Summary: 26-year-old Lucy Asa Mitchell did not know what was in store for her when she first bumped into Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw. After an instant mutual connection followed by a sweet whirlwind romance that swept both their feet, Lucy found herself being immersed deeper into Bradley’s world of the Navy, F-14s, and deployments. What she didn’t expect was finding was the answer to an elusive part of her past — the identity of her long-lost father.
Keywords/Warnings: Romance, definitely NOT slow burn, both smut and implied smut (if you’re not 18, go away), Drama, descriptive writing (more show than tell), some religious themes but not dominating (OC is Catholic), mention of hospitalization, imminent death, and missing loved one, possible inaccuracies about deployments and marine biologists.
Disclaimer: “Danger & Star, Rooster & Hope” is a work of fiction created by @thegigilwriter and is not endorsed by the original creators, producers, or any affiliated parties of TopGun and TopGun: Maverick. All characters, settings, and events portrayed in this fanfiction are purely fictional and do not reflect the views or intentions of the original creators. Any similarities to real persons, living or dead, or actual events are purely coincidental. The author acknowledges the original creators' ownership of the intellectual property and intends no infringement upon their rights. This fanfiction is created for entertainment purposes only.
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Ava had promised her dad at a young age that she would never join the military- something she found hypocritical but understandable. She especially understood after he began to get sick- you kept your loved ones where you could keep them safe.
That didn’t mean she didn’t dip her toes into the TOPGUN lifestyle in her own way, waitressing at The Hard Deck. She frequently kept in touch with Bradley Bradshaw throughout the years and was ecstatic- to a certain degree- that he was making his way back to Fightertown, USA.
So were a number of TOPGUN elites though, all vying for a spot on the special squad forming for a supposed-to-be-classified mission. (“Loose lips sink ships” must not apply to drunk fighter pilots.)
But perhaps the deadliest fighter pilot to Ava herself? Jake “Hangman” Seresin.
The Forgotten Nest - Rooster / Cora Mitchell (Fem!OC)
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Summary: Years ago, Rooster left Cora Mitchell's life when her dad pulled his papers. And, unknowingly, he left behind something other than just his toothbrush.
Series Warnings: Past Unplanned Teenage Pregnancy; Angst; Absent Father Figures; The 'He Didn't Know About the Pregnancy' Trope; Repeating Trauma Cycles (Teen Pregnancy, Absent Parents, etc.); Crying; Named Mitchell Daughter OC (Cora) and Named Mitchell-Bradshaw Son (Nickie)
A.N. There are references to a previous unplanned teenage pregnancy (between two eighteen-year-olds) in this fic. There won't be any flashback scenes to the pregnancy, but the references are still there, so if that makes you uncomfortable, please do not read.
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The Found Nest [AU]
Summary: In this universe, Bradley goes back to Cora much earlier than in the original series and his life is forever changed.
Series of interconnected one shots that explore what life would have looked like if Bradley found out about Nickie when he was a baby. Will be linked below in chronological order.
Summary: In which a Naval Aviator starts to take a liking for a shy waitress.
Warnings: Fluff, angst, jealous Jake👀. Bradley being a flirt and trying to steal Jake’s girl🤭❤️. Age gap (20-35)
Side notes: HELLO LOVES🩵✨. So uh, I didn’t like how Batter up was coming out, no matter how excited I was. I didn’t like it and that’s okay, because it gave me this little surprise here! I feel like this one will be better. Jake Seresin with a waitress girlfriend?! YES PLEASE. Now this one, I am excited for because I’ve written Sweet Tooth (that I don’t have anymore). It was about a baker that Bradley liked. So I thought, why not give Jake his own waitress girlfriend? Shy girlfriend to be exact. Like she’s literally the cutest thing ever and I have a feeling that you guys would adore her and this series🩷. Now before we get started, no I didn’t steal this idea from anyone. There are a LOT OF Titles with the same name but different characters and descriptions and that’s exactly what mine is. Just putting that out there🩵. Who’s ready? And this kinda has an 80ish spin, but it’s moderated. 
Word count: 2.8K
Paring: Jake ‘Hangman’ Seresin x OC
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The Honey Cloud was a slightly new diner that opened a few months ago, in San Diego, California. Fightertown U.S.A. The TOP GUN graduates started hanging out there, everyday after their training. It was a nice, cool and retro place to be. The diner looked like a picture perfect place from the 80s. From the seats to the waitress’s outfits. A soft Pastel yellow waitress outfit with a white apron and black and white roller skates.
It was amazing what they did with the place.
When Jake, Bradley, Natasha and Bob were done with training, walking to the shower, Javy said, “hey, you guys ever been to The Honey Cloud? Their food, drinks are so good. And they have a great ass jukebox, Hangman will probably get on that and play Slow Ride.” Jake rolls his eyes at his best friend, laughing sarcastically.
“Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up, you’re just mad that I have good taste in music and you don’t.” He replied back, chuckling at Javy’s facial expression. They made it to the locker rooms and Jake went to his, putting in his combination and pops it out, taking out what he needed, then shut it closed locking it back up.
“Jake, man, you overplay that song like ten million times. We’re sick of it.” Javy argues while following behind him to go in the shower. Jake just let out an amusing laugh at his friend's annoyance and turned on the water, stripping from his jet suit and placing it on the sink. He then reached for his soap and started washing himself and let his mind drift away.
Jake Seresin often wondered if he’ll ever get a girlfriend. Yeah, he wasn’t the kind of man to settle down like Bradshaw, but it doesn’t hurt to think, even dream about it. Probably will never happen because of his job. The ultimate possibility of not making it home to his wife, girlfriend or kids. So, hook ups were his safest option. No strings attached, no staying at each other’s homes, no goodbyes. Nothing. Nada. Because that’s how all these feelings, becoming worried if he’ll make it home okay, if he’s safe up in the air. He couldn’t pin that on anyone, only because he didn’t want his significant other to be worried about him.
Jake likes to dream about him actually having someone who was willing to wait for him to come home. His girl would be in one of old shirts, cute shorts up her juicy thighs, messy hair and just plain sitting on his couch watching a rerun of FRIENDS. He found himself more and more often thinking about that sort of thing, what confused him is the why? Why did he want that? He wasn’t the type to settle down for anyone. Or that’s what he makes himself believe and he just wants someone to greet him when he gets off his F/A18. Having her wrap her arms, legs around him, clutching onto him like a koala bear hoping she’d never let him go.
He also thought about the dirty things too. Would he be Hangman, if he didn’t? Jake was a ladies man. He has no shame when it comes to women, but he always treats them with utter respect and kindness because that’s what his mama raised him to be. He would usually use his southern accent, then his charm and if the night goes well and if the lady wants to go home with him, he’ll take her without hesitation, but if she declines, then he’ll just stay there, talking to her until it was time to go back home. But even sometimes home was lonely or it didn’t feel like a home anymore.
Jake finishes his shower, shutting off the water and wraps his waist heading back to the locker room, only to hear Payback ask, “So we're gonna go to The Honey Cloud, tonight?” The dagger squad looked at each other for confirmation and that’s when Bradley nodded his head. “Yeah, let’s go. We deserve it.” The men chuckled in union and got ready for a night out at The Honey Cloud.
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Woah. It’s packed. Jake thought to himself once they arrived and walked inside. There’s women in soft Pastel yellow uniforms with black and white roller skates to which he thought was pretty fucking cool. The place looked like a spit image out of the 80s. The song; Hearts Of Glass was humming throughout the diner alongside with the loud chatter coming from the crowd.
“Hey! Welcome to The Honey Cloud. My name is Shannon. How many?” This woman skated up to them with a notepad in her hand and a big smile. Callie had counted and responded, 9, please.” Shannon nodded and skated away, then waved over to them. Jake saw, hitting Bradley’s arm and all of them walked over, trying to fit in where they could. Jake glanced over the decor and he was impressed.
This place has been open for a few months and they already had business blooming. This was the spot that everybody in San Diego went to. It has different varieties of food. From soul food to gulten to vegan, vegetarian, to meat lovers. Just everything. It was definitely a place that Jake could enjoy.
“Hi there. I’m Anastasia and I’ll be your waitress. Can I start you off with some drinks?” Jake swore his heart stop in his chest when he glared up at the gorgeous woman standing in front him. Her thick glasses framed her face perfectly, her soft curves fit her uniform like a glove. Her soft looking cool ass hair was in a high pony with strands falling in front of her face. Her voice was melodic, soothing, warm and inviting.
She let out an awkward laugh when her face heats up as it was quiet. Jake thought it was so cute. So he cleared his throat, speaking up first. “Hi darlin’ I’ll take a beer, if you have it?” He asked sweetly, looking into her gray eyes as she looked into his eyes with a shy smile plastered on her face and nodding gently, writing down his order and she glazed up at the rest once they snapped out of their dazed daydream and ordered their beverages. Anastasia slipped her notepad in the front of her apron with another soft pretty smile.
“I’ll be right back with your beverages and I’ll take your orders. Sounds good?” The dagger squad nodded their heads as Anastasia giggled softly, skating away from their table. Jake couldn’t help but to notice her as she was in her element.
God. She was so beautiful.
He saw that she was mostly bobbing her head lightly to whatever was playing on the jukebox and a tender smile spread across his lips. She was adorable.
“Jake? Man, stop being a creep. You’re staring.” Reuben’s voice rang through his ears, making Jake shake his head and leaned back into his seat. “I wasn’t staring.”
“Yes, you were.” The rest chimed in and he just scoffed under his breath. Then Natasha added, “don’t worry, even though it was kinda creepy, it was cute. Bagman is smitten with our waitress.”
The table laughs while Jake’s ears turn red and just in time, Anastasia comes back, staking left to right balancing a tray of their drinks and when one of her customers gets up, almost instantly bumping into her, she holds the tray higher and spins around.
“I am sorry, Ana!” The customer exclaims, Jake saw her shake her head with that soft smile of hers. “S’okay, Nicole. Tell Paul I said hello. We miss him around here. Have a good night.” She calls out, making her way back to their table.
“All right, ladies and gents. Here are your drinks. Forgive me, if I got them wrong. Only been working here for a couple weeks now.” She explains in that gentle honeyed voice of hers. Everyone took a sip of their drinks and hums, then Bradley praised her.
“Exactly what we asked for, sweetheart. Thank you.”
That made Jake’s jaw clenched and his hands balled up into fists and saw an adorable blush come across her face. He couldn’t pinpoint why he was getting jealous. But he was. Every woman fell for Bradshaw and that stupid mustache of his, thinking that he’s the shit. It has always been a compilation between the two men, but Jake won’t let him have this one. This one was his and his only.
“I’ll have the bacon cheeseburger.” Javy said with a small smile at her and that’s when the rest of them ordered their food. Anastasia nods, eyebrows knitted together as she writes down their orders and grabs the menus from them, stopping short when her small hand meets Jake’s. He gave her a gentle smile as she took his menu slowly and her face immediately began to flush and skated away, swaying her hips lightly.
He couldn’t stop staring. It was like she was the magnet and he couldn’t resist the pull he was feeling towards her. He didn’t know why he was so drawn to her.
Maybe it was her personality. Maybe it was the way she would smile. Maybe it was her gentle melodic voice. He didn’t know why, but he was drawn to her and he wanted to get to know her. To take things slow, which was so unlike him, but for Anastasia? He’s willing to do whatever it takes.
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The diner was becoming empty. Half of the dagger squad had left the diner, but Jake, Bradley, Javy and Bob had stayed behind for one more hour or so.
“Hi, guys.. We’re about to close shop, but if there’s anything you want to take home, feel free to come to the counter and find me. I hope you all are satisfied and have your stomachs full.” Anastasia addressed with that warm inviting smile that Jake liked so much. He saw Bradley smirk, leaning forward on his arms. “Think I could get your number, honey? Would like to show you around San Diego, sometime?”
Jake saw her eyes go wide before becoming flushed at Bradley’s quest. “U..uh..I appreciate the kind gesture mister.. but I have class in the morning.” She said to Bradley in her soft voice.
Jake had the urge to smirk when he got shot down and the disappointment on his face. Bradley’s face dropped and nodded, excusing himself along with Bob and Phoenix. Leaving him and Javy.
Anastasia glanced towards the door and back at him and Javy. “Did I do something wrong?” But Jake shook his head with a warm smile.
“No sweetheart, you didn’t. Bradley just doesn’t take rejection very well.” He reassured her, letting her know that it wasn’t her fault. She gave him a small nod, exhaling softly.
“Oh, okay. Well, would you guys like anything to take home?” She asked sweetly.
Javy elbowed his side with a cough, breaking his stare from her and Anastasia muffled her giggles in her hand as Jake threw a glare at Javy, who looked around the diner pretending to mind his business.
“No. That’s okay, Sugar. But can I walk you to your car?” He asked politely, waiting for her to answer and immediately smiled when she nodded with a shy smile of her own. “S-sure, but I don’t know your names..”
“I’m Jake Seresin and this jerk is my best friend, Javy Machado.” He introduced them, grabbing her out-stretched, lifting it up his lips, pressing a kiss to the back of her knuckles gently.
He saw her whole face flushed at the gesture and smiled. Anastasia slowly took her hand back, pointing her thumb behind her.
“L..Let me just..” Jake’s ego boosted up as she was speechless. “Go ahead. I’ll wait for you, sugar.” She nodded eagerly, skating away and Javy smacked his chest with the back of his hand.
“Bradley is gonna be so hurt that she went with you after she shot him down.” Jake nods with a pleased grin. “S’not a competition, Jay. It’s just me simply walking a sweet woman to her car. Is that a crime now?” Javy just laughs, shaking his head and slapped Jake on the shoulder, sliding out the booth. “Have fun, man. Don’t forget protection.”
Jake shoved him playfully. “Get the fuck outta here, yeah? I’ll see you tomorrow, dick.”
“Ready?” Anastasia’s voice filled his ear drums as he looked up and his breath stopped. There she stood. Her hair was down making him see the colors clearly. Standing there with a casual flower crossover and glasses. Jake swallowed harshly and nodded. She stepped aside letting him get up from his seat, holding out his hand. She looks up from her lashes, before cupping her small hand with his.
“Goodnight Tabby. See you tomorrow.” She calls out and someone behind the counter turns around and smiles.
“Goodnight honey. Have fun.” She responds with a wink. Jake saw her face heat up. She couldn’t be that innocent..
The pair walked out of the diner, meeting the warm summer warmth as they walked to Anastasia’s car. It was a comfortable silence between them, until Jake decided to break it. “What’s your major?” Anastasia glazed up at him.
“Master of Science in mental health counseling.” She replies as he slowly but surely wraps his arm around her shoulder and smiles as she leaned into his side.
“Tell me about it, princess.”
His heart almost bursts out of his chest when she laughs. “You wanna hear about how I’m gonna become a therapist?”
He nods and she begins to explain how she has a lot to her through and how each and every of her professors are kicking her ass, but told her how dedicated and passionate she was. Jake just listens, noticing how she spoke with her hands whenever she was explaining something to him that he will never understand, but it’s okay because he likes hearing her voice.
“…Oh gosh, am I talking too much? Jake. I am so sorry-“ she rambles, making Jake let out a hearty laugh, gently but firmly grabbing her shoulders, making her look at him with those big doe eyes and has her lower lip tucked between her teeth. He tries not to let the look rush to his cock because the thoughts he was having right now weren’t godly.
“Sweetheart, it’s okay. I like hearing how you’re passionate about becoming one. As a matter of fact, I think you should go for it, smart girl. Show the world what Anastasia is capable of.” He said, lowering his voice at her name. She blinks slowly and gulps audibly.
“O..Okay…yeah, sure. I’ll give it what I got tomorrow.” She whispers shyly as they continue walking to her car and stops once they reach it. Jake digs in his front pocket and pulls out his phone, punching in his passcode quickly and handing it over to her. “Here, put your number and you call me tomorrow to let me know how it went?” Their fingers brushed up against one another as Anastasia took his phone out of his hand. Jake waits patiently and she gives him back his phone and he looks down.
‘Asia🌼✨’ Jake tucks his phone back in his pocket with a brow arched. “Asia?” She smiles at him. “My nickname.” He rounds her car, opening her door for her.
“What do I do to earn your nickname, pretty girl?”
Anastasia shrugs softly, getting into her car, turning the engine on as Jake rests his forearms on the open window. Her gray eyes looked in his green eyes. Then drifts his eyes towards her finger, tracing light shapes across his forearm.
“Will I see you here again?” She asks in a hushed whisper.
Jake reaches in the car, twirls a piece of her hair around his finger, locking eyes with hers and returns the hushed voice.
“Do you want to see me again?” She nodded, covering her face in embarrassment, making Jake coo at her with a soft laugh, pulling her hands away from her face.
“Darlin, I’m glad you wanna see me again. I’ll be here after work, yeah?”
She hums in affirmative with a shy smile and lets out a soft gasp when Jake presses a light feathery kiss on her cheek and backs away from her car.
“See you tomorrow, honey.”
She nods her head, putting her car in drive and drives away with a wave. He lifts his hand to wave back as he is met with the back of her car. He sighs happily, heading towards his own vehicle and climbing in, starting up the engine.
He knows that he shouldn’t like Anastasia, but she’s different from any other woman he’s been with. She was shy, sweet, soft spoken Really fucking stunning, smart and so much more. Even though he just met hours ago, he felt he’s known her for years, but this is just the beginning of a beautiful friendship between him and Asia.
And he was so looking forward to their phone call. Just to hear about her day.
He has it downright bad for her and for once in his life. He will decide to be selfish and let himself have this one good thing. And he was damn proud.
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HI BABIES🤓❤️. Welcome to the first part series of; My Pretty Flower. Now I honestly have no clue where this came from, but I went through it and this is what I came with and I think I did a decent job with it. I’ve always loved the idea of the 80s vibes and I used it in the story and I love it actually. I hope that you’ll enjoy this as well🩵!! The rest is coming soon after Love In Paradise!!
Headcanons for the Mitchell-Bradshaw kids (+ friends & family) because I can | Top Gun AU ✈️
Summary: What happens when you live with 4 little ducklings? Unforgettable memories!
Pairing: Bradley Bradshaw & Jenny Mitchell
Characters included/mentioned: Dane Bradshaw, Austin Mitchell, Maverick, Slider, Iceman, Carole and etc
Note: Fluffy/ Top Gun Headcanon fic
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1) Bradley and Austin used to volunteer at an Animal Shelter, full of puppies and full grown dogs if all breeds. One day, Slider’s kids wanted to adopt another dog but couldn’t since they already had 4 already so in result, they called Iceman to help them out and so in result he adopted the doggie.
But there was a catch, the Yorkie made so much more barking than expected and had so much darling energy, so Iceman had no choice but to call him—Maverick!! Let’s just say the real Maverick wasn’t the happiest person after hearing that and the kids laughed so loudly at his reaction
2) Speaking of dogs, Austin Mitchell may or may not have brought home in an panic a week later. Jenny was sending text messages on her laptop when he rushed in yelling, “Don’t tell Dad!”
She was confused and looked up, “What did you do?”
“I want you to know that I love you VERY much and you’re always welcome in my room for the bigger closest room.”
“Aussy, what happened? Did you break his motorcycle again?”
“No and for the 10th time that was Dane!”
He hoped the door for a puppy to walk in as his sister’s jaw dropped to the floor, hugging the fur ball to tackle her. He laughed at the moment and whistles as two more dogs came in grinning brightly.
“Sooo? What do we think?” He asked with a matching grin as the dogs, carrying the puppy.
“We ain’t NEVER telling Dad!” She repiled with a little giggle falling in love with the dogs.
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3) As a kid, Dane really in awe of Ice's ability to flip pens like it was nothing and wants to be his student to learn the trick, begging for him to teach him one day after school. His mom brought him a small pack of pens and pencils to practice with for flipping tricks, eventually he gets the hang of it where he showcasing his tricks in class.
He thanked his Uncle Ice later on for showing him the trick, calling him cooler than Maverick jokingly and laughed running off to show his friends his new tricks
4) Speaking of Dane, is maths kid in school. History was never his strong suit but surprisingly, numbers came much more naturally to him. It resulted in the type of career he would have in the future.
His brother and siblings knew this fact very well, being able to be crafty where he can calculate prices of analysis for planes. As well as when needed he can calculate, like the the tax and measurement when it comes to paying for a restaurant bill.
It would surprise his mother as she would ask, “Not bad, sweetie. How did you do that so fast?”
In result he would hold up the pen and napkin he used to do the math then reply, “I counted.”
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5) When it comes to certain things, Jenny is terrible at keeping secrets and wants to gossip, so she can be a little nosy at times (she gets better at it with age). Ice and her dad like to say, she got from their Aunt Carole, since Sunset was most likely the one to be hush hush about certain subjects.
When she was 5, and Bradley was 7, she knew he had a silly little crush on the babysitter cause she was so nice. So she told her auntie Carole who stayed gushing with her all about it, teasing her son about it
When she was 10, she heard all about uncle Slider becoming Commander after watching the adults talk about it and went running to her daddy to spill the news giggling with excitement. It was supposed to be a secret for a few short days but she couldn’t help herself.
When she was 16, she found out that Dane and Austin had a crush on the same girl or so she thought. She squeals so loudly, knowing that she would have to be quiet about it or else. Bradley even gave her an odd look.
But Jenny had other plans as she sneaked up on her brother and asked, “Sooo who’s the girl?”
“What girl? There is no girl!” Austin exclaimed playing video games on the computer.
“Oh my god it’s the senior!”
“How did y-no! I am not into a senior.”
“But I saw you talking about some girl name ‘Avery’…”
That’s when her brother snorted, “No, Avery Thompson is the senior leader of the drama club. I’m into Avery Rodriguez, he’s on the basketball team.”
Her eyes widen and gasps, “HIM?! Damn, you got good taste!”
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6) Jenny had a small crush on Bradley when they were kids, jokingly saying ‘You are my boyfriend.’ when she was 7 but let it go a while later. Especially since fictional boys existed on Tv duh! However, Bradley thought girls had cooties and said, ‘Gross!’
As early high school rolled around, Jenny was watching Disney Channel movies and texting her friends as she watched the boys play guitar and drums in the center of the garage. Austin, Dane and Bradley were jamming out in their band laughing and singing covers.
Tracy and Rachel, Jenny’s friends, walked into the garage jamming out to the songs as she greeted her with a hug. They were chatting and gossiping about the latest movies, along with newest episodes of Gossip Girl.
“Can you believe Blair said that to Serena?! That was uncalled for!” Tracy exclaimed as they sat on the bench, sipping water bottles.
“I know right?! But Serena had a point though.” Jenny yelled, chuckling.
“Blair was better.” Rachel added for a debating measure, “But I love Serena too.”
Bradley was tuning his guitar but paused to look at the girls with a loopy smile, stuck in a mini trance.
That’s when Austin threw an empty water bottle at his head and yelled, “Dude! Stop staring that’s my sister.”
Dane laughed at his brother’s face, waving at Tracy, Rachel and Jenny who giggled. Bradley just glared at Austin as he stuck out his tongue muttering a few things.
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I know this is random but I wanted to do it for fun. If you want to reblog with HCs or ideas you have for Top Gun universe, feel free to do so! ;)
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