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1. so i'll blow out the candles (happy birthday to me) by GoldenOnTheMoon

   Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   21 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Tom "Iceman" Kazansky/Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Tom "Iceman" Kazansky & Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Nick "Goose" Bradshaw & Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Bob & Coyote & Fanboy & Hangman & Maverick & Payback & Phoenix & Rooster (Top Gun)
   • Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw & Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw/Jake "Hangman" Seresin
   • Carole Bradshaw/Nick "Goose" Bradshaw
   • Pete "Maverick" Mitchell & Jake "Hangman" Seresin
   • Robert "Bob" Floyd/Natasha "Phoenix" Trace
   • Pete "Maverick" Mitchell & "Dagger" Training Detachment Aviators
   • Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Tom "Iceman" Kazansky
   • Nick "Goose" Bradshaw
   • Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw
   • Jake "Hangman" Seresin
   • Robert "Bob" Floyd
   • Natasha "Phoenix" Trace
   • Javy "Coyote" Machado
   • Reuben "Payback" Fitch
   • Carole Bradshaw
   • "Dagger" Training Detachment Aviators (Top Gun)
   • Callie "Halo" Bassett
   • Mickey "Fanboy" Garcia
   • 5+1 Things
   • Birthday
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • see that happy ending tag?
   • yeah - Freeform
   • dont worry everything will get better
   • Tom "Iceman" Kazansky Lives
   • Drinking
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Needs A Hug
   • Hurt Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Between Top Gun (1986) and Top Gun: Maverick
   • Sad Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Post-Movie: Top Gun Maverick
   • Post-Movie: Top Gun (1986)
   • Song: teenage dream (Olivia Rodrigo)
   • sooo much angst yall
   • be prepared
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • aids crisis reference
   • Exes
   • Getting Back Together
   • Breaking Up & Making Up
   • Bisexual Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Gay Tom "Iceman" Kazansky
   • no beta we die like mavs will to live after i put him through years of trauma and angst
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Found Family
   • Fluff
   • MavDad
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • "Dagger" Training Detachment Aviators as Found Family (Top Gun)
   • "Dagger" Training Detachment Aviators as Family (Top Gun)
   • "Dagger" Training Detachment (Top Gun)
   • The Hard Deck Bar (Top Gun: Maverick)
   • Jake "Hangman" Seresin Has Bad Parents

   Summary

   Maverick is drunk as fuck. He was alone, and so very, very drunk.

   It was his birthday, anyway, he could be blackout drunk because he dictated his life, not anyone else. He was Pete “Maverick” fucking Mitchell; he deserved a drink every once in a while. Or every day... for the past three weeks.

   ...

   Or: 5 times Maverick is all alone on his birthday, and 1 time he's got everyone that loves him

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