#pete mitchell headcanon

[averagewriter-inthedark]

Formula To My Heart 🏁 | Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell Headcanon

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Note: to the anon who requested this I made it into a headcanon instead of an imagine so I hope you don’t mind. I’m so sorry for the long wait and please know I’m not very familiar with Formula 1 at all so I did my best with this.

Pete Mitchell being married to a Fomula 1 Racer would look like:

Okay so the way y’all even met was because Pete was on an assignment in Europe and just so happened to attend a Formula 1 race because his buddies he was on the job with were interested in going. He wasn’t too familiar with the sport and honestly thought it was only popular in Europe until he met you. A fan of racing since a child, you developed a fascination with F1 after watching races on TV to which you basically said, “I’m gonna be a racer when I grow up.” It took awhile before you even reached high ranks in the F1 due to it’s competitive nature, but eventually you secured a spot as one of the drivers on the Ferrari team—the literally blueprint.

You’d been in the game awhile when you met Captain Pete Mitchell. Winning titles and becoming one of the top ranked drivers in the field. Then after finishing second at the Italian Grand Prix in 2015 you found yourself seated at the bar of your hotel when a man with stunning green eyes approached you.

“Uh excuse me, Mr./Miss. L/n? I think you dropped this,” in Pete’s hand was your wallet—which you had no idea had fallen out of your jacket pocket which had you nearly shit your pants and go, “oh my gosh thank you so much! I didn’t even realize I’d dropped it—please, let me buy you a drink as a thanks.”

Well as you can imagine that one drink turned into a two-hour conversation. Pete introduced himself and explained his job—saying he was in Europe on an assignment from the Navy. He mentioned how he was at the race earlier that day and, while blushing slightly, said how he rooting for you. “I’ll admit I’m an expert when it comes to F1, but the guys I was with today were cheering for you so….yeah.” You couldn’t help but chuckle and become more interested in learning about Pete. He was handsome, a charmer, a bit of flirt which you found amusing, and funny.

Pete ends up coming to another race after you invite him and from there things naturally hit off. He asks you on a date after your win to which you wholeheartedly agree and the night ends with a kiss leaving you wanting more. By then you two return to America and make plans to meet up again. Before long you two are seeing each other every week and Pete is asking you to be his partner.

When you two officially get together Mav becomes your biggest cheerleader. And when you marry after dating a couple years it only increases. He’s at every race—saving up all his days of leave so he can travel with you where he stands in the area dedicated to your supporters and team. Pete will have his own Ferrari jacket made with your name on it and expect him to floor you with flowers and kisses when you finish. And when you’re the first across the finish line man’s is jumping up and down in absolute joy. “That’s my baby!!” You’ll pull him onto the top of the podium after securing your trophy and kiss him in front of the crowd as they shower both of you in celebratory champagne.

God forbid you get in a wreck or close to one. Man’s already on the edge of his seat or biting his nails while watching the monitor and even if he’s freezing his cajones off he is SWEATING of anxiety if you get a close call. And if you do collide with a wall or another car the Pete is leaping over the stands and barrier to get to you. Security is chasing him but he doesn’t care—he’ll pull you out of the car his damn self if it wrecks.

The squad is disbelief when they discover you’re his spouse—especially Rooster since the two were at odds when you and Pete got together. While they were familiar with F1 they didn’t become die hard fans until meeting you. Quickly you and Pete are established as the ‘parents’ of the squad and they are attending your races where they’re the life of the party. Expect them to be the loudest in the stand. Coyote would be the one to wave a cardboard cutout of your face on a stick while Fanboy is instagram living the whole race.

“Yo wassup, it’s ya boy Fanboy coming to you live from sunny Austin, Texas for the American Grand Prix to cheer on papa/mama Mitchell. You already know we’re repping team Ferrari—.” *shows off fit of red and yellow with logo* “and I can smell a win today. Back-to-back baby for Y/n Mitchell. Let’s go!”

Because of their jobs they likely would only attend one or two Grand Prix in Europe a year, but always go to Austin, Texas for the United States Grand Prix. Best believe if you win that one that the daggers are the wildest in the stands. Literal heathens. Rooster is pulling Mav on his shoulders. Jake and Coyote are getting beer everywhere. Natasha is trying to calm the chaos while also loosing her own mind. Fanboy and Payback are videoing the whole thing and Bob is just happy to be there. Then when they meet you on the ground you’re hauled onto one of their shoulders while the others pop the champagne. “Mitchell for the win!!”

If you’ve got beef with another driver expect them to have beef with them too. And not just petty rival beef for the cameras, like actual “keep my name out your fuckin’ mouth” type of beef. Beef to the point Pete or whoever is having to separate you from the person trying to start shit. And Pete, bless his heart, will be like “You’re gonna kick their ass next Prix, Y/n, don’t give them the satisfaction.” And it’s sweet sweet glory when you’re at the top of the podium and the asshole didn’t make the top 5.

Considering Pete is handyman, he will often assist in working on your cars. Rooster will lend a hand also with you guys setting up camp at his makeshift base in the Mojave desert. With the runway right there it allows you to test your cars and practice by creating your own track. Maverick will time you and sometimes the squad will come out to watch or you guys will race for fun.

You usually come out on top….but sometimes you’ll let them win. “Looks like I got some competition for next season.” “Oh come on you totally went easy on us.” “Is that a rematch I’m hearing?

It’s funny when you look back on the fact your dream of racing led you to the person you’d spend the rest of life with. Maybe it was fate, or maybe Pete—the charming man he is—just knew how to work out the formula to your heart ♥️

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[tonaherio]

A headcanon in answer to the question of whether Mav encouraged Bradley to be into planes while growing up, whether Carole was okay with that, and whether Mav really did not think Bradley was "ready" to go to the Naval Academy and become a fighter pilot. Written hastily:

My thoughts: Carole was just fine with Mav raising Bradley on General Planes and also encouraged Bradley learning more about his dad by Mav showing Bradley what his dad did and how they worked together. However she never pictured Bradley actually following in Mav and Goose's footsteps as Bradley was always a bit more sensitive than them and just a different sort of person. He tended to overthink and get anxious and didn't handle big emotional upsets quite as well.

Carole was growing sicker as Bradley grew older, and she started thinking about the big questions for both herself and death and Bradley and his life. Meanwhile, Bradley is unfortunately drifting away from Mav's General Planes influence and further towards Murder Planes, and showing more of an interest in the circumstances of his father's death. He's doing this to start to come to terms with both his father's eternal absence from his life, and his mother leaving it. Mav isn't really sure what to do, but knows Bradley's taking it tough as any teen would, so gently answers Bradley's Murder Planes questions while privately hoping he will go elsewhere and that this is a temporary answer to his emotional pain, as Mav, too, sees Murder Planes as not being Who Bradley Is and instead as an outlet for his grief, anger, and loss.

To Mav and Carole's dismay, Bradley only gets more interested, and in an attempt to ease his mother's pain as she becomes very close to death, he tells her he will be fine in life, as he has applied to the Naval Academy and will be like his father and Mav, and he still has Mav to guide him. This makes Carole panic, and she responds by begging Mav to pull his papers. Mav is uncomfortable with the subterfuge, but he goes along, and he also does not want Bradley to go as Bradley has not sorted out the role of Murder Planes in his comprehension of the deaths of his parents and as a symbol for Mav's adoption of the vacant role as Mav's father figure. Mav truly does not think Bradley is emotionally ready, and doubts at the time that he ever will be, as Bradley does not even have the emotional maturity to understand that Murder Planes are an emotional crutch for him not facing his grief about his parents.

[xihe1874]

All right. So I rewatched Top Gun: Maverick yesterday and I had some quite angsty realisation that I have to share with all of you. You are welcome.

You remember in TG:M, how Mav tended to speak to himself when flying? Little pep talk such as "Come on Mav", "Let's try not to get fired at the very first day Maverick", "You've got this Mav"?

Well, if memory serves me right, he didn't do that in the first movie.

Why's that?

My take on this is: The person(s) used to exchange the talk, the encouragement, the quip, the endearment with him, poking fun at each other while watching each other's six, are either dead or dying.

"You've got this".

("You've got this, kid." Duke Mitchell smiled to his son.)

"Let's turn and burn."

("Let's turn and burn, Mav!" Goose shouted excitedly behind him in an F-14.)

"Let's try not to get fired at the first day."

("Let's try not to get fired at the very first day as instructors, huh, Maverick?" Ice shook his head with resigned fondness.)

"Come on!"

("Come on Mav!" Goose swung an arm around his shoulder, his voice warm and kind.)

"You've got this".

("I've got you. I've got you, babe." Ice whispered and tightened the embrace while Maverick clutched his lover to his body.)

So he had to say all of those to himself, to pretend that all of them were still with him, to bring all of them all the way across the ocean, the wind, and the sky.

[thegunistop]

does this mean anything to you

[outalongtheedges]

Rooster/Maverick: I’m the way I am because my dad died when I was young.

Hangman/Iceman: I’m the way I am because my dad didn’t die when I was young.

Masterlist

[military-newsboys]

Ice: Find someone you love and have kids they said. Bob, from the kitchen: PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT! Hangman: IT’S TOO BIG TO SMOTHER!! GET THE ANTI FLAMETHROWER!! Rooster: It’s called a fire extinguisher. A FIRE EXTINGUISHER!! [Glass shatters, something explodes, screams in unision] Mav: It’ll be fun they said.

[topgunruinedme]

Viper: I don’t know why you have an issue with this. Ice was happy to comply.

Mav: So, what? Now I’m just supposed to do anything that Ice does? I mean, what if he jumped off a cliff?

Viper: If Ice were to jump off a cliff, he would’ve done his due diligence regarding the height of the cliff, the depth of the water, and the angle of entry. So yes, if you see Ice jump off a cliff, by all means, jump off a cliff.

Mav growling in frustration: You jump off a cliff!

Viper: Gladly. Provided Ice does first.

inspired by my mutral.

[ic3dior]

You know how ice has like, one of the the highest ranks you can get in the navy without being SECNAV by the events of TGM while maverick stayed a captain because he didn’t want to give up flying?

I bet ice felt the same in a way, but he was more attached to the plane he was flying rather than the concept of flying in general

I was doing some research and the last F-14 Tomcat was retired from service in 2006 from VF-213. Now this next bit doesn’t entirely comply with fact, but in the topgun universe VF-213 is Fist of the fleet, ice and sliders canon squadron. (In actual fact fist of the fleet is actually VF-25 but let’s ignore that)

So I hc that ice stayed at Commander (since captains oversee the general command of a ship instead of flying the missions) until the tomcat was retired, had one go on the new f/a-18 superhornet on a flight sim and upon deciding it wasn’t the same as the tomcat, he accepted a promotion to captain the same day. Also if we take into account that it usually takes 20-25 years for an officer to get promoted to captain and safely assume ice joined the navy somewhere around the late 70s early 80s, (flight school = 4years so pilots are immediately an Lt when they join the fleet and say it took ice somewhere between 3-4 years so get selected for topgun after that) it also fits the service timeline for getting promoted to captain.

And then after being promoted to captain, ice just gained promotion after promotion and ended up being promoted to COMPACFLT about 1-2 years before the events of TGM. (I hc ice was only on his first term during tgm and that since HE DOESNT DIE YALL, he would take office a second time to keep all maverick baby daggers out of trouble before becoming SECNAV after that.)

[carmenell]

niche(ish) hobbies I think the daggers would have

hangman: writing movie reviews on letterboxd and getting into fights over ratings

rooster: guitar hero championships

phoenix: nail art, mostly on herself and occasionally bob (and hangman)

bob: pen paling, he even decorates the envelopes

fanboy: karaoke BEAST

payback: ice hockey (in a hobby league)

coyote: couponing ... and lowkey prepping/bunkering, listen he just likes to be ready for when the apocalypse hits

bonus:

maverick: ice baths. he needs them

[pollyna]

The funniest thing the whole ordeal is that after the DADT is repealed and they get married, in front of a clerk, with witnesses, their friends and legal papers signed and done, it gets on their files to. They are married, and it's legitimate, and the Navy knows.

Or at least they should know if anybody would bother looking at the general information about them, but nobody ever does because it is more interesting knowing how many times Mav has been grounded or how fast Ice reached the Admirality than knowing when they were born or if they are married.

So, they are as out and about as possible, and still, people are shocked when, during the Navy Ball of 2016, they walk in hand in hand and start introducing the other as their husband.

(It's the first even they even have the time to participate together since 2011, so it's even funnier to see people's reactions when they discover they've been married for five years already.)

[streetsweepershenanigans]

Maverick is 100% one of those people who memorized how to solve a rubix cube and can do it behind his back in like 5 seconds and refuses to tell Ice how he does it just to see his face. (He does teach Jake, though, and the cycle only continues.)

[averagewriter-inthedark]

I headcanon that Doc and Rooster had a better relationship than Mav and Rooster had after the papers incident. Doc was very hissy with her husband after it happened and gave him the cold treatment like:

HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO OUR ALMOST SON??

Oh yes Mrs. Mitchell was not pleased to learn what took place between Mav and Rooster. She would totally make sure Rooster remained in contact with her (although I can see her respecting his mothers wishes and Mav’s decision to keep it secret 😭)

But yeah she’d make her opposition well known to Mav cause she hates seeing Rooster upset

[sleepy-hyperfixations]

Mav: What would you say if I, hypothetically, came home with a F-4 Phantom II?

Ice: I'd ask where you got 22 million dollars.

Mav: And if hypothetically, I said our shared bank account?

Ice: I'd say you're really lucky I've been in love with you since the 80s.

[xihe1874]

I've been reading a lot of AMAZING fics where Ice had lived and monitored the whole uranium mission. They are so heart-breaking in the best way that Ice had to endure astronomical hardships of sending his husband and his adopted son to a suicide mission and listening to their mutual saving. It must have been so devastating for him.

I LOVE how those authors managed to depict such deep feelings. It only made the happy ending more touching.

Then I can't help but think of the fourth person in this event–Hangman. His reaction would definitely be very interesting given his complicated personality and even more complicated relationship with Bradley.

So here is my headcanon:

After debriefing, Admiral Kazansky wanted to have a private talk with Hangman.

The young pilot stood in the Admiral's office in an obviously defiant manner and didn't salute.

"You saved the day. But I hope you learnt something from the mission. I hope you learnt that you should never leave your wingman."

Hangman just sneered angrily.

"The pot calling the kettle black, sir. Remember how you refused to let me save them?"

To save Mav and Bradley. If he was late for even one second... No. He would not think about that.

"You just let them be. Heard that Mav was your wingman for a while? That's really some cold-hearted shit, sir. And now you are telling me not to leave my wingman?"

He would probably be court-martialled by saying to a four-star admiral like that, but he didn't care.

The Admiral just stared at him deeply.

Several minutes later, he began to talk.

He talked about two pilots–best of the best–started as rival and became wingmen, best friends, then life-long lovers.

He talked about pulling papers of one particular brown-eyed young man begged by a dying mother, and how painful it was for his dads.

He talked about long-drawn-out estrangement within a family and the bitter reunion.

He talked about guilt, debt, tears, responsibility, sacrifice, and love.

Hangman just listened, totally at a loss for words.

Oh my goodness. That's his husband and his son. He could only think about this over and over.

He walked out of the Admiral's office that day like he had been born again.

He surely learnt so many things.

[luxu1230]

In which everyone learns Hangman is much more like Maverick than they thought trauma responses too.

So one day after the suicide mission and the daggers are now a permanent squadron due to Ice Mav decides to do a plane swap so the single seaters get the opportunity to feel what it's like to have someone behind them.

However Hangman refuses to, even going as far to sit on the floor. The others make fun of him (except Coyote and Mav) but Mav is the first to realise how pale and short of breath Hangman seems to be and is even sure he sees him trembling slightly.

So to get him out he tells Hangman how he needs him to drop off some paperwork to his husband and how he can stay with Ice Incase he needs any help.

It isn't until he ran out the door the others realised something was truly wrong. It's not until later that Coyote tell them why.

(It took Hangman nearly two minutes in Ice office before he broke down and Ice realises that this kid acts like Maverick when he was younger and his heart breaks when he realises that this comes from a trauma shared between them. Though why was this never in his file).

Coyote later explains to them the reason Hangman won't fly with a backseater and it explains the relationship between those two.

It turns out Coyote knew Hangman from before he joined top gun. That it turned out that Coyote's older brother was Hangman's backseater and how a flying exercise turned into the death of one person and the mental trauma of another.

How hangman has sworn off having a backseater and tries to do everything solo.

It leaves everyone in shock and questioning if the rumours about hangman were ever true.

One knew he needed to apologise asap and another knew he was going to keep a tighter eye on hangman.

No one was surprised the next morning when they walked into the base only to see hangman stuck in between Mav and Rooster hugging him with the most confused look on his face.

[montessori-grad]

As a fandom we do not utilize the fact Glen Powell is Polish enough since we’ve collectively decided that Ice is Polish. Here are my headcanons.

-Ice and Jake speaking Polish so they can talk shit about other people. Mostly Mav who tried to learn Polish when he and Ice started dating but failed.

-When Jake misses his family, (Glen says that he has good parents so I’m going to give him good parents.) Ice makes him come over for dinner where he makes traditional food.

-Or an alternative to the first is; while Jake was first crushing on Bradley he’d talk to his sister in Polish but Bradley knew what he was saying since Ice taught him. Bradley didn’t tell him and Jake found out two months into their relationship because Ice told him to do something in Polish and Bradley had to pick if he was more scared of an angry Jake or an angry Ice. (Ice is obviously a scarier option.)

-Jake is really into Eurovision and was absolutely livid when Jan wasn’t picked. (Because so was I.)

-Jake can handle his alcohol.

-He’s a terrible cook because the majority of Polish men do not cook.

-He played soccer as a kid and didn’t do any real work during the World Cup because Poland made it farther than usual and he was too invested.

-He loves pickles so much but forces Bradley to buy the expensive ones. (If you’re a pickle fan in America, I absolutely recommend Bubbies fyi.)

-He watched the movie Fanfik on Netflix and cried. (Super good, cheesy movie about a trans Polish teen and his partner. 10/10 I recommend.)

-Carol was also Polish so Bradley has some traditions he keeps going from her that Jake was really happy to participate in.