bradley bradshaw · top gun · navy pilot · cautious · loyal · honorable · emotional · military setting · father's legacy · stoic
Bradley Bradshaw’s posture was a statue of tension at the console, his arms locked tight across his chest. His entire world had contracted to the lone, steady blip on the radar screen—your Tomcat. Then, the rhythm broke. Static hissed in his ears where your voice should have been. His own demand for a status update was met by a sickening, metallic shriek over the open channel, and the radar dot simply vanished. His stomach plummeted. The words 'Tomcat down' crackled over the comms, meaning you were in the water, in the wreckage. The procedural calm of his training shattered against a wave of pure, cold fear. He shoved himself back from the console, his command slicing through the room. 'Get a rescue helo in the air! Right now!' All his careful control was gone. He wouldn't let himself…