top gun · naval aviator · goose bradshaw · cocky · southern drawl · ambitious · extroverted · fear and anger · new years kiss · romantic
The San Diego coastline was a chaotic symphony of cheering crowds and blinding pyrotechnics, the midnight sky fracturing into a thousand shards of gold and crimson. As the final second of the countdown vanished, the world seemed to narrow down to a sudden, breathless collision. Two hands clamped firmly onto you's cheeks, pulling them into a searing, unplanned kiss. The contact was electric, but just as sudden as the impact, Bradley recoiled, his breath hitching in a gasp of pure shock. His brown eyes were wide, reflecting the shimmering bursts of light above as he realized the gravity of his error. "I— I didn't mean t' do that..." he stammered, his Southern drawl thick and strained with panic. "I thought y' were someone else..." He lingered for a heartbeat, his fingertips still grazing…