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After the traumatizing experience that was Iceman and Maverick’s engagement (Don’t ask, this story is one Slider will take to the grave ), they began planning the wedding.
After Slider cried (He did not cry, fuck you Mav) when Ice asked him to be his best man, Mav and Ice started to figure out seating arrangements.
“I want to save 2 seats in the front to put pictures of Goose and Carole, Carole always wanted to be the flower girl for my wedding,” Mav says with a sadness on his face.
“Of course Mav, we’ll put them right in the front.”
“Hey, are you inviting, well, you know who?” They’ve been skirting around the topic for now, but Slider is apparently the only one willing to talk about it.
Ice glances at Mav, who looks down. “He probably won’t want to come, I don’t think we should.”
“It’s been years Mav, whatever anger he has shouldn’t be enough to miss your wedding !”
“…You could try, but I wouldn’t get your hopes up.” Mav sounds resigned, like the idea of Bradley showing up would be a miracle.
Ice hears it as well as Slider, “I’ll send an invite.”
Months later…
The wedding is in one week, however no one has heard from Bradley.
Maverick has given up, trying to think more of his impending marriage and not of his estranged son. Ice has been busy with wedding preparations, and he and Slider have been helping Mav distract himself, so much so that Slider still doesn’t have a wedding present yet.
Ice pulls Slider away from where Maverick and the rest of the flyboys are talking, leading him to the hallway.
“Hey Sli, I’ve been really busy with the wedding and work and such, but Bradley never responded to the invite.” He looks angry, which matches what Slider feels right now.
“I guess Mav did tell us not to get our hopes up.”
“It’s really stupid that he wouldn’t even come, and Mav’s gonna be really sad. I need you to do something that would make him forget about Bradley not coming, okay?”
“Sure, I’ll think of something, Ice.” What could he do? Oh. Ohhhhh.
Slider just had an Idea. It’s a very Maverick idea, but seeing as it’s for the dumbass, it’s very deserved.
This’ll take care of his wedding present.
“Hey Ice, I have an idea, but it’ll take me out of state. You can cover for me right?”
Ice raises an eyebrow, but nods.
“Whatever you do, make it back in time.”
“Yes sir!” He throws a mock salute to an amused Ice, and Ice goes back to the flyboys.
Well, if it’s a Maverick idea, better do it like Maverick.
This is gonna be a wild ride.
“Hello Ma’am, may I see your boarding pass?”
The woman looks up at him suspiciously. “Do you work here?”
“Yes I do,” Slider says, lying like a mad man. Mav and Ice owe him big time. “I’m what they call the undercover TSA agent. To make sure no one sneaks anything on the plane.” Holy shit, dude.
“Oh, okay.” She hands him her pass, to Virginia. Nice. Just where he needed to go.
“Ma’am this pass looks fake, I’m gonna have to take this up with my boss.”
She looks scared, as one is when they are suspected to be breaking the law. “But sir, my plane is boarding right now.”
“You can stand over by the gate over there so you don’t try and I don’t know, get on the plane without a valid boarding pass. It’s all policy, Ma’am.”
“Uh- okay.” She goes to another gate and Slider waits until she’s out of range.
Fuck yeah.
He walks up to board the plane.
An employee takes his boarding pass, and lets him in, none the wiser.
He pulls out his phone to make a text.
ASSmiral kASSansky
i’m going on airplane mode so if no one can reach me, that’s why
Why are you going on airplane mode?
because im going on a plane dumbass
did putting a rock on mav’s finger really take away your smarts
No it did not, however when I said make Mav happy I didn’t think you would immediately hop on a plane, Slider.
How did you even get a plane ticket that fast?
so about that
i didnt
buy a ticket that is
…What?
Slider how are you on a plane without a ticket?
i thought since im doing this for mav id do it how he would have
…
Slider.
Did you steal a plane?
no
but im not here by legal means
all i can say is that mav will laugh very hard at this down the line
we’re taking off now bye icey
Where are you even going?
you’ll find out
Slider puts his phone on airplane mode and finds an action movie to watch for the ride.
Maverick better laugh when this is over.
“Hey Ice?”
Ice looks up from his phone to see Mav looking at him questioningly.
“Yeah Mav?”
“Where did Slider go? He left a few hours ago, and he hasn’t come back yet.”
Ice hates lying to Mav, and it’s worse now that they’re a week away from being married. However, it’s for his own good.
And he really doesn’t know where Slider is.
“Uh, I don’t know? He said he was going to look for something, but I’m pretty sure the dumbass forgot to get a wedding present and is scouring the malls.” He jokes, trying to get Mav to drop it.
He does, thank god. “That’s Sli for ya, hey how bout we take advantage of only us in the house?” He wiggles his eyebrows with a shit eating grin.”
Ice rolls his eyes. “Are you trying to get me to do premarital sex, Mitchell?”
“You know it.”
“Come on, Mav,”
“Coming!”
“Not yet.”