#sad iceman

[siriuslysirius05]

Not His Son

Look, Tom knew that Bradley —Rooster, these days— wasn’t his son. Hell, he wasn’t even Maverick’s, a fact Bradley made very, very clear when he left that night. Ice remembers it like it was yesterday; Bradley had received a letter from USNA telling him that his application was, for whatever reason, pulled successfully. He’d approached Maverick with the subject, quickly blowing up at his godfather/adopted father once the truth was revealed. Pete Mitchell had pulled Bradley Bradshaw’s Naval Academy application. He left in a fury, shouting awful things that Tom knew Maverick dreamed about every night.

“You aren’t my dad. You never were. I hate you. I wish you died instead!”

Tom also thought of those words often. They were sharp thorns in his heart, haunted his every breath. Bradley was right, they weren’t his parents. And while they might have raised him, Iceman and Maverick were nothing but a heavy, burdened memory Bradley despised.

That didn’t mean they stopped caring. Especially now that Ice was a three star admiral, and Bradley was a full-fledged naval aviator. Hell, he was attending TOPGUN (at Ice’s secret referral). He was a grown man, an independent and strong man. He didn’t need Maverick, he didn’t need Iceman.

It didn’t stop Ice from keeping an eye on him, though. With his admiral status, Ice had the files of every single naval flight officer at his fingertips. Most of the time, Tom used the files to recommend squadrons and put together missions, but…

He still worried about the kid.

In actuality, it wasn’t all that often that Tom checked on Bradley. Every few months, and he usually didn’t tell Maverick the updates with the knowledge that his husband —they’d gotten married without Bradley there, but they did send an invite that went unanswered— would be hurt knowing Bradley was doing well without him. And that wasn’t narcissism or anything on Pete’s part; Bradley was, in all ways but blood, Pete’s kid. He always would be, even if the only surviving Bradshaw never spoke with him again.

It was Bradley’s second week at TOPGUN, and he was doing well. Top of his class, in fact. It brought both joy and a strange feeling to Ice’s chest.

He’d passed Bradley in the hallways of the air base several times in the past weeks, and every time he gave the man a warm smile. One of the other admirals on base, a two star by the callsign of Cyclone, teased him about the sudden appearance and disappearance of warmth on his face every time he was in the same general area as his kid.

Not his kid.

Today was a particularly bad day for Tom. His husband was stationed overseas and had been for the last month and a half, and Ice was missing him dearly. Plus, Ice had nightmares about Hop31 (better known as ‘the accident’ around Maverick, who flinched anytime ‘hop’ and ‘31’ were in the same sentence) and Goose’s death the night before.

Seeing Bradley strutting through base, a funky-pattern Hawaiian shirt on and wearing a pair of aviators, his 70s-pornstache perfectly groomed, was just salt in the wound. His (not) son was a spitting image of Nick Bradshaw, identical even in the walk. Goose always loved to strut and peacock about, showing off whatever shirt he had on.

Tom had tried to approach Bradley, just to say something. Hi. I miss you. Pete misses you. Anything, just to hear the young man’s voice. Would he sound like Goose? Bradley was raised in California, so he didn’t have the southern twang that Goose had, but maybe…

Bradley glared at Ice when he got near, turning and walking away. His friends, who Ice recognized as Natasha ‘Phoenix’ Trace and Reuben ‘Payback’ Fitch, looked confused as they snapped to attention. Tom sighed, smiling sadly at the kids before turning to walk the other direction.

Later that day, Ice was watching the skies. His mind overlayed memories of Hop31, how *well* it was going, with the planes flying overhead. He knew who was up there right now. He knew that the F/A-18 that just barreled through the sky was none other than Bradley ‘Rooster’ Bradshaw. Pride and guilt filled his chest, and he was suddenly overcome with emotion. Emotion he didn’t deserve to feel, because Bradley was not his son.

He turned away from the window, eyes wet.

((Story based on the short sketchy drawing I did in an hour or so…the uniform is probably very inaccurate just bear with me please))

#top gun #top gun maverick #bradley rooster bradshaw #bradley bradshaw imagine #icemav #tom iceman kazansky #sad iceman #fanfic #fanart

[actuallyitsstar]

grief is not a feeling, but a neighborhood. this is where i come from. everyone i love still lives here. // (insp.)

#top gun maverick #top gun #filmedit #topgunmaverickedit #filmgifs #tgmedit #top gun edit #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #nick goose bradshaw #top gun maverick gifs #filmtvdaily #topgundaily #stars tg edits #stars gifs #mine #the way this made me SO FUCKING SAD. WTF. ME @MYSELF: STOP IT!!!!! #what can i say tho. ever since i saw the insp i just H A D to make a top gun edit of this. had to. it was The Law #anyways hope it makes u sad too ig akdhdjfhfjfh. ur welcome <3 #love how i get stuck trying to write fluff so im like i know. lemme edit a lot of maverick crying. akdhfjfhfjfhf

[icemankazansky]

ending with letting go

#(let's pretend happy end) #top gun #top gun: maverick #iceman x maverick #icemav #drinks are half off during Sad Hour #top gun gifs #my gifs

[polar-equinoxx]

reunited✨🪽

and without the text :,3

#IS IT SOFT IS IT SAD WHO KNOWS #I THINK ITS BOTH #im alive yey #sorry college almost killed me off #ms tg #ms art #icemav #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #top gun 1986 #top gun #top gun fanart #top gun maverick

[streetsweepershenanigans]

Thinking about supportive military parents icemav and Maverick insisting that their child(ren) use Kazansky as their last name instead of Mitchell or the hypheated Kazansky-Mitchell/Mitchell-Kazansky, 'cause he doesn't want them to miss out on opportunities like he did just because of his name...

#he just wants the best for them #and thats not always the mitchell name #icemav #its sad hours #icemav headcanon #parental icemav #mavdad #icepops #top gun #top gun maverick #iceman #maverick #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #supportive parents icemav

[thatsrightice]

UMMMM

WHAT? IS??? THIS??????

THIS TIK TOK WITH A BEAUTIFUL EDIT JUST DROPS A BOMB SAYING THERE’S A BIRTH CERTIFICATE ON TWITTER AND I FIND THIS????? WITH NO EXPLANATION????

SERESHAWS YOU CANT JUST DO THAT TO ME WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

HIS MIDDLE NAME IS JACOB?

HE WAS BORN IN HONOLULU??

I AM UNWELL

#UPDATE: not real v sad #honestly saw it coming let’s be real #SOMEONE EXPLAIN #MY HAWAIIAN SUN KISSED BOY #MY PEARL HARBOR MILITARY BASE BOY #I AM UNWELL #no srsly pls #pls help me what is this????? #how has no one told me about this??? #MY SURFING VOLLEYBALL PLAYING HAWAIIAN???? #HAWAII?!?!?! #IF YOU KNEW ABOUT THIS YOU MUST COME FORWARD AND PAY FOR HIDING INFORMATION FROM ME #I’m not mad I promise #I’m literally ecstatic #top gun #tom kazansky #top gun: maverick #iceman #top gun maverick #top gun iceman #pete mitchell #icemav #my boys #ron kerner #everyone needs to see this #tgm #tgm 1986 #top gun 1986 #sorry not sorry for all the tags #I can’t rn guys

[shit-sorry-fuck-mybad]

Mav is the type of guy that has a crisis everytime he hits another decade

He had one at 30 because I haven’t done everything I was supposed to do Ice

He had one at 40 because this is where I start to actually get old Ice

He had one at 50 because I’m not supposed to be doing what I do at 50 Ice

He has one at 60 because suddenly he feels too young, too young to have lost his best friends, too young to have gained then lost and then get back a son, too young to have almost died as many times as he has, too young to have lost his husband

#trust in me to make it sad anyways #top gun #pete maverick mitchell #icemav #dead ice my beloved #tom iceman kazansky

[indig0-constellations]

I like to think that after Ice died, Mav kept his shoes by the front door so that when he gets home after work and takes his shoes off it’s like Ice is still there in the house waiting for him to come home

#aaaaaaand post #I can imagine sombody going over to Mavs house and being confused why there is a slightly larger pair of shoes sitting by the front door #and when they ask who’s shoes they are Mav has to explain that they were his husbands shoes #and that answers their question really fast #you can thank the song ‘think of me once in a while’ for this idea #why oh why do I hurt myself like this #I guess it’s just an angst kind of night #top gun #top gun 1986 #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #icemav #angst #I made myself sad

[scottishaccentsareawesome]

Iceman:...The one thing I want, it's something I know I can't have. But I think I know - I think I know now, happiness isn't in the having. It's in just being. It's in just saying it. Maverick: What are you talking about, Ice? Iceman: I know how you see yourself, Maverick. You see yourself the same way all those Navy guys who don't like you see you. You're destructive and you're angry and you're broken. You think that anger, that's what drives you - that's who you are. It's NOT! And everyone who knows you sees it. Everything you've done - the good and the bad, you have done for love. You look after Bradley for love, you look after the whole Dagger squad for love! That is who you are! You're the most caring man on Earth. You are the most selfless, loving human being I will ever know. [Maverick can't speak] Iceman:...Y'know, ever since we met, ever since that night in the O Club...knowing you has changed me. Because you cared, I cared. I cared about you, I cared about Goose, I cared about Carole and Bradley, I cared about the whole world because of you!...You changed me, Mav. Maverick: Why does this sound like a goodbye? Iceman:.....Hell if I know, I'm just trying to tell you that I'm in love with you.

#incorrect quotes #HA HA! I really had you thinking it was gonna be a sad one didn't I?! #NOOO !!! :P #icemav #original: supernatural #tom kazansky #iceman kazansky #pete mitchell #maverick mitchell #top gun 1986 #top gun maverick

[chrrywvea]

[slider is filming]

*to the camera*

iceman: okay, ready? today i'll show you how to care of a sad person

*he walks over to the couch where mav is curled up, & begins laying out a blanket*

iceman: you get your blanket, and pick up your ball of depression...

*picks up mav*

iceman: lay them on the blanket and...

*mav yelps when ice starts to roll him up*

iceman: you get your own sushi roll!

iceman: now you place them somewhere comfortable and get your supplies...

*dumps mav back onto the couch & returns with snacks and drinks*

iceman: you hug your roll close and watch a movie that the roll enjoys

*starts mean girls, meanwhile slider is one laugh away from passing out*

iceman: now this part is important! you feed and hydrate the roll, because tears leave the roll dehydrated.

*mav blushing heavily, hiding in ice's side while he gets his share of chips*

iceman, smiling at the camera: there we go, a happy roll!

[ slider can't help the sappy grin on his face, their little pilot buddy all tiny & wide eyes peeking over the blanket is just adorable ]

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inspired by the happy sushi roll meme i just found again:-D

#tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #top gun #top gun maverick #ron slider kerner #wingmen #icemav #sad mav gets aaaall the love♡ #ice's expert field: maverick caretaking 101 #slider is enjoying all of it greatly:-D

[mrgaheris]

guess who’s back and being evil again (it’s me)

#icemav #top gun #top gun 1986 #icemav edit #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #gay people #sad gays man

[milobyelo]

I like to think that in Maverick’s down time from taking names and kicking ass in the sky he goes on walks to get himself to slow down and back to life’s regular speed instead of the adrenaline rush of flying. And it’s like a whole thing for him, he has a designated bookbag he brings with him if a sketch book and snacks etc. But most importantly his favorite part of the park is the pond, because there’s so many ducks. And the ducks remind him of goose so he just gets a little melancholic and sits down under a tree by the pond for an hour feeding the ducks.

The thing is he’s had the same house he inherited from his dad in Sand Diego by the base for decades so he’s gone to this pond in his downtime whenever he gets back in town for decades. And he always feeds the ducks. Hes brought Bradley and Carole to feed ducks with him before and later played catch with Bradley for practice by the pond, it’s a whole thing for him.

Well after Ice’s cancer scare and the two of them get their shit together (in this I imagine they don’t really get in a relationship until a couple years pre-canon) and Mav takes him to the pond because it’s his special place and he wants to share it with his boyfriend.

So he brings a blanket, they get settled, and Maverick grabs the food out his bag to go feed the ducks. He looks at Ice with such a soft look because they’ve been through so much but they can still find time in their life to sit down and feed the ducks in Mav’s special place.

And everything goes perfect until Iceman looks down at the food Maverick brought and offhandedly says “You know you’re not supposed to feed ducks bread, it’s bad for them. Did you bring anything else?”

And Maverick is just horrified. Because he’s been feeding these ducks bread for like 35 years and “oh my god Ice how many ducks did I kill”. And it’s a whole thing and Ice had to help him through the heartbreaking news but starting next week he brings seeds instead and thoroughly apologies to the ducks that just stare at him in return.

#top gun #top gun:maverick #icemav #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #poor pete #I was also very sad when I found out you’re not supposed to feed ducks bread #I have so many thoroughly thought out fic idea but I thought of ducks at 2am and here we are instead #we all have a fic inspo list we never write #I didn’t feel like actually writing this so this what y’all get sorry

[pollyna]

If people give shit to Mav because nobody believes he's married to someone with a boring name like Tom, when they ask Iceman who he's married to and he answers Pete, everybody smiles along, and yeah, yeah, it does make sense. Pete could be a lawyer, a kindergarten teacher, a doctor or a botanist, it wouldn't be very relevant because Pete is the man Admiral Kazansky goes on trips with, to hike in Yellowstone Park and to skydive that time he was bored and without anything to do. Pete is the man who sometimes makes him lunch and always, always, leaves little silly notes in the admiral's jacket when he has long meetings and conferences outside the national border. Pete, who asked Tom to marry him back in '91 and said yes when Tom asked in '11. Pete is a calm, normal, borderline boring, and composed person who loves the Admiral and likes a peaceful and relaxed life.

Yeah, exactly that Pete.

(But then Tom introduces his husband to them, and they can be admirals or secretaries or janitors alike, and everyone thinks that they really really don't know Admiral Kazansky at all.)

((Mav's favourite story is about that time Ice introduced him to Admirals Simpson and Cain. Years later, he's still crying for how much he laughs when he tells the tale.))

#@ discord does the work #i just made it a lil more mine #tom iceman kazansky #pete maverick mitchell #icemav #sweet kind pete and then it's maverick but tom is still talking about him in the same way #kindergarten teacher isn't all wrong lol he has 12 aviators now #top gun (1986) #otp: i heard from the heavens that clouds have been grey #otp: things get old our love is gold #i'm sad bc the pre-mixed base for the pancake didn't taste like anything at all efwiufeiu i will have to them homemade :(

[icemankazansky]

I’ve been searching for a trail to follow again.

#top gun: maverick #top gun og #icemav #iceman x maverick #hello aviators it's feelings o'clock #Drinks are half off during Sad Hour #val kilmer #tom cruise #my gifs

[polar-equinoxx]

Ice blinks, taken aback, Maverick’s sudden and wounded snap rocking him to his core.

#pain. very much pain. very sad mav #(this is ice saving him (literally)) #it made me cry #ms tg #ms art #icemav #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #top gun #top gun fanart #top gun 1986

[eliashirsch]

[You cry, and you cry, and you cry. An endless rush of grief-pain-suffering escaping your body in a geyser. It seems like it will never end.

But it did. Just like everything else.]

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The death after the life of one Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell. How he meets his five people and revisits their connection on earth, each bringing a lesson of their own. And most importantly, how he finally learns to let go.

#CHECK OUT THIS SWEET FIC THAT IS DEFINITELY SWEET AND HAS NO PAIN AND EVERYTHING'S OKAY #no but seriously this was cathartic #death and the afterlife #mav being a sad boytm #i take too much joy in making him suffer #sorry mav! #icemav #hangster #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #top gun maverick #iceman x maverick #nick goose bradshaw #bradley bradshaw #carole bradshaw #mike viper metcalf #Jake hangman seresin #top gun fanfiction #writing