Spike (Star Trek)

Spike is the slash ship between Spock and Christopher Pike from the Star Trek fandom.

Canon
Spock is being intimate with T'Pring when he suddenly gets a video call. He answers it from Pike. Pike asks if he's naked, but Spock assures him that he isn't. He asks if everything's all right, and Pike tells him that Una's gone missing. They're going after her. Spock says that he'll meet him onboard and they end their call.

Pike beams aboard Enterprise and asks how Spock is. Spock gives a report on the ship, but Pike reminds him that he asked how Spock was. Spock says that he's well, but he still feels the loss of Michael. Pike apologizes and says that he misses her as well. He goes over the roster when he sees that Spock won't be serving as his second. Spock says command needs him as chief science officer, which Pike understands. He just didn't think about having a new number one.

Fanon
Spike had a small following after the release of the Kelvin Timeline films. This was due to them only sharing screen time in the unaired till the move was released. Although it was not a very popular ship in the AOS fandom, due to them still having limited screen time. The ship gained some more traction with the two appearing in Discovery, and gained even more fans with Strange New Worlds.

With the two varrying canons, some ship or don't ship the two based on which canon they are referring to. Some don't ship them in the Kelvin timeline, due to the more visible age difference, but do ship them in the original series timeline due to them being portrayed as a similar age. Some just also base it on the chemistry of the actors. Some feeling that Anson Mount (Pike) and Ethan Peck (Spock) have more chemistry than Bruce Greenwood (AOS Pike) and Zachary Quinto (AOS Spock).

On AO3 Spike is the eight most written ship for Pike. It is also the third most written ship in the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds tag.

Fandom
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