Jake x MC

"I love you, MC."

- Jake to MC in Endless Summer Book Three.

Jake x MC is the het/non-binary ship between Jake Mckenzie and MC from the Choices: Stories You Play fandom.

Romantic Path
Jake and MC first met on his plane when he was flying them to the island of La-Huerta. Throughout the game, the player has many opportunities to romance Jake, and if they choose to do so, Jake will will open up more about his past, as well as fully trust MC unlike anyone else on the Island. MC becomes the most important person in their life and he will protect them from any danger surrounding them, as well as initiate more flirtatious, romantic, and sweet actions towards them.

Jake seems to be sarcastic and satirical at first, but when MC chooses to get along with his banter, he'll open up more to them. Over the course of the game, he shows worry over MC, willing to protect them at all costs. In Book 2, he even mentions that he's not scared when he and MC go into the museum hole, but he just wanted to find an excuse to hold their hand. MC can have romantic scenes with him once while exploring a waterfall, another time while exploring an underwater cave, again at Elysian Lodge and one more time in a tent, in which MC can spend the night with him where he admits he loves MC in Chapter 12. His love for MC and loyalty to your group made him stay and travel through the portal to Hartfeld despite his bounty. At the end of the Book 2, he says to MC that he can't risk them getting hurt, and made the reckless choice of telling the Arachnids his location in order to ride the helicopter and flee from the MASADA. He risked himself to save MC from falling from the helicopter despite the hopeless attempt.

In Book 3, Jake reunites with MC and is shown to be more protective because of their fall from Book 2. After the fight with Cetus, Jake will propose to MC. If they accept, later on he will handfast them and they will go on a honeymoon together. At the end of Book 3, the player has the choice to either sacrifice the world and stay with their friends and Jake, or sacrifice themselves and let Jake and their friends live a normal life again. If you choose Vaanu's ending, Jake will be in great grief over MC's death, and will sadly listen to their last message on that they sent to him. Years later, Jake will be sitting alongside the group on the beach of La-Huerta, celebrating MC.

Platonic Path
When Jake and MC meet, initially he is a bit annoyed at them but warms up to them eventually. Jake will open himself up more and more to MC as they befriend him throughout the game, and will even risk his life to make sure they're safe. MC becomes the most important person in Jake's life and he views them as his best friend. In an alternate universe, he makes sure that they live and free themselves from Everett Rourke before dying to protect them.

If MC marries someone else in the game and walks down the aisle, Jake will proudly smile at them and salute.

Quotes
"I ain't losing you twice, Princess."

- Jake to MC when they reunite in Book 3.

"Being with you is everything to me. I'm not half the man a true Princess deserves.. but I'm gonna give it all I got and then some."

- Jake to MC during their handfasting scene.

"I ain't give a damn about people in a long time, Princess. Then you came and pretty much blew that whole plan straight to hell."

- Jake to MC before their kiss.

Fanon
Jake x MC is qualified as a Het/Non-Binary ship. While the player can choose MC's gender, (and ethnicity) it is most popularly drawn in fanart's with MC being a female. The ship is also popularly written as the MC being a female, as well and MC being chosen as a female and dating Jake is also the most used and the most popular option chosen by the players. In every of Endless Summer's Choices Ads by the developers including MC and Jake, MC is shown as a female. Often times, those who keep the MC's default name as "Taylor" like to refer to the ship as Jaylor.

With Jake being one of the most iconic and popular characters in the Endless Summer book, many have loved his relationship with the Main Character (default name Taylor); hence it had become the most popular Endless Summer ship amongst the players, as well as the most popular Choices ship besides Noah x MC from It Lives In The Woods book.

Songs
To Be Human | Sia.

Long Way Home From Here | Matthew Perryman Jones.

Trivia

 * It was revealed by the developers that unlike all the other love interests in Endless Summer, Jake was the only one who was immediately attracted to MC.
 * Jake and MC call each other nicknames. Jake calls MC "Princess" if the player chose a female MC, referencing her Hadean Zodiac sign later being revealed as "Andromeda" the chained princess. MC has the choice to call him, "Top Gun" - "Aragorn" - "Jared Leto/Joker" or "Hotness."
 * If the player chooses for MC to be a male, Jake will call him "Boy Scout." the nickname has no foreshadowing on the Hadean Zodiac.
 * In Book 3, Jake is referred to as "Wolf" from his ex-commander, Lundgren. Later on, if the player chooses the right dialogue, Lundgren refers to the MC as "Little Red Riding Hood."
 * Sean was the first person to notice in both the romantic and platonic path how Jake had been longingly looking at MC in Endless Summer Book 1.