I was in my feels last night and somehow ended up thinking up a fic where Bradley crash lands and loses his memory (temporarily) and Jake absolutely breaks down because not only does Bradley not remember that they’ve been together for 3 years, but Bradley wakes up thinking it’s 5 years ago when he used to hate Jake’s guts.
And Jake obvi loses it because he and Bradley went through so fucking much to finally get together, and he’s always felt a bit like he was living on borrowed time with Bradley. He always thought it was a miracle that Bradley fell in love with him in the first place, and he’s always been scared that one day Bradley would realize he’s too good for Jake and leave. But Jake would take all the time he can get with Bradley because Bradley’s it for him. And now that Bradley doesn’t even remember their relationship, only remembers how much he hates Jake, Jake’s sure he won’t be able to get Bradley to fall in love with him again. That would be praying for another miracle.
Anyway Phoenix and Coyote are the best and try to remind Jake that the suicide mission made two miracles happen, but Jake’s not convinced. Not when Rooster keeps looking at him like he’s the devil reincarnate.
And little does Jake know Bradley was planning to propose the night of his crash landing. He finds the ring one day amongst Bradley’s things, engraved with the words “hey honey, you look good.” He can’t tell Bradley about it, of course, not when he doesn’t remember. Jake just puts the ring back in the drawer and tries not to break down the next time he sees him.
Ugh why do I do this.