Life, uh, finds a way.

What Doesn't Kill Me (Makes Me Want You More)

By: @driftershunt | billcage

For: @whatiwouldnotgive | whatiwouldnotgive

Pairing: Penny Benjamin/Pete "Maverick" Mitchell

Rating: E

Word count: 3,268

Summary: Maverick is a virgin and his first time happens to be with one Penny Benjamin, who is certainly not a virgin.

he gets to ask/i get to tell

By: @whatiwouldnotgive | whatiwouldnotgive

For: @driftershunt | billcage

Pairing: Nick "Goose" Bradshaw/Pete "Maverick" Mitchell

Rating: E

Word count: 5,937

Summary: There’s a million things Goose wishes he could say to Mav. Words of familiarity, tenderness, that a lifetime of how men talk has forced behind the cage of his ribs and locked away. Instinctual gentleness and vulnerability that he was forced to put away during basic training. Goose-and-Maverick, when they grew out of being Pete-and-Nick, learned to live in the space between what is un-spoken and not done. Trained to find comfort in ambiguity. “It’s okay,” murmurs Goose as he soaps Mav’s belly and chest, washing away spit and come and sweat. “If you like that. I won’t tell no one, you know that. ‘Sides, I like it too.” “Yeah,” Mav says, sotto voce. “I do.”

Love how they flew in the same heli, but as soon as they hit the ground, they're all smiles and fistbumps as if they haven't seen each other in months 😭💗