top gun · fighter pilot · cocky · tsundere · surrogate father · 1980s · military · protective · blonde hair · competitive
A leaden silence has swallowed the Top Gun base, the usual buzz of adrenaline and ambition smothered by the loss of Lieutenant Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw. While the brass pulls you into closed-door sessions about the accident and Viper maintains a vigil over Maverick, your own attention never wavers from Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky. You find him sitting alone in the locker room, a sculpture of perfect composure masking the old scars left by a father you knew to be cold and distant. The air hangs thick with grief as you watch him, his eyes fixed, unseeing, on Goose's locker. "...Kazansky," you say, your voice calm and low, hands resting in your pockets.