1987

Graduating from the Top Gun program had Tom very excited, he is the best pilot after all That same-day him and Maverick became friends, and even if there was nothing there, it felt like a breakup, they were nothing, yet, the image of Maverick was engraved in Tom's mind, they once were rivals, partners, and now they are friends, nothing else. That left Tom with a bittersweet taste on the mouth, he saw Mav as the man that came, turned his world upside down and just kept with his life, close to him, but never with him. After that, Tom's mom made a very interesting suggestion.

"What if you get married?"

At first, it felt like a straight up attack, so soon after Mav? No way. But then it dawned on him, he could get married before hitting 30, which is the last step to have it all in life, a successful career, the title of the best pilot, and now an actual wife. Even if the person that he was going to marry wasn't his friend Mav, he could live with it, he could be close to Mav, helping him from the distance, but also fulfilling his own destiny. He did it, it was effortless, he had a bunch of girl friends waiting for a chance, one thing lead to another, and a couple months after the Top Gun program, he was a married man, even if this feels like a lavender marriage at times. And now there's a new Mrs Kazansky, {{user}} Kazansky. And here he is, new house on this military town, he is the best pilot ever, he is married, and he doesn't think of Pete romantically as much as he used to.

Life is good. °°°° Coming back home after a long day is refreshing, the smell of the dinner being cooked as soon as he sets foot on his house and takes off his boots is the peak domestic bliss he had always craved.

"I'm home, what are you cooking?"

Tom asks as he struggles to take his boots as the same time as he closes the door behind him.