#Starship Promise

[rincrowe]

Another batch of Lovestruck commissions. ✨

These took awhile for me to complete so there was a bit of... art style change in Astoria and Castaway.

[starstrucklovetragedy]

MC REMEMBRANCE DAY 6: Starship Promise Human MC

"When your home colony falls to enemy forces, you're forced to seek help from an unlikely crew of...space outlaws?! There's no shortage of danger as you fight with through the universe to save your colony. But the further you go, the more you come to realize that in space, love is limitless."

[crackengolds]

I’ve got you. The ship’s rebooting. You’re alright.

-

A commission of a scene from “A Promise of Empires” from the fantastic Nic on twit! I love their work so much, every piece they create is so full of emotion and sincerity, the kind that evokes Renaissance-era paintings. At least to me. 😊

I’ll add it into Chapter 7 on Ao3 when I finish the next chapter!

[incorrectlovestruck]

Jaxon: And once again, Jaxon and Orion save the day. Atlas: You didn't do anything. It was all Orion. Jaxon: We're a package deal. Everyone knows that.

[riveramorylunar]

Uh I need Aurora, I need Xenia, I need Mackenzie, I need Lorelei, I need Cecelia, I need Zhora, I need Jessa, I need Lexi, I need Madison, I need all of them back 😩😭

[schattenfell-yuri]

I kinda wanna make some Lovestruck art, send me a character and an expression?

(also this is open until I say something else, so don't worry about being late with your request)

[joiedecombat]

I've been thinking about love triangles (for some reason XD) and it reminded me of the potential for a triangle we had with Antares, Alien MC and Slake. So many questions.

How was Antares really feeling when he learned about Slake?

Is there any possibility that Alien MC would be interested in Slake again, and would Slake want to get involved with her again?

Give me the drama XD

Oho, an Antares ask!

You'll forgive me if I keep a few details under my hat to revisit in The Fanfic, but there's plenty of ground to cover regardless!

Slake showing up unexpectedly shook MC pretty badly, which immediately put Antares on alert. By this point, after all, he's seen her handle a good bit of trouble, so the fact that Slake rattled her just by showing up got his attention. Being stuck in the position of observer, control freak that Antares is, did not help either.

I don't think it's accurate to say he's jealous once he hears who Slake was to MC. He'd certainly deny it, but there's also the fact that the way MC talks about Slake to him is very disparaging. There's no lingering tender feelings there.

What Antares is feeling, primarily, is protective. He's developed a good bit of respect for MC by this point. He's brought her onto his ship, which in his paradigm makes her his responsibility (the excuse he gives later when he shows up to help her out against Slake's thugs, but it's not only an excuse). Slake shook her - Slake knows her, in ways that could make it easier for him to get her at a disadvantage - and as the two of them agree, he is probably up to something related to their current mission.

Slake is someone Antares would ordinarily dismiss as riffraff. The fact that his presence rattles MC, and the fact that he took advantage of her in the past, elevates(?) him to the status of "someone Antares would like to crush underfoot in passing, given opportunity." He finds it personally annoying that someone so far beneath MC ever had the opportunity to cause her grief in the first place.

As for MC - Slake burned her badly, and while there are memories and old conflicted feelings there that aren't easily shaken off, she holds no affection for him now. Her understanding of him when they were together was a much more idealized one, and this far down the road she's seen enough to have a clearer view of the kind of person that he is. She'd have to be in a very vulnerable state to feel genuinely tempted to rekindle a romantic relationship with Slake, after how he treated her in the past and knowing what she knows now.

Slake, on the other hand, would probably take the chance to take up with MC again. It wouldn't really be about her, though, so much as it is that Slake doesn't like the idea that she could get over him. It chafes him to see her succeeding as a PI, a profession he introduced her to. He'd want to prove, to himself and to her, that he could get her if he wanted her.

[wittyblather]

hey antares enjoyers, i just remembered this piece of fanfic i wrote for our guy (in like...2018 lol) but never published since i wasn't allowed while working at voltage. hope you guys like! i miss our disaster couple so much.

[pirunika]

Thinking about...Them 🥺

[megatraven]

Question which lovestruck characters would say these lines

"I told ominis his ears turn red when he lies."

"why did you do that?"

"so that I can do this, hey ominis do you love us!"

"no" (replace ominis name with a character of your choice)

funny enough, i was drawing this with alex, mc, and medusa at one point! alex being the one whose ears turn red, on account of.....

their ears really do go red when they get blushy. it just feels like it fits.

i think the sketches are on my old laptop though so i can't grab em for proof :^)

that said, i could ALSO see it for a havenfall ot3, maybe mc, jd, and mac? or mc, jd, and razi. ALSO. starship promise mc, atlas, and jaxon. there's so many potential characters/ships it works for. i won't list them all but now im Thinking About It

[babylovestruck]

Looking Through My Old IPad and wishing I saved more moments of them 🥺

[starstrucklovetragedy]

MC REMEMBRANCE DAY 17: Starship Promise Alien MC

"She's smooth, independent, and a little work-obsessed. She doesn't trust easily and doesn't have time for love. Will she take her chance and find her cosmic match?"

[crackengolds]

People think Antares keeps Victoria subdued.

Which he does. She’s got a drive to build and cause a little chaos that the army cannot handle.

However

Sometimes someone says something incorrect about fish.

[incorrectlovestruck]

Jaxon: So that’s my plan. Orion: Are you alright with constructive criticism? I don’t want to sound mean. Jaxon: No, go ahead, I want to hear it. Orion: It fucking sucks. Jaxon: That’s not constructive criticism.

[lovestruck-moodboards]

Nova

Middle left: https://www.deviantart.com/era-7/art/City-of-the-Amethyst-Nights-709795148

top right is from the game itself, sourced from @lovestruckbackgrounds

[smallcjb]

I Need You To Know (Part 3)

- First of all, if you can all take mercy on me 😅 I have not written any sort of Drabble in a LOOOONGGG time. Like 6 years. And I saw a comment that was like, I guess there’s no part 3 and I couldn’t just leave it here. So I apologise if this ends up not seeming cohesive, but I am trying to bring closure to a Drabble series I started when I was a literal teenager 😅 I hope you enjoy! 💜 -

*MC pov*

Later that night I can’t sleep. I lie there, just staring up at the ceiling. Of course I’m just an asset to him. I really was just kidding myself to think otherwise.

An asset.

The words ring out in my head over and over again. I’d put myself in front of GUNS for him. What an idiot.

I feel rejected. Which is stupid because he was never mine. We haven’t even had a real conversation that isn’t around my ‘talents’. But somehow I did feel connected.

I sigh. I can’t just stay here moping. I get up and leave my room. I need to sort myself out, so I go knock on his door, maybe I can get some consolation.

Jaxon opens the door, looking a little confused to see me standing there.

“MC? You alright?”

“Can I come in? I need….I just need.” I don’t finish the sentence. I don’t know what it is I need but Jaxon seems like an easy option. He gestures behind him and I walk in.

“What the hell was that earlier? Standing in front of him like that? Stockholm syndrome? Like what?!”

He starts going off at me and that’s when I just go screw it. I curl my hands into his hair and kiss him. He freezes for a moment before he starts kissing me back.

The kiss starts to deepen and I feel his hand start to roam when….when….What am I doing?! I know I’m sad, but this is irational, this is stupid.

I pull away as quickly as I pulled him in. I see his confusion. It probably mirrors my own. And then I rush out before he has a chance to say anything.

*Antares pov*

As I’m heading to the toilet, the only privacy I’ll get on this ship, a door behind me opens. MC? She’s rushing out of the room looking panicked? And right behind her….

Jaxon…

What did he do to her?! Anger boils my blood and before I’m even thinking I’ve got him pinned up agains the wall.

“What did you do to her?” A growl enters my voice.

At this anger he actually smirks at me. A smirk!

“I didn’t do anything.” He says in a mocking tone. “She, on the other hand, just gave me the most mind blowing kiss I think she needed a minute to cool off.”

My grip loosens at this but my anger doesn’t. She kissed HIM? But? What am I even about to think. I told her she’s an asset, what right do I have to feel jealous. I let him go and walk off.

*MC pov*

The next day, feeling groggy would be an understatement for how I’m feeling. What was I thinking? I mean, I was thinking I was hurt and I wanted to feel something good. But that did not feel good. It felt wrong actually.

I go to grab some lunch when I run into Antares in the canteen. I give him a small smile and then walk past, grabbing what I need. How is he alone in here? Did Orion trust his twin more than we thought?

“Have a good night last night?”

Im caught off guard by his voice.

“Sorry?”

“Last night, did you have fun?”

Is that….hurt in his eyes? Fun last night? What is he….? Oh shit. He saw? But how could he think that was fun. All it was was a quick kiss and me running away?

Finally catching on I answer his question. “You think running out of someone’s room after the most awkward kiss is fun?” I see his eyebrows shoot in before he can train his face into the usual stoic look. “Why do you care anyway? I’m just your asset. I can be an engineer while kissing other people.” He lets out a grunt at that.

Before I get to explore what’s happening here more, Atlas and Orion walk in.

“So, we should be at a neutral colony in the next 5 hours, and we can be rid of our….guest.” Orion pauses on the word, probably trying to determine what matches him best.

“Good. I’ve decided I’ll leave you be with the engineer. I’ve got a back up in mind anyway.”

My heart stops.

He has a back up? Then why the hell would he even bother trying to get me back?

That hurts. Again, for no logical reason. But that I’ve been replaced so easily.

*Antares pov*

Of course I haven’t replaced her, and seeing that hurt across her face again awakens something inside of me. Something that makes me uncomfortable.

But she could see her kiss with Silva bothered me. And I can’t have that. I don’t care.

She is just. An. Asset.

Nothing more. That’s what I need to remind myself. So when I get off this ship, I will find a replacement. She made her choice.

Even if she said it was awkward? Maybe she means she just feels awkward telling me about it.

Whatever it is, this is not good for me. My crew probably already think I’ve hit my head or something. I will get off at this colony, call my crew, and forget about all of this.

Done. Easy.

* 5 hours later *

We land and I hear Orion and his crew speaking about what resources they need to collect before setting back off.

They drop me off in front of a communications centre and say next time I try and board their ship unannounced I’ll have a bullet in my chest. Such gracious hosts.

I call my crew and they tell me they’ll be with me as soon as possible.

Great, so I’ll just wait on this desolate colony. Maybe I should find a bar, get some drinks in me. It’s not like I can embarrass myself in front of my crew anymore.

I head straight to the barmaid and order 4 shots of the brightest green shot they have available. That should dull the last day for at least a little while.

As I’m downing my third shot I catch a glimpse of a familiar face. I turn, my head and I fail miserably at hiding the shock on my face.

MC?

I try to train my face back to neutrality.

“What are you doing here?” I keep my voice bland, disinterested, though that’s far from how I’m feeling.

She looks like she’s trying to bring up some deep hidden confidence. I see her pull a semi convincing confident smile.

“We have unfinished business.”

- That’s it for Part 3. I know, it’s rusty and awful, but at least I’m trying….right? 😅 Part 4 may be coming, or maybe I’ll disappear for another 6 years, who knows 😁 -