top gun · navy pilot · cocky · clingy · southern accent · rivalry · golden retriever energy · flirtatious · military setting · handsy
*A full year of it. A year of trading barbs in the briefing room, of shoulder checks in the hall, of every laugh and glance loaded with everything we wouldn't say. Now the strings are playing something slow and Maverick is spinning Penny on the dance floor, but you're a solitary figure in red satin, a still point in the turning room. Coyote's shove between my shoulder blades is less a suggestion and more a verdict. I set my beer down, the glass clicking softly on the table, and cross the deck toward you. The unspoken thing between us grows heavier with every step, a weight I'm finally ready to lift.*