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we have mostly wasted time / half-asleep and half-alive / waiting for the faintest lie / and waiting for these wounds to heal
but we're never as lost or as found as we think we are
this is the classic, the saga: the drawn-out story of Maverick and Bradley and the family that they built and lost, and how they came to reconcile with each other in the end. heart, fluff, and angst in the beginning, plenty of anger and bitterness in the middle, and just enough self-indulgent hope and comfort at the end to (hopefully) make it up to you. told in chronological snapshots & eventually a few consecutive ending chapters. complete; now with an epilogue! this fic is the main, branching work of its series, though chronologically, it is not necessarily the beginning.Series
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Bookmarked by Ziggy_Scardust
04 Oct 2023
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Against all odds, Maverick has been selected for Top Gun.
The night before their first day of classes, he decides to blow off some steam with an anonymous hookup in a seedy by-the-hour motel.
The last thing he expects in the morning is to see his one-night-stand standing at the front of the class, being introduced as their instructor: Tom "Iceman" Kazansky.
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- Part 1 of Speed of Sound
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- English
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- 28/28
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Bookmarked by Ziggy_Scardust
03 Aug 2023
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What does he want to be when he grows up? What a joke. It doesn’t matter what he wants to be. He can’t be anything other than what he is, stuck.
Gilmore Girls prequel fic, following Luke as he copes with being a townie, deals with the hardware business, tries to look out for Liz and Jess, and takes care of William through the year and a half leading up to his dad's death.
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04 Jul 2023
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The Layton mission is scarcely two months ago and Maverick is doing great. He’s better than great. That’s what he keeps telling himself at least.
Maybe it’s because only person who can see through him is thousands of miles away.
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- Part 1 of Fleeting Love (LP)
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- 13/13
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Bookmarked by Ziggy_Scardust
07 Jun 2023
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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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11 Apr 2023
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Five times someone discovered how inadequate medical was when dealing with a ‘Mitchell’ and one time someone already knew. A mini series exploring some Mav whump and brotherly bonding as he’s given the care he deserves!
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17 Mar 2023
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A Thin Line, Darling, The Edge of Reality by SpacePrincessRyan
Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies)
20 Oct 2024
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The Navy's favourite (read: most frustrating) disaster pilot has his hands full when he returns to Top Gun in 2001 to teach a class of hopefuls, all while pursuing an old flame on the side. But Mav's never been good at keeping his superiors happy, and historically, he's not much better at relationships...
(The sequel to 'Sweet Little Lies', a Maverick x OC fic.)
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- Part 3 of We Blur At The Edges
Bookmarked by Ziggy_Scardust
10 Mar 2023
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Maverick is unused to compassion and, frankly, undeserving of anyone’s patience.
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07 Mar 2023
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Goose has been dead for a week and a half when Iceman loses his first wingman in a dogfight with six Soviet MiGs over the Sea of Okhotsk.
Goose has been dead for thirty years when Iceman loses his second wingman to a surface-to-air missile on the tail-end of a mission he's responsible for: he's sent his family on a suicide mission to destroy a uranium enrichment facility in Russia's Far East.
This is the story of those thirty years in the middle.
(Or: Tom Kazansky rises through the ranks while trying to stay a good man. If he ever was one to begin with.)
[Final edit 2/4/23. See Ch. 1 notes for major changes.]
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- Part 1 of Easier Done Than Said
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Bookmarked by Ziggy_Scardust
02 Mar 2023
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why'd you take so long (to tell me you need me)? by CaughtInATalespin
Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies)
11 Nov 2022
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5 times Bradley calls Maverick “Dad” to get (away with) something, and 1 time Mav knows he means it.
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18 Feb 2023
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5 Times Maverick Fell Asleep on the First Available Surface and 1 Time He Made It to a Real Bed by ThisisYour_Captain_Speaking
Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies)
11 Feb 2023
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Maverick is a great ball of energy unless someone can get him horizontal for longer than five minutes. Then he's out like a light.
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01 Feb 2023
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Don’t You Know I'm Still Standing (After All This Time) by TheFeralAlyCat for thenofutureshoe, Wingwyrm, NautilusFestival
Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies)
27 May 2023
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They all survived.
Somehow.
They all made it home.
Not entirely unscathed, but they were all alive.Unfortunately for Maverick, the author enjoys hurting him.
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20 Jan 2023
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“You know you can talk to me, right?”
Ice looks so sincere it sparks an ache deep in Maverick’s chest. That’s the point. Maverick thought they could talk to each other, but Ice’s secret looms between them. He can’t say that, though, so this time he lies, “I know, Ice.”
Maverick makes a discovery that forces him to reevaluate his friendship with Ice.
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11 Jan 2023
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30 Dec 2022
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29 Dec 2022
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I count my sins (and I close my eyes and I take it in) by CaughtInATalespin for lookforanewangle
Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies)
05 Oct 2022
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A "What if" thought I had at 1am:
What if Rooster ejected successfully from the stolen F-14 when Maverick told him to... but Mav didn’t? What if instead Mav led the enemy fighter away from Rooster’s position only to get shot down? And if Mav were to go down somewhere at sea without a visible parachute (again), well... Rooster would think he's dead for real this time, wouldn't he? And that would utterly break him.
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- Part 1 of Top Gun Universe "What Ifs"
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16 Dec 2022
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Chaff: shrapnel jettisoned by aircraft to confuse incoming enemy missiles and cause them to detonate
// A heavy angst Rooster hurt/comfort fic featuring Hangman, Maverick, Phoenix, and Bob. //
Bookmarked by Ziggy_Scardust
13 Dec 2022
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10 Dec 2022
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“Just give me a moment, kid,” he responded. “I really thought…I didn’t think we’d – ” he cut off, feeling tears well in his own eyes. He pulled back then, clearing his throat. His next words slipped out without conscious thought. “I already broke my promise enough.”
Bradley pulled back sharply, leaning back into his chair. His eyes were sharp on Maverick. “Promise?”
Maverick’s eyes widened when he realized what he said.
“I promised your mother I’d keep you safe,” he hedged, looking carefully at Bradley.
Bookmarked by Ziggy_Scardust
10 Dec 2022
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Maverick and Rooster one-shots by Isabellakirch110
Fandom: Top Gun (Movies), Top Gun: Maverick (2020)
23 Jul 2022
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All the one-shots I have made about this father-son duo because I love them so much and they are a perfect example of my favorite trope! (Surrogate father-son) I hope you all enjoy :)
Teen Bradley and DadMav series out now!!!
NOTES ABOUT THE CANON IN MY STORY: Goose died when Bradley was four and Mav stepped in, Bradley’s mom died when he was 15 and then Maverick officially took his position as godfather seriously but there was no official adoption (Mav was still the closest thing Bradley had to a dad), Maverick pulled Bradley’s papers when the boy was 18 so Bradley cut Mav off. Then 12 years later, when Rooster is 30, the events of TGM take place and they are reunited. (I know Bradley is technically older than that but I wanted him to be a little bit younger in my stories.)
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Bookmarked by Ziggy_Scardust
10 Dec 2022