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.

Later, Spock goes to see Pike in his room. Spock doesn't wish to overstep, but Pike allows it, and asks if he's feeling himself. Pike says that he is, and that's the problem. Spock could tell that when Pike returned from the Klingon monastery he was changed, and figured out that he saw the future. Pike didn't just see it, but felt how he would basically die. Spock asks if it's soon, and Pike says that it's not. But only Spock would ask that question. Pike admits that he can't stop seeing it, and Spock suggests that the knowledge of death is useful for effective leadership. Pike says there's a difference between knowing and experiencing it, questioning how this will effect him. Spock suggests transforming that suffering into insight, and use that knowledge to be the man that he is. Pike asks who that is, and Spock says "The Captain".

Season 1
Strange New Worlds
 * Spock pulls Pike from his hallucination.
 * Pike asks Spock if there's life signs, but Spock doesn't read any.
 * Pike says that he's all ears, and when Spock gives him an offended look, says it's just an expression.
 * Spock suggests going to red alert and Pike does so immediately.
 * Spock says that Vulcan's invented first contact, and Pike says that they never fail to remind them.
 * Pike laughs at Spock complaining about the outfit for the mission.

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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