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It was a miracle that Maverick and Rooster survived the mission despite the near death experiences. The both of them had to thank Hangman and you for saving them and getting them back to the ship.
What was more of a miracle was that Vice Admiral Cyclone did minimal shouting at Rooster for breaking orders and going after Maverick.
Now they were being taken to the infirmary to check and treat for any injuries. You don’t know why the doctors and nurses even bothered trying to separate the two.
Despite their rocky past, the two deeply cared about the other. You knew Uncle Mav did what he thought would be best for Rooster by pulling his papers. It was something you and your father never agreed with and expressed it to him.
Rooster was like a cousin to you and you knew he was just as stubborn as Mav. You couldn’t help but love the two to death. (Sometimes quite literally).
The weeks passed and you all found yourselves back at The Hard Deck. It didn’t matter how much you tried to behave, you knew, one way or another, Mav and Rooster would end up dragging you into their schemes.
“No! No! No way am I going to use my daddy’s name to get Cyclone to give us another three free days to play dogfight football,” you say.
“C’mon kid. You’re a Kerner. You’re Slider’s sunshine. He’ll move earth and planets to make the Navy listen to you,” Mav says.
“When did you turn into a poet?” You ask sarcastically.
Bradley throws an arm around your shoulder. “Princess. Whiskey… We all know Cyclone is sweet on you. Live up to your name Whiskey. Use those smooth words and seduce him.”
You can’t help but start laughing. “You do know I don’t have to seduce my own boyfriend?”
Penny comes over and refills your drinks. “I can already sense the chaos activating with you three.”
“I’m heading out to the beach to get away from these two troublemakers,” you say taking your drink with you.
Penny winks at them and at that moment the rest of the squad came out from hiding. “So is the plan set?”
Phoenix nods. “I’ll go keep her distracted for a moment but then Mav and Rooster come back into the mix while Yale and Fritz get Cyclone here.”
Fanboy starts setting up the camera to record the planned proposal.
But Penny knew. She already knew that whenever the three of you got together, nothing would ever go according to plan. She started closing out tabs and closing the bar early.
All of a sudden the aviators hear shouting and see Mav and Rooster running along the beach and you running after them yelling.
A group of college aged guys were following the three of you. It was then they realized that Mav and Rooster used you as bait to steal the guys’ football to start their own game.
Bob looks around a bit panicked. “Shouldn’t we stop them?”
You can feel uncle Goose and Ice just shaking their heads in disbelief. “I know… I know,” you mutter as you keep running after Mav and Rooster.
Penny finally rushes outside. “Did I miss anything? I closed off the bar. I didn't miss it right?”
Hangman hands her some popcorn (that mysteriously appeared) and a drink. “No you are just on time.”
Suddenly you feel yourself getting thrown over someone’s shoulders. You are about to start screaming, thinking it was one of the college guys. You then recognize the backside you’re looking down at. “Oh hey!” You give it a squeeze.
Maverick and Rooster stopped running and ended up explaining dogfight football to the college guys when they spotted you being carried by Cyclone. They shake their heads.
“As I live and breathe… I never thought I’d see Cyclone running at the beach?“
“Was that supposed to happen?” Bob asks looking around. “Did we all see the same thing?”
Phoenix wraps an arm around Bob’s shoulders. “Cyclones loves Whiskey too much to actually be mad at them. Mav and Roos on the other hand,” she says grimacing.
“Wait… I thought Rooster and Mav were supposed to be the distraction so the admiral could propose.”
“Wait! Whaaaa?!??” Hangman exclaims choking on his drink.
Payback helps pay his back. “We talked about this, you idiot. Next time stop looking at yourself so much in the mirror.”
“I have the flowers in the bar’s office” Bob says.
“I have the Avenger theme song… but wedding version ready!” Fanboy adds.
“I have my suit ready!” Harvard says. “I’m ready to look good for wedding season! All those push-ups help.”
Coyote shakes his head looking over the squad. “’m just here for the chaos and snacks.”
“Soooo what's the plan now?” Penny and Amelia, who had recently arrived, ask.
They all turn to see Cyclone spinning you in a circle as he hugged your waist. The only movement that was clear to them was your nodding.
