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Artist: @no-bread Author: @coins-that-never-land Beta: @stilldoingallthethings Title: Was it a Date? Jake Seresin’s Guide to Playing it Casual

After a series of bad dates and unfortunate relationships, Jake’s sworn off dating. He has his dog and his best friend Javy, which are more than enough. At least, Jake thought he was happy until Javy introduced him to Bradley Bradshaw. But his recurrent outings with Bradley certainly weren’t dates…were they?

see the full art and read the fic on ao3!

#this was such a fun fic to beta for! the art is beautiful the writing is brilliant #what more could a girl ask for?

welcometololaland

hangster - bradley's version part 2 (part 1) (jake's version)

boasamishipper

happy 40 years of top gun everybody

bravoechoes

if you watch tgm 12 times in a row you start to notice how much rooster is framed as physically larger than maverick in most scenes they’re in together. like you really only notice tom cruise’s height when he’s in a scene with miles teller and it’s not because everyone else is short it’s because rooster is always presented as physically and emotionally imposing himself onto and over maverick.

and by comparison maverick is fairly passive in a lot of their interactions, refusing to take the bait on the horrible shit rooster says to him and generally attempting to defuse/de-escalate. and it feels like this is a longstanding dynamic between them, that maverick thinks that if he acts as a dumping ground for rooster to pour toxic waste into it will redeem him and rooster acts like nuclear radiation around maverick because the thing he wants more than anything is an honest fight where maverick treats him like an adult instead of this lifelong obligation he owes to a man rooster barely even knew. and this creates a feedback loop where maverick doubles down because the toxic waste keeps coming but there’s no redemption so he thinks just a few more litres of toxic waste and then bradley will finally forgive me. and rooster never manages to get a rise out of maverick no matter what he does so he goes ballistic and eventually cuts off all contact with maverick for like twenty years. and then they almost die in the mountains together where maverick loses his temper and starts screaming at rooster and after that the camera finally frames them as level with one another

booksandchaos-world

butchbradshaw

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bravoechoes

if you watch tgm 12 times in a row you start to notice how much rooster is framed as physically larger than maverick in most scenes they’re in together. like you really only notice tom cruise’s height when he’s in a scene with miles teller and it’s not because everyone else is short it’s because rooster is always presented as physically and emotionally imposing himself onto and over maverick.

and by comparison maverick is fairly passive in a lot of their interactions, refusing to take the bait on the horrible shit rooster says to him and generally attempting to defuse/de-escalate. and it feels like this is a longstanding dynamic between them, that maverick thinks that if he acts as a dumping ground for rooster to pour toxic waste into it will redeem him and rooster acts like nuclear radiation around maverick because the thing he wants more than anything is an honest fight where maverick treats him like an adult instead of this lifelong obligation he owes to a man rooster barely even knew. and this creates a feedback loop where maverick doubles down because the toxic waste keeps coming but there’s no redemption so he thinks just a few more litres of toxic waste and then bradley will finally forgive me. and rooster never manages to get a rise out of maverick no matter what he does so he goes ballistic and eventually cuts off all contact with maverick for like twenty years. and then they almost die in the mountains together where maverick loses his temper and starts screaming at rooster and after that the camera finally frames them as level with one another

topgunbarbie

I just know they’re the messiest exes

aviatorsnoopy

Early Mornings

andr33yy

The HC that Jake Seresin is repressing his homosexuality out of fear of being alienated by everybody around, out of fear what it'll do to his public image, because he's convinced he's only as cool as others think he is.

What's the point of having a confirmed air-to-air kill, when it's overshadowed by the shame of being the 'gay-boy' of the navy?

Secretly fearing others will think 'careful, don't want to stay with that gay boy alone in the lockers', 'hope he ain't sneaking looks at me in the showers' if a rumor slips.

'Hangman, the cocky womanizer' isn't just a persona, it's his golden ticket to ensure no-one sees between the cracks. And it works.

All until Bradley "Bambi-eyes-stupid-sexy-mustache" Bradshaw shows up and suddenly his perfectly secured illusion is under risk, because, man, he wants.

He wants Bradleys attention. He wants those brown eyes watching him. He wants a handshake, a toss, a tumble, a hit to the teeth - anything. He just wants him. And man does he hate himself for wanting.