Spock/Starfleet/Christopher Pike/Return to Starfleet

After the battle against Control, Spock returned to his position as science officer aboard the Enterprise in 2258. He was sworn to secrecy, along with the rest of the crew of Pike's starship, to never again speak the name of his adoptive sister or the ship she served on aloud in public again. Four months after the Discoverys departure, the seventh red burst appeared near Terralysium, confirming to Spock that his sister had made it to the future. ()
In 2259, T'Pring, his betrothed, proposed marriage to him, which he accepted. ()
Later that year, the pirate Captain , lover of Spock's half-brother Sybok, came aboard, manipulating Spock at an attempt to free Sybok from the Ankeshtan K'til Retreat he was currently confined to. Angel ultimately took control of the Enterprise and tried to blackmail T'Pring into releasing Sybok, using Spock as leverage. Spock and Christine Chapel foiled her plans by pretending to be in love with each other and temporarily ending his betrothal to T'Pring. They renewed their bonding afterwards. ()
When an alien consciousness from the Jonisian Nebula brought the fairy tale The Kingdom of Elysian to life on the Enterprise, Spock was used for the character of the Wizard Pollux. He didn't remember the events after the ship was returned to normal. ()
Spock was part of a mission to the , which had made a crash landing on Valeo Beta V. Inside the ship, confronted with young Gorn who had just hatched and hunted the landing party, Spock allowed himself to give into his unchecked emotions and rage to provoke and draw out the Gorn. Afterwards, he had still trouble controling his anger as well as his pain and that his mind was weak, but was assured by Christine Chapel that it was not a weakness, but him being human. ()