#mcspirk headcanons

[dustykneed]

the rough childhood trio with their childhood pets. (each of these gets a couple sentences of variably cryptic context-- all up for interpretation, of course. in my head these are all bittersweet ^^)

i-chaya wasn't supposed to be at school, technically, but amanda had a talk with the teachers, and they concluded that it was logical to allow i-chaya to continue to accompany spock to school, when his performance showed such marked improvement when she was around.

sometimes, during intervals between lessons, which were always timed precisely for optimal development of social skills, spock would sit cross-legged in a corner of the schoolyard, and i-chaya would sink down onto the red sand beside him and nudge at his cheek with her damp nose, and spock would reach up into her coarse, thick coat and press his forehead into the safety of her fur until the stinging remarks of the other children would melt and fall away in the harsh vulcan sun.

"he's up there in the stars, jamie. whenever you feel like you're on your own, just look up at the night sky and count the stars. he would've been so proud of you."

james tiberius kirk read, once, that pigs were unable to look up at the sky. from then on, he made sure to prop all of the pigs on the farm up every so often, so that they could look at the stars with him. for his birthday, his mother knit him two matching sweaters with stars on the chest-- one for him, and the other for wilbur (the grandpiglet of the sow she tripped over a decade ago).

bones was raised, essentially, by the large, calico barncat who lived on the mccoys' farm. she had not been named, and she wouldn't let anyone else touch her-- only bones.

when he was a baby, she curled up beside him in his crib with her tail around his ankle to stop him from crawling out and hurting himself.

when he got older, on difficult days, she would grab him by the sock and drag him to the old rocking chair in the attic and curl up on his lap and bite at his fingers until he could bring himself to pet her, and then she would purr and purr as he stroked through her warm, soft fur and rocked himself better in the big rocking chair. if anyone tried to drag bones away, she would hiss and yowl and bat vehemently at the intruding hands until he could be left alone.

[aerialworms-art]

Lifespans.

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[Image ID: A three-way venn diagram floating against a starfield. The circles are coloured; one yellow, one light blue, one a darker shade of blue. The yellow is the smallest, the two blue ones over double its size, with the darker blue the biggest. The yellow is half covered by the two blue circles, while it takes up a small amount of the two blues. The centre overlap between all three is labelled "the precious few years we three were together".

There is very little overlap between the yellow and the darker blue without the lighter blue.

The work is signed 'aerialworms'./End ID]

[blanc-ci]

Puts them all in a box together and shakes them around

[sad-trekkie-life]

I have an ability to hold both canon and a headcanon in my head and believe both wholeheartedly.

Do I appreciate 765874 - Unification? I do. I mean my whole day is both blessed and ruined (cause I’m crying). Am I happy it’s a part of a canon? Absolutely.

Do I still hold a belief that the whole Nexus drama happened in some alternative timeline, and “prime” Spock & Kirk after retirement lived happily together in a house on the tropical planet near the beach with McCoy often visiting them? Fully.

[weirdlynotspecific]

⭐Holiday Headcanons⭐

Kirk was raised in a traditionally Jewish home and McCoy was raised in a traditionally Christian home so the holidays get a bit hectic. Spock knows about both Christmas and Hanukkah from his mother, but didn't get to celebrate either until he was aboard the enterprise.

McCoy makes sure to put a small tree up in his room with little handmade ornaments from Joanna. He makes it a priority to call her Christmas day and watch her open all her presents.

Kirk LOVES gift giving. He showers Spock and McCoy with gifts for every day of Hanukkah and loves watching them open their presents.

McCoy and Uhura spend all of Christmas eve making cookies for everyone. And I mean everyone. All 400+ crew members receive cookies.

The holiday party is insane. Scotty spikes the punch, Sulu and Chekov debate the origin of Christmas (Chekov claims it started in Russia), and Spock gets drunk off his ass on chocolate. He denies it afterwards of course.

Kirk hangs up mistletoe everywhere because he's a menace. He absolutely abuses it too, much to the amusement and disappointment of Spock and McCoy.

Spock finds all his vulcan incense is replaced with peppermint smelling incense (courtesy of Jim). He can't find it in himself to be annoyed. His normal incense is returned by January 1st.

Kirk adores Christmas songs. You best believe this dramatic bitch is singing along with Mariah Carey all of December and it drives Bones CRAZY.

Scotty built a giant train to go around one of the observation desks (he said a small train going around a tree was unoriginal and anyone could do that).

Bones affectionately calls Spock some variation of a Grinch or a Scrooge the entirety of December.

[xxxball-fondlerxxx]

you guys just dont even. understand Him. hes NOT super overly sweet and affectionate with his partner(s), although he does love them very much. he reluctantly accepts a kiss on the cheek from jim, melodramatically rolling his eyes and kicking him out of the sickbay. but he looks back at jim as he walks away, a soft smile on his face and an added pep in his step for the rest of his shift.

he grumbles about "ridiculous vulcan voodoo" and makes a face as spock offers him an ozh'esta. but when their fingers touch, spock can feel the overwhelming affection underneath his icy exterior; his armor protecting him from getting hurt again.

the armor isn't going to fall off the moment he falls in love. it may not ever fall off; not all the way, at least. spock and jim aren't there to "fix" him, they're there to love him as he is. he doesn't have to outwardly express his love to show that he loves. he loves and cares deeply, all he ever wants is for everyone around him to be safe and to feel better.

in this essay about leonard mccoy, i will be-

[bibones]

Here, have some unedited, stream-of-consciousness ideas about transmasc Triumvirate for Pride Month 🏳️‍⚧️

McCoy came out the youngest - when he was around 7 or 8, and started HRT young enough that top surgery wasn't necessary for him, any chest growth was negligible. Apart from keeping up with his hormonal implants, being trans hasn't much affected him; his family are modern, 23rd Century people goddamnit, they ain't gonna throw a fuss at their tween naming himself Leonard if that's what makes him happy.

He never bothered with bottom surgery, and he donated his eggs when he and Jocelyn went through IVF. Jocelyn carried Joanna, but McCoy wouldn't have been fully opposed to being a seahorse dad if it was more convenient for them at the time - needless to say, he's still relieved when it's not something he needed to go through to be a father.

All the same, he is very reticent of sharing the fact that he's transgender. It don't matter one bit to nobody but those who share his bed, thank you very much.

Kirk came out as a teenager, sometime around the age of 16. Overcoming the trauma of Kodos and Tarsus IV was something he had to make some sort of peace with first before he realised the discomfort he felt in his body and the perception of himself by other people wasn't any sort of lingering dysmorphia related to childhood food insecurity. He has what some would consider the stereotypical tomboy-to-butch-to-FtM pipeline. He's always been charming with the ladies, and gaining confidence in his identity as a trans man just made him all the more magnetic.

He had top surgery prior to joining Starfleet, and bottom surgery prior to his first posting on a starship.

He's more open and causal about his transition than McCoy is; if other people happen to bring it up, he'll proudly talk your ear off about his gender journey, but he wouldn't disclose at the drop of a hat, either.

Spock came out the latest of the trio. He was an adult, he was already in Starfleet Academy, and it took him a few years after realising his gender identity to start any sort of medical transition. He's on HRT, but hasn't had top surgery or bottom surgery.

Being transgender isn't stigmatised on Vulcan, however Spock was more reluctant to explore his experience with gender incongruity than he would otherwise have been due to being half-Vulcan - either because of internalised shame at deviating from the norm and having these feelings, or as a result of prior medical trauma from being closely studied and monitored as the first human-Vulcan hybrid.

McCoy gives him the what-for the first time he realised Spock binds unsafely during away missions ("And no, sir, it is not 'logical' to purposefully put yourself at risk because you happen to have more durable bones than a human! You still have lungs that gotta breathe, man!")

He is, however unexpected, the most candid of his status as a transgender man.

[self-made-purgatories]

the tags on this post are perfection you all are brilliant and i love all of you

Circling him

[t0mashek]

so excited to read your fem aos headcanons!

I HAVE LEFT THIS IN MY ASK BOX FOR FAR TOO LONG, I DON'T HAVE AS MANY CONCRETE IDEAS AS I DO FOR MY FEM TOS GIRLIES SO WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE EM UP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S FUN AND WE CAN!

-Okay to start off: TOS Kirk may be a Jane, but AOS Kirk is a Jami

-Bones is the tall girlfriend in AOS. That woman is big and beautiful and broad shouldered and she can pick up her girlfriends and toss them around as she please.

-Sporty Kirk! Always trying to find crewmembers who are up for a game of volleyball during shore leave.

-Adding onto that, Spock does a lot of yoga, and Kirk joins her when her duties as Captain start to weigh on her too much.

-Bones doing Kirk's hair is also part of AOS McSpirk to me forever. Plus AOS Kirk always has her hair in a ponytail anyway, someone's gotta put it up for her.

-Kirk calls Bones a MILF just cause it pisses her off.

-Spock barely wears makeup, but she's very good at doing it. Kirk asks Spock to do her makeup for her when they don't need to rush to the bridge first thing in the morning.

-Bones is maternal but hypocritical when it comes to her girlfriends. She never gets enough sleep but gets on Spock's ass about not getting enough sleep "even if you are a Vulcan". She drinks too much but chides Kirk when she does the same because "Once you're my age you'll regret forming the habit".

I love my AOS f!McSpirk designs so dearly, do y'all want more art of them??

TOS f!McSpirk headcanons here!

https://www.tumblr.com/t0mashek/751435321087016960/i-love-your-fem-mckirk-designs-have-you-got-any?source=share

[dustykneed]

one of my favourite mcspirk getting together tropes is jim and spock noticing something off about bones and being forced to beat it out of him with a stick (metaphorically) before bones opens up and they finally get together. like go you emotionally constipated space nerds i believe in you !!! you can do it!!

semi-accidental prompt fill for @mcspirkevents' mcspirk bingo prompt "getting together for the first time" (⁠ ⁠/⁠^⁠ω⁠^⁠)⁠/⁠♪⁠♪

[self-made-purgatories]

Welcome to Chapter 2. Buckle up. Spoilers here. (I'm focusing on the horny and slashy bits, which are all B-plot, but if you're planning to read the book and want to discover these moments for yourself, you probably shouldn't read onward.)

Called it. It took 16 pages, not 10, and they're in her quarters, not the floor of the gymnasium. But Sulu gives her his fencing foil, she gives Sulu a ring she always wears, and then she infodumps about the phallic and yonic implications of their gifts through a lens of history and psychology. Which is the mating call of horny nerds, apparently (me: taking notes), because then they give each other the real thing.

2. This just in. Kirk's former love interest was not just a crush, it was a woman he slept with. Repeatedly. Surprise!

3. There is very little Spock in this chapter, but at one point Kirk thinks of Bones and this former lover of his as his "two best friends." Which, to me, can only mean that Spock is not on the list because he is in a category of his own (husband).

4. More new information. In the morning, Kirk is pouring his heart out to a dreadfully hungover and kindly long-suffering Bones. Kirk begins by saying, "Partnerships aren't usually exclusive relationships." Which, honestly, explains a lot about Kirk.

Then Kirk tells Bones this former lover of his is part of an established "partner family" of nine adults and their various children. They apparently invited Kirk to join their polycule more than once and he declined, but now he's having regrets. He tells Bones wistfully, "I felt comfortable with them I liked them all. I think... I think I could have loved them all."

Ah, yes, the heartsong of the Yearning Chaotic Bisexual:

"I could have loved them all."

(Just as we always suspected, the man is bi/pan and poly. It's right there in black and white.)

I just finished the first chapter of The Entropy Effect, the second book in the Star Trek novels series. So far in this book:

1. Kirk and Spock make a plan for a meeting with a person of some importance. In the middle of the meeting, Spock improvises a complete 180* change to their previous plan. Kirk follows his lead and just backs him up, no hesitation, trusting him to explain it later. (Perfectly normal captain - first officer bestie behavior, I'm sure.)

2. Kirk is reunited with a woman he used to have a crush on many years ago, and the two of them seem to be having some flirty chemistry. In the middle of their time together, Spock suddenly calls Kirk with a very mundane non-urgent request and Kirk basically goes, "Ope, my husband Spock needs me to go do something, guess I better drop everything and go, k byeeeeee"

3. Kirk and Spock have this adorable exchange:

"Mysteriouser and mysteriouser." He glanced at Spock, expecting a questioning gaze in response to his poor grammar. Kirk did not feel up to trying to explain Lewis Carroll to a Vulcan, much less Lewis Carroll misquoted. But then Spock said, straight-faced, "Curious, sir. Most curious, sir." Kirk laughed, surprise allowing him a sudden release of tension.

4. Bonus: Most of the crew is on shore leave. Bones is drunk.

5. Bonus bonus: Sulu has long hair and a (female) love interest. He is teaching her to fence, she is teaching him judo. She is "straddling his hips" (giving him a massage) by page 9. THEN she asks his first name. They are just friends!! for now. but, based on vibes, my guess is they are about ten pages away from fucking on the gymnasium floor. or maybe I've been reading too much fanfiction

This is all in chapter one.

Based on the image on the front cover (and the fact that the first novel in the series is the novelization of The Motion Picture), it appears this is a just-post-TMP-era story. The fact that this is older and wiser Kirk, Spock, and Sulu (and, in my headcanon, married Spirk) up to these shenanigans just warms my heart.

[tigereyes45]

My Top Ten Star Trek Ships & Characters

I just finished Voyager like a week or so ago. (I don't remember when exactly. Time is fake.) Plus I've been hit with another bout of writer's block. So I wanna talk about star trek. Here's a list of my favorite Star trek ships and characters. Feel free to send in asks about any of them: questions, headcanons, do you like them too, etc.

Top 10 Ships

Mcspirk (Come on yall knew this was coming. Fucking obsessed. This is the cause of all my star trek brainrot.)

Janeway x Tuvok x T'Pel (Mark was definitely involved as well before the break up. You wanna talk about parallels! Look at Janeway x Tuvok and then look at those three old men listed above.)

Mari'lyn (They're so good together!)

DS9 Polycule (Yall everyone on that station has such fun and unique dynamics. How could I not ship the polycule in so many of it's various forms?)

Mckirk (Yall I swear TOS is just as in love with each other as AOS is.)

Quark x Odo x Kira (If it's these three versus the world, I'm betting on these three.)

TOS Chulu (Listen Sulu lost a bestie but gained a boyfriend.)

TOS Uhotty (They're so sweet together. Scotty always looks to Uhura whenever he's in charge! He respects her so much! I just know he treats her like the queen she is!)

Harry x Tom x B'Elanna (Yall, in my headcanon these three work a lot like Janeway x Tuvok x T'Pel. The PARALLELS!)

Trip x Archer (Besties to lovers. I'm only a handful of episodes in and yall they are so ride or die for each other. If it weren't for these two Spones would've been on the list.)

Top 10 Characters

Leonard Bones McCoy (He cares so damn much!)

TOS!Kirk | Janeway | Sisko (Depending on the day/episode/my mood these three trade places. I adore these captains and seriously as I've learned to be a leader I feel like I've seen a lot of the dilemmas I've encountered, tackled by them as well.)

Beckett Mariner (She's working through so much trauma.)

Tuvok (Yall the way he was when young and working under Sulu versus how he is now as he works with Janeway, oh man, the growth!)

T'Lyn (Love how she comes aboard with so much anger/disdain only to find a home.)

Kira Nerys (She's done so much, but damn it she's not gonna stop working towards what she thinks is right.)

Jadzia Dax (Sometimes the writing does her dirty, but she's so amazing the rest of the time. So confident, ready for any challenge, and she knows what she enjoys and isn't scared to have fun.)

Hoshi Sato (Listen only just started Enterprise and she's so amazing. Love how she's struggling with this mission she basically had no time to prepare for. She deserves the world. Her and Mayweather are so interesting and fun to watch!)

[sad-trekkie-life]

I am tired of reading sad headcanons based on Nexus/Generation & AOS Old Spock. Here’s my headcanon which helps me sleep better at night.

The Old Spock from AOS isn’t a Prime Spock, but a Gamma Spock, someone from the parallel universe. That’s why Old Spock recognized AOS Jim — because to be fair, those Kirks look different and you can’t convince me that Old Spock saw these blue eyes and a complete different personality and recognized his t’hy’la.

That’s why in Unification Jim encounters his past selves.

Nexus Jim is a double, he was saved by Spock & Bones but had to leave his double there dramatically because of timey-wimey stuff.

So, it means, that there’s a parallel universe which is similar to TOS but not quite, with James Kirk there looking and behaving more like AOS Kirk.

I think Roddenberry’s vision is too positive to have a tragic end to his main characters.

So what happened to TOS trio? At some point they all retired but now and then they go to space for some adventurers. Spock and Jim bought a house together on a tropical planet near the sea. Bones initially wanted to live separately but because he had to carry Spock’s katra and is very attached to Jim he realized that life without Spock by his side is unbearable or feels extra lonely so he had to move in with Jim and Spock for sake of his own sanity.

I think they all deserve a peaceful happy ending.

[weirdlynotspecific]

⊹ ࣪ ˖ HEADCANON TIME ⊹ ࣪ ˖

Bones is the best at baking, Spock is the best at cooking, and Jim burns microwave ramen.

We all know Jim is a history geek and I like to think he has random artifacts just lying around that he nonchalantly comments on, like "hey don't sit there, that's where my brick from the old United States Whitehouse sits" or "oh sorry, excuse the British military uniform circa 1960s, I really need to get it dry cleaned."

I also like to think as they get older they form a little book club. They deny it's a book club, Spock makes a smartass comment about parallel play and how important literature is while refusing to admit it's a book club. Even Bones comes around and teases him for it. They spend every week reading a different type of classic literature, from Shakespeare to Dickens, Jim is determined to read it all.

Jim isn't much of a fan of the dark. He can cope, he has to because of his job, but hiding during Tarsus IV made long periods of complete darkness absolutely unbearable for him. Bones gave him a cheesy earth keychain with a flashlight on it from a crappy Midwest gas station.

Spock loves sweaters. Refuses to admit it, but lives in them when off duty, especially when he's on earth in the colder months. Bones learned how to knit from his mama so he always knits Spock new sweaters.

Jim and Spock tried to play other boardgames aside from chess and found that while they enjoyed the others, chess will forever be their all-time favorite. Plus monopoly with the crew got way too hectic. Between Scotty somehow taking over all the railroads, Uhura bankrupting Spock (who was silently outraged) and Chekov (who was a good sport), Sulu trading properties with people, and Jim trying to form alliances while Bones yelled at him for cheating and breaking the rules, monopoly quickly got banned.

It was reinstated soon after when the crew got bored between missions.

[ensignsimp]

Headcanons for how the TOS boys (separately ofc- unless youre willing to do poly mcspirk x reader lol 👀) react to walking into his bedroom to find his fem!s/o sitting on their bed wearing nothing but a ribbon she’s tied around herself so he can unwrap her like a present, as a sort of birthday gift to him.

Wrapped Up TOS HCs: Kirk, Spock, McCoy

A/N: Just in time for Valentine's Day.

A/N+: Next you'll wanna pop out of a cake for their birthdays.

TW: Mature Content

Prompt: Wrapped up Valentine Day Gift for our favorite boys.

James T. Kirk

When you said that you have a surprise for him this Valentine's he was nervous but excited.

He had tried to make each Valentine's Day special, one year he even surprised you in bed by wearing a very sexy pair of yellow lingerie.

But this year you were going to surprise him!

He practically runs to your shared quarters and has to hold himself back as he knocks on the doors.

When he walks in and sees you sitting on his bed, wrapped up in a thick red ribbon with a comically large tag that reads: To Kirk

He can't help but chuckle slightly. His face is bright red. This has always been a bit of a fantasy for him.

He's pulling at his collar and stuttering slightly.

"You, you - This is quite a surprise."

He saunters up to you trying to be seductive but you can tell he's just too excited.

He gently pulls at the ribbon wrapped around your torso.

You feel his breath tickle your ear as he leans in and whispers.

"I can't wait to unwrap you."

S'Chn T'Gai Spock

When you said that you have a surprise for him this Valentine's he was skeptical.

He had tried to understand the meaning of the holiday but to show such affection openly was not what Vulcans did. So he often would give you a bouquet of flowers and read some kind of sentimental poetry when you were alone.

However, at the end of his shift, he is curious about what you have planned.

He walks a few paces faster than normal back to your shared quarters. He even skips a little.

When he walks in and sees you sitting on his bed. His face flushes the same shade of green as the ribbon you're wrapped in.

He tries to keep his composure but you look so tempting to him. He isn't used to this sudden feeling.

He gasps slightly as you slyly shift your position to a more sultry pose.

"My wife, are you in the stages of your pon farr?"

You giggle and gesture for him to come closer.

He willingly approaches and reaches his hands out to you. He runs his fingers over your exposed skin and silk thread.

He then gently cups your face feeling your want and desire for him. You see him, just briefly, crack a small smile.

"I shall be as gentle as I can, however, I can not guarantee you will go blemished."

Leonard McCoy

When you said that you have a surprise for him this Valentine's he was suspicious.

He had tried to do something nice for Valentine's Day before but it never seemed to go as planned.

He was curious and enjoyed the idea of you surprising him.

He seems to be in a better mood through most of his shift. He expects something quiet like a nice candlelit meal and dancing.

He's completely gobsmacked when he walks into your shared quarters.

He feels like a teenager seeing a (beautiful boy / gorgeous girl / perfect partner) in their bed for the first time.

He clamps his hand over his mouth because it is about to fall on the floor.

"I didn't know you'd go all out, aren't I just the luckiest man alive."

You giggle and puff your chest out tempting him to pull the bow.

He skips the bow and gently cups your face, giving you a strong sweet kiss.

His other hand trails down the ribbon and pulls at it slightly teasing you.

"I feel bad not getting you anything, but I'll show you how much I appreciate you."

Extra Holiday Special:

Quad

They were confused when you said that you had a surprise for them.

You had them scratching their heads all day.

On the turbolift ride down to your shared quarters the three of them talked about what you might have planned.

Kirk seems to be excited while McCoy and Spock are still trying to figure out what you've done.

They find their quarters empty until they hear music coming from the bedroom.

When they see you Kirk and McCoy are completely shocked, while Spock raises an eyebrow.

Kirk quickly goes from shock to excitement.

McCoy is still trying to process what is going on.

And Spock is still holding his cold stone exterior complemented by a bright green blush.

"You naughty (boy, girl, thing)."

"Who gets to unwrap them first?"

"This is quite a display ashal-veh."

The three basically fight over who gets what, it's kind of cute.

Spock leads the charge by approaching you first.

Kirk practically rips his own shirt off.

McCoy is trying to pick a fight with Spock on who gets to go first.

"Best gift I've ever received."

"Next time, he'll want us to do this."

"I am not opposed to such an idea."

[to-boldly-ship-mcspirk]

currently working on my tos academy AU mckirk fic (maybe eventually mcspirk but I doubt it) and the amount of stuff I'm researching rn is insane

on another note, now that my bestie has finally seen some more tos I asked her for her opinion on sth and we might have come up with my new favourite headcanon but I still have to flesh it out properly