But this is love I just can’t live without Masterlist
Bradley ‘Rooster’ Bradshaw x f!Kazansky!Reader
Biker!au
Summary: You swore you were never coming home again. Not after what happened. What he did to you when you were kids. But you know you’d regret missing your own mother’s funeral if you didn’t show up. You just hope he doesn’t come even though it’s almost guaranteed he will. Has to support his grieving president and all.
Connected to but not necessary to read:
Take me with you Jake 'Hangman' Seresin x f!reader
Top Gun MC members:
Iceman - President
Maverick - Vice President
Slider - Sergeant at Arms
Hollywood - Secretary
Wolfman - Treasurer
Original members - Merlin, Sundown, Chipper, Cougar, Hondo, Cyclone
Newer members - Rooster, Hangman, Bob, Coyote, Fanboy, Payback, Fritz, Yale, Harvard, Omaha
Chapter 1 “Oh how can it be” Baby Ice
Chapter 2 “Bit off more than you could chew” Bradley
Chapter 3 “Nowhere to go” Baby Ice
Chapter 4 “A man so filled with doubt” Bradley
Chapter 5 “Counting on beauty to kill off the beast” Baby Ice
Chapter 6 “A curse I can’t disown” Bradley
Chapter 7 “Howl at the moon” Baby Ice
Chapter 8 "The softer the skin" Bradley
Chapter 9 "The sharper the teeth" Baby Ice
Chapter 10 “It’s tearing me apart” Baby Ice
Chapter 11 "It's worse when I'm alone" Baby Ice
Chapter 12 "Despite the toll of the dead" Baby Ice
Chapter 13 " " Bradley
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so i’ve been posting a lot lately about paper girls (2022) and it just occurred to me that not everyone actually knows or has watched the show.
SO LET ME AMEND THAT!
paper girls is a 2022 (unfortunately) limited series on prime video featuring four 12 year-old paper girls from small-town ohio who get caught up in a time-spanning war between two rival factions. during this time-travelling journey, they each encounter versions of their future selves in various ways, learning how their lives have gone as they attempt to reckon with who they currently are, who they’ll grow up to be, and how — maybe — they can change that trajectory.
between moments of intense action and lighthearted comedy, the show really shines with its character moments. this is ultimately a coming of age story about erin tieng, tiffany quilkin, kj brandman, and mackenzie “mac” coyle. these four girls each have their own problems to grapple with, and each of them get some really stellar payoff in the series’ first (and only 😭) season, along with some truly and honestly heartwarming or rib-tickling moments of bonding between the group and various pairings within the group.
think stranger things but with a main cast of girls instead of boys and time travel instead of interdimensional monsters. also better, because the show takes the plights of its young protagonists seriously. the 80’s aren’t glorified, the girls face period-appropriate bigotry (while not in abundance, though, thank god), but their futures aren’t always sunshine and rainbows either. they have troubles and feelings that the narrative focuses on and gives proper space for instead of simply sidelining them for the plot, and there’s about an apparent growth over the season but an experience that makes the girls more nuanced and complex fairly immediately than most kid protagonists. god, i seriously can’t get over how good this show is !!
anyways, everyone needs to watch paper girls. amazon unfortunately didn’t renew it, and while legendary is still shopping it around, there’s unfortunately little hope for a continuation (even if it would really only need one season to wrap the story up, if that’s what it needs). that all said, it’s well well worth the investment and an excellent alternative to some other tired series, especially with the strength of its main cast.
I IMPLORE YALL WATCH PAPER GIRLS 😭😭😭
edit: yes there is a gay character who has one of the best on-screen arcs of coming to terms with her own sexuality and an especially beautiful and touching scene of affirmation from a future person. i won’t spoil who it is or what the scene entails but it’s seriously just. so touching and so affirming and beautiful
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This is love I just can’t live without Ch. 1
Bradley ‘Rooster’ Bradshaw x f!kazansky!reader
Biker!au
“This is love I just can’t live without” masterlist
Ch. 1 “Oh how can it be” Baby Ice
Chapter trigger warnings: loss of a parent.
You take a deep, calming breath as you stare at your childhood home with your bag slung over your shoulder. The one story ranch house seemed a lot bigger when you were younger. But the house aged just the same as you. The paint’s looking a little duller than you remember. Bleached from the bright California sun. The black shutters are looking a little more grey than black. You’re surprised to see your mother’s flowerbeds in good shape. No weeds. Fresh mulch. Your dad must have kept up with them to keep them nice for your mom even though you know he hated those flower beds. Your eyes water again for the thousandth time today and you try and blink back the tears. You knew this was going to be hard, you just didn’t expect it to be this hard.
You didn’t want to be here. You swore you’d never come back. If it was up to you you would have never set foot in this town again. Wouldn’t come anywhere near it. Not after what happened. Not after what he did. He ruined a whole town for you. Ruined a lot more than just that.
You had to come back. It wasn’t a choice. Not really. There’s no getting out of this. You know you would forever regret not attending your own mother’s funeral. You had to suck it up. You had to. You’re here for her. And your dad. And the rest of your family. Not him. Never him. He could fall off the face of the earth for all you care. In fact he should do that for you. Do something good for a change.
When your dad called to give you the news, you begged him not to let him come to the funeral but no matter how much you begged and pleaded it was met with something along the lines of, “Baby girl, it would hurt your mama just as much if you didn’t show up, if he didn’t show. You know she thought the world of that boy. Thought of him as her son regardless of what went down between the two of you. Plus, it would be disrespectful if he didn’t come. He’s coming. That’s final.”
Didn’t mean you didn’t try and beg some more but you were just met with silence on the other end until you gave in with a, “Fine, make me miserable. See if I care.”
So here you were, back home for a week. Just a week. You told your dad you wouldn’t stay any longer than that. You couldn’t. Just being here now made your skin crawl. You need to get in the house. The only promise your dad said he would make you is he wouldn’t let him in the house while you were home this week. He couldn’t say the same about anywhere else but he promised that the house would be your safe haven. Small victories.
The driveway was always covered with various cars and bikes so you couldn’t even tell if anyone was over or if your dad was home when you arrived. You don’t even know what anyone’s bikes look like anymore. Everyone could have new bikes by now or painted their old ones. Five years is a long time. You figure everyone would be at the clubhouse. You hoped everyone would be at the clubhouse at least. You were tired. Driving for four hours straight immediately after work was rough on you. You just wanted to lay down in bed and sleep. You didn’t want to deal with socializing until after you at least decompressed a little if you couldn’t sleep.
The front door flies open. There goes your nap.
“Baby Ice!” a man yells before he comes barreling towards you. You barely have time to brace yourself before you’re lifted up in a bear hug, a yelp escaping your mouth as your feet dangle below you.
You squirm in the arms, “Uncle Slider! Can you put me down! Please!”
You swear the arms tighten and a kiss is placed on the side of your head, “No, I cannot Baby Ice but thank you for asking politely. I’m so glad the manners we taught you stuck through the years. It was a group effort.”
“Slider!” you hear your dad yell. “Put my daughter down or I’m kicking your bike over!”
“You wouldn’t dare!” Your uncle yells back. “Your dad clearly was not a part of the group effort to teach you manners since he seems to have none,” he whispers to you then he started to awkwardly waddle towards the house with you still dangling from his arms.
“Wanna bet?” Your dad says, you can practically hear the smirk in in his voice that you know is plastered on his face.
Slider lets you slide through his arms and gently sets you back down safely before scowling at your dad, “You’re no fun, Ice.”
“I’m plenty fun,” you dad says shaking his head at his Sergeant at Arms, he opens his arms out towards you and takes a few steps out onto the porch, letting the screen door slam closed behind him.
As soon as your feet hit the ground you’re racing into your father’s arms, “Dad!”
Ice Man smiles and holds you close, rocking softly from side to side with a hand cupping the back of your head to hold you close. You stay that way for a few minutes before he pulls away to look at you, wiping the tears from your cheeks that you didn’t even realize were there, “How’s about you come inside, baby girl?”
You nod and let go of your father who keeps an arm around you to lead you inside. He opens the screen door for the both of you and you step into the house.
You held onto that small sliver of hope that you’d be able to nap, that maybe Uncle Slider and your dad were the only ones here, the sliver is gone when you step inside and see all the other officers of the Top Gun MC.
“Do my eyes deceive me, Wolf, or is that Baby Ice? Finally come home where she belongs. C’mere, baby girl,” your Uncle Hollywood says as he stands up and beckons you over for a hug, which you happily give him.
“Hey now, you got hugs for all of us or is he just special?” Your Uncle Wolfie asks holding his arms out. You laugh and walk over and give him a hug too. “Missed you, baby girl.”
You roll your eyes, “You act like I didn’t see you less than a month ago.”
Wolfman flops back against the couch dramatically, “Seeing you once every couple a months is not the same as seeing you every day.”
You shrug, “You’re welcome to move to where I live now if you’d rather. If not then every couple of months it is.” It’s what you can offer. You weren’t itching to come back here again after this. You’re still not sure if this was a mistake or not. You’re not too proud to admit you’re scared and anxious.
“Hey Baby Ice,” your Uncle Mav says to you with a nod when your eyes meet his. You’ve seen all your uncles quite frequently over the years, all except one, Maverick. You understand. You didn’t leave on the best of terms with his nephew/adopted son, to put it lightly. Kinda puts a strain on the relationship. You missed your uncle, of course, but you would never want to make him choose sides. You wouldn’t want to force any of your uncles to choose sides, though you know which one Mav would choose time and time again, not that you’d blame him. It’s a different relationship between him and Mav than between you and Mav.
You nod back to Mav and tuck some hair back behind your ears before quietly replying, “Hey Mav” back to him with a little wave that he returns. You didn’t quite know where you stood with him. Didn’t want to push the “uncle” on him since he technically wasn’t your uncle. None of them “technically” were but they were the closest thing you had to uncles and they always treated you like family. But Mav had a duty to his nephew that takes precedence over you. You’re sure your dad would be the same way. At least you think so.
You never once thought of how your dad would have to act around him after you left. Did anything change? Knowing he was the reason your dad’s only child left to get as far away from her home as she could? Knowing he was the reason you sobbed for months whenever your dad called you? You know your dad can be diplomatic but where was the line? Did the joking end? Did your dad stop calling him son since at one time he was on track to being his son in law? Or did nothing at all change? Did your dad still call him son? You hoped not. There’s no way he would ever be his son in law. No way in hell. Not now. Not ever.
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