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Don’t ask, don’t stop || Ron “Slider” Kerner/Nick “Goose” Bradshaw

Don’t ask, don’t stop. Summary: Goose needs to clear his mind, he finds his quiet space. And another problem finds him. 1313 words Ron “Slider” Kerner/Nick “Goose” Bradshaw Warnings: None. Notes: I really should stop fighting the muses. Thank you so much @writercole for the beta. I love comments and reblogs, likes make me happy. Thank you so very much for reading. It’s so appreciated and means the most. Cross posted to @wbslibrary follow there for more fic (tagging in a few: @lorecraft @green-socks @semperhuggs @antiquitea @skiddit @pollyna @sliderkerner @icemankazansky )

It was late, the neighborhood fast asleep. The streets were empty save for a few lone cars, even the 24-hour diner was empty. Nick rubs his eyes with one hand while stopped at a red light, cursing the lack of sleep, the ass chewing replaying in his mind over and over. It was stupid, going beneath the hard deck, even stupider to do the fly by. He had cleared the air a bit with Mav, but the anxiety still crept up his spine, making a home in his already cluttered mind. Nick continues driving until he finds the parking lot he was looking for, shoving a few crumpled dollars into the paybox for his haphazardly parked vehicle before making his way down the beach.

When the hard packed sand gives way, Nick sits at the edge, taking his shoes and socks off, rolling his jeans up a little. He digs his toes into the soft, cool sand, hands in the pocket of his jacket. The night is a little chilly, the cloudless ablaze with the soft light of stars. He’s far enough from the water’s edge to avoid the spray, but he can still hear the waves crashing into the shore, rhythmic, steady, calming.

It’s easier to breathe out here. He rolls his neck, eyes closed, just listening to the water. The sea breeze carries the scent of sweet beach grass on the salty air. Here, he could sit, take the time to untangle the gnarled ball of thoughts, simply exist without Mav vibrating so hard that even Nick’s cells shake. He loves the man, he really does—Pete’s his brother, his best friend, but there’s so much riding on this, so much at stake. Pete’s not holding on tight enough, or maybe Nick’s holding too tight, he’s not sure.

That was the story with them though.

Nick looks up when something cold and damp presses against his neck. Slider is standing next to him, a bottle of beer in his hand. Nick takes it, Slider thumps into the sand next to him.

“Isn’t it past your bedtime Goose?”

Nick snorts, twisting the bottle cap off. “Stalking me, Slider?”

“You went past me at an intersection,” Slider says, “I got curious and followed. Thought it might be a girl, but I found you here. Moping.”

“I’m not moping.”

“You’re sitting in the sand, by yourself, all huddled up, Bradshaw. I’d say that’s moping.”

“I’m thinking, a concept that I understand may be difficult for you to grasp.” Nick takes a sip of his beer. “Thanks.”

“Don’t be a dickhead. I’m trying to be nice.”

Their shoulders brush, Slider a warm, solid line of mass against him. It’s comforting. They had drifted a bit after Annapolis, but somehow they were drawn back together. An act of nature, or some immutable law put in motion by the universe. It was a push and pull, circling, peacocking—not nearly as obvious as the pilots, but RIOs had their own reputations to hold up.

“How badly did you get your ass chewed?” Slider breaks the quiet.

“Thinking about becoming a trucker.” Nick says. “Cross country hauling.”

“You’d hate it.” There’s a soft chuckle, and Slider nudges him. “You’d get bored so quickly.”

“Maybe,” Nick sighs

“You would. You belong in the air, jackass. Same as me. Same as Ice and Mav.”

“Watch out, someone may hear you. Then you’d have to explain that you have emotions and shit, Kerner.” Nick bumps him right back, enjoying the banter that is usually overshadowed by the two pilots showboating.

“I have emotions. I just keep them to myself,” Slider laughs again. “I need the two of you around. You honestly think there’s anyone else me and Ice can compete against?”

“Oh, so now we’re competition?”

“You think Wood and Wolf are?” Slider says. “You and Maverick are the only two that keep us on our toes.”

“I didn’t think you cared,” Nick laughs. “Thought you considered us another obstacle.”

“I do care,” Slider objects, faking offense with a gasp, “that stings Bradshaw. Are you forgetting our time at the academy?”

“We almost got kicked out of there too,” Nick chuckles as he bumps his shoulder again.

“I think you’re the problem.”

“You’re also a common denominator, and so is Ice,” Nick points out with a smile, “but, you’re the problem.”

He stays quiet after that, letting the rolling waves fill the silence as they drink. The night chill sends a shiver through Nick's body, and he instinctively curls towards the warmth beside him, the heat radiating from the man beside him enticing him. Slider shifts and Nick catches a whiff of his cologne, subtle, expensive, and rich. As it settles into Nick's senses, he relaxes, and the thought crosses his mind that it's nice.

This is nice.

It's a problem.

There are a few things that Nick doesn't talk about. The relationship he had with his father. The fact that he was a virgin until he was nearly twenty-two. That he was scared of the dark nearly that long as well. And that it wasn't only women that caught his eye or captured his heart.

“I may be a problem, but I’m here aren’t I?” Slider grins.

“Let’s hear it for RIO solidarity.” Nick taps his beer bottle against Slider’s, offering a quick grin, one he knows doesn’t quite meet his eyes.

“We’re friends,” Slider mumbles, his eyes focusing on the waves in the distance. “Unless I’m mistaken.”

“You aren’t,” Nick assures, “it’s just a lot, and I don’t want to fuck this up.”

“Keep Mav from doing fly bys and you two should be fine,” Slider scoffs.

“He’s showing off,” Nick mutters. “He wants everyone to know who he is. All the attention on him.” He looks at Slider, something twisting in his chest. The other man is looking out to the water, but he glances at Nick, their eyes meeting, holding each other’s gazes. Nick barely remembers to breathe, the warmth in Slider’s eyes washing over him. They’re close, too close, Nick’s free hand curling in the sand, physically stopping himself from reaching up, tracing along Slider’s strong jaw.

Instead, he reverts to grade school behavior, and shoves gently at Slider again.

“One more time Bradshaw, I swear,” Slider grumbles. Nick smirks, shifting his weight to do it again.

Instead, he finds himself flat on his back in an instant, the coolness of the sand seeping through his clothes. Slider is on top of him, a weighty contrast of warmth to the comforting chill of the sand. He’s got one thick thigh between Nick’s own, a hand on his shoulder, pinning one of Nick’s arms to the ground. “If you needed to get it out physically, all you have to do is ask. I don’t mind wrestling around with you.”

It was something they had bonded over in the academy; both had wrestled in high school.

Nick swallows thickly, eyes raking Slider’s face, then dropping to his chest, and the flash of metal dangling from under the neck of Slider’s shirt. He reaches with his free hand, grabbing the ball chain of Slider’s dog tags, and pulls down, bringing their mouths together with a muffled grunt. Time stands still, the only thing registering is the pounding heartbeat in his ears.

And then Slider kisses him back.

Yielding, soft, softer than Nick had ever expected. He moans against Slider’s mouth, lips parting when the kiss deepens. The sand is soft, Slider’s weight pressing against him, the same hand that pinned him, now unzipping Nick’s jacket, palm dragging up his torso. Nick is taller by an inch, but Slider is broad, muscular, his shoulders roll when Nick’s hands span over his back.

“Nick?” Slider whispers, hoarse, the word pressed to Nick’s jaw.

“Don’t ask,” Nick replies, “don’t stop.”

“Copy that,” Slider murmurs, easing his mouth over Nick’s once more.

/end

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ddejavvu · 10 months

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Touch starved pilots of your choice cuddling their s/o headcanons

characters written: pete 'maverick' mitchell, nick 'goose' bradshaw, tom 'iceman' kazansky, ron 'slider' kerner, leonard 'wolfman' wolfe, rick 'hollywood' neven, beau 'cyclone' simpson, bradley 'rooster' bradshaw, jake 'hangman' seresin, natasha 'phoenix' trace, robert 'bob' floyd, javy 'coyote' machado, mickey 'fanboy' garcia, reuben 'payback' fitch

sfw, but cut for length. enjoy!

Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell:

depends on what age you're thinking!

if it's young!mav, he's probably just a liiiitle reluctant to let himself relax sometimes

he's sort of got his tough guy persona, and he's not used to dropping it, so when you get him alone he tries messing around at first

whether that's a few too many kisses, or a pinch to your side, he guards himself a bit before letting himself go

but when he does, oh, he's like a little kitten !

he lets you run your hands through his gelled hair (gross)

and it gets all misshapen and spiky

he probably just melts when you pet his hair like that, and he'll be snoozing on your chest in no time

now older!mav is definitely less of a tough nut to crack

he probably initiates the cuddling in the first place, he nudges you over to the bed and lays himself on top of you to crush you

you can push at his chest and splutter all you want, but he's made his choice on where he's going to lay, and it's on you

he likes holding you, but he wants to be face-to-face, so you can brush noses and bump foreheads

he probably tries sooo hard to stay awake so that he can soak in the time you're spending together but peepaw definitely crashes like 10 minutes in

Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw:

he also likes to be face to face!

buuut not for the same sweet reason as mav

he just wants to itch you with his mustache

he likes nipping at you too, he bites your nose to make you laugh

you won't be getting any sleep when you cuddle with goose, he just wants to talk and laugh and hold you the entire time

it's not a period of time to wind down, it's a big laugh-fest

and god FORBID you try to get up to pee

“Nick, I have to go.” / “Sorry, honey. I can’t let go. I think my hand’s stuck.” / “NICK!!”

Tom ‘Iceman’ Kazansky

he’s another one who probably has just a bit of trouble letting his guard down

he’ll cuddle with you no doubt, but he’ll probably always keep you in his lap or have some sort of upper hand in the embrace

it takes a while before he’s ready to be held himself

when he does finally give in it's so soft and sweet :')

he's had a really hard day and he comes home with his eyes drooping

you've planned a movie night but he doesn't even look like he could sit through an episode of a tv show

so you lead him to bed instead, and tell him you're sleepy, cause he won't 'ruin' the night by admitting that he is

you ask to play with his hair and he lets you, but he's not sure why 'cause you just said you were tired??

you basically have to trick him into being held but once his head is on your chest and your hands are in his hair he's gone.

he ends up mumbling something all sleepy and groggy like 'mm, that's nice' and his eyes are half shut and he's so endearingly tired :')

he wants you to do it all the time now, I'd say it's about 50/50 whether you fall asleep holding him or he falls asleep holding you

Ron 'Slider' Kerner:

slider's a big boy!!!!!!!

he's big and tall and muscly, the perfect cuddle buddy

he's probably more inclined to hold than be held

but he likes it when you face him so you can wrap your arms around his back :')

he probably likes it when he's able to bury his face in your neck/shoulder/against the top of your head

like he always wants his face snuggled in somewhere warm and nice smelling

and it just so happens his chest is an excellent place to get lost yourself

so you most of the time just nuzzle right into each other and get to snoozin'

i think he'd talk real soft, too, he'd murmur against your ear while you're drifting off, probably boring you to sleep with technical details of his flights but just before you crash for the night he slips in a little 'i love you, honey' and <33333

Leonard 'Wolfman' Wolfe:

he's a loser for his partner it has to be said

almost as teasing as nick is but not quite

he'll let you fall asleep he just wants to talk to you AllTheTime because he LovesYouSoMuch

he's a chatterbox and you'll be lucky if you get to sleep at a decent hour

he really likes it when you lay your head on his chest

'cause he likes playing with your hair and your face :]

sometimes he'll just use you as a little stress toy and squeeze your cheeks and pinch your nose and poke at your forehead

always making silly little jokes and telling you all about his day

down to, like, every comment one of his friends made...

'and then slider said he was gonna kill him but hollywood ran, so then they were just chasing each other around and iceman said-' / 'babe.. can we sleep? please?' / 'oh! right, sorry baby.'

Rick 'Hollywood' Neven

listen there's a reason he and wolfman get along so well

they're BOTH teases!!!

cuddling with hollywood is not really relaxing, because he's always pinching your sides or putting his nasty cold feet all over you, or pretending to knock you out by fake-punching you a bunch

you're just laying there and he's 'punching' your stomach, making fake punch sounds with his mouth, and if you push him away he'll pretend you've absolutely knocked him out, tumbling down onto the mattress with this dramatic thump and closing his eyes and sticking his tongue out of his mouth like he's a dead cartoon character 😭

he's like a dog you have to get his energy out before trying to rest with him or he just Won't Rest

when you DO get him sleepy, though, he's kinda incoherent when he's tired, so you'll be cuddled up together, maybe you're scratching his back, maybe he's playing with your hair, and he's just sort of mumbling nonsense until he finally drifts off to sleep

Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson:

will not be held

sorry! not happening

he's just so big and beefy and authoritative that he doesn't much enjoy being coddled

he loves cuddling with you though, he gets very relaxed just laying with you

he's a casual toucher, i think, so you can rest your head on his shoulder at the airport, you can hold his hand at restaurants, whether that be over or under the table, he lets you hang all over him however you want

he's not super into in-your-face PDA, though, so you'll have to be polite and considerate about it

actually in bed though, under the blankets at night?

he's so much more cuddly than you'd expect

he wraps his big strong arms around you and tugs you close and lets you melt all over him <33

your favorite place to lay your head is probably his chest 'cause it's so broad and firm and nice <3

he's a good back rubber so cuddles are always soft and cozy and sleepy

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw:

lord he's a cuddler

he's just a touchy guy, because he's probably gone without it for a significant amount of time so now that he's got you he's gonna enjoy it

big big big on pda, doesn't really care who sees

so that means cuddling in public, too

perfectly content to sit by the beach with you in his lap all cuddled back into his chest he doesn't care if anyone teases him

but back in bed he's a sucker for head scratches

if you have long-ish nails, enough to scratch at his scalp, he'll literally melt over you like an ice cream cone

his limbs go all gooey and he flops his head down on your chest, groaning and grunting while you scratch through his hair

he really enjoys sleeping on top of you, whether that be fully chest-to-chest 'you're suffocating me' cuddling or just an arm thrown over your stomach while he lays on his own

he likes being held, too, but probably prefers to hold unless he's having a hard day

Jake 'Hangman' Seresin:

big boy!! surprisingly fond of being held for everything we know about him

that cocky demeanor does not last under the sheets

he adores holding you, of course, he'll wrap his big arms around you and cradle your head to his chest

he probably plays with your hair, looooves it when you tangle your legs up with his own

he prefers if you talk to him rather than him talk to you if you're cuddling

cause he likes the sound of your voice and he loves hearing about your day

he tries to listen so attentively to what you're saying, but if you're taking a little too long telling him about that batty old customer that had visited the shop you work at today, his eyes are going to slowly start to droop and he's gonna let out a big ol yawn that means it's time for him to close his eyes

you always cut yourself off like 'sorry, jake. g'head, go to sleep'

and he insists you continue like 'nooo darlin' i wanna hear! keep going :]' except within two minutes he's dozing against the pillow while you talk about the old lady again

he's a simple man just talk soft and slow to him while snuggled up in his arms and he's gonna sleep no matter what you're telling him

Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace:

she really likes laying face-to-face with you!!

she's a fan of spooning, of course, she likes either burying her face in your back or letting you snuggle into hers

but she loves the intimacy that comes from being pretty much nose-to-nose with you

the type to lay there and chat with you mere inches away so that you're leaning in to kiss her all giggly and bashful every four seconds

she uses your cuddle time to tell you all about her teammates, what stupid shit jake said today, how bob almost tripped down the stairs, that fanboy's got a new girlfriend who wants to meet you, etc etc etc

but that means when you see them next you know all of the hot gossip about everyone and you giggle every time jake says something dumb and he's like WHAT.. WHAT IS IT.. WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME.. and you give nat this little ;) 'cause you'll definitely be talking shit about him later

she does this thing where she cradles the back of your head in her hand if you're face to face and she throws her leg over your waist and it gives you such intense butterflies that you need to close your eyes sometimes <3333

Robert 'Bob' Floyd:

cuddlebug <3

he loooves cuddling but if you do it face-to-face he's gonna need to be super close to you because he can't see without his glasses 😭

i'm taking like nose-to-nose so close that you have to cross your eyes to see him

otherwise he's pretty chill in what positions he likes

you love it when he reads to you

i think he might not be the most confident reader out loud but he does it anyways 'cause it puts you to sleep

he gets really sleepy really easily so sometimes it's best to refrain from cuddling in public

like you're out on the beach by a firepit and you're all snuggled up together but oops he can't enjoy his smores because he's sleeping on your shoulder

he loves it when you lay your head on his shoulder sm :'))

he wraps his arm around you and tugs you closer <3

Javy 'Coyote' Machado:

prefers holding to being held

probably a little less talkative than the rest, but that doesn't mean you never chat

he just has this insane ability to fall asleep anywhere, i'm talking slumped against the bus window, leaning against the wall, sitting on the ground, piloting his aircraft sorry

he likes staring at you, though, while he falls asleep :')

if you're talking to him he'll listen and nod and hum along and agree when he should, he's a very good listener

but slowly he'll start to fade a bit, and he'll sling his hand over your waist, smush his face into the pillow, and keep listening for as long as he can

slooooowly you start getting less responses from him, he's not reacting as much, but his eyes are always locked onto your face and he's got this lazy little smile on his face while he drifts off to sleep 'cause he gets to look at you the whole time :')

loverboy!!

Mickey 'Fanboy' Garcia:

the most talkative in the whole wide world

cuddling with him is barely even cuddling, it's watching him act out his entire day

'and then payback went like this and- BAM! shot it down.'

and he's up on his knees in the middle of the bed with his arms out demonstrating exactly how they'd worked through their training exercises that day

and he is loud and energetic and you're half-asleep like 'that sounds awesome, babe.'

he isn't one to stay in one place really, he likes tossing and turning a bit before he falls asleep which means that you are also going to be tossed and turned

he's a really shifty sleeper too so you'll wake up with your face in his armpit

if you're really sleepy though, he'll settle down, he'll pull you into his chest and let you fall asleep there

but he'll probably be on his phone for a bit, he strikes me as a crazy night owl

Reuben 'Payback' Fitch:

out in two seconds

there is no conscious cuddling with him

why?

because the second his head hits the pillow he's snoring

you can cuddle up to him but if he's cuddling up to you he's doing it in his sleep

you're actually so jealous of him bc you lay down for the night and he tucks his chin over your head or he snuggles his face into your neck and that's it.

he's out.

he's a clingy sleeper, though, so if you wanna read for a bit or use your phone it might be kind of hard

honestly it really helps your sleep schedule to sleep with him 'cause sometimes he's entirely wrapped around you and you can't move

so there's nothing to do but sleep yourself

he's like a living furnace i KNOW that man runs hot

you probably wake up sweating a bunch if you're all snuggly with him

blanket stealer. he somehow manages to tear them off of the end of the bed where they're tucked in and cocoon himself

and then you wake up freezing cold

when i said he snores i mean it he snores loud

it's sort of comforting eventually? like at first it drives u insane

but over time you come to rely on it as white noise and you can't sleep unless he's all over you snoring right in your ear and drooling on your shoulder

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