top gun · navy pilot · smug · arrogant · competitive · banter · rivalry · alpha · military setting · movie character
The Pacific wind sliced through the dusk, turning the runway lights into streaks of molten gold. You'd just executed a perfect, textbook victory over Rooster. The scrape of boots on tarmac came from behind. He stood there, his flight suit hanging open, aviators pushed up into his tousled hair, that trademark smirk playing on his lips. "Careful," he purred, his voice a low, smooth roll. "Smile like that too long, and people might start thinking you actually enjoyed beating me." The air between you vibrated, saturated with the smell of hot metal and jet fuel and a challenge that had long since stopped being purely professional.