Arthur x Ellen

Arthur x Ellen is the het ship between Dwayne Hicks and Ellen Ripley from the Alien fandom.

Alien
Arthur and Ellen became close friends around the time Arthur had begun working for the Weyland-Yutani Corporation. Working for the corporation allowed him to be able to purchase his own cargo vessel, the USCSS Tremolino, and he offered her a job as the vessel's warrant officer. However, she declined his offer. Following the decommissioning of the Tremolino, Arthur was given command of the USS Nostromo. He then again offered her a position as a warrant officer on the vessel. This time, however, she accepted the offer.

The Nostromo landed on the moon of Acheron after receiving a distress signal, and Executive Officer Thomas Kane left with Navigation Officer Joan Lambert to find the source of the signal. While exploring an abandoned spacecraft, Kane was attacked by a facehugger, and Arthur and Lambert brought him back to the Nostromo on a makeshift stretcher. However, Ellen defied Arthur's orders and refused to let them back into the vessel, citing quarantine concerns. Science officer Ash arrived and let them back in. Ellen and Arthur then had an argument.

Eventually, a Xenomorph appeared and killed engineer Samuel Brett and a Chestburster emerged from Kane. Arthur then realised that the Xenomorph was using the ventilation ducts to move across the vessel. He then formulated a plan where the Xenomorph would be forced in the airlock by a flamethrower. While Ellen volunteered to carry out the plan, Arthur insisted on entering the vents himself. Once he was in the air shafts, he had Ellen close the shafts behind him to prevent the Xenomorph from escaping. However, he was attacked by the Xenomorph and taken away to the vessel's cargo hold, where he was cocooned. Ellen later found him, and he begged her to kill him. She then torched him with a flamethrower.

Alien novelisation
In the novelisation, it was revealed that Arthur was romantically interested in Ellen, while she was completely unaware of his feelings. He had planned on confessing to her following the Xenomorph's death.

Alien: River of Pain
In Alien: River of Pain, it is stated that Arthur and Ellen were on-and-off lovers.

Fanon
The ship is the most written ship for Arthur on AO3. However, this ship is largely overshadowed on Ellen's side by Dwayne x Ellen and Annalee x Ellen. On Arthur's side, it is rivalled by Arthur x Thomas. It currently has 6 written works on AO3.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION