Top Gun (Movies)
by VarjoRuusu
"I'm sorry to have to do this this way," Ice starts and he can already see the devastation and panic on Bradley's face, thinking Ice is going to rip his wings away before he even has them. Again. Ice sighs. "Sit down," he says softly. "Please."Bradley casts a glance at him, then does as he's told as Ice takes a breath."Maverick pulled your papers because your mother asked him to," Ice says bluntly, and Bradley's world collapses."What?" he manages to croak and slowly, carefully, Ice explains everything Maverick should have four and a half years before. Tells him how Carole was so scared of leaving her boy alone when he was only fourteen, how she didn't want him in the air, she didn't want him to die young like Goose had. He explains how Maverick didn't want Bradley to end up hating his mother, or resenting her, so he took it all on himself.There is silence for a long time after he finishes before Bradley quietly asks to be dismissed and after a moments hesitation, Ice nods."Bradley," he says, catching him at the door. "I didn't know until after. If I had, I would have stopped him." It's the best he can offer, and it's the truth.--Or, Ice is gonna fix this once and for all.
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