This was made mostly because I was in ship brainrot. XD

I know this ship specifically might not be everyone's cup of tea and they aren't gonna be canon for... obvious reasons (Aiden's taken and judging by AS, Jake probably will get Tom back sometime soon), but hey, it's like my friend said! You have your ship, and I have mine! Let's be respectful about it all!

Without further ado, let's get into the the AU and HCs! And let's just say... I have a LOT of them..!!

- In this AU, Aiden still couldn't forgive James for being used solely for TikTok views and clout, so they remain broken up. Jake's whole situation with Tom remains the same, though.

- They still remained as enemies for the first half of All-Stars (mainly one-sided for Jake until Episode 8), but they started to get along a bit earlier once they realized that they were able to relate with one another with own past relationship issues. Episode 12 is when they started to gain feelings for each other.

- They'd hook up by the end of Episode 13.

- Once Aiden got eliminated, they'd had a really tender moment like how they did in canon and shared a kiss before he left. (I'd say he'd be eliminated by Final 5 or 6, likely Riya taking his place on getting 7th).

- Jake was feeling reluctant on letting go of Tom after confessing his love for Aiden during the season, especially with what Tom told him after his elimination, but with some encouragement from Aiden, he eventually confessed to Tom about his new relationship with him.

- Tom had no hard feelings about the two dating, and was happy that Jake managed to find someone for himself. He was a tad heartbroken upon hearing Jake's admission, but he got over it quickly and the two remained friends. Same applies to James for Aiden, but he wasn't too heartbroken as Tom was (the two did talk to each other about what went down in Season 2 during All-Stars's finale and made up also as friends).

- The others who soon found out were quite surprised given how they didn't seem to like one another for the first half of the season, but held no qualms about it.

- Jake is easily the more touch-affectionate of the two. Aiden more-so gives affection with words.

- Aiden helped Jake out on growing out of his naiveness.

- They usually like to go outside for dates, whether it involves getting food (like Chinese takeout) or taking walks around different places.

- Whenever Jake feels depressive, Aiden tries to give positive affirmations to him, and assure him that he's never a burden. They usually cuddle whenever either one of them's saddened.

- They love to do karaoke nights together on occasions.

- Jake affectionately nicknames Aiden as 'Oreo' while Aiden calls him 'Blackberry.'

- Jake tends to get flustered easily whenever someone mentions his relationship with Aiden, teasingly or not.

- Jake tends to join in on Aiden's cringe talking habit for fun.

- They tend to draw sometimes for fun. Aiden's the better artist, but he appreciates Jake's own artwork and doesn't let him feel too bad about his own skills.

- The same could be said for their dancing skills, albeit it's the opposite situation. Jake's the better dancer, while Aiden... he isn't too good. Jake has been trying to help Aiden on improving his dancing though.

- They usually like to go visit the friends that they've made in the competition. Tom, Ashley, and Miriam on Jake's side, and James, Lake and Rosa on Aiden's side.

- Jake can handle horror movies well while Aiden's a bit of a scaredy-cat, though he tends to deny it. Whenever he gets too frightened, Jake tries his best to help calm him down with physical affection and affirming words.

- Aiden likes to dye Jake's hair at times, and he doesn't mind it! He's tried brown, tan, brighter blue, dark red, and dark purple hair. Dark red's his favorite color to dye his hair into.

- Jake tends to tease Aiden about him being shorter than him. He gets a bit pouty about it, but he knows it's all in good fun.

- They love to binge-watch the Total Drama series together, especially considering they were huge fans of the series.

I wasn't lying when I said that it was a lot! But hey, they'd seem cute together to me! Again, this might not be some people's ship, but hey, it's better than shipping either of them with, oh, I dunno... DREW OR FIORE???

Anyway, have this gacha I made of them! Ain't they adorbs?

With that aside, I'll see y'all next time!

Byyeeeeeeeeeeeee~!