awhiteshirt:

it’s going to be okay, son.

filmmarathons:

Your father was captain of a Starship for 12 minutes. He saved 800 lives, including your mother’s and yours. I dare you to do better -
Star Trek (2009) Dir. JJ Abrams

keptyn:

_{Pike always said you were one of our best and brightest. You should have heard him defend you. He’s the one who talked you into joining Starfleet, wasn’t he?}

hawwkette:

Christopher Pike was dead.
The man who had not only stimulated Kirk to enter Starfleet, but 
who had quietly mentored him, encouraged him, chastised him when 
necessary, and grudgingly praised him when possible, would no longer be there to provide advice, suggestions, consolation, and yes, 
discipline, when needed.
Another father lost.
Another of the very, very few with whom Kirk could reveal himself,
with whom he could be open and straightforward and...innocent...
was gone.

››star trek from film to paper

hawwkette:

There was only one man in the room, perhaps on the planet, to whom
Kirk would have deferred, and that man was seated next to him.
He glanced questioningly at Pike.
With a diffident wave of one hand, Pike peremptorily gave his 
protégé permission to bury himself.

››star trek from film to paper

hawwkette:

“The first time I found you was in a dive like this.”