#Yeah cougar may have stepped down but he would still go the mile for Slider
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So, inspired by this post (which is not mine, and if OP doesn't want me to take it as inspiration it's alright) and my inability not to wrote angst... Here's a bit of what I scribbled over lunch!
Feat. Cougar and Slider still being close from academy days, and Goose trying to spare him a heartbreak.
Not feat. Merlin, but he'll be there too. And an absolutely oblivious Ice. Like... Man, really? He can't stop staring and you spend years not noticing? Ugh!!!
[...]
Maybe winning Top Gun could do the trick.
Yeah. Yeah, it could.
"hey, Coug. How you doing?"
"I'm good. Fuck, sorry... That migs truly messed up our lifelong plans, mh?"
"can't blame you. How's your baby boy?" Cougar laughed on the line.
"keeping me awake at night. worse than you."
"hey! I never--"
"Sli. My dear, good Sli. How many times I threatened to dump your restless ass out of the room?"
"you guys would've never." slider pout over the phone, he knew his tone would reflect it, and he knew Cougar was still not immune. The man laughed again.
"no, because you would make us feel guilty forever with that puppy face. Enough about that. Tell me." he lowered his voice to a more conspiring tone. "you gonna do it? You can't have done already, we would know."
Slider hesitated.
"when we win..." he settled in the end. Cougar let out a soft whistle.
"when you win. Not if. When. Sli, you start acting like your pretty boy too."
Yeah, he was. Except Ice wasn't his.
And he never would.
"keep me posted on your training, yeah? I know, I know, I'm out and I chose it, but you're still one of my closest friends. You're my baby brother. So you'll have to tell me everything."
Slider hummed in agreement and the phone call finished with him not telling everything. Actually, with him lying.
[...]
"you were friends. He can't be that terrible." Mav said.
"he is. Let me tell you, it's gonna end up in tears and heartbreak. I'd hate to see that."
But whose, he wondered. And yet he knew. And he hated it much more than he ever claimed he would.
"what are you trying to do, Goose?"
Slider asked, his voice so different now, hardened, where was the softness?
"me? Nothing. Why do you think--"
"telling your short pilot that Ice is not good enough for him. What the fuck?! Ice is more than enough."
Goose frowned, he swallowed, looked back at him.
"I was--"
"are you trying to hurt Tom? Because that's what's gonna happen. Fuck. He can't stop talking about him. The way he laughs, the smile, the way his eyes shines and--"
"reminds me of someone..." goose found himself whisper and Slider chuckled. He sounded vaguely wet.
"your pilot too, mh?" the smile was far from reaching his eyes. Goose wanted to reach out the way he used to.
"both of them, yeah."
"both of----"
Oh. Oh...
Goose noticed his lower lip tremble slightly as he stretched them in a smile. So, so sad. Distant. Teary.
"don't Goose."
And there. There it was, that softness. Not lost, just hidden. Hidden behind pain and tears a heart that Goose knew was hurting more than he deserved.
"I'm not worth the trouble. Besides, I love the smile he has now. Don't take it away for something never meant to happen."
(goose thought of calling both Merlin and Cougar to Miramar for backup. He didn't thought he would make that call with his heart stuck into his throat after the disaster Hop 31 ended up being. He expected the tears, but not the punch Cougar managed to land on Ice. Neither him nor Merlin stopped him when he lounged, though.)
⬆️ That is just an idea if I want it to end in actual tears. The other idea still has tears and a punch, but Sli is "just" in a coma.
#Top gun fanfic#Slice#unrequited love#icemav mention#Oblivious ice#Yeah cougar may have stepped down but he would still go the mile for Slider#Different hop 31 outcome#(love to write the boys adopting each other's at various times)#Angst#And potentially more angst too#Aki writes#Ron slider kerner#Tom iceman kazansky#bill cougar cortell#Nick Goose bradshaw#Pete maverick Mitchell
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