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[hearts-4buck]

The thought of hangster being so possessive over eachother before they’re even dating (or getting back together if you believe the exs trope).

Bradley unplugging the jukebox and dragging Jake over to the piano with him right when he starts dancing with a stranger, smiling to himself as he watches the stranger mope away and find someone else to ogle at.

Jake noticing Bradley getting stares from other people at the hard deck and leaning in to talk to him over the music, making sure it looks far to romantic so nobody thinks they’d even have a chance with Bradley.

Bradley watching Jake play pool when someone comes over to him and asks if the “hot blonde guy winning at pool is single” and Bradley telling him to get lost, and that Jake’s never gonna be interested in someone like him.

Jake watching as girls throw themselves at Bradley, and Bradley nicely trying to reject them before Jake steps in with the loudest ‘he said he’s not interested’ voice he’s had to do since his sisters were in their teens.

They don’t care that they’re obvious anymore. Nobody is good enough for them except each other.

[redecho86]

i wonder how long it takes for the daggers to figure out that Bradley is THE navy nepo baby from all sides

[wngmn]

Jake to Bradley:

[themissingmango]

[vanschwitss]

Callsign personification wip

[icemavman]

i think about musical prodigy!bradley a lot actually. to who instruments just Make Sense, and who can build off knowledge of previous instruments when learning new ones. (maybe who applied to julliard for shit and giggles, got in, and then didn't go anyway because he's Stubborn and it's navy or bust.)

in highschool, he gets a crush on the first chair oboe player in band and decides that the ultimate plan to get to know her is to learn it so they can sit together.

years later:

jake: so did it work?

mav is too busy laughing to tears to answer, bradley grumbles out a no.

jake: well why not??

bradley, still grumbling: teacher made me first chair. she hated my guts.

mav, wheezing: and you got stuck playing oboe

bradley: AND I GOT STUCK PLAYING OBOE

[unrelaxing]

Javy and Jake seeing Mav and Bradley at the supermarket and completely getting the wrong idea.

(Bradley has ALWAYS been a loving, touchy child. He was always hugging Ice and Mav, and he never seemed to reach that teenage boy stage where physical contact with your parents was uncool.

With Bradley back in his life, Mav's enjoying getting to touch his son again. He refuses to admit he's jealous when Bradley snuggles up to Ice, but Ice didn't get deprived of Bradley cuddles for over ten years, so STOP LAUGHING AT ME, ICE.)

So they're at the store and Mav's holding Bradley's hand the way he did when Bradley was a little kid, and Bradley's letting it happen. When Bradley grabs the same brand of cookies he's loved since he was four, Mav can't help himself — he drags Bradley in and smooshes a kiss to his forehead.

This is the point Javy and Jake walk past. They see: Maverick and Bradley holding hands, Maverick having pulled Bradley down for a kiss. Their minds see 2 + 2 and get 69.

Javy takes a photo and sends it to the Daggers group chat. Everyone's demanding an explanation, but Bradley definitely has the chat muted, partly because he only believes in messages via carrier pigeon but also because he's a sap who would Never let anything interrupt his time with his parents.

Jake is in turmoil. He Knew Bradley was a catch, but he'd also known Bradley never let himself be caught. He thought he had time to pull all his best moves. Now his competition is Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, and Jake respects the old man enough to admit they're neck and neck in a few categories Rooster likely finds Very important.

Shenanigans, of course, ensues.

[lovemadethemdoit]

divorced hangster for the soul. bradley never pulls off his wedding band. jake still comes by once a week to stock up bradley's fridge and make sure he eats "real food". jake dates (very unseriously) and bradley glares. jake has a short panic attack in phoenix's laundry room when nat says bradley went on a date instead of coming to the dagger barbecue. it's a set up. bradley didn’t want to go on the date because he's still mentally married to jake. jake doesn’t remember any good reasons why they divorced. bradley tells him he told him so.

[wngmn]

See the ending scene where Penny and Amelia pulled up to the hangar? Except Mav doesn't realize they're there until he spots Amelia. But you can't convince me he didn't hear the car coming cuz he lives in the middle of the freaking desert. It's not like they were expecting doordash. So they clearly heard the car and were expecting someone.

You know who they thought arrived? Jake.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

[5ummit]

Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, your reputation precedes you. Thank you, Sir. Wasn’t a compliment.

[sonnywrites]

[wngmn]

Can't believe I found this one at a Con 🙌

[everglade-blue]

[unicornships]

just a collection of scenes in Top Gun: Maverick where most of the young pilots are together in the room. btw, notice how Jake / Hangman always tend to sit at the front row of the class….just like Maverick would (with Goose) in the first movie. overachievers or teacher’s pet? xD

[indifferentvincent-deactivated2]

You’re the only family I’ve got. I’m not gonna let you down. I promise. Top Gun (1986) Made for @maverickcalf

[pilvimarja]

Thanks for the beers, come back anytime!

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