Happy Birthday @altered60/@kalee60

Happy Birthday @altered60/@kalee60

An unbeta'd start to Hangmav sequel for you today!

— 2018 —

“Oh no you don’t!” A familiar voice rings out, catching Jake’s attention from where Javy is trying to convince him to challenge one of their classmates at darts. 

In what seemed like a miraculous early Christmas present Jake is told he’s been recommended for TOPGUN, something he’d been chasing his whole career. Mav had looked at him with pride, but a shadow of sadness had also crossed his face, and this time Jake wasn’t going to let it go. 

Mav had finally opened up about something he’d held so close after all these years and he had told Jake about his best friend Goose. Jake had listened intently and held Mav as the long-held grief wracked his body, and an outpouring of emotion had Mav crying, the first time Jake had ever witnessed it. 

A bell rings out and a loud cheer erupts from the room even as Jake pushes closer, catching glimpses of the woman standing behind the bar. She turns, a wide smile gracing her face as she hands four bottles to an eager patron and Jake freezes.

Penny Benjamin. She looked as beautiful as the last time Jake had seen her. Jake wonders if he can escape out of here without her seeing him. But he quickly assesses the situation. Penny is behind the bar of what he’s told is the place to unwind. He’s going to see her again sooner or later, and maybe he should just get this over with and say hello.

While Jake has been considering this all in his mind, the crowd has gently moved him closer to the woman in question and when he looks up, he finds himself standing directly in her eyeline. She cocks her head to the side as she registers just who is in front of her, and then she’s yelling out to someone to cover her as she moves from the bar separating them making her way towards Jake.

Jake wonders if she knows that he and Mav are together, even as she closes the distance between them and pulls him into a warm hug. “Well, aren't you a sight for sore eyes?” She pulls back and grabs his arm, guiding him outside and away from the growing patrons.