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International Fandom Day #2

this is my second post for international fandom day 2025 and this one will be of my favourite topgun fanfics

sidenote: I'm not your mother and I'm sure you guys are old enough to read tags and warnings on ao3 so no tags just reccomendations

i've got a blank space (i'll write your name) - @halestrom

"Bradley just wants to find love. Jake is his divorce lawyer." Starting my Top Gun fanfic recs off with an absolute banger. This fanfic is so, so, so good. The way they treat each other, the way they work is just incredibly well written and the seperate characters are written so incredibly well. I AM SICKKK-

When We Get Around to Talking About It - @compacflt

"Goose has been dead for a week and a half when Iceman loses his first wingman in a dogfight with six Soviet MiGs over the Sea of Okhotsk. Goose has been dead for thirty years when Iceman loses his second wingman to a surface-to-air missile on the tail-end of a mission he's responsible for: he's sent his family on a suicide mission to destroy a uranium enrichment facility in Russia's Far East. This is the story of those thirty years in the middle. (Or: Tom Kazansky rises through the ranks while trying to stay a good man. If he ever was one to begin with.)" Just finished this on Tuesday night and I was literally crying at the club last weekend over this! I heavily recommend the entire series if u like torturing yourself with old man yaoi.

We're All Haunting's Waiting To Happen - @halestrom

"Ever since he was a kid, Jake was able to see ghosts just like his family before him. As he got older, they taught him how to use his gifts to help people move on to be at peace and now, living in San Diego, he spends his days helping the people who need the help and hopes that, at the end of the day, he is making a difference and those people are at peace. Sadly, helping people move on doesn't pay the bills and so he moonlights as Hollie Gibson, the worlds number one contemporary romance author. With multiple number one best sellers and a movie in the works, Jake's writing career is at the top of the game. Too bad he's got a massive case of writers block. At least until he meets Bradley Bradshaw and the two of them fall into a casual relationship that could've been ripped straight from one of Jake's books and sparks more than just Jake's writing." Okay, I have to admit that I probably have read all of halestroms tgm fics…BUT THIS ONE changed my brain chemistry. The premise alone is so good it will knock your sock off. Once again the way halestrom writes Jake's character is just so good that I lack the words to express how I felt reading this.

Formula 1: Deceive to Achieve - greenstuff

"When new teammates, Jake and Bradley, agree to pretend they’re in a committed relationship to land a sponsorship deal, they probably should have factored in the possibility they might fall for their own lies." Take one look at my profile picture and tell me why the premise alone wouldn't catch me. But this was a pleasure to read!

we met and you claimed me (series) - haridwar

"“Did we really do this?” Bradley asked. It was the first thing he had said since Jake’s brainwave and Jake was not a fan of how upset he sounded. “Are we- did we get married?” or: what happens in Vegas…" arguably THE vegas fic of the topgun fandom

change is alright - haridwar

"Jake bet fifty-fifty on whether he was going to enjoy this conversation and stepped up to the passenger side door just as the window rolled down. He was greeted with a warm, smiling, moustachioed face which took him off guard. Though Jake didn’t recognise the driver, something about him verged upon familiar. His smile faltered as his gaze flitted over Jake’s face, eyes tightening in a way Jake didn’t want to overanalyse, but it made him seem no less friendly overall. “Where you headed?” “Closest ranch,” Jake replied, trying to keep his tone neutral as he made the snap decision to not identify himself for reasons he would rather not think about. or… little bit of homecoming, whole lot of drama" If this fic has 30k fans I am one of them, if it has 10 I am one of them, if it has one, its me and if it has none, i am fucking dead.

we're fools to make war - whimsicule

"In a Walmart at three am, between beef jerky and tortilla chips, with the lights flickering above them like it’s the fucking twilight zone, Bradley wants him more than he’s ever wanted anyone. or: it's a hundred degrees in texas." About the story. I have two words: immaculate and messy.

More than movie magic… - SunMonTue ( @tgmsunmontue )

"Jake is a Hollywood actor and Bradley is a stunt coordinator. Jake's about to make a few self-discoveries." Another one of those fics that i can re-read until my eyes fall out.

thank you so much for reading through these and feel free to comment if you have read them too!