Roosterxhangman Stories

"Bradshaw, as I live and breathe." He grins because of course he does, all too familiar green eyes crinkling in the corners. "Hangman." Bradley sighs, a sardonic smile claiming his own lips at the sight of those hands grabbing a cue from Bob mid-strike. "You look," he tries to pick a jab, but the pause probably speaks for itself, so in the end he settles on a simple, "good." "Well, I am good, Rooster." The man replies with a pointed non-smirk, sending a ball in a hole with one smooth stroke. "I'm very good." ~ Or the one where I know nothing about the Navy or aviation, so I made it about the other subject I know nothing about - heists. Bradley and Jake have a past, but they've got to work a job together again and possibly even confront everything that went wrong between them before.

Jake is a Navy Academy grad and the youngest pilot at Top Gun. Rooster is one of the oldest, having worked his way up through the ranks. Jake is a brilliant pilot who seems drawn to danger. Rooster just thinks he's a psychopath. Jake is a liar. Rooster is his mark. The closer the two men get to each other, the more urgent finding the truth becomes. (sex scenes will have their own marked chapters, for readers who want to skip X-rated content)

After the successful mission in "Top Gun: Maverick", Rooster and Hangman come to terms with their rivalry, while concurrently dealing with their individual pasts. Maverick continues to wrestle with his own past and attempts to build his future away from Top Gun. Rooster finds himself in the center of all this turmoil. I am not a writer. But when I saw Top Gun: Maverick, I "saw" this story in my head, and had to write it down. It began as a short story (Chapter 1), and when I showed it to my sister, she told me that I had to keep writing. So I did.