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1. the relentless pull of gravity by sodapopper

   Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   03 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw & Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw & Jake "Hangman" Seresin
   • Amelia Benjamin & Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw
   • Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw
   • Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Jake "Hangman" Seresin
   • Penny Benjamin
   • Amelia Benjamin
   • Canon Compliant
   • Emotional Baggage
   • Father Figures
   • Parental Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Goose haunts the narrative
   • Reconciliation
   • fatherlessness as a form of bonding
   • Dysfunctional Relationships
   • Family Dynamics
   • nobody knows why hangman is here but he’s having a great time

   Summary

   “This doesn’t have to be weird,” Maverick said, the first time Bradley showed up at the hangar with a duffel bag full of clothes and childhood scars, but, well. It was still weird.

   Bradley built a life from the shrapnel of the one he burned. Turns out, Maverick did too.

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   Rooster's crash course through Father's Day blues, including but not limited to: an unwanted parental figure, a fake little sister, and a guy who's allergic to shutting up. Oh, and crushing guilt. Naturally.

   Series

   • Part 2 of residue of a stranger’s life

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   4,381

   Chapters:

   2/3

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