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  1. Public Bookmark 98

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    Pete stares at the speakers as the song's first notes start playing, but his brain is looping back the words, rolling the radio name over until it sticks to the warm voice that had spoken it. He removes his hand from the dial.

    There's no indication that this man's show will play his regular kind of music; the current song choice directly reflects that belief, but... Pete's always been a sucker for voices, and this Ice fella has a pretty nice one (and if the morbid thought that maybe it'd be a good enough voice to be the last one he hears crosses his mind, that's not for anyone else to worry about.) He lets Lauper croon and sets his paper cup down, ready to get back to work.

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    13 Aug 2025

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    >_< so cute

  2. Public Bookmark 46

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    Before Maverick can think better of it, he’s standing on his toes and kissing Goose's jaw.

    Goose’s pupils are blown wide. He gazes down at Maverick, lips parted. The dance floor lights illuminate him in all sorts of colors that travel over his hair and face.

    “Hollywood’s watching,” Maverick says, voice low. “Sorry. I shouldn’t—”

    “You didn’t do it right.” Goose leans down just the slightest bit and kisses him square on the mouth.

    In the mid-90s, Hollywood and Wolfman errantly assume Goose and Maverick are dating. Is it really so errant after all?

    Title from "Give It Up," by Evelyn "Champagne" King.

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    08 Aug 2025

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    going squee and kicking my legs and twirling my hair like im not an adult woman who should be jobhunting rn

  3. Public Bookmark 15

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    When Goose is injured in a training accident, Maverick bakes him cookies to make him feel better.

    Featuring a series of vignettes about Pete's childhood with Nick.

    Title from "Will You Still Love Me?" by Chicago.

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    07 Aug 2025

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    this author got me to rewatch top gun and now i think i like top gun

  4. Rec 17

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    Hands snake around his waist from behind. He doesn’t have to turn to know that it’s Carole, and something swells inside him, something insistent and happy. He sighs, leans his head back against Carole. Reaches out to stroke up and down Goose’s arm.

    1987: Goose has been medically discharged from the Navy and now lives with his family in Tennessee. Through a series of snapshots, Maverick realizes he is in love.

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    07 Aug 2025

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    i think i have to rewatch top gun

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    “Here it is,” Carole says, bringing Mav’s wheelchair to a stop.

    Mav’s mouth is dry. He aches for another cup of water. “Carole, tell me something, and don’t lie to me.”

    “Anything, Maverick.”

    “How bad does he look?”

    Carole is quiet for a while. Then she comes around and kneels in front of Mav, taking both of his hands in her own. Her eyes swim with tears. “If I didn’t know any better,” she says, voice breaking, “I’d think he was dead.”

    Or, Goose is alive when they hit the water. That's enough.

    Title from "Into the West."

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    06 Aug 2025

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    i didn't expect this to get to me considering i don't enjoy top gun and haven't seen it in yonks. but. well. here we are