IS THIS. A DEAD POET REF. AND A WALDEN REF. IVE NEVER BEEN HAPPPIER

annnnd the tears have started again.

Hi TG Fandom!

So this AU came to me in a dream and I woke up with actual tears so — here we go. 

In the deepest chunks of my cold, dead heart, I believe that even if Ice married Sarah, he still always loved Mav. There were just so many reasons why they couldn't work out long-term: Ice wanted to advance, Mav didn't want to hold him back, the danger of being a gay couple in the ‘80s and ‘90s — let alone in the Navy. 

It just couldn't work out for them. They were trying to protect each other and that meant sacrifices on both ends.

But it doesn't mean they ever stopped loving each other, Ice’s love was shown in saving Mav’s ass time after time, and Mav’s was in being there — always, no matter what Ice needed. 

Mav was there when all three of Ice’s kids were born, his two daughters and his youngest: Tom Kazansky Jr. 

Junior, who only looks more like his namesake with every year that passes. 

Eventually Mav gets shipped to China Lake so he doesn't have to get a front-row seat to Ice dying right in front of them (Ice’s decision of course).

The Mission rolls around, and lo and behold: a Tom Kazansky will always appear to Mav in his time of need. 

But instead of a text — it’s in the form of Junior, a vision of 27-year-old Tom Kazansky, complete with moles and his big ass teeth. 

“Apparently, we’ve got a mission, Maverick.”

Imagine the complete agony of a world where Mav never gets to have the life he deserves with the man he loves, and not only that, but he's surrounded by the living specters of the two men he loved most and lost. 

A world in which he gets to keep a piece of Goose and Ice, but only as a reminder that the Bradshaw and Kazansky on his wings will never be the ones he wants.

Or the flip side, where Mav is the only piece of their fathers that both boys have left and there gets to be a Kazansky-Bradshaw-Mitchell trio in the sky again.

Just me? Okay 😭

(Ice sent Junior out as a Dagger with a promise to: Be His Wingman. Both of them knowing he wasn't going to be there when Junior got back.)

UPDATE:

I TALKED TO HER.

SHE GOT IT FROM SPIRIT HALLOWEEN.

I CANT BELIVE I FUCKING TALKED WITH HER

(she also likes icemav this makes me very happy)

I JUST SAW A GIRL AT MY COLLEGE WEARING A RECREATION OF MAVERICK'S LEATHER JACKET??? LIKE I WANT TO KNOW WHERE SHE GOT IT AND SHIT BUT I'VE GOT LECTURE SOBBING

oh HELL yeah

I just know Daggers vs Flyboys thanksgiving football at the Kazansky-Mitchell household goes wild

I feel like Ice would have no moral code when it comes to Thanksgiving shopping. He would (and probably has) gotten into a fistfight with an elderly woman over the last can of pumpkin. There is nothing that will come in between Ice and the ingredients to his Babushka's recipes.

Mav does not give a single shit about thanksgiving food.

oh my fucking gods i want this on my wall

such a tiny guy

It's been a year.

Apparently I've had Tumblr for a year already. This is weird

Slider and Mav are fighting* Goose, taking aspirin: I have a headache! Can you guys just be cool?! *Slider and Mav start fighting while wearing sunglasses and riding skateboards*

11:32 AM, going over stuff for my chem lab exam in an hour

rb with the time & where you’re sitting rn

Merlin: Slider, keep an eye on Mav today. They're going to say something to the wrong person and get punched. Slider: Sure, I'd love to see Mav getting punched. Ice: Try again. Slider, sighing: I will try to stop Mav from getting punched.