#post tpg: maverick

[pollyna]

Warlock designs them because the kids deserve something nice to remember the whole experience by. It's just a patch but it has two daggers meeting in the middle with a little F/A-18E to complete the scene. Hondo offers to iron them on the jackets and ends up giving a lesson on how to iron things to a group adults. It's pretty funny and the photos Solomon takes are even better. He asks Maverick if he needs his ironed too and he smiles before saying no thank you, I have someone waiting home before leaving the base for a month. His answer isn't really an answer but Hondo has worked with him long enough to know he isn't going to get a much better explanation.

They, collectively, see him at the briefing thirty one days after, all twelve with their patch on the jacket and Maverick's is proudly occupying a spot under the one of his first squadron. He seems relaxed, his skin a little darker and a ring is decorating his left hand, on his fourth finger. The strangest things is that he's smiling and he seems free and light as the wind itself while he walks around the Naval complex. Cyclone jocks that some poor soul finally agreed to marry him and Fitz looks at Rooster for answer he doesn't have. Maverick smiles at them and doesn't answer a single question they have related to his private life but, on the other hand, he has an idea too many on what to do with them now: he talks about a permanent base and of maintaining their formations as permanent. He talks about training them for something new and a little different without going in too many details and to let them teach some of the classes for the new TOP GUN round. He talks and talks for almost an hour straight and not even Cyclone knows what to say to him or how to stop him. Hondo finds it hilarious and the ideas are actually pretty good and they can make it happen for real this time, not as for the others hundreds of projects Mav always has around his mind. At the end they have to reschedule the whole meeting because the Admirals have to study all the new projects and they have to evaluate what is possible and what is not.

Even the office seem different when the whole squad, and Hondo, arrives in front of it. It looks homier and there are so many new photos and books and things that weren't around before. There's a couch on the right side of the room and it's green with a pillow too many on it, but Maverick isn't there. Phoenix is looking at the window, the one she swears he always has closed, when she notice that someone is sitting on banch in a garden she didn't even know they had around. It's two someone's, one of them is Maverick and the other one is a tall blond man who is looking right in his eyes and smiling while he shares is lunch with the Captain. He has a golden ring on his left hand too and when he kisses Maverick their cheeks are a little red and their giggling like little girls and they seem so happy to the point that Phoenix finds herself laughing softly too. Oh, so he's back Rooster says softly and only now she realises they're all watching at the same thing. That's Mav's husband, they were a part for almost two years and before that they were the worst kept secret of the Navy. Everyone is looking back at the garden and Maverick has his husband's face between his hands and they're kissing, and kissing a little more.

A week from that moment on Mav's door and desk the new plates will announce you're in the presence of the Rare Admiral Pete Maverick Mitchell-Kazansky.

#hi today i basked in the sun a little and got a shot of sertonin i hadn't expected and we could see Switzerland from our side of the lake! #i was never been that closed to the border without actually passing it or w/o walking pats in mountain! #i got a lil sunburn but even that it's okay honestly 🌈 #so here's a lil treat #pete maverick mitchell #solomon warlock bates #hondo coleman #the dagger squad #tom iceman kazansky (mentioned) #secret relationship #secret marriage #they go public in the quietest and less maverick's way possibile #tom beats cancer because is important to always remember FUCK CANCER #for once the kids don't recognise ice not at first at least #he's just mav's hubby for like 1 minute #icemav #top gun: maverick #post tpg: maverick #otp: i heard from the heavens that clouds have been grey

[flauntpage]

The Sixers’ Turnover Issue Isn’t as Bad as We Make it Out to Be

This story could begin and end by attributing the Sixers’ turnover problem to the fact that they start a rookie point guard and a second-year big man with a top-five NBA usage rate.

You have to expect growing pains while bringing along a 21 and 23-year-old at the same time, then throwing 19-year-old Markelle Fultz into the mix. No one should be surprised that Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid are ranked 5th and 6th, respectively, in raw turnovers per game.

Their trouble with the ball, plus contribution from the supporting cast, places the Sixers dead last in the NBA with 17.8 turnovers per game. Casual observers, and even some who are more dialed in, identify the issue as one of the key things keeping this team from taking the next step forward.

They’re not wrong. Fewer turnovers results in more meaningful possessions, which results in more shots, which results in more scoring opportunities.

No shit, yeah?

But it’s not necessarily about turnovers in a vacuum. Rather, it’s looking at the number as it applies to the Sixers’ style of play and offensive identity, which is predicated on up-tempo transitional movement and sharing the basketball.

Case in point, the 33-8 Golden State Warriors, who have the NBA’s best record. Golden State commits 16 turnovers per game, good for third-worst in the NBA. They consistently lose the ball and consistently win games. What gives?

So the question isn’t exactly, “how do we fix the turnover problem?” The question should be, “how many turnovers are we willing to live with?”

I asked Brett Brown about that concept on Monday, the idea that a high turnover number doesn’t automatically make you a poor team:

“We all would be raised (to think) that turnovers are poison, and it’s really not entirely true. If you looked at the teams that were the fewest in the league (last year), three of the top five didn’t make the playoffs. It’s not the complete passport to playing in the playoffs. For me it’s always, we play fast, we make more passes than anybody in the league, Joel comes in and doesn’t practice and is one of our leading turnover guys, (working) out of the post. Ben is a 4-man that we made a 1. He has the ball in his hands a lot, like Russell Westbrook. They turn it over a lot. When you start getting into, like, the Robert Covingtons and JJ Redicks and other people, where they have (a turnover), too, that’s where it really adds up. None of us can leave thinking, ‘oh turnovers are fine.’ It’s not that at all. It’s most painful in 4th periods. It’s most painful when you see them dump gasoline on a bush fire to lose leads. That’s where we see it the most and it’s most notable, but it certainly is not the link to saying that it’s a quality that all great teams don’t do. That’s not true.”

A lot of good stuff in that response, so let’s chop it up and go line by line:

“If you looked at the teams that were the fewest in the league (last year), three of the top five didn’t make the playoffs.”

This checks out, though it’s actually top six. Charlotte, Dallas, and Detroit had last year’s lowest turnover number and didn’t make the playoffs. Toronto was 4th and got in. New Orleans and Memphis were technically tied for fifth but only Memphis qualified, as the 7th seed in the west.

“For me it’s always, we play fast, we make more passes than anybody in the league”

Correct.

The Sixers PACE number of 103.02 is second in the NBA. That’s the average number of possessions per game. Golden State is fourth with a 102.61.

In total passing, the Sixers blow everybody else out of the water. They pass the ball 355.2 times per game, which is more than 17 passes higher than second-ranked Atlanta. The Warriors pass it 327.6 times per game.

In the simplest of terms, more passes = more opportunities to throw the ball away. That, of course, doesn’t describe how Embiid loses the ball in the low post, but the large majority of Sixer turnovers are the result of errant passes.

NBAMiner.com is one of the few outlets that tracks turnover detail. The Sixers are third worst in the league in bad pass turnovers per game:

About 35% of Sixer turnovers come from bad passes. 18.5% are lost balls and they commit two per game by traveling and stepping out of bounds.

“Joel comes in and doesn’t practice and is one of our leading turnover guys, (working) out of the post. Ben is a four man that we made a one. He has the ball in his hands a lot, like Russell Westbrook, they turn it over a lot”

Obviously getting more touches on the ball means you have more opportunities to turn it over. Simmons, Westbrook, James Harden, D’Angelo Russell – there’s a reason why these guys lose the ball.

And Embiid, who has been in and out of the lineup this season while also being limited in practice, isn’t nearly as polished as the average fourth year center. He’s only played 60 career games. Simmons has played 37.

Stuff like this is just going to happen until he gets into his second and third seasons:

He’ll grow out of that.

“When you start getting into, like, the Robert Covingtons and JJ Redicks and other people, where they have (a turnover), too, that’s where it really adds up. None of us can leave thinking, ‘oh turnovers are fine.’ It’s not that at all. It’s most painful in 4th periods. It’s most painful when you see them dump gasoline on a bush fire to lose leads. That’s where we see it the most and it’s most notable”

This is the killer for me.

You expect youngsters to turn the ball over, but JJ Redick has committed some crippling late game errors. T.J. McConnell is good for a couple of wayward passes per game. And when they do it in the third and fourth quarter, it gives even more momentum to opponents that inevitably make a run.

Here’s how the Sixers look individually in this department:

Joel Embiid – 4.1 TPG

Ben Simmons – 4.0 TPG

T.J. McConnell – 1.9 TPG

Dario Saric  – 1.9 TPG

Robert Covington – 1.8 TPG

JJ Redick – 1.4 TPG

Jerryd Bayless – 1.3 TPG

Trevor Booker – 1.3 TPG

Amir Johnson – 0.9 TPG

Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot – 0.9 TPG

Add all of that up and you get 19.5. Subtract Joel and Ben’s numbers, and their teammates (who play regularly) are committing 11.4 raw turnovers per game. That number comes down a bit when you consider that the Sixers usually only run out 8-9 guys, so I think the average is probably in the 10 to 11 range, as far turnovers committed solely by complementary players.

Say, for instance, that Ben and Joel each cut their turnovers down by one per game. That would bring the team down to 15.8 and move them five spots up to 25th place. It’s not amazing, but it’s the area where Denver, New Orleans, and Golden State are currently living.

And if the other guys can get their combined number down by one per game, the Sixers would be at 14.8 TPG, putting them right around 20th place. That’s acceptable for a young team that swings the ball around.

“but it certainly is not the link to saying that it’s a quality that all great teams don’t do. That’s not true.”

Correct.

More than anything, you have to consider that the Sixers are 19-19, a .500 team. The worst turnover squad in the NBA is right in the middle of the pack.

If you want to do a straight cross-section of turnovers vs. winning percentage, four of the ten worst turnover teams are currently above .500 (Golden State, Houston, New Orleans, Denver), The Sixers are .500. There’s a fairly even split here.

On the other end, the Mavericks and Hornets are two of the best turnover teams, yet well below .500. The Timberwolves, Bucks, and Wizards have the best correlation between win percentage and ball security.

Adding to that point, you’d think you would look through the Sixers’ numbers and find a turnover disparity in wins and losses, but that’s not the case at all.

In the Sixers’ 19 wins, they’ve turned the ball over the following amount of times:

21, 13, 19, 17, 18, 22, 20, 16, 19, 18, 11, 17, 17, 24, 15, 13, 21, 13, 12

And in the Sixers’ 19 losses, they’ve turned it over this many times:

17, 16, 20, 14, 17, 19, 11, 12, 19, 14, 19, 18, 17, 20, 20, 19, 23, 22, 13

When you add up each of those numbers and calculate the averages, you find that the Sixers commit 17.7 turnovers in wins and 17.9 in losses. The difference of 0.2 is negligible.

Furthermore, they’re averaging 16.8 turnovers at home, where they are 9-9, and 18.8 turnovers on the road, where they are 10-10. Even though they get a little more sloppy away from home, it hasn’t affected their win/loss total. They’re .500 no matter the location.

Take a look at Golden State then, who have turned the ball over an average of 15.4 times in their 33 wins. In victories only, that number would place them 22nd out of 30 NBA teams, so they’d still be bottom ten overall. The difference is that they shoot 52% in wins and 45.6% in losses. The Warriors can live with the turnover issue because they shoot the lights out more often than not.

Both teams shine in the assist department. Golden State leads the league with 30.8 per game and the Sixers are third with 26.2. That’s more proof that they swing the ball around and share it with teammates.

The Warriors are also bottom half of the league in personal fouls committed and free throw attempts per game. They bomb from deep and don’t get to the foul line often, because they aren’t really a team that attacks off the dribble in half court sets. They are very similar to the Sixers in that regard.

If the 76ers were more deliberate with the offense, and decided not to play that wild west, gun-slinging style, they could easily cut down on turnover numbers.

The question, then, isn’t really about Brett Brown’s coaching ability, it’s more of a philosophical question. Does Brown’s overall approach make sense? Is this the identity they should be carving out? Does Bryan Colangelo’s personnel acquisition fit the bill? To me, it’s less about turnovers and fouls and more about whether the decision to play this style of basketball will pay dividends in the future.

Sure, the Warriors have built and perfected the prototype, but can the Sixers emulate that with the right personnel moves?

To build on that, the Sixers have a top-five “points per possession” number when working in transition. They score 1.01 PPP in those cases, vs. a 0.83 number in isolation sets and a 0.93 in spot up shooting. They are bottom five in those latter categories. They are hovering around the top-10 in post-up scoring on the strength of Joel Embiid in the low block. And they don’t run much pick and roll because Ben Simmons doesn’t shoot the ball well. Simply put, they are more efficient scoring in specific areas related to tempo.

I mentioned this in my recent numbers post, but another indicator is looking at how they shoot at various points in the shot clock. They make more baskets when they work in transition or quickly get into the offense, rather than slowing the game down.

Look at how the field goal percentages drop as the shot clock ticks:

They shoot 85% percent of their shots between 22 seconds and 7 seconds on the clock. And while they are bottom-ten league-wide in field goal percentage from 24 to 18 seconds, they rocket all the way up to 8th and 10th, respectively, at the “early” and “average” intervals.

That seems to be the sweet spot, that 13 to 16 second range where they push it up the floor, pass it around a bit, stay in a rhythm, and then shoot.

You’ll find similar numbers for Golden State, who leads the the NBA with 20.3% of their shots taking place between 22 and 18 seconds at a 58% clip. Their FG% slowly drops off as the shot clock reaches 0. Slower and more static teams like the Grizzlies, T-Wolves, and Mavericks take the most late-clock shot attempts, which they hit at 40% or better.

The strengths of this team are transition movement, sharing the basketball, shooting the three, and playing good defense. They are not a slow-it-down, clock-killing half court team. They resemble the Warriors in more ways than one, and considering the success that Golden State has had, it’s at least justified in trying to replicate that model.

That’s their identity, whether we like it or not. Sure, they could fix the turnover problem and improve that number drastically, but considering the style they play, it’s more about how many turnovers they’re willing to live with.

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[marthaohara]

Ultimate Guide By Brabbu For ICFF 2017 & New York Design Week

Ultimate Guide By Brabbu For ICFF 2017 & New York Design Week – The International Contemporary Furniture Fair, most known as ICFF, is happening from May 21st until the 24th at New York City’s Javits Convention Center. Celebrating its 29th edition, the North America’s ultimate showcase for contemporary design sets the bar high for those in pursuit of timeless design and latest design trends. Get ready for a packed schedule of exhibits and features, fun and edifying programs, as well as an encyclopedic exhibition of up-to-the-moment offerings.

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[pollyna]

Six months of deployment, even when he isn't the one flying but giving directions and instructions, leave Maverick more tired than any other tour before. He can almost feel it in his bones why Sunny is stepping down the moment he's going to turn sixty.

All he wants to do is sleep for the next seven years and lay on his bed until he can't anymore. But he promised to his class and to the Daggers to go out for a drink, and seriously, how could he say no when Halo looked at him with shiny, pleading eyes?

"Just one drink and then I'm gone." He says it out loud and he doesn't know if he's trying to convince himself or Javy, even if the other pilot is looking at him like he knows it's all a ruse and Mav is going to stay until the end of the night. But no, no, it's not going to happen; he needs t- oh. Oh.

"Penny, I'm looking good, right?" he asks to the woman behind the counter.

"Yeah?" she answers, but she doesn't seem sure of why he should ask her that question until her eyes follow what, who, is in Mav's line and "oh Maverick" she says laughing softly. "You look handsome, he won't be able to resist you."

Someone snouts behind his back, and Bradley, behind Neil, almost screams, "Seriously, dad?! Oh my god. Penny, I'll need a beer, I can't stand to watch this all over again."

What a dramatic child he helped raise, but Pete is on a mission and fuck being tired. He's going to take the man in front of him home at the end of the night, or he's not going to go home at all.

The man is looking at him from across the room when he starts moving his first steps, and he bites his lip so he doesn't start smiling like an idiot or worse, let his cheeks go red. They meet in the middle of the room, and jesus Maverick is really going to hit the jackpot this time around.

"Hi stranger"

"Hello to you" he answers, and God, why does he feel like twenty-four all over again, stumbling on his feet to get the attention of a particular person?

"I heard you're a pilot. Your friends back there couldn't stop talking about how good you are behind the cockpit." They're going to write, here rests Pete Mitchell, died because a too handsome man killed him simply by talking.

"I'm the best." He smirks and what a dumb way to answer, but it should be consider a miracle he isn't answering monosyllabic.

"Are you sure of that, sweetheart?" He whispers against his ear and Mav's hands close around his shirt.

He's going to answer, he swears, but when he looks in the man's eyes, they're so close, so fucking close, he just has to tilt his head to kiss him. And so he does, until he can feel his lungs running out of oxygen, but even then he doesn't move far, just enough to look at him in the eyes.

"Welcome back home, love" Ice whispers before kissing him again.

(It takes Rooster pleading for mercy, Penny asking and Slider removing Mav from Ice to make them stop and promise to not kiss anymore until after they'll be alone. The promises last two hours before they're both tipsy and handsy all over again.

On the back of the cab, Mav's hand are around Ice's face all over again. "I missed you so much" he whispers.

"I missed you too, babe" Ice answers, hugging him against his chest "I'm glad you're back."

Mav hums in response and yeah, maybe he is still a little tired but he's going home with the man; he said he was going home too, so sleep can wait for another couple, or maybe four, hours.)

Val Klimer application post.

#tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #pete sees tom after 6 months and his brain goes fucking .exe #bradley🤝second hand embarrassment: 36 years later is still present #it's terrible idk who to write cheesy things sorreh #icemav #they're so in loveeeeee #your honor pls help me #married icemav #the dagger squad #ron slider kerner #penny benjamin #post tpg: maverick #top gun: maverick

[pollyna]

After they give him a promotion he can't refuse doesn't matter how hard he tries to explain they whys of his decisions and a permanent place as teacher at TOP GUN. It's a fair compromise and a constant headache for Cyclone so Mav can say to be more than happy about the result. They give him a series of planes too, one for each type he's going to have to pilot or test, and Mav makes add a little somethin' on their side. On the first day or the program, up in the sky on his new silly little F/A-18E every student, and every person there, can see that Tom "Iceman" Kazansky is there with Maverick, his name painted in black and gold just a couple of inches under his own name, forever flying together, side by side.

You can be my wingman anytime.

Bullshit, you can be mine.

#goodmorning aviators how are u in this fine day? #au: mav isn't an idiot and he doesn't throw away goose's dog tags #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #icemav #(sadly) canon complain #agnst #top gun: maverick #post tpg: maverick #otp: i heard from the heavens that clouds have been grey

[pollyna]

Sad headcanon hour: Bradley doesn't have the time to introduce Jake to uncle Tom as something else than Hangman. Not the first time they're together, because they're not talk and Bradley isn't watching Admiral Kazansky in the eyes the few times they meet in official occasions, and not the second when they make up and start to built a relationship again. There's a mission to complete and Bradley can barley think about sleeping let alone about a funeral and mending things with Jake. After, after, it's different and they get back together and it's the moment in which he asks Jake to come home to meet his uncles that the realisation hits. Jake is going to get to know uncle Pete and the someone behind his callsign but uncle Tom is going to stay just Admiral Kazansky in Jake's life. Not the man who swear to teach whomever Bradley was going to end up with the secret recepie for their favourite soup or the man who knew enough facts about his life to spend years talking about something different everytime. Uncle Tom is another name Bradley adds to the ones he lost and of which he will only be able to share a part and not the whole.

(Uncle Pete gives something to Jake, after their third dinner together. My husband has made this for you. The first time around we heard you two got together and he-he really hoped to meet you but- and it breaks everyone's heart how Maverick is looking at their photos over Jake's shoulder he used to say better safe than sorry, so it's for you and only Jake.)

((The first winter they're stationated in the same place and Bradley gets a cold Jake disappears in the kitchen for hours and, when he comes back, he's holding a plate that smells like something from his childhood. He gave me almost forty minutes of instructions on how to cook it he says kissing his forehead and Bradley can't do much more than offer back a watering smile to the man in front of him and let himself be hugged and comfort a little longer, while he eats his lunch.))

#sad headcanon hour #<- i like it i'm going to use it more often #bradley rooster bradshaw #jake hangman seresin #hangstar #and their up and downs #tom iceman kazansky #tom iceman kazansky & bradley rooster bradshaw #pete maverick mitchell #icemav #(sadly) canon complain #he doesn't get around to introduce uncle tom to jake (heartbreaking) #top gun: maverick #post tpg: maverick

[pollyna]

Oh, Jake almost forgot about this. About basking in Bradley's presence, in Bradley's home, looking at the other man over the rim of his glass and the ever present wind making the little twinkle Carole made sing like the smallest of birds. He remembers now, twenty years later, being fifteen and living two streets from the Mitchell-Kazansky household and how his mom used to leave him there for hours at time when his dad was deployed somewhere. He remembers how much he loved being around them, with uncle Pete and his weirdo pizza and uncle Tom who always knew when they didn't eat veggies even when he was stationed on the other side of the country or on a boat in the middle of the Indian Ocean. He remembers too how good uncle Tom used to look in tanktops and how his cheeks were always a little red around him but they used to get even redder when Bradley smiled or touched him. He used to steal every moment around the other boy and his home, basking in their smiles and the easy going relationship they all had, without feeling guilty or afraid of saying something wrong. It was like recharging his batteries before going back home, the lingering feeling of euphoria and happiness that could last for days if everything was calm around his house. He remembers the pictures too, all the one uncle Tom took before his last visit and the one that uncle Pete sent to his mom after they changed house again. And he will always remember, even after seeing him again at the Academy and starting their fifteen years long dance around each other, the hoodie Bradley gave him on the porch of his house the very last time the saw each other. His uncles where in the kitchen talking about something and Bradley was shyly smiling at him, handing him is soft blue hoodie with the Naval academy logo on the front. Their hands touching over the soft material and they were kissing before realising it. The first kiss of his life and Bradley was smiling softly at him, cheeks a little red and shiny eyes.

He remembers being fifteen and all the good feelings he is feeling even now, while he watches the people he used to think as family, and he hopes is going to call family again, making the table for their dinner.

#jake hangman seresin #bradley rooster bradshaw #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #icemav #first kiss #blushing #fifteen and high on dopamine bc icemav household is happy and HAPPY #to all the people with a 'normal' households who open their door to people with less than perfect households this is a thanks for u #pre hangman x rooster #hangstar #top gun: maverick #pre tpg:maverick #post tpg: maverick #otp: i heard from the heavens that clouds have been grey

[pollyna]

Around 1995.

Andrew does recive a lot of strange request, when he gets a new Admiral uniform to work on. Admiral Kazansky's one is almost innocent, if innocent is the way he's going to use it but that isn't something he should bother with. He asks for an internal pocket, on his left breast, large enough to fit three photographs, not visible to an outside eye and not impossible to reach/use because sometimes he's going to take the photos out to watch them. And it has to be done on both his jackets. Andrew has just the time to take a pick on the photos and the subjects are a young aviator and a kid. Probably Admiral Kazansky son's. He forgets pretty quickly about it, after another Admiral asks him for a modification to the zip of his pants because- Andrew doesn't finish to read the description.

June 2011

Admiral Kazansky has three stars on his jacket and their already talking about giving him a fourth one. Andrew doesn't know what this man does to get promoted this fast but, at least, he still doesn't make strange requests. Just his pocket, always the same size and measurements. It's unusual but sometimes it happens and when Admiral Kazansky himself walks in his shop he shouldn't be looking around to see for the kid, kids?, he always has a photo on him. There's another person with him but he surley isn't a kid but a captain and he's looking around the place like is the first time he sees it. It's certainly the first time Andrew sees him. The Admiral is nice and probably the less chatty of the group, signs on the line at the end of the page for six times and asks if the pocket is still doable. Andrew is going to answer that yes, it's a pocket not a two way lampo because receiving a blow job during a call is more important than the call itself! when the other man asks what pocket?

The one the Admiral has his sons photos in? Andrew answers and maybe he should really learn how to shut the fuck up because Kazansky's face is red and he looking everywhere but on the table. You totally have a pic of Bradley there don't you? he asks taking the jacket and opening the pocket with the most childish reaction Andrew has seen in a while. Oh Tom he murmurs before start laughing this man thinks I'm your son and you had a photo of me on you since 95?! God man if I could go back I would beat some sense in the instructor who gave you the callsign. Iceman my ass.

Andrew is looking at the picture and the man in front of him and yeah, he can see the resembles now. Just know he sees the wedding rings around their fingers and when the captain kisses the Admiral he lets him do. I love you, you big softy. But I'm going to find a better picture of us, all together, so you can stop going around with one that makes people think I'm your son or I'm dead. C'mon Admiral, we have place to be and things to do.

Admiral Kazansky smiles at him from half the shop away and they're outside before Andrew can check he sign it all. He shouldn't care, because he has so much work to do and so much strange requests to try and create but he almost let himself giggle a little because Admiral Kazansky is going around the world with the photos of his kid and his husband, safe and secure, just where his heart beats the strongest and it makes him strangley happy and proud of his work.

#iceman who. #outside pov #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #omc (andrew the tailor) #bradley rooster bradshaw (mentioned) #icemav #tom has them with him always and forever #he loves them that much #pete loves him that much too #idk when ice starts his admiral carrier but 95 it seemed like a good point #there's a v angst version of this that is never going to be written #top gun (1986) #post tpg(1986) #silly silly men in love #otp: i heard from the heavens that clouds have been grey

[pollyna]

But like both Ice & Mav secretly (not so secretly) loves physical affection and tickles in particular. Not that they’re ever going to admit it out loud to each other, Goose, or any of the others lol

I have a feeling that both Mav & Ice purposely grow out their facial hair to attack Tom’s/Pete’s tummy and neck with (and vice versa since Mav loves it too)

Mav especially doing it while Tom’s under going chemo. Like just burying his hairy face in Tom’s neck or tummy and rubbing it all over just to make Ice giggle/laugh and see the love of his life smile

I melted a little expecially reading the last part,,

It starts during a long boring post deployment, it takes Mav five days to be back home and by then he wants to shave so bad it itches to have any kind of blade in his hands. But when he finally arrives home and gets to bed, Ice's sleeping soundly, and his face touches Ice's chest his not-quiet-boyfriend-yet giggles in his sleep, once, twice and then a third time. Mav can't help but laughing with a now half asleep Tom, snuggling between the pillow, Ice's chest and the blankets. It's the first time Mav thinks I'm in love with this ridiculous man.

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Cancer is- a lot, to put it mildly. Cancer means visiting the hospital more time they're both comfortable with, means pain, meds, family coming around whenever they can, the appointment every Wednesday with a psychologist and a grief counseler on Friday while Tom is doing is round of chemio. Cancer means Ice making adjustments and projects about things Mav doesn't want to hear about (his will, the house and the hangar, his fucking funeral).

But it means too Maverick founding, rediscovering, old tricks to make Ice laughs out loud or just to alleviate the pain he knows his husband feels constantly. He beard is already almost there when the idea comes to him, and all he has to do is make it soft, so to not hurt Ice. It requires a little more products and routine that he would have expected, but two weeks later, it's Friday, and the chemo is done, and they are waiting to go home. Ice's skin has always been a little more sensitive around the neck, so when he rubs his cheeks (softly), just there, Ice starts laughing immediately. It's a breathless laugh, but it ignites something in his eyes that makes Mav immediately happier. Mav does it again and Ice asks, signs, if Mav really wants go down that road. Pete rubs his cheek against his husband's chest this time and then he stays, his face above Ice's heart and he let himself enjoying the way Tom's heart beats a little faster and the sound of his laugh.

#probably wented a little one-side ruddhdbhdhdd #mav 🤝 his beard: making ice laugh out loud 🫶 #(it's an honest job okay) #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #icemav #otp: things get old our love is gold #first cancer arc #post tpg (1986)

[pollyna]

Nothing makes Mav grinning more than correct people when they call him Captain Mitchell because now he can say actually it's Capitain Mitchell-Kazansky and people go impossibily still and it almost seems like they stop breathing all together. It never stops to amuse him.

(When Tom gets home, after days like that, Pete makes sure to always kiss him longer because you're beautiful and you should have seen Admiral Cain's expression Ice! He looks this close to have a heart attack!)

#actually is pete mitchell-kazansky now sir yes like the admiral kazansky sir 😉 #and until is just mav to correct people they all think he lost it all but when ice changes the name on his door and desk?- #-jeez the entire navy weeps its destiny and asks why and who hates them(collectivly) so much to allow thAT #the *this close* is paired with mav hands doing this: 🤏 #unironically trying to kill admiral cain: pete maverick mitchell-kazansky's favourite (new) sport #and ice get smooched a lil more because he deserves it #married couple #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #mr & mr mitchell-kazansky #post-DADT #icemav #between tpg & tpg: mav #otp: i heard from the heaven that clouds have been grey

[pollyna]

Bradley has a stack of photos he takes with him everywhere since he was five. It's a growing collection and every single significant person in his life can be found among them. He isn't in every photo because a part of them are older than he'll ever be, the day his mom and dad got married kinda old, but one of his favourite has him, his mom and Uncle Tom in it. They're sitting in a booth, in a place he can't remember even if tries, and Bradley is showing Tom all his favourite dinos and how he wanted all of them to fit in a paper plane he and uncle Pete did that same afternoon. Carole is laughing, and he can still hear the tone of her laugh when he thinks back to that particular moment, and Pete is taking the picture. Uncle Tom's face is a mix of perplexity, amusement and the question how could a apatosaurus fit on any kind of plane? frozen in Bradley's mind. Uncle Tom always had the best question he used to think, and still does thinking, every time he looks at that pic. He remembers too, and that's not on the shot, how gently he had took Bradley in his arms and hugged him with one arm while he was hugging uncle Pete with the other. They maybe spent five minutes in that position, a booth far away from praying eyes in a place he can't remember, but the feeling of being safe is still something he takes with him with that photo. And it still the same every time Uncle Tom hugs him, with or without Uncle Pete trying to fit between two men too tall for him.

#my dad opened his mouth and a whole day got shitty in 0.01 second so i think we all deserve a lil fluff #bradley rooster bradshaw #tom iceman kazansky #carole bradshaw #pete maverick mitchell #uncle tom and uncle pete #memories of times long gone and feelings that are still there with you #baby goose #tom iceman kazansky & bradley rooster bradshaw #icemav in their uncles 'verse #top gun (1986) #post tpg #otp: i heard from the heavens that clouds have been grey

[pollyna]

Carole says it takes a village to raise a kid when Pete confesses he's not sure he's the best guardian for Bradley. Tom says we're your village Pete, presenting every single person who was at Top Gun with them.

(Bradley is going to be eighteen the day he arrives to Annapolis, no card box between his hands because his entire village is taking them up in his new room. While his roomate, Natasha but you can call me Tasha, has half of an heart attack because she knows every single person that's coming in their room.)

#it takes a village to raise a kid so tom gives pete a village #pete maverick mitchell #tom icema kazansky #carole bradshaw (mentioned) #implied icemav #little goose and his 388393 uncles #all top gun class from 1986 is there for them #post top gun (1986) #tpg (1986) #pre top gun: maverick

[pollyna]

Ah, the things I do for love murmurs Thomas James Kazansky, callsign Iceman, every morning getting up to open the door to the cat at fucking 3 am in the morning because is soon to be husband is sleeping and not even a bomb would wake him up. He should try with a kiss or two, just for a change, maybe so he would wake up? Or maybe he should ignore the cat altogether. Or maybe not, because when he comes back to bed Maverick is warm in the perfect way and cuddles against his back in a way that makes Tom happy even after almost two decades. So yeah, the thing I do for love indeed.

#h/c: iceman has a light sleep mav could sleep even under heavy fire (but just when he's home) #their cat is my cat and her 3 am waky waky bc i have to go out hooommman #this was originally a very sad thing but my cat came up to say hello so now it has to be a happy thing #tom iceman kazansky #pete mavericks mitchell #icemav #long term relationship #post tpg(1986) #otp: i heard from the heavens that clouds have been grey

[pollyna]

Sarah meets Tom in January, outside a very discreet queer pub in New York during Christmas' holidays and they decide to get married in February. Only Slider and a friend of Sarah, Olly? Molly?, are present and when the judge say you can kiss your bride Tom kisses her cheek and thanks her. A week later Sarah is back to school, studying to become a lawyer and taking a minor in art, and Tom is back to his post. They don't wear a ring but they share a black bracelet they chose after they signed all the right documents.

Tom calls her from deployment around the world when he can, Sarah studies and gets her degree and then she passes her bar exam and Tom flies commercial to be there, Slider with him and Olly, Molly?, more happy then ever to see them both. People call her Mrs. Kazansky and Tom has to take her hand in his before she punches someone and their parents too. Everytime Tom hears someone saying Mrs. Kazansky he can't help but straight out his uniform because where his mom is the General follows. But, for once, they aren't talking about his family.

Between a deployment and another they buy a house, big enough to have two bedroom, a study and an art room they make in a garage that's almost always empty, a garden where to host barbecues during the fourth of July and a livingroom with a couch big enough to serve as another bed in case Slider or one of their friends wants to stay for the night. Sarah's room is on the left side of the second floor and Tom's on the right. They're both almost thirty five and their life is better than they would have thought. Sarah works all the cases she wants because she is a very good lawyer that learned a thing or two about stern looks from Tommy and Iceman starts getting promoted so fast they stop throwing a party everytime or they'll spend all the time celebrating. They still have to go around Sarah's house and plays the happy couple, answering questions about babies (that Sarah doesn't want and that Iceman doesn't care abour, at all), about their anniversary (they spend the last one going out to dinner and then to dance because they are allowed to have fun, okay? Two before the last Tom tried to take Sarah up in the sky but she almost fainted after seeing the plane so they end up going out for a hiking and eating icecream for dinner), the sex (that makes Tom red in the face and Sarah giggling because if they only knew) and why don't they kiss in front of other people (Tom is shy).

Once Ron tried to make one of them explain what type of marriage they were in, loveless and sexless?, and Sarah has looked right in his eyes for so long the pasta in his dish has gone cold. This one, she finally says pointing her fork directly at Ice's face, is still in love with Mave-rick drawing rainbows and writing Mr. and Mr. Kazansky-Mitchell on every piece of paper he can find but doesn't talk about it with him because everytime Pete is around he gets stupider than usual and for me? I got to finish my studies, married someone my dad likes, who cares about me and remembers my favourite ice cream without having to remember him every two minutes. 'S strange but good strange.

The food is pretty good too Slider added because Ice's face was red as the tomato sauce, Sarah was laughing and he wouldn't want the night to be ruined by awkward conversation.

#tom 🤝 sarah: queer people trying to make the best out of a shitty situation #sarah just want to study but her dad is an asshole and no husband no money to study so she goes and find herself one #aroace sarah kazansky #gay tom iceman kazansky #slider doesn't get half of what is happening but he's supportive! #platonic marriage #one-side icemav #(lords and ladies how much i hate this tag and it's variances) #h/c? like i'd like to write more of this bc i have a lot of ideas #and a very inquisitive maverick about the fact that they don't talk about themselves as husband and wife #with carole in it too #tom iceman kazansky #sarah kazansky #ron slider kerner #top gun (1986) #post tpg

[pollyna]

Maverick blasting I'm Good (Blue) at 7 am in every speaker present in the building to announce he has arrived in the premises give Cyclone a constant headache and makes Warlock steal a pair of headphones by some technician who works in the lab because they both are this close to kick Maverick put of the Navy. But oops, you can't because you made me Admiral! he announces a Wednesday morning so I'm good, yeah, I'm feelin' alright. I'ma have the best fuckin' day of my life!

#this + going around being called admiral kazansky= mav's best life pre retirement #smol not tpg related fact: i'm good (blue) is an homage to an Eiffel 65's song called Blue #pete maverick mitchell #implied icemav #beau cyclone simpson #solomon warlock bates #hondo saves himself because he takes 2 whole weeks of vacation and when he's back mav has another focus to make everybody's life hell #i'm good (blue) #post top gun: maverick #top gun: maverick #i'm open to betting on whom suggest/made listen this song to mav the first time #why i'm not sleeping :(

[pollyna]

The first episodes leaves Bradley so in awestruck mood he forces uncle Tom, and eventually uncle Pete too, to watch every single one with him. It's the only night he can stay up past nine pm and always finished all his homework, chores and his dinner even when it has greens in it. He sits in the center on the couch, uncle Tom on his left and uncle Peter on his right and a bowl of pop corn shared between the three of them. The theme of X Files fills the living room and nothings else has Bradley's attention for almost two hours. Sometimes uncle Pete falls asleep, sometimes the change setting of the couch so Ice can cuddle both of them but not even fireworks can move him away from the couch.

He loves them, every single on of the characters, that he forces his uncles to dress like them too. Uncle Tom is Mulder because he's as tall and handsome (uncle Pete's words) and Uncle Pete is Scully because they both tiny and fierce. Bradley gets them to paint his all body of grey because he is the alien and they go around for hours, collecting candies and everyone recognises them. That night Bradley goes to sleep so happy and his tummy full of candy he won't forget about that Halloween never again.

(A week after Uncle Tom will add a photo of that Halloween to Bradley's collection and a different one on his and Pete's album: Bradley in the middle of them, with grey color even in his hairs, and Ice bending a little to kiss Mav on the mouth, ridicule costume and all.)

#au: maverick adopts bradley after carole dies #au: ice teaches with him at tpg and goes for mission once in a while #happy little family #bradley rooster bradshaw #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #pete maverick mitchell & bradley rooster bradshaw #tom iceman kazansky & bradley rooster bradshaw #icemav #me 🤝 bradley: y'all should shut the fuck up xtf is on tv #top gun (1986) #post top gun