As each jet took off, the pounding in Y/n's head grew louder and harder. Her mouth grew dry as her hand gripped firmly on the stick. She braced as her jet was shot across the sky. All she cares about now is protecting Rooster and getting home. That's it. Just think of it as simple flying, Daggers. "Copy defending below the radar," Maverick's voice came clear through her head. All at once the f-18 move below the clouds. "Here we go," Mav said again " Enemy territory up ahead. Feet dry in 60 seconds. Commander Dagger one. Picture." Y/n glances at the land ahead of us. This is it. The mission of her life. "Dagger attack." This was it, that was Mav's signal. "Daggers assume attack formation." Rooster behind me and I take my spot behind him. "Daggers set. Proceeding to make our way into the canyon mouth. Two minutes and 30 seconds in 3." Y/n breathes in closing her eyes "2." She releases her breath and opens her eyes. All of us get our stop watches Maverick mutters "1." Rooster mutters "Two marks." Y/n dry throat mutters "Three Marks." "Four mark." Mav called "Going in." As he mutters that, the group speeds out. They weren't even 10 seconds when Mav spokes "First SAM site overhead." Y/n was careful to keep the jet steady. "Looks like we're clear radar, Mav," she mutters as the group takes turns.
"Let's not take it for granted." "More SAM's 3 o'clock!" Fanboy yells. Y/n again, take care to make sure she was steady. "We got 2 minutes to target," Bod announced.Y/n was steady, but Payback interrupted "Copy, we're a few seconds behind, Rooster, we gotta move." Y/n's chest filled with worry. But then Fanboy called "Rooster, picking up 2 bandits. Single group the contracts." "Comanche, what's their heading?" Y/n asked, but not taking her eyes off of the path, and keeping close to Mav. "Bullseyes 090, 50 tacked southeast," Comanche responds "They're heading away from us. They don't know we're here," Rooster called out. "The second those tomahawks hit the airbase, those bandits are gonna move to defend the target, increase speed," Maverick spoke almost too calmly. "You got it," Y/n says and speeding up. "I don't see Rooster," Bob called out, making me stop. "Rooster?" I call out. "Keep it steady, Daggs," Mav called out to her. She snaps out of her daydream as they cross under a bride. She carefully guided the jet under the bridge. As she leveled out again, she tuned in back to the conversations. The group was calling out to Rooster. He still wasn't behind. "Talk to me, Dad," she heard him muttered.
"Come on kid, you can do this," Mav said. Y/n hands sweated in her gloves. "Bradley, you can do this. You are the only person who is stopping you from proving yourself. Please," she begs. Y/n hears a sigh. She doesn't hear anything for a while. But the yells of Fanboy caught her off guard. "Jesus, Rooster not that fast." Y/n smiled wide and she kept a steady pace. "That's my guy." She muttered. "That's right, kid. Alright, let's go." Mav said. "All for you, Princess," Rooster's voice called. "Eww, come on you two, focus," Payback calls out. Y/n, lets out a breathy chuckle. "Bob, check your laser," Maverick stated. "Air to ground, check complete. Laser code, verified, 1688. Laser is a go." Bob reported. "Dags, stand by for pop-up, strike," Mav said as Y/n nodded. "Dagger 3 in position." This is it, you can do this. "Popping in 3, 2, 1."
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When We Were Young (Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw x FEM reader)
FanfictionBradley aka "Rooster" and Y/n aka Daggers were really close when they were kids since Y/n's father is none other than Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky. But when Maverick pulled Bradley's papers into Top Gun and Y/n went on without him, Bradley swore never to c...
