently at Bradley's hip than he has at any Bandit and then it dawns on him.

MA__Y M_

The smile that stretches across his face hurts. It aches in the best way as he looks up at Bradley, the other pilot's gaze intent on him and not the artwork.

"Yes."

"That's not a letter."

"Still my answer."

Plucking the pen from Bradley's unresisting fingers, Jake fills in the missing Rs and the Y, before adding a big YES across Bradley's lower belly.

Casey's Top Gun Ficlets Casey's Icemav Ficlets Casey's Hangster Ficlets

[lucyybradford]

Bob: Don't you get jealous?

Hangman: I never really had anything to worry about. Roo was never really good at the flirting thing.

Rooster: What are you talking about? It worked with you.

Hangman: Oh, you know what? You're right. We met, you flirted, and then bam! Ten years later you had me!

[eliashirsch]

In which Bradley is the CEO but not really

Bradley, probably: we need to have a meeting. i'm being disrespected here

Jake, Nat, Bob: take it up with the boss

Bradley: i am the boss!

(for the bingo: Secretary/Boss) @topgunalternateuniverse

[newtmas-supremxcy]

Jake's face when he hears "dagger two (aka bradley/rooster) is hit" is exactly the face those soldier's wives have in movies when they get a letter or a another soldier show up on their porch to tell them their husband was killed in action

[itsonlystatic]

Oh my god, I found this on Pinterest and now I’m crying, thinking about Hangster 😭

[choking-on-ice]

it's nearly christmas (sorta) so my early gift to myself is drawing my favourite tan muscley 6'1" bottom :3

fr tho I'm neck-deep in my Top Gun Maverick phase again and I love Rooster so much it's ridiculous.

[jojobeaner]

"I'm proud of you."

Jake looks over at Javy, confused. "For what?" They were just having drinks at the Hard Deck, like usual.

"You know. For telling Rooster off. Setting boundaries."

That slow smile turns into a grin and then Jake laughs, loud and boisterous. "Oh, no. I'm totally going to fuck him later. I just want to make him squirm first."

Javy shakes his head. "Nevermind man. You're a total lost cause."

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Just a little thing that hit me that I had to write down. Javy has so many burdens being Jake's best friend. Lol

[overwhelmed-alien]

I love when Bradley and Jake call each other “B” and “J” 🥹. It’s just so cozy and domestic. I don’t see it much in fics, but when I do just know I’m giggling and kicking my feet🥰🥰🥰

[sereshawl]

Maverick, slightly drunk: I’m immune to mean and hurtful words because Ice says nice things to me every day and his love protects me.

Rooster: I’m immune to mean and hurtful words because Jake says mean things to me every day so I’m always prepared.

[themissingmango]

“Just stay put for once in your life.”

“Ha! A-ah, bet you’d love that, wouldn’t you, Rooster?”

[katewritesss]

Just between us

Did the love affair

Maim you too?

[carmenell]

If Rooster's song is Slow Ride, Hangman's is You're So Vain

[lucyybradford]

Rooster: *breathes*

Hangman: I have an overwhelming need to take care of him. Both with my dick and, like, emotionally.

[scottishaccentsareawesome]

Is this the end of the moment

Or just a beautiful unfolding…

Of a love that will never be

Or maybe…

[birdiescanfly]

Jake Seresin and music is everything to me. Like, maybe his mom was a kitchen dancing kind of mama, you know? In my mind, Jake's home life wasn't perfect (Religious Trauma) but he has good memories of music and his mom. I've seen some stories where Jake is a sexy dancer, and I love that, but I also want Jake to be one of those goofy dancers. He hears a song he likes and he cannot help himself. He just starts bobbing and wiggling around no matter where he is or who is with him. Also, Jake Seresin having been a choir boy lives rent-free in my mind. I need him singing and humming to himself as he works. A Jake who knows a bunch of folky music with no instruments, just like clapping or stomping, (he learned from his mom or something) and of course he has so much fun with it. Oh, and I cannot listen to Hallelujah (Rufus Wainwright) without seeing Jake and his religious trauma just totally vibing. God, imagine Jake suddenly being able to harmonize with Bradly when the man is singing in the car or something. Let me tell you, Rooster is shocked, but then he recovers and is suddenly so so so fond (maybe it reminds him of his Goose and Carol.) I totally headcanon that Bradly is a music snob so Jake keeping up with him Matters, okay?) Yeah, just a Jake enjoying himself with music and movement and expression, I think about it all the time.