#captvict

James and Engie hcs:

- James isn't very talkative, especially when first arriving on the Invincible II and also tends to space out (no pun intended) when remembering something of his past. This is because of his past is very all over and his paradox situation, anyways, Engie starts to take notice when this stuff happens and tries to gently snap James back to make sure hes okay (bc sometimes it gets bad for James and he's physically in pain when he has flashbacks of memories)

- if you've seen my recent art of Engie and James, they have pins that represent each other. Engie has a blue star pin for James (and a green arrow for Simon too), and James has a blue and orange heart thats in their colors (which are complimentary colors)

-Engie really likes to try to impress James, going out of his way to find his captain and show him what good work he's done, I like to think Engie is a sucker for some good praise especially the "this is why you're my favorite engineer" type of praise, hes also not immune to the good ol' 'good boy' & 'thats a good engineer'. I like to tho Engie gets drove nuts whenever James does this to him because for the longest time between them they danced around each other and feelings so when James did this Engie would be up that night thinking about it while he works on the ship when he can't sleep

- Engie is definitely the talker in the relationship, yaptron at his finest, and most of the time it's about the ship and the ins and outs of how it works, especially if he's in the current moment of fixing it. And James? He has no idea what Mark is saying half the time, he just talks so fast and with such passion that James tends to get lost in it as he listens and watches Engie work. That is until Engie asks for a tool and James has no idea what he asked for so he starts scrambling to get one and it almost always ends up being the wrong one. "Hey, invincible to Cap, you paying attention?"

-James has a necklace Engie gave him that's a north star, James never takes it off (unless under extreme circumstances). He also uses it as a fidget, shifting and moving the charm in his fingers if he is deep in thought or nervous and without fail Engie notices it and has a sense of pride that something he have his captain is that important to him. This is also what makes James give Engie the star pin so Engie has a piece of himself with Engie

-God they are absolutely soft and hopeless with each other, especially after the warp core incident is solved. Engie constantly making sure James doesn't overwork him once they find a new planet to inhabit with the colonists, he always has to convince James to eat something and sleep but he found that James will do all of it if he's with him so they spend a lot of quality time together making sure the other is taking care of themselves. Plus they get more affectionate with physical touch, since I hc that neither are the biggest fans of it at first until they start to grow into it with each other; a few shoulder pats, a hair ruffle there and playful punches here and it starts to become more like James leaning over Engie's shoulder to see what he's doing, sometimes resting his head on Engie's just to calm himself down.

-They also love to banter, but eventually going back and forth bantering turns into them flirting before they stop when they realize they got face to face up close, which leads to both pulling back and looking away red faced and trying to change the subject (I like to think Celci has walked in on this and just turned around and left because she wasn't gonna deal with that 😭)

-Engie likes to trace and kiss at James scars, always telling him he's handsome and /or beautiful with them since James tends to have a hard time with his scars being tied heavily to his past and his first 'death'. Engie on the other hand loves them and likes to feel the imperfections of each individual scar, asking James how he got each one no matter if he's heard the stories before because it's something that gets James to talk about himself and open up and engie loves that.

-addition to that, Engie struggles to stop calling James by his name once James was comfortable enough open up about what he could remember about his past to share it with Engie. Hes just so excited and happy to know James's name and just loves the way it sounds rolling off his tongue, this makes for Engie sometimes stumbling over his words to correct himself and call James 'captain'. James doesn't mind and actually finds the whole ordeal invincibly adorable

-"and I would do it all over again if it meant I'll end up back here, with you Mark.."

-James tends to find Engie working on the ship and even the base when they eventually settle on a planet to call home at late hours, sometimes with Engie having fell asleep which James takes upon himself to pick Engie up and take him to his room. James would try to make sure he doesn't wake up Engie because he knows he needs the rest, but occasionally Engie wakes up anyways and his voices is sleepy and confused while James is trying to guide him down to the bed to go back to sleep. Engie would be tiredly rambling about how happy he is to see James especially if they have both been really busy and couldn't see each other much with work

Hc w/ Simon:

-Engie listens well to when James gives him orders, and he tends to follow James around like a lost puppy when James doesn't give him anything to work on. I like to think Engie takes pride in his job and he wants to do good, trying fix everything and solve whatever problem to prove himself to be worthy of being the captain's head engineer, no one else's but the captain's. This is also stemmed off of him like to hear that he did a job well done by James. After the warp core incident, the only gets more extent because Engie feels he has to earn James trust in him back and he feels the need to show and prove that he is sorry and hes good enough, even if James doesn't blame him for what happened or forgives him, Engie will still apologize in quiet murmurs and look at James with those soft brown puppy eyes while they are alone together

- James and Simon like to mess with Engie since they are both taller than him, they like to slightly lift him up when they hug him and do that little swing side to side bc it drives Engie nuts and he's always trying to squirm out of the hold. They both also like to just pick Engie up when he's too busy doing something and not listening to them but they need him for something, he tries to fight it but only because he doesn't want to admit he likes when both James and Simon do that

- Simon and James like to have quiet hangouts, just enjoying each other's presence without having to speak out, this is sometimes interrupted by Engie running in to tell them something in a quick ramble, but they both just laugh and gesture for Engie to join them. Engie doesn't get the memo it's a quiet time so he spends the whole time talking about all sorts of topics and facts he knows while Simon and James listen to him

-Simon is taken off guard the first time James and Engie are being sweet to him, not use to the gentle care they are giving him that he gets frustrated with both of them and tries to push them away but he eventually starts to get use to their genuine want to help and care for him and he starts to enjoy it and they become people he finds safety and comfort in

-James is sort of possessive with Engie, he is his head engineer and they have gone through so much together so of course he's a bit possessive with Engie. Bc of this, James was a bit iffy on the idea of Simon being their third at first, especially since its just been him and Engie for a while before they met Simon. But seeing how Engie is with Simon, he eases up slightly to the idea but likes to do subtle things to make sure Engie knows he was there first even if he doesn't mind Simon being their third now