𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨.

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

— andrea mitchell.
— former nfo. resigned from the navy after the death of her son && breakdown of her marriage.
— head of the navy public affairs office.
— ex wife of pete ‘maverick’ mitchell.
— nsfw 18+. mdni.
— mirrored writing.

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

be. she felt like someone was playing a trick on her.

“I—it’s good to see you.” She mumbled, eyes meeting his for the first time.

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

“we did get it sorted , but that doesn’t mean i couldn’t have handled it better.” she mumbled quietly, dragging her eyes from the picture, back towards him again.

she’d be the first to admit it was hard being back here, and there were so many other places she’d rather »

[˗ˏˋ 𝐌𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊. @perditaaviator]

`` i think people already started to feel that. `` he's chuckling, hand raising to rub the back of his neck. being on base when he'd met her for the first time upon her return had certainly grabbed some attention, even though no one there at the time knew anything --

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

there is a short pause, before she’s continuing again.

“i’m sorry for disappearing. and for dropping the divorce on you, that wasn’t fair.”

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

“i don’t want you to stay out of my way, and if it’s awkward for us I can’t imagine how it’ll be for everyone else…” she said quietly, leaning back in her chair for a moment.

she gazed down at the picture of their son on the desk, and then looked back at him. “i’m sorry.” »

[˗ˏˋ 𝐌𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊. @perditaaviator]

`` when do they ever like any of us having preferences to our job? `` he comments with a slight chuckle, accompanied with a twitch of his lips upwards into a faint grin.

`` in case you didn't end up able to change to somewhere else. or in case you did. `` he says --

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

/ bored 👎🏼

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

“let someone else pick up the slack”

that’d be great, actually.

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

exact reason.” she said, pressing her fingers against the bridge of her nose with a heavy sigh.

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

“they’ve been badgering me for months to come back as a media liaison and my only condition was that i wasn’t here. they obviously didn’t like that.”

she gave him a sly smile, before turning her attention back to the paperwork on her desk. “i didn’t tell you for this »

[˗ˏˋ 𝐌𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊. @perditaaviator]

he doubted it was the first time she had been asked to go back to top gun. guessed she had the choice to accept or deny. guess bonus of being part of the public affairs side now.

to find her back in top gun certainly wasn't unwanted. though pete had had one hell --

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

/ i will do replies when I’m not half asleep.

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

even temporarily.

she had a feeling that none of this was going to be temporary though. letting out a sigh, she finally looked up at him, eyebrow raising slightly.

“what exactly do you want to know?”

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

did she want to be back at top gun? not particularly, but it’s where they’d put her for the time being. she didn’t want to complain, so she dealt with it in her own way.

for as long as she could, she avoided him at all costs. not even telling him that she was back, »

[˗ˏˋ 𝐌𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊. @perditaaviator]

he most likely would've. too stubborn not to pursue an answer. perhaps he could've made guesses, just presumed. but he wanted to hear it from her.

in all honesty, he hadn't ever expected her to return to top gun. at least, certainly not while he was still part of the program, --

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

/ or***

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

/ pete && bradley finding out that andrea is back at top gun angst .. when 🤲🏻🤲🏻 storming into her office to smn

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀ * 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 for a random starter

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

small talk, and besides work, they had very little to talk about.

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

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⠀⠀ perhaps she should have shut her office door on her way in, if only to ward off any visitors, but there was no doubt in andrea’s mind that he still probably would have followed her.

it’s not the first meeting they’ve had since her return to top gun and it won’t »

[˗ˏˋ 𝐌𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊. @perditaaviator]

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⠀⠀ » @lNTHESKIES.

the silence is something mav's come to expect in conversations between the two. moreso because he often finds himself struggling with what to say.

how to apologise for all those years ago. for not trying harder to keep everything

⠀⠀. . .

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

be the last, but that doesn’t make them any less unwanted⎯or unpleasant.

“𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 happened .”

for as long as she’d been back, she had tried her best to avoid personal conversations at all costs. but, she hated »

[𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑹𝑬𝑨. @lNTHESKIES]

shit.