ok, but I can't stop thinking about the idea of Hangman being a super fan of Ice kgkd
imagine, he and Rooster start dating while they still at the academy (here mav never pulled rooster papers), and it doesn't take long for him to meet Mav, and Mav absolutely adores him, and thinks Rooster couldn't be with anyone better, and tell him that, and Hangman pretends to be arrogant and says it's obvious, because there's no one as good as him. But both he and Mav know that this is just a facade and he is super emotional about it, because he never had a good relationship with his dad (and his family generally) and mav made him feel part of their little family.
So one day Hangman asks Rooster why he hasn't met his other dad yet, and Rooster replies that Ice hasn't been in the country for a while, but he'll be here next week and he'll be able to meet him. And when Hangman realizes the name, and says "Ice... Like Iceman? Admiral Kazanski???" And rooster just answer with a simple yes. Then Hangman starts freaking out saying "my god, my father-in-law is Admiral Kazanski, my god, my god", and Rooster misunderstands and thinks he's nervous about it, because he knows Ice's reputation for being intimidating
So Rooster tries to calm Hangman down by saying that Ice is much nicer than he looks and will love Hangman, just like Mav. And he doesn't need to feel pressured, and if he wants to, don't need to meet him next week. And Hangman is like "what? of course I want to meet him" and explains to rooster that Admiral Kazanski is his hero and he admires him a lot, besides being a great inspiration to him. And that he's much more excited than nervous to meet the Admiral
When the day comes, although he is still much more excited, Hangman is visibly more nervous, changing his clothes several times and asking rooster all the time if Admiral Kazanski really likes the wine he bought, and if it would be too much to bring flowers or chocolate and rooster just laughs and says "calm down tiger, only the wine is good" and jokes with him asking if he should be jealous of his father, because even him doesn't get chocolates or flowers from hangman, even though he's his boyfriend.
Hangman was fully aware that rooster was finding it funny, but he didn't know that secretly rooster was finding it a bit cute too.
When they were at Ice and Mav's house, Hangman was even more nervous, but right after meeting Ice it didn't take him long to relax, because of the way both Ice and Mav welcomed him. And if he almost cried when Mav said they made his favorite food (and that Ice had asked Rooster what it was) no one needed to know.
If a week ago someone had said he'd be playing Monopoly with Admiral Kazanski (Ice, he corrected himself, as the man had insisted) and Mav, while they were drinking and talking, he wouldn't have believed it. And for a few moments during the night Hangman couldn't help but think, "so this is what it feels like to be in a home, not just a house."
Before leaving, hangman felt the need to tell Ice and Mav that he will take care of their son, that he loves him very much and would never do anything to hurt him, and they both respond with a sincere smile, and Ice adds saying "we know. and if Bradley ever hurts you, let us know, I promise to ground him."
When they were already in the car heading back to their own house, what Rooster least expected to hear coming from Jake's lips was "so when are we getting married?", which led Rooster to ask Jake to repeat, to make sure that he heard correctly, and Jake just replied "I need Ice and Mav to officially be my in-laws", making Bradley roll his eyes before saying "well, you better start thinking about how you're going to propose then."
