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B. Bradshaw | Masterlist

Top Gun - Maverick

Updated: 7/29/2024 [masterlist created!]

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Hi!!! So? This is it! I've been continuously cringing at myself for even making the first search for this the other day but I did. I ended up falling down a rabbit hole full of incredible fics written by some incredible people so I hope you give it a look. No need to judge me, I'm already judging myself T-T.

peace!

fluff -> 🤍 | smut -> 🍋 | angst -> 🌧️ | major tw -> ‼️

Series

☆ ALTITUDE | @tongue-like-a-razor

13 chapters | on hold | 🌧️🤍

Sydney is not a pilot. But she knows all their tricks. That's why, when she meets the smooth-talking Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw, she's not falling for any of them. She's not falling for him, either.

☆ ARE WE STILL FRIENDS? | @perpetuallydaydreaming

12 chapters | complete | 🤍🌧️🍋

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw and you have been friends since you can remember, just friends (unfortunately) but when you are called back to Top Gun everything changes...

☆ JEALOUSY, JEALOUSY | @feralforfrank

3 chapters | complete | 🌧️🤍🍋

Rooster and you have never liked each other. One night at the Hard Deck is enough to change the dynamic between you.

☆ IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY | @bloatedandalone04

4 chapters | complete | 🌧️🤍🍋

The one where you give Bradley your heart and he breaks it.

☆ FAKING IT | @tongue-like-a-razor

8 chapters | complete | 🌧️🤍

Fake dating your friend, Bradley Bradshaw - what could possibly go wrong? Your sister is getting married and you need a date. You enlist Bradley's help and the rest is history.

☆ AT LEAST I LET THE LIGHT IN | @heartsofminds

1 chapter | on hold (?) | 🌧️‼️

Bradley is on a downward spiral and Natasha doesn't know how much more she can take - unofficial sequel to 'cause no one breaks my heart like you (linked here)

Oneshots

☆ BRAD BRAD | @peterparkersnose

wc: 1.9k | 🤍🌧️

teasing, intimidation, situationship coming to a close, ANGST, mentions of death and dealing with death, rooster is in denial of looove, fluff at the end

Rooster gets upset when a harmless joke crosses the line.

☆ "YOU TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THEM" | @katsu28

wc: 1.3k | request | 🌧️🤍

bradley "rooster" bradshaw x aviator!reader, callsign casper (like the ghost hehe), some swearing

Rooster gets upset when pilot hazing goes too far

☆ LOVE IN THE DARK | @bloatedandalone04

wc: 2.8k | 🌧️

swearing, angst, sad boy bradley, lowkey depressed reader, more angst bc im sick and unhappy about it, new theme

The one where the deployments become too much.

☆ WHEN I PICTURE MYSELF HAPPY, I SEE YOU | @feralforfrank

wc: idk loll | prompt | 🌧️🤍

angst with a happy ending, miscommunication trope (?), nondescriptive reader

Rooster and reader fight, but they make up in their own way.

☆ "THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT AND YOU KNOW IT" | @katsu28

wc: 1.7k | request | 🌧️

bradley "rooster" bradshaw x reader, some swearing, angst

You miss Bradley so much while he's away, in trying to communicate this to him, lines get crossed and emotions rise.

☆ CRUMBLE | @daddy-bradley

wc: idk | 🌧️🤍

angst, cursing, mentions of parental insecurity, depression, anxiety, has a happy ending

You and Bradley are having your first fight after your baby is born. How will you both come to a solution and learn to cope through this together.

☆ 'CAUSE NO ONE BREAKS MY HEART LIKE YOU | @heartsofminds

wc: 19k | 🌧️‼️

heavy angst, miscommunication, heartbreak, right person wrong universe type shit, slow burn angst, disrespect towards women, drinking, bradley is a dick

Bradley Bradshaw is terrified of commitment and he decides to stop being selfish (even though its hard to see)

ⓒ onehopelessromantic, 2024

apologies for him being a slut against a random background, just needed to drop in the game to playtest pants real quick. next time he'll be slutting more responsibly.

Hmmm... something about this pisses me off a little 🫢☝️ (and ik I'm a little late to the conversation lol)

These are the reviews for transformers earthspark- overall the show has a 4.4 rating and it's clear to see why

Sucks that 99% of the 1 and 2 star reviews are because it's "forced diversity" and "pushing agendas" (aka the show has POC and a non binary character)

Sad to see such blatant homophobia and racism :(

Go show support for Earthspark if you can!

Can we just please talk about this masterpiece literally my favorite

LEVEL UP IN LOVE ! — level nine : mom & dad are getting back together

the only thing you've wanted to do since you were young was play video games--not in that 'living in your mom's basement with nothing better to do' kind of way. you wanted to be a professional e-sports player. when the manager of your favorite professional e-sports team messages you, asking if you would like to join their team, it feels like all of your dreams are coming true. but being a professional gamer comes with drama all it's own when you come face to face with your ex-boyfriend--the support on your rival team.

MINORS DNI & PLEASE DO NOT SPAM LIKE !

LEVEL NINE : MOM & DAD ARE GETTING BACK TOGETHER

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🎮 kana's notes ! maybe now that hyunjin & mari are getting back together seungmin will stop hounding hyunjin to focus when they play hehe n e wayz.... minho & yn realizing their feelings ? who knows where this will go

🎮 warnings ! swearing

🎮 taglist ! CLOSED. please do not ask to be added to the taglist as of 07/10/2023. any entries to my taglist form after this date will not be added ! thank you for understanding !

Love

In love's vast puzzle, we each hold a piece,

Yearning for connection, longing for release.

But forcing the fit, a fruitless endeavor,

For love cannot be coerced, no matter how clever.

Like puzzle pieces, unique in design,

Love finds its match in its own due time.

We search and we seek, hoping to find,

The missing piece to ease the heart and mind.

Yet patience is key, as we wait and we learn,

That love's true beauty will eventually discern.

Forcing pieces together only brings strife,

But letting love unfold is the essence of life.

So trust in the process, let fate take its course,

For love cannot be forced, like puzzle pieces, of course.

Dusk

Chapter 1: a sudden appearance

Pairing: giorno giovanna / lucy steel

Summary: Lucy, being the hopeless romantic she was, dreamed of having a connection with her own prince charming.

What she didn't realize was that she was already her own prince charming to Cinderella.

Cinderella taking the form of giorno, a boy that one day, appeared out of nowhere in her stable.

If only she could spend more time with him, their meetings are always so short.

Author's note: thought I should finally write a fanfiction for this crackship :)!

Lucy was quite the bookworm, however she wasn't always this way, in fact, if you asked her years ago what she thought of the activity, then the blonde girl would politely tell you she wasn't the biggest fan of it. 

Reading was always used as a learning tool in her experience, the encyclopedias she came across were always too heavy for her small hands and complicated for her mind.

It wasn't until her 7th birthday that she really took an interest in reading, when her parents gifted her a romance novel.

Lucy still remembered the first time she held it in her hands, how lighter it felt compared to the other books she had held, and how smoothly the pages turned, how engrossed she was in the story while reading.

Lucy still couldn't comprehend some of the words written, sometimes even having to ask her parents or older sibling what a certain phrase meant, however she didn't really care much, she just wanted to keep reading.

The first romance novel she read was still under her bed, she cherished it. 

Lucy continued reading more books, she would even take trips to the library, so much so that the librarian recognized her, and would even give her a small smile. 

Lucy would always smile back.

The small girl would read all kinds of different novels, however her favorite would always be romance. Her parents took notice of how her eyes sparkled whenever she read one and how a sad frown would appear on her face when finishing it. 

The thought of romance fascinated the girl, the connection between two people, how close they can get to each other. 

All of it was like a dream to her, she would always imagine how charming her future lover would be, how many activities they could do together. 

Maybe if he was into books like her, then they might even read together! 

Lucy had slowly but surely become not only quite the bookworm, but also quite the hopeless romantic. 

Now she wondered just when cupid would hit her with his arrow.

***

İt was a cold night, yet the warmth of the fireplace soothed the blonde as she flipped through a page of her book . Lucy was re-reading a new novel she had gotten for her 9th birthday. 

İt was a tale of two lovers that had gotten separated, yet through many adventures, they had once more found each other.

One thing that drew Lucy in was how both of the lovers could feel each other's pain and emotions while they were away from each other. Just the thought of feeling so strongly toward someone, to know them so well that you could feel every ounce of thought they had,was magical to her. 

"Lucy, dear, it's almost time" her reading session was interrupted by her mother's words. 

"yes ma, coming! " The girl quickly put down her book, as much as she hated stopping in the middle of the story, just when it was getting really interesting. She had things to take care of.

Lucy headed outside. The cold air hit her face as she walked toward the stable where the horses she had to feed were. 

She opened the stable door and started to get work. 

Lucy was the best with horses out of all of her siblings, so her parents would always send her out to take care of them, while her mom would cook food. 

Lucy stretched her arms, she wanted to get back to her house as soon as possible, it was chilly and dark out, so it scared the little girl. 

At least the horses were here, hopefully they could protect her from any robber that might appear. They seemed to like her a lot. 

Just as she finished that thought, a loud thud hit her ears. Startled, she immediately turned around to the source of the noise. 

She heard a groan, Lucy gulped. 

She saw a shadowy figure slowly get up, the blonde took a step back, it was either a robber or a monster, or maybe her paranoia got the best of her. 

"w-who's there?" she cried out. 

The shadowy figure started to walk toward her, Lucy stepped back again, preparing to run away, she did not want to get hurt and possibly die at the hands of a robber. 

Until the moon lit up the stable from its open doors, and she saw what the shadowy figure really looked like. 

İt was a boy, no older than her age. 

"y-you're not a robber? Are you?" she said in a quiet tone. 

This couldn't be a robber or monster, he looked too young to be one. 

Then again, she did hear stories from her mom from troublemaker kids trying to steal crops from their farm.

"robber?" the boy finally spoke. 

"Yes, a robber, are you one? D-do you want to steal something?" she knew the question was stupid, no robber would out themselves by answering her. 

"no" he replied curtly "uh…" his eyes turned toward the horses, then at her. 

"I don't even know where I am" he said. 

"oh… are you lost?" 

The boy looked down at his shoes "I guess.." he replied. 

"I See" she wasn't sure what to make of that response, but her once tense body relaxed. The boy didn't look like a threat, in fact he looked pretty scrawny, like one hit of the wind could blow him away. 

"uh, what were you doing out so late?" she resorted to asking him a simple question "were you with your parents? They must be worried"

The boy took a few seconds to answer, Lucy was patient, she sympathized with him, she knew what it was like to be lost, and the fear that came with it. 

"i don't know, i don't remember much" 

Lucy frowned, he didn't look very fazed by his situation, yet she could still see him fidgeting with his shirt. 

"well, what's your name? Mine is Lucy" 

"giorno" 

Giorno was not a name she had heard before, she wondered If he was foreign, looking closer at him, he looked like he was.

"okay ! It's uh, nice to meet you giorno"  she said as she walked closer to him, putting out a hand, in hopes of a handshake. 

Giorno hesitantly shook her hand, his hands were almost smaller then her hers. 

"how old are you by the way?" 

"10"

Lucy gasped and let go of his hand "you're older than me!" 

Giorno blinked, taking a few seconds to talk again "how old are you?" he finally asked. 

"i'm 9 years old" 

Giorno only nodded. 

"so.." Lucy spoke up, thinking of what to say "where do you come from? I never heard a name like yours before" Curiousity had gotten the better of her. 

"i come from Italy" 

She only hummed in response. Lucy had never heard of Italy before, she wasn't sure if she should tell the boy however. Lucy didn't want to come across as rude. 

Lucy caught a brief look in his eyes, one that quickly went away as he gazed down again. 

His eyes shifting toward every single thing. 

Lucy felt a pit in her stomach. 

Even though he looked so calm, he really was panicking inside. 

"h-hey" she stuttered, catching the attention of giorno "I know it must be scary, being lost is really awful. My mom is cooking food so, maybe you can eat with us until we find a way to-" 

"Lucy! Dinner is ready! Where are you? " the blonde was interrupted by her mother calling out for her. 

Lucy shouted back "I'll be there!"

The girl turned back toward giorno, smiling, trying to reassure him "wait for me okay? I'll tell my mom what happened, I'm sure she can help more then me!" 

"okay" giorno quietly said, nodding his head again. 

Lucy quickly ran outside and grabbed her mother's hand. 

"Lucy what are you-" 

Lucy didn't say anything, she only dragged her mom along to the stable. 

"mom there's a boy that-" Lucy stopped in her tracks "huh?" 

Giorno wasn't there, she let go of her mother, searching every corner where giorno could be. 

"did he..run away? Where is he?" she couldn't help but feel nervous, she had told him to wait, and now he was nowhere to be found. 

Where could he be? That was the only question on her mind. 

"Lucy, the food is going to get cold" her mother scolded her. 

"but.." Lucy face fell "he was here just seconds ago.." 

"who was?" her mother asked. 

"it's..it's nothing" Lucy returned to where her mother was "i'm really sorry for making you wait ma" 

***

Dinner that night didn't feel good. 

She had lost her appetite and had gone to bed earlier then the rest of her family. 

Maybe Giorno really was a robber, maybe he was just a figment of her imagination. She just didn't know.

Lucy came to the conclusion that it would be best to forget about him. 

She still hoped however, that wherever he was, he was doing well, that's all that mattered in the end. 

Does his laughter warm your body from the inside out? He knows that when you say two scoops you really mean three, right? Do you dance in his living room while drinking cheap wine? I hope so, and I hope you're both drunk and terrible and laughing so hard you cry. Does he tell you how beautiful you are, and if yes, does he say it when the morning light falls upon your face? More importantly, when he tells you, do you believe him? Can you cry in front of him? I hope you can, that means you trust him. When it's pouring rain does he know that if your hair is curled or your eyes are sad that means he should get the car and bring it to you? When he asks what you want for dinner and you say you aren't hungry, does he ask if you've eaten today? And when you say you had breakfast, I hope he knows you don't eat breakfast, and makes you a bowl of rice, because that's your favorite comfort food. Does he kiss you good morning? Good night? Just because? Do you know he likes his coffee black? Unless he wants it cooled, then he will probably want some milk in it, but not too much. Do you know when he prefers tea to coffee? I never quite figured that out with your father, so if you have, you're a better woman than I. Have you figured out where he's ticklish? Don't let him convince you he's not, I promise you he is. Have you frustrated the hell out of him yet? You will, oh you will, but it's how you two come out of it that matters. And when he said he loved you for the very first time, did you respond by asking if he's afraid of heights? I hope with my entire soul that he said yes because that means, despite his fear, he fell for you. Now, darling, you tell me, is he the one?"

“I think a lot of people don't understand what real romance is. Anyone can buy flowers, candy and jewelry, there's no love in that. The truly romantic things in life are those little things you do every day to show you care, and that you're thinking of them. It's going out of your way to make them happy. The way you hold her hand when you know she's scared, or you save the last piece of cake for him. The random text in the middle of the day, just to say "I love you" or "I miss you". The way he stops to kiss you when he passes by. It's dedicating her favorite song to her, and letting her eat your fries; telling her she's beautiful, even when she's in her sweats; with her hair in a ponytail and no makeup. It's putting your favorite show on pause so she can tell you about her day, and laughing at his jokes even the really lame ones. It's slow dancing in the kitchen and kissing in the rain. Romance isn't about buying, it's about giving. True romance is in the gestures.”

"Fall in love with someone who chooses you. Someone who fights for what you have when difficulty hangs heavy in the air, someone who insists that you are stronger together, capable of beating the odds, capable of turning even the messiest parts of life into lessons instead of reasons to leave. Fall in love with someone who is your calm place in a chaotic world; someone who builds your restless heart a safe space within their own.

Fall in love with someone who takes the time to remember how you like your coffee in the morning, someone who just picks up on your energy because they have made the effort to dive into the depth of it. Fall in love with someone who pays attention, someone who reaches for your hand when you're having a nightmare, someone who holds you a little tighter when the world tries to soften you. Fall in love with someone who cares enough to see you.

Fall in love with someone who inspires you to be a better person. Someone who shows you the gardens within your soul where you only ever used to see cemeteries. Fall in love with someone who makes you believe in your goodness, someone who supports you, who ruthlessly encourages your mind and your talent every moment you question your purpose. Fall in love with someone who is proud of you.

But most importantly an effort that stretches far beyond poetic words or passive convenience. Fall in love with someone who genuinely fills your life with wonder, and foundation, and the kind of hope that spills out of you and into everything you do. Fall in love with someone who teaches you that love can be rediscovered, reimagined is honest and gracious and so for you that it feels like it was knit into your every cell before you even met them. Fall in love with someone who makes you want to be vulnerable, someone who shows you that it is okay to have faith in the heart of another, that it is courageous to try for something. - fall in love with someone who makes - transformed into something that it is courageous to try for something.

Just fall in love with someone who is both your safe place, and your biggest adventure. And never forget that you can also be this person for yourself, too."

Find the people and places that make you feel at home.

Find the ones who take care of your soul and make you feel like you can be completely yourself around them.

Find the ones who light you up from the inside out and encourage you to be yourself.

Find the places where you feel at peace, the places that you could spend forever wandering and exploring.

Find the places that make you want to see even more of the world and the ones that make you happy to be alive ... And whenever you find one of these people or places, hold onto them so tight. Tell those people you love them often. Visit those places as much as you can. Never let go of those people or places because when you find peace and love and joy in this world, it is worth more than gold ... It is where you are meant to be."