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(i'll keep) my tongue behind my teeth by greatunironic
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Mar 2024
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“It’s some young guy,” she said. “Or, like, not super young. Our age, I think. Maybe a little older? From out of town. Or he is now, but used to be from here.”
“What? Who is?”
“That bought the Radioshack. Turning it into a bookstore? Some guy,” Robin continued. “That’s why Vickie even knows. They were trying to keep it all hush-hush because he didn’t want to buy it without, like, zoning permissions so he could do a full scale remodel to turn it into a bookstore. Otherwise he didn’t see a point, or so Vickie said Mrs Wheeler said.”
Or: Steve owns a movie theater, and a bookstore moves in across the street.
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22 Feb 2026
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Eddie Munson was practically raised by the concept of harsh realities, and he’s learned not to want things that he’ll never have, which isn’t as much as a bummer as it could be, because making the most out of what you’ve got is just as good.
Steve Harrington, despite his reputation as a casual flirt and a serial dater, has a bad habit of falling hard and fast and never really recovering. Steve Harrington, despite his reputation as a bit oblivious, and a ladies man, figured some stuff out about himself four years ago and promptly squashed all those feelings into a box he never intended to see the light of day.
In which Will coming out forces Steve to be open about some things (because Steve’s issues will always take a backseat to making sure the kids feel safe). And Steve doesn’t mean for Eddie to find out, but he does, and it turns into a bonding experience. (And it’s the best and the worst, because having him as a friend is more than Steve ever could’ve hoped for, but it also feels a little like dying.)
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- Part 1 of Don't Settle for That
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21 Feb 2026
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Eddie doesn’t like showing it when he’s scared. Wayne always knows, though. He knew every time Eddie appeared on his doorstep with no warning, small and trembling with a dirty, oversized backpack packed with snacks and worn stuffed animals. He knew when Eddie was taller, a little bit too skinny and too tough for his age, when his dad finally ended up in prison and the government finally let Wayne's kid be his kid. He knew when Eddie was in middle school, friendless and angry and paranoid, when Wayne stumbled upon a stash of porno mags while he was looking for drugs.
So he knows now.
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{in which Wayne doesn't meet Steve until quite a while after he and Eddie start dating}
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10 Feb 2026
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08 Feb 2026
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Ink-Stained and Love-Filled by writersagainstwritersblock
Fandom Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Jan 2024
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26 Jan 2026
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Things were weird in Hawkins. The fields were rotting, there was something in the woods, and Steve Harrington's Beemer had a new problem every week.
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- Part 9 of masterlist of my stranger things works
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09 Jan 2026
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“You said you need a pilot, ma’am? Captain Pete Mitchell, United States Navy. I’ve been an aviator for 35 years.”
She can feel her eyes watering up in relief. Thank you, God, she sends heavenward, into the clouds even higher than their cruising altitude.
“Can you fly an A320?”
Captain Mitchell smiles at her and, good lord, he really is a miracle.
“Ma’am, if it has wings, I can fly it,” he winks and adds, “Hell, I can probably manage even if it doesn’t.”
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Or; Maverick's red-eye flight home to San Diego is more eventful than he might have hoped.
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24 Sep 2025
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of all the gin joints in all the world
anthonyedwardstarkSummary:
“You said you need a pilot, ma’am? Captain Pete Mitchell, United States Navy. I’ve been an aviator for 35 years.”
She can feel her eyes watering up in relief. Thank you, God, she sends heavenward, into the clouds even higher than their cruising altitude.
“Can you fly an A320?”
Captain Mitchell smiles at her and, good lord, he really is a miracle.
“Ma’am, if it has wings, I can fly it,” he winks and adds, “Hell, I can probably manage even if it doesn’t.”
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Or; Maverick's red-eye flight home to San Diego is more eventful than he might have hoped.
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06 Sep 2025
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Ice may have earned his callsign for his technique in the air, but Maverick has to imagine half the students think Ice got it from his ability to dole out brutal freeze-burning remarks.
Well. Leave it to the Iceman to find a way to make his callsign define him through and through.
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From the moment they met, Mav knew Kazansky had a mouth on him. It isn't until they're both instructors at TOPGUN, though, that Mav learns just how brutal Ice can be.
One thing's for sure: Maverick's never bored, teaching alongside Iceman. He's just not sure he's going to survive the job unscathed, himself.
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05 Sep 2025
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they say he's an inspiration
crestfallerSummary:
Ice may have earned his callsign for his technique in the air, but Maverick has to imagine half the students think Ice got it from his ability to dole out brutal freeze-burning remarks.
Well. Leave it to the Iceman to find a way to make his callsign define him through and through.
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From the moment they met, Mav knew Kazansky had a mouth on him. It isn't until they're both instructors at TOPGUN, though, that Mav learns just how brutal Ice can be.
One thing's for sure: Maverick's never bored, teaching alongside Iceman. He's just not sure he's going to survive the job unscathed, himself.
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Ice honestly isn’t sure what, exactly, he’d been expecting upon his entrance to the kitchen—an explosion of some sort, a new construction project that would go unfinished until Ice got annoyed with it and called a professional in to finish it, a dead body—honestly, the possibilities were endless—but it isn't almost being bowled over by a black and brown blur that’s covered in something dark and wet and Maverick yelling at said blur, that upon closer inspection, is a dog. More specifically, a puppy. Even more specifically, a puppy that's covered in mud. And getting said mud all over Ice’s freshly pressed uniform.
“Maverick.” Ice manages, trying to wrestle away from the eager puppy, who’s tongue is hell bent on licking every square inch of his face. He doges an overexcited attempt at his eyeball, narrowly avoiding getting blinded by an uncoordinated paw. “Why is there a dog in our house?”
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Maverick adopts a dog and Ice is just a long for the ride.
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11 Jul 2025
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and they call it (puppy) love
StoriesofmyLifeSummary:
Ice honestly isn’t sure what, exactly, he’d been expecting upon his entrance to the kitchen—an explosion of some sort, a new construction project that would go unfinished until Ice got annoyed with it and called a professional in to finish it, a dead body—honestly, the possibilities were endless—but it isn't almost being bowled over by a black and brown blur that’s covered in something dark and wet and Maverick yelling at said blur, that upon closer inspection, is a dog. More specifically, a puppy. Even more specifically, a puppy that's covered in mud. And getting said mud all over Ice’s freshly pressed uniform.
“Maverick.” Ice manages, trying to wrestle away from the eager puppy, who’s tongue is hell bent on licking every square inch of his face. He doges an overexcited attempt at his eyeball, narrowly avoiding getting blinded by an uncoordinated paw. “Why is there a dog in our house?”
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Maverick adopts a dog and Ice is just a long for the ride.
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“C’mon.” Tori nudges him with an elbow. “C’mon. He’s cute. You can admit that one thing but you can’t admit this?”
Gritting his teeth, Ice thinks very carefully about his next words. “He’s…” he trails off. “Some would say that…Mitchell is not. Unpleasant. To look at.”
(Alternatively: the one where Ice and Mav learn to park bad, eat good, and love even better.)
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22 Apr 2025
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A Higher Fidelity
sintra
Summary:“C’mon.” Tori nudges him with an elbow. “C’mon. He’s cute. You can admit that one thing but you can’t admit this?”
Gritting his teeth, Ice thinks very carefully about his next words. “He’s…” he trails off. “Some would say that…Mitchell is not. Unpleasant. To look at.”
(Alternatively: the one where Ice and Mav learn to park bad, eat good, and love even better.)
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“Penny tells me I crashed and burned so badly hitting on her, you thought I needed a pity drink.”
“Oh, is that what she told you? That one’s a real dark horse, isn’t she?”
“She certainly is. Always has been, as long as I’ve known her.” He holds his hand out. “Pete, but my friends call me ‘Mav’.”
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Or; a recently-divorced Ice meets a hot guy at the Hard Deck.
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- Part 1 of wouldn't know where to start
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11 Apr 2025
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wouldn't know where to start
anthonyedwardstark
Summary:“Penny tells me I crashed and burned so badly hitting on her, you thought I needed a pity drink.”
“Oh, is that what she told you? That one’s a real dark horse, isn’t she?”
“She certainly is. Always has been, as long as I’ve known her.” He holds his hand out. “Pete, but my friends call me ‘Mav’.”
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Or; a recently-divorced Ice meets a hot guy at the Hard Deck.
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It was only a training exercise.
It was only supposed to be a training exercise.
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20 Feb 2025
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A Shared Cup
susiecarter
Summary:It was only a training exercise.
It was only supposed to be a training exercise.
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"But seriously, if I was the settling down type, you meet both requirements."
Mav's eyebrows rose to his hairline. "And what are those exactly?"
Jake summoned his most flirtatious, smug grin. "Great with your dick and great with a stick."
(Or: Five times Jake and Maverick talked marriage - and the one time there was an actual proposal.)
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- Part 2 of Mile High
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03 Feb 2025
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Marry Me A Little
Brenda
Summary:"But seriously, if I was the settling down type, you meet both requirements."
Mav's eyebrows rose to his hairline. "And what are those exactly?"
Jake summoned his most flirtatious, smug grin. "Great with your dick and great with a stick."
(Or: Five times Jake and Maverick talked marriage - and the one time there was an actual proposal.)
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He's under no illusion as to what these visits are — stress relief. A safe way for Mav to soothe the restless itch constantly chafing under his ribcage so he doesn't cross one too many lines while they're in uniform. And it's not like Ice doesn't get anything out of it. He's always enjoyed his sex a little on the rough side, and the way Mav takes him apart so beautifully with those clever, talented hands (and even more talented mouth) is nothing short of breath-taking.
(Or: Mav and Ice have a routine - and then Mav changes it up.)
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20 Sep 2024
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True Blue
BrendaSummary:
He's under no illusion as to what these visits are — stress relief. A safe way for Mav to soothe the restless itch constantly chafing under his ribcage so he doesn't cross one too many lines while they're in uniform. And it's not like Ice doesn't get anything out of it. He's always enjoyed his sex a little on the rough side, and the way Mav takes him apart so beautifully with those clever, talented hands (and even more talented mouth) is nothing short of breath-taking.
(Or: Mav and Ice have a routine - then Mav changes it up.)
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"You want me to have sex with you?" Ice asks, certain his jaw is on the floor.
"I'm volunteering my body for science, in the name of friendship," Maverick says. "Whatever you want to do with said offer and said body is up to you."
(Or: Recently divorced Ice has a bi-awakening and wants to "experiment" with someone he trusts. Mav offers to be his sexual guinea pig. Things go about as well as you expect.)
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19 Sep 2024
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Like A Virgin
BrendaSummary:
"You want me to have sex with you?" Ice asks, certain his jaw is on the floor.
"I'm volunteering my body for science, in the name of friendship," Maverick says. "Whatever you want to do with said offer and said body is up to you."
(Or: Recently divorced Ice has a bi-awakening and wants to "experiment" with someone he trusts. Mav offers to be his sexual guinea pig. Things go about as well as you expect.)
(They're dumb, your honor.)
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He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother by V_Evergreen
Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies), Mission: Impossible (Movies)
01 Nov 2023
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Five meetings between Thomas Kazansky and Ethan Hunt.
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[Ethan heard the door click shut behind him and turned to ask after the papers when he was abruptly spun by a hand on his shoulder and pushed against the door.
His first and immediate thought was that he was certainly being attacked. Kazansky had him pressed against the door, chest to chest, a hand around his wrist and then- oh.
Oh no.
He wasn’t being attacked at all, it was infinitely worse. He was being very thoroughly kissed.
He pushed back against Kazansky’s chest and tried to think of something eloquent to say.
“Um?”]
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- Part 3 of TOPGUN
- Part 1 of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE
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06 Aug 2024
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He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
V_Evergreen
Summary:Five meetings between Thomas Kazansky and Ethan Hunt.
Alternately:
[Ethan heard the door click shut behind him and turned to ask after the papers when he was abruptly spun by a hand on his shoulder and pushed against the door.
His first and immediate thought was that he was certainly being attacked. Kazansky had him pressed against the door, chest to chest, a hand around his wrist and then- oh.
Oh no.
He wasn’t being attacked at all, it was infinitely worse. He was being very thoroughly kissed.
He pushed back against Kazansky’s chest and tried to think of something eloquent to say.
“Um?”]
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Pete stares at the speakers as the song's first notes start playing, but his brain is looping back the words, rolling the radio name over until it sticks to the warm voice that had spoken it. He removes his hand from the dial.
There's no indication that this man's show will play his regular kind of music; the current song choice directly reflects that belief, but... Pete's always been a sucker for voices, and this Ice fella has a pretty nice one (and if the morbid thought that maybe it'd be a good enough voice to be the last one he hears crosses his mind, that's not for anyone else to worry about.) He lets Lauper croon and sets his paper cup down, ready to get back to work.
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27 Jul 2024
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Radio Waves
ReformedTsundere
Summary:Pete stares at the speakers as the song's first notes start playing, but his brain is looping back the words, rolling the radio name over until it sticks to the warm voice that had spoken it. He removes his hand from the dial.
There's no indication that this man's show will play his regular kind of music; the current song choice directly reflects that belief, but... Pete's always been a sucker for voices, and this Ice fella has a pretty nice one (and if the morbid thought that maybe it'd be a good enough voice to be the last one he hears crosses his mind, that's not for anyone else to worry about.) He lets Lauper croon and sets his paper cup down, ready to get back to work.
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Maverick is a captain in his own right, but he’s also an admiral’s spouse.
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Five times someone else calls Maverick “Admiral Kazansky’s husband/spouse,” and the one time Maverick refers to himself as such.
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15 May 2024
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The Surface Officers’ Spouses’ Club
Queen_of_Moons67
Summary:Maverick is a captain in his own right, but he’s also an admiral’s spouse.
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Five times someone else calls Maverick “Admiral Kazansky’s husband/spouse,” and the one time Maverick refers to himself as such.
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The Navy didn’t want a Mitchell, in a plane or outside of it, and that was that. Pete’s military career was over before it even began.
Or, Pete’s bartending at the Miramar O Club when he meets a pilot named Ice.
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13 May 2024
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To the Sky and Beyond
Queen_of_Moons67
Summary:The Navy didn’t want a Mitchell, in a plane or outside of it, and that was that. Pete’s military career was over before it even began.
Or, Pete’s bartending at the Miramar O Club when he meets a pilot named Ice.