No bread 🦆

I'm thinking about the blue collar / white collar dynamic it creates, "lady and the tramp" style, and how you can also reverse it to make it angsty : tired and sad nepo baby Bradley / tired and frustrated Jake.

100 words for @topgundrabble

"Hold these, will you?"

Pete's hand reaches, automatically, for whatever Goose is handing him—doesn't bother lifting his head to check. He flinches back when something knocks against his face instead, and then his vision is smoky-dark, the glare of white paper made mute.

He frowns up at Goose—all his garish colors subdued, now.

Pete slides them off his nose, offers them back.

"Don't you need 'em?" he asks, gesturing at the eye-watering brightness beyond their little patch of shade.

if it weren't for second chances by ozonecologne

Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw x Jake "Hangman" Seresin (Top Gun: Maverick)

55k, rated E

Cyclone breathes through his nose and keeps going. “The Navy is eager to know what exactly a fifth-gen is capable of, and to make sure their best pilots are prepared to face them again. Surely you understand this.” “Yes, sir,” Rooster and Hangman answer together. “Good,” Cyclone says. “Then you’ll also understand when I tell you that after your leave has elapsed, you two will be stationed here to help develop the new training program together.” --- Or: what happens when your cocky rival becomes your actual partner in life, mostly without your say-so.

@topgun40fest Day 1: Colors <3