Hondo: You do realize there's a rumor going around the base that you're in love with Admiral Kazansky?
Maverick: A rumor? Are you telling me people are doubting it?
soapghost who just kind of fall into dating without even thinking about it. like slowly, bit by bit, they just start doing Couple Things without thinking about it. ghost is passing soap the thing hes looking for without him even having to ask for it. soap kisses his cheek in thanks. ghost goes :] bc he simply expected it.
soap slinking up behind ghost and hugging him whenever hes doing smth else. ghost is talking to someone else and soap just plants his face btwn his shoulders and ghost just holds his hands and continues the conversation like its normal
they have regular "hangout sessions" dedicated to just the two of them and they get rlly frustrated when someone joins them during one. theyre literally just dates. oblivious fools.
theyre sleeping together and one day ghost wakes up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat like "holy shit we're DATING???" and soaps like "HOLY SHIT WE ARE"
top gun characters as lyrics (taylors version)
Rest for a moment
soapghost au where soap is a paranormal investigator, and ghost is his 'investigating partner' with a supposedly ironic nickname, who's straight up just a demon
they go ghost hunting together and ghost is the one who pretends he doesnt believe in the paranormal, whereas soap takes it seriously. in truth, ghost is the one keeping soap safe as the paranormal have a Healthy Fear for him and dont mess with soap too much whilst hes there.
soap teasing him like "you hear those footsteps? cant deny those!" and ghost is grumbling like no, never, its just the wind, whilst hes fuckin Glaring Down a lower demon in the corner of the room
unwitting soap and his boyfriend ghost, whos a little strange and seems a little edgy but hes totally well adjusted its okay!! (he is a little wrath demon. soap has no idea)
Iceman: I’m in love
Iceman: With maverick
Iceman: I’m in love with maverick
Slider:
Slider: Maverick?
Slider: Short, smartass, 5’7 little shit of a pilot? That one?
Iceman: Yeah
Slider:
Iceman:Thoughts?
Slider: Prayers Ice, prayers, clearly you both have no thoughts
y’all ever think about hangman’s “you give ’em hell”
same
and then I think about later on the carrier, when all the adrenaline is gone and they’ve retreated to their bunks and jake feels stupid for saying that when there were so many other things he wanted to say to bradley.
so jake’s rambling a bit, trying to both defend his line and insist it wasn’t the right thing to say, and bradley’s just very tiredly rasping out from his bunk — “seresin. hangman. jake.”
finally, rooster’s voice cuts through and jake stops for a second, and then — “shit, sorry. you’re probably in pain from the mission and I’m keeping you up and…”
and bradley, from his bunk, is just like “dude, you really love the sound of your own voice, huh?”
jake finally stops rambling bc he’s laughing and he leans over his bunk to look down at bradley. he can see how tired bradley is and bradley’s just smiling all soft, eyes barely open, and he just whispers a gentle, “you’ve got all the time in the world to tell me whatever you want, man. you helped get me home. I gave ‘em hell and you did, too.”
“…. I know. I know, but. I should’ve — I wanted to say…”
“I know. me, too.”
and jake just goes still for a minute, and then he’s getting out of his bunk and slowly sliding into bradley’s, careful to avoid the bruising on his chest and the cut that’s bandaged on his leg.
“this is definitely against regulation,” bradley grumbles, but he’s breathing out a sigh and tangling his fingers in the bottom of jake’s shirt, holding it like a lifeline.
jake just snorts and rolls his eyes. brushes his thumb over bradley’s knuckles.
“you can give me hell for it in the morning after you get some sleep.”
bradley’s snoring within minutes, still just barely smiling as he sleeps, hand curled against jake’s belly.
Maverick: Is there a cactus where your heart should be?
Slider: What's up your ass this morning?
Iceman: *enters* Hey
Slider: Hmm, nevermind
Maverick: *chokes on coffee*