I have a lot of feelings about pike being there for spock when his biological father wasn't. sarek doesn't show up, but chris steps up to cover for spock, host his engagement dinner, support him emotionally, and try to make him look good in front of the in-laws. not to mention staying up all night cooking Vulcan delicacies from scratch. god-tier adopted dad behavior, 10/10, no notes.

OK I kinda love T’Pring’s dad though 🤣

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Number One | Una Chin-Riley & Christopher Pike, Number One | Una Chin-Riley/Christopher Pike Characters: Number One | Una Chin-Riley (Star Trek), Christopher Pike, Spock (Star Trek) Additional Tags: PikeUna, pikeanduna, pike/una, una - Freeform, unachinriley, christopherpike, startrek - Freeform, strangenewworlds Summary:

More one day aboard the Enterprise, we can follow the routine of the interesting first officer Una Chin-Riley, who, through her skills, is willing to fulfill the duties assigned to her just to be at the side of Captain Chirtopher Pike.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Number One | Una Chin-Riley/Christopher Pike Characters: Number One | Una Chin-Riley, Christopher Pike Additional Tags: tag scene, added scene, Fix-It, Episode: s02e04 Among the Lotus Eaters (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds), the thirty minutes did not go well (Batel/Pike breakup before this story begins), canon-consistent at least until the next episode drops, shared fresher fanon, Idiots in Love, Friends to Lovers, getting together after 25 years of pining sounds like Trek to me, though banging on the bathroom floor probably not so much Summary: Una’s head tilts and she’s looking at him the way she did in the transporter room just before he hugged her — hopeful, almost shy, expectant but with a trust and openness that tingles his chest, twitches his arms with want to hold her close. But he shouldn’t give in to that instinct again, shouldn’t wonder what it would be like to let himself enfold his body around hers because they’ve been friends for two and a half decades and what kind of an idiot would he be to risk losing that?

(Note: Don’t worry. They figure it out.)

My brain has cooked up a new weird Spocklaan AU idea that I really need to ramble about a bit, I apologize in advance.

The idea was born in response to the picture of Christina below, with her outfit fitting right in with the dress code of the Vulcans in the upcoming SNW episode in my humble opinion.

The basic idea is that while Spock is meeting his fiance for the first (it's an arranged marriage because they're both Vulcan high society in this au), he ends up falling for her servant/bodyguard La'an instead.

But then it turns out, that La'an is royalty herself, like she's some sort of lost princess who's believed to have died with her family during the Gorn attack but was actually rescued by the Vulcans and thus ended up with T'Pring's family. But La’an can’t remember her true heritage due to the trauma of the attack until a mind meld with Spock helps her regain her memories. There might even be time for a ball with La'an wearing her Princess Thalia dress.

And now I realized that this idea feels quite similar to the plot of the Anastacia animated movie which is cool because I love that movie.

What can I say? I like this idea.

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: La'an Noonien-Singh & Spock, Spock & Enterprise Crew, La'an Noonien-Singh/Spock Characters: Spock (Star Trek), La'an Noonien-Singh, Number One | Una Chin-Riley (Star Trek), Erica Ortegas, Christine Chapel, Joseph M'Benga, Amanda Grayson Additional Tags: Human Spock, Sexual Humor, Crack, Crack Treated Seriously, Fluff, Fluff and Humor, Humor, Alternate Universe - Crack, Angst, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Friendship, Inappropriate Erections, Erections, Manhandling, Makeover, Swearing, Sweat, Tears, Wrestling, acting like children, Mama Amanda will always love her son, Co-workers, Emotional Roller Coaster Summary:

CrackAU! Human Spock needs help getting ready for a very important dinner with T'Pring and her parents. So, what could possibly go wrong with a emotionally high strung human Spock? (This fic was written before 2x05, please keep in mind if you read it after you see the episode)

there was just something so genuine about kirk realising they’d need money in the 21st century, spotting a chess table and .. just .. sitting down and playing random strangers for a few spare notes at a time. no competitivity, no real sense of urgency, no hard feelings, he just spends the whole afternoon betting strangers he can win and winning every time because of course he can. ‘one dimensional’ chess is a cake walk compared to the chess he’s used to.

and no one leaves that table feeling like they’ve really lost out. it was a good game, kirk wins fair and square, they enjoy their time with him, he even gains a crowd as people get invested in the matches. he shakes their hands and they move on. it was such an endearing way of showing us the kind of person kirk is. charming, easily personable. he finds a fair way to get by in a completely alien situation that still matches his skillset.

I don’t know, it was such a short scene but it showed us so much without any dialogue. They could have shown la’an and kirk figuring out how to grab some quick cash in a bunch of different ways, but they chose one with a lot of heart and that’s why I really love this show.

I don't usually post entire fics here on tumblr, but since AO3 is down I thought someone might enjoy something to read while they are waiting! This was posted on AO3 yesterday.

In the Quiet Places

T • m/f • 900 words • one shot • Pike/Una and Pike/Batel (this came about as I was trying to make sense of Pike/Batel with my Pike/Una shipping heart 💛)

TW: cave-in, trapped in a cave, undisclosed injury, darkness

Notes: This story takes place after The Cage and before SNW begins. As I said on AO3, thank you to @curator-on-ao3 for the general writing encouragement!

In the Quiet Places

drip

rattle

drip

Every noise was amplified in the little space, so when Pike spoke, he used a hushed voice.

“Number One? I mean, Una. I think, if we don’t get out of this–not that we won’t. We are going to make it. But, in case. Can I tell you something? I want you to know, no matter what happens.”

In the quiet that followed, Christopher Pike wished he had taken the time to think of coherent sentences. Number One was always so well spoken, so put together. After all the years they had spent together, he still wondered if she ever got nervous.

His next thought was that she had been quiet too long. She usually didn’t take so long to think of replies to his questions, in fact she almost always had a retort waiting before he finished speaking.

“Una?”

I guess this needed another chapter! (If you would like to read it but can't on AO3, let me know. )

Tagging @starryeyes2000 as requested :)

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Episode 2: Let’s Run Away: Part 1

SNW: Additional Scenes Season 2 - CALU

Read on AO3 or FFN

Pairing: Pike & Una, Pike x Fem!OC (Aalin)

Rating: Teen

Word Count: 1.7k

Strange New Words Season Two additional scenes in the Chris/Aalin 'i carry your heart' universe. As there are few hints as to where Spock and Chapel's relationship is headed in this season, I've decided to post my Spock/Chapel scenes here.

This series contains spoilers for Strange New Worlds Season 2. Each chapter title will be prefaced with the episode number.

Excerpt:

Episode 2: Let’s Run Away: Part 1

SNW: Additional Scenes Season 2 - CALU

Read on AO3 or FFN

Pairing: Pike & Una, Pike x Fem!OC (Aalin)

Rating: Teen

Word Count: 1.7k

Strange New Words Season Two additional scenes in the Chris/Aalin 'i carry your heart' universe. As there are few hints as to where Spock and Chapel's relationship is headed in this season, I've decided to post my Spock/Chapel scenes here.

This series contains spoilers for Strange New Worlds Season 2. Each chapter title will be prefaced with the episode number.

Excerpt: