#top gun maverick reclist

[film-in-my-soul]

a place to rest your head | 6,480 | ginnydear

Summary: “Whoa,” Bradley says, stepping into the bathroom and letting the door close. He leans back heavily against it, tilting his head to the side. “What the hell is happening here?” “Can’t you tell,” Jake starts, turning so he’s facing Bradley entirely. “Penny’s doing a new chippendales thing.” Bradley snorts, shoulders shaking slightly as he laughs. “You’re missing the bowtie.”

riding into the sunset with you | 6,736 | alecjbi

Summary: While searching through the group's old Facebook posts, Jake finds a photo of Bradley that he can't seem to get over.

Don't Stop | 7,134 | Earthangel_44 / @yikes-00

Summary: Bradley can’t think. His breathing is ragged and his skin is tight and he wants to scratch it off but he wants Jake to hold him close. He wants to bury himself into Jake’s arms and never leave but Jake won’t fucking touch him. “Jake,” Bradley’s voice is broken and Jake hushes softly. He’s still not touching Bradley. Jake opens Bradley’s door and walks Bradley into the room. “Shhh, darling,” Jake whispers. He’s surrounding Bradley again. “I’m here. Tell me your lines.” “I need you to touch me,” Bradley whispers. His eyes fall shut and his heart slams in his chest. “I need you, Jake.”

feels like the first time | 7,737 | ginnydear

Summary: “Like what you see?” Jake teases, ignoring the part of his brain that needs Bradley to say yes. Desperately wants to know that Bradley is as into this as he is. When Bradley looks up at him, hand sliding up Jake's chest, across his collarbone to cup his jaw, Jake nearly whines.

darling, you’re the one i want (in paper rings, in picture frames, in dirty dreams) | 7,966 | cryinginthebronco / @cryinginthebronco

Summary: Jake sighs deeply for the third time in ten minutes as he’s standing in front of a mirror. “I look like an idiot,” he says finally, turning around to look at Bradley. Bradshaw laughs from where he’s sitting on their bed and looks up from the book he’s reading. When he sees the look on Jake’s face, he puts the book on the bedside table and walks over to Jake. “You look stunning as always,” he says, leaning down to press a soft kiss to his fiance’s lips.

Talk Fast | 8,094 | Thee_Maxwell

Summary: “Oh my god, I am not going to try and hook up with Hangman.” He makes the mistake of glancing over. Hangman’s still chatting with Coyote, but he’s turned to face the table. His legs are spread far more than there should be room for, and he’s got a look on his face like he’s challenging Bradley to come back. Pink tints the tops of his cheeks, and he swats at Coyote’s chest as the man laughs about something. Fuck. Okay. Maybe he’s going to try and hook up with Hangman.

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find me a face that i want to hold (that i can memorize) | 8,112 | davidbyrne / @katiesharms

Summary: Jake and Bradley (re)meet at a masquerade party. Or, well, Jake meets Bradley and Bradley meets a hot stranger.

home for the holidays | 8,210 | alecjbi

Summary: “Aren’t you going home?”   “I usually just stay with Javy and his brother and their family,” Jake explained. There was some sort of a sad look in his eye, something far away, like a fresh wound that had just started to scab over.  “Mav and Ice can take care of me,” he tried. Jake just stared at him, unimpressed. “You and Mav would kill each other within a week.”

too good to be true (can't take my eyes off of you) | 8,494 | gr0gu

Summary: "I thought we were going to die," he confesses, "thank you." It comes out raw. It's silent besides the waves of the ocean and the hum of the carrier. Rooster gains the courage to look over at Jake. He's met with an impossibly close hooded gaze. Green eyes pierce his skin and make him feel like he could unravel at any moment. Jesus Christ.

Acting on your best behavior | 9,029 | miiichaaan

Summary: “You’re beautiful,” Jake whispered and stroked a finger over Bradley’s cheek. Bradley swallowed, his voice thick, “Wanna take this to bed?”

Take My Hand and Hold On Forever | 9,054 | Earthangel_44 / @yikes-00

Summary: It happens again like clockwork. Every new achievement or award that Jake gets pinned to his chest. Every time he went to Afghanistan or flew with the F-151, Jake calls Bradley. Every COMM he receives or shiny new ribbon that is placed on his chest, Jake called Bradley.

roadside assistance | 9,069 | alecjbi

Summary: Jacob Seresin was a menace. It was a fact that Bradley had long since accepted, content in the knowledge that the man would likely one day put him in his grave. If that’s how he went out, under the cocky gaze of the cowboy-- well, it wasn’t a bad way to go.

like, what up, I got a big cock | 9,707 | seresins / @lewispullsman

Summary: “Wait. Why is your callsign Rooster, anyway?” Phoenix snorts beer up her nose.

Hold on loosely | 9,754 | Earthangel_44 / @yikes-00

Summary: There is nothing Jake "Hangman" Seresin can't handle after he shot down the plane to save the day except for maybe one certain pilot with a taste for Hawaiian shirts.

coffee, pancakes for two | 10,375 | ilikeyougreenie / @buckyswolf

Summary: Bradley’s mouth goes dry at the sight of him; strong thighs encased in dark, skintight denim, chunky lace-up boots, white t-shirt, and a soft-looking leather jacket covered in patches. He’s not wearing a helmet - only a pair of aviators - and while Bradley knows he should chastise Jake for not being more careful, he’s too busy drooling over the picture he makes as he pulls up to the front of the hangar. Fuck, he wants to eat him. Or maybe just his ass. Whatever. The bike’s low, seductive rumble cuts out as Jake kills the engine, nudging the kickstand with the tip of his boot before dismounting. He pushes his glasses up into his hair, grinning at Bradley and holding his arms out in an expansive gesture. “Hey, baby. Miss me?”

In Time | 10,692 | little_passions / @littleeverydaypassions

Summary: “You said you wanted a reward.” He explained as he moved his right hand off the counter and placed it on Jake’s thigh. “It’s now or never.” Well, it seemed like Bradley had more to him than expected. Jake couldn’t help the satisfied smirk that came across his face. He loved surprises, especially when they came to him in the well-defined form of Bradley Bradshaw.

The New Revolution | 10,868 | Brenda / @brendaonao3

Summary: Jake Seresin is the biggest asshole Bradley's ever met, with a competitive streak that borders on the pathological, has no idea how to keep his goddamn mouth shut, starts shit just to watch the sparks fly, treats his body like a temple and never lets anyone forget it, runs laps around everyone up in the air (well, everyone except Mav and Phoenix) — And as God is his fucking witness, one day Bradley is going to snap and kill him.

show me again | 11,040 | dracculaura / @dracculaura

Summary: He hasn’t had a roommate on land-based assignments in years, not since flight school, so it takes him by surprise. He just isn’t used to it, not anymore. And he’s especially not used to sharing a room with fucking Bradley Bradshaw.

the way we surrender (tender, no pretense) | 12,757 | vannral / @vannral

Summary: ’”Well, Rooster, you’d better not be expectin’ any flowers, though, that’s not gonna happen.” A small, treacherous part under Bradley’s sternum falters, twists into knots. No. It’s a bad idea. You’re gonna get hurt in the long run. There’s a reason why you two are always at odds.’ In which Bradley and Jake agree to blow off steam together, all the while being in love with each other and convinced this is all they're able to have. It’s a train wreck from the start.

Slow Ride | 13,559 | Earthangel_44 / @yikes-00

Summary: “Name it, baby.” Bradley’s voice isn’t even recognizable with how low it’s dropped and Jake’s eyes dilate. The flush slowly moves below the collar of his shirt and Bradley’s eyes follow it. “We go by my rules.” Jake says back. His voice lost the authoritative bite and Bradley smirks. “Which are?” Jake swallows thickly and his gaze drags down Bradley’s body. “You have to beg to fuck me.”

Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore | 15,191 | Renai_chan

Summary: Hangman and Maverick have been getting closer these last few days, and Rooster is finding it... unsettling.

peaches and motor oil (a slice of summer sun) | 15,301 | terraces

Summary: A few years post-canon: Mav goes missing. Rooster copes. Hangman’s harder to get rid of than he expected.

And If Your Heart Surrenders | 16,661 | perishablealex / @perishablealex

Summary: Bradley is wearing his aviators and his mustache has beer foam on it. Jake reaches out and brushes his thumb tentatively over the foam, hand lingering on Bradley’s jaw. He feels Bradley smirk a bit as he reaches over to place a hand over Jake’s thigh. He leans in and Jake holds his breath, but Bradley just brushes his mustache against his cheekbone and then the shell of his ear. Bradley says it softly into Jake's ear. Mine. And Jake runs.

learning steps | 20,530 | vannral / @vannral

Summary: ”So, an instructor?” A straight hit. Bradley shifts uncomfortably on the leather seat and clears his throat. ”… Yeah.” In which Bradley becomes an instructor after the mission, Jake keeps showing up to his classes and his students are very curious about their dynamic.

Windy and Wild | 27,329 | Cristinuke / @cristinuke

Summary: Jake pushes for a reason. Bradley figures out he not only doesn't mind the reason, but actually enjoys it as well.

If you're looking for a hobby | 28,454 | NeverwinterThistle

Summary: On the first day of Maverick's new five-week intensive training programme, Hangman admits to being in love with Rooster. He doesn't seem worried about it. Neither is Rooster. Why not take what’s on offer and have some fun during downtime? Hangman’s the one who caught feelings, and that means Rooster gets to call the shots for once. This time, he’s going to be team leader. It’s just a shame no plan survives contact with the enemy.

These Gods Don't Walk | 29,130 | SaintClaire / @radpeacharbiter

Summary: Jake and Natasha are dancing, moving together in wide, easy sweeps over the wings of the plane. Whoever’s piloting doesn’t so much as wobble in the air as they cross from the tip of one wing to the other and back, over and over again. His breath punches out of his chest when Jake picks Natasha up and twirls her out, her legs sailing out into nothingness, the two of them only connected by their hands.

Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) | 33,100 | Earthangel_44 / @yikes-00

Summary: “Do you?” Bradley counters. Jake’s face morphs into confusion. “Do you want a divorce?” Jake is quiet and the quiet is scarier than when Bradley didn’t think that Jake would take the ring from him. “I don’t know.” Jake says softly and he looks lost. He looks small and Bradley’s heart hurts in his chest. “I love you.” Bradley says breaking the silence between them and a smile twitches over Jake’s face. “Do you?”

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tagged by @film-in-my-soul and @icemankazansky - thanks guys!! ❤️❤️❤️

Everyone deserves to toot their own horn and be proud of their work! So, this tag game is fairly simple.

Promote 5 works that you're really proud of and share a little about why you're so proud of them! Then tag as many people as you like. You can reblog this post and add on to it (why not create a giant reclist to throw around?) or steal this header (and border if you like) and make your own post.

tagging @bornforastorm @lookforanewangle @apartmentsmoke @maverickcalf @saltyfilmmajor @hacash @academicgangster @onekisstotakewithme and anyone else who sees this and wants to do it

Make A Wrong One Right

Top Gun, Iceman Kazansky/Maverick Mitchell, Goose Bradshaw & Maverick Mitchell

Maverick makes a wish and wakes up thirty years in the past. He reacts accordingly.

I've written a lot of Top Gun fics (sixty-three, to be precise, which is insane all on its own) but this fic is far and away the one I'm most proud of. Not only did I get to throw in all my favorite things (angst with a happy ending!! time travel!! magical realism!! back to the future references!!), I got the chance to explore in a more subtle way just how much Mav loves Ice, and tackle fun existential questions like, Would you change the past if it meant you might lose the future you love? And I feel like I balanced all of the above and stuck the landing really well! (Honestly, the whole story was worth writing just for the bit in chapter three where Mav calls Ice 'baby' without thinking and Ice bluescreens so hard he drops what he's holding.)

there's a raging fire in my heart tonight

Top Gun&MCU, Iceman Kazansky/Maverick Mitchell, Carol Danvers/Maria Rambeau, Carol Danvers & Iceman Kazansky, Iceman Kazansky & Tony Stark, MCU/Coherent Storytelling

“Carol, you can’t bring a civilian into this—” “Civilian?” The temperature in the room seems to drop twenty degrees as Ice steps forward, flinty-eyed and deadly serious. “I’m a captain. And I earned my rank, which is more than I can say for you, Rogers. Thanos killed my husband. You want to stop me from helping you out, you’re going to have to shoot me.” Silence stretches out, long and fraught with tension. Then Stark laughs out loud, and everyone turns to look at him. “What?” he says. “I like this guy.”

This was the first Top Gun fic I ever published, and the first Top Gun fic I wrote on my own. (At the time, I was working on baby, baby, i'd get down on my knees for you with the fantastic @academicgangster, without whom I never would have gotten into Top Gun or on the Tom Cruise train at all.) Naturally my first foray into this fandom ended up being this chaotic, complicated beast of a fic, where I wrote my faves Iceman Kazansky and Tony Stark and Carol Danvers side by side, fixed all my issues with Avengers: Endgame, and gave everyone the happy ending they deserved (especially after all the additional angst I put them through). I had a blast writing this fic and rambling about all the details with Cain (without her support this fic would never have left our tumblr DMs). There were a lot of plot points to juggle, and I managed to juggle them all. So though I've definitely grown as a writer in the (oh god) five years since, I still look back on this fic very fondly, and very proudly. And who knows, maybe someday I'll go back to this series and write more of Ice accidentally acquiring a son in Tony Stark and a granddaughter in Morgan. (Famous last words, I know.)

Judge Leon AU

Night Court (1984) / Night Court (2023), Dan Fielding/Harry Stone, Dan Fielding & Leon, Olivia Moore/Donna "Gurgs" Gurganous, Neil Valluri/Gabby

When his court-assigned public defender quits on his first night as an arraignment judge at Manhattan Criminal Court, Leon decides to reach out to his old foster father, Harry Stone, for advice. He finds Harry's widower, Dan Fielding, instead.

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I could not tell you for the life of me why the hands down angstiest fics I've ever written ended up being for an 80s sitcom whose plotlines include a ventriloquist's dummy committing suicide and my blorbo getting so horny he had to fuck a firehose about it, but here we are!! Over sixty-four thousand words later!!

In all seriousness, though, I'm extremely proud of this series. I have a lot of issues with New Night Court (I have a post in my drafts about that), namely that it lacks the edge and darkness that made the original so good, and this series gave me the opportunity to restore that edge and really make us feel Harry's loss, as well as the loss of almost all the other main cast members. I get to be goofy (a man holds the gang hostage on the advice of members of his favorite subreddit) and I get to be angsty (delve deeply into Dan's low self-worth and depression and grief post-Harry's death) and in all the spaces between, I get to write about how much Harry and Dan loved each other (and develop Leon and Dan's growing bond), and I do it all very, very well. (Certainly better than the NNC writers. Let me into the writers' room, guys!! Help me help you!!)

Austin Alone

9-1-1 Lone Star, Billy Tyson/Owen Strand

After the reopening of the 126, Billy and Owen give being friends with benefits a try. Inconvenient feelings ensue. / Season 3 AU, Owen-centric.

I co-wrote this fic with the lovely @lilalbatross while season 3 was still airing, and not only were we so in tune with the characters and the show that our fic accidentally predicted the future (exploration of Owen's abandonment issues! Owen getting trapped in a collapsed building!), but this fic set my standards so high that now the show can no longer reach it. (To be fair, this is largely because Lone Star decided to become the Tarlos and Wyatt Show above all else, but that's a rant for another day.) I'm proud as hell of this fic for a lot of reasons - I got Billy and Owen's voices down pat, put them in mortal peril that was realistic to the show, and wrote some banger lines of dialogue and prose that made me take honest to god victory laps around my house. The entirety of (the very long) chapter 6 might be some of my best work of all time.

For A Minute There I Lost Myself

Ted Lasso, Nathan Shelley & Original Male Character(s), Nathan Shelley & Ted Lasso, Nathan Shelley & Rupert Mannion

Nathan Shelley and the road to redemption.

[sigh] Really it's such a shame that Ted Lasso never got a season three and so we never got to see Nate grow and thrive at West Ham and bond with his players and stand up to Rupert and become more confident in himself and his ability as a coach and apologize to Ted and just in general have a redemption arc that was not centered on some random one-dimensional mean waitress or his ability to play the violin. But at least we have this fic!

I wrote FAMTILM for Yuletide in 2021. I'd never written Nate's POV before - all my Ted Lasso fics up to this point were about Sam and Dani - so I'm proud of myself for being able to capture the nuances of Nate's voice and write the slow growth of Nate's self-esteem and realization that he was in the wrong and his affection for his players (particularly Višnjić and Roubeni, who are in my top ten favorite OCs I've ever created). I'm also very proud of myself for taking what could have been a 30k word story and telling it just as well in under 8k, and writing a full Natedemption arc in less than a month that turned out to be ten times better than what Sudeikis and co accomplished in twelve bloated episodes.

[icemankazansky]

@film-in-my-soul tagged me in this really cool fic meme:

Everyone deserves to toot their own horn and be proud of their work! So, this tag game is fairly simple.

Promote 5 works that you're really proud of and share a little about why you're so proud of it! Then tag as many people as you like. You can reblog this post and add on to it (why not create a giant reclist to throw around?) or steal this header (and border if you like) and make your own post!

The Storm Series

Top Gun, Iceman/Maverick, E

Eight years after Maverick and Iceman meet at TOPGUN, Maverick is running the program and Iceman is badly injured in combat, which finds him sent back to Miramar to teach until he's fit to fly again. Things move pretty fast after that.

I'm proud of many things about Storm. It was my first major work for Top Gun, and I'm really happy with the characterization. The way the characters and their relationship evolve through the series—I'm proud of that, and I'm proud that I was able to pick up the series after eight years and write two more installments that belong in the universe with the first two. Despite all the ways I had changed as a person and a writer in the time between, I was able to slip back into it like an old coat, and that is something you strive for as an author.

Dreams of Impact

Top Gun, Iceman/Maverick, M

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

When I was a baby writer, I wrote a lot of really long stories. For several years, I worked with another writer on a collaboration that surpassed 200k words, and we never finished it. That was by far my longest work, but many of my stories pre-2010 are 10k, 20k, 50k.

Now it's rare that I write something that long. Part of that is that I learned how to say a lot without that many words. Pithy was a word I heard constantly in grad school, and I needed to learn how to do that. I have, and I'm a much better writer for it. I'm proud of that.

There are a lot of other reasons that I don't write long, multi-chapter epics anymore, everything from writing professionally to my health, and to be honest, sometimes I miss it. Dreams of Impact offered me a wonderful opportunity to get back to that kind of writing. I enjoyed writing the story very much, and I'm proud of how it turned out. The longer, more-plot heavy story muscles had not been flexed in a while, but I guess I still got it.

the weight of my heart is measured in carats

MCU, Tony/Pepper, G

What's so impressive about a diamond except the mining?

Remember what I said about pith? This one is like a good sword: perfectly weighted, perfectly balanced.

you are the moon that breaks the night for which i have to howl

Willow, Sorsha/Madmartigan, M

Magic leaves a trace, and part of the curse stayed in her blood, and Sorsha never forgot what it was like to be the wolf. Even after her mother transformed her back, the wolf lived still, tucked behind her breast.

I love magical realism, and I love making things into fairytales, and I love finding ways to fit discordant things together so they seem completely natural. I did all of those things very well in this story. It was also a gift for a dear friend who is also an excellent writer, and she absolutely lost her gotdam mind when she read it, and I am proud of that.

running through the underworld into your room

Top Gun, Iceman/Maverick, T

“Most of my grey hairs you gave me,” Ice said, unable to keep the fondness out of his voice even altered as it was. He paused. “You don’t know how much I wanted this. To grow old with you.”

This story is a standalone piece, but it was also—for me—an exercise (an exploration, maybe) in two very specific things. (It doesn't matter what. What does matter is: Not long after I had posted this, I talked to a couple people—dear friends but also writers I respect—about it once they'd read it, and they both told me how well I had done those two things, even though I hadn't mentioned them anywhere. I'm proud of that. It's extremely gratifying to know you can hit a target even if it's a target no one else can see.)

Tagging: @topgunreacts @escritoireazul @boasamishipper @maverickcalf @adiduck @hangsters @thelastplantagenet @andmakeithome

[film-in-my-soul]

Of Fighters and Fighter Pilots | 652 | strawberryspitt

Summary: "Bradley knows the entire team thinks it’s unhealthy. They just don’t get it, not yet."

Field Day | 810 | xo_em / @jakeseresins

Summary: “Where are you taking me?” Bradley exclaims as Jake pulls him along by the hand. “You said you wanted to do Texas things,” Jake laughs. “So I’m showing you a Texas thing.”

We Could Try | 1,072 | xo_em / @jakeseresins

Summary: “Jake, what the hell. It’s like four in the morning-“

rose quartz | 1,100 | levivi

Summary: He inspects his boyfriend carefully. Bradley looks nervous, probably unnoticeable to anyone else, but Jake’s not just anyone else. He can see it in his eyes, in the slight tremor of his fingers splayed over his thighs. His heart squeezes.

all the things i wish i had told you | 1,118 | dames_for_jamesbarnes / @qvid-pro-qvo

Summary: “It’s not like you, to turn in early,” Bradley counters. Hangman stops again, turns and glares, brow furrowed deep. “Been a long time since you could claim to know me, right, Bradshaw?” Bradley and Jake have a past. Bradley wants a future.

Bleeding Hearts Beat Too Fast | 1,136 | theincredibleprincess

Summary: When he looks at the scene before him, Bradley sees a part of himself that he had tried to destroy a long time ago. After an unlikely candidate helps Jake through a bad situation, they get to discussing fathers- the best that ever died and the worst that ever lived.

if someone was going to break me (i’d want it to be you) | 1,162 | tearsricochets

Summary: There’s a kiss being placed on his neck, and he sighs when he realizes it was right on one of the multiple marks Bradley had littered him with that evening. “Should I leave?” he asks, while tightening his arms around his waist. (‘Should I leave?’ he asks. Like Jake would ever make him leave. No, that’s Jake’s job.) He doesn’t say that, instead answering: “Ask again in five.” Because he’s weak, and he’s always got to have an escape route planned, a way out of the hole he’s dug for himself once again.

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I Could Be (Someone) | 1,226 | xo_em / @jakeseresins

Summary: “Why are you leaving?” Bradley demands breathlessly, his face positively flushed from the argument they’re currently embroiled in.

Wintersong | 1,320 | xo_em / @jakeseresins

Summary: It had been noisy, this trip, in the best way. All of them gathered together up in the mountains for the holiday, forgoing their normal family obligations in order to nurture this small and fragile family that they’d chosen for themselves.

A Sip of Eternity | 1,360 | xo_em / @jakeseresins

Summary: He knows if he just asked, Jake would give him anything.

the beginning, and the middle (not the end) | 1,405 | cloudburst

Summary: But hell, he wasn’t about to tell his fellow pilots the good news that Hangman had finally settled down – in a manner of speaking – and finally met the one. That last part not being an exaggeration had him turning mid-air, flown through the jetwash, unrecoverable spin. He couldn’t pull the fucking eject.

coming up for air | 1,472 | vannral / @vannral

Summary: "The horizon blurs into blue and bone white. It’s so light it burns Jake’s eyes. The entire cockpit is eerily silent, except for the thundering in his ears. ’fly, fucking fly like your life depends on it – fly FASTER, THEY’RE GONNA DIE – !’" In which Jake shares a room with Rooster on the carrier, he has a nightmare about not reaching Mav and Rooster in time, and Rooster comforts him. And ends up sharing the bed.

no need to pray, no need to speak | 1,491 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: Taking the very last moment he has, Bradley closes in again on Jake but this time it’s so he can rest his forehead against the man who has been his lover and his rival all at once, his heart doing jumping jacks in his chest as he tries to have one more chance to just breathe. Jake matches him, beat for beat, and Bradley has to close his eyes against the tidal wave of overwhelming sorrow that makes him feel, pressing a hand to Jake’s chest as he murmurs a promise he knows he can’t keep but which he feels he has to make all the same because what if, what if…

All the Sky Above | 1,574 | xo_em / @jakeseresins

Summary: It’s Maverick who calls him, waking him from a dead sleep at 11:28 pm on a Tuesday night, to tell him that Jake has flipped his car on the freeway.

With His Head Held High | 1,762 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: Jake was born and raised in Texas and he knows a thing or two about guns. When Hard Deck is raided by a band of thugs and all inside taken hostage, Jake gets his hands on a rifle that Penny keeps under the counter and shows them exactly why they shouldn’t mess up with his Team. And Rooster may or may not get hard by seeing how precise Jake’s aim is.

Perpetuatin' Prophesy | 1,775 | ForASecondThereWedWon / @forasecondtherewedwon

Summary: Rooster blinks at him. “My socks are wet,” he says. Or, Rooster and Maverick bail out of the F-14. Jake finds them in the water.

this world is only gonna break your heart | 1,817 | youlookgood / @sereshavv

Summary: And maybe it's that tether pulling him along again. Maybe it's the fact that in the morning, when he puts on that helmet with H_NGM_N printed across the front, he'll be thinking about how appropriate it all is that the tether holding him to Rooster might just be his noose. But he's a twisted up mess inside, and he could never wish for a universe in which he didn't love Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw with his entire being. Their game has always been a wicked one, and now it's dead ash by Jake's own hands. Maybe his dreams are true. Maybe the world really is on fire.

still waters | 2,012 | Notchka88

Summary: Rooster is an even-keeled, laidback kind of guy. Except when it comes to Hangman, maybe especially then. In which someone mouths off to Hangman and Rooster loses it.

Feel the Heat, See the Light | 2,173 | ForASecondThereWedWon / @forasecondtherewedwon

Summary: “How long do you think we can do this?” Jake wonders aloud. Make the tension last? Bradley silently guesses. Stick to our respective sides of the bed? Pretend the fact that we took off across state lines, just the two of us, is something we can go forever without acknowledging?

cancel out the darkness I inherited from dad | 2,174 | multifandommonster / @mitthrawnu

Summary: “Don’t say that shit,” he whispers, void of any kind of venom. It's a shameful, humiliating emotion. “Don’t say that, Bradshaw, not– it’s not funny.” “Okay,” Bradley replies, oddly calm. Closer again, Jake notices. “I won’t, Jake. I know you don’t regret it.”

angel, can't you see who's in front of you? | 2,185 | dames_for_jamesbarnes / @qvid-pro-qvo

Summary: “What about yours?” he finally asks, nodding to them. Seresin blinks, cocks his head, and Bradley gestures with an open hand. “Your wings.” The other man blinks. Raises a brow. “I’ll show you mine because you showed me yours type of thing?”  Bradley snorts. “Something like that,” he admits, raising his brow right back. Bradley and Jake accidentally find each other after the Mission. And maybe realize that even though they've flown together, they've never really seen each other.

(how good it is) to be your lover today | 2,464 | multifandommonster / @mitthrawnu

Summary: He doesn’t have an extensive morning routine; his pales in comparison to Jake’s several-step process to keep his skin young, Rooster, some of us don’t want sunspots by age forty, but Bradley just laughs. Jake’s gotten him to use moisturizer and sunscreen, that’s as far as he intends to go. He’ll wear his age the way his dad should’ve been able to.

my stubborn pride laying on the floor | 2,751 | multifandommonster / @mitthrawnu

Summary: He didn’t consider the reality, he didn’t really think at all– now he’s shaking against the sink in their locker room, vision blurring with tears as he tries to steady his hand. “C’mon,” he murmurs, shaking his head in an attempt to clear the fog settling into his awareness. “C’mon, fuck–” “As I live and breathe,” a voice interrupts, and Bradley nearly drops the needle with the sigh that makes its way out of him.

i'm just gonna call you mine | 2,869 | ginnydear

Summary: “Oh, you better watch it there, sugar, because I feel an unnecessary roughness penalty in my future,” Rooster replies, watching as Hangman’s dimples appear. He salutes Rooster. “You’re on, sweetcheeks.” it starts with a sarcastic sweetcheeks. (or, five moments from within canon and one from shortly thereafter)

in sickness and in health | 3,063 | res_judicata / @res-judicatas

Summary: “I want a small wedding,” Jake mentions casually as he brews the coffee. Bradley hums in acknowledgement as he scrambles the eggs, “that’s fine with me,” he slides the chopped tomatoes into the hot pan with a sizzle, “so, that would be your extended family, Mav, Ice, the peanut gallery, maybe a handful of our academy buddies-” “No,” Jake shakes his head, “bare minimum,” his voice is suddenly serious, “it’s not a spectacle, you know, all that matters really is that you’re there,” a rueful tilt to his lips, “and I’m there.” He clicks his tongue, "and someone who can make it official... that’s all I need.”

Grit Your Teeth Another Time | 3,323 | Thee_Maxwell

Summary: Hospitals and death weren’t strangers to Bradley Bradshaw, and they always seemed to go hand-in-hand. So he wasn’t particularly thrilled to find himself under watch in the medbay of the aircraft carrier. Or It hits Bradley what almost happened on the mission (and Jake helps him feel better).

Take Him Off Your Hands | 3,554 | electricghosts

Summary: Bradley got orders to Texas while his friends were stationed on the other side of the world. He also never wanted to speak to Maverick again; he was completely and utterly alone. After four long months of moping around and feeling sorry for himself, he finally goes out to have a beer and is greeted by a group of partiers with funny nicknames. One in particular sticks out; an overconfident blonde in a ten-gallon hat by the name of Hangman. Liquid courage and channeling his late father’s charm might just be the key for Bradley to land himself a cowboy.

cowboy, take me away | 3,668 | ginnydear

Summary: jake has a cowboy hat he doesn't just let anyone wear. bradley takes that as a challenge.

never had a heart to mend | 3,735 | un_familiar

Summary: Bradley won’t stop looking at him with concern, laying kisses on his bare back and asking softly, “Are you okay,” until Jake wants to scream You know what you’re fucking doing to me, but he can’t or he won’t and he’s never felt this helpless in his life. The best he can manage is a soft, “Just tired,” turning back into Bradley’s embrace and thinking God, just let me keep this.

Life in Technicolor | 3,933 | AnadoraBlack / @anadorablack

Summary: “Hey Mav?” “Mmh?” They are sitting on the beach outside their house, feet buried in warm sand as they are watching the sun set. Bradley is leaning on his godfather’s shoulder, trying to imagine what it would be like to see something else than all the – admittedly lovely – shades of grey that make up his world. “When do you think I’ll get my colours?” Mav wraps an arm around his shoulders affectionately. “I only got mine when I was twenty-three, you know. You’ve got time, you’re only fourteen, kiddo…” The brown-haired teenager at his side shrugs again. He doesn’t want to admit that he’s anxious to know what it feels like. To get one’s colours. To find one’s soulmate.

Can't take my eyes off of you | 3,976 | FlowersOnMyMind / @flowersonmymind1016

Summary: An Alpha at the Hard Deck won't leave Rooster alone. Hangman steps in. Oh, and did I mention that Hangman is close to his rut?

5 Times Hangman Took Care of His Team + 1 Time Someone Took Care Of Him | 4,016 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: The Daggers and the rest of the Team stay together for the long leave post mission. That includes Hangman although he is still treated a bit as an outsider. They get into all kind of crazy shit and Rooster starts to notice things. That Jake is the one who starts cleaning after drunk Payback threw up all over the bathroom and knows exactly what cleaning products will do the trick. That when Fritz is arrested for disturbance, he knows how to talk to the cops to get him released. That he can patch Fanboy like a professional medic after the guy got into a fight. That he can cook a meal from nothing, mend clothes and knows everything about meds. Turns out Jake had to take care for his family as the only responsible person since he was 5 years old. First his alcoholic parents and then his dying grandmother. Jake won’t let anyone in, but he will take care of them as much as he can. Rooster wants to change it.

The Way to a Man's Heart | 4,028 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: Jake Seresin is a pilot, currently on medical leave from Naval duty as he recovers from injuries sustatined in an ejection during a training exercise. He's grumpy and bored when he takes a chance on a random coffee shop on a rainy afternoon and meets one Bradley Bradshaw, manager and possibly world's best barista. Bradley wastes no time taking such a pretty broken bird under his wing, winning Jake over through pastries and charm and also by being insanely hot. Then therer's an attempted robbery on the premises, and everything accelerates.

Pressed Sunflowers | 4,030 | Sceld

Summary: His smug expression is the final nail in the coffin for Jake, who is doing a fucking terrible job at hiding his outright shock. “You’re… Good at that,” he says slowly, pretending it’s not doing something for him. or; Jake spends the night at Bradley's place and learns more than he anticipated.

wish I knew how to hold you | 4,661 | Ravens_Words

Summary: Bradley bullies Jake's flight information out of Javy, and it's much easier than he thought it would be. Probably because he doesn't want his best friend to be alone. "Bradshaw," Javy says before he hangs up, "you- I know he doesn't make it easy, but take care of him, will you?" He hesitates, takes a deep breath, "sure." For the first time, he wonders if he made a mistake, bit off more than he can chew. Jake goes back home, Bradley goes with him. It goes about as well as one can expect.

we're not finished here | 4,991 | haridwar

Summary: Jake finds out Maverick has a son in the middle of dogfight football.

in five years time | 5,178 | ginnydear

Summary: Jake’s been planning his five year anniversary gift for Bradley since the day after their four year anniversary.

Taking The Long Way 'Round | 5,278 | DancingDisaster / @dancingdisasterisms

Summary: This probably wouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, but he and Seresin hadn’t exactly hit it off when they first met. That said, they did hit it off eventually, and they did it with a bang so resounding it probably should’ve devolved into a fist fight. By the end of the week, Bradley realized there was one small potential problem with the first close friendship he’d managed in years: he thought Jake was beautiful. Well fuck. “It’s not like he doesn’t know, Javy.” “I think you’re underestimating Bradshaw’s tendency towards obliviousness here, Jake.”

i'm coming back to his side to put it right | 5,455 | emozionedapoco

Summary: He can shoot enemy airplanes out of the sky but he can’t for the life of him find some fucking t-shirts. Yeah, that’s doing wonders for his ego. His eyes catch something on a rack near a wall. They’re not t-shirts but shirts and he doesn’t know what the fuck he’s noticed them for, but he gets closer anyway. His instincts usually serve him well.

i come from where the rivers meet the sea | 5,864 | luciferinasundaysuit / @vinnylecavaliers

Summary: Phoenix pinches the bridge of her nose. “One night. One night without whatever all this is. My kingdom for one night.” “There’s no all this!” Rooster protests. Like a liar. Hangman takes his arm back, slides off his chair and goes back to the dart board. Rooster tries not to feel cold. “Of course not, Rooster,” Hangman says, just short of condescendingly. “I could never bring a yankee home, and I respect you too much to hit it and quit it.”

watching, waiting, still anticipating love | 5,861 | iridescent

Summary: Bradley’s fingers caress the keys deftly, coaxing a bittersweet melody from the depths of the piano’s body. Then he starts singing, a few lines here and there almost like an afterthought. His voice is low and husky, lends itself naturally to this sort of soppy and overly sentimental love song. He doesn’t seem to notice Jake being there at all. Despite himself, Jake is transfixed.

But Here I Am, Loving You More Than You’ll Ever Know | 5,872 | thatsquirrelfromiceage

Summary: The sound of Rooster’s voice may as well be another explosion, another heavy breath set free from the bottom of his stomach. It’s the moment he begins to understand what his mother wanted when she clutched and prayed to her rosary beads every night. Another reminder that he’s coming home. He’s coming home.

my heart is out, my guard is down | 5,886 | blood_mocha_latte / @blood-mocha-latte

Summary: “Hey!” He yells, giving Seresin what he hopes is a suave ‘yep, ‘tis I, your saviour’ look. Judging by the look on the other man's face, he fails. “Are you alright?” Hangman shouts back, stumbling even closer. Bradley scrubs a hand down his face, stepping towards him. “Yeah! Are you–” Seresin shoves him into the snowbank with his good hand, face screwed up in what seems to be an odd mixture of worry and anger. “What the fuck were you thinking?!” He’s still yelling, but his voice cracks on the last word and he coughs, spitting concerningly black spit to the side. “I died for you, moron!” He’s still angry but his voice is shaky, and quiet, and Bradley thinks rather disjointedly that he doesn’t think he’s ever seen Hangman actually distressed before.

the blond devil before me | 6,174 | closet_monster

Summary: Bradley Bradshaw had a type, and Hangman had always wanted to be it.

On This Day, This Accursed Day | 6,452 | Sceld

Summary: “Bradshaw,” Jake says with a grin. Rooster groans. “As I live and breathe.” “Hangman,” Rooster replies loftily, “You look…” He pauses for a second too long as his eyes stall on Jake’s shirt. “My eyes are up here, Rooster,” Jake teases, grateful the way his heart is pounding doesn’t transfer to his voice.

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Jake Seresin: Domestic Goddess | 868 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: Too many people would fall about laughing in disbelief if they saw this, Jake “Hangman” Seresin in love and domesticated and absolutely revelling in it. Fuck ‘em, he thinks, because he’s had a fair few near death experiences in his time by this point and has had to see those he cares about the most get put in harm's way far too often too. It would make anyone grow and embrace what’s important in life, or should. He’s seen too many pilots who went entirely the other way...

out here in this water so deep | 889 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: It would have been so much worse if he were alone and he can admit that now, if only to himself, that being alone was bullshit and had just been a shield because being in love was hard and being hurt sucked. He’s older and wiser and has come far, especially since the mission.

No Need to Take it Slow | 1,357 | allylikethecat / @allylikethecat

Summary: “You’re staring again,” said Phoenix, surprising Jake. “Shit,” he swore, sloshing his own beer as Bob snickered behind her. “Don’t worry,” she said, eyes glittering dangerously, “it’s cute.”

Soft | 2,208 | allylikethecat / @allylikethecat

Summary: Bradley had shifted on the couch, mouth open as he snored softly. His tee shirt was pushed up, soft, pale unblemished skin on display, though when he closed his eyes, Jake could still see the dark purple-black bruises that littered Bradley’s body after he had been forced to eject after the 10 G climb.

Saying goodbye to all my ghosts | 5,399 | strawberryspitt

Summary: Jake and Bradley move in together and find Goose's old Polaroid pictures.

playing for keeps | 3,684 | ginnydear

Summary: “He’s uh,” he starts, trying to pull himself together. Phoenix has wandered over now, mouth open as she looks at the scene in front of her. “He’s cuddly, when he’s sleepy.” “Javy,” Hangman hisses, though it’s not nearly as biting as it could be. “To the grave, dude.”

from this day to the ending of the world | 3,904 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: Jake flies the mission instead of Maverick and takes the hit meant for Bradley. The two pilots find themselves stranded in enemy territory battling against the willderness and, in Jake's case, a bullet wound from the guns of a fifth gen fighter. It's the worst possible time for Bradley to realize just how deep his feelings for Jake really run.

your hand on my thigh, barely on my mind | 4,442 | RippingOffZeppelin

Summary: He looks the same, he always has, even when he was fresh out of the academy and vibrating with potential coming into TOPGUN, references glowing to match his perpetual summer tan.

To Feel a Little Love | 5,887 | allylikethecat / @allylikethecat

Summary: “You saved my life,” said Rooster, crashing into the blonde, without thinking Hangman reached out, grabbing him by the belt loops to steady him. Bob snorted and gave Hangman a mock salute. “Thank god- he’s your problem now.” “What did y’all do to him?” Hangman asked, looking from Phoenix to Bob. Like Rooster, they were clad in their civvies. Unlike Rooster, they were both nearly sober, or at least appeared to be. “Shots,” said Phoenix with a shrug. “Not everyday you come back from the dead- twice.”

When you're ready | 45,445 | The_Splendid_Wren

Summary: After the suicide-mission-that-wasn't the pilots of TOP GUN go their separate ways to enjoy a much earned week of leave. Rooster is set to spend his time with Maverick in an attempt to rekindle their familial relationship but it gets complicated when unresolved trauma from nearly dying keeps him from truly opening up. With a host of other issues like his unknown next assignment and his feelings for a rival paralyzing him, he truly has no idea how he ends up at the Seresin ranch house in Austin, Texas with the object of his desires right in front of him. Or, Rooster is suffering PTSD and his friends and family try to help him. Whether that's getting therapy or confessing his very deeply buried feelings remains to be seen.

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baby, darling, fiancé, husband | 1,026 | nqther

Summary: “Also, I want a diamond.” “Yes, sweetheart.” “I want it really fucking flashy.” “Of course, Jake.” “Tomorrow. I want it tomorrow.” “Whatever you want, baby.”

I miss you most | 1,056 | Venezia

Summary: “Wanna know what I missed the most though?” Jake asked. Bradley had already closed his eyes but there was a smile playing across his face, “The mustache?” Or when Bradley comes home from a deployment and Jake lists all the things he’s missed.

and I went to bed, and I loved you | 1,091 | multifandommonster / @mitthrawnu

Summary: His Bronco is a sight for sore eyes when he slides into the well-worn seats, bag tossed carelessly into the back, and he takes a deep breath as he leans back against the leather. His body comes back to him in pieces, the tension in his limbs from stress and small spaces slowly draining until he feels like his chest can relax. Exhaustion washes over him in waves, but he doesn’t let himself succumb just yet. The promise of home is enough to keep him going.

Time, Mystical Time | 1,163 | perishablealex / @perishablealex

Summary: All of a sudden, Jake’s five again. The cold bite of the bathroom countertop digs into his thighs as his feet swing restlessly where they hang off the edge. The razor bounces off the sink, guided by the precision of the strong fingers that hold it. One, two, three tinkering taps before the blade runs under the water once more and the hand cuts the air in its upward motion. Or: Jake watches Bradley shave and some memories come up.

Choose You Again (And Again And Again) | 1,181 | inspiredissue / @despitesunlight

Summary: When Bradley proposes to Jake, it’s nothing Instagram-worthy. He doesn’t organize an extensive date night featuring the first restaurant they ever went to and a walk on a pier. He doesn’t throw rose petals on every imaginable surface and light a million candles. Their friends don’t even know it’s happening, because, truthfully, Bradley wasn’t planning on it. Or; Bradley realizes exactly how much he loves Jake and impulsively proposes. Cuteness ensues.

Propose | 1,272 | arami_d004

Summary: “What did you just say?” Rooster asked Bob. Bob repeated his question quietly, ever so calm. “I said, has he already proposed to you?”

Shining Star (Like A Little Diamond) | 1,656 | boobooblue / @letsboo-boo

Summary: "Weatherman said there might be a meteor shower yesterday, didn't think it would actually happen." Jake smiles, breathless. "Better late than never, I guess." "I don't think I've seen one since I was twelve," Bradley admits, just as in awe. "Really?" He turns to face Bradley briefly, wiggling his eyebrows. "Any wishes you've been waiting to make?"

And Time Can Do So Much | 1,704 | FabuMazX

Summary: "I guess I knew when we had a fallout and for the first time, I couldn’t let him walk out. Even if we had to sit there giving each other the silent treatment, I’d take that over not having him any day.” The moment Bradley realised he was in love and wasn't going to let that go without a fight.

we wouldn't have to eat kraft dinner (but we would eat kraft dinner) | 1,797 | multifandommonster / @mitthrawnu

Summary: He brings the whole pot over once he deems it sufficient to present, and when he sees the small, grateful smile on Jake’s face, his heart clenches near-painfully in his chest. “Most gourmet on the menu,” Bradley teases, spooning a hefty scoop into Jake’s bowl. “Kraft macaroni and cheese, huh? You really pulled out all the stops,” Jake replies, but Bradley hears the sincerity in his tone.

these sentimental teardrops | 1,936 | multifandommonster / @mitthrawnu

Summary: “Pot, kettle,” Bradley hears, and he makes the effort to turn his body enough to see Hondo walking back to their section of the hangar. It’s on the tip of his tongue to respond with something smart until he sees who’s trailing behind, and then— “Bradshaw, as I live and breathe,” Hangman says, and Bradley feels himself smile despite it all.

of a feather | 2,501 | dracculaura / @dracculaura

Summary: jake and his three-year-old daughter, sophie, run into bradley while trick-or-treating

Brought To Light | 2,584 | perishablealex / @perishablealex

Summary: Bradley is officially introduced to Jake's son, Sam, in a night of trick or treating.

it doesn't have to hurt | 3,253 | bottledyarn

Summary: Hangman tries to help, even after the planes have all landed and the glory is gone.

paper rings | 3,539 | davidbyrne / @katiesharms

Summary: When Carole Bradshaw dies, Bradley’s given all of her jewelry.

my picture in your pocket | 4,530 | ginnydear

Summary: Staring back at him from Rooster's phone is Hangman, eyes bugged out of his head and tongue sticking out. It’s obviously a selfie and Bob thinks it’s gotta be one Hangman took himself, based on the angle. It looks like Hangman isn’t wearing a shirt either, which only adds to Bob’s confusion. five times someone picked up roosters phone and saw a selfie of hangman.

One More Miracle | 6,695 | FabuMazX

Summary: Bradley sees the exact moment that he reads his mind and his smile falls. Jake’s brow furrows slightly and Bradley sees him swallow. It’s not until Payback brushes past his shoulder that Jake blinks, breaking the line between them; then he’s gone, pushing through the crowd towards the door while the others stare and call after him in a confused cluster. So maybe he needs one more miracle. It takes a suicide mission for Bradley to realise he's not ready to give up on them. Now he just has to convince Jake. That's miracle number one.

Promise Me, Just Hold My Hand | 8,033 | Earthangel_44 / @yikes-00

Summary: The five times Rooster hints that he wants kids, and the one time Hangman agrees. AKA: Bradley has baby fever and Jake doesn't like kids.

you've got my heart stumbling | 8,161 | lightwoodsisabelle / @nicogayngelo

Summary: Bradshaw looked up, big brown eyes meeting Jake’s from across the room. A series of emotions played across his face before he settled on bemused, shooting him a short wave. With a scowl, Jake turned back to his laptop. He had bigger things to do than worry about Bradley Bradshaw.

you've tasted love and it tasted sweet | 24,086 | transbrvcewayne (FinishedKitten) /@transbrvcewayne

Summary: He was trusting Jake with himself, to not hurt him and to take care of him. It was an overwhelming feeling, locking him into the moment, committing as much of this to memory as he could. If this was just a one off he could live with that as long as he could remember this.

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seresin ranch by lightwoodsisabelle / @nicogayngelo

2 Part Series | Unrated - Rated G | Total Words: 19,946

Part 1 Summary: if you want, family ranch has an extra bedroom and mama seresin is always looking for more mouths to feed. how long can i stay? Between the rush of packing, saying goodbye to Mav and his girls, and pointedly ignoring the messages in his group chat with Tasha and Bob, there wasn’t much time to reflect on the fact that he was actually going to to stay with Hangman and his family for two weeks in the Middle of Nowhere, Texas

gotta let you know somehow by dracculaura / @dracculaura

2 Part Series | Rated T | Total Words: 3,455

Part 1 Summary:They’re always in each other’s faces, but right now, Hangman’s back is against the wall and Rooster is leaning over him, hand on the wall beside Hangman’s face, using those few extra inches of height he has over Hangman. From this angle, he’s practically towering over Hangman; Phoenix can’t even see the younger pilot’s face, just the tilt of his head and his hand balled into a fist at his side. “Jesus. They look about five seconds from fucking right there,” she says.

It Looks Like Love Has Finally Found Me by tianasplace / @dickiemoltisantigf

2 Part Series | Rated T | Total Words: 3,470

Part 1 Summary: Even in Hangman’s moments of cockiness, Rooster had found himself unable to stop thinking about him. Now Hangman made him feel…well. He groaned. What the hell was he doing?

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summer heat and fireworks by yanak324

2 Part Series | Rated T-E | Total Words: 4,172

Part 1 Summary:“Sometimes it’s just nice to sit back and watch the sunset, Seresin. Nothing else to it.” “Seresin? That’s new.”

Sweet Tooth by xo_em / @jakeseresins

6 Part Series | Rated T-E | Total Words: 14,040

Part 1 Summary: “Here,” Bradley says, thrusting the candy into his sight line. “You look like you could use this.”

Jake Seresin Is A Mother Hen by tellxmebby

2 Part Series | Rated T | Total Words: 10,445

Part 1 Summary: “Gives you time to finish your food,” Jake’s muffled voice comes from the bed across and to the left of his bed. Bradley glances at Tasha who is smirking at him with raised eyebrows. Javy looks up and turns slowly towards Jake’s back with his brows furrowed. "Are you literally mother henning a Rooster right now?”

like california gold by zaskiaz / @zaskiaz

2 Part Series | Rated T| Total Words: 13,885

Part 1 Summary: He swallows and looks away. It’s not a good day. Regardless of how many years pass, Bradley thinks the 29th of July will never be a good day for him. or, a little something in honor of goose's death anniversary

low key in love by iridescent

2 Part Series | Rated T | Total Words: 14,407

Part 1 Summary: Bradley runs warm by nature, always has. Today, half an hour after exercise, he’s practically a radiator. He figures he can be generous enough to share the surplus heat rather than suffer through the nuisance of watching Seresin gradually edge closer to hypothermia. (In which Hangman is often freezing and Bradley, who is a human furnace, notices and starts feeling begrudgingly obliged to do something about it.)

Love Nest series by AnadoraBlack / @anadorablack

4 Part Series | Rated T-E | Total Words: 19,456

Part 1 Summary: Bradley Bradshaw has been hiding something from Maverick for a while now. He decides to come clean with it. Mav's world - and later, Jake's - is turned upside down by that revelation...

if you don't remember by attolians / @maroonmorons

3 Part Series | Rated T-E | Total Words: 20,412

Part 1 Summary: “Captain Mitchell, thank god! Can you get me out of here?” Bradley looks between them, trying to hold up a hand as if to stall any of this. “Jake,” he says, breath trembling, “the mission was two years ago.” “No it wasn’t,” Jake says, lips tilting in that infuriating smirk. “It’s next week.” Bradley sags back into the chair, covering his face with both hands. “Captain?” Jake scoffs, apparently dismissing Bradley completely now. “It’s not Captain anymore, Jake. I’m retired.”

so sorry mama by drh0rrible / @betanoiz

4 Part Series | Rated T-E | Total Words: 23,953

Part 1 Summary: Rooster finally gets called up to attend Top Gun. He is determined to outfly his ghosts and graduate top of the class. There are a few obstacles in his way.

on the other side by bottledyarn

2 Part Series | Rated T | Total Words: 30,998

Part 1 Summary: Five times the dagger squad thought they knew what the deal was with hangman and rooster + the one time they got answers

When we go crashing down, we come back every time by Starry_Daze

2 Part Series | Rated T-M | Total Words: 3,047

Part 1 Summary: "It was always the same with them. They’d argue, fight, first with their words, then with their fists, and then finally with their tongues." Jake's starting to have a change of heart about his and Bradley's on-again-off-again relationship.

in the lonely cool before dawn, you hear their engines roaring on by xmeesh

5 Part Series | Rated T-M | Total Words: 9,627

Part 1 Summary: Their game of mutually satisfying one-upmanship continues on and off based on their overlapping assignments, and each time sparks a new game that starts with a compliment and lack of personal space, middles with them fucking each other’s brains out when they have any modicum of privacy, and never really ends.

flight path by res_judicata / @res-judicatas

2 Part Series | Rated T-M | Total Words: 10,302

Part 1 Summary: Rooster’s plane goes down on a Tuesday.  Jake remembers that it’s a Tuesday because he had been out grabbing a quick bite for lunch with Javy and the little chalkboard on the wall of the cafe had proclaimed that Tuesday’s special was linguine in white wine with fresh mussels.

slow ride by ladybundle / @ladybundle

10 Part Series | Rated G-E | Total Words: 15,502

Part 1 Summary: Jake has always been the best. Always will be. Because he doesn’t let himself be anything else.

Still Building And Burning Down Love by martian_potato

2 Part Series | Rated M | Total Words: 29,928

Part 1 Summary: Jake Seresin is the best of the best. He’s always been, because he hadn’t ever let himself be anything else. In high school, that meant being the varsity swim team captain and graduating top of his class. At the Naval Academy, that meant being the fastest 200 meter freestyle swimmer they’d ever seen, meant being Valedictorian of his class and graduating with an aerospace engineering degree. At the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, it meant getting the top scores, it meant being sent to Top Gun. In the Navy, it meant being the only current generation Navy pilot to have a confirmed air combat kill since Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. He’s worked hard to be where he’s at today and he’s never been afraid to flaunt it. Even if it means that his only constant, his only comfort, is the ghosts of the people he’s lost that dog his every move.

to the place i belong by davidbyrne / @katiesharms

2 Part Series | Rated M-E | Total Words: 37,083

Part 1 Summary: “Are you sure you want to do that? With me?” There are a million things Rooster could say in response. He could tell him about how the idea of getting a plane, even a commercial one, still makes his blood buzz in the most uncomfortable way, even after all these months. He could tell him about how, when his mom died, she told him to see the world and he hasn’t even been able to see America, except through Navy-mandated stations. He could retract his offer right now, say he’s actually not sure and doesn’t want to spend three months of his life with his ex. He could tell Jake he loves him, still loves him, and beg him to love him back just the same. He says none of that. Instead, he says, “I’d go anywhere with you, Jake. You know that.”

waking up in vegas by ginnydear

2 Part Series | Rated G-M | Total Words: 49,045

Part 1 Summary: In the absence of anything better to do, and the decision being made while all of them are shitfaced, they decide to go somewhere with their month off.

Keeping Dreams Alive by miiichaaan

2 Part Series | Rated E | Total Words: 4,016

Part 1 Summary: After meeting Hangman at the bar, Rooster goes home to an empty room and a head full of memories...

pretty boy by dracculaura / @dracculaura

2 Part Series | Rated E | Total Words: 8,427

Part 1 Summary: Bradley knows that addictions don’t just happen like that, can’t really put his finger on why he likes it so much, but he’d made a vow to himself, right then and there, that he’d get Jake Seresin to blush like that as much as possible.

thirst trap fic by ginnydear

2 Part Series | Rated E | Total Words: 8,537

Part 1 Summary: “His name is Hangman and I think he sent me a thirst trap at 3 a.m.”

and all I see is you by attolians / @maroonmorons

2 Part Series | Rated T-E | Total Words: 12,526

Part 1 Summary: After the mission, Rooster's acting weird and Hangman struggles to adapt to the changes in their relationship. Maybe for the first time he doesn't want to leave another pilot hanging.

paper planes by attolians / @maroonmorons

3 Part Series | Rated E | Total Words: 17,164

Part 1 Summary: Bradley ends up stranded at a gay bar after forgetting he took muscle relaxers post mission - Jake is his knight in a shining lyft. Sort of.

Adrenaline Rush by Thee_Maxwell

2 Part Series | Rated E | Total Words: 19,051

Part 1 Summary: If they weren’t already breathing each other’s air, Hangman would have stepped forward. Instead, he smirked, cocking his head and narrowing his eyes while leaning his weight onto one leg. “Why didn’t you say shit about yours and Maverick’s history?” “It’s not your business.”

Top Gun Coffee Shop AU by Fuddlewuddle / @fuddlewuddle

2 Part Series | Rated E | Total Words: 19,880

Part 1 Summary: Jake Seresin only went into the coffee shop to get a drink. He didn't expect to meet the love of his life.

Life Still Goes On by Renai_chan

3 Part Series | Rated T-E | Total Words: 24,004

Part 1 Summary: Jake and Bradley spend one night together under the heavy, heavy influence of alcohol. It does not go well. But it goes worse for Jake than it does for Bradley because he wakes up with a bonding bite and his new alpha nowhere to be found. When they're recalled for a special training detachment eight years later, Jake finds out that Bradley doesn't remember giving him the bite at all and Bradley finds out about it for the first time. It still does not go well.

can't start a fire without a spark by phoebo

3 Part Series | Rated E | Total Words: 24,766

Part 1 Summary: What comes to Jake’s mind thinking about his his days in San Diego is a list of sensations, of feelings, short frames of his trainings shared with his teammates. This evening, yet, there’s something missing.

Daddy Rooster by Renai_chan

10 Part Series | Rated M-E | Total Words: 86,740

Part 1 Summary: When Rooster left Mav's at eighteen, he needed to make some cash to get himself through uni. So where would a newly emancipated orphan go to make some money? Why, porn of course. But this is not that story. This is the story of how Hangman--during their special detachment training--finds said porn and all the joys it leads to after he gets his head out of his ass and talks to Rooster about it.

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Unspoken | 822 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: He thumbs at the tattoo with a gentleness that’s not his usual style. The letters have been inked in a simple cursive script, just Hangman’s initials and nothing else. He sweeps a callused pad across the letters and Hangman knows there and then that feeling Rooster shudder under his touch will go down as one of the most pleasing moments of his life.

collapsed (i still want you.) | 1,098 | crueltether

Summary: “See somethin’ you like, Bradshaw?” he asks, and it happens again. Bradley sees the Jake he knew before and the Jake he knows now all at the same time. Bradley just sinks down and presses their chests together, exhaling against Jake’s lips as he skates his hands down Jake’s sides. “Tell me you missed me.”

even though it shows | 1,116 | dulceit

Summary: “God,” Hangman mutters against his mouth, fumbling with the zipper of Rooster’s flight suit, “god, I can’t believe you’re goddamn alive, you—” “Shut up,” Rooster groans, and Hangman takes the cue to yank him back into a kiss.

Sweat | 1,199 | lovelybattle

Summary: Bradley dropped his head to Jake’s neck and kissing it softly. Jake hummed happily, relaxing as Bradley kissed down his jaw, to his adam’s apple, until he met his collar bones. “I can’t sweat darlin’.” Bradley looked up at him, knowing intimately that just wasn’t true, “pretty sure you can.” “No,” Jake said, rolling his eyes, “if I start to sweat, I have to do all this again.” He gestured to his face, and Bradley resisted the urge to roll his own eyes. “Poor baby.” Bradley said, sticking his bottom lip out.

Shut up or I'll make you | 1,375| Fuddlewuddle / @fuddlewuddle

Summary: Hangman always knows how to wind Rooster up. This time, the frustration bubbles over and Rooster finds a way to shut the infuriating blond up.

a whisper | 1,504 | ginnydear

Summary: smut dialogue prompt - louder, let me hear you.

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Red Line Overload | 1,881 | infinitejaust

Summary: Bradley meant to take an Ativan. He didn’t realize he had the pill upside down. Or: Rooster joins the Mile High Club.

cubicle walls | 1,921 | ropememory

Summary: Jake reaches across Bradley’s desk, blocking the spreadsheet Bradley was focused on with an arm that Bradley refuses to say looks good in whatever shade of blue Jake calls it, to lift the half-full mug up. With his own cup in hand, Jake points to the sharpie’d Seresin on the bottom of the mug that apparently Bradley absolutely did steal. Trying to keep the embarrassment down, Bradley resolves to ignore Jake until he leaves. “I’ll forgive you, this time,” Jake says, the air of magnanimity making Bradley’s eye twitch. “But it’s that lack of attention to detail that’ll always keep you in second place, Bradshaw.”

Soft Landing | 1,939 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: This is something else entirely. It makes Bradley feel like he’s soaring even when his feet are firmly on the ground. The first time they’d gone to bed – really gone to bed – Bradley realized he’d never understood what love was until he’d languished in the sheets and Jake had let Bradley take him apart piece by piece and then rebuild him all over again. Jake has Bradley beneath him, bottomless green eyes making Bradley feel not just the center of Jake’s world but the whole world. Jake’s gaze has softened and he’s studying Bradley like he doesn’t already know him inside out.

Sharper Than a Hangman's Tooth | 2,019 | ForASecondThereWedWon / @forasecondtherewedwon

Summary: Hangman does shit with his mouth. It’s not a new habit—Bradley’s had to clench his jaw and look away a thousand times over the years—but he’d swear Hangman’s never done it so intentionally before.

Sing for me | 2,032 | AnadoraBlack / @anadorablack

Summary: Jake's been forced to attend a fucking music festival by his moronic best friend. But he might find something interesting to do there...maybe...

images of broken light | 2,139 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: The tears fall freely this time before he can stop them and when Bradley brushes the wetness away for him with the callused pads of his fingers, Jake can feel something in him break. “Come back,” he whispers, a secret plea for Bradley’s ears only. “Whatever happens out there just…please come back.” Bradley’s eyes pool with sorrow, like he already knows what’s going to happen and can’t stop it even if he wanted to but he kisses Jake and breathes a promise they both know can’t be kept into him anyway.

Buzz the Tower | 2,260 | ForASecondThereWedWon / @forasecondtherewedwon

Summary: Hangman wants to buzz Bradley's tower. Bradley knows that is not what buzzing the tower means, but they're alive, so he'll let Hangman have this one.

Fever | 2,338 | xo_em / @jakeseresins

Summary: Bradley gets like this sometimes. Possessive, reverent. Almost delirious. Often out of nowhere, but occasionally there are signs it’s coming. Beach days tend to set him off.

Leave your mark on me | 2,369 | Fuddlewuddle / @fuddlewuddle

Summary: Jake loses a bet and has to grow a beard. Bradley is inordinately excited about this result. Especially when it means the marks left after being ravished by his boyfriend stay around for longer than normal

time is running out so spend it like it's gold | 2,423 | scorpiohs

Summary: Phoenix hurls one of the footballs his way, where he’s ready to run to a touchdown. A second after Rooster jumps, catches it and curls it into his body, he’s shot out of the sky by a brutal tackle. The wind is knocked out of him by the blow as he and his assailant fall onto the hot ground. The rough sand coats his back while a sweaty chest presses against his own. Rooster squints open his eyes to none other than fucking Hangman, sporting his trademark grin. “Nice catch, Bradshaw.”

Poems About Lovers | 2,524 | xo_em / @jakeseresins

Summary: He’s waiting for his favorite sounds of every day: the click and scrape of the front door opening then closing, a few heavy footsteps, the abrupt thud of a bag hitting the hardwood floor. Two boots following. Bradley.

proof of concept | 2,577 | alwaysbuddy (kamsangi)

Summary: Seven months into assignment, he returns stateside. A three-week detachment back at TOPGUN against the background of NAS North Island with some of the best people he's ever had the pleasure to fly with. It'd be good to see them all again, Rooster thinks, if only Hangman would stop being such a fucking asshole.

Last Night on Earth | 2,616 | FayeHunter / @pixiegrl

Summary: They've only got one last night on Earth. Or maybe, just a little bit more

the way we move | 2,751 | Anonymous

Summary: "Oh, fuck. Holy shit." Bradley's words catch his sharper attention now, pulling him from the dizzying state of bliss he'd been losing himself in. He opens his eyes to see Bradley's head turned to the side, eyes widened and mouth slightly agape. Jake realizes he's looking at something, eyes laser-focused in. "What? What is it?" Jake asks as tries to follow his gaze. "It's..." Bradley breaths, and Jake's breath leaves him like a punch to the gut as his gaze finally reaches its end destination. As he sees what exactly it is that Bradley's looking at that's got him looking more heated than Jake's seen him in a while.

You, Touching Me | 2,766 | deuxflora

Summary: One of the first things Jake had noticed about Rooster was that he was touchy. A pat on the shoulder, a side hug, a playful hip check as a friend passed him by. Jake had watched it all, quietly resentful that his constant needling of the other pilot meant he never received those touches. And then they got back from the mission.

My Whole Existence Is Flawed | 2,836 | Anonymous

Summary: Hangman is an alpha who loves to take it up the ass, no matter how it hurts, he still craves it and how it makes him feel, and craves being treated like an omega.

Give it to me daddy | 2,873 | Earthangel_44 / @yikes-00

Summary: Bradley survives the mission only to find one way to thank his savior.

sweeter than honey | 3,091 | deuceofgears

Summary: “Mmm, sweetheart,” Jake whispers against his heart, feeling it beat strong and warm against his cheek. “Welcome home.”

that summer (when your shadow merged with the shadows of the leaves) | 3,497 | deuceofgears

Summary: Rooster doesn’t have to look at the actual person to know who it is. The gait and the contours of the shadow is enough to let him know it’s Hangman. Rooster doesn’t look up. He doesn’t move a muscle until Hangman is right there next to him, leaning against the same wall as him. Rooster can feel the heat of his body. If he leans a fraction of an inch to the side—their shoulders are going to touch.  Well, that’s certainly a thought for a thirty-two year old naval aviator who almost died twice this week. 

beggin' you to touch | 3,327 | tasteofoxidation

Summary: Jake has issues with wearing shirts properly, Bradley Bradshaw is a tits man. Put the two together--

pull my teeth, break my bones | 3,334 | deuceofgears

Summary: Rooster kisses him as soon as Hangman closes the door. He doesn’t bother being gentle because that’s not why Hangman picked him tonight—Hangman doesn’t pick him if he’s feeling kind.

I Want To Hear You Say It Again | 3,409 | perishablealex / @perishablealex

Summary: The first time Jake calls Bradley daddy.

squeeze a little (tease a little more) | 3,401 | dracculaura / @dracculaura

Summary: Bradley had thought that nothing could test his will more than Jake sitting in his lap shirtless, but that was nothing compared to Jake sitting in his lap wearing his shirt. And leaving it unbuttoned.

Two Hundred Pushups Are Worth It | 3,513 | Renai_chan

Summary: Hangman talks too much. Rooster wants to shut him up. And wipe that smug smile off of his face.

Valentine | 3,542 | Thee_Maxwell

Summary: “The eleventh? Is there an important meeting I’m forgetting about?” Jake shakes his head, and leans back, removing his hands from Bradley’s torso. “It’s February, Bradley.”

higher further faster, baby | 3,804 | lyonet

Summary: The thing about Bradley Bradshaw – seriously, what kind of sadist gives their kid a name like that – is that he’s good, he’s really good, but he could be better and that just pisses Jake off. What can he say, he’s a judgy kind of guy, he gets it from his mother. Put that together with the dumb moustache, the sad puppy eyes, the way Bradley reacts to every single jab Jake tosses his way, and, well – was he expecting Jake to be capable of leaving him in peace? Probably not.

Though we touched and went our separate ways | 3,804 | NeverwinterThistle

Summary: The berth is quiet, deserted. Coffin racks and curtain rails rise ceiling-high on either side; Bradley cracks open a locker on the narrow strip of wall between bunks. It’ll be a dress uniform kind of evening. He’s taking his time about getting there.

T-shirt | 3,842 | violation_of_faith_and_devotion

Summary: He inadvertently takes a breath and before he realizes what’s happened, Jake is already away, making his way towards the bar. He’d like to blame it on the alcohol, but he’d need to lie to himself.

jealousy fills up their hearts in pairs | 3,898 | Notchka88

Summary: They haven’t talked about being exclusive, haven’t actually talked much at all. Just because Bradley hasn’t wanted to fuck anyone else in the months since he sank to his knees on the carrier and started this thing doesn’t mean Jake hasn’t been considering his options. There’s very few people in this bar who wouldn’t want to go home with him; maybe Jake’s ready for a bit of variety.

Take My Breath Away | 3,899 | Earthangel_44 / @yikes-00

Summary: Bradley survives the mission and realizes he might be in love.

i'm in the mood, the rhythm is right, move to the music (we can roll all night) | 4,059 | StoriesofmyLife

Summary: “You don’t see me for over a year,” Bradley pants, moaning when teeth bite at his neck, a hot tongue soothing the sting a moment later. “And that’s how you greet me?” ”You don’t seem to be too put out about it.” Jake drawls. “Least of all from where I’m sittin’.” He adds, rocking his hips upwards for emphasis.

Miracle Number Three | 4,122 | xo_em / @jakeseresins

Summary: Hangman’s positively beaming as he’s dragged across the crowded dance floor, that trademark smile spread over his pristine features, the one that says ‘the cat got the cream’. They pass by Phoenix near the restrooms and Rooster should be concerned that she doesn’t seem at all shocked by the display, but honestly, he can’t spare another second. “Go easy on him,” she winks. Rooster doesn’t intend to.

let me put on a show | 4,290 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: Stripper Bradley falls hard for Navy pilot Jake. The trouble is, he doesn't realize it until after a series of hook-ups following which Jake has already disappeared from his life, seemingly never to return.

we are tonight, we are forever | 4,515 | thewonderzebra

Summary: Jake Seresin is the master of acting aloof, but when it comes down to it, Bradley can read him like an open book, seeing through every wall Jake puts up, through to his vulnerable soul. And right now, the book that is Hangman is all but screaming ‘come and get me’.

Time and Tide Wait for Hangman | 4,541 | ForASecondThereWedWon / @forasecondtherewedwon

Summary: Up in the sky, this part never lasts long enough, the seconds before action. Fortunately, time belongs to Jake tonight. He takes deep breaths of the air that doesn’t smell quite like this anywhere else and he watches Rooster in silhouette.

giving yourself to me can never be wrong | 4,601 | greatea / @greatea

Summary: His sense of touch is already heightened, the places where Bradley's skin is touching his own tingling, more intense than usual. He feels Bradley move off him, and then … nothing for a few moments. He knows Bradley is still there because he can practically feel his eyes on him, roaming up and down his naked body.

Bi_e_ual | 4,835 | tempestbreak

Summary: Teeth clenched, Rooster leans his forearm across Hangman’s chest, looming, eyes searching eyes. “What’s your game?” If Hangman is intimidated, he gives no indication. In fact, he seems to grasp what Rooster is asking immediately; that stupid smirk curls the sides of his lips as he raises his chin in challenge. “This isn’t a game, Rooster. It’s just life.” The smirk widens. “Well, life and death.”

Trouble With Comms | 4,883 | ForASecondThereWedWon / @forasecondtherewedwon

Summary: Bradley gets himself a gig as Jake’s back-seater. Now that he’s a little more familiar with the circuit breakers, it’s easy to switch off the radio and be the only voice in Jake’s ear.

held in your gravity | 4,951 | dulceit

Summary: Jake lifts his head to grin at him lazily. “No afterglow cuddling? I’m hurt.” Rooster laughs and pushes his face away with the heel of his clean palm. “You wish, man.” Despite that, his hand slides open to cup Jake’s jaw. Jake doesn’t comment on it, and Rooster doesn’t say anything about the tender way Jake kisses him back down against the seat of the car.

my sweetheart (where are you?) | 5,173 | nymelodica

Summary: It wasn’t Rooster’s fault. Rooster didn’t know how Hangman could possibly know about his dad, but he did. And unfortunately, it caught him off guard, so he did all he could do and snapped. It backfired and everything seemed to be falling into pieces with the mission only pressing closer. He doesn't expect what comes next. He doesn't expect to see him in the darkened hallway that evening. He doesn't expect himself to willingly follow Hangman into the darkness of his room, lock sliding shut as soon as they enter. It only takes one hit to become addicted. And he doesn't know what to do about it.

Rack 'Em Up, Big Blonde | 5,550 | Earthangel_44 / @yikes-00

Summary: Bradley becomes a regular at a Hooters to spend three hours with a blonde server with an unfortunate taste in football teams. Along the way, Bradley might have developed feelings.

the ruin of me | 5,560 | iridescent

Summary: When they first meet, Jake presumes the callsign has to do with the size of Rooster’s dick. He certainly swaggers around like he thinks he has a big one, that’s for sure.

coming undone at the seams | 5,712 | astronomical_light / @astronomical-light

Summary: Jake likes what he likes. He’s not ashamed of it. He’s not about to let someone make him feel bad about it, either, least of all Bradley Bradshaw.

our paths will cross again | 5,817 | haridwar

Summary: An angel worked for the navy and Jake was only half embarrassed to admit that he was obsessed with him.

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One Glimpse of Relief | 909 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: Yet from the moment he took Jake into his bed, Bradley knew something had changed. There had been a shift in the atmosphere, a force feeling like some kind of gravitational pull, guiding him. The knowledge he was always meant to wind up here is an awesome weight on his heart and Bradley allows it to crush him, the power of it not even a little painful like he fears it should be.

twist the knife (salt in my cuts) | 1,313 | ropememory

Summary: Bradley ignores Jake, traces a finger along the outline of a rib on Jake’s chest. When he speaks, it’s low and hoarse, more a byproduct of what’s going on in his head than disuse. “I want to try it. Tonight.” Swallowing, Bradley meets Jake’s confused look, shys back a little in response without giving up any of his leverage over Jake’s body.  Processing Bradley’s words shouldn’t be this hard, they’ve barely started doing anything and Jake’s frustratingly still got all his wits about him, but there’s a long list of things they’ve talked about trying over the past few months, and Jake’s at a loss to pinpoint the specific one Bradley’s talking about.

taste of eternity | 1,415 | res_judicata / @res-judicatas

Summary: "Jake, I was thinking about you when I thought it was all over." "Why the fuck would you say that," Jake wants to scream and cry. Because Bradley talks a big game, but of the two of them, he's the one who flies like he's got nothing to lose. Between his mother and dad... every time they take to the air, Bradley is the one who Jake thinks is really suspended between the sky and the ground. The one who belongs to both. The one who they should be worried about not coming back down. 

looked into your eyes (saw a world that doesn't exist) | 1,480 | ropememory

Summary: Jake glares up at Bradley. “I’m only doing this to show you I am the best. And to haunt your fucking dreams, because it’s never happening again.”

Haven't you herd, I rather love you | 1,578 | Fuddlewuddle / @fuddlewuddle

Summary: Bradley knows Jake loves him, he just never expected the man to arrange a herd of cows into the shape of a heart for him. Being honest, he probably should've done.

take my soul (wipe it clean) | 1,659 | crueltether

Summary: “You wanna come by for a drink?” Bradley asks. His question is innocent enough, but he’s also already opening the passenger door of his Bronco. Jake rolls his eyes. “I dunno,” he says, but he’s tossing his bag onto the floorboards and getting in. “I might.” Bradley hums. “Okay, Texas. You think it over. I’ll drive.”

The Better Wingman | 1,871 | Cat2000

Summary: Set after the events of Top Gun: Maverick. Rooster and Hangman figure things out

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fly me home | 2,136 | vannral / @vannral

Summary: “You look good, Rooster,” Jake manages to rasp out and Bradley can hear how much his voice is fraying, carving down to the very bare core of it all. In which Jake and Bradley immediately act on their feelings after landing on the carrier. Involves flirting and sex and doing things in the wrong order but mostly reassurance.

you got me (fucked up) | 2,318 | cloudburst

Summary: “You lookin’ to stay behind me, Rooster? If you’re staring at my ass, you’ve just gotta ask,” he says to him, turns around from where they’re running laps, punishment for arguing in the first place. He loves to rile him up, make him verbalize his frustrations. Hangman–because it’s Hangman, now, stopped being Jake a long time ago–doesn’t always mean to flirt with him, condescend to him in the same breath but when he does it sure is fun. Bradshaw’s breathing a little heavier, maybe, but cuts him off anyways. “As if. You wish.”

The mandatory 5+1 fic | 2,610 | AnadoraBlack / @anadorablack

Summary: 5 times Rooster thinks there might be something between him and Hangman; and 1 time he knows for sure.

Everything's Waiting For You (Downtown) | 2,692 | xo_em / @jakeseresins

Summary: When Bradley’s breath catches, in a way it hasn’t in literal years of bartending, he’s a tad shaken.

white picket fence | 2,938 | res_judicata / @res-judicatas

Summary: Whenever anyone from the kids’ school asks, Jake always just smiles politely and explains that his husband works for a big international company and that’s why he’s overseas a lot.  He doesn’t say that Bradley is arguably the ‘director’ of said company, nor that the ‘company’ in question is the Mafia. He knows a few of the other parents have their suspicions and that he and Bradley are the subject of their fair share of rumours and gossip. Jake just doesn’t let it get to him, he has his beautiful family and gorgeous husband, the nosy PTA mothers can go fuck themselves. For every, oh my, how can your husband bear to leave such a lovely husband at home with the kids for so many months of the year, Jake can read between the lines.

Honey-coloured Ramparts at Your Ear | 3,270 | xo_em / @jakeseresins

Summary: “You know he loves you, right?” Jake sucks in a breath. “The color of your hair’s got nothing to do with it.” And well, it sounds really idiotic once Javy says it out loud.

the machine of a dream | 3,937 | thereisnocowboyemoji

Summary: Jake reads Bradley like he’s his favorite book and Bradley loves that. He does. But. He doesn’t love it right at this particular moment. Because right at this particular moment he’s trying to keep a very big secret and he doesn’t know if he’ll be able to pull it off.

The Christmas Bob outdid himself | 4,090 | AnadoraBlack / @anadorablack

Summary: Bob organizes a Secret Santa among the squad. Jake's nervous, because he's never had to gift anyone anything before. He's even more scared when faced with the gifts he receives. He shouldn't be either of those things...

sour apple baby (you taste so sweet) | 4,600 | attolians / @maroonmorons

Summary: Bradley and Jake became friends with benefits...but neither of them know how to do it right.

you drew stars around my scars | 4,761 | ginnydear

Summary: “I can’t… I can’t do this if it’s going to be like the last time.”

softest hands to hold you | 5,231 | ginnydear

Summary: “You aren’t the first person to think I’m pathetic and weak, something to be used and not loved.”

Four Letter Word That I Don't Have the Guts to Say | 5,444 | Earthangel_44 / @yikes-00

Summary: Bradley doesn't talk much. But what he does say is never what he means. The story of how Bradley gets tattoos and learns to love.

time and time again | 6,318 | andthentheybow / @andthentheybow

Summary: Rooster wakes up on the third April 22nd in a row covered in phantom explosion burns and with the concrete knowledge that this mission is going to go terribly, horribly wrong.

Don't leave me, please | 6,357 | AnadoraBlack / @anadorablack

Summary: When Jake learns that Rooster's plane went down and he may not make it, he goes into shock. Then he decides that he WON'T let Bradley Bradshaw bail on him. No matter what he needs to do to make sure he wakes up...

Like They Do in Texas Please | 6,506 | Renai_chan

Summary: The team play strip poker. Jake is not good at it.

The Exes of Texas Are Upon You | 7,047 | chase_acow / @cowsalot

Summary: While trying to enjoy their day off, a bet comes back to haunt Hangman forcing Rooster into a tight spot.

fever started a long ago | 8,020 | vannral / @vannral

Summary: 'Okay, Bradley has to admit, this wasn’t one of his brightest ideas. He should’ve stayed home, taken some ibuprofen and just sucked it up and passed out but no. He had to push it. And here he is, dealing with the consequences of his own stupidity.' In which Bradley gets sick, Jake gets jealous of a guy at the bar and takes care of Bradley. They’re both pining for each other and are even worse at hiding it.

miles to go | 8,566 | Notchka88

Summary: Truth be told, Bradley hadn’t been expecting to be team leader. Given Maverick’s continued criticism of his flying and the shit Bradley had said to him—it had startled him to be Maverick’s choice. It had startled Hangman too, judging by the way his jaw had tightened and how he’d looked away, avoiding Bradley’s eyes during the briefing. Bradley should have been ready for Hangman’s reaction after everything that had happened between them, but it had still stung.

for the fatherless | 8,729 | Bartonfink

Summary: a fic about family. and maybe a little about falling in love.

Burned on the back of your eyelids | 12,883 | The_Splendid_Wren

Summary: They say when you're near death your life flashes before your eyes and he's had a long, complicated life. The first time he remembers trying to etch a memory on the back of his eyelids he's eight years old. His mom uncovers the piano in the living room and begins tapping at the keys, the notes to a song he's long since forgotten echoing around the living room. He can hear the melody as the wind whips past his ears and the wreckage of his plane crashes far below on the ice mountain side.

you hang me up, unfinished (with the better part of me no longer mine) | 13,140 | un_familiar

Summary: There are a million things standing between Jake Seresin and his soulmate–gender, Jake’s tendency to overthink and run his mouth, the fact that his soulmark is high up on his ribs, hidden, the bruises his dad leaves, but the biggest one is probably the simple fact that he has no idea how to love.

And You Said That I Was Done (Well, You Were Wrong) | 14,228 | lemons2llamas

Summary: It’s not supposed to be like this. Lt. Jake Seresin, call sign Hangman, is a Naval aviator. One of the elite. He's the youngest winner of the Top Gun trophy since its inception, holds six course records, and is the team leader of the now permanently established Dagger Squadron. He’s young. He’s in his prime. He’s supposed to be invincible.

Callsign: Rooster | 14,649 | Valkyrie_the_Bogwitch

Summary: Callsigns are a tricky business, both ultimate weakness and greatest strength. These are some loosely connected vignettes around how Rooster earned his feathers, for the good and the ill of it.

soar with me | 14,899 | vannral / @vannral

Summary: ”You – so what was it, you were trying to help me or something?” Bradley stammers, his whole perspective reeling off its axis at the revelation. Jake looks up, and his eyes are piercing, but there’s something raw, vulnerable underneath it."

one foot left, and then we're going down swinging | 15,944 | SaintClaire / @radpeacharbiter

Summary: “I’m still here.” he says, because it helps Bradley to be reminded sometimes. For all he’ll mouth off about Jake never shutting up, the sound of Jake’s voice can get him to drop the rigid set of his shoulders and relax, sit a little easier in the cockpit. “Still on your wing, Roo, just a little further away than normal.” Jake gets shot down on a mission, tracker blown to smithereens and on his own in enemy territory. The thing about Hangman is that he might be a damn good pilot but that means he comes with the bloody-mindedness to see his shit through. He's got a family to get back to.

unsportsmanlike conduct | 16,871 | ginnydear

Summary: He didn’t expect there to be highlight reels of him and Jake Seresin arguing and jawing at each other after their first game against each other. His Uncle Mav’s recorded it, saying it’s the beginning of his long, successful career - to have a rival. Bradley thinks it’s a pain in the ass.

When Jake Met Bradley | 17,163 | infinitejaust

Summary: They annoyed each other, then they were friends, and then they were more. All it took was fifteen years.

A girl, she once told me I'd be happy again… | 17,777 | AnadoraBlack / @anadorablack

Summary: Rooster has gotten himself into a bit of a predicament. If only because he agreed to be Hangman's fake date at his sister's wedding, when they've just barely started considering each other friends. Nothing can go wrong, right?

I need attention (and I need it all from you) | 19,291 | haridwar

Summary: “Mom and I agreed I wasn’t gonna enlist Mav.” Bradley had been reluctant to remind him while also trying not to sound too heartbroken. He didn’t want his mother feeling guiltier than she already did when there were more important things to be thinking about. “You promised your mom you wouldn’t fly, that you wouldn’t be a fighter pilot. There’s so much more to the navy than just that kiddo.”

The Best the Galaxy has to offer | 20,141 | AnadoraBlack / @anadorablack

Summary: To vanquish the Empire and hopefully put an end to the War, the best X-wings pilots in the Galaxy are called to the mother ship Top Gun. Among them, Bradley Bradshaw, who has a lot to learn and a lot to face; but also a squadron of former Stormtroopers…

I used to hate you | 21,707 | AnadoraBlack / @anadorablack

Summary: When Bradley Bradshaw and Jake Seresin first meet at Top Gun, they immediately decide that they hate each other. It takes a looooooong time for that to change...

How do you like your coffee? | 23,360 | WaffleToaster

Summary: Javy receives the first call after Jake makes an emergency landing on the tarmac and Bradley has to deal with the complications that arise. “Do we get along now?” “We do, yes. We’re.. good friends.” “That’s good. Cause you seem like a nice guy, Rooster.”

invisible string | 28,042 | ok_thanks / @galchenyuks

Summary: Jake being traded to San Diego should definitely not cause Bradley to feel so unhinged. Not at all. He can be teammates, they've done that before, except that Jake is just as annoying and attractive to Bradley as he was when they were younger.

Dirty and Sweet (Get it on) | 38,451 | MadeItUp / @gothampot

Summary: As things wind down after the mission, Rooster struggles with a need for something a little dangerous. That something absolutely should not – cannot – be Jake Seresin. But a little friendly competition and a lot of alcohol can go a long way to changing a man's mind. Hangman eyes Rooster’s empty beer, then his own. “How about that second shot?” “You tryna put me off my game?” “I don’t need you drunk to beat you, Rooster.” “What do you need me drunk for?”

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when he's feeling generous (he's gonna give me a taste) | 7,717 | haridwar

Summary: Amelia seems like the type of little sister who would inadvertently make Bradley insta famous without his knowledge

Until the World Ends | 8,009 | greenstuff

Summary: Nothing in Bradley Bradshaw’s thirty years of life on Earth prepared him to leave it. He knows he’s staring at the receding ball of land and sea with mouth agape and he probably looks like an idiot, but he can’t quite get over the fact they’re in space. To his left, Jake Seresin competently pilots their spaceship (no matter how many times Seresin corrects him, Bradley isn’t buying it; they’re in space, it’s a spaceship). To his right blackness and stars stretch out far beyond the limits of his human sight and if he turns just a bit he can watch the planet growing incrementally smaller. If they don’t succeed, the planet below them will be destroyed in under two weeks. No pressure

flames look beautiful (if you forget what they can do) | 8,359 | Ravens_Words

Summary: Bradley Bradshaw returns to consciousness with a gasp, hand going to his side, where a searing pain makes itself known. "-ster, hey," Jake snaps, holds his face in both hands and forces him to look his way, "breathe." Bradley does as he's told, as painful as it is, and his vision clears somewhat. Jake's crouched beside him, concern etched on his face, and what happened comes back to him in flashes. The mission going sideways at every possible turn, seeing Jake's plane get shot down in the sky, the less than smooth emergency landing in the woods that followed.

no sanctuary (when my eyes close) | 8,757 | attolians / @maroonmorons

Summary: “You coming tonight?” “Of course,” Jake’s mouth says before he can catch up. “Wouldn’t miss it.” “Sounds good.” Rooster smiles after another second, “I’m gonna shower but I’ll see you later.” “Yup.” Rooster takes a few steps closer to the showers before meeting Jake’s eyes in the mirror again. “And, uh, thanks for the help up there.” Jake nods. He can’t answer with the ghost filling the other side of the mirror.

cinnamon and sugar | 9,434 | bottledyarn

Summary: Jake was slumped in the doorway, propped up against the wall beside the door. He was a strange, pale, near-gray against the dark backdrop of his apartment, and he looked—well… “You look like shit," Bradley said. Bradley draws the short straw and has to take care of Jake when he's sick with a stomach flu. Jake doesn't want to be taken care of.

You Moved Me, Honey | 9,517 | 1001lifetimes

Summary: For Bradley, it starts with the accident. Somehow, he lands the plan, his muscle memory taking over as his mind crashes with Hangman to the ground. The rest of their classmates are standing on the tarmac, a few because they’re worried and most because they’re looking for a show. Bradley doesn’t have time for either.

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pay for my coffee and leave (before the sun rises again) | 10,205 | haridwar

Summary: chance encounters in a diner at 2 am

no one quite like you (you push all my buttons down) | 10,465 | glowpink / @nightspires

Summary: Bradley’s first day of law school is a wash out in more ways than one. First, he gets soaked on the way to class. Then, he's late. And finally (quite literally) runs into his ex-something in the middle of the law building.

I Can See Our Future | 10,926 | Nikkyrow

Summary: The ability to know what others were going to do before even they did made Jake "Hangman" Seresin a really good pilot. Made him an unbridled asshole too. He follows the rules, don’t tell the future, don’t change the future, don’t let people know you see the future…until he doesn’t. As the mission grows closer and who won't come home becomes clearer to the psychic, Hangman learns to navigate the line between natural and paranormal with varying success.

i know exactly who you could be | 11,302 | haridwar

Summary: Bradley works in the Roosevelt's medical centre and gets a front row seat for the joyful experience that is The Mission

I Hate The Way I Sleep Better With You | 12,658 | FabuMazX

Summary: 5 Times Rooster and Hangman help each other through nightmares +1 time they help somebody else.

like shooting stars | 12,737 | bottledyarn

Summary: “Well," the gate agent said. "Only uniformed military members and their spouses can board priority, but—” “That works out,” Bradshaw said, his voice tinny and distant in Jake's ringing ears. “Because this is my fiancé.” If Jake hadn’t been able to choke down a piece of toast this morning, he thought he might be light-headed enough to just pass out right then and there.

hey pretty baby (with the flight suit on) | 16,317 | nqther

Summary: It feels as monumental as saving Bradley’s fucking life, makes his stomach swoop in a way it only does in the air—and when he’s kissing Bradley freakin’ Bradshaw in an empty TOPGUN classroom, apparently.

no stressing, just obsessing (with sealing the deal) | 16,556 | Resacon1990 / @sassyresacon1990

Summary: “Too much love drives a man insane!” “Tell me about it,” Jake mutters under his breath, and Penny raises an eyebrow where she’s wiping the bar in front of him. Or, five times Jake tries to tell Bradley he's in love with him, and the one time he actually does.

the man had killed the thing he loved (and so he had to die) | 22,981 | himbo_wars

Summary: Jacob Seresin was born and raised weak. Delivered prematurely, he was small and fragile; a pitiable baby who always needed to be watched over. His conception was welcomed, his birth, undesirable.

Flock Together | 140,119 | LadyLanera / @ladylanera

Summary: They made it home. Settled into becoming a family with Amelia and Penny. Rooster finally had that chance of his happily ever after he dreamed of. Only he was pretty certain that Jake "Hangman" Seresin wasn't into him regardless of what everyone claimed otherwise. No one was that big of a dick to someone they liked...right?

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Home Isn't Always Solid | 812 | X_MoonDrop_X

Summary: It's sobering to realize that the idea of even having survived is something to be celebrated.

Hope the World Will Spin Slower | 2,719 | Thee_Maxwell

Summary: He’s not sure how he got here. In the middle of… whatever this is. Well. That’s not entirely true.

It Ain't Me Babe | 2,005 | perilouspursuits

Summary: Bob was a passing interest. He always had been. He was the kind of person you let into your bed and your life for a while. The kind of person you could imagine living with forever until they start to wear you down. The kind of person whose every quirk that made them interesting at first now becomes unbearable.

send out an army | 2,213 | petersnotkingyet

Summary: Something was wrong with Bob.

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here something really could happen | 5,351 | alecjbi

Summary: “Look, all I’m saying is that it’s ridiculous, alright? I’m in my thirties, I shouldn’t have a dumb crush--” “You have a crush?” a new voice said. Bradley jumped, spilling a little bit of beer on himself, not expecting someone to overhear the conversation. When he looked up, it was, of course, the last person he wanted to see in the world. Jake Seresin stood above them, beer in hand and the world’s biggest shit-eating smile on his face.

Smoke Show | 3,038 | xo_em / @jakeseresins

Summary: Jake is perched on the bathroom counter in front of the mirror when Bob walks in through the doorway behind him. He has one leg pulled up to his chest and the other angled in at the knee, resting against the cool marble. With measured concentration, he leans into his reflection and carefully drags a dark-colored pencil just below the lower lashes of one glistening eye.

all my love, along the wire | 3,372 | ginnydear

Summary: “Hi there, sailor,” Bob says easily, laughing when Bradley pouts at him. “Aww, come on now. You knew this would happen eventually.” “Yeah,” Bradley says, sighing.

got you under my skin | 6,491 | ginnydear

Summary: Jake feels the buzzing under his skin again as the sun starts to set.

in for a penny | 9,159 | ginnydear

Summary: Mickey and Reuben are waiting for them at their golf carts when Jake and Bradley walk back over, Bradley’s arm once again around Jake’s shoulders. Mickey speaks first. “Okay,” he looks between them, “what’s going on?” “I think,” Jake says, looking up at Bradley. Bradley nods. “I think we just figured out that we’ve both slept with Bobby.”

you and me and him. | 13,087 | ginnydear

Summary: Bob has been home for a week when he decides to bring it up with Bradley.

worth | 1,717 | ginnydear

Summary: "You both look at me like..." he pulls his hands back, looking at them. "I'm not worth the aftermath."

floydsinshaw by dum_dish (rad_dish)

3 Part Series | Rating E | Total Words: 5,535

Part 1 Summary: Rooster, the little devil, wet his lips, tongue moving languidly, brushing the edge of his mustache. “Who usually tops when you and Jake are together?” He swallowed, heat flashing through his body with the memories that jumped to the forefront. “I know you know the answer to that.” Rooster hummed, fingers brushing over Bob’s cheek, electrifyingly gentle and sensual. “Well. Do you want to see what he looks like when he's getting fucked my me?”

The Sunshine Chronicles (Read: Protect Bob At All Costs) by ThePoppyPress / @thepoppypress

3 Part Series | Unrated | Total Words: 14,861

Part 1 Summary: It was only later on, when he was laying in bed and between two hard, sweaty bodies, did he finally see the connections. Rooster and Hangman would call him oblivious but it wasn't his fault. He couldn't really see the signs. Though it should have been quite obvious to someone as observant as him. But again, it wasn't his fault. It wasn't his fault that he was so boring, so dull that he was always on his own, always ignored, always feeling unwanted. It was just the way the Universe was, and he understood that. It wasn't something he could change. At least, that's what he thought. Then, the two idiots got together and set their sights on him. He couldn't possibly understand how they could possibly want him, but they did. Boy, did they want him.

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it's love that turns wherever you live (into a home) by StoriesofmyLife

2 Part Series | Rating G-E | Total Words: 5,670

Part 1 Summary: “It’s almost nine,” Ice informs him, keeping his voice low. “I was about to start on breakfast.” “Or,” Maverick murmurs, holding out the arm that isn’t currently numb and tingling and being used as a pillow, beckoning Ice back to bed. “You could join us.” “Yeah, uncle Ice,” Bradley murmurs sleepily, nuzzling into Maverick's bicep, leaving behind a trail of drool that should be disgusting but it just makes Maverick's heart melt and burst simultaneously, because he loves this kid so much it hurts. “Come snuggle.”

thinking about forever by quinjett / @dannykaffee

2 Part Series | Rating T-E | Total Words: 5,245

Part 1 Summary: "Always thinking about you." Mav crashes his bike like a dummy and realizes just how much Ice thinks about him, even while he's away.

Storm Universe by thecarlysutra / @icemankazansky

17 Part Series | Rating G-E | Total Words: 14,859

Series Summary: This is a collection of standalone works that belong to the Storm universe. The Storm Series is not required reading, as each of these stories stands alone, but they do exist in the Storm universe, are canon compliant and contain the same characters, etc.

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i just want your extra time (and your kiss) by StoriesofmyLife

2 Part Series | Rating T-E | Total Words: 16,740

Part 1 Summary: "How long have you two been doing this routine?" “We’ve only done this twice.” “How’d you do?” “Crashed and burned on the first.”

can't stay still, I'm comin' home by lookforanewangle / @lookforanewangle

3 Part Series | Rating G-T | Total Words: 19,485

Part 1 Summary: Maverick is used to losing people, is the thing.

Beyond by boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

3 Part Series | Rating M-T | Total Words: 45,662

Part 1 Summary: 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.

i'd like for you and i to go romancing by boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

2 Part Series | Rating M | Total Words: 5,581

Part 1 Summary: Maverick and Iceman have a sex embargo.

the danger zone by Charlotte_Stant / @boxboxlewis

2 Part Series | Rating M-E | Total Words: 5,974

Part 1 Summary: Maverick sat down too, facing Ice. The path forward was clear, and he wasn’t going to hesitate just because Ice was being weird. He cleared his throat. “So. I figure you owe me. Orgasms.”

and i think it's gonna be a long, long time by boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

10 Part Series | Rating G-M | Total Words:80,100

Part 1 Summary: Chell dreams of flying, most nights. There’s never a destination, nor any explanation for how he’d gotten up there in the first place. It’s just him, zooming through the air, clouds and blue sky stretching out as far as the eye can see. Sometimes there’s sound — snatches of voices he doesn’t know, jargon he doesn’t understand — but most of the time it’s quiet, and he relishes in the feeling of his stomach swooping, adrenaline thrumming through his veins, all of his nerve endings alight with the sensation of freedom. He doesn’t know why. Technically, he shouldn’t be having dreams at all: the Collective created tabs several years ago that provide every Kree man, woman, and child with a restful night’s sleep, but he never takes them. They make his brain feel fuzzy, like it doesn’t belong to him. And no matter what his doctors tell him, he can’t shake the feeling that these dreams have something to do with his past — the past that he hasn’t been able to remember since the accident. So he holds onto the dreams, hoarding them (and the elation they bring) like jewels, hard and sharp beneath his skin. Maybe someday he’ll understand what they mean.

Tease by Saturn / @icemav86

2 Part Series | Rating E | Total Words:3,319

Part 1 Summary: Maverick puts a plan in motion to find out if his feelings for Ice are reciprocated. Ice notices.

love in the time of illness by themodernmerlin

2 Part Series | Rating E | Total Words:5,888

Part 1 Summary: Chemo and radiation drag on for weeks and weeks. Days spent in hospital beds swallowing vile-tasting liquids and endless IV drips. Time and space spent in safe rooms to keep radiation away from others.

Storm by thecarlysutra / @icemankazansky

4 Part Series | Rating E | Total Words: 34,366

Part 1 Summary: An injured Iceman is sent to TOPGUN to recuperate.

Gayboy Airlines & Goose, LLC by aelibia / @topgunreacts

9 Part Series | Rating T-E | Total Words: 103,770

Part 1 Summary: The trouble started, as Maverick’s troubles often did, with a dare. It was Goose’s fault. In which Maverick sells ass, Ice buys some, and both of them end up with far more than they bargained for.

twenty dollars verse by alecjbi

5 Part Series | Rating T-E | Total Words: 141,435

Part 1 Summary: "Alright, the bet is $20. You have to have carnal knowledge-- of a lady this time-- on the premises." This is the story of the other time.

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ready for those flashing lights | 769 | Hyacinthus / @the-hard-deck

Summary: Mav wishes Ice was with him. Modern technology provides an acceptable substitute.

Mutual Orbit | 1,060 | thecarlysutra / @icemankazansky

Summary: Going home.

Early Morning Delights | 1,122 | CaptainStilinski

Summary: The early morning sun was shining through the window, alighting the skin of Maverick's back with a pleasant warmth, but it wasn't what rouses him from his sleep. Mav kept his eyes closed, letting himself drift in that hazy place between sleep and wakefulness. He was warm and comfortable and- ah, that's what woke him. Mav smiles sleepily as he feels Ice pepper kisses along his bare shoulders.

i know who you are (so why don't we start again) | 1,210 | ropememory

Summary: “Ran your mouth a lot today, Mitchell,” Ice says, words as casual as his strokes. “Not one of your better qualities.” Maverick’s grin is the only thing that’s sincere when he replies, eyes flashing with a challenge he knows will be met. “Sorry.”

How To Quiet Your Wingman | 1,224 | CaptainStilinski

Summary: Ice hears Maverick say his name, but he hasn’t been following the conversation so he has no idea what it was said in reference to. Regardless, something in Ice has finally had enough today. He whips around, taking the two short strides it takes to cross the small room and clasps a hand over Maverick’s mouth, “do you ever shut up Mitchell?”

Taking Silver | 1,275 | thecarlysutra / @icemankazansky

Summary: Maverick had never been big on studying, especially when it came to things in the bedroom, but he definitely wasn’t going to let Iceman think he was an authority on something just because he’d realized he liked guys sooner.

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International Delivery | 1,332 | Saturn / @icemav86

Summary: When Ice has to travel for work, Mav surprises him with a gift to help him feel closer to home.

Come and Put Your Name On It | 1,474 | Saturn / @icemav86

Summary: He pushed the fingers back past Mav’s entrance. “Baby, you want another finger?” Ice had to shut his eyes at the image of pressing another digit inside the tight heat of Mav’s body, of watching Mav take more. In the end, Mav wants more than just another finger. He wants Ice's whole hand.

does my ring burn your finger? | 1,485 | themodernmerlin

Summary: “You better not lose that,” Tom teases, pressing a gentle kiss to Pete’s neck, and carefully slipping the ring onto his partner’s finger. “It’s my good luck charm.”

never let you go | 1,459 | lookforanewangle / @lookforanewangle

Summary: “Guh, fuck I’m so sore,” he slurs, lying stiff beneath the sheets, eyes clenched shut tightly against the throbbing of his limbs. “That’s what you get for ejecting at Mach 10 out of an exploding plane,” Ice murmurs, voice grumbly from sleep, “and then ejecting again out of another exploding plane within the span of three weeks. And that’s not even counting all the Gs you’ve pulled during that same time period.”

A Pocket Full of Soul | 1,525 | Saturn / @icemav86

Summary: It takes a near miss for Iceman to realize that maybe this thing with Maverick was more than just blowing off steam.

Talk To Me Of Lightning | 1,687 | Pink_and_Velvet

Summary: Maverick takes off in a huff and Iceman is on his tail, at a stupidly reckless speed. “Were you trying to kill yourself on that thing? The hell with all this reckless bullshit, Mitchell. You’re not just a threat to yourself, you’re a goddamn hazard to us all.”

Now Use Both Hands (Oh No, Don't Close Your Eyes) | 1,692 | thecarlysutra / @icemankazansky

Summary: Maverick has an important task at hand. Ice offers his hands, as well.

dream a little (wet) dream of me | 1,698 | lightsabersandpens

Summary: “I had a sex dream about you.” Maverick says in a rush. Immediately, his face flushes red, and he wishes the boat would capsize. Ice blinks once. Twice. His own face flushes a delicious shade of pink. “You…had a dream about me?” Ice asks softly. Maverick nods. “I’m sorry. That’s really weird of me to say-“ “No! No it’s - not weird.” Ice cuts him off. His hand stays steady on Mavericks knee. “What were…what were we doing? In your dream?”

I'll pull you up and push you right | 1,794 | Saturn / @icemav86

Summary: “Hey, Ice?” He looks over as he gets Ice’s attention and asks quietly, “It’s ok for me to hear you. In bed. You know that, right?”

something off my chest | 1,818 | Hyacinthus / @the-hard-deck

Summary: Maverick's tired of Ice being in control all the time.

Ride It Out | 1,818 | thecarlysutra / @icemankazansky

Summary: Maverick and Ice had been messing around for weeks, but they hadn't had sex sex yet.

once you get a taste for it (you will need it) | 1,820 | ropememory

Summary: “Your rope tying skills would make an RDC proud,” Maverick says, glancing up at where Ice is carefully looping knots on his arms, tight enough that Maverick can’t easily get out, but with enough give they won’t have to worry about seeking out medical attention when there’s an inevitable struggle.  Ice inspects the utilitarian ties, tests them to make sure he’s satisfied, before glancing down at Maverick. “Took a whole class on it at Annapolis,” Ice murmurs, “Restraining Your Wingman 101, was quite the hit after hours.”

Bucket List | 1,993 | Saturn / @icemav86

Summary: Ice and Mav have a long-standing, well curated bucket list of places they'd like to have sex. Ice's recent promotion to Admiral gives them the chance to check one place off the list: The White House.

too much love drives a man insane, you broke my will (but, what a thrill) | 2,020 | This_world_of_beautiful_monsters / @this-world-of-beautiful-monsters

Summary: “Shit, that us?” Maverick shakes his head as he picks the picture up and turns it over his hands, those agile, deadly fingers skimming over the glass. “Looks like a fucking wedding picture.” 

Give me a reason (to love you) | 2,070 | TheReadingWriter

Summary: Maverick steals Ice's clothes and returns them doused in his scent. It drives Ice crazy. But two can play that game.

which nobody can deny | 2,152 | boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

Summary: A concept from the Top Gun discord: Mav offering himself as Ice’s birthday present, wearing nothing but a red bow in his hair.

The Miles In Between | 2,796 | Saturn / @icemav86

Summary: Ice takes Maverick home to meet his parents. Maverick shows him how far he's come.

Flush | 3,089 | thecarlysutra / @icemankazansky

Summary: Maverick loses a stupid bet to Ice, and then decides to follow his sword.

Tangled Up In You | 3,126 | CaptainStilinski

Summary: Mav stands to the side, arms crossed in frustration as he watches Ice, standing in the tub, fiddle with the damned thing, his own look of frustration peaking through. They were both trained to handle multi-million dollar machines and yet getting this showerhead to properly connect to Mav's shower was stumping them both. Mav sighed and uncrossed his arms, taking a step forward, “here let me try again Ice-” “No no, I think I got it…” Ice gave a sharp tug on the offending piece of equipment. CRACK

what a situation (a fella's in) | 3,341 | ropememory

Summary: There’s lots of answers Maverick could give–the idea’s hot, he wants to try it, why the hell not– but none of those are going to get Ice to agree, won’t help Ice understand the appeal. Shrugging, Maverick goes with a reason he fully expects to work. “I trust you.” Maverick would like to think Ice knows that by now, because he trusts Ice up in the air, trusts Ice enough with a relationship they have to keep secret–why wouldn’t he trust Ice with something like this, too?

Attitude Adjustment | 3,404 | thefourthvine

Summary: N/A

There is No End to the Others | 3,514 | aelibia / @topgunreacts

Summary: Maverick leaps through time on a mission, and lands himself right in another Iceman's lap.

almost unreal | 3,769 | zaskiaz / @zaskiaz

Summary: “‘M not cute,” he whispers, mock pouting. “I’m hot.” “Your glacial limbs would argue otherwise.”

(Just Like) Starting Over | 4,088 | Brenda / @brendaonao3

Summary: "Well?" Mav asks, after an awkward minute that feels like it lastedten. "You said you wanted to talk." Shit, this is harder than he'd expected. Mav's temper is usually a flash fire — quick to ignite, even quicker to burn out. He's not one to hold a grudge or go for the silent treatment. That had always been Tom's job. Well, it serves him right if the tables are turned. "I've missed you," Tom finally mutters, pressing his nails into his hands to keep himself from bolting for the car. He's got to start somewhere.

some invisible string tying you to me | 4,336 | quantumoddity / @mollymauk-teafleak

Summary: Maverick isn't used to being surprised by his wingman. But tonight, Ice asks him something that he's never asked before. And Maverick thinks he knows why.

further on the edge (hotter the intensity) | 4,433 | vinylflowers

Summary: The idea of being denied an orgasm wasn’t exactly appealing to Ice on its own, and he had really never wanted to explore it. But the idea of Maverick spread out on his bed, fingers clutching the sheets, crying and gasping and begging- Yeah, Ice could get behind that.

i like the sound of that | 4,470 | redwithlove

Summary: Ice comes across as stuck-up; he struts around with a stick up his ass, assured of his place as the top dog. There have been enough times where Maverick has butted heads with him and thought about sticking something else up his ass. And now that’s actually happening. Quite literally. Huh. Interesting how things play out.

you know that i caught it bad, boy | 4,931 | quantumoddity / @mollymauk-teafleak

Summary: Maverick and Iceman have, against all odds, kind of got things figured out. They're both instructors at Top Gun, spending their days bugging the hell out of each other and spending their nights loving each other. But it's the holidays and holidays mean family visits. Which means Maverick has to stay away from his boyfriend for a whole week. That goes predictably.

got me to blame | 4,946 | susiecarter / @susiecarter

Summary: For a second, getting in Sundown's face on the tarmac, it probably showed anyway. That he was already over the edge, clinging by his fingernails. That he needed something nobody was giving him. He hoped dimly for a minute that Sundown might shove him off, shove him off or even hit him. He wanted to be hit. He wanted to bleed. It wasn't going to be as much as Goose had bled. But it would be something. But Sundown didn't do it. He let Maverick walk away whole. Just like Viper, just like Charlie. Just like Carole. Just like the board of inquiry. Then, in the locker room after, there was Iceman.

Pulse | 6,298 | DeeEffGee

Summary: "It's not that you're dangerous, Maverick. It's that you have all the self control of a fucking child." Top Gun Kink Meme fill- Spanking.

Moving In Slow Motion | 7,516 | boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

Summary: Maverick never thought he’d actually like the nitty gritty details of working at TOPGUN — the lesson plans, the tests, the endless paperwork — but it grows on him over time. Viper’s even taken to giving Maverick these approving glances when he thinks Maverick’s not looking. He’s got a good thing going here. A year after that, in walks Iceman Kazansky, cool as can be, and Maverick starts to think that he might have a problem.

What You Don’t Know | 7,756 | chemm80

Summary: Maverick finds Iceman handcuffed to his bed. He has a hard time getting over it.

The Auction | 7,921 | ao3 / aelibia / @topgunreacts

Summary: There’s a raging boner in my pants tonight.

time to let go | 8,659 | AortaArgent / @aortaargent

Summary: Shifting on the seat, Maverick puts one hand to the top of his jeans and flicks the button open, passing his thumb over the hard metal edge and toying with his zipper idly. The boxers he’s wearing were a gift from Ice (and for Ice), ones with black mesh up the sides. Riding low on his hips, shimmery black waistband wide and elastic enough for him to tuck his thumb into it and make a good show of snapping it against his lower belly. Ice tilts the bottle up - eyes never leaving Mav’s open jeans - and takes a long drink before wiping his mouth with his thumb. “You’re gonna have to ask me if you want this to go anywhere, baby.”

if you're not asking (then i'm not telling) | 9,096 | StoriesofmyLife

Summary: Maverick should be paying attention to lecture, he knows this, but he can't seem to stop staring at Ice chewing on his pen cap. It shouldn't be as distracting as it was, but it is and Maverick can't help but wonder what those lips feel like.

Can It Be About Us | 11,345| Saturn / @icemav86

Summary: Is it that Mav and Ice need more privacy or just that they need to make better choices about when they get their hands on each other?

no brighter diamond | 12,404 | qin_ling / @qin-ling

Summary: Maverick is a star blazing across the sky, and Iceman would follow him to the ends of the earth.

The Next Step | 21,004 | thedevilchicken

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

Blackberry Pie | 21,181 | aelibia / @topgunreacts

Summary: After the Layton, Maverick returned to TOPGUN. Two weeks later, so did Ice.

the further on the edge, the hotter the intensity | 24,363 | StoriesofmyLife

Summary: Maverick wonders if it's always going to be like this--this burning want under his skin, the total awareness his body seems to have of Ice. The surge of want that always seems to grip him, even at the most inappropriate of times. He wonders if he's ever going to be able to be around Ice and function like a human being. Thankfully, Ice seems to have the same problem as Maverick.

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Ice Ice Baby | 584 | collectivision

Summary: It’s 1990, Ice Ice Baby is on the radio and Ice can’t catch a fucking break.

Bathing In Our Love | 888 | CaptainStilinski

Summary: The bath water is warm and soothing to the muscles, the bath salts clouding the water and sending a nice tingle along Pete's skin. There's soft music playing from the record player in the bedroom, low notes drifting through the open bathroom door. By far the best part of this quiet night in though, is the man leaning back into Pete's chest.

Getting Naked | 900 | thecarlysutra / @icemankazansky

Summary: Maverick has a little "truth or strip" game in mind for him and Iceman. At least one of them should have known they were too competitive to play nice.

Occupied | 1,006 | thecarlysutra / @icemankazansky

Summary: “Come on, Iceman," Maverick said. "Haven’t you ever wanted to join the mile high club?” “You think I’ve never had sex in an airplane? I’m a pilot.” “You’re the world’s most uptight pilot, and if you’ve ever so much as brushed your hard on by accident while in the cockpit, I’ll give you every nickel in my bank account right now.”

Just Can't Replace Me | 1,231 | toucanpie

Summary: It's still pretty new, this thing where Maverick comes home to him.

Debrief | 1,232 | thedevilchicken

Summary: They've been back at Top Gun for eighteen months. Mav's been staring at Ice in the locker room for every single one of them.

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bad-good ideas | 1,244 | andthentheybow / @andthentheybow

Summary: “Fancy meeting you here,” is the first thing the Maverick says when Tom wakes up. It is automatically a bad start to his day- anything involving the Maverick would constitute a bad start to his day. “Likewise,” Tom replies. He doesn’t even know where ‘here’ is, until the events of the previous day- has it even been a day?- come rushing back to him. Ron said the supervillain MIG was preparing to strike, and Tom just goes where Ron tells him to. Now, however, he’s going to have to have a long talk with his best friend about double checking his intel.

can i have what i can't touch (it's the anticipation) | 1,295 | ropememory

Summary: “What are you wearing?” Maverick asks, and Ice can’t suppress his eyeroll, the only time tonight he’s thankful he’s alone, that Maverick’s on the other side of the country and can’t comment on it, can’t goad him into doing something ill-advised.

I'll Wear Out the Words I Love You | 1,511 | Saturn / @icemav86

Summary: Two milestones in a decades-long love story

Shaping Up, Breaking Down | 1,543 | m_madeleine / @m-madeleine

Summary: Maverick has never known his limits. Not up in the air. And not in bed, either.

i’ll carry you up the stairs | 1,576 | andthentheybow / @andthentheybow

Summary: Ice feels that, as Maverick’s emergency contact, he should be used to the amount of calls he gets about his best friend and the man he’s secretly in love with. Just because he’s used to it doesn’t make him feel any better.

Patterns | 1,640 | DeeEffGee

Summary: Maverick and Iceman have a pattern, and it doesn't involve talking.

Bloom | 1,740 | ecarlysutra / @icemankazansky

Summary: Iceman Kazansky is born with chronic Hanahaki Disease. Any time he represses a feeling or hides a secret, he has symptoms. He probably needs therapy, but instead he gets flowers.

phases of the moon | 1,752 | dangerousinlove / @gohoubi

Summary: Maverick and Iceman become accustomed to the latter’s monthly transformations.

you're the closest to heaven that I’ll ever be | 1,961 | encyclopediabitch_jpeg

Summary: “Say it then,” The faintest smile, a tiny glimmer in an iris while Maverick grew bolder. “Damn you, Pete Mitchell,” “Say it,” “Fuck you,”

let's pretend (we've never been apart) | 2,043 | ropememory

Summary: Thomas Kazansky lays etched over Maverick’s heart, inside the circle of metal, and Maverick can only hope Ice feels the absence of the ring on his finger as much as Maverick feels the absence of Ice next to him.

(if only for today) i am unafraid | 2,127 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: People have told him they love him before. A lot of girls, a couple of guys. Though it was never like when Ice said it. He’d played along, sometimes, just because he was that much of a screw up or because he needed to keep things going for whatever reason, but it had never made him feel anything before.

Where The Miles Are Marked In The Blood And Gold | 2,170 | Disastrous_Canasta / @disastrouscanasta

Summary: It looked normal. But so had his throat. His throat which had had a tumour. A cancerous tumour. So he kept staring at his elbow. Adjusting the angle, checking to make sure it seemed fine.

now I wake up by your side | 2,566 | quantumoddity / @mollymauk-teafleak

Summary: It's September 20th 2011 and Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell has something to tell the world. At three in the morning. Through a megaphone.

Ship to Shore | 2,829 | thecarlysutra / @icemankazansky

Summary: Maverick has been teaching at TOPGUN for about ten weeks when he gets a postcard. Things kind of go off after that.

love that doesn't have a place to rest | 3,375 | quantumoddity / @mollymauk-teafleak

Summary: Maverick is trying to adjust to the life of a Top Gun instructor, a life without Goose, a life spent trying to forget about Tom Kazansky. Who he's absolutely, definitely in love with. And who he's absolutely, definitely not allowed to be in love with. So he's lying awake at night, trying to convince himself to sleep and just push these thoughts away. Because it's not like Iceman's thinking about him, right?

Ever Higher | 3,468 | astolat / @astolat

Summary: 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.

blood in the water | 3,735 | dangerousinlove / @gohoubi

Summary: After his cancer, Iceman finds out that going back to normal is harder than he thought.

come the same colors | 3,874 | susiecarter / @susiecarter

Summary: Maverick felt like shit. He wasn't going to make a production out of it.

wingspan | 3,896 | aelibia / @topgunreacts

Summary: Iceman is in love. Maverick is oblivious. And the only thing in the world that can bring them together is locked up in a bathroom.

and gamble for the sun | 3,954 | susiecarter / @susiecarter

Summary: It's like this: Maverick and the Iceman make bets, sometimes.

(I Love You) A Bushel and A Pallet | 4,083 | boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

Summary: "Only you, Mitchell," Ice says, "could possibly manage to get a concussion in a fucking Costco."

When the Rest of Heaven Was Blue | 7,244 | finistra

Summary: There exists, on VHS cassettes distributed through P.O. boxes, a BDSM flick in which Maverick doms a submissive Iceman. They meet at Top Gun a few weeks after filming.

A Shared Cup | 7,287 | susiecarter / @susiecarter

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

You're Gonna Be The One That Saves Me | 7,968 | orphan_account

Summary: Of all the inane things Maverick’s done—of all of the rules he’s broken, and all of the ways he’s risked his neck—falling for Iceman is both the most ludicrous and the most expected.

Tell Me Again | 8,805 | aelibia / @topgunreacts

Summary: Ice is a werewolf. Maverick is a hunter. They make it work.

on second approach | 9,540 | Addison R (beyond_belief) / @alakeeffectgirl

Summary: Pete Mitchell is the president of a successful aviation company, a job inherited from his father. When threats start to roll in, the board hires Tom Kazansky as his bodyguard.

Last Flight to Fairbanks | 18,806 | aelibia / @topgunreacts

Summary: Ice stumbled. A nearby tree kept him from being knocked prone, but the motion was enough to let a small amount of snow into his hiking boots. Soon the snow became water, and a future note in some pathologist’s autopsy notes: severe hypothermia, frostbite in the toes and feet. But he couldn’t stop yet. Maverick was still out there—here—somewhere, in the swirling mass of white on white on black bark. And he couldn’t lie down. Ice knew what happened to people who stopped to rest in the middle of a blizzard. They sat down, just for a moment, just until they caught their breath, and first sleep came, and then death. He had to keep going.

Dreams of Impact | 19,891 | thecarlysutra / @icemankazansky

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

Kings of the Air | 24,903 | FabulaRasa / @fabula-unica

Summary: Fighting and fucking: two things he did extraordinarily well. How could he have known what the effect would be when you combined the two?

When and Where | 25,210 | twowritehands

Summary: A world where people are given, through reoccurring dreams, 1 to 5 details of their soulbond. The face, the place, the day, the time, or the name. Average is 2 clues. Unlucky bastards get only 1. Lucky people get 3 or 4. No one gets all 5. Maverick is one lucky unlucky bastard. Even though it is his only clue, he knows exactly where he will bond with his soulmate: Charlie's house. But, as it turned out, Charlie wasn't the One at all. Now, heartbroken, Maverick wishes he didn't know that That House is The Place. Because Iceman just moved into it.

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thankfully, not dead yet | 1,002 | andthentheybow / @andthentheybow

Summary: Maverick has decided that he absolutely hates bird strikes- this is the first one he’s been caught in, out doing a routine training exercise with Iceman, and now he’s pretty sure he’s going to die.

Put Me Down! | 1,266 | coriosnow

Summary: Goose picks up Maverick because he remembers he can. He also kinda started a trend for everyone to pick up Mav whenever they have a chance.

A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You | 1,376 | boobooblue / @letsboo-boo

Summary: "Isn't that a little tight on you?" Pete manages to choke out when Tom is close enough to hear him. Tom shrugs, a smirk on his face. "It was getting chilly. Figured you didn't need it with baby Goose plastered to you."

Nosedive | 1,503 | Charlotte_Lancer / @charlotte-lancer

Summary: A simple hike takes a turn for the worst.

i'd be home with you | 1,529 | davidbyrne / @katiesharms

Summary: “Promise me something,” Tom rasps after a few minutes, getting Pete’s attention. He looks up and signs, “what?” in response, trying to make sure Tom doesn’t use any of his energy on something like talking to him. Tom raises his hands and starts signing. “Promise me that you won’t try to follow me.”

Mom Said It's My Turn with the Maverick | 1,568 | aelibia / @topgunreacts

Summary: Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world…

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The Window | 1,591 | aelibia / @topgunreacts

Summary: The rain fell. Ice and Maverick slept.

who cannot go | 1,621 | susiecarter / @susiecarter

Summary: Maverick felt fine. Completely fine.

there's something 'bout the way (the street looks when it's just rained) | 1,708 | hangsters (alittlebitoftheuniverse) / @hangsters

Summary: Neither of them are ever really sure how this became a thing for them.

What's the Problem? | 1,986 | thecarlysutra / @icemankazansky

Summary: “Please, don’t leave.”

that hunted so to see (the heart that wanted me) | 2,205 | susiecarter / @susiecarter

Summary: Ice used to think he had a pretty good handle on Maverick.

Miles to Go | 2,294 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: Maverick has never had to act on being Ice’s emergency contact before. Not even with Ice spending most of his time in danger as he works, traveling the world and serving his country. Somehow, every time he goes away Ice always makes it home. Like it’s a promise Ice made and is determined to keep. It’s Maverick who is always in trouble, getting into ridiculous accidents and having things go crazy because he’s a hopeless adrenalin junkie who doesn’t know when or how to quit.

i would love you 'til it hurt | 3,012 | stardustsunflower

Summary: Ice looks at Maverick like something he can’t have. He knows Maverick won’t ever look at him back. Or at least, so he thinks.

steal me all the way from myself | 3,094 | StoriesofmyLife

Summary: His whole life, all he’d wanted to do was fly. His dad used to say that being up in the sky was closest thing they had to Heaven and the plane was closest thing to wings that he’d ever have. Maverick had never been afraid of flying. Until today.

doppio espresso (over ice) | 3,224 | seventeensteps

Summary: The bell jingles, and in walks the most gorgeous man Pete’s ever seen in his entire life. “What can I get for you today, sir?” Pete says cheerily, putting on his best customer service smile, offering everything and more. “Double espresso-” “On it,” says Pete’s unfiltered mouth, his hands already moving, before it belatedly occurs to him that he’s just cut a customer off. “Sorry, you were saying?” The man’s stony expression doesn’t change but Pete feels like he’s being scolded anyway. “Double espresso over ice,” he says. And boy, doesn’t that just absolutely obliterate the moment.

Destination Unknown | 3,255 | boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

Summary: He remembers his life twenty-five years ago, when everything was simpler and he and Ice used to fall into bed together, smiling, laughing, the day’s work behind them and the future ahead. How Ice would hold him close, how they’d wake up tangled in each other’s arms, complaining about each other’s snoring, each trying to bait the other into a good morning kiss. And now Maverick’s a captain and Ice is an admiral, and they’re both pushing sixty, and the future they might have had together is out of reach, like a distant star or a long gone dream.

between the lines of fear and blame | 3,606 | boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

Summary: Out of all the things Maverick had expected to eventually kill him — getting caught in someone’s jetwash, being shot out of the sky, his plane’s engine exploding — getting shot by one of his students in a civilian bar didn’t even make the top ten. He never expected Ice to take a bullet for him, either. There's a first time for everything.

let’s talk about sex, baby (let’s talk about you and me) | 3,730 | boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

Summary: I keep coming in to take condoms from the health services desk because I think you’re cute and I’m pretty sure you must think my sex life is wild.

It Was Aliens All Along | 4,031 | Alexis_Tenshi / @tentacletenshi / @slimysuckers

Summary: Maverick had been waiting for Bradley to ask the question for months. He'd rehearsed his answer countless times. That didn't mean it was easy to explain. There was just no good way to say that their enemies had been space aliens all along.

Rhinestone Cowboy | 4,260 | omnidirectional

Summary: Maverick bangs himself up and gets rescued by someone he didn’t expect. A Missing Scene featuring contrived situations, questionable life choices, gratuitous product placement, and shirtlessness.

i am writing graffiti on your body | 4,796 | thecarlysutra / @icemankazansky

Summary: Pete Mitchell tells everyone he doesn’t like how bureaucratic and impersonal this soulmark business is, how there’s no surprise or spontaneity to it, but he’s lying. He likes knowing there’s someone out there who will love him no matter what, and he loves Iceman Kazansky a long time before he meets him. A Top Gun soulmate AU.

bring me back to you | 5,094 | qin_ling / @qin-ling

Summary: In which Maverick and Rooster take a little bit longer to find and steal that F-14. Meanwhile, their loved ones cope.

Mutual Admiration Society | 5,128 | omnidirectional

Summary: Maverick’s back at TOPGUN as an instructor, but it’s not the dream job he imagined. He’s in danger of flaming out... unless he can find a reason to stay.

As My Memory Rests | 5,978 | boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

Summary: In which a motorcycle accident has more consequences than just physical.

I check it, I wreck it (I turn it around) | 6,103 | judep

Summary: Ice is Maverick's wingman and he will be Maverick's wingman as long as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is up there. Ice is a fucking firestorm and Maverick just can't seem to fight him because He is a maverick but Ice belong with him. To him.

It's (Not) Okay (But It Will Be) | 6,293 | StreetSweeperShenanigans / @streetsweepershenanigans

Summary: The mission was a success. Everyone was alive. Everyone was safe. Everyone was intact and well. Until it wasn't. The world around Ice and Maverick falls apart and upside down around them after Maverick suffers an unforeseen injury resulting from the mission.

Sailor's Delight | 6,374 | saurora_borealis / @tommyjop

Summary: Out in the desert, there’s nothing but land. Land and sky and that single stretch of road, and Maverick is usually the one who owns it. It’s all jutting, rusty red rocks over sprawling plains, and Maverick loves it a little, the way he feels like he’s flying even though he’s not off the ground. There's also not another soul for miles, which proves problematic when one crashes their motorcycle.

you're trying hard not to show it, but baby, i know it | 7,268 | StoriesofmyLife

Summary: Ice wants to know who Maverick was before he became Maverick. He wants to know Pete Mitchell, too, because they’re two parts of the same whole and Ice wants to love that part, too. Because Pete Mitchell was worth loving just as much Maverick Mitchell was worth loving. And God, does Ice love him.

the house that built me | 7,784 | boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

Summary: Maverick goes home.

Melting Point | 12,293 | b777_36n

Summary: A collection of scenes throughout their relationship in which Maverick touches Iceman and he completely freezes up.

Take the Long Way | 13,781 | kerbyfullyloaded / @kerbyfullyloaded

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

baby, baby, i'd get down on my knees for you | 18,090 | boasamishipper / @boasamishipper & simplecoffee / @academicgangster

Summary: Or, the Wooing of Iceman Kazansky by a Very Smol Mr. Darcy

Make A Wrong One Right | 18,803 | boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

Summary: Terrified, Maverick grabs the newspaper off the doorstop and tears the thread off, tearing it open. There’s a story about the nuclear reactor that exploded in Ukraine in April, and another about the death of Ted Lyons. Ronald Reagan is the president of the United States, the Cubs beat the Dodgers last night 9-4, and Aliens is the number one movie in America. The newspaper is the San Diego Union. The date is July 26, 1986. Maverick clamps a hand over his mouth and barely makes it back in the house in time to fall to his knees and vomit into the toilet.

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Where You Lead | 1,675 | dalearden / @dale-arden

Summary: Not that Ice is going to die. Not here and if Maverick had his way not ever. Ice dying is not allowed, not when Maverick loves him so much it already hurts enough in its own way. Abruptly, Maverick stills his hand against Ice and exhales but he has barely a second to wonder where the fuck that came from – the love thing – when Ice groans, pained and needy.

sending all my love along the wire | 1,159 | boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

Summary: It’s the night before his wedding, and Maverick can’t sleep.

Breathless | 1,176 | boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

Summary: Typical of Maverick to take the breath from him and return it in one fell swoop.

when i see your face | 1,411 | boasamishipper / @boasamishipper

Summary: In which Maverick Mitchell wakes up from surgery, high on painkillers, and hits on his husband.

Icing And Ice Cubes | 1,769 | CaptainStilinski

Summary: Bradley can hear his dad and Uncle Mav talking quietly in the living room, the noise from the tv drowning out most of what they're saying, but he does catch the tail end of the conversation. He pauses with one juice box in his hand, his little mind suddenly sparked with inspiration. Uncle Mav’s birthday is soon, and now he has the perfect gift idea.

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if you like your coffee hot (let me be your coffee pot) | 1,887 | davidbyrne / @katiesharms

Summary: “Jesus, why are your hands so cold?” Pete almost winces. “Is that why they call you Ice?”

Dear Mav | 2,233 | TheReadingWriter

Summary: Ice writes letters to Maverick that he never sends. Maverick eventually finds them.

sun goes down alone | 2,605 | jill_ian / @keroujack

Summary: 25 days after a routine training exercise met a bird strike met an ejection gone slightly wrong. The concussion was ancient history, the ankle only hurt if he forgot to ice it, and the doctor had officially let him ditch the sling for his collarbone three days ago. Almost four full weeks later. Mav was standing at his front door with his hands shoved into his pockets. The way he normally did. The way Ice had spent 25 days wishing he would.

countdown | 2,649 | ChexMix

Summary: Ice & Mav count down the time before Mav returns from his deployment.

I won't let go 'til the end | 2,797 | quantumoddity / @mollymauk-teafleak

Summary: Maverick has been disappearing up to the hangar a lot lately, working on a project he won't tell Ice anything about. And Ice decides to go and see for himself.

i’ll be next to you, right by your side | 11,044 | thewonderzebra

Summary: 5 times Ice and Mav care for each other when they’re sick, and 1 time they care for someone who’s relying on them.

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1am | Icemav & Hangster | 2,116 | quantumoddity / @mollymauk-teafleak

Summary: It's the early morning and Tom Kazansky's house hasn't been quiet in a long time. And he couldn't be more grateful.

Highway 20 Ride | Icemav | 3,811 | SortaLively (tiisis)

Summary: Bradley finds a letter addressed to him, written by Mav. It's a goodbye he was never supposed to see because they survived, against all odds they survived that suicide mission. He can't help the wave of regret and guilt that fill him with every word. He needs to talk to Mav.

A Long, Lonely Time | Bobnix & Hangster | 4,593 | FabuMazX

Summary: Bob Flloyd had never been in love. It was just a fact. It wasn’t something that particularly got him down or kept him awake at night.

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that’s my best friend (he a real dumb bitch) | Hangster | 1,247 | luciferinasundaysuit / @vinnylecavaliers

Summary: Natasha snorts. “Hangman is the Michael Jordan of getting under Rooster’s skin. And in his pants. And then regretting it.” “To be fair, I don’t think that’s the part he regrets,” Coyote says.

i'll be with you all along | Icemav & Hangster | 3,958 | quantumoddity / @mollymauk-teafleak

Summary: Iceman gets a call in the middle of the night from Bradley. And five years later, Bradley has a question for his Uncle Tom

hitting the canopy | Hangster | 4,307 | blood_mocha_latte / @blood-mocha-latte

Summary: Maverick thought that if Jake Seresin died flying, it’d be because he couldn’t slow down. He doesn’t think his ears will ever stop ringing when Bradley manages to flip on the receiver from the ground, talking directly into it and nearly blowing out his eardrums, voice starting to bleed from a strained calm to frantic questions.

i'm going home | Hangster & Icemav| 5,074 | alecjbi

Summary: He knew what what was missing. They all did. But it didn't feel real, not at first.

Pick me up, Buttercup | Icemav & Hangster & Others | 4,141 | Fuddlewuddle / @fuddlewuddle

Summary: Everyone keeps picking Maverick up or having him sit in their lap because he is small. Maverick finds he doesn't actually mind it.

so baby lock that door | Hangster | 2,172 | dracculaura / @dracculaura

Summary: Maybe if Bob wasn’t so exhausted, he’d have remembered that Hangman wasn’t at the bar and it was very likely that he’d be in their room. Maybe if he hadn’t had his music up so loud, he would’ve heard the moaning, the slapping, the banging of a headboard hitting a wall. But he is exhausted, does have his music up too loud. He’s so distracted that he doesn’t even notice them until the door is closed behind him and his music is paused, and when he does, he stops dead in his tracks, eyes wide, mouth hanging open. Because Hangman is getting absolutely fucking railed by Rooster.

baby, I'm your daydream (your sick fantasy) | Slicemav | 7,039 | DarkstarDiesel

Summary: "Fuck. Jesus Christ," Ron growls. "You two are hot." Tom smirks smugly when Pete pulls back to huff for air, strings of noise being fucked out of the omega's chest against the alpha's lips. "Like what you see?"

like a shotgun (needs an outcome) | Icemav & IceMavSliderHollywood | 25,513 | AortaArgent / @aortaargent

Summary: “Ice gave me a handjob when we did this,” he argues. “Oh, that’s what gets you moving? Seeing who comes first?” With that, Slider takes hold of him, wrapping his hand around and keeping his fist steady. “Go on, baby girl. Fuck it like a good little -” He squeezes Slider’s balls a little harder than he’d imagine is necessarily pleasant. For Slider. It's definitely nice for him. “Fuck,” Kerner chokes out, weakly. Ice sounds like he’s trying not to laugh. “I told you he bites.” In which there are multiple realisations, improbable numbers of pilots hanging out in a shared shower, volleyball games and verbal tennis. Yes, it's compulsory to wear your dogtags in the shower - never know when you could need identification. (Only kidding, it's for added fuckability,)

I see that you're bleeding | Hangster & Rooster & Maverick | 4,278 | achievement_huntresss

Summary: "I wish it had been you." Mav steps back, as if Bradley had slapped him. Carole is staring at both of them, jaw agape. OR: Rooster and Maverick both say things they don't mean.

peace was never an option by dracculaura / @dracculaura

2 Part Series | Icemav & CaroleGoose & Hangster | Rated T | Total Words: 5,861

Part 1 Summary: Goose considers turning in his wings if it means he’ll be spared having to listen to even one more rambly, sappy monologue about Ice’s eyes.

Ante Up by Brenda / @brendaonao3

3 Part Series | Bradley & Amelia & Hangster | Rated T | Total Words: 17,341

Part 1 Summary: "So?" he repeated, at a loss. She rolled her eyes, and made a production of looking around the hangar. "So, is there anything fun to do in this sad museum of stunted masculinity and 80s-dad nostalgia, or are we just supposed to sit quietly like wax figures until Mom and Mav are done communing or canoodling or whatever?"

All The Love You Left Me by llewellynprince

5 Part Series | Hangster & Icemav | Rated T-M | Total Words: 135,026

Part 1 Summary: Jake Seresin is a lot of things, and Javy has been his secret keeper since the beginning.

no fear, just faith by qin_ling / @qin-ling

2 Part Series | Icemav & CaroleGoose | Rated M | Total Words: 15,657

Part 1 Summary: Maverick and Iceman stare at each other a lot. Goose despairs. Or; Goose is the best wingman.

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