In 2261, Firis Corsixer transfers from the USS Republic and arrives on the Enterprise, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike. As tradition, she is invited to dinner at the captain's table, kicking off a series of events that change their lives forever!

I'll provide a summary of their story below, but if you're interested in reading more, check out my fic on AO3: I Want to Know Your Plans

introductions

An anxious Firis shows up to dinner with a plan: lay low, show Captain Pike nothing but the respect he deserves from a subordinate. Nearly immediately veers off course, helping the captain with some last-minute dinner preparations and then sticking around afterwards to help with cleanup. She becomes comfortable around him a little too quickly... but it's okay if he doesn't seem to mind, right?

friendship & the slow burn

As if drawn together by fate, Chris starts to run into Firis more often. Through the months they learn more about each other, even starting to seek each other out instead of leaving it up to chance. Chris can't help but want more of Firis, but he settles on the idea of being friends. It would be cruel to ask her for anything else, he believes, knowing that in just a few years, he will face his destiny.

But neither are careful enough to stop their growing feelings, and it shows — to each other and to others on the ship...

learning about the future

A promotion for Firis stirs up unsavory gossip about her relationship to Chris, finally forcing a confrontation between the two. Chris tells her about his fate and Firis, not believing that it is set in stone but wanting to respect Chris's choice, decides it is best to leave the Enterprise, afraid that if she stays she will be tempted to mettle with his fate to save him.

After finding out about Firis's plans, Chris is visited by a future version of himself who tells him that he has to stop Firis from leaving. Her fate is to save him from a premature death, but she will die for it.

Despite being unsure if the entire thing had been a hallucination, Chris, desperate to hold on to Firis for just a little longer, tells her of his vision and asks her to stay. She agrees.

the end and the beginning

Will fill this part out once I've published the last chapter of my fic! :-)

more about snw firis

• 156cm tall
• Her hime haircut is something I rocked irl for a bit, but she has a grey stripe in her bangs from poliosis, which I do not have! The moles and freckles on her face are based on mine, too.
• Personality-wise she is very much like me as well! I think you can really tell through my writing that we are nd lol. Because she tries to adapt her personality to best match the energy of the situation/who she's interacting with, she can seem like a walking paradox with contradictory traits. Avoidant but knows when something must be faced, prefers to be in the background but loves to yap, overthinks everything but can be impulsive... you get the idea!
• Cannot lie to save her life.
• Blushes easily and hates herself for it.
• Likes: soups and stews, horror movies, hugs
• Dislikes: micromanagers, dad jokes, dirty dishes

random headcanons

• They eventually have a daughter named June. Chris calls her Junebug. I haven't decided how she will come into existence yet. I want June to be biologically theirs but I also don't want Firis to have to give birth so. WHO KNOWS!!!
• They both snore.
• Firis gets a pet tarantula and names her after Erica Ortegas.
• Chris is always first to get out of bed and first to get in.
• While Chris is in the wheelchair, Firis reads books to him. She also never lets him see her cry in that state.

lyrics that remind me of them

• When I go to sleep for good, will I be forgiven? (Say Anything - I Want to Know Your Plans)
• Someday I'll be overcast, but you won't have to cry 'cause we'll do the grieving while I'm by your side (Porter Robinson - Everything Goes On)
• Here in cherished halls, in peaceful days I fear the edge of dawn knowing time betrays (Buttercup - Edge of Dawn)

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wip summary

AOS Firis and Chris don't have lore yet that is as fleshed out as their SNW counterparts, but here's what I've got so far!

In the mid-2250s while the USS Enterprise is under construction, Christopher Pike and Firis Corsixer are serving as recruiting officers for Starfleet Academy.

Already good friends from their prior service on the USS Yorktown, they grow closer still as they travel and lodge for work and feelings naturally develop... until Firis starts to consider making a life outside Starfleet, creating a rift between the two as Chris prepares to return to space.

Firis is in the middle of a leave of absence when, following the distress call from Vulcan, she hears from Chris for the first time in months. The Enterprise is about to ship out with a bunch of cadets, he says, and they could really use her help.

She reluctantly agrees as a final favor, and then the events of the movie go down! Following his promotion to admiral, Chris finally asks Firis to make their relationship official, and she decides to stay with Starfleet to be his helping hand and partner while he recovers from his injuries.

more about aos firis

• Physically nearly identical to SNW Firis, but with a different haircut. The grey stripes on her hair are not from poliosis! She dyes it that way for funsies.
• Personality-wise she is mild-mannered and soft-spoken except when it comes to Chris! He can really rile her up sometimes because he finds it fun. She just takes the bait too easily.
• Before the recruiting officer stint, she worked in the transportation room as an engineer on the Yorktown under Chris's command. During the movie events, she is on the bridge.

random headcanons

• They became friends because Chris heard Firis humming "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" to herself.
• The famous "I dare you to do better" line that Chris uses on Kirk in the movie is actually something he borrowed from Firis.
• As recruiting officers, I imagine them to have a good cop/bad cop sort of dynamic that works well! Firis knows how to make the emotional appeals and Chris knows how to push buttons.
• In their spare time, Firis and Chris play music together. She's on piano and he's on guitar/vocals. They don't play any shows or anything, but when they play for friends they'll introduce themselves as the Dying Breeds.
• Everybody but them knows they are together. They get so much shit for it when they get over their stubbornness and actually get together.
• They are like an old married couple to me!! Either spending their time together silently doing their own thing side by side, or they are bickering about the same thing for the hundreth time.
• Chris has a ring in his jacket pocket when he dies in Into Darkness.

lyrics that remind me of them

• And it came to me then that every plan is a tiny prayer to Father Time (Death Cab for Cutie - What Sarah Said)
• But who's gonna push my wheelchair around when I get sick? (The Front Bottoms - Everything I Own)
• Standing calmly at the crossroads, no desire to run // There's no hurry anymore when all is said and done (ABBA - When All Is Said and Done)
• We'll stagger home after midnight, sleep arm in arm in the stairwell // We'll fall apart on the weekend // These nights go on and on and on (Blink-182 - After Midnight)

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