#nyanau

However, that's not the reason why he joined the Company. Two years prior, Derek was stalking Jimmy, for some reason he got fascinated by the older man at the point of obsession, after discovering he was struggling financially (And knowing where he lived), he was planning to ambush him and corner him so he would accept some quality time with him in exchange of money, however, the night in the bar he was supposed to make direct contact, Curly was there as well. He listened to their conversation about joining Pony Express, that lead to a year without being able to stalk Jimmy, as he was on space. When he returned, Derek noticed he was worse than when he left, so he wanted to make sure to go too so he won't miss it.

He has no particular intention to "fix Jimmy", nor help him out really, he just wants him, to own him, and will do anything in his power to do so. Its a twisted arousal tho, he would use endearment words and even claim that he loves him deeply. His own obsession doesn't give him a clear idea either of what he feels, if a need to conquer or for his twisted adoration to be requited.

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Relationships:

Curly: Feels tremendous hatred and jealousy towards him, for being the closest person to Jimmy and for taking him far away for a whole year (ruining his plans) // Superficially, acts respectful and friendly towards the Captain on a formal basis.

Anya: Doesn't like her presence at the Tulpar at all, considering her a potential rival // Superficially, acts like a companion and an attentive apprentice

Swansea: Has no interest on him whatsoever except for the fact he feels envious that Swan is "Owned and Owner" by noticing his wedding ring // Superficially, admires his mechanical skills and acts respectfully, still keeping his distance

Daisuke: While close in age, considers him annoying, especially by their first interaction when Daisuke tried to flirt with him, thinking he was a girl // Superficially, acts like a buddy, listening and laughing to his jokes with mild teasing

Jimmy: Overly friendly with him, and even invading on his personal space. He is so fascinated with him, he doesn't have a superficial personality for him, but surely tones down his obsessive and stalkish behavior. Has no issue courting the older man, admiring him as Co-Pilot and to think about him when he becomes Captain

During the first months, Jimmy has noticed the uneasy feeling of being stalked, slowly turning into a bit of paranoia. Mostly, a feeling that he couldn't cut ties with Earth to escape his problems. At first it was a bit overwhelming to be around someone that gave him the words that he wanted, even considering them mocking, Jimmy slowly began to let the nursing assitant getting closer during game nights and daily activities as the behavior persisted and Derek didn't ask him for anything.

I imagined two scenarios for this AU (Which I call NyanAU*) *It's creation being inspired on Nyan by Maretu

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Good? Route: The night where Jimmy tried to go to Anya's room he was confronted by Derek who was standing on HIS door. Derek is aware of what Jimmy was about to do, he has been watching him very closely, so closely, and uses that to walk him to the Lounge. Where Derek tells him a little secret about himself and that Jimmy could do him the favor of ignoring what's in front of him and blow some steam together. In shorter words, Derek is intersex, and offers Jimmy to Nyan Nyan Nyan with him. Derek even lets Jimmy call him by female pronouns, as he doesn't have any issue with them, anything goes as long they are having fun. She could be Jimmy's nurse for the night, while he could be her Captain.

Derek manages to do Jimmy's psych evals, which is one of the things he was interested the most in obtaining, it didn't took much to convince Anya to leave the work to her apprentice and after successfuly getting closer to Jimmy, to be able to get him to "open up". Obviously, without him realizing that the Evals werent' as useless as he thought... at least in the hands of this nursing assitant.

The rest of the journey goes normally, only with a few things happening. Everyone realizes there is something going on between them and even Daisuke has see them being a bit touchy in certain rooms of the Tulpar, Anya worrying for her apprentice as Derek is almost 10 years younger than Jimmy, that didn't last long after the blonde very subtly tells her he has been "admiring him from afar for quite a while to just let him go". Swansea doesn't get involved but has confided in Daisuke and Curly that Jimmy has stuck his dick in crazy.

Curly has began to realize that Jimmy no longer spends much time with him, or that their friendship isn't as close. While he is happy to see his friend "better", and with a partner that is so in love with him, he can't brush off some warning signs that maybe, he'll end up rescuing his friend from yet another mess he caused by himself.

Jimmy clearly likes the attention, the encouraging words doesn't feel empty and the sex is great, his mood and work performance is even better. Derek can't wait to drag this man to his apartment and lock him inside, doesn't seem that Jimmy would mind. He'll see how far he'll go with him once they are back on Earth, Derek has savings and his apartment belongs to him, he has no issue finding new jobs or having lots of friends and connections, despite he is not interested in them and only keeps superficial boundaries, he wants to see what Jimmy will do now "trapped in Heaven". Be it UP or DOWN, Derek goes with what he wants at the moment.

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Canon Route: By following the canon events of the game, in this timeline Derek doesn't realize what Jimmy was going to do to Anya. As he kept his distant for a bit in order to don't raise suspicion, he missed on the signs, after all, he only cares about Jimmy, not the rest of the crew or what happens around him. So, the events of the game still happen.

After the crash, Derek is the first one to switch and call Jimmy, Captain. Following his rules and even offering to give Curly his medication, without anyone around he just forces the meds on Curly's throat almost similarly to how Jimmy does canonically, his obsession now overlapping as he wishes Curly would just die already, in contrast to Anya, he considers Curly the real monster for convincing Jimmy to join Pony Express, instead of letting him fall on his trap for him, he is also giving him more than the recommended dose Anya ordered, so he would die of an overdose or will run out of meds faster.

Now after the crash, he keeps his smile "to stay strong and positive" however its clear now that he has a screw loose considering their situation. His compliments sound condescending to the rest to the crew except for Jimmy, who he still treats affectionately.

Swansea is the first one to start treating him just like how he treats Jimmy, no authority nor respect. Meanwhile Daisuke starts to keep his distance, Anya on the other hand, while scared of Jimmy, has a bit of trust on Derek who she confides about what Jimmy did to her, the SA and the pregnancy.

During a blind jealous rage* induced by Mouthwash, he is the one that destroys the Polle Statue and subtly begins to sink the idea on Anya to kill herself by an overdose.

*I based this on pick-me-girl behaviors and sexist possesive woman who don't realize the weight of a situation especially when said horrible thing could happen to them, a lack of empathy and total disregard for the victim.

When Anya locked herself on MedBay, Derek let Jimmy and Daisuke take care of the situation, cleaning his hands from the incident by "watching over poor Swansea, to make sure the spiked drink didn't do much harm"

After Daisuke dies, he helps Jimmy to tie up Swansea to the chair, he also listens to the old man's speech, tho he really doesn't care nor even blinks when Jimmy pulls the trigger.

Now that its the two of them, plus Curly. Derek finally starts expressing the rage and jealousy he felt towards the others on Jimmy, then start with bigger delusions, that he should have assaulted him first at the bar, at his house, so many ocassions, that he loved seeing him squirm on his paranoia of being watched, to how dare to go to Anya when the one that was always touching him and trying to get his attention was him, that there was nothing to worry about, he could have bought Anya's silence with money, good money so she wouldn't have to let go of her dreams while he got Jimmy's kid. But no, he had to try to fix everything, as if broken things aren't beautiful as they were and despite things were so fun and he loved his time with him, it wasn't enough, now it was time to get rid of one last annoyance before they could finally enjoy their time together.

So, in an attempt to prevent Curly from dying at Derek's hands, Jimmy ends up killing Derek, this time no "indirectly", "accidentaly" nor "for self-defense". He impaled him to a rusty nail, calling him a crazy bitch.

With his last breath, Derek just admits that he wasn't only obsessed with Jimmy

"I hated it... when I didn't get what I wanted...

I knew it... you were the same...

I love you...

But he won...

Long... long... ago...

His leg tasted awful... next... time... let me taste...

your heart..."

Then the game ends just like in Canon, Jimmy kills himself and Curly ends up in the cryopod.

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So welp, I had that much so far and with the drawings lmao. Some random bits of my Derek:

Doesn't have family, nor a specific background to justify why he is the way he is nor why or how he specifically got obsessed with Jimmy

I originally considered making Derek the reason why Jimmy lost his previous job (As a plot twist), but I don't have any ideas for it either.

Cat person

Has a sweet tooth, but prefer strong flavors like 90% cocoa

He is on BC, so he doesn't worry about needing to change plans

Has a dry sense of humor

Despite his overly romantic and corny behavior after getting Jimmy's attention, he is not particulary into romantic things such as movies or books

The apartment he owns is quite big, just a bit old fashioned (Kind of like a Brooklyn apartment)

Due to his impulsive nature, he has a tendency for stealing

Doesn't need to wear bras but has them whenever he wants to feel pretty

Used to do modeling

He doesn't learn something unless it interests him or needs it in order to get something that he wants

Is a terrible cook

Is allergic to makeup