you complete me

Bradley unplugging the jukebox and dragging Jake over to the piano with him right when he starts dancing with a stranger, smiling to himself as he watches the stranger mope away and find someone else to ogle at.

Jake noticing Bradley getting stares from other people at the hard deck and leaning in to talk to him over the music, making sure it looks far to romantic so nobody thinks they’d even have a chance with Bradley.

Bradley watching Jake play pool when someone comes over to him and asks if the “hot blonde guy winning at pool is single” and Bradley telling him to get lost, and that Jake’s never gonna be interested in someone like him.

Jake watching as girls throw themselves at Bradley, and Bradley nicely trying to reject them before Jake steps in with the loudest ‘he said he’s not interested’ voice he’s had to do since his sisters were in their teens.

Thus, he occasionally appears wherever Slider is to ask, "What's up his ass? Who pissed him off now?"

Only for Slider to tell him, "He's not angry, he's just dehydrated."

And that's how they operate. If Mav tries to approach Ice and Slider tugs him back by his collar, as impulsive as Maverick is, he takes the fucking hint. There is only one man who can handle Tom Kazanksy's moods and their relationship isn't far along enough for it to be him yet.