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Beaten and Blown by the Wind by martian_potato
Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies), Top Gun (Maverick), Top Gun: Maverick (2020)
22 Jul 2022
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Jake Seresin is the best of the best. He’s always been, because he hadn’t ever let himself be anything else.
In high school, that meant being the varsity swim team captain and graduating top of his class. At the Naval Academy, that meant being the fastest 200 meter freestyle swimmer they’d ever seen, meant being Valedictorian of his class and graduating with an aerospace engineering degree. At the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, it meant getting the top scores, it meant being sent to Top Gun. In the Navy, it meant being the only current generation Navy pilot to have a confirmed air combat kill since Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell.
He’s worked hard to be where he’s at today and he’s never been afraid to flaunt it.
Even if it means that his only constant, his only comfort, is the ghosts of the people he’s lost that dog his every move.
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This is a story about how Jake collects Admirals as father figures, falls in love, loses people, and comes out on top.
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- Part 1 of Still Building And Burning Down Love
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02 Jun 2026
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He looks at his glass of water, condensation dripping onto his hand where he’s still holding onto it lightly, still nearly full. She seems to make the same assessment, because just moments later, hands are on him, helping him up, well, more like carrying him with how hard he’s leaning on her.
And- when did Penny get so strong? Sure, he knew she was stronger than she seemed, but he was still taller than her and practically twice her weight.
Wait no. No, she’s taller than him. And bigger. The hands holding him up by the side and arm are much larger, more calloused, more worn, more familiar.
It better not be-
“You can make it home safe and sound all by yourself, huh Jake?”
He hasn’t heard Rooster say his name in what feels like eons.
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26 May 2026
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"What the fuck," Bradley says, because he may have already said it with a look, but some things bear repeating.
"Listen, Bradshaw," Jake says. "There's only so much pity about my non-existent love life I can take. These guys act like a successful career as a decorated Naval aviator is nothing if you don't have someone hanging off your arm."
"I don't see what that's got do with me," Bradley says. He's trying hard not to sound hysterical, he really is, but his hand is twitching with the need to slide right back against the neat tuck of Jake's waist.
or; Jake introduces Bradley to his high school friends as his boyfriend. Bradley's left with no choice but to go along with it.
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- Part 2 of my favourite people's favourite tropes
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25 May 2026
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But Here I Am, Loving You More Than You’ll Ever Know by thatsquirrelfromiceage
Fandoms: Top Gun: Maverick (2020)
05 Jul 2022
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The sound of Rooster’s voice may as well be another explosion, another heavy breath set free from the bottom of his stomach. It’s the moment he begins to understand what his mother wanted when she clutched and prayed to her rosary beads every night. Another reminder that he’s coming home. He’s coming home.
Or, Hangman saves Rooster’s life, then has to contend with the fact that he is a little in love with the mustached asshole.
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25 May 2026
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Jake frowns, straightening. It forces Keith to take a step back, air rushing back into Jake’s lungs. “You have a problem, man?”
“I don’t have a problem,” Rooster shrugs, sounding every bit like he has a problem. “Maybe Keith here has a problem, considering he can’t seem to stop rubbing his dick all over you.”
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Bookmarked by purplejacket
25 May 2026