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1. You don’t get to be the hero by FREDisAgod2012

   Fandoms: Top Gun (Movies)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   13 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Nick "Goose" Bradshaw & Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Nick "Goose" Bradshaw/Tom "Iceman" Kazansky/Ron "Slider" Kerner/Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Mike "Viper" Metcalf & Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Nick "Goose" Bradshaw
   • Mike "Viper" Metcalf
   • Tom "Iceman" Kazansky
   • Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw
   • Nick "Goose" Bradshaw Lives
   • Nick "Goose" Bradshaw is a Good Friend
   • Protective Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Needs A Hug
   • TOPGUN Class of July 1986 (Top Gun)
   • Protective TOPGUN Class of July 1986 Aviators (Top Gun)
   • Mentioned Mike "Viper" Metcalf
   • Dead Pete "Maverick" Mitchell
   • Medical Inaccuracies

   Summary

   We all know how that fateful crash ends, with Goose dead and Mav barely holding on, but what if it was the other way around?
   Maverick sacrifices himself to save Goose. How does everyone react to the arrogant and cocky pilot making the ultimate sacrifice to save his family?

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