Best Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw Slow Burn Fanfics
The best slow burn fanfiction featuring Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw (Top Gun) on AO3, curated by popularity. Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance.
Top Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw Slow Burn Fic Recs
2 slow burn fics featuring Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw, followed by other top-rated stories.
Scattering seeds to the wind to see what grows
Slow Burnby SunMonTue · Hangster
Newly single dad Jake Seresin has to navigate a new life after the sudden and tragic death of his ex-wife. He needs to be there for his kids. He needs to figure out what they need, how to support them the best he can. Question is, who is going to be there for Jake? (In which an entire small town bel
Bases Loaded
Slow Burnby layzpotatochip · Hangster
Jake finishes his drink and plucks the toothpick out of the lemon garnish. He flips it over and over in his mouth, flashing teasing peeks of his rolling tongue. Bradley takes his final gulp of watery scotch and says, “Let’s go out for a smoke.” “Oh… I don’t smoke,” Jake responds around the toothpick
slowly you unwind me
by haridwar · Hangster
Jake lost count of the number of times that he heard about Sadie Bradshaw before he first put a face to the name.
Better Luck Next Time
by maybehonestly · Hangster
Bradley takes a jagged inhale. The longer he doesn’t ask, maybe it won’t be true. He can’t fathom the thought that- He knows that avoiding it doesn’t change anything. “What happened?” - Jake gets amnesia and forgets that he and Bradley got back together (and the whole sordid tale of how they got the
A Seat at the Table
by RootedInRevisions · Hangster
Jake Seresin knows exactly where he stands with his family. Loved? Maybe. Accepted? Never. After being quietly excluded from yet another family event, Jake finds himself spending Sunday evening at Penny's house with Bradley, Maverick, Amelia, and a dinner table full of people who don't ask him to be
juicy 'n' fruity
by k0ralik · Hangster
"What the fuck." Bradley stops in his tracks. In front of him, right in the middle of the locker room, is Hangman, down to his boxer briefs. Bradley doesn't miss the pattern printed on them. Not something he would accuse Hangman, of all people, of. or, jake and bradley accidentally match
the roots of something greener
by sonnywrites · Hangster
It's not that Jake loves Rooster, because he doesn't. It's the knowledge that whatever Rooster sees when he looks at Jake, it's not something he wants to keep around. Jake should be used to it by now, the effect he has on people. He has a big mouth and an even bigger ego, things that most people can
baby, i'm burnin'
by k0ralik · Hangster
In June, a heatwave rolls through California. or, jake and bradley being annoyed together for 1.3k words straight
The Ninth Inning
by Itsnotmes · Hangster
Jake “Hangman” Seresin is trying to rebuild his life after his medical discharge from the Navy. Moving to LA seems like the fresh start he needs, from going to PT appointments, working on himself, and shifts at the local coffee shop. He barely has any time for anything else. Bradley “Rooster” Brads
ground control to major tom
by beyond_the_kitchen · Hangster
When Tom Kazansky passes away he leaves behind a broken husband and a son he hasn’t seen in nearly a decade. But does he really leave them behind? After all Iceman was never a quitter in life, why should he be in death?
just west of arizona
by jireusang · Hangster
The truth cannot be threatened: Jake Seresin does not fuck sheriffs just to outskirt the law. But, well, maybe it could be bent. Bradley Bradshaw is a deputy. _________________________ originally called gasoline (you’re such a tease)
please excuse the mess
by prollybradshaw · Hangster
“What’s it been, a year and a half? That crush is long gone.” Bradley glared down at him, using those few inches of extra height to his advantage. He hoped he looked pissed. Hoped, for once, that he could finally make his point. But damn him—without thinking, he flicked his eyes to Jake’s lips. Slig
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw in Slow Burn Fanfiction
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw — Son of the late Goose, a naval aviator with his father's mustache, Hawaiian shirts, and piano habit, plus years of resentment toward Maverick for pulling his academy papers. His cockpit standoffs with Hangman launched a thousand fics.
Slow Burn — A romance that develops gradually over time, with tension building across chapters or the entire story.
Readers love the anticipation, the meaningful character development, and the eventual payoff of a well-earned romance. Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw's (also known as Rooster) role in Top Gun makes them a natural fit for slow burn storylines, which is why this combination is one of the most popular in Top Gun fanfiction.
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