"You'll never know unless you try it, Captain." he breathed as he shoved him against the wall. After an accident aboard the Enterprise Spock has been acting more and more strangely, it is like he is two different people rolled into one. But when Jim is the only one to notice he finds himself the centre of Spock's attention, and that might be the most dangerous place to be.

One battle tore everything from Spock. Vowing to never again pilot a Jaeger, he devotes himself to improving the drift system. Years later, he is pulled from his research to once again fight; this time with James Kirk, a cadet none thought could drift. Spock initially refuses but something about this man draws him back into the conn-pod. Star Trek AOS/Pacific Rim AU fusion.