Jenette x Mark

Jenette x Mark is the het ship between Jenette Vasquez and Mark Drake from the Alien fandom.

Canon
Vasquez and Drake first met in a juvenile prison. They eventually became close friends. In order to escape, they enlisted in the United States Colonial Marine Corps under the Service or Jail act. After passing through boot camp together, they both requested to be assigned to the same unit. Their request was granted, and they both chose to specialise in advanced weapons training. Due to their close relationship, their Smartgun drill instructor labelled them "sweethearts". Despite this however, they insisted that their relationship was platonic.

Both Vasquez and Drake were members of the combat unit deployed to planet LV-426 on the USS Sulaco, under the command of Lieutenant Scott Gorman. The unit was dispatched to Hadley's Hope, the main colony of LV-426, with two civilian advisors, Carter Burke and Ellen Ripley. After being awakened from hypersleep, they both attended training. They both began to taunt Private William Hudson. As Ripley gave a briefing on Xenomorphs, they joked with each other. After the briefing, they prepared their Smartguns and boarded the M577 Armored Personnel Carrier, which brought them to the planet's surface.

When the unit entered the central administrative building of the colony, they realised that a Xenomorph infestation had taken place. They eventually found Rebecca "Newt" Jorden, a young girl hiding in a ventilation duct and presumably the last survivor of the infestation, who Mark nearly shot out of panic. The unit then entered the Atmosphere Processing Plant, which contained the Xenomorph hive, and they were given orders to have all Pulse Rifle ammunition be removed and both Smartguns deactivated, to prevent stray gunfire damaging the station's volatile reactor cooling systems. Both Vasquez and Drake removed the batteries from their weapons. However, they reactivated their machine guns behind sergeant Al Apone's back. When the unit was ambushed by several Drones, Drake and Vasquez were the only ones able to defend the unit against the aliens, damaging the reactor in the process.

Despite their efforts, most of the members of the unit were killed in the initial assault, forcing the survivors to retreat. While Drake initially held the rear with his Smartgun, the weapon quickly ran out of ammunition, forcing him into switching to his M240 Incinerator Unit. As they neared the M577 Armored Personnel Carrier, a Drone ambushed him. Vasquez, having noticed the Drone, warned him and fired at it, killing it. However, the Drone's acidic blood, killing him.

Fanon
The ship is the most written ship for both characters on AO3. It is also has the eighth most written works for an Alien ship on AO3. This is largely due to how close both characters were. It is rivalled by Jenette x William and Ellen x Jenette. It currently has 16+ written works on AO3.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION