#dead nick goose bradshaw

[pollyna]

They, he and Ice and sometimes Slider too, used to spend hours watching Bradley play around their little garden. He was five, then ten, fifteen and crying over some girl and then some body and then he was eighteen. Then they stopped spending all that time outside because Bradley wasn't around anymore and Maverick was back on a jet far far away to not deal with all the bullshit but still find the way to make peace with what he did.

It's not a garden but a beach, Bradley passed his twentieth birthday by a decade and only Slider is there with him. Some days they laugh about the Daggers and somedays they leave before Penny can send their drink out because, sometimes, Bradley says or moves his head in a certain way and both of them can see Goose and Ice in him so much it's like having them there. Mav knows, and Slider does too, that Bradley is more than just them and sometimes it does good to remember about it and sometimes it only helps as a reminder of what, who, they lost.

[icemavly]

CHARLIE DALTON AND PETE MITCHELL. DAMN IT, NEIL. THE NAME IS NUWANDA / I’M MAVERICK. richard siken, war of the foxes. natalie diaz, a brother named gethsemane. crywank, only everyone can judge me. trista mateer, ask again later. reddit discussion, “why are some people so confident?”

[hard-deck-confessions]

After his mother, Bradley’s favorite person was always Maverick. His earliest memory was sitting on top of the piano at Kansas City Barbeque while his dad and Mav belted out a less than beautiful rendition af Great Balls of Fire and then being carried out dozing off in Mav’s arms. Although, he's not sure if he really remembers that day or if he can just picture it so vividly because Mav talked about it so often. Mav talked about a lot of memories with Goose. He told some stories so much, Bradley had them memorized word for word.

Mav was a constant in Bradley's childhood. He made sure he was there for every birthday, every Christmas, and on the anniversary of Goose's death he always took Bradley and Carol out for the night. If he was on land near by, he was there every Wednesday for family dinner—there was always an extra place set for Goose those nights.

When Bradley was in 3rd grade and didn't want to be in his school's Father's Day program, Mav dropped everything to be there, he didn't even bother to change out of his jumpsuit. He didn't care that he would face discipline for rushing off before debriefing; the look on Bradley's face when he saw Mav right next to his mom in the front row was enough to get him through a lifetime of reprimands.

Mav was the one who taught Bradley to ride a bike. He put band-aids with (somehow) poorly drawn smiley faces on every scraped knee and elbow during the very long process because, while Bradley might have been a natural pilot, biking did not come as easy. Mav took him to ball games on the weekends in the summer when he could and made sure he had the best swing on his little league team. He helped him fix up Goose’s old truck and then taught him to drive it. He never lost his temper, but instead laughed every time Bradley stalled it.

“Damnit!” Bradley would yell, slamming his fist on the steering wheel in frustration. “I swear, I'm never going to get this thing out of the neighborhood!"

“Just calm down and try again, kid.” Mav would say with a smile a mile wide. “You've got this."

Mav was the only person Bradley thought to call at 3am after hiking a mile in the pouring rain to the nearest gas station because he'd gotten his truck stuck in a ditch taking a corner too fast. Mav was there in 20 minutes. And instead of reprimanding him about his carelessness, Mav bought the shivering teen a hot chocolate and told him the story of how he wrecked his dad's old beloved car when he was in high school.

When Bradley graduated from high school, Mav gave him Goose's helmet. He'd pulled strings 16 years prior to keep the helmet from being repurposed for another pilot and paid a pretty penny to get it, but he'd never tell Bradley that. Bradley only found out when he joined the Navy himself.

Maverick loved Bradley like his own kid, and he felt responsible for him because, despite what any military hearing said, he would always blame himself for Goose’s death. That was why pulling his papers was the hardest decision he'd ever made and the easiest at the same time. He tried not to regret it, but Maverick hated feeling Bradley pull away from him; he hated that he wasn't one of the kid’s favorite people any longer.

But Bradley's favorite person never stopped being Maverick, it was only Rooster that couldn't face Captain Pete Mitchell.

Until he could.

- Hazard

[justmilkplease]

maverick: talk to me goose 😔

goose: bro you look old as hell... imagine aging ☠ couldn't be me ☠

[caveiratimida]

Can I go where you go? Can we always be this close forever and ever? And ah, take me out, and take me home You're my, my, my, my Lover

THEY ARE THE DEFINITION OF TWO PEOPLE AND ONE HEART I SAY Here are more details that I loved whilst making this:

[bobonboard]

Just realized I never posted this 🧍‍♂️

[jakeotters]

does it ever drive you crazy just how fast the night changes?

[missathlete31]

“Don’t tell me I’m some kind of medium?”

“Okay kid, how about I call you an extra large?”

The Top Gun/ Psychic/ Ghost Whisperer AU that NOBODY asked for!

Okay so is this a strange concept? Yes. But do I also think a Nick Bradshaw ghost giving dad jokes and obnoxious faces to Hangman while also trying to save all the Daggers lives and fix all their messed up relationships could work? Also yes! So here we are!

After his tragic death, Nick ‘Goose’ Bradshaw assumed that he would spend all the rest of his days in heaven watching those he cared about back on Earth. There was his wife Carole (who ended up joining him far too soon), his son Bradley and even his best friend Pete, amongst his other pilot friends who he liked to check in on. Goose couldn’t travel back to earth to see them, but he was able to peek through the clouds from time to time to see how life was treating them all.

Then one day Nick is given new orders and new abilities. Instead of being stuck watching from heaven, he’s allowed back down, given the task of getting the two people he loves most still in the land of the living to reconcile before a suicide mission. Goose is even shown the future, seeing his son and best friend killed if they don’t learn to work together and get past the history that has destroyed their relationship over the past decade and a half.

Nick is determined to fix this, refusing to allow another member of his family to die young and tragic and in a Navy plane. He prepares to head down but not before he is given the last important information, he won’t be able to communicate with either one of his loved ones. The only person who will be able to see or hear him is his son’s enemy and rival- Jake ‘Hangman’ Seresin. Goose has watched enough of Bradley’s life to know the relationship between Rooster and Hangman is far more complicated than it appears but even he is unsure how much the blonde will be willing or accepting to help.

For a mission requiring a lot of miracles, Nick Bradshaw will hope for a few more: that he can change the future and save his son and best friend and that maybe in the process he can mend some old hurts as well. After all, all these guys really need is some divine intervention. 😇

Let me know what you guys think!!! I’m really excited for this story!

[unhappycylinder]

Masterlist

Top Gun

One Shots

Saunter (Nick ‘Goose’ Bradshaw x Fem!Reader)

Series

Gonna Be Trouble (Jake ‘Hangman’ Seresin x Fem!Reader) - you meet Hangman at an airshow while on a break from college. Will your careers draw you apart or will your love for each other bring you together? ONGOING

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Dead Poets Society

One Shots

Sonorous (Charlie Dalton x Fem!Overstreet!Reader)

No Unreturned Love (Charlie Dalton x Male!Reader)

Paddle (Charlie Dalton x Reader)

Masters of the Air

My Lucky Charm (Robert ‘Rosie’ Rosenthal x Reader)

Stranger Things

Series

Hellfire’s Newest Member (Eddie Munson x Fem!Reader) - the new girl at Hawkin’s high catches the eye of Eddie, and her affinity for DnD makes her the girl of his dreams. ONGOING

Part 1  Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14

[invaliowat]

Me coming back to this app after (holy shit) TWO MONTHS only to tell y’all that there is another chapter of the this is me trying series coming SO SOON if that is of interest to anyone anymore.

Anyway.

Bye 🫡

[maccawrites]

"Home" by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros is extremely Goose/Carole-coded.

[pollyna]

10 times Bradley spends a happy Father's Day, making out presents for Goose, than for Mav and for Ice, plus three times it was the worst day of the year (the first one without Goose, the first one after Mav pulls his paper and the one after Ice's death).

[aki-draws-things]

New idea, here i come---*trips into it*

°°°

Mav and the daggers accidentally time travel back to the '86 summer, at Miramar. They try, they really try not to change anything, despite both Mav and rooster wanting to try, to dare. What could go wrong? But they don't do anything besides a quiet "oh, just be careful up there", that being something that sounds normal, not foreshadowing or past-future changing.

When they get back, though, everything changed, because Goose is standing right there, next to warlock and cyclone. And Iceman.

So, first thing first, both Mav and Roo just wrap themselves on Goose, definitely surprised, but it feels good, and he had been worried about them in the mission, so he just hugs and holds them back just as tight.

Then Mav moves towars Ice, to hug, and maybe smoothers the lines over his husband's forehead with a kiss. Except Ice steps back with a frown, there's a scar on his face that Mav is deadly sure wasn't there.

"what the fuck you think you're doing, Mitchell?!" he sounds angry, and worse, he sounds cold. Ice had never been cold with Mav, not even during the roughest paths. This is different. Wrong.

Mav blinks, confused.

"uhm... Giving my husband a hug?" he tries, but he doesn't sound so certain anymore.

Ice barks a laughter, he stares down at Mav, there's something in his eyes that feels so foreign. What have they done? How? What truly changed? He still feels the same for Ice, he loves him.

"husband? Like I would ever even love you, Mitchell."

Cold. Icy cold.

"i cover your sorry ass only because I made a promise. But oh, if I could go back and change everything I would without even thinking."he briefly congratulates with the daggers before turning and walking away.

A more and more confused Mav jogs after him despite goose's voice calling him back. He can't understand, he just can't. So he grasps at Ice's wrist and forces him to stop. Ice spins around, he looks... Furious. That's when Mav notices the dogtags at his neck, and the ring he knows so well dangling in between. It's not ice's, because his is still on his hand, though. It makes sense now, well, kinda. There's only one other person Ice, any Ice, in any time, cares that much about.

"touch me again, Mitchell," Mav takes an unconscious step back. "and there won't be any promise or guardian angel that will save you. I never understood what he saw in you to keep protecting you, but I know that his trust got him killed."

Slider? No. No, Slider never protected him or talked in his favor. Hell, he, hopefully jokingly, oppesed their wedding. But it was another slider, another time. One where Goose died.

"you weren't there, I was. When our jet went down because you did whatever the fuck you did. I was there to hold him when he-- he told me to keep you out of troubles in his stead. Because he knew. He fucking knew he was dying because you left us. And still he wanted to protect you."

He pokes hard at his chest and Mav is not sure if it hurts that much because Ice is strong or--

"you left us. Your wingmen. And Ron still had the guts to protect you. So, Mitchell, yes. I made a promise, but if I ever had a chance to have my partner back, believe me, you would be the first I'd sell."

Mav knows those words, they fall weird on ice's tongue, but he knows them because there had been a time when he said the same.

"I'd sell the whole world, if that could bring back Goose."

Ice leaves him there, stunned, and Goose finally approach him, with the daggers.

"seems like shit happened during the missions, didn't it?"

He smiles a bit sadly. Mav would say that it's fine. He has Goose back, why can't he shakes away the guilt then? Him and slider weren't exactly friends. More like acquainted because they both loved Ice. But is it worth? Having Goose back, is it truly worth?

They get back to their actual timeline, all of them, the one where Goose is dead and Ice is still his husband, and yes, they're all so damn exhausted that they may even start sleeping in the hangar, still in the flight suits, piled one on top of the others like puppies, uncaring if who might find them.

But the first thing Mav does, foreign guilt still lingering in his bones, is going search for Slider. Admiral Kerner, actually. And he finds him, sure he does, and perhaps it's Slider's turn to be confused and surprised when Mav just wraps himself on him and refuses to let go. And.. Oh, is he crying? Holy fuck why the hell is he crying?!

"what is it, Sli?"

Ice smiles when he answers the videocall, both so busy that meeting in person gets harder everytime.

"I don't know. Wanna tell me why your husband seems to suddenly love me and-- oh, no, don't you dare, you shorty. Drool on my uniform and I'm absolutely gonna drop your ass, I have a meeting in 30 minutes. Ice what the actual fuck?! Your husband is broken! Oh great... Drool on my shoulder and I have a meeting with the president because YOU can't come! Ugh..."

But Ice can't help but laugh more, whatever happened maybe things can be alright. (and he won't have to deal with his husband's flying antics on his own. He knows Slider all too well, he took him under his wing the first moment he saw him, he just won't ever say it aloud. But the fact that he has yet to drop Mav on the floor speaks loud enough, at least for Ice.)

"oh, Ice... The fledgings are pretty broken too, I think."

But there's amusement in his voice, as he turns the camera to show him the pile of puppy/aviators already sleeping soundly.

(if both Admirals now have several photos of them, it's only for their eyes.)

[spankmespence]

“i wish they showed that rooster had a sense of humor like goose did.” … goose didn’t have the extremely traumatic childhood rooster did.

rooster lost his dad at 4, then watched his mother slowly die of cancer by the time he was a teenager, then at 18 (when his mom was most likely dead already) his dads best friend/his godfather/uncle/pseudo father pulled his papers from the academy (w/o telling rooster why) which rooster only wanted to join in the first place bc it was a way to be with his dead father 😭😭😭

[mcu-and-buckybarnes-things]

Me, who likes to put my OTP through extra drama & angst before a happy ending: How about Ice approached Maverick at first only because he had been secretly in love with Goose and he saw a chance when they met again at Top Gun and……

All the other Icemav shippers:

[caveiratimida]

This was a funny remake of this Ghost Files screenshot. Imagine how stunned Mav must have been the first time Goose said that to him!!!