“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
"What's so funny?" he asked, turning to face the class. One of the new recruits, Phoenix, replied between giggles:
"It's on your back, sir."
"What's on my back?"
Or, Maverick decides to pull the classic sticky-note prank on Ice.
baby, baby, i'd get down on my knees for you by boasamishipper, simplecoffee {T}
Or, the Wooing of Iceman Kazansky by a Very Smol Mr. Darcy
(Five times Maverick proposed to Iceman, and one time Iceman accepted.)
Gift Me Your Love by ReformedTsundere {G}
"Weird? That's all you're gonna offer me?" Slider laughs and knocks his shoulder into Ice's.
"Not sure what else I can, princess; looks like you got yourself an admirer." He leans off the lockers and moves around Ice to head out. "Or," he says, looking over his shoulder to smirk wide and far too amused for Ice's taste, "a stalker."
Ice throws his towel at Slider's face.
let’s talk about sex, baby (let’s talk about you and me) by boasamishipper {T}
Prompt: 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.
Read My Damn File! by viridimessorem {T}
Why don't people ever read the files? It would save everyone a lot of trouble.
Or The 5 Times the Navy didn't realize Maverick and Iceman were married, and the 1 Time they did.
1am by quantumoddity {G}
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.
Smooth by viridimessorem {T}
The Five times Maverick didn't know who gave him a gift and the one time he did.
The Role of a Lifetime by Fuddlewuddle {M}
Maverick never expected to be a father, but sometimes roles in life are chosen for you without any of your say so in the matter.
That's how the Captain ends up with seven adult kids after coming back to Top Gun.
Lucky for him he has a husband who doesn't mind the sudden increase in Christmas stockings they're going to have to buy at some point.
A husband that 6 out of the 7 kids have no idea he has.
He could tell them, but where would be the fun in that?
Brilliant Beyond Brilliant Idea by boasamishipper {T}
Identical twins Violet Kazansky and Josephine 'Joey' Mitchell, separated at birth and raised by one of their parents, discover each other for the first time at summer camp and hatch a scheme to bring their wayward fathers back together.
Can't Take the Heat... by ReformedTsundere {T}
No self-respecting bisexual man turns down gay chicken a la Lady in the Tramp.
Pick me up, Buttercup by Fuddlewuddle {M}
Everyone keeps picking Maverick up or having him sit in their lap because he is small.
Maverick finds he doesn't actually mind it.
Icing And Ice Cubes by CaptainStilinski {G}
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.
Or: little kid Bradley is the best, unintentional wingman.
Mother Goose Knows Best. by StreetSweeperShenanigans {T}
Maverick finds himself left out in the rain only to be rescued by his rival (synonym: crush). A lot can change in bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic lagged down by the rain. Who knew?
Goose knew.
Amortentia by thecarlysutra {T}
Pete Mitchell is a new recruit to the MACUSA Auror Office, and his new partner is a blast from his past.
I can go anywhere i want (just not home) by LaceyAmethyst {T}
“No wife. No kids. No one to mourn you when you burn in.”
Maverick froze like prey on the wrong side of a rifle barrel. Bradley had taken a direct hit, a shot meant to kill. He watched Maverick wince, slowly, before his face split open, raw with hurt and disbelief. The look would haunt Bradley in his dreams for many nights.
And that’s when he saw Admiral Kazansky in the doorway.
Or: Ice overhears Rooster when he says Those Words to Maverick. Predictably, he eviscerates him on the spot. But perhaps less predictably, Hangman's just as ready to defend Rooster.
Homeward to a Harbor by aelibia {M}
Ice is a selkie. Maverick finds out the hard way.
Maverick’s Mystery by Oceannaya {T}
The Daggers took notice of their beloved instructor always gushing and smiling his face off whenever he spoke on the phone. They wanna know why.
This Means War by Metro_Gnome {G}
Maverick and Iceman's rivalry didn't end when they became instructors.
From sticky notes to love confessions, what started as a simple prank war goes directions neither expected.
You and me, no matter how they toss the dice, it had to be by Logan73 {_}
Iceman kissed his temple, left his lips on Maverick’s skin, and then kissed it once again.
Then they both fell asleep, safe and sound.
Next morning, Iceman prepared a speech, and it wasn’t until DADT was overturned and gay marriage legalised that he got to read it.
If only for today, I am unafraid by JuliaBaggins {T}
Bradley just returned from a longer deployment and is happy to spend some time with his dad.
But when he notices a scar on Mav's shoulder he previously hadn't registered, it sparks a lot of feels, realisations and the wish to help Mav to find the same kind of happiness that he has found with Jake. Ideally with a certain Admiral…
[Bradley & Mav family feels, established Hangster, Icemav getting together///Bradley's POV, then Mav's]
And they call it (puppy) love by StoriesofmyLife {T}
Ice honestly isn’t sure what, exactly, he’d been expecting upon his entrance to the kitchen—an explosion of some sort, a new construction project that would go unfinished until Ice got annoyed with it and called a professional in to finish it, a dead body—honestly, the possibilities were endless—but it isn't almost being bowled over by a black and brown blur that’s covered in something dark and wet and Maverick yelling at said blur, that upon closer inspection, is a dog. More specifically, a puppy. Even more specifically, a puppy that's covered in mud. And getting said mud all over Ice’s freshly pressed uniform.
“Maverick.” Ice manages, trying to wrestle away from the eager puppy, who’s tongue is hell bent on licking every square inch of his face. He doges an overexcited attempt at his eyeball, narrowly avoiding getting blinded by an uncoordinated paw. “Why is there a dog in our house?”
or - Maverick adopts a dog and Ice is just a long for the ride.
when i see your face by boasamishipper {G}
In which Maverick Mitchell wakes up from surgery, high on painkillers, and hits on his husband.
doppio espresso (over ice) by seventeensteps {T}
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.
Flower Power by ReformedTsundere {T}
Flowers, Pete reminds himself, slamming the last of the books closed, are the worst.
you're trying hard not to show it, but baby, i know it by StoriesofmyLife {T}
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.
Or --- The one where Ice gets drunk and serenades Maverick in front of God and everyone.
Moving In Slow Motion by boasamishipper {E}
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.
Recovery Period by Content_Scrapbooker
Whiplash {T}
Getting booted from a plane twice within a month really was not in Maverick's best interest, and Rooster needs to come to terms with his godfather's recklessness before the fear of losing him sends them both into a flat spin.
Heads up, Iceman is not dead in this, I don't care what the movie says, Maverick can't lose any more friends, and canon is being adjusted.
Recovery Period Working Timeline {_}
This is just an organized timeline of this current series. This is not a fic or oneshot, just a timeline. Do with that what you will.
Cracked the Case {T}
While Maverick's in recovery post-surgery, he drops a bit of information that leaves Rooster's head spinning. The two of them might as well talk about it.
On Tape {T}
During the IceMav wedding reception, a certain wedding gift captures the attention of everyone in attendance, and emotions begin to run high. And a ghost from the past ends up with perfect timing to make a speech.
Waking Nightmare {T}
Rooster has a nightmare and has to call Maverick after. They bond over it.
Out You Come {T}
In the 25-week gap between Ice popping the question at Maverick's bedside, and the two of them getting hitched, the US government finds itself thrown into a conundrum that might finally prove more than these two pilots are worth. See how they react and deal with politics, drama, emotions, and an unusually-cooperative Commander in Chief who just wants to be invited to the wedding.
Whatever They Need {T}
Alternatively known as the twelve times the aviators of the special detachment needed Mav, and he came in clutch, plus the one time he realized he needed them just as much.
Blood Is Thick {_}
Today is the day of Ice's surgery, and tensions are high between Sarah and Pete. The two of them talk it out.
The Retirement Of Admiral Bradshaw by SaintClaire {T}
Goose and Carole both live and go on to be happily in love and their son's biggest supporters.
no fear, just faith by qin_ling {M}
Canon-divergence of Top Gun (1986) in which Goose survives, Slider suffers, and Maverick and Iceman are idiots in love. Featuring Goose as Maverick's relationship therapist and resident General Hospital expert.
Easier Done Than Said by COMPACFLT
When We Get Around to Talking About It {M}
Goose has been dead for a week and a half when Iceman loses his first wingman in a dogfight with six Soviet MiGs over the Sea of Okhotsk.
Goose has been dead for thirty years when Iceman loses his second wingman to a surface-to-air missile on the tail-end of a mission he's responsible for: he's sent his family on a suicide mission to destroy a uranium enrichment facility in Siberia.
This is the story of those thirty years in the middle.
(Or: Tom Kazansky rises through the ranks while trying to stay a good man. If he ever was one to begin with.)
Debriefing (& Other Stories) {M}
"We can start here, I guess. If we're talking about us," Pete says. "Nineteen-eighty-six. The first thing I thought, when I saw you in that O-club, was: Iceman is off-limits. Capital O, capital L."
Despite himself, despite the fear, Tom laughs a little. "Oh, yeah? Why's that?"
"Well, first off, we were competition. And yeah, you were attractive, but then you opened your mouth and I swear. You were just an asshole. Goose is trying to introduce you to me and here I am thinking about how much of an asshole you are. Shut up about Cougar, asshole."
"It was supposed to be a friendly competition!"
"Yeah, right. So that's what I was thinking: he's attractive, clearly doesn't know how to talk to other men, might be into the proposition if I framed it the right way. But he's an asshole, so this competition is just gonna be friendly." Pete pauses. Then he says, "Ice, you wanna get married?"
And that's how they start talking about it.
(Or: they finally get around to talking about it. Plus a couple extra stories for good luck.)
Maverick Whisperer by LadyLanera {T}
Let it be known that Maverick Mitchell is a self-sacrificing dumbass who absolutely knows how to play the system to get exactly what he wants out of the Navy.
I will always hold you close by LadyLanera {G}
Tom only wants two things: his boys together on the sofa and dinner. Thanks to his darling menace and his ridiculous antics, he quickly amends his wants to include a third--or was it more like eleven.
and you moved me, honey by vannral {M}
”Jesus fuckin’ Christ,” Slider says somewhere on Goose’s left. His voice is gruff, flat and so deadpan it would be hilarious under any other circumstances but unfortunately Goose is stuck on this ride, too, so he can relate heavily."
Slider and Goose are 200 % done with their pilots and their stupid pining. Goose also realizes he might care a lot more for Slider than he thought.
Vampire!Ice by LadyLanera
Blood Ties {M}
Originally born Avtonom Konstantin but nowadays known as COMPACFLT Admiral Tom Kazansky, this is the story of how Ice lived in secret as a vampire, searching desperately across all of time for his green-eyed menace who plagued his dreams most nights.
AKA IceMav across the ages
The Home Ice Built {M}
There once was a house in Coronado filled with love and happiness. It sat at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac, but it was anything but inside. Full-body laughter erupted from its seams at any given time.
This is the story of the home Iceman Kazansky built.
Bloody Halloween {G}
After learning there's going to be a Halloween party at Maverick's, Jake decides he's going to show up to meet the family so to speak since things have been going so well between him and Bradley. Things, however, quickly go wrong unfortunately.
Welcome to the Family {T}
Bradley has the rest of his life to figure out when he's ready to die as a human and be reborn as a vampire. When tragedy strikes, though, he realizes that maybe he doesn't have that long after all.
In other words… This is the epic conclusion to the Vampire!Ice series. Please note the Main Character Death warnings are temporary.
the bet by aaronhotchners {T}
“Okay, okay, okay,” Ron interrupts, suddenly sounding undefined. “It’s settled. If Mitchell loses, Kazansky gets his bike. If Kazansky loses, he goes for a date on said bike.”
Kind of the same way - TGM Edition by trinipedia {M}
When Les Grossman, the US President, goes into a coma, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a hot-headed and caring Temp Agency operator who by a staggering coincidence looks exactly like the President, finds himself stuck in the role indefinitely. The corrupt and manipulative Chief of Staff, Chester "Hammer" Cain, plans to use Pete to elevate himself to the White House, but he doesn't count on Pete enjoying himself in office, using his luck and friends to make the country a better place and falling in love with the President's personal assistant, Tom “Iceman” Kazansky.
Love and heartbreak walk a thin line by glitterfayy {E}
Knowing you have a soulmate, a romantic soulmate, and wanting to know them were two different things, and Bradley was sure of one thing. Knowing only ended in heartache.
Mav wonders if he's always destined be left behind.
OR Soulmate AU when you turn 18 you get a compass that leads you to your soulmate. A story in 2 parts. First part covers Mav. Second Bradley and Jake.
etymology of a soul by writteninwaves {T}
etymology
n. the study of the origin of words, how they got their meanings and how they change over time
a study of souls, soulmates, friends you choose, family you find & all the ways souls can feel sorrow, break, and mend themselves back again.
Bradley Bradshaw has two soulmates, one platonic and one romantic. However, it isn't that easy to find your loved ones when you have loss and grief following you everywhere.
Based on & Inspired by Comin2U's Fic "You'd Say I Love You and How Proud", where Natasha is IceMav's long lost daughter.
Bad Ideas! by LemonsAndSugarMakeLemonade
Bad Idea! {T}
Bradley: Hey, are you and Ice around?
Well, this is slightly odd Mav thought but he replied anyway.
Yeah, why?
Bradley: We have our baby! We’ll be there in 10.
Mav almost dropped his phone at the reply. What the fuck.
Bradley Bradshaw, you better call me this instant.
Even worse idea! {T}
“Bradley, Ice just texted me to come to “hang out”, is this a threat?”
“Jake you’ve known him for almost five years now, it is definitely just Ice wanting you to do some work around the house.”
“Okay but-”
“Baby, this exact conversation happened last week, you know Ice is so different at home than he is at work.”
“But is he?”
“Jake, please,”
“Okay yeah, I’ll go over.”
A Friendly Chat by Content_Scrapbooker {G}
Prompt: Could we maybe see a circumstance that brings them all of the ’86 flyboys together for the sake of Mav, where the ‘86 crew is witness to his disgustingly loving and fatherly nature over the Daggers, and the kids also see how the older guys take care of and protect Mav?
By Night, My Love, Tie Your Heart to Mine by SOBERHYUCK {T}
Tom thinks that his bunkmate’s snores might be the same decibel level as the planes they fly.
- where they are bunkmates and fall in love
When the flowers bloom by miiichaaan {T}
“Are you also gonna stay with Uncle Mav forever?” Bradley wants to know, his tone as serious as a five year old’s can be. Ice feels heat rising to his cheeks. His eyes flick up to Mav for the split of a second.
I’d love to, if you let me, he thinks.
5 Times Goose Observes +1 time Maverick sees/hears him by LadyLanera {G}
Inspired by tumblr's forsty's "Goose's Force Ghost" art series. Five times Goose's Force Ghost observes events surrounding Maverick or Maverick-adjacent after Goose's death, but there's one time Maverick sees/hears him.
With a little help... by miiichaaan {T}
“Look, we kinda have to set them up, huh?”
Slider barked out a laugh at that, “Figured that out all by yourself?”
Goose rolled his eyes, “You help me or no?”
You're DINOmite by ReformedTsundere {T}
When a poacher problem comes to Isla Sorna, InGen sends out a group of mercenaries to help keep their assets secure. Maverick is not pleased with that development. Until he is.
if we were apart I could still see the lights in the sky by stardustsunflower {T}
Mav joined the Navy to follow his father’s footsteps and to be part of something. He got far more than he bargained for, far more than he deserves. For all the years since he’s met Goose, he’s been happy. He’s been grateful. And he truly has become part of something – part of their family. For the first time in his life, he gets to feel like he belongs.
In which Mav stuffs too many balloons under a dining table, regrets not taking home economics, and almost ruins his favorite jacket, not necessarily in that order.
You're Gonna Be The One That Saves Me by orphan_account {M}
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.
Build this Dream by VarjoRuusu {G}
"I'm sorry to have to do this this way," Ice starts and he can already see the devastation and panic on Bradley's face, thinking Ice is going to rip his wings away before he even has them. Again. Ice sighs. "Sit down," he says softly. "Please."
Bradley casts a glance at him, then does as he's told as Ice takes a breath.
"Maverick pulled your papers because your mother asked him to," Ice says bluntly, and Bradley's world collapses.
"What?" he manages to croak and slowly, carefully, Ice explains everything Maverick should have four and a half years before. Tells him how Carole was so scared of leaving her boy alone when he was only fourteen, how she didn't want him in the air, she didn't want him to die young like Goose had. He explains how Maverick didn't want Bradley to end up hating his mother, or resenting her, so he took it all on himself.
There is silence for a long time after he finishes before Bradley quietly asks to be dismissed and after a moments hesitation, Ice nods.
"Bradley," he says, catching him at the door. "I didn't know until after. If I had, I would have stopped him." It's the best he can offer, and it's the truth. -- Or, Ice is gonna fix this once and for all.
Men Like Us by DancingDisaster
Time And Tide {M}
'The Kazansky-Mitchell Shitshow Extravaganza,' Carole had once called his early fumblings with Tom. Maverick thinks history might just be repeating itself as he sits at the Hard Deck watching whatever the fuck is going on between Bradley and Seresin these days, yet another member of the captive audience witnessing their disaster of a mating dance.
God, Maverick really hoped he and Tom were never this bad.
Or— Unfortunately for everyone else trapped in Miramar during the summer of '86, Pete Mitchell and Tom Kazansky aren't any closer to figuring out what's between them now then they were when they first met five years ago.
"Mav," Goose hisses into his ear at the officers' club, "please tell me he isn't the guy from the Academy."
"Fine, I won't tell you that."
The Importance of Personal Connections {T}
Tom didn’t put so much work into building his career just so he could spend it putting out Pete’s fires. Alas, given that half the personal favors owed to Iceman stem from him handling another officer’s Maverick Problem of the Day and the other half are kept on reserve for smoothing over whatever nonsense Pete causes next, it’s become something of a reputation for him.
“At least I’m cute, right?”
Tom drops his head back and stares at the ceiling in dismay. Sometimes, he truly wonders why he keeps this impulsive idiot of his. “You do have that going for you.”
Or— There are few things more universally feared in the Navy than owing Admiral Tom “Iceman” Kazansky a favor.
Ten Out of Nine Times by EliasHirsch {G}
“I know what you’re thinking.”
“Do you?”
“Because I’m thinking the same thing. We’re living in a sitcom, Ice. They think I’m a lonely old man who has no one. Fritz made a suggestion to hook me up with Penny.”
Ice laughs this time, managing to make it sound like he’s laughing with and at Maverick. “She’ll kill you if you ask her out.”
“Thanks for the confidence.”
“No problem. So, what’s the plan, Captain?”
“I’m thinking we let them have fun. They survived the mission, right? Got their medals and everything. I say we see their grand master plan.”
Or Maverick goes through his week while juggling being a full time dad. Unfortunately, his kids can't figure out he already has a man at home.
a higher fidelity by basedchamp {T}
“C’mon.” Tori nudges him with an elbow. “C’mon. He’s cute. You can admit that one thing but you can’t admit this?”
Gritting his teeth, Ice thinks very carefully about his next words. “He’s…” he trails off. “Some would say that…Mitchell is not. Unpleasant. To look at.”
(Alternatively: the one where Ice and Mav learn to park bad, eat good, and love even better.)
Family Is So Much More Than Blood by tartie {_}
When Ice and Mav decided to adopt an adult Bradley, neither expected to be adopting Hangman as well. But that’s just how things happened.
Goodness Gracious, Great Balls o' Fire by BigBellRings {T}
Carole seems taken aback by that, but continues talking to Iceman anyway, “Because unless you are a fool, that boy is off the market. He is one hundred percent, prime-time in love with you.”
Or; Iceman in Charlie's place during the bar scene.
Landing Zone 'verse by AlannaofRoses
A Soft Place to Land {M}
Admiral Tom “Iceman” Kazansky hummed quietly to himself as he shuffled through the reports on his desk.
Mav was coming home.
Landing Zone {T}
He only had a moment to absorb the impact ‘we’re alive we’re alive holy shit we’re alive’ before the plane is being swarmed from all directions, someone popping the canopy as the last remnants of smoke and flame retardant flare into the sky.
Ice, Ice Baby by yellowdaisy2023 {G}
"Ice ice baby." It comes from the phone and Maverick looks away from Iceman. Rooster and Maverick make eye contact briefly and Maverick feels his face flaming. Rooster has a wide smile on his face, nodding his head to the song.
OR Maverick loses his phone and Ice calls it to help him find it
Hotshot by Honckity {T}
“I’ll just get a beer.” Slider ordered way too easily with a steady voice.
“Alright. And for you, hotshot?”
or ice meets bartender mav and falls in love
Oblivious by umbrella_enthusiast {T}
Pete “Maverick” Mitchell and Tom “Iceman” Kazansky have been around Bradley Bradshaw for long enough that they know how he interacts with his friends. Hell, they practically raised the kid.
But the one thing that Mav and Ice can’t wrap their heads around is Hangman.
Seven Horses Seem To Be On The Mark by themodernmerlin {T}
Hangman and the rest of the special detachment want to know more details about why exactly Rooster had such an issue with Maverick.
Knees Buckled, White Knuckled by Winterotter
Twice the Speed of Life {M}
Maverick spends the weekend with Iceman after training Rooster and the rest of his Top Gun class, and things take an unexpected turn.
An AU set after the events of Top Gun: Maverick. Beware spoilers for the new movie in this fic.
Holdin' on Tight {T}
“Look,” he said. “I’ve been scared to ask all these years. But I’m finally gonna. Did you help him pull my papers?”
“You know better than most that Maverick has his own kind of influence within the Navy.”
“That’s not an answer. . ."
Or, Rooster has three conversations, with and about Maverick.
Don't Go Hittin' that Panic Button {M}
Maverick invites the Daggers out to his hangar and quickly learns that bonds can be tested outside of suicide missions.
A selection of scenes and stories set in this universe, which will include: how the daggers convince Maverick to keep teaching, Rooster & Hangman figuring things out, Maverick's first meetings as an Admiral and more. Not truly necessary to have read the other entries in the series, but the added context will help.
Mighty Wings (Across the Sky) by Resacon1990
you shake my nerves and you rattle my brain (too much love drives a man insane) {T}
Mav sighs and drops his head. “Even if he felt the same way,” he mutters, “you know why I can’t.”
Carole hums and her hand comes to rest over his wrist. “And you know that's not really an excuse.” She squeezes his wrist until he looks up, and her eyes are so damn kind. “If this is what you want, Mav, what you need, then I don’t see any obstacles.”
Or, the course of true love never really does run smooth... especially not for Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
Under Pressure by ReformedTsundere {T}
"And miss out on all the action?" Maverick jokes, pressure crawling up his spine as he fully steps into the inferno blazing on the third floor. It's almost too bright to see properly. He has to squint. Some of the smoke has cleared, though, heat pushing it out of windows no doubt shattered and melting into their frames.
Wrench the Golden Retriever by emmedoesntdomath {T}
“Mav, please tell me you didn’t get us a dog.”
Silence.
He sighed.
The contractually obligated hey-I-bought-a-dog-without-asking-and-then-gave-it-a-name-you’ll-hate-but-you-should-still-love-me fic
Sharkbait by ReformedTsundere {G}
In the nearest, deepest tidepool, the ocean so close that every other wave splashes into it before pulling back, there is a person.
Only, with the weak sunlight just beginning to press into the sky, a single line of muddled yellow that teases sunlight, is Pete able to see that it's not exactly a person at all. Sure, there are arms, a chest, a head, all pale skin slick with water as another wave rushes into the pool, there's even blond hair and a pair of eyes watching him, but there's so much more than that. It has Pete floored, his pulse climbing into the back of his throat as he's unable to blink.
here in our bed (’til the morning comes) by vannral {E}
“Are you sure?” Goose asks hopelessly, completely aware that he sounds whiny.
The receptionist’s smile tightens. “Very sure, sir,” she says, her tone still extremely polite. “Two rooms, like I said.”
Two rooms which – like she very patiently explained to him – also means two beds instead of four.'
In which there’s Only One Bed™, both for Slider and Goose, and for Maverick and Iceman, because the RIOs won’t stand for their pilots pining anymore and can’t deny the affection for each other, either.
Coming Home by mtnofgrace {T}
Top Gun Maverick if Iceman had lived. Icemav raised Bradley, and Ice is determined to get him back home.
last train home by enthyrea {G}
It’s the man again. Except instead of his head swaying in time with the train, it’s stopped. Directly on Tom’s shoulder.
Tom feels the man nuzzle in a little as he exhales, and Tom’s higher brain function filters straight out of his eardrums. He sucks in a breath, and keeps it there, afraid to let it go like something will explode if he does.
What… in the world does one do in this situation? Does he wake the man? Nudge him softly or say something? Poke him in the eye? Hit him with his book?
AKA, Tom Kazansky repeatedly running late from work leaves him as Pete Mitchell's personal pillow on the train ride home.
All The Lonely People by IWannaDoBadThingsWithYou237 {_}
Post 1986 film. Alpha/Beta/Omega AU: Tom offers to help Pete through his heats post the mission. He tells himself it’s the act of a friend helping a friend. Not a man desperately in love with his wingman and taking what he can get.
Because that’s not him.
That’s not him at all.
a binary star by vannral {E}
"Ice hasn’t ever given much thought to celestial things up in the sky but he knows that Maverick burns like one."
In which Hop 31 happens, Ice thinks about Maverick a lot, and eventually they figure out what ’wingmen’ means for them.
Or; two pilots pine for each other and share tender moments and sort of make it everybody's problem.
Radio Waves by ReformedTsundere {T}
Pete stares at the speakers as the song's first notes start playing, but his brain is looping back the words, rolling the radio name over until it sticks to the warm voice that had spoken it. He removes his hand from the dial.
There's no indication that this man's show will play his regular kind of music; the current song choice directly reflects that belief, but... Pete's always been a sucker for voices, and this Ice fella has a pretty nice one (and if the morbid thought that maybe it'd be a good enough voice to be the last one he hears crosses his mind, that's not for anyone else to worry about.) He lets Lauper croon and sets his paper cup down, ready to get back to work.
Rock In The Road by IWannaDoBadThingsWithYou237 {_}
Or Duke Mitchell lives, teaches at Top Gun, is in a relationship (secretly and steadily committed) with Mike Metcalf, call sign Viper and is constantly exasperated by his son and the bizzarro mating dance that he is doing with Tom Kazansky. AU first movie. Viper/Duke, Ice/Mav.
the beginning and end of everything by AstronomicalFog {T}
Tom Kazansky didn't realize that he was in love with Pete Mitchell until he watched his plane crash into the ocean.
(Or, Ice goes to TOPGUN, meets the most infuriating man in the universe, loses a friend, flies a rescue mission, and falls in love along the way.)
one thing you won't know until you experience it for yourself when you create art out of love is how it feels when people receive it with love. when you post a doodle and someone keeps it as their lockscreen, or when you write a story and someone tells you they were thinking about it all day, or when you post a poem and someone shares it with a touching caption. doesn't matter if it was objectively good or not. matters that someone spent time with it, that someone really, really liked it, and you made it. this kind of interaction, i think, it can really sustain you for weeks. it can sustain you through a lot of terrible things. its confirmation that you exist, and that (however briefly) your existence was appreciated by someone else through your art.
Hi!🥰💕 hope you're having a good day over there!! I just finished your 'my heart yearns to say' story and God, it hurts but in most enjoyable way💕💕 I hope they get back together💕💕 I also loved how you ended the story with text messages! It's like one of those scene from movies when it's a close-up of a phone and voice messages are playing and it zooms out with casts' names coming up.. I can't explain why but hhnn it was just, soo so good I was staring at screen like, half an hour in awe because, God!! You really really did an awesome ending!! Ok it was sad and vague but I loved it? Gxgdgf it was perfect!! Thank you for writing and sharing this story!🥰💗💕💗 it may sound silly but, I very accidently stumbled upon your blog days ago and I was like "why I feel like I'll come back here in future..?" And hcgxgx!! I found one of your stories last night and, here I am🙈💕 it's kinda because of fate, I just know it! Thank you, again, for writing this nice story!!😊
M.
ahhhhhhhhh thank you!!!
also first things first, my Top Gun Sideblog is @nonbinary-jakeseresin if you want to see more of my screaming about hangster and these idiotic gay pilots.
but again god THANK YOU FOR THIS <3333 this comment really made my night esp after a not great week so i appreciate it a lot!
as for this specific fic, it's also very much @cryinginthebronco & @perishablealex's brainchild as well as mine. couldn't have written this au without them and their lovely brains. i just translated that into a fic.
im glad you loved it a lot heheh the text messages were Alex's idea!! i'm defintely coming back to write the sequel but not any time soon because i have uh at least 3 wips to finish before that but feel free to hit me up here or over at the sideblog about any of my fics im always happy to chat!
also happy to chat about other fandoms and fics of mine too 🥰
into the wind you go (hangster hanahaki song fic au)
Summary:
The first time Bradley Bradshaw fell in love with Jake Seresin was when they were teenagers - sitting in a field with Jake, watching him make wishes on the dandelions, his eyes sparkling in the sunlight...
He thinks he's over it, but when he runs into his childhood best friend again in the navy after almost a decade of no contact, he falls in love all over again.
Now only if he could stop choking on the dandelions in his lungs....
ok so since im writing my songfic, i'll talk about that.
ok something that happened before the plot, hmm.
Before the fic starts, right after Bradley leaves Mav and Ice he ends up in college - he has his first long "real" relationship. But the problem is - it's toxic. The boyfriend really did a number on poor bradley, being very inattentive etc and stuff but to Bradley the dude was his whole world. Especially because this happens to 20 year old bradley, who is still very not emotionally stable from losing his dreams, and who literally lost everyone in his life due to the FIGHT right before ....
basically my brain went, "bradley had a toxic ex pre the navy" and "jake teaches him how to love himself again" and then i scream in JJ's dms and then the fic was born.
(i still have to write it and plot it and rush this in a few days but hey at least i have something already hehe)
Ok so this is for my songfic fest, another WIP im rushing to finish. I've shared the first two sentences from another work already so this is a second one.
Bradley knows Jake loves him. He sees it in all the glances that Jake gives him when they’re in the room together.
ok so i have too many projects, but here's the main one ive been working on for uh MONTHS that i need to finish. It's almost done and it's a collab with @enthyrea I can't wait for yall to see it!!
Bradley sits down on the sand, a little bit further up the beach nearer to the hard deck. It’s the perfect vantage point to keep an eye on Hangman. Jake.
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