TOP GUN: BACK TO MY ROOTS

LIEUTENANT

as i walked towards his car i could see him about to get in it
"jake!" i yelled as i ran up to him
"oh hey fawkes what's up"
i didn't say anything just hugged him
"one of those days huh?"
"oh you have no idea, can i get a ride home?"
"of course you can" he smiled down at me
"damn i really did a number on you didn't i?"
he said as he touched the hickey he had left on my neck,
"yeah your lucky admiral cane didn't see it"
i said rolling my eyes
"hey now, we're all adults here" he threw his hands up in the air before looking behind me to the left
"well at least most of us" he cocked an eyebrow
i turned around to see bradley looking around frantically
"oh god can we please go" i said walking to the other side of the car hoping he just wouldn't see me
unfortunately he did
"Y/N wait!" he jogged up to us
"you trying to avoid bradshaw?"
i sighed "don't worry about it"
bradley reached us and gave jake a glare
"i'm sorry about what i said i didn't-"
i cut him off
"save it lieutenant, i don't want to hear from you"
i turned and got into jakes truck, he did the same and bradley walked away
"what was that all about?" jake asked as he pulled out the parking lot
"that is a long story"
"another one!?" we laughed
"i promise i'll find time to tell you everything when it's all sorted out"
looked at him
"yeah, i'm going to hold that to you kid"
"oh come on!" he laughed at the stupid nickname

when he pulled into my driveway i noticed dad wasn't there
"you want me to come in?" jake put hi hand on my thigh, im a friendly comforting way
"no i'll be okay, plus i need to shower"
i sighed and closed my eyes for a second
"thanks for the ride bag man"
"oh god not you too now"
i laughed as i hoped out of his truck,
"okay okay i'll leave that for pheonix" i rolled my eyes
"thank you fawkes, and let me know if you need anything okay" he yelled as i walked away
"always do!" i yelled as i opened the front door

i walked into the empty house the first door in the right was bradley's room
i opened the door and decided to raid his closet for a new hoodie
when i found one i grabbed it and hugged it, it smelled like him
it reminded me of the big we shared today after his flight, of him holding my hand, of him looking into my eyes
i walked up the stairs to my room and took a shower, after i was done i put on his sweatshirt discarding the thought of putting on a bra, and a pair of biker shorts, oh how i loved myself a good pair of biker shorts, i headed downstairs to make some food but ended up settling on just water for the night
i heard a knock on the door
'god i hope dad just forgot his key or something' i thought to myself as i looked at myself in the mirror seeing ny hair still wet
i opened the door and was surprised to see the one and only, bradley bradshaw, jesus christ i did not need to deal with this right now
"what is it lieutenant?"
"i wanted to speak to maverick" i looked down at the ground in front of him
"he isn't here" i paused for a second "you know this is really unprofessional lieutenant bra-"
"goddamn it would you stop calling me lieutenant bradshaw!" he yelled cutting me off
i just stained at him
"can i please just be bradley again Y/N, please"
i could tell he was hurting
"i'm sorry about what i said today, i didn't want to leave" he looked down again
i felt bad, "come on in brad"
i opened the door more and walked inside he looked up surprised and walked inside
he took a look around, and the looked to his bedroom door,
"you can go in there,if you want to"
he looked at me and opened the door
"wow" he breathed out
"it's all, the same"
"das talked about making it an office but, every time we tried to move stuff, something always seemed to come up" i said moving a trophy back into place
he walked into his closet
"i see you've taken a liking to my old clothes"
he looked at me with a raised eyebrows my checks went red as i realized i was literally wearing one of his sweatshirts
"not like you were going to come back for them"
he laughed "yeah that's true"
we walked out of his room to the kitchen
"what did you do with the big room upstairs?" he asked looking slightly up
"uh it's my room now actually" 
there were two rooms upstairs one big room we used for storage and my room, but now that i was older i decided i wanted to switch
"you wanna see?" i blurted out
"is it weird if i say yes" he laughed looking at me
i laughed with him and shook my head
"lead the way" he put his hands up
i rolled my eyes at his gesture and walked up the stairs, thank god i was an OCD clean freak and my room wasn't a mess
"welcome to mi casa" i said as i opened the door
"damn Y/N this is nice" he said as he walked over to my dresser
stop of it was a tv and open shelves on the sided and one big open shelf on the top
"thank you i designed everything, dad made the shelves and turned my dresser into an entertainment center" i said watching him
he picked up some of the things on the desk
a paper crane, a jar of tops from work and a picture of me and bradley as little kids right next to it was my plane necklace he got me for christmas five years ago, it was weird having him here, although i felt comfortable
he sighed,
"i never should have left, really Y/N i didn't mean it, what i said i just" he sighed as he put the frame back down
i walked up next to him
"i know bradley, im just glad your here now"
he looked down at me as he put his hand on my arm
"i meant it when i said i missed you you know" he looked at me with his perfect brown eyes
"i know bradley, so did i" i put my hand on his shoulder
we started at each other again, our faces getting slightly closer by the second
"Y/N" he said it barely above a whisper
"yes bradley"
"can i kiss you?"
"yes"
he pushed his lips on mine
i can't quite explane it but this kiss was so much different than the one me and jake shared, it was softer, and i felt something, i felt safe, and happy.
as i kissed him back i melted into his body, wrapping an arm around his neck to pull him closer, when we pulled away he rested his fit head on mine
"you have no idea how long i've waited to do that" i said as i laughed lightly
"i'm gonna guess about five years" he said wrapping his arms around my waist
"oh my god he's a psychic" we both laughed
i wrapped my hands around him pulling him into a tight yet loving hug
"promise me you'll never leave me again" i felt tears in my eyes
"i promise" he said as he buried his head in my neck
this is exactly where i needed to be right now