Merc and Jude Kiss of Ultimate Feels

So I'm not dead. Here's a thing I made. I'm rather proud of it. =w=

Some of you who have been with me forever may or may not remember Merc, the green alien fellow and son of the space-mobster Malekarr. Some of you might also remember that I originally had his love interest as a red haired space-cop named Eluena. Well, Merc still has a red-hared love interest, and Eluena still exists, but due to a roleplay that I started with my cousin, a few things have changed.

STORY TIME!

Jude Corcoran is basically Merc's boss. He's the captain of the ship that Merc pilots. Together, along with the rest of their motley crew, they fly through space, acting as benevolent mercenaries, doing everything from bounty hunting to search-and-rescue, as long as there's money in it.

Jude and Merc make friends very quickly and all was well. But sooner or later, Jude developed a crush on Merc. A long, drawn out, and somewhat awkward phase began in their relationship with both parties making excuse after excuse to not be honest about their feelings.

Eventually they DO come clean with each other. Jude confessed his feelings just before they went on a dangerous mission. After they both survived the mission, they had a heart-to-heart about it. Merc asked Jude, "Would you have said those things if we weren't in mortal danger?" and then after Jude gave an awkward noncommittal answer, Merc basically told him "I don't think you actually like me. I think you must have gotten overcome with emotion and said some stuff you didn't mean." ...Merc tried to play it off like it's no big deal, but then he started crying mid sentence and it just devolved into him sobbing and saying "Why would you like ME? Why would anyone like me?" ...Jude then proceeded to list all the things he liked about Merc, just off the top of his head. "You're funny. You're smart. You've got really cool hair. You're always cheering me up. You never judge anyone. You're probably the greatest pilot in the universe but you're so modest about it..." and on and on and on, eventually ending with "Why wouldn't I like you?" ...Merc, overcome with emotion, found that he couldn't speak without it sounding like incomprehensible sobs. So instead he kissed him, and that, my friends, is what you see before you.

...The pose for this was a little tricky for me, mostly because of their height difference. I know it looks sort of like Jude is a teeny tiny baby in this picture, but he's actually just under average height for a human. Merc is around 6"8 to 6"10. So no matter what I did, Jude was doomed to look like a tiny baby. XD;;;

 

Merc (c) Retaya

Jude (c) My Cousin