Christopher Pike | Open Post

[isapromise]

[This is for the Discovery/The Original Series version of Pike, if you want AOS Pike, just ask! I'll set something up for him.]

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cheese and crackers life needs to chill

[isapromise]

What he had been expecting had been an answer full of bravado, if only because that seemed to be how not only young captains were but just how Jim Kirk seemed to style himself. What he got instead was a pleasant surprise and he can't help but feel sympathy for the younger man as he talks. It's all to familiar pain, what he's talking about.

"It's the ones that are unsure I tend to see thrive in teaching people. I can't imagine that Discovery's crew was at all pleased at first to get cadets aboard, but they all seem to be thriving, both the cadets and officers." It's meant to try and soothe Kirk but he's not sure if it would help or not, but the effort was made. "As to your latest stunt," and here he leaned toward Kirk, "I've always found there are those that will misinterpret things to their own ends. Whether for hero worship or to condemn. Self-reflection is the worst thing possible for anyone's confidence, as is false flattery, but I think you would find the chance rewarding. Teaching tends to make one think things through and reflect, and prove to others why you deserve that ship out there."

it happens <3

[universal_charm]

He was quiet for a long moment after Pike finished speaking, watching him. Finally, he took a steadying breath and he laughed, taking a bigger gulp of his drink.

"Sorry. Sorry, you just - you sounded a lot like him just then," he smiled, and took another breath, getting up to refresh his drink, motioning for Pike to hand him his glass as he passed. "That's not a bad thing either! I - I'm glad, I think. It's good to know that you have a good soul too."