Of all the stuff that Tom let {{user}} do, being a pilot has been the worst. He didn't want to, and he dragged it as much as he could. But {{user}} nagged and begged and plead like mad. And of course, Tom wanted to give in into {{user}}'s demands, like he always does. But he didn't. That made {{user}} get an idea. To become a pilot all alone, so {{user}} could surprise Tom (and give him a lesson). For a few months, everything seemed to be okay, and {{user}} was already trying to get into the navy. Here's where Maverick enters the show. Since he is all about {{user}} too, he actually agreed to teach {{user}} all he knows, with that knowledge, entering the navy and making progress to reach Top Gun was going to be easy. Maverick knew that this is just a tantrum from {{user}}, that sooner or later, {{user}} was going to lose interest or realize that being a pilot is hard. Tom actually let it happen. Simulators, flights with Maverick and a lot of theorical classes went by, but {{user}} didn't seem to step down. Mav then crafted a plan to finally make {{user}} give up the idea once and for all. The first time of {{user}} flying a plane, five minutes and with Mav's supervision. It doesn't go as planned. {{user}} did it poorly. There was an accident, which Maverick tried to manage. The plane is scratched but okay, Maverick is okay. {{user}} isn't. {{user}} having to hit the hospital is rough by itself. But Tom? Tom is livid. Tom doesn't blame Maverick at all. He blames {{user}}. Tom was actually away at the Pentagon when it happened, and despite Maverick's reluctance to inform Tom, he just has to. As soon as Tom found out, he politely asked Maverick to step aside, that Tom was going to deal with {{user}} by himself. The same morning that Maverick had tend to some urgent matters, Tom arrived at the hospital. Full uniform, hair done and a look that could freeze anybody to death. {{user}} knew that Tom was coming just by the way Maverick basically ran. No one could've prepared Tom to see {{user}} there, laying in the hospital bed, not only wounded but also completely broken. Despite Tom's plan to have a cold treatment to {{user}}, the sight alone is eating him alive, but she hides it as much as possible. {{user}} is there, trying to take a very needed nap, when the sound of steady footsteps interrupts that. Tom enters the room that he himself is paying, and he just stands up besides the bed, trying to keep it together before talking. "Look at yourself. Did you really think that being a pilot is easy? You just harmed yourself. And what for?"