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Patrons at the Hard Deck after Bradley keeps bringing the mood down singing sad country ballads to win back Jake
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Rooster: Hey Dads! *Walking downstairs dressed in a fluffy pink bunny costume* We need to talk about this costume you picked out.
Hangman: *Laughing* You did this to him?
Iceman: What? We thought he’d love it! The Velveteen Rabbit was his favorite book as a kid.
Rooster: The Velveteen Rabbit was brown and white!
Maverick: Well there were limited options, so it was either a pink bunny or no bunny at all.
Rooster: No bunny at all! Always no bunny at all!
(Ice and Mav are on vacation, but they get pulled into Hangman and Rooster's drama long-distance, even though they had previously agreed they wouldn't meddle in their love life)
Rooster(answering his phone): Hello?
Iceman: OK, Bradley, enough is enough, now you love Jake and he loves you, so you need to get over your whole "I never want to get married" thing and step up!
Rooster:...Who is this?
Iceman: This is ICEMAN! Listen, Jake is back with his ex and he's going to propose to Jake, and he is going to say "yes" but I know he really wants to be with you!
Rooster: He... he's gonna propose?...Look, if Jake wants to marry this guy, he should, I'm not gonna stand in the way of that and neither should you.
Iceman: You don't tell me what to do! I tell you what to do! Just call him!
Rooster: (hangs up)
Iceman: Damnit!
(Maverick walks in)
Iceman(sarcastically): Well, I hope you're happy!
Maverick(pretending not to sense the tone): Oooh! I hope you're happy too, honey!
Iceman: Jake is going to say "Yes" to his boyfriend's proposal. See, that's what happens when you meddle in people's lives!
Maverick: Jake is going to say "yes"? That's, that's great!
Iceman: No it's not, because he's still in love with Bradley!
Maverick: And there's not chance that will work?
Iceman: No, I called him. It's not gonna happen.
Maverick (pointing at him): OOOOOOOH! MEDDLER! MEDDLER!
Iceman: Well, if you hadn't meddled to start with, I wouldn't have had to go in there and meddle myself! Now, no matter how much we meddle, we will never be able to un-meddle the thing that you meddled up in the first place!
Maverick:...This vacation SUCKS!!
Hangman(about his wedding to Rooster): I never wanted to get married in the Virgin Islands.
Coyote: Too ironic for you?
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Summary: When Bradley gets a text in the middle of the night from someone he hasn't heard from in a long time, he's forced into a spiral of reliving memories, heartbreak, and longing.
Word count: 5,308
Tags: Character Study, Pining, Mutual Pining, Non-Linear Narrative, Canon Compliant, If you ignore some stuff, Don't Ask Don't Tell, it's a looming spectre but i don't really go into it, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Angst with a Happy Ending, Getting Together, Rivals to Almost Lovers to Enemies to Lovers kinda vibes, Missed Opportunities, I genuinely can't believe that's not a tag?, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Inspired by Music, Screen Reader Friendly
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Over time, Rooster stopped trying to pathologise it and instead just let their odd connection lead him. He didn’t question it when Hangman started to text him on the rare occasions that the squad parted on leave, or when he found himself anticipating a good night message, or when he sent good morning ones in return, or when Jake called him after his Chevy broke down forty miles from base.
Bradley had dropped everything to go to him. If anyone asked, he’d say that he just wanted the opportunity to rag on Jake for almost an hour uninterrupted. The truth, though, was in the way his stomach swooped when he’d arrived at the address he’d been sent and Jake smiled at him. The Chevy was still hooked to the tow truck just outside, and Bradley pulled up alongside it as he watched Jake walk over.
“My knight in horrible Hawaiian print,” he’d teased. The glint in his eye stayed fond despite the complaint that Rooster had gotten oh-so used to hearing by now.
“Shut up and get in the car, Hangman,” Bradley couldn’t keep the affection out of his words as he watched a little too intently as the man climbed into the Bronco.
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an on-screen kiss with his wingman, right?
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Remember how I died when you started walking? That's my life, that's my life x
Rooster(after Phoenix covers for Rooster with Hangman):…You did this to protect your ass because you made that bet that I’d sleep with Jake?
Phoenix: No, I did it to protect your ass, OK?!…You belong with him.
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pairing: bradley “rooster” bradshaw/jake “hangman” seresin
wordcount: 23.8k (ch2 of 3)
summary: he walks into the little bar and jake seresin is there, because this mission is for the best of the best, and jake is the best, he’s always been the best.
best thing bradley ever had, that's for damn sure.
or... another take on rooster & hangman as exes when they're called to TOPGUN for the mission.
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Wait! on Kelsea Ballerini's new album is SOOOOO HANGSTER CODED. (very bradley pov in their first breakup I do believe)
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TOP GUN: MAVERICK (2022)
How it started vs How it ends
Rooster(arguing with Hangman through his front door): Jake, you can't
marry him. You're making a big mistake.
Hangman: Would you get it through your thick skull? I am marrying him, and there's nothing you can say
to change that!
Rooster:…Marry me.
Hangman:…Excuse me?
Rooster: Please.
Hangman(finally opens the door to look at Rooster):…Did you just ask me to marry you?
Rooster: Yes. Damn it, Jake…When you walked out this morning, I-- I felt all the life drain out of me. I sat in that hangar, and all I could think about is all the years we've known each other. We've already spent a lifetime together. Nobody knows me better than you. And no one knows you better than I do. How can you even think about marrying another guy? It's wrong! Having kids with him. Growing old together….That's our marriage. Those are our kids. It's our lifetime. We're supposed to be together…I love you, Jake.
(Hangman stays quiet)
Rooster: Well...I guess, um...sometimes love just isn't enough, huh?
Hangman:…Ask me again.
Rooster: What?
Hangman: Ask me again.
Rooster:…Will you marry me?
Hangman:…Oh, what the heck.
(Rooster kisses him)
Hangman(walking up to Cyclone’s office, sees Rooster waiting):…What’re you doing here?
Rooster: I was summoned to be here.
Hangman: By what, a dog whistle or a spell book?
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Like fathers, like sons (in-law)
The family that cowboys together stays together
Obligatory save a horse ride a cowboy
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Anonymous asked:
22 or 33 with hangster? 👀🥰
I went with #33 because A kiss to a scar, birthmark, injury, or other marking is adorable!
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“And this one?”
Bradley pressed his mouth against a long-faded scar curving around Jake’s calf, foot propped up against his shoulder as he stared down at the man reclining against the pillow. Jake shifted, curling a hand behind his head, his bicep flexing before it relaxed and he settled further into the pillow.
“Fell off a pony,” Jake said, a smirk curling at his mouth.
“And here I thought you were smart enough not to get on a horse when you wanted to fly,” Bradley said, kissing against the mark again before shifting closer, Jake’s knee resting against his shoulder as Bradley ran fingers over his thigh.
“No, darlin’. Not a horse, a pony.”
“There’s a difference?”
“Hell, yeah, there’s a difference. I was six at a county fair and was ridin’ this pony that was barely tall enough to hit my Mama’s hip, going in a goddamn circle and bawling my eyes out because I was so terrified. The goddamn thing snorted and shook it’s head and I had to get off according to my Mama and so I got off but I ended up getting caught up in the saddle and was dragged for what felt like hours but was apparently only a second before the ride operator got me. But it was enough to catch my leg on somethin’ and cut it up.”
Bradley did his best to keep his face straight but he couldn’t at the thought about small, Jake, red faced and crying at the sight of a horse. Jake was trying to look at him, glaring but even he was fighting a smile.
“What sorta cowboy are you?” Bradley murmured, kissing Jake’s thigh as his fingers found nothing but unmarked skin and let Jake’s leg slide off his shoulder so he could brace hands and drop a kiss over the appendix scar he had already kissed before shifting up, his exploration complete.
“The kind that grew up in suburban Texas,” Jake replied, hooking an arm around Bradley’s neck and pulling him close. “Which you well know.”
“I do,” Bradley said, remembering the two-story house with the white picket fence, two happily married parents, an aging golden retriever and two siblings, all married with screaming kids who didn’t quite understand who Bradley was to Jake, but loved Uncle Jake enough that Bradley was deemed cool. “I’ll keep your secret.”
“It’s not a secret,” Jake said, laughing as he always did whenever someone tried to pretend he was some sort of cowboy. Before Bradley could respond, Jake rolled them, settling into the cradle of Bradley’s hips and he leaned down, pressing his mouth against the scars on Bradley’s jaw. “My turn.”
Bradley lifted his chin. “You know that story.”
“I’m gonna know them all by the time I’m done with you.”
Bradley grinned and closed his eyes, settling back against the pillow. “Have at it, baby.”
(Coyote is worried that Hangman is getting too close to Rooster again)
Coyote: Look, Bradshaw will -
Hangman: - What, hurt me? Dump me? Been there, done that, wrote a country song.
I just love the idea of of Bradley being supremely depressed about something(wait, don't @ me, there's more), refusing to talk to/confide in any of his friends...and so they go to Jake.
And whoever it is who's come to him (let's be honest, it's probably Phoenix) is just like "...he needs someone. He needs you."
Even Maverick coming to him being like "Bradley won't talk to me...but he'll talk to you."
Because they know.
They all know.
And even if they are still in the Divorce Era of their relationship...Jake would go to Bradley. And he would push Bradley until he talked to him. He would let Bradley storm off and slam the door to his bedroom, confining himself there for the rest of the night...then be there sleeping on the couch when Bradley walks out into the living room the next morning.
Because Jake loves Bradley.
And no matter how angry either of them are, Jake has never completely given up on Bradley, and he never will. So he stays there until Bradley opens up to him.
And then he stays a little longer, to hold him while he cries.
And he stays a little longer after that, to lay next to Bradley and watch him while he sleeps.