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Walking at night around the Mojave was one of the closest things Maverick had to a supernatural experience with his feet on the ground. There was the ever-present edge of potential danger presented by his solitude in raw nature in the dark of night. And it was just enough of an edge to make the quiet more rejuvenating and the stars all that more brilliant above him. When sleep alluded him or betrayed him into memories or equally-as-horrific possibilities, Mav padded around the sand and let his loneliness and his smallness be comforted by a universe that was bigger even than the shrapnel still lodged in his heart.
Having a bunch of young aviators surrounding his bed in sickbay, squabbling over petty nothings, watching Mav fall asleep as the meds took him, was... It was embarrassing. It was heart-warming. It was...
It wasn’t walking outside in the Mojave, but Mav thought maybe it was time to trade in the lonely desert nights for something better.
Bradley and Maverick have that talk. After another series of events, including ballroom dancing lessons and a group movie night in the Mojave and a revelation or several.
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Rooster practises a gentler approach.
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14 Apr 2023
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Months after destroying the uranium enrichment facility, Maverick finds himself living a life he never imagined. Somehow, disaster still manages to find him and he must beat the odds once again.
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- Part 2 of Something About a Classic
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09 Mar 2023
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Bradley comes home from his first deployment since the suicide mission. To his surprise, Mav doesn't greet him when he walks in the door. Instead, he finds the older aviator curled up in bed, aching and in need of gentle assistance.
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- Part 1 of Sweet Agony
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09 Mar 2023
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Maverick is unused to compassion and, frankly, undeserving of anyone’s patience.
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09 Mar 2023
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"I'm so sorry I pulled your papers," Maverick says sincerely.
Rooster shakes his head. "It doesn't matter anymore, Mav."
And he means it. For the first time in years, Rooster realizes he'd let it go, left it in the mountains, let it explode into nothingness along with both of their jets. The resentment he'd harbored felt so stupid after they'd both almost lost their lives today, multiple times.OR:
My version of the post-mission events and conversation between my two fave emotional idiots who needed to talk it out.
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09 Mar 2023