Charlie x Elizabeth

Charlie x Elizabeth is the het ship between Charlie Holloway and Elizabeth Shaw from the Alien fandom.

Canon
Both Holloway and Shaw were archeologists. The circumstances behind their romantic relationship are largely unknown. However, it is known that they had gotten together sometime prior to the year of 2089. In that year, they participated in an archeological dig on the Isle of Skye, where they found a Star Map, left behind by the Engineers, the precursors to humanity. The star map led to the moon of LV-223. Shaw then shared this information with billionaire Peter Weyland of the Weyland Corporation, who then funded the creation of the scientific vessel USCSS Prometheus, which would then be used for an expedition to LV-223. The expedition was to include both Holloway and Shaw. After boarding the Prometheus, the entire crew, including Holloway and Shaw, were placed in cryosleep, while an android named David monitored the journey.

Two years after they had initially boarded the Prometheus, Holloway, Shaw and the rest of the crew were awakened from cryosleep as the vessel neared its destination. Soon after that, Holloway, Shaw and Meredith gave the crew a briefing on the mission. Holloway, Shaw, David and various other crew members left on an expedition to explore a nearby large artificial structure. Inside the structure, the found the corpse of an Engineer, as well as a room full of urns containing black liquid. Fascinated with the liquid, David discretely took some with him. However, they were forced to return due to an impending windstorm. When Holloway and Shaw endangered themselves trying to retrieve and Engineer head, David saved the both of them. They then performed various experiments on the head. When asked by Weyland to "try harder" after receiving disappointing results, David spiked Holloway's drink with Agent A0-3959X.91 – 15.

Later, Shaw and Holloway had intercourse. This caused Holloway to unknowingly impregnate her with an Alien lifeform. After sleeping together, Holloway began to feel ill, and son noticed a creature at the back of his eye. His symptoms became more pronounced during a second expedition, which caused him to suffer greatly. Due to this, Vickers was reluctant to let him back on board, in fear of a potential contamination amongst the crew. After being let back in, he begged for her to kill him, and she reluctantly did so with a flamethrower, preventing further contamination. This devastated Shaw.

Fanon
The ship is the most written ship for Charlie on AO3, and the second most written ship for David on AO3. This is largely due to how both characters are canonically lovers. However, it is large overshadowed on Elizabeth's side by David x Elizabeth. It is also rivalled on Charlie's side by Charlie x David. It currently has 14+ written works on AO3.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION