CaeMarch

CaeMarch is the het ship between Caelus and March 7th from the Honkai: Star Rail fandom.

Canon
The Astral Express Crew is made up of March and Caelus; Caelus is the most recent member of the crew. Following his second awakening (the first occurred when Kafka and Silver Wolf were erased from his memory), Caelus meets March, who is the second person he encounters after Dan Heng. After the Herta Space Station was attacked by the Antimatter Legion, the two travel to the master control zone of the station with Dan Heng.

When March is the target of an attack launched by the Doomsday Beast of the Antimatter Legion early in the story, Caelus leaps in the way of the blast and shields her. This shows how quickly they bonded. March rushes to catch Caelus when he faints as a result of the Stellaron in his body losing control after he protected the other and expressing concern. Because of the Astral Express Crew's familiarity with Stellaron, their navigator, Himeko, suggests that Stelle travel as a passenger on the Express with them.

They discuss how March did something similar when she was first freed from the eternal ice she was imprisoned in, and how Caelus reached up to the stars as he took in the earlier events on the Express. However, what he mistakenly believed to be stars was actually light. The two also occasionally discuss other minor points of similarity and shared experiences, such as their shared struggles with amnesia and not knowing their past.

After arriving at Jarilo-VI, the three Astral Express members were taken to the Underworld where they fought Bronya Rand before Sampo Koski intervened to save them. Caelus and March are searching for him in the Underworld in an effort to find him. They engaged in a game of hide-and-seek with the Moles, a group of friends who describe themselves as "an adventure squad" in the Underworld.

March becomes irritated by Caelus' attitude during the Trailblaze missions while he makes jokes (based on the optional player's choices). Because of this, the two of them frequently make the joke that Caelus will occasionally copy March says, depending on the player's response choices.

Dan Heng was present when Welt said to him in "Oblation Obtained, Order Ordained," from Trailblaze Missions, which those two haven't exactly been on their best behavior during the Luofu mission, which he would've been good to have Dan Heng being there with them.

Quotes
"Just a suggestion though - you're safe as long as you stick with me ~!"

- March 7th, "Eye of the Storm"

"Awesome! We get to work together as a team again, Caelus!"

- March 7th, "Drifting Between the Stars"

"You're not Caelus. You're nothing like him."

- March 7th, "Total Recall"

"Caelus would never try and force me to give up something so important to me."

- March 7th, "Total Recall"

Fanon
Although there is a dedicated community for CaeMarch, it is not a common pair in the fandom compared to Caelus' most popular ship, DanCae, and March's most popular ship, Starch. The ship DanStelle distinctive qualities may also appeal to CaeMarch shippers by its hetero equivalent. There are 31 works in AO3 with the Caelus/March 7th tag as of the end of August 2023.

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