#willingly

(No Ice doesn't have cancer, and canopy who??)

So, they're there and everyone's looking between older calmly smiling Mav, still in the same getup and not looking older than 48 at 60, soft and comfortable in his own skin and blessedly quiet for once, and then looking at 1986 Maverick, who half-feral, grinning manically at his older self and got carded at the O club just last night, then started a brawl. He looks ready to either steal a jet or tear something limb from limb.

Mostly the 86 flyboys can't believe that Mav calmed down over the years and mellowed out, the not aging was less of a suprise than the fact he lived so long too.

Then, the older Maverick grins and they all suddenly think, nah this guys just as insane as our one.

(Then older Ice confirms it when 22' Mav tries to play innocent, reminding him he flew a test aircraft meant for mach 9 at mach 10

Mav chimes in to tell him mach 10 point 4!!

Ice continues with then you went on a goddamn suicide mission, got shot down and stole one of their jets to get back!!l)

LOOK AT HIM

THIS POOR BOY HAS NO IDEA HES GOING TO BECOME GOD! HE DOESNT EVEN KNOW WHAT AN ENCYCLOPEDIA IS!!