Don’t mind me I’m just thinking about how Maverick hasn’t explicitly told anyone he loves them because the last person he did lied dead in his arms for an hour before rescue teams couldn’t make it to them. Imagine Maverick refusing to make promises anymore because the last one he made left a 4 year old Bradley without a father. Imagine Ice dying at home alone never knowing Maverick loved him because the man was too far gone in guilt and shame to ever tell him just how much he meant to him. In this essay I will-















