Hello everyone! I'd gotten a few messages asking if I had any kinds of headcanons for the Trek crew. And as a matter of fact, I have a ton. So these are just a few things I personally think define the crew and I thought I'd share them with you. I'll be back to update All the Little Things soon so until then, let me know what you think of this piece and have a lovely day!

Uhura

Loves to sing and will do so anywhere. Bedroom. Shower. At dinner. On shift. Is she singing right now? Probably.

Has a brown belt in Kung Fu. Was working on her black belt when the Enterprise received its five-year mission. Trains everyday so she can finally test for it when the ship returns to Earth. Can also kick literally anyone's ass and is basically a one-women fighting machine.

Learned how to do makeup from her mother. The eyeliner that's always on point? Taught by a mother's guiding hand.

Has more books than she could ever know what to do with. Her bookcase has long since overflowed and a fourth of her floor is home to her endless collection of paperbacks.

The hardest member of the senior crew to prank. Probability of you successfully pulling one over on her is minimal to none. It's like she has a supernatural power for detecting this kind of stuff. Also the most revengeful in the few cases of successful practical jokes. Hell hath no fury like a woman pranked, and Chekov and Sulu learned that the hard way when they poured staining dye into Uhura's coffee and turned her teeth red for three days.

McCoy

Actually a fantastic cook, much to literally everyone's surprise. You can bet that when everyone actually finds the time to have a non-replicated meal that McCoy is the one in the ship's kitchen cooking nonstop for three hours.

Is in love with old country music, specifically Johnny Cash. It's always floating around medbay at different times during the week, depending on how focused he needs to be. Chapel has had multiple discussions with him on why he should cease playing The Man Comes Around when doing his daily rounds as it is frightening the living hell out of the patients.

Needs to learn to take his own advice i.e. he is usually the first one to call someone out on their lack of sleep yet in the past three days has himself clocked in approximately 9 hours of rest.

Is 130% a lecture dad no matter the situation. Got hurt on an away mission doing something dumb? Dad lecture. Not eating enough and staying up too late? Dad lecture. Annoying the absolute shit out of the ship's CMO? Angry Dad lecture.

Unlike Uhura, is constantly being pranked by the members of the crew, especially by Kirk, Scotty, Chekov, and Sulu. He goes to extreme lengths to prevent any further situations, even having the nurses on alert when those four particular men are off shift. And yet, they still find a way to get to him. McCoy is still trying to figure out which of the four has been turning off the artificial gravity in medbay. Mercy be with the culprit when he does.

Kirk

Unapologetically dances to absolutely everything. Does not matter the style, does not matter the moves. If it can be danced, Kirk will dance it. Will risk any and all embarrassment to do so. Is the main reasons any performance of the electric slide is banned from the bridge.

Way too competitive. Will not accept defeat even in the least competitive event possible. Example: you begin traveling two steps faster than him when walking down the hall. He can and will take this as a challenge to race the entire rest of the way to your destination.

Actually the least flexible person to exist in the world. For all his working out and running and exemplary physique, he still whines like a baby when stretching.

Has zero chill if someone tries to mess with Hikaru or Pavel. Like will actually 100% of the time start a fight if they are on shore leave and someone says something offensive to either of them. One time managed to drag himself, Scotty, and McCoy into an altercation after someone at a bar was harassing Sulu. Also used to low-key look out for Chekov at the Academy because he knew that older cadets would pick on him.

Is definitely the biggest sci-fi nerd to exist. Knows every fact about virtually every movie in that category ever released. Has a vintage poster from the release of Alien hanging in his room. Will fight you if you try to dis his science fiction love.

Spock

Agile as hell. Can and will take down an armada singlehandedly simply by taking the defensive and maneuvering out of the way. The "Vulcan tumble" has become a common term amongst members of the ship to represent someone vaulting into the air, rolling to the ground, and then stabilizing oneself to fire a weapon. Spock does not understand why the crewman sometimes refer to him as First Officer Badass.

Has a little book of idioms and common earth phrases that he carries around in his pocket. Doesn't like being the only one who doesn't understand a situation due to use of colloquial Earth terms. Will occasionally excuse himself to look through it.

Does not tolerate bullies in the slightest. Mostly due to the demeaning treatment he received on his own home planet. God forbid he ever catches you picking on someone. Immediate reprimand and subject to possible sensitivity training in the future.

Contrary to McCoy's master chef talents, Spock could literally burn water if he tried. Only one time did the Vulcan ever try and cook anything. It was for his and Nyota's anniversary. After nearly burning down the kitchen, Spock was banned from ever coming near the stove again.

Though he always enjoys the serenity of silence when he's working, he much rather prefers the constant murmur of voices aboard the bridge. It helps him focus better when he's surrounded by people he can work well with.

Scotty

Reprogrammed the ship's communications devices so that they would recognize Chekov's natural accent after noticing the boy's frustration trying to enter his authorization code.

Is basically the fun uncle of the family who, yeah could probably stand to drink just a little less, but hell if he doesn't give the coolest birthday presents ever. Also tells the greatest stories at dinner.

Loves pranking people. Possibly even more than he loves sandwiches. He usually plots with the Captain and Sulu and Chekov when they're off shift. And despite all of McCoy's efforts to keep them out of medbay, they always somehow manage to sneak in to mess with the CMO.

Got started at Starfleet when he helped repair a man's broken down car on the side of the road. Said man turned out to be an Admiral working at the Academy and saw his talent for engineering. Admiral told him to enlist and he did. Spent four years at the Academy before being sent to Delta Vega after the Archer beagle incident.

Has an older sister back home in Scotland who's a relatively famous artist in their small town. He learned just about everything there is to know about machines from her. He's encouraged her to enlist many times, but she stopped her focus on engineering for favor of being an artist. He still tries to talk with her as often as he can.

Sulu

Knows how to surf. Growing up in San Francisco, he was at the beach constantly. Is also a beast at it and has won quite a few competitions.

Literal Satan spawn in the morning if he hasn't had his coffee. Hikaru a.) knows he's not a morning person and b.) will fight you if you so much as even try to talk to him before he's had his morning cup. Once made a cadet cry because he commented on how tired the helmsman looked. Only person who even has a chance of waking him up without evoking the wrath of hell is Pavel. And sometimes even that's not enough.

Almost as competitive as Jim when it comes to virtually meaningless scenarios. He more just can't say no to a challenge. It's a major downfall in his personality seeing as Pavel takes absolute advantage of Sulu's willingness to do just about anything. One time Chekov actually bet Sulu to see how big of a plant the older man could smuggle back onto the ship without being caught. Sulu inadvertently lost when a four-foot cactus materialized onto the transported next to him after beam up.

Is definitely the most easily frustrated of the senior crew. The second something goes even slightly wrong, he will flip shit. This does not pair well with his ability to constantly lose things in his room. On more than a few occasions, Chekov has heard rather loud and irritated screaming coming from the next room over. Many times it's him yelling "WHERE THE FUCK IS MY-" followed by a small pause and a suddenly calm "ah there it is". But most days it's just Sulu angrily ranting to himself about just having that thing right here. How could I have possibly lost it?

Has known Chekov the longest. They were roommates at the Academy and have been close friends ever since.

Chekov

Has a lot of nervous energy. Like, more than any normal person should have. He's either constantly drumming his fingers against a table or tapping his foot rapidly against the ground. Will also play with the ends of his sleeves as well as the hem of his shirt.

Is probably the brightest morning person to exist in the universe. He's up at six a.m. every morning, an hour, mind you, before he even needs to start getting ready for Alpha shift, because he wants to do a morning jog around the ship. Does he try and get Sulu to come with him in the mornings? Of course. Does Sulu respond with a string of threats and a pillow thrown at Chekov's face? Absolutely.

Loves spending time on the observation deck looking out at the universe. It helps him get away from everything sometimes. He can just gaze out at the stars for as long as he wants; nothing to bother him at all. Will sometimes invite Scotty to go with him and they'll sit beneath the glass windows and talk fondly about their homes to one another.

Is always getting hurt for some reason. Even though he's been on just about one away mission that maybe lasted four hours, he still managed to get hurt on it and still happens to somehow find a way to always get injured. This always manages to scare the living hell out of just about everyone and nearly gives McCoy a stress ulcer every time the boy comes into medbay with another new injury.

Will passionately sing along to Dancing Queen in his room when he knows no one will be listening. Will sometimes even dance along. Only fucked up once, but in the biggest way possible, when he forgot to check if Sulu was on shift. Hikaru now has video footage for use of blackmail, much to Chekov's disdain.