Hello! So i have this idea for iswm and i would love to request it!
Ok like its canon that the captain is attractive, right? Then how about a fic where one of the crew members have a camera, and so like they have this secret competition for pictures with the captain? And the picture where the captain does something most attractive wins. Maybe there is a picture where the captain folds their arms in a cool way or maybe a picture where the captain puts an arm around a crew's shoulder which made them freak out the rest of the week and that picture wins. The captain is not aware of the competition, but the captain is aware that they are seen as attractive, so they didn't mind when people wanted to take pictures with them. In the end, the captain finds out about the competition, they're like "oh.. so that's what this is about?" And they just laugh it off, playing along and saying flirty stuff like "you're really swooning over me doing that, huh? I could've done more, but i don't think you're all ready for that"
Oof im sorry if this is too long or too detailed. I had this idea for a while and think it would be pretty cute haha
Capture the moment ( ISWM Mark X Captain)
+Main 3 crew simping for the captain
Summary- Mark, Gunther, CC, and Burt have a competition to see who can get the best photo of the captain looking good. The captain knows they are taking pictures of them, but not why. When the captain finds out Mark gets more than winning the competition.
TW's- LONG ( about 3,000 words), pictures being taken of captain but they don't mind, being caught kissing, very slight sexual innuendo if you squint, flirty captain, the crew simping for the captain, just fluff.
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Thank you so much for requesting, I had so much fun with this (maybe too much it is kinda long). I've been obsessed with ISWM rn and I've been itching to write for him. I was so excited to get this request! I mostly followed it, just kept it to the main crew ( Mostly) and it's mostly pictures of just the captain but you can imagine there were a few with the crew! I'm super happy with this and hope you enjoy it. Also, Mark Isn't written as Actor in this, but you can read it however you want!
Thanks for requesting anon <3
Everyone on the Invincible II knew your name. You are the kind and strong captain, who knows what they're doing, everyone respects you. Though their respect for you was not why they would (on occasion literally) throw themselves at you. You were very aware that the crew found you very attractive, it was no secret. So when the crew started to take photos of you, you didn’t give it too much thought. If it made them happy, you didn’t mind at all.
What you didn’t know was that there was a competition going on.
About a week ago Burt, Gunther, CC and Mark were working on the computer, while you went around the ship to check in with the rest of the crew. For some reason the computer started to glitch and it affected all of the areas of the ship, so Mark had them come in and help reset part of the system.
While Mark and Gunther were reprogramming the computer, CC and Burt talked. Burt was certainly a well spoken man ( At times ) and it seemed today he was going on about the beauty of space. CC didn’t mind listening at all, and quite enjoyed it. She (too often) had to deal with Mark and Gunthers yelling and Burts tangents were a nice change of pace.
Burt moved from his place by CC to in front of the window, outlooking the stars. CC followed and as she took her place next to him he said
“ Space is home to my lonely heart. When times are rough and I wonder if it was worth it to come to space I think of a poem my Grandmother would tell me,” He paused, a soft smile on his face, “On foot,I had to cross the solar system. before I found the first thread of my red dress. I sense myself already. Somewhere in space hangs my heart, shaking in the void, from it stream sparks,into other intemperate hearts.” CC placed a hand over her heart after hearing the beautiful poem.
“ A beautiful poem by Edith Sodergan.” he continued, “ Space is truly a beautiful wonder.” As he finished he pulled out a small camera from his pocket and snapped a photo.
This initially got the attention of Mark and Gunther to CC’s disappointment. Mark snapped his head up and to no one's surprise hit his head on the underside of the monitor.
Gunther after laughing at Mark, turned to Burt asking,
“ Burt, How long have ya had that camera?” He slid a cigar into his mouth and lit it. Burt shrugged his shoulder, “ The whole time, I don’t know how you havent noticed I wasn’t exactly hiding it. “
CC shook her head and answered, “ It's because these two knuckle heads were too focused on trying to blow things up.” Mark of course was offended, but before he could make a comeback Gunther put a hand over his mouth.
“ Ya think we could see the photos that you have on there, eh Burt.” He asked, seeing it was a digital camera. Burt nodded and put the picture up on a small tablet that was in the room.
Most of them were of the crew or parts of the reactor, but one stood out to all of them.
It was a picture of you, their captain, with a soft smile on your face on the bridge looking out onto space. The light of a nearby moon illuminated your features with a soft glow. Almost immediately they were asking Burt if he had any more pictures of the captain. He did not, but he said he could take more.
“ Well what If we want to take a picture of Captain, I’m sure I could get an amazing candid being their second hand and always being around them.” Mark stated, hands on his hips. CC shook her head,
“ Yeah we’d let you take pictures if we wanted blurry unfocused shots. You know nothing about cameras, Mark.” She argued, “ I, on the other hand, have experience with cameras, considering I set up the security cameras in each of the cryo pods.” Gunther let out a hefty laugh at this.
“ Like you’d be able to hold the camera steady. Obviously I'd be the best for the job, I’m great at targeting and holding things steady. “ Gunther said waving a gun, “ I also have quite the experience in “shooting””. Everyone let out a groan at the bad pun. CC offered a solution,
“ Well, How about this? Everyday someone gets to have the camera and we can all try to get good photos of the captain. “ Burt shrugged and pointed out, “ Not like that would be hard, They are quite stunning.” The others shook their heads in agreement.
Mark’s face then lit up, and he said “ What if we made it a competition? Whoever gets the best picture of the captain they win. “ Gunther shook his head,
“Burt would obviously win, it's his camera, he knows it best.” Gunther agured, and Burt shook his head and offered,
“ What if it’s whoever captures the captain's beauty/ and or handsomeness best?” Burt offered.
Everyone one else murmured agreements.
Mark clapped his hands together, “ Then It’s settled whoever has the best picture of the captain wins.”
On the first day CC had the camera. The majority of her pictures were of you working. Her favorite picture was of you looking over the colonist being illuminated by the cool lighting of the room as you placed a gloved hand on the window fog around your body. She had been pretty confident she was going to win this.
The next day was Gunther. He spent the whole day making you laugh and smile, mostly illuminated by the light of the ADS system. He was scheduled to show you how well the ADS was working and this meant you and him watching a bunch of asteroids get blown up by big ass lazers.
The smile on your face when he handed you the control and let you shoot a few asteroids down was amazing and a close second to his favorite. You had put down the control and smirked as you looked at the destroyed steroids with your arms crossed. You looked like you came straight out of an action movie that for some reason would always cast the most attractive people to be the main character. Gunther had to take a picture.
You knew they were taking pictures of you, it was obvious. You didn't mind though, you would love to have pictures to remember the time in space. (Not like you would forget but still).You didn’t try to pose though, You had important work as captain and couldn't be posing all day as much fun as that would be.
As the next day came it was finally Mark’s turn, to say he was excited was an understatement. He was practically bouncing off of the walls and this put you in a good mood. Mark was always positive but seeing him excited made you happy. It reminded you of how amazing it was that you were both here in space.
As the day went on Mark took pictures everywhere and of everything you did. He had a picture of you sleepy and drinking your coffee, but he also had a picture of you giving out orders with a kind but determined look on your face. He wasn’t lying when he said he would take candids of you. He had one of you sipping your coffee and looking at him from the mug, one of you giving finger guns to Gunther. He was so proud of them all, but then the best picture came.
You were walking to Life support, a small hobby of yours was tending to the plants in there when you had free time. Though as you opened the door you saw Burt’s second hand Tyler. Much like Burt he was calmer and more kept to himself, so you were surprised to see him there. It was after what was considered the “Work” day for them, which is why you were wearing a simple black shirt and your normal black pants. Mark usually hung around you after the work day had ended, not that you minded at all.
“ Oh Hello Tyler, what brings you here?” you asked picking up a watering can, Tyler rubbed the back of his neck standing in front of an area that held plants.
“ Well Captain, while Burt and I were collecting samples from passing planets we found something that I thought you might enjoy.” Tyler blushed a bit , “ This is just a gift from Burt and I thank you for being a good captain. “
Tyler stepped to the side and it was revealed he had planted a glowing white flower, shaped similarly to your favorite flower. You placed a hand over your heart, as you walked over to the plant.
“ We did scans and we are a hundred precent sure it is safe to have aboard.” he said as you gently ran your fingers over a petal, the petal turning your favorite color. ( Mark did take a picture of this of course).
You stood up with a soft smile, you wrapped an arm around his shoulder in kind of a side hug and said, “Thank you, this means alot to me Tyler.” Your kind eyes sparkled, colors from different plants lit your face, but the most noticeable was the glow of the new flower. Mark quickly took a picture, and then for the first time that day put the camera away and watched with a smile. He thought you deserve so much more than you're willing to accept, so it’s nice seeing this. A soft smile covered his face as he looked at your beaming smile, no picture could ever do you justice. There was no way to capture the feeling of the moment with a camera.
You released Tyler to get a closer look at the flower and Mark had to stifle a laugh. Tyler stood there face red, mouth slightly agape, and his body as stiff as a board. Mark put a hand on his shoulder. Tyler turned to him and quietly but quickly said,
“ I’ve gotta go.” Tyler rushed out of the room, Mark shrugged and turned back to you.
The rest of the night was you two talking about plants in the life support room.
The next day it was Burt's turn. He mostly took pictures of you interacting with the crew. Though he did get a nice photo of you looking at the reactor, which he personally loved. He wasn’t able to take many pictures as it was a busy day, though it was worth it to have the next day “off”.
As the next day rolled around it was finally time to look at the pictures of you and it was fair to say everyone was excited. You had no idea what was going on as of the moment. They had all decided to meet in the cafeteria and go through the photos.
The whole time they were commenting about how amazing you looked, and how it was crazy how you looked this good all of the time. Light blushes on each of their cheeks as they went through the photos. That was until they landed on Mark’s photo of you on life support.
Everyone's jaws dropped as they looked at the photo. Everything was amazing, your smile, slight blush, your casual clothes, and the lights dancing in your eyes.
As if on cue you walked into the cafeteria and saw the group of people. You walked over and placed a hand on Mark’s shoulder,
“ Hey, what’s going on….” Your voice drifted off as you saw what they were all looking at. You blushed a bit and motioned for Mark to move so you could sit next to him, which he did.
“ Wow, I didn't think I could look that good.” you commented. You then asked Burt,
“ Do you think I could look at them?” You were aware Burt had a camera and would occasionally take pictures, but considering the amount of time you saw that camera the last week you were curious.
They handed you the camera and you started to go through the photos, they were all of you? A surprised look appeared on your face,
“ Not that I mind much, but is there a reason why there are so many pictures of me?” you asked light heartedly, before continuing “ If you wanted to get a close look you all could’ve just asked.” you let a small smirk fall on your face, as the rest of them blushed.
“ Uh, well, Captain, we all had a competition to see who could get the best picture of you.” CC said, and Gunther interrupted with,
“ We all thought we could get the hottest picture of you and so we had a competition is what she really means cap’n”
You let out a little laugh, “ Oh, so that's what this is about huh?” They nodded their heads yes, and your smirk turned into a smile.
“ Well I must say, I am flattered you all.” you then looked down at the picture of you that Gunther took with your arms crossed,
“ So you find me doing my job hot , huh? ” you teased Gunther and for the first time he went speechless.You let out a small laugh,
Though you found yourself looking at a picture Mark took of just you looking at the plants..
“ I was just looking at plants.” You turned to mark with a smirk, “ you're really swooning over me looking at plants, huh? I could've done more than look at plants with you Mark, but I don't think you're ready for that yet, head engineer" You winked and slung an arm around his shoulders. Mark turned red, the other laughed a bit. Though the conversation quickly changed to possibly taking some pictures of other crew members and printing out the picture they took.As the conversation went on you eventually removed your arm from Mark’s shoulders. Though Mark couldn’t hear any of the conversation.
His senses were overwhelmed by you, your stunning smile, eyes shining brighter than any star, and your calming voice that sounded like heaven to him. He could smell the body mist you wore everyday, the one he got you as a gift. As if he wasn’t yearning for you enough, you turned to him and gave him a soft smile. He took a deep breath as you placed your hand over his, moving to sit closer to him. All he could feel was your leg pressed against his and your hand on his. Your ungloved hand holding his. He honestly thought he was going to explode, the one coherent thought he was able to form was,
“ I think I love them.”
Eventually the others left to enjoy their day off. Not that Mark noticed, all he noticed was you turning to him.
“ You okay Mark? You were unusually silent.” you asked, he gulped and spoke
“ Yeah, um, yeah I’m doing great captain.” you blushed a bit before saying,
“ Uh, I wanted to say this sooner but I hope I didn’t make you uncomfortable earlier with my flirting. “ A sheep smile on your face. Mark’s eyes wided before he shook his head and exclaimed,
“ No, No, No I was absolutely comfortable with it, captain. It was amazing, You're amazing.” his face turned red as he registered what he said. Before he could say anything you looked at him in surprise, before quickly taking his hand and leading him to the life support room. You needed to be alone with him for this.
“ I’m sorry I didn-” marked started before you cut him off,
“ Did you mean it?” you asked,
“ Mean what?” he questioned
“ Do you …think I'm amazing?” you clarified and gently took his hand standing in front of him. Mark took a deep breathe before answering,
“ I do, you're the most amazing person I know. You're kind, strong, funny, smart and loyal. You're the best captain, but you're also the best person I know.” He gently raised the hand that was holding his and pressed a kiss to your knuckles.
“ You are so stunning in so many ways. You have no idea what you mean to me (y/n).” he stated, using your real name for the first time in a long time.
Your voice went soft as you said, “ Mark, I- “ you paused stepping closer.
“ Tell me if this is crossing a line, but I think I love-” before you could finish your sentence Mark pulled you into him and kissed you. He placed a hand on your lower back and one on your face cradling your cheek. Your arms wrapped around his body as you both shared a gentle but passionate kiss. You leaned into him, trying to be impossibly close to him. He did the same as he moved his hand to the back of your neck and tilted your head gently making the kiss more passionate than gentle. He started to back you up when-
“CLICK”
You and Mark pulled back to see Burt and the others standing there. Mark let an annoyed look cross his face , as a blush covered your face. Gunther chuckled then said,
“ Oh don't mind us Cap’n, we're just capturing the moment. “ You then provided to hide your face in Mark’s chest. Mark shook his head before grabbing your hand and leading you out of the room and to your private office. ( Which you didn’t use very much).
You let out a groan and say,
“ Oh stars Mark, that was so embarrassing, what are they going to think of me?” you then shook your head, “ I mean I’m not ashamed to be with you or anything it’s just we got walked in on.”
You let out another groan of embarrassment as Mark laughed lightly and pressed a kiss to your head.
“ It’s a little embarrassing, but at least now we can’t be interrupted.” He said as he leaned in for another kiss, you happily met him in the middle.
This isn't my best work, but I had to write something for space mark. I'll probably write something better soon. This is just kind of an alternate ending for Part 2 of ISWM. Of course romance.
SPOILERS FOR ISWM PART 2
tws- Angst, technically you both die? but you come back, angry mark, self doubt.
summary- An alternate ending of ISWM 2, where the captain and head engineer Mark are in love. Pretty close to canon for the first bit. HUGE SPOILERS FOR ISWM part 2. Angst with a happy ending.
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SPOILERS FOR ISWM PART 2 BELOW CUT
“Paradox resolved”,
your hand placed on the very thing that caused you and Mark so much pain. It was finally over, you both could finally have peace. This was it-
Mark’s voice interrupted your thoughts,
“What have you done? You’ve destroyed us, you destroyed everything.” he turned towards you, anger laced his voice and he sent you a venomous look.
“This was our last chance to fix things and it’s gone.” His anger grew as he spoke, He turned towards you and started to walk towards you.
“ I spent an eternity in hell rebuilding this stupid machine, and you threw it all away!” you backed up and he yelled at you, grief and anger laced his features. Tears started to prick your eyes, as he finally closed in on you,
“ I don’t know if your evil, or just stupid. “ He spat at you, a tear fell from your eye. Maybe Mark was right. Maybe if you hadn't been involved none of this would have happened. Had you not been in his life, then maybe he could have been happy. Maybe you were evil.
He waved his finger back towards the warp core,
“But if I’m not back there to fix it…” his angry voice drifted off, as he looked back at the machine. He turned to you,
“ But if I’m not back there..” He paused looking between you and the machine with a look of sorrowful realization on his face, “If I’m not back then, the warp core is not back.”
He stumbled away, his anger gone. You followed suit, you wouldn't leave his side if he would allow that. You had lost him to many times. You couldn't go through that again.
“I thought- I thought” He stuttered, “ I thought I rebuilt it because you destroyed it. “ His hands gripped the control panel, he slowly looked up at you. Pain covered his face as he uttered,
“ I built the warp core? I sent it back.” He pulled away, shock laced his body.
“ I built it,” he spoke his voice wavering as he approached you. Though this time you leaned into it, not backing away. His anger was gone, but this seemed to be much worse.
He stood in front of you as he gasped out, “ It was my fault.” before you could say anything he stumbled towards the ground, your hand on his shoulder to steady him as you sat next to him.
His eyes squeezed shut as he mumbled,
“ I’m- Captain I’m tired.” he opened his eyes and look at the wall in front of him, part of him scared to look you in the eyes, “I don’t know when the last time I slept was.”
You moved closer, your hand squeezing his shoulder.
“ I don’t know if I’ve slept at all.” he softly stated, his eyes finally meeting yours as he asked,
“ Have you?”
Your eyes laced with worry as you watched mark’s guilt-ridden face. You frowned, wishing there was anything you could do to ease his pain, anything to let you see his beautiful smile.
He turned his body to face you,
“I’m really sorry, captain.” tears silently fell from his eyes and he looked around the room, “I thought the only way to stop this was to stop you, stop all this from happening in the first place. “
He let a pained smile fall on his face,
“ But it was all me.”
He turned away from you, his jaw clenched and eyes squeezed tight.
“ It was all me. All those mistakes, all those lifetimes, all the people.” He looked up at you a shimmer of something in his eyes.
“I guess I lost hope.” you moved your hand to hold his cheek. He leaned into your gloved palm.
He let a small smile appear on his face, he leaned closer to you as the sounds of everything falling apart started. He put a hand on your waist and another over the hand holding his cheek. You both leaned into each other and touched each other's forehead as mark spoke barely above a whisper,
“You never did.”
As he finished his smile grew as he leaned in and softly kissed you. You kissed back and you held onto Mark's face. His lips were the last thing you felt before everything turned black.
Everything ended, it was finally over.
The paradox had been fixed, you had no idea what lay ahead of you as your vision shifted from black to white.
You took a deep breath as the view of your cryo pod came into view, panic laced your veins as you looked around. Though your panic dissipated as the computer informed you everything was “Nominal”. You looked to press to emergency exit button, as the door opened on its own.
You were shocked as you looked around to see your crew and ship safe. There was no way this could be happening, maybe it was a dream. You touched the shoulder of a crewmate and realized it was real. It was real and everything is okay. A soft smile appeared on your face.
“Morning Captian.” You heard Mark’s voice greet you, you whipped your head around to see Mark. He looked perfect, his jumpsuit in perfect condition, hair clean, and a peaceful look on his face. He said something as he handed you some coffee. You wish you could listen, but all you could think about was how he was okay. How you were both okay.
He walked away and as you wanted to follow him you were stopped. Your crew leaders thanked you and gave you kind words that touched your heart. Everyone was okay.
A smile formed on your face as you heard everyone was safe and happy. Maybe it's a good thing you were captain after all. All the pain and suffering you went through was worth it. It was worth it to save your crew and to save…
You turned to see mark opening the blast shields. He talked about how the trip was good as you approached the window. You touched the glass and let out a shaky sigh. You made it.
Mark moved next to you and proclaimed,
“ She’s a beauty, isn’t she, Captain?” You smiled and shook your head yes, he continued “ The long-range scanners did her no justice.” he look you in the eyes as he spoke “ Perfect in almost every way.” You blushed, he looked away and talked about what was next.
As he rambled on, you placed your coffee down and approached him. You took in the view of the man you loved next to you. You were glad you had made it.
Without thinking, you gently took his hand in yours.
Mark turned towards you,
“And, uh, Thank you.” He blushed and set his coffee down turning to face you completely.
He continued “ For, uh, not giving up on me.” he shook his head slightly, “ Just thank you. Thank you for everything.” he stepped closer to you, his hand on your hip. You looked him in the eyes,
“ Thank you for saving me, I… was so alone without you.” He brought your hand up to his face. “ I thought about you every day, I wanted to save everything but.” He paused and kissed your hand,
“ you didn't have to save me but you did, captain… I love you”
Your eyes brim with happy tears, and for the first time in a long time you spoke,
“ You are everything to me, I love you, Mark.”
Mark then leaned in and kissed you, your hand moving from his face to his hair, his hands holding your face. You pulled him closer by the hair, trying to get impossibly close. He leaned into it, his body on yours as you shared a kiss.
You both pulled away and smiled. Mark’s soft voice spoke, “ Maybe we can let the crew handle this and go get some rest.” he pressed soft kisses all over your face, “ I think we both earned it.”
You both giggle as you nod yes. He releases your face, as you let go of his hair. He gently took your hand and lead you off the bridge.
“ Gues CC was wrong. “ He grinned at you, “ She thought it was a bad idea to have a few extra rooms with normal beds in them. Guess we're proving her wrong eh cap. Seems she was wrong about me being a bad engineer ” You nodded and softly said,
“There's no one I would rather have at my side than you Mark. You're an amazing man and amazing engineer.” He beamed a smile and pulled you into a hug as you approached the room.
You both smiled as he opened the door. He hugged you and pressed a kiss to your forehead, “Let's get some rest, I think we both deserve it, captain.” You nodded and closed the door. He pulled away and took off his hat and jumpsuit leaving him in his white shirt and soft black pants. You pulled your gloves and jacket off. Mark blushed and said, “ You look stunning captain.”
You both climbed into bed as you mumbled, “ You don’t have to call me Captain Mark, I want everyone to know me and you are equals.” he pulled you against him as he whispered, “ In that case, I love you hon.” that was the last thing you heard as you both fell asleep, getting your well-deserved rest.
