bradley ‘rooster’ bradshaw ── .✦ recs
masterlist • top gun • 07/20/25 I gif - @/tomcriuse
here are some bradley bradshaw stories i’ve read, loved, and reblogged. all the admiration for the writers who share their talent so generously. please be sure to read the warnings on each fic. and if you enjoy them, let the author know by a comment, reblog, or both! ♡
☆ gentle I @youvebeenlivingfictional
You expect him to be so righteously angry—a pinched expression, a knit brow, a tight jaw. But there’s something in those warm, dark eyes that looks so painfully mournful. It’s unfair. You both came. What’s he so put out about? You’d almost prefer his anger to whatever the hell this is. Anger you could handle—but does he regret last night?
☆ love to lie pt2 pt3 pt4 I @ddejavvu
Your worst fear is recognized when Bradley’s jet goes down with him in it. You’re not sure why you’re still his emergency contact, you’d broken up two weeks ago, but when you rush into the hospital room, you discover that you have a chance to fix the mistake you’d been cursing yourself for. The only problem is, you have to lie to Bradley, and you discover that you love doing it if it means you get to be with him again.
☆ request I @/ddejavvu
☆ tap him out I @/ddejavvu
☆ love in the dark I @bloatedandalone04
the one where the deployments become too much.
☆ things unseen and heard I @/unbloatedandalone04
the one where you overhear bradley talk about you to jake and decide to give him the space he apparently wanted.
☆ punishment I @geminiwritten
after performing an impressive but reckless stunt in front of an admiral, you're sent to be babysat by maverick under the cover of a 'tactical training specialist' which means no one can know just how legendary you are... but hangman isn't playing nice and rooster is too nice to ignore
☆ playing games I @/geminiwritten
you've been best friends with rooster for years and you're both obviously in love with each other, but he refuses to cross that line... until you accept some help from hangman and he takes the game just a little too far
☆ torture I @make-me-imagine
Rooster makes a bet with Y/n that if he can beat Hangman's flight time on a new training course, he gets a kiss. Y/n agrees, but this means no kisses for Rooster until he wins.
☆ wrong number I @roosterforme
Bradley was planning on a quiet night at home with a beer and a basketball game on TV. When he receives a text from a wrong number, he's left looking at a beautiful photo of you. Now he just needs to persuade you to ditch the guy you meant to text and focus on him instead.
☆ red flags, green flags I @/roosterforme
Hangman complains about his date’s red flags, but Bradley thinks this girl sounds amazing.
☆ boys night in I @/roosterforme
The boys make Bradley self conscious about you, and you give them a formal dressing down.
☆ like i can pt2 pt3 I @sometimesanalice
After yet another bad date and tired of swiping on apps, the Dagger Squad steps in to help you out by setting you up on a series of blind dates. Much to Rooster’s dismay.
☆ bad idea I @/sometimesanalice
After being deployed, all Bradley wanted was to have a fun night out with his friends and let loose. That is until he sees the woman who broke up with him, who he still isn’t over. At his bar. With another man. And then he is in the mood to make some bad decisions.
☆ bedside manner I @/sometimesanalice
You were expecting the perfect summer afternoon with the Daggers, but when a game of dogfight football takes a turn for the worse, you’re left with a bleeding head and an aching heart. And it’s up to Bradley to show you his bedside manner.
☆ between friends I @/sometimesanalice
Bradley and you don’t talk about that Spring Break. But a single question asked during a night out at the Hard Deck might just change things between the two of you forever.
☆ for the plot I @/sometimesanalice
Things aren't looking too good for you, sitting alone at the Hard Deck waiting for a man who might not show. Until Bradley Bradshaw sits down across from you and turns your entire night upside down.
☆ the boyfriend experience pt2 I @notroosterbradshaw
☆ you don’t get to taste the honey without the sting of the bee I @notroosterbradshaw
Rooster doesn’t get jealous, but you do. And it debilitates you how blasé he is about it.
☆ sleep clothes I @fandomlit
a power outage allows rooster (and unfortunately, the other men on base) to see you in your sleep clothes.
☆ i will wait right here I @lewmagoo
in which four pilots find themselves in a hospital waiting room
☆ it’s gonna break your heart one day I @/lewmagoo
in which bradley bradshaw lives to fly another day
☆ trouble in paradise I @sunlightmurdock
After the most painful break-up of his life, Rooster is stationed in Hawaii for the next six months. Alone, away from home and hurting, he finds comfort in the arms of a stranger.
☆ hands to yourself I @/sunlightmurdock
☆ first impressions I @ohcaptains
at the induction day for the newest recruits of the Golden Warriors of VFA 87, rooster assumes you’re a civilian, instead of, you know, a member of his team? you see how far you can push it before he figures it out.
☆ nightly routine hcs I @siempre-bucky
you thought you had the twin's nightly routine down to a science but you didn't know there was a part they only did with their dad.
☆ show me I @tongue-like-a-razor
☆ i’ll show you good, restore your faith I @se7entyrell
Your relationship with Bradley is new. Really new. Like, 'haven't let him smell your morning breath yet' new. But when he gets a call telling him that his mom is dying, you find yourself driving him to San Diego in the middle of the night, preparing to meet his entire extended family during the worst period of their lives.
☆ easy silence I @/se7entyrell
When a car accident leaves you with custody of your three younger siblings, your world crumbles. Navigating your own grief, funeral arrangements, and the children depending on you - it feels like there's no way out. But if there's one thing Bradley Bradshaw knows about, it's loss. A new position brings him back to San Diego, and back into your life right when you need it most.
☆ stranger I @promisingyounglady
drunk hookup, no names exchanged, bradley is a pussy eating king.
☆ the marksman I @ohtobeleah
When Bradley Bradshaw, the most senior chief sniper with the NCIS, is called out to a hostage situation, he comes face to face with his greatest fear in life. His fiancée is on the hostage list.
☆ an angels discretion I @/ohtobeleah
When Bradley gets a call to say you’ve been involved in a major car accident, his whole world is turned upside down.
☆ m.u.r.p.h I @/ohtobeleah
An undisclosed pregnancy that you and your husband try keeping a secret ends up being the reason you end up in hospital during a PTI session with the Dagger Squad.
☆ webb of unfortunate events I @/ohtobeleah
Bradley ‘Rooster’ Bradshaw was and always would be the love of your life. When the pair of you are brought back to Top Gun, neither of you expected Pete Mitchell to be your instructor—a series of unfortunate events leads to your hospitalisation, with Rooster by your side.
☆ summer love I @/ohtobeleah
Falling in love with the Hard Decks new barkeep wasn’t on Bradley Bradshaws 2023 bingo. What else wasn’t on that bingo card was that the barkeep was a Floyd…..
☆ terms of endearment I @/ohtobeleah
They always say when you aren’t looking for love it tends to find you. So when you and your daughter turn up in Fighter Town, Bradley Bradshaw is instantly infatuated. With reluctance to trust and harbouring a bad past, you don’t make it easy for the fighter pilot to love you.
☆ cuckhold I @/ohtobeleah
☆ soul meet body I @goldustwomun
you begin to question whether there’s something wrong with you when bradley refuses to touch you, little did you know you’d got it all wrong.
☆ that’s my wife I @thesewordsareallihavetogive
Rooster and his coworkers drew the short stick and ended up on a commercial civilian flight across the country for specialty flight training in Key West. A certain someone makes the flight and travel woes well worth the trouble for Bradley.
☆ so, we meet again I @thelightofday
☆ what have you done? I @mrsbbradshaw
Pete's daughter is as wild as him, she's also as passionate as him. However, an incident during high school drove them apart until they were called back to Top Gun. The uranium mission too, took them from each other, leaving her helpless as she couldn't do anything to make the situation better and save the people she loves.
☆ mind the gap I @katcoquette
you're nervous about making it official with Rooster because of your 13 year age gap and meeting his friends only makes it worse
☆ you said you’d grow old with me I @blue-aconite
Bradley Bradshaw had been in her life since she was 16 years old. Her rock, anchor in a bad storm, shoulder to cry on. Her best friend. It felt like they had known each other forever, two pieces of a puzzle. She could talk to him about everything.
☆ you did what to my bronco?! I @fandomxpreferences
Jake and Natasha convince you to pull a prank on your husband.
☆ emergency contact I @leascorner
“I changed my emergency contact, just so you know.”
☆ little wallflower I @bradshawsbitch
Bradley had seen you sitting on your own many times, and was bewildered as to why no one was talking to you.
☆ salon’s barber I @angelbby555
Bradley comes to bother his wife all week with haircuts and washes when you take over your mother's hair salon.
☆ leave an impression I @/angelbby555
The admiral's daughter is teasing Bradley about his push-up game. But once he does the push-ups with you sitting on his back, you are left speechless.
☆ my roommate or girlfriend? I @/angelbby555
After living with your boyfriend for 5 months, the spark started to fade.
☆ personal space pt2 I @warnersister
you love your personal space. Unfortunately, Bradley also loves your personal space.
☆ show me the way home, honey I @/warnersister
The men at top gun love a bit of sweetness, turn out a bit of helicopter honey was just the right amount.
☆ sundress season hcs I @munsster
☆ merry christmas, please don’t call I @bodhiscurls
at the elite program of top gun graduates, rooster doesn't expect to see such a familiar face in the game, or maybe he does, he just doesn't expect to see you pretending like he hasn't existed this entire time and not when the last time he saw you was when he left you was at the altar.
