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Melt the ice | Natasha "Phoenix" Trace

Pairing: Natasha "Phoenix" Trace x fem!Mitchell!reader (Penny and Mav's daughter. use of y/n and she has a nickname: Ice Queen)

Word count: 1.4k

Warnings: flirting, teasing, allusions to smut but nothing happens, use of pet names (pretty girl, princess), just Nat proving that she knows how to flirt better than anyone, and... implied rank kink

A/N: Listen I just... I just saw this gif and went feral, okay? that's it. enjoy this!

People called her Ice Queen.

For Nat, she was just Penny's older daughter.

Who also happened to be her boss's daughter. Mav, contrary to popular belief, wasn't a giant ogre who pushed every single possible suitor away from her. He knew that his daughter was capable of defending herself. She didn't need him to rescue her.

Not that she needed to be rescued.

Y/n worked as a waitress at the Hard Deck, and she was good at it. Always with a smile, she worked the night away, walking around the bar like it was her world and the rest of the mortals in there were just living in it. She had a routine: she worked her shift, and once it was over, she always sat on the same table, nursing a cold beer, while checking her phone and answering texts here and there.

Having a routine meant that everyone and their mother knew where to find her. Nat had seen lots of aviators trying to flirt with her, and also watched them walk away after a crash and burn. She didn't seem to be interested in aviators.

Or men, in general.

But that was only Natasha's theory.

There were only two aviators that hadn't tried their luck yet.

Hangman and Phoenix.

Hangman was a bit scared of the consequences if he ended up having a thing with Mav's daughter. He didn't want to be the object of Mav's wrath.

Phoenix didn't know if y/n was into girls, and she didn't want to put her in an uncomfortable position. But the more she watched her, the more she knew that she needed to try her luck. At least once, before she regretted it.

And tonight was the night.

"Y/n," Hangman says while sitting next to you, his voice making you lift your eyes from your phone. "You look beautiful tonight."

"I'm wearing a white shirt and jeans, I've been working all afternoon, I'm sweaty as fuck, and I reek of alcohol from that drink I spilled earlier." You rant, dropping the phone on the table. "How does any of that make me look beautiful?"

"It's your natural beauty, sweetheart," Jake smirks, winking at you.

You lean over the table, getting close to him. Jake's eyes widen a bit in surprise, as if the abrupt proximity wasn't something he was expecting. "Hangman, hell will freeze before I get involved with someone like you."

Jake sighs, scratching his eyebrow, and presses his lips into a thin line. "Message received loud and clear. Sorry to disturb you."

You chuckle to yourself, watching him walk away with his pride hurt, and his head low.

"Nothing?" Bob questions the pilot when he gets to the "Dagger table," as they call it.

"Crash and burn, buddies. That girl is an Ice Queen."

Natasha watches you, wondering how a nice girl like you doesn't get involved with any of these pilots. Well, he understands how you turned down guys like Jake. But you turned down Bob. Bob. The nicest guy to ever walk this earth. Maybe you're not into guys after all. But he has heard Mav and Penny talk about your ex and how much of a dick he was... Things aren't adding up.

But one thing is clear. Natasha Trace is not going to leave the Hard Deck tonight before trying her luck with you. She’s been waiting and waiting for you to show a sign that maybe you’re into girls, too. But she can’t wait anymore. Not even a second. And if you don’t give her the answer she’s looking for, she’s going to have to find out herself.

Grabbing Mickey’s tequila shot, Natasha chugs it down in a second and gets up from her tool.

"Woah, what was that for?" Mickey laughs, looking at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Liquid courage."

Bob frowns, and then he understands what she's meaning. "Oh my god, finally! Go get her."

Nat grabs her beer, eyeing you up and down before looking at the other Daggers. "Be right back, guys. I'm gonna melt the ice."

Jake and Rooster look at each other while Nat approaches the young Mitchell. "Fifty bucks says she doesn't get her."

Rooster smirks, and nods. "She will get her. Just wait."

"Do you know something we don't, Rooster?" Payback inquires, sitting on the stool that was previously occupied by Nat.

"Natasha is smooth, guys. She's gonna make her swoon."

"Hey, y/n," Nat says while sitting down. You look at her, smiling.

"Hi, Nat. What brings you to my lonely and cold table?" You joke, sliding your phone into your pants.

"Cold?"

You chuckle, sighing. "I hear what you all call me. Ice Queen."

Nat shakes her head, rolling her eyes. “That’s what happens to a girl when she has a bit of criteria.”

“Do you think I’m an Ice Queen, Natasha?” You ask her, twisting the beer in your hands.

“Nah. You’re just surrounded by idiots,” she says before changing the topic. “Hey, do you want to go shopping with me this weekend? I’m tired of always hanging out with the guys.”

You grin, delighted by the idea of going out with her. She’s really fun, and you haven’t had the occasion to meet her. “Yeah, sure! I don’t hang out with many girls around here either.”

“Yeah, there’s not a lot. And most of them are either married or have kids, so they don’t have that much free time.” She stops talking when she watches you yawn, covering your mouth. “I’m sorry, am I boring you?”

You shake your hand quickly, feeling bad. “No! No, of course not. It’s been a long day, and I’m tired, that’s all.”

“Oh, right,” Nat smirks, leaning back on her chair and uncrossing her legs, making herself bigger. “It must be tiring to be as pretty as you are.”

And right then and there, the Ice Queen herself melts down like a popsicle in mid July. “Oh dear, I’m not that pretty.”

“Believe me. You’re breathtaking.”

You press a hand to your cheek, afraid that she might notice how warm they feel. “Woah, Nat. Did you have too much to drink?”

She shakes her head, licking her lips slowly, her eyes never darting from your own. “No, I just like to see you all shy and cute.”

Suddenly, you feel hot. Too hot. And not only that, but the way she’s looking at you makes you feel like you're the hottest person on this planet, rivaling one of those Victoria Secret angels. And maybe that’s why you decide to follow her little game. “You got me all shy and cute; what are you going to do about it?”

She leans over the table, her fingertips brushing with yours, softly, tantalizingly, sending shivers straight down to your core. “I have a few ideas... but none of them I can put into practice here.”

You swallow, feeling your breathing accelerate every time her fingertips touch your skin. It burns in the most delicious of ways, and you find yourself thinking how those strong hands might feel in other places.

You mimic her movements, leaning over the table and being so close to her that you don’t need to raise your voice above a whisper for her to hear you. “W-why not?”

The space between you two is so small that when she speaks, her nose touches yours. “I don’t think Penny would let me enter her bar again if she saw me finger-fucking her precious little girl.”

The wanton moan you let out goes unnoticed by everyone thanks to the loud music and the talking of the other customers. “N-nat…”

“Want me to get you out of here, pretty girl?” She offers, wanting your full consent before she takes you to her home.

“Yes, Lieutenant.” You nod quickly, and Nat has to stop for a second before speaking again.

“Call me that again, and I’ll give you anything you want.” She mumbles, getting a few dollars from her pocket and leaving them on the table.

“I only want you, Lieutenant. I’ve been waiting for you all this time.” You confess, and you find in the way Nat smiles at you the promise of a night to remember.

“Oh, princess… The things I’m gonna do with you.” She grabs your hand, leading you out of the bar, ignoring the loud cheers of her friends, Hangman's annoyed expression while he pays Rooster, and how Maverick and Penny look at you, winking.

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idkwhylou · 1 year

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A weakness for the young ones

Summary : You have a little crush on your instructor and it turns out the she does too, positive point she likes young ones.

Natasha Trace x pilot!reader / f!reader

»» ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ─── ««

“Are you ready ?” Bob asked, nodding towards the closed door in front of them.

Natasha nodded before opening the door, the two entered with a determined step and advanced towards the Admiral who had sent them the email just a few days ago. The mission with Maverick had happened a while ago, everyone had become heroes, meanwhile Penny and Pete had married, some of the dagger squad had found someone and Phoenix had become captain with her WSO. Everyone had moved on and stayed in touch, many missions had been done together since the first one, but it's as if nothing had changed.

A few days ago the Admiral who was now at their side had summoned Bob and Natasha to warn them of their departure, the two pilots worked as a team and were excellent instructors, they were sent to lead not a mission but a group of young pilot fresh out of aviation school. The woman had to hide her astonishment at not understanding what was the purpose of sending two of Top Gun's best graduates to take care of young pilots, while conversely the blond was more than enthusiastic to go on a mission. The deployment was going to last three months and was located in Hawaii, the goal was to train the new pilots so that they become the best of their generation like Phoenix and Bob were for their. For these three months which already seemed too long and a real torture for the brunette, she and the WSO were both going to stay in the same place to their great relief, neither of them had been informed if other pilots had been also summoned, so they had no idea if they were going to work alone or have the opportunity to work with pilots they may know.

Their house was surprisingly very acceptable, it was by the sea which was perfect for Nat who loves the sea. The place was the perfect size for two people, two bedrooms with a common room connected to the kitchen as well as a shared bathroom, it was in these moments that the woman realized how lucky she was to have a WSO like Bob, he was far from complicated and being the gentleman that he is, he had left her the biggest room that overlooked the beach. All you had to do was open the window door and you were directly with your feet in the hot sand. Of course the base was not far from this one but the local bar which welcomed all kinds of soldiers was also close to the residence.

As the man continued to explain the purpose of the arrival of the two pilots placed behind him, the brunette observed attentively the people in front of them even if she knew very well that Bob was already doing it without even realizing it, she quickly spotted two boys not listening to anything their superior said to them, she made a mental note to remind herself of their inattention. Her eyes then fell on a you in the last row, you were alone and unlike your teammates were very attentive, Natasha could see you nod your head from time to time slightly making it clear that you understood what we were talking about, which made the woman smile softly. Phoenix tried to look away but couldn't help but keep staring at you until the man's speech was over, you were pretty and had that sparkle in your eyes that made the pilot want to know more about you. She tried to remember the presentation of the pilots that Bob had given her a few days ago but it was impossible for her to put a name to your face, this evening she admits not having been very attentive in what her WSO was telling her, more preoccupied thinking about what she was going to eat and at that moment she regretted and kicked herself mentally for not having been attentive because Lord if she had seen your face she would have made only one bite of you. The pilot then lowered her head realizing what she was thinking about, it was more than inappropriate.

“From now on I will hand over to your instructors for the next three months : Robert “Bob” Floyd and Natasha “Phoenix” Trace.” Said the Admiral before stepping back and giving his place to the WSO who had prepared the day before to speak in front of the pilots. The older man greeted Natasha with a nod before leaving through the back door without saying another word, leaving the two Top Gun graduates to fend for themselves with their new students.

As Bob started his speech, Natasha paid attention again and avoided looking in your direction, but something out of the corner of her eye caught her attention and she couldn't resist any longer, while her friend explained the exercises and the program they were going to do for the next three months, her gaze fell on you again but this time if you were no longer focused on what the man was saying. Phoenix was standing next to the WSO, her arms crossed over her chest as she noticed your gaze was on her. She gave you a sweet smile and you turned your head quickly embarrassed by your exchange while she thought it was cute that you were frustrated only by her smile.

Even if the brunette knew that it was wrong to think in such a way and even more so to think of such things with you, who was now her student, she could not help but look at you and think of how cute you were. She couldn't see you well from where she was but she imagined your skin to be as soft as your eyes, she even tried to imagine the feeling of running her fingers through your hair that now were tied in a ponytail. She understood very well that it was inappropriate and perverse to look at people in this way, with such a misplaced vision. She is the first to reproach that to men who are too sure of themselves and yet at that moment she could not help looking at you and imagining what could be happening between the two of you, she could not help devouring you with her eyes. She turned her head a smirk etched on her face and again turned her full attention to her WSO who had finished his speech, he kindly, rather than strictly, ordered the pilots to go get ready for the first exercise.

After a moment the blond turned his head, "How was I ?" His voice was soft as usual but Nat could hear anxiety.

"Perfect," she said with a reassuring smile. "I felt like I heard Maverick talking.”

He laughed softly, took a stack of papers in his hand and walked down the stage followed closely by the woman, "She's cute." He said randomly looking more closely at the papers the Admiral had left him before, the woman narrowed her eyes not really understanding where her friend was talking about. "Y/N 'Beagle' Y/L/N," he continued in a suave voice as the brunette only began to understand what he was talking about. "I heard she got her callsign because she's quite energetic.” His gaze fell on his friend again, waiting for her to react one way or another to what he had just said.

Bob was a very observant person, the proof was that even though he was busy concentrating on the speech he was giving to the pilots a few moments ago, he was also able to notice that the attention of the brunette was not only on him but also on the young pilot at the back of the room. "I don’t know what you're talking about.” Phoenix's voice wasn't shaking, nothing could show the man with the glasses she was lying and yet that too hadn't escaped his notice. He knew the woman extremely well and right away she couldn't hide the truth from him.

"Never mind.” He looked again at the papers in his hands and left the room without adding anything else, which left Natasha alone on her own.

These three months didn't seem so long to her anymore, if she had the opportunity to lose herself in your soft eyes again.

»» ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ─── ««

The first month had passed more quickly than she expected, Natasha even had to admit that her mission was rather pleasant. Certainly in the morning she still had to get up early but since her objective was only to train young pilots to be the bests and not to train them for a deadly mission, it is true that the atmosphere on the base was more relaxed than for certain missions. All were pretty great, these pilots were still young and had some things to learn but working with them was nice. No other pilots had joined them which left them only two for about twenty students, Bob and Nat had established a schedule divided into three parts : for the first month, half of the pilots went with the blond and the other with the brunette so that in the second month they could exchange. For the third month, the two captains had planned a group schedule where they would take care of all the pilots at the same time with different exercises.

It was quite practical that the two oldest occupied different posts, it allowed to have different complementary points of view on the practice and the different exercises therefore more knowledge to assimilate. Today was the day the groups were going to change instructors and Natasha was pretty excited about the idea, which the WSO noticed pretty quickly.

"Everything's good ?”

"Yes why ?” Her voice was soft while it was like she had fireworks in her body.

“For nothing, it's just that you haven't stopped fidgeting since we arrived on base.” He noted before taking a sip of his hot coffee while reading his program for the day.

"I'm just excited to change groups. New faces, new programs,... A good day ahead.” She said trying to be as convincing as possible when even she couldn't believe a single word coming out of her mouth. Bob chuckled lightly and set his mug down on the break room table he and the brunette were allowed to. "What ?” She asked trying to sound annoyed by his attitude even though in reality she already knew what it was about.

"You're kinda look excited to seeing Beagle."

She sighed and took a seat next to him taking the papers explaining the day's exercises in her hands before putting them back on the table being unable to focus on anything but you, you had been in Bob’s group for a month, so she didn't have a lot of opportunities to see you again. Of course when everybody was going for a lunch she had multiple times the occasion to have a glimpse of you but nothing more. She realised pretty quickly that if her WSO didn't talk about you often it was for a good reason but she didn't want to admit it to herself, he would talk about everyone in his group but never said a single word about you. Bob tried to make his friend understand that if she wanted him to talk about you, she should have to ask for it herself.

He had seen from the first day the way she had devoured you with her eyes, he found it rather amusing while Phoenix was terrified. Technically she was your instructor but within two next months the problem was solved. No, what really scared her was the fact that you were a way younger than her. You had just left Top Gun when she had already graduated a lot of years ago, you certainly had other things to do than be interested in someone older than you and still you had to be interested in women, you certainly wanted to thrive with someone else and you may have already found that person. Even though she didn't know you yet, everything she had seen of you made her want to know you even more. She observed during the break the way you were with the others and you were an angel fallen from heaven, there was no one more perfect than you.

And she wasn't wrong.

During this first month Bob had been able to observe and get to know you, from the first week he knew that you were a perfect fit for Phoenix. You didn't look exactly like her but the two of you were complementary, he wouldn't say you were shy at first but rather impressed with him but at the end of the second week he understood where your callsign was coming from. He had managed to conduct his little investigation and ask a few questions that might seem trivial for you but that allowed him to know if you were going to get along well with the other pilot or not, you were so excited to talk about the things you liked that he was sure you hadn't even wondered why he would ask you that kind of thing. The blond had come to the conclusion that you and the pilot would go wonderfully well together, she just had to accept this attraction and try something at her own pace. He knew that you liked her even if you had never said it, several times Bob had answered that Phoenix also liked this kind of music or that she too had already done this kind of activity, and immediately you had become silent and your cheeks had taken on a more rosy hue than usual. Unlike him at the beginning, there was not only intimidation or admiration towards the woman.

“Do you think that's wrong ?”

“No. And like I told you before, she's pretty cute, I wouldn't mind seeing her again after the mission is complete. Not like the other one, what was her name again ? Oh yes ! Camille-" He pretended to think before continuing in a monotonous tone, leaning back in the chair, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Okay, okay I got it !" She cut him off quickly not wanting to go any further once the start of her ex girlfriend's name rolled off Bob's tongue. "But I can't try anything now.”

He sighed heavily letting his head fall back before groaning in a despairing voice, "Why ?"

“Because. I prefer to wait until the end of the mission to avoid problems like with Camille.”

"She was a bitch anyway-"

"Bob !" She exclaimed, on one hand shocked by her friend's words, but on the other amused by his impertinence. "You can't say things like that.”

"Why ? It's the strict truth and you know it-" He continued very seriously even though deep down the two wanted to burst out laughing.

Phoenix shook her head and got up to walk out of the room quickly realizing she was going to be late and not wanting to laugh uncontrollably through the blond's fault, "Stop talking !" She cried before letting the door slam behind her.

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You were nervous. You were not the kind of person to be nervous for no reasons but today was not nothing, it’s been a month since you were waiting to exchange groups and be able to know more about Phoenix. Your little crush on your instructor was not a secret anymore, you could be sure that everyday someone from your group was going to joke about that. It was only a bit of teasing but deep in you you were completely lost. You didn’t even know this woman but if she asks you something you would do it without even thinking, she had an unexplained hold on you.

You were now waiting patiently for the woman to arrive at any minute in the room with the pilots of your group, “You’re not going to froze once she’s there right ?” Asked one of your colleagues, Rhys. Since your arrival you were sitting in a chair just in front of the door and your eyes never left that one, your leg was bouncing with anxiety.

The question of the boy next to you made you stop your movements and your head turned in his direction, but before you could say anything the door opened suddenly. Instinctively everybody in the room stand while the dark-haired woman didn’t even had the time to say anything, she entered and placed her things on the desk in the center of the room.

“Don’t worry I’m sure she loves the young ones.” Said your friend with a wink which made your eyes rolled.

Phoenix turned towards you and the boy, giving you a weird look as if she heard what he just said. Then looked at everybody in the room, “At ease.” Her voice was angelic to your ears.

All the pilots were now standing at ease when she started distribute the program of the day, explaining the first exercice. This one seems pretty easy to your eyes, while you were reading attentively the paper the older woman couldn’t help but smile at your behaviour. Now you were going to test some strategies in duo but when you looked up in Rhys’ direction, he was already with another guy. You then looked around you but it seems that everybody was with someone, and it’s at this moment that you realised that one of the pilots was absent.

“It seems like you’re alone Beagle.” You turned once again your head to look at the person who was now talking to you. “Get your helmet you start with me.” Said Natasha smiling playfully at you.

She exits the room while you were still sit on your chair in shock, tenting to proceed what just had happened. She actually knew you, which was pretty logical but still unthinkable. “It’s now or never pup’ ! Take your chance and impress your lady.” Said Rhys while the others in the room all looked at you laughing.

You exited your turn pretty quickly the room and advanced in the direction of your plane when you felt a hand on your shoulder, you jumped up a bit and turned around ready to fight as if someone was going to attack you. But the thing behind you was only your instructor with her sunglasses, which you make blush once again. “Sorry, didn’t mean to scare ya’. Was just checking the plane, don’t stress too much it’s just an exercise.”

You calmed down and nodded slowly, “I’m not stressed.” Your voice was shacking a bit but you tried to seems confidant. Your instructor then put her hands on your shoulders and applied a little pressure on them, making you understand to relax for real. “´Kay maybe I’m just a bit stressed.” The truth came out of your mouth more quickly than you wanted.

She smiled and took of her hand of you which made you cold a bit, before saying anything else you took your helmet and placed it on your head not wanting to talk anymore before you threw yourself on her. As you were walking away Natasha bitten her lip hard and shook her head slowly, trying to calm herself a bit before going in her plane too. You were so adorable.

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As Nat thought, everything all went well and you were a very good pilot. During the rest of the day she understood pretty quickly the origin of your call sign, you were really energetic which was a good asset for your work. In addition to being skilled you were attentive to her explanation, what she liked. You were really listening to her and tried to understood the best you could even if sometimes there were a lot of informations all at once, your little nods were sweet. At the end of the day the woman felt great even if it was a long day, your presence brought a lot to her good mood. When Phoenix enter the little rest room foreseen for her and Bob, she let herself fell on the couch letting go out of her mouth at the same time a sound of relief.

“Rhough day ?” Asked Bob eating some peanuts new to her.

“Quite the opposite.” Her gaze was enough for the man to understand what she was talking about, or should it be better said of whom she was referring.

The blond smirked and started talking about his day hoping that it would encourages the pilot to talk about hers. And as almost each time his plan worked, it was just a question of minutes before the woman stood up quickly and placed herself in front of her friend to start talking about her day. She started with the beginning but it was just a question of time before she starts talking about you and your abilities. As the man with the glasses was listening to his pilot he realised how much she liked you, it was only the first day and she thought that you were one of the best person on earth already, it made him smile a bit but his expression quickly faded seeing you at the entrance waiting patiently.

“I swear Bob, she was so frustrated but she did a fantastic job. I wanted to hug her to congratulate her.” She was in such complete overwhelming feeling of great happiness that she was saying silly things without even realising.

“Uhm Phœnix-” He was trying to stopped her before she could say something even more awkward.

“No Bob listen to me ! I swear I could’ve eat her out on the tarmac, just right there-” The tip of her finger was tapping the wooden table to indicate more precisely even if the blond understood perfectly the situation, and it seems that you were aware of what was happening too.

“Natasha !” His voice was raised as she flinched a bit not expecting him to get upset. Bob nodded behind her and she turned around quickly but froze directly.

You were there. Looking at her with stupefaction, completely breathless with what your instructor has just announced. You blinked twice with your mouth slightly open, then took a big breath. “Sorry for interrupting- I should go-” You turned your heels and left without thinking for another minute, you were embarrassed but on the other hand flattered but at the same time completely lost. Not knowing how to react properly it was better for you to leave the room as quickly as possible. Behind you you heard heavy foot steps but you were too preoccupied trying to catch your breath again, your all body was warm but still you felt chill in your back.

“Beagle !” You heard once.

“Lieutenant !” You heard a second time but you were still walking away.

“Y/N !” You stopped dead in your tracks.

Too scared to turn around you waited a few seconds but quickly the woman with brown hair appeared now in front of you. You thought you were going to explode, there was too much informations right now. Her smile was pure but you could feel at the same time the awkwardness between you two, you looked directly and intensely in her deep brown eyes. As she started talking nothing came to your hears, you shook your head and tried to focus but nothing. You closed your eyes and started counting in your head to calm yourself down. At this moment you felt two hot palms on your shoulders which made you open your eyes again but ignoring the eye contact was the best idea you had in mind right now.

“Y/N…” Started slowly your instructor once you seemed calmer. “I’m sorry I shouldn’t have said those things that was inappropriate.”

You raised your head, “No it’s not that…”

“Then what it is ?” Her palms were not on your shoulders anymore so you place your owns on her upper arms.

“I like you.” You couldn’t do anything but whispered it.

“I quite like you too-”

“I like you.” Louder this time. So loud that anybody in the hallway could have hear it but nobody was here. “I don’t know you but I want to. I’m not mad about what you said I’m just… surprised.”

She took off your hands on her soft skin and took them in her hands, “Then why you ran like that ?” Her voice was so sweet.

“You’re impressive.“ You gulped loudly. “Very impressive.”

She smiles as sweetly as her voice, “What do you think about we go sitting a bit and talk mhh ? I can pick you some water.” Her proposition was a good idea so you accepted it whiting thinking twice.

“Here you go.” She handed you a fresh bottle of water and sat down next to you on the stairs. “Feel better ?”

You closed the bottle and nodded, “Sorry for panicking like that. I’ve seen worse.” Your voice was quiet.

“Don’t worry that’s alright.” She placed her hand on your back, stroking it slowly.

“Is it true ?” You couldn’t stop you from asking if she really thought what she said before about you to Bob. You were looking right in front of you but you could see her frowning in the corner of your eye so you repeat yourself one more time.

“Yes.” Once again the warm from her body disappeared when she took off her hand. “I was a bit in a ecstasy but-”

You cut her off and placed your cold and wet lips on hers. The kiss was like add oil to the fire, everything was burning. Your lips moved in sink naturally and instinctively she cupped your face in her hands, deepen the kiss as much as she could. You two bodies were getting closer and it was as if you were no longer in the stairwell of the base but far from everything, far from this mission and from the titles of the navy. Just the two of you. Her nose slightly crushed yours so you tilted slightly your head which gave her a new access for her tongue to browse in your mouth as one of your hands started playing with her messy baby hair in her neck. Natasha felt so good and relieved when suddenly a voice cut them off.

“I want you tomorrow at 8 a.m. here.” Inform the blond passing by the two women without even looking at them but at the papers in his hands.

You stepped aside realizing that you had gotten a little carried away while you were still in the middle of the base, you looked at Natasha and started laughing softly. “I should go.”

“What ?” The older woman asked quite in shock. “After the kiss you gave me you want to leave me like that ?”

You widened your eyes not really sure of what to say or do, all this situation was new to you. It seems like she understood that you were completely lost so she sighed loudly and took your arm, then put a pen out of her front pocket as she started writing a phone number on your still warm skin. “Text me.” She got up and started walking away when you called out her call sign.

“What I’m supposed to say ?”

Natasha stooped but didn’t turned around, “That’s not me who just kiss my instructor.” Her smirk was maybe not visible but you could decently hear it in her voice.

As she was already far away you picked up your phone and were ready to encode Phœnix’ number when suddenly you received a message from un unknown number.

It’s true that I have a weakness for the young ones ;)

You realised that she indeed heard Rhys which made you blushed.

I already had your number, found it in your folder. Just thought it was cute to leaving you all frustrated like that.

#monica barbaro #natasha phoenix trace #natasha trace x you #natasha trace x reader #natasha trace #robert bob floyd #top gun x reader #top gun maverick #top gun phoenix #top gun natasha #top gun fic #top gun fanfiction #top gun imagine #top gun movie #bob floyd top gun #wlw

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honorarypines · 7 months

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Top Gun movies + text posts part 1/?

While I'm too tired and overwhelmed to draw, have some more memes, this time with the aviators!

#top gun #top gun maverick #top gun 1986 #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #icemav #nick goose bradshaw #natasha phoenix trace #top gun text posts #text posts

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enthyrea · 6 months

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breakfast club poster parody :)

(also it’s my birthday wahoo!! thank you all for the support this year 🤍)

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incorrectquotesmcu · 1 month

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Natasha: Y/N, what the hell were you thinking?!

Y/N: YOU TOLD ME NOT TO THINK!

#source: top gun maverick #natasha romanoff #natasha romanoff incorrect quotes #natasha romanoff x reader #marvel incorrect quotes #marvel #avengers #avengers incorrect quotes

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perfectprettypisces · 4 months

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after reading so many stories where their actual names are used like Jake Seresin, Natasha Trace, Javy Machado, etc., it’s so crazy to me that not once did they say any of the pilot’s real names in the actual movie except for Bradley who has both Cyclone and Maverick say his first name (his last name is said a lot more) and Maverick (for obvious reasons)

not even like a Lieutenant Trace or a Lieutenant Seresin, they were always just simply referred to as “Lieutenant”

the only time we really see their names are on the beginning screen where Cyclone is showing Mav the 12 pilots and their last names on the tags of their uniforms in the bar scene

everyone is simply referred to as their callsign and even in cast interviews, they introduce themselves using their call signs and never the actual names

come to think of it? i genuinely feel like they weren’t in the movie THAT much because i saw a post that calculated Glen’s screen time and it was like less than five minutes total?

all this to say, fan fiction is SO powerful because this was such a minuscule detail of the movie that we could’ve forgotten about but everyone kind of just took it and ran with and now I can’t see it any other way

#these ragtag little group of pilots really altered my brain chemistry on limited time #top gun maverick #bradley rooster bradshaw #jake hangman seresin #natasha phoenix trace #robert bob floyd #mickey fanboy garcia #javy coyote machado #reuben payback fitch #the dagger squad

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roosterbruiser · 4 months

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#I can feel the hyper fixation slowing inching closer #every time I look back at it it's one step nearer #help me oprah #help me doctor phil #tgm #tg #top gun #top gun maverick #top gun maverick fandom #top gun fandom #bradley rooster bradshaw #Pete maverick Mitchell #jake hangman seresin #natasha phoenix trace #robert bob floyd #imagine being in love with someone named ROBERT.#this is so embarrassing for me

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military-newsboys · 2 months

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Mav: You all know Admiral Kazensky? As most of you may realize by now, he's my husband. Ice: Pete, Why are they all looking at me like that? Fanboy: Well, Maverick is sort of the "dad" of the team, so emotionally, this is like being told you're our new mom. Ice: But you know it's nothing like that, right? Hangman: Absolutely, do you make macaroni?

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aimee-doll-333 · 2 years

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Every friend group should have;

#top gun maverick #hangman x rooster #rooster x hangman #hangster #bradly rooster bradshaw #jake hangman seresin #natasha phoenix trace #pete maverick mitchell #payback #fanboy #coyote #robert bob floyd

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idkwhylou · 1 year

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Fear

Summary : Fear and Phoenix are two words that cannot be in the same sentence, but surprisingly one evening natasha admits that she was scared.

Natasha Trace x pilot!reader/f!reader

»» ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ─── ««

Phoenix is not the kind of person to give up, she is ambitious and never backs down no matter what. She hates making mistakes but despite everything, accepts and surpasses herself directly, she quickly learns from her mistakes and tries again not to stay on a failure. She's far from arrogant and superficial like Hangman, she's just very perfectionist. The pilot will always accept a challenge to show what she is really capable of, she is cautious but at the same time also daring. Natasha Trace is not someone who gives up easily, she goes all the way.

She does not lack self-confidence, she knows very well that she is part of the elite of Top Gun and that she fully deserves her place. She knows her abilities and strengths. But being one of the few women in the Navy it is true that unconsciously she always tries to prove to overly pretentious pilots that she is as talented as them. Participating in one of the most dangerous missions of her career is not a problem, she could almost say child's play next to going to talk to the girl she likes. Even though the pilot was confident, talking to C/S seemed like the hardest thing in the world.

Piloting over enemy territory seemed so simple when just a Y/N look could completely unsettle Natasha.

The two women had known each other since they entered Top Gun, being the only two girls in the class, the two had become close very quickly. But what Phoenix didn't know was that her friendly feelings towards her teammate would suddenly turn into romantic feelings. To her you were the most beautiful girl ; kind, funny, smart, attentive, brilliant,… and so much more. You were just perfect and she couldn't help but keep falling in love with you. Sometimes she thought it was possible that your feelings for her were similar to hers. Sometimes she wondered if the sparkles you had in your eyes were just for her or if you were just basic sparkle.

But she quickly understood that the look filled with tenderness and affection with which you could look at her was the same look for everyone, that meant that she was not as special for you as you were for her. Once graduated Y/N and Natasha had promised to keep in touch but the fear of rejection caused Phoenix to cut ties with the pilot without delay. She didn't want her feelings to continue to evolve to end up hurting, she preferred to stop everything without asking Y/N's opinion and move on than facing the truth in the face.

But Phoenix hadn't moved on.

Not a day went by that the pilot didn't think about C/S, she hated herself deep down for having stopped all contact without giving any further explanation. The days following the graduation ceremony, Y/N had sent a few messages to her friend to hear from her but Natasha never replied to the messages sent. When she received the first notification it was very hard for her to ignore it so after the sixth message she blocked her number to avoid feeling even more guilty.

But what she hadn't expected was to find Y/N years later for a mission of the utmost importance.

She knew very well that you too were among the best of Top Gun but she did not know who exactly was summoned, she knew that there was always this possibility that you too could be called back but she preferred to leave this thought aside and not thinking about what she was going to say to you if she ever saw you again after so many years. Earlier in the evening when she arrived at the Hard Deck accompanied by Payback and Fanboy, she was hoping deep down to meet you here. But the only thing she got was Hangman's stupid smirk.

“Fellas this here’s Bagman.” Said she has her two friends right behind her.

“Hangman.” Corrected the blond with a fake smile.

“Whatever.” She replied, shaking her head slightly and never breaking their eye contact before resuming her presentation, “You’re looking at the only naval aviator on active duty with confirmed air-to-air kill,”

“Stop.” He told her seriously, still keeping a small smile, understanding where she was going.

“Mind you the other guy was in a museum piece from the Korean War.”

“Cold War.” Corrected the man behind the blond.

“Different wars, same century.” Started Payback.

“Not this one.” Finished Fanboy.

“Who are your friends ?” Coyote asked.

“Payback.” He said with a smile you could hear in his voice.

“Fanboy.”

“Hey coyote.” Said Phoenix to introduce the pilot.

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The rest of the early evening passed without any problem, aside from Hangman's dodgy anecdotes, Phoenix was having a great time. She had made the acquaintance of her new WSO, whose name was Bob, and who seemed nice and extremely reserved to her. She was surprised to see Rooster arrive with a Hawaiian shirt on his back and not his uniform, she didn't really expect to see him and he hadn't even told her of his arrival, which she made him understand by kicking him in the stomach with her pool stick. She turned to him with a smile mixed with innocence and satisfaction.

“Okay I probably deserved this, but you deserve to get kicked too.” The pilot said uneasily, straightening up with both hands on his stomach.

Phoenix frowned not understanding where he was going but before she could ask him what he was talking about, Hangman decided to interrupt their discussion to annoy Bradley. The woman go on the side carefully watching the exchange unfolding in front of her, not wanting a fight to start she still remained close to the two men. After a while she left the pool table due to the extinction of the music and indicated to her teammates to follow her towards the piano, where Rooster had been for a few moments, which annoyed Hangman slightly who was in full middle of his game. The pilot seated in front of the instrument touched a few notes before beginning his music.

At the end of the second note the pilots standing immediately recognized that this song was about to sing Bradley, now the whole bar began to sing in heart 'Great balls of fire'. And as Rooster sang the last words something caught Natasha's attention, still singing she turned her head slightly to look near the pool table. Suddenly the words couldn't come out of her mouth, it was as if she had no voice. While everyone around her continued to sing and dance, she was paralyzed in the middle of everyone. She blinked several times to verify that it was not an illusion and that you were indeed at the pool table next to Hangman and Coyote talking.

The pilot swallowed her saliva with difficulty when a hand placed on a forearm quickly cut her off from her observation, she lowered her head to look at the large, warm hand. She followed her arm with her gaze to come face to face with a pair of sunglasses, she slightly raised her eyebrows encouraging the person to speak. The owner of the hand slowly got up from his seat and leaned slightly towards the pilot so he could tell her what he had to say in her ear, hoping that no one heard their exchange.

“You should go see her.” Rooster advised her, shifting again before heading towards Y/N to say hello.

Phoenix stood there finally understanding her friend's innuendo a few minutes ago, Rooster and C/S were very good friends so obviously you had told him about Natasha's surprising radio silence. Bradley was the one you confided in, to whom you shared your concerns about your friend's behavior. Unfortunately Bradley had no idea why Natasha had decided to act like this and he never asked her because he thought it was none of his business, but it is true that the way she had hurt her friend had cooled him down a bit and that was part of the reason why he hadn't announced his return to her. He shouldn't be minding other people's business and he knew it but now with you two together in the same room, the only thing he hoped deep down was for one of you to leave her pride aside and dares to talk to the other.

Rooster knew you more than too well, you weren't even wrong in the story, you weren't the one who ignored a friend for no reason. So he knew more than too well that you would never take the first step towards her, even if deep down he guessed that the only thing you wanted to do was to walk towards Natasha to take her in your arms.

Phoenix understood that now she had to take it upon herself and face this 'fear'.

She inhaled deeply before exhaling loudly and started to walk towards you with a determined and confident step, but when she was only two meters away from you you turned your head in her direction, she stopped short in the middle of her action. The smile that was etched on your face quickly disappeared when you saw who was walking towards you, you looked her up and down before a sad and broken look, you turned your head once again before turning your attention back to Coyote in front of you. Phoenix could see that your face had returned to your usual smile.

She clearly hadn't moved on.

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The rest of the evening Natasha spent watching you from afar, not wanting to bother you or upset you after the look you gave her. The usually confident pilot was just melancholy tonight, even if you had given her a kind smile she wouldn't have had the courage to speak to you. She was patiently waiting at the bar for Penny to serve her the beers and glass of water she had ordered when she felt a presence to her right, she turned her head slightly and saw Rooster who gave her an encouraging smile to persuade her to go talk to you. The pilot sighed at that damn smile before dropping her head on the wooden bar in front of her.

“I know what you're going to tell me.” She said almost growling at the end of her sentence.

The man lightly patted his almost desperate friend on the shoulder before replying softly, “I didn't spend my evening staring at you for nothing, damn you're Phoenix ! Go talk to her nothing can happen to you.”

The woman lifted her head and stared straight ahead as Penny brought her order, the older woman put the beer bottles and the glass of water in front of the younger woman and collected her money, handing her back the correct sum before heading to another customer. The two pilots took the drinks before joining their teammate who for the most part was sitting on stools watching the others continue a game of pool, Phoenix did not take the time to think any longer and handed a beer to Y/N. The pilot looked at the dark-haired woman carefully.

“No thanks.” She said coldly.

So Phoenix put the beer down with a sad look on her face, Y/N hadn't meant to look so cold but Rooster's look made her realize she had been. “I-I'm just going to go home." She said standing up quickly, “I think it's better not to drink more.” She added more nicely.

Natasha shrugged her head gently, “No worries.”

Y/N looked at the pilot in front of her for a moment before shaking her head slightly and saying goodbye to everyone before heading for the door. Phoenix turned her head towards Bradley who was already looking at her, he discreetly nodded towards the door making her understand that she had to catch up with you. But not daring to have this discussion with you, she stayed on the spot to think if it was really a good idea.

But Rooster didn't give her more time to think and push her lightly but hard enough for her to move, she wasted no more time and trotted quickly towards the door before throwing it open with a great gesture. The coolness of the night delicately caressed her cheeks when her gaze fell on you, you were already far enough it was impossible to catch up with you even running. Phoenix gathered all the courage she had inside and shouted your name as loud as she could, you stopped short and turned around to see the source of the call even though you knew very well who it was. You crossed your arms around yourself to warm yourself from the coolness of the night which had already fallen for a few hours.

The girl with the dark hair didn't waste any more time and quickly advanced towards you, you don't know why you had stopped. You should have continued on your way as if you had heard nothing but deep inside you grew the desire to throw yourself on the girl in front of you as if nothing had happened. Phoenix arrived in front of you out of breath, so you waited a moment for her to come to her senses. She took a deep breath but never spoke, after a while you got bored and asked her why she caught up with you.

“Oh uhm, I-I wanted to… I just wanted to- uhm…” She started not really knowing what to say.

You watched her carefully as she searched for her words, even though you knew very well that she wasn't going to find anything convincing enough even if you gave her all night to think it over.

Since the last time you saw each other she hadn't really changed even though you had the impression that she had become even more beautiful than she already was. Her hair was always styled in an intact low bun, no strands were sticking out, her hairstyle was perfect just like her. You observed that her soft hazel eyes were no longer looking at you but at the ground, at which point you showed your impatience once again and spoke up again.

“Trace,” Oh, you don’t like to call her by her last name. “I don't have all night.” You say softly.

Natasha lifted her head and looked you straight in the eyes, her face was slightly contracted and you opened to see for miles that she was more than stressed. And to be honest, you could feel the stress building up inside you when there was no apparent reason.

“I'm sorry.” She started, still looking straight into your eyes.

“Phoenix-”

“Nope. Listen to me please.” She cut you off. “I know what I did is not worth forgiveness, that I don't deserve you to listen to me after what happened but I'm terribly sorry. I hurt you and I'm very angry with myself, you can't even imagine, tonight you didn't even speak to me- which makes sense but it still hurt me,”

“Tasha-” You tried to cut her off but she didn’t stop anyway.

“Y/N please, I'm not asking you to forgive me but at least accept my apologies, I'm sincerely sorry-”

“Why ?” This time you succeed to cut her off. “Why did you leave me without news ? But of course that I forgive you Natasha ! I could never stay mad at you forever but I need to know why you didn't even bother to explain to me.”

You hadn't realized it but tears had started to form in your eyes and what was certain was that if you started crying Phoenix was going to follow you quickly, she was so angry with herself for leaving you without news but she was even more angry with herself for making you cry even now because of it. The fact that you forgive her greatly reassured her but she couldn't stand seeing you unhappy and even less when she was the source of this unhappiness.

“I didn't want to suffer so I cut off contact. Maybe it was selfish to do that, but I wanted to protect myself above all else, and I promise you, I didn't expect it was going to affect you.” She explained softly.

At that moment you were no longer sad and unhappy but angry, how could she think such a thing. You frowned before answering her, “That it was not going to affect me ? You better be joking.”

“Y/N-”

“You didn't give me any news even when we had promised to do otherwise, of course it affect me. You meant a lot to me and let me crash without explanation, I thought I saw bagman for a moment.” You sais disappointed, looking at her too straight in the eye, she lowered her head and you wiped away the salty tears that had run down your cheeks.

The pilot raised her head but before she could say anything you spoke again, “No Phoenix, stop. It's too late to try to make up for it, you left me and you didn't even-”

“I was scared !” She exclaimed quickly.

You frowned again still not understanding what she meant by scared, “But scared of what ?” You asked her angrily.

While your cheeks were still wet from your tears that had already flowed a moment ago, Natasha couldn't hold back a second longer and her tears started to flow too. The only thing you wanted to do right now was to wipe them off and hug her even though you were mad at her.

“I was afraid that you didn't love me the way I love you !” She explained.

You dropped your arms to your sides, “But I loved you and cared about you Nat-”

“Not like this !” She cried, then took a deep breath before speaking again and explaining to you once and for all. “I loved you more than a friend, that's the problem. That's why I didn't give you any news afterwards ! I preferred to lose you as soon as possible so as not to suffer more afterwards. I'm sorry it was selfish of me but despite everything I still suffered a lot.”

Wow. You froze at the news your old friend had just told you. Your mouth was slightly open but nothing could come out. You stayed like that for a moment but it seemed like hours to you as much as my dark haired girl in front of you. You walked towards her but she took a step back.

“No.” She said holding out her arm in front of her to stop you from moving any further. “It was the first time I felt so much for someone.”

She lowered her head overcome by her own feelings, but as you moved towards her again, this time she didn't move or stop. Once in front of her you took her head in your hands and lifted it gently, you smiled at her with so much passion.

“Oh god how stupid you can be.” You tell her with a slight laugh as she looks at you, not understanding anything. “I think I've been in love with you since the day we met, but I preferred to keep you in my life even though we were only friends. I thought it was better that I keep you close to me even if I couldn't show you all the love I had for you, it hurt me but I accepted it.” You explained to her gently.

“B-but I thought that- you- wait-”

You didn't give her time to understand exactly your confession and leaned over to put your lips on hers, you felt that she was surprised but she didn't step back. The brunette put her hands on your hips and took the opportunity to get closer to you, your hands slipped into her neck as your kiss deepened. A warm feeling rose in your stomach as you continued to kiss the girl you had loved since day one, your touch was almost electric. The scene was worthy of a romantic movie, you could feel Natasha smile through the kiss which warmed your heart which was beating so fast that you could have suffered cardiac arrest at any moment.

But as your legs started to go limp you parted out of breath but still with a sincere smile on your lips, the pilot approached you again but this time took you in her arms.

“I love you.” She whispered in your ear.

“I love you too.” You answer her in a whisper too.

“I’m so stupid-”

“Shh. Don’t waste the moment with your stupidity please.” You said half joking, which made natasha laugh.

You stayed a moment like this but then after a few moments you both decided to go back to the Hard Deck a bit more since it was still early, when Phoenix opened the door in front of her, all the pilots near the pool table turned their heads. The first thing they saw was Phoenix who looked quite neutral, so they concluded that it didn't go well but only a second later you entered the bar. The pilot turned her head towards you and looked straight ahead again with a big smile on her face before joining the boys. You followed her closely with a smile identical to hers, she continued on her way to the pool table but you stopped to order two beers from Penny. When the dark-haired girl approached her friend Rooster, the other pilots were as if nothing had happened and resumed their occupations.

“So ?” Asked the man in the Hawaiian shirt.

“You were right, thank you.” She said giving him a grateful smile.

But when he was going to add something you arrived with the drinks in hand, “There was no more the one you wanted so I took the same as mine.” You tell her, handing her beer with a smile.

“Thank you.” She said simply smiling lovingly at you.

“So C/S, already back ?” Say Hangman walking towards you before stopping right in front and leaning on one of the posts. “Did you miss me too much ?” The blond asked with a smirk.

But as you went to put it back on, Natasha put her arm around your waist and pulled you closer to her. “Stop assaulting the pretty ladies Bagman.” She said calmly but tightening her grip around you.

“I don't assault her Phoenix, I flirt.” He said simply, understanding that he shouldn't go any further.

“Then stop flirting with my girl.”

“Assault or flirting, it’s the same for you Bagman.”Said Rooster before advancing towards him to make him understand that they should leave you together. So the two headed to the pool table with the other pilots, leaving you both.

“My girl ?” You asked her with a grin.

“Shut up.”

#top gun fanfiction #top gun fic #top gun imagine #top gun maverick #top gun movie #top gun natasha #natasha trace x you #natasha trace x reader #natasha trace #natasha phoenix trace #bradley bradshaw #bradley rooster bradshaw #monica barbaro

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It comes with perks (Reader x Jake 'Hangman' Seresin)

Requested by: anon Forever tag:@missmelodramatic, @merlin-dahlia, @alex--awesome--22, @elllie-does-the-posts, @floatlosers, @merlieve, @queen-of-books, @glimmering-darling-dolly @denkisclown, @wildieflower, @meyocoko, @bubblybrianna, @justanothercoco, @subjecta13-thefangirl, @m-rae23, @harleyquinnswifeyfrfr, @swampthing07, @melsunshine, @panhoeofmanyfandoms, @venomsvl, @the-uncoordinated-house-cat, @rosecentury, @imagines-by-her, @evilcr0ne, @vviolynn

Summary: When you need someone to be your fake boyfriend to get you out of a situation with your ex, Hangman is the closest guy you find. What needed to be a one time thing, turned out into a long term act of fake dating. Certainly now that your dad Iceman is involved in as well. Slowly the lines of fake dating fade as Hangman becomes obessed with you, a ray of sunshine. When your ex tries to get back in your life, Jake becomes protective, finally ending those unclear lines of fake dating.

Phoenix and you entered Penny’s bar when your phone suddenly rang. Taking it out, the nametag on it made your eyes widen. You touched Phoenix on her shoulder, letting her know you needed a moment. She simply smiled, heading further into the bar to the booth were Bob, Coyote and Fanboy already were. The phone kept buzzing as you weren’t sure what to do. Panicking a bit as to say. You knew not picking up, would do nothing as he would just keep calling you.

Answering was even terrible, as you knew he’d say anything to get you to yield. Like a collective caller, kept he calling you. Looking around frantically, you spotted the first person at Penny’s bar. You rushed over to the bar, pulling Hangman back by his shoulder. – “Emergency, you’re my boyfriend.” – you breathed out, holding the phone out to him. Hangman smiled cocky. – “Well, well. If you were desperate for a kiss, you’d just had to ask Y/n.” – Hangman replied all smug to your annoyance.

“No. No! You’re not actually my boyfriend.” – you informed him hastily. Hangman furrowed his brows, frowning. – “Make up your mind girl.” – he let out confused to what was happening. You moved your phone higher up for him to notice. – “I need you to be my boyfriend and make him stop calling me!” – you called out almost frantically at how slow he was catching up.

“Right.” – He simply said, setting a beer down and taking your phone in his hand. He answered the phone, giving you a cheeky eyebrow wiggle. Hangman didn’t even listen to what the other person was saying on the phone. – “Listen bud, stop calling my girlfriend.” – he spoke through. He heard an immediate response. – “Uhm her boyfriend.” – Hangman answered, showing you a goofy look at how obvious it was who he was talking to.

The man kept blabbing in his ear as Hangman had little interest in keeping him on the phone. – “Stop calling us, bye.” – he spoke in such a manufactured voice, he could work in sales and be dealing with a terrible customer but still upholding his work voice. Hangman hung up, giving you the phone back. – “Thank you!” – you let out relieved, bending a bit through your knees out of gratitude. – “So what do I get in return?” – Hangman asked.

“This beer?” – you suggested, placing your hand on the counter by it. Hangman tsked his tongue. – “Already paid for it sunshine.” – he said with a chuckle. – “Fine.” – you breathed out. – “I’ll clean your locker.” – you took out another suggestion as Hangman thought. – “How about wash my clothes?” – he responded. – “Deal.” – you agreed it was just that. Hangman shook hands with you to seal the deal.

He picked up his beer, throwing his arm over your shoulder. – “Who was the dude anyways?” – he asked, leading you to the others. – “My ex.” – you sighed out. Hangman looked half in shock at you. – “I didn’t know you dated someone.” – he called out as you had to shush his loud voice. – “It was like 6 months ago.” – you informed him.

“And he’s still calling you?” – Hangman blurted out as you hummed with a nod as response. – “I can’t shake him off.” – you sighed out nearing the booth with your friends. – “Well good thing your boyfriend saved the day.” – Hangman winked with a ridiculous smile. – “Not my boyfriend.” – you reminded him before sitting down.

Back in the locker room, you were washing Hangman’s attire. Washing them by hand as he called them delicate and needed to be handled with care. – “Uhm what are you doing?” – Phoenix asked seeing you in the locker room as she had walked by. – “Are those Hangman’s clothing?” – she pointed out when you had pulled it up to see if it was clean enough, revealing his nametag. – “Phoenix!” – you called out startled, splashing some water as your arms lowered immediately. – “Why are you washing his clothes?” – she wanted to know. – “I owe it to him.” – you responded, scrubbing his pilot gear.

“You dared to bet with Hangman. Bold.” – she answered impressed. – “It’s not that.” – you told her with a soft sigh. – “He did something for me, so I have to return the favour.” – you explained. – “Right.” – Phoenix widened her eyes briefly in delight. – “If your dad could see you know.” – she chuckled a bit. – “He’d flip that you fell so low.” You grunted soft. – “Good thing my dad.” – you emphasized. – “Can’t see me.” – you replied bitsy. – “Ohh cold touch.” – Phoenix teased touching her own shoulder. You scooped up some water, splashing it at her to wipe that smile off her face.

Phoenix screamed, dodging away when the water came her way. Half laughing, you teasing her with another scoop as she already darted away. When you were finished up with Hangman’s uniforms, you hung them neatly to dry. You came out of the lockers, making your way out of the hangar when you got pulled aside by Rooster. He pushed you firm up against the wall. – “Are you dating Hangman?” – called out at the brink of losing his mind. – “What?” – you responded confused.

“Are you dating him?” – Rooster wanted to know with a stern look. – “What, no, no…” – you replied waving your hands across. Rooster exhaled deep moving his fingers through his hair. – “Who told you this?” – you asked curious. – “Hangman has been bragging to everyone he’s dating you.” – Rooster let you know. Your eyes widened with shock.

You pushed Rooster a bit back, to make some room for you to leave. You needed to find Hangman and you needed to find him now. Jogging out of the hangar into the open. You saw a group of people near the F16’s going over to them. The closer you got, the clearer you saw Hangman amongst them.

“Hangman!” – you shouted drawing his attention. – “Looks like my girlfriend needs me.” – he said to Fanboy and Coyote all smug. Coyote rolled with his eyes as Fanboy shook his head. Hangman turned round to you, welcoming you with a warm smile. – “Yes my love.” – he said as you grabbed him firmly by the arm, dragging him away from the others. – “So eager.” – Hangman whispered to his friends with a chuckle. You came to a stop, letting harshly go of him.

“What are you doing?” – you called out giving him a little shove. – “Au.” – Jake mouthed pretending to be hurt from your shove. – “Jake!” – you called out wanting an answer out of him. – “What?” – he replied loud, making himself taller. – “Why are you telling everyone we are dating?” – you freaked out. Jake scoffed loud, turning his head away. – “Are we not?” – he answered cocky, wanting to slip his arm over your shoulder. It made you puff annoyed, crossing your arms.

“Oh come on Y/n, don’t be such a baby about it.” – Jake said taking you by the elbow, wanting you to uncross your arms. – “It’s a joke, sunshine.” – he kept tugging at your arm, trying to be smooth and cool at the same time. – “Sunshine!” – you suddenly heard loud, making you straighten your back. Hangman’s back straightened as well. Cyclone appeared coming to you. – “Iceman wants to speak to you.” – he said firmly, making your shoulders slouch. Jake was snickering quietly at you with a little point. – “He asked for both of you!” – Cyclone made clear, making Jake’s smile drop.

You tugged on his elbow, pulling him with you. Following Cyclone inside and up the stairs to Iceman’s desk. Cyclone knocked on the door, before popping his head inside. – “They are present.” – he said to Iceman. Cyclone stepped aside, expression flat as he allowed you to walk in. – “Tell me, am I hanging?” – Jake whispered to Cyclone wanting to know his outcome. Cyclone ignored him, giving him an extra shove into the room. – “Dad!” – you said with mixed expectations, opening your arms to a hug.

Iceman got up from behind his desk, coming to hug you. – “How is my little girl?” – he asked. – “Flying and thriving.” – you told him, making him form a smile on his lips. His gaze then shifted to Jake, who swallowed nervously. Iceman got all serious. He went to sit again, gesturing for you to sit as well. Jake and you sat down, unsure what to expect. – “So you are the one dating my daughter.” – Iceman spoke. – “Dad no…” – you blurted out, waving your hands across.

Iceman observed Hangman closely as it made him move uncomfortable in the chair. – “How’s his flying?” – he asked. – “Superb… sir.” – Jake replied loudly, humbling himself immediately. Iceman glanced your way. You could only smile sheepishly at him. – “I’m a bit saddened you didn’t tell me Y/n.” – Iceman began. – “But he looks decent enough. As long as he doesn’t hurt you… or else…” – Iceman gave Hangman his death stare.

Jake swallowed again. – “Dad we’re not…” – you began wanting to explain as Jake grabbed your hand out of the blue. – “No, no sunshine, it’s okay. He knows now.” – Jake spoke upholding the image of dating. You stared confused at him, why he would even want to go on with his stupid joke. – “Jake, this is my dad.” – you said between clenched teeth to him. Making it clear that he didn’t need to mess around. – “I’m so happy for you Y/n.” – Iceman said cheery.

“The man’s happy Y/n, let him be.” – Jake said to guilt trip you. You sighed soft letting yourself fall back in the chair. Jake got up. – “Well it was nice of you to call us in, sir.” – Jake said, nudging you to get up as well. Your dad chuckled happily at his manners as you could only roll your eyes. Jake extended his hand out to Iceman. Iceman took it to shake. – “I’m not one for favours, but if you ever need one for my daughter.” – he whispered to Jake with a wink.

Jake breathed out a laugh of surprise, glancing your way. Just to rub his it more in your face. – “Now we must really go.” – Hangman spoke tapping your elbow, to get you to follow. – “Give her a kiss.” – Iceman replied. Jake’s expression dropped. – “S’cuse me?” – he blurted out. – “Give her a kiss.” – he repeated gesturing at you.

Jake looked sheepishly at you, chuckling nervously. – “Sir truly…” – Jake began wanting to talk his way out of it. – “I want to see just how much you care for my daughter.” – Iceman persisted. Hangman took your hand, pulling you closer to give a kiss on the cheek. – “Give her a real kiss!” – Iceman shouted out of good sports. Jake sighed loud with a soft drop of his gaze. You raised your eyebrow at him, curious to see what he would do. He took you by the elbow, pulling you even closer.

“Just a quick one.” – he whispered to you. – “One second.” – you responded. Hangman held his finger up to his lips, looking all smug. He lowered his finger, giving you a quick nod before he’d kiss you. Your lips touched for a split second, pulling away quick. Iceman shook his head with disappointment. – “We have to go dad!” – you called out, opening the door. Dragging Jake with you out of his office. Downstairs, you let go of Jake.

“Your joke just escalated Hangman. Now my dad knows!” – you called out panicking. – “Hey you asked me to be your boyfriend.” – Jake replied loud. – “For like a few seconds.” – you shouted back. – “You asked for this Y/n.” - Jake answered loud taking off. – “Where are you going?” – you called out to him. Jake turned around, pulling his shoulders up. It made you groan loud.

Phoenix and you were stretching before exercise. – “Boyfriend coming over.” – she pointed out, turning her torso, holding her arm by her elbow. You looked up seeing Hangman come over with the other boys. It made you look at her with a certain glance. Phoenix stopped, walking off when Hangman came near. She joined the others behind him. – “You know for a sunshine, you frown a lot.” – he pointed out, touching your forehead.

You slapped his hand away. He grabbed you by the shoulders, moving his head closer to you. – “Smile, your dad is going to watch.” – he whispered making you widen your eyes. Jake moved aside from you, throwing his arm over you as he led you to the others. Maverick, Cyclone and Iceman neared. You all followed Maverick to the beach for a match of rugby. A good team exercise Maverick would call it. Cyclone and Iceman sat down, watching the pathetic play of rugby.

Hangman and you were on opposite teams. Fanboy had the ball, throwing it at Coyote. Hangman jumped in front of him, catching the football before his eyes. He then ran with it to your side, throwing his hard on the ground. He called it out in victory, pointing towards Iceman. Iceman clapped for Hangman’s score. He then looked all smug at you. Phoenix nudged you as you rolled your eyes at him. Trying not to find it sweet. Rooster caught the ball wanting to throw it at you. You caught it, wanting to run when you got picked up from the ground.

Hangman had picked you up, making you squeal loud out of surprise. Your feet hit the ground again, as he kept his arms around you. – “Try getting out of this now, sunshine.” – he breathed out. You wriggled in his grip for freedom. When you weren’t getting any, you tried running. Hangman laughed loud, squeezing his arms tighter around you. – “Where are you going sunshine?” – he laughed out. You tried so hard not to laugh as well, not to enjoy it too, but you failed.

You stopped trying to run, laughing loud. You tossed the football over to Bob. You showed him your empty hands, showing him his attempt to stop you failed. Hangman picked you up in response, making you squeal again. He then pressed a kiss on your cheek so quick, he barely caught himself doing it. You turned round in his embrace, staring a bit at him. Jake stared back at you.

Swallowing, he let go of you, scratching his neck sheepishly. You looked blissful away. The two of you hesitantly got back into the game, questioning whether you were actually starting to like each other or that it was the drive of fake dating for a while now.

After practise, you were all exhausted. Having been playing till the sun had set. Worn out, you all decided to grab a few drinks at Penny’s bar. You went up to her bar as Jake followed. Almost instinctively. You held four fingers up to Penny, ordering beer. Jake leaned with his elbows on the counter, throwing you a smug smile. Your phone vibrated in your pocket. Confused, you pulled it out holding it to the front. Jake’s eye fell on the caller, taking the phone from your hand before you could react.

He picked up, turning around to lean against the counter with his back. – “What do you want?” – he said bothered. Your ex didn’t even have to finish his sentence when Jake spoke again. – “Listen asshole, if you call her one more time. I’ll make sure you’ll never see daylight again. You won’t see me coming. I’ll fly above your house, aiming for your pathetic bedroom and you’ll be burned to crisps in a matter of seconds.” – Jake threatened making you stare in shock at him.

“She doesn’t want you cause I’m her boyfriend. She’s mine and let me tell you ass, I don’t like sharing.” – Jake said over the phone. – “This was your last call or you’re dead!” – he angrily hung up the phone. – “Thank… thank you…” – you said astonished by how hot that was. Jake tugged your phone in his pocket.

Penny arrived with the drinks as he took them, motioning with his head for you to follow. You slid into a booth with him as the others were waiting. Hangman threw an arm over your shoulder, pushing you closer to him. It made you feel like squealing. The lines of pretend and real blurring away. Jake caught you staring at him, melting as he saw you smile like the sun back at him. He moved his head closer to you, wanting to kiss you in that moment, but caught himself just in time.

He shifted his head to the side, kissing your cheek instead. It didn’t feel satisfying, but he wouldn’t dare himself to kiss you out of the blue with everyone around. Your friends were so used to the two of you dating, they hardly had any eye for it. Not clear it was all an act, started from a joke. After an hour or two, checked Jake his watch. – “I’m taking Y/n home.” – he said removing his arm from you. He got out of the booth, taking you with him.

You said goodbye to the others. Jake grabbed your hand, walking out of Penny’s bar with you. Outside he was still holding your hand as it made you snicker soft. – “No one’s watching Hangman.” – you told him. Hangman looked at you with eyes full of affection. – “I know.” – he responded, pausing you. – “Are we still faking it?” – he asked catching you by surprise. Unsure, you pulled your shoulders up. That seemed to answer Hangman enough as he cupped your cheeks, kissing your lips.

The kiss was long, anticipating the moment till he could finally kiss you. His tender kiss moved to longing and desperation as his hands grabbed you tightly. You kissed him back, fully surrendering under his spell. The lines of fake dating having been shattered long ago.

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