Disclaimer: All things Trek belong to Paramount, blah blah blah, this story belongs to me. This is purely for enjoyment of J/C’ers every where. Summary: This is an episode addition to Hunters. It starts during the last scene in it.
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Captain’s Ready Room
Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay sat on the sofa on the upper level of the ready room. Captain Janeway has a coffee cup in her hand and her feet rested on the coffee table. Commander Chakotay sat to her left, facing her.
“You’re not alone and to my way of thinking there still plenty of time.” She looks at him and echoes “plenty of time” with a heavy sigh. They seat staring at each other for a while, when COM link interrupted them. “Neelix to the Captain the party is about to begin and there are only two people missing.”
“We’re on our way.” She says with humor in her voice. They get up from the couch and head for the door. Chakotay offers her his arm with a smile on his face. She takes it laughing loudly and throaty. They leave for the mess hall.
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Mess Hall
Tom Paris was to blame, everyone knew. But none voiced that he had been the one to spike the punch. His fault that the Captain had not stop dancing all night. That she was acting totally out of character, going from the arms of one crewmember to the next.
As the song slow to a halt she step out of her latest dance partners arms. “Thanks Harry that was a very nice dance.” She touched his shoulder to emphasize the thank you. “Do you want a drink Harry?” Harry looked at his Captain, and then declined nicely. “No thanks Captain not trusty.” “Oh well I’m getting another drink. See you in a few. Oh and Harry would you save one last dance for me.” He nodded and watched her move away to where the punch was.
Harry moved to a table in the dark corner of the mess hall, where Chakotay had been most of the night. “Hello Harry, what brings you to the dark side?” He asked matter of facility. “I hope I’m not disturbing you Chakotay. I was wondering if you have notice any thing unusual about the Captain tonight.” Chakotay knew exactly what Harry was talking about, and decided that due to the time of night and his own mood he wouldn’t make him suffer. “If you mean that she’s drunk, then yea I’ve noticed.” Harry looked at him, and then said in a very weir tone voice. “Well don’t you think that she should probably call it a night? It’s not good for the crew to see her in this state right now.” Chakotay looked at Kathryn she was drinking another cup of punch. “Thanks for bringing it to my attention Harry, I’ll take care of it, see you tomorrow.” He stood, patted Harry on the back and head for Kathryn.
“Kathryn” She paid no attention to him. So he took her cup of punch away. “Hey, what do you that for?” He took her by the arm and pulled her to where no one could hear them. “Kathryn how are you?” “Fine, know are you going to tell to what I owe the pleasure of your company.” Chakotay looked at her, trying to read her but her face didn’t tell anything new just that she was one drunken woman right now. “To one of the children worrying about mom having to much to drink. Really Kathryn you know the kids don’t like to see you drunk.” The comment had the effect he was looking for; she laughed the throaty laughed that he loved so much. “Let me guess, the youngest one of our wonderful children.” He smiled at her, showing her the beautiful dimples that she adore so much. “Yea well you know the youngest ones are the ones that feel it the most.” They both laughed this time. She reached for the cup that he had taken away from her, he raised above his head where she couldn’t get it. “I agree with him you know.” She just looked at him and frown. “Kathryn way don’t I walk you to your quarters.” She look at the dance floor then back at him, “Chakotay I don’t want to end the night yet.” She looked like kid being asked to keep away from the cookie jar. “You don’t have to, all I’m saying is that you shouldn’t continue in front of them. Kathryn, it’s not good for them to see like this they all look up to you and well you’re letting them down right now.” She had a hurt look on her face, it hurt to hear him say that; she knew that she should not drink in front of the crew, but tonight she couldn’t help herself all she wanted to do was loss herself. “Come on Kathryn I’ll walk with you.” She nodded and they felt the mess hall.
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They hadn’t spoken since they felt the mess hall. As the reached her quarters Chakotay broke the silence. “Kathryn about what I said in their it was low, I shouldn’t have said it.” She turned from him, and tried to key in her entrance code but couldn’t remember the last two codes if her life depended on it. “Are you going to continue the celebration?” He asked as he keyed in his override code to her door. When she didn’t answer him and step in the frame of the door he took it as an I’ll quit for now. “Well then….good night Kathryn.” He bent down a kiss on the check which was what usually went along with the good bye after a party.
The it happen unexpected but welcome by both once it began. Some how by his movement or hers it didn’t matter much to them, their lips meet in an explosion of sensations. But with her being drunk, the kiss got deep very fast. So she put her arms around him and brought him closer to her, making the kiss even deeper than before. With that they step into her quarters, she was pulling them to her bedroom. He hit himself on the side of her desk, it was then that reality came crashing down on him. He finally realized just who he was so deeply kiss. ‘The captain oh shit.’ He pulled back, she had the ‘what’s wrong?’ look written on her face so he answer the unspoken question, “Kathryn we can’t do this.” She studied his face for a minute then said in a very seductive voice “The hell we can, any way I thought this was what you wanted.” He look at her in disbelieve that she had gone there, ‘Just remember she is drunk, she doesn’t know what she is doing.’ With that thought he forgave and forgot her trying to turn the tables on him, especially with his feelings. Feelings which by the way, she had told him to suppress a long time ago. “Your damn right I want to be with you, but not like this Kathryn your drunk. So drunk in fact that you let this start in the first place it shows that you are not thinking straight at all.”
She walk to the entrance of her bedroom, the turned around in the thresh hall. “Chakotay I’m your, I want you so much.” He look at her, if he had not been at the party he could have sueron that the woman before him was sober. “We could be really happy tonight. But whether or not we will be is in your hands.” He could see in her eyes the desire that he had wanted to see so many times before. Every thing he had every wished for was in her beautiful deep blue eyes. “Yeah, I’m sure we could could be happy tonight Kathryn, but what happens tomorrow?” She came close to him then; locked eyes with him and caressing his face said “We’ll worry about tomorrow, tomorrow.” And with that she pulled him into the bedroom. They fell very unceremoniously on the bed, and got lost in each others arms.
Lying next to each other that night they felt better than they had in years. That night they both fell into a deep comfortable sleep. Chakotay had his beautiful blue eye goddess by his side which felt better than he had ever imagined. ‘Man this is the stuff dreams are made of.’ Kathryn had her angry warrior by her side which she thought was something that would never happen.
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As the officers of Alpha shift began to get ready for work. In the captains quarters the two occupants were still fast asleep. Morning had come to voyager, Kathryn woke up with a huge headache, but something was different. She had woken up with headaches plenty of times but this was different yet she didn’t know how. That is until she came face to face with Chakotay. He felt her stiffen in his arms so he forced his eyes open. As soon as brown met blue Kathryn spoke “You know that this can’t happen again…” There was a hurt and distant look in his eyes. He just didn’t want to listen to her, ‘She could be so stubborn sometimes.’ “You’re my First Officer. Which’s means we are not suppose to. And because of situation it’s just plain crazy.” He just stared at her, “Say something Chakotay please.” Brown melted with blue; he touched her cheeks caressing them with his fingers. “I love you Kathryn, you are the most amazing woman in the universe.” With that Kathryn dropped her gaze from his and tears started to sting at the back of her eyes. “Chakotay…..please….understand….it would be wrong.” She knew that it was Star Fleet regulations for a captain, but still she couldn’t look him. “So what are you saying Kathryn that you’re sorry we were together?” Now the tension really was on, he was challenging not the captain but Kathryn the woman.
“Chakotay I didn’t say that.” He looks at her and sighed. “Kathryn you could talk about protocols, the duties, and the parameters that separate us but truth be told its all bull shit and you know it.” At that point they both realized that it would not only be along morning, but an even longer day. She was more than a little surprised that he had said it. She knew that he thought it, to say the truth down deep inside she thought so too. It took her a full minute to recover. “Chakotay it may be bullshit to you but it’s the way of life I was born into and thought to respect.” Now this was one she hadn’t thrown his way before. “Kathryn I know that, but I think no wait I’m damn sure that your sense of duty to Starfleet is getting in the way of your life!” She really didn’t want to do this now, so she decided to end it. She knew that she would have to deal with it later but right now was to damn early. “Chakotay I don’t want to talk about, please just leave.” She look sad and tried but he was not about to drop the subject. “Kathryn…” She cut him off, “We’ll talk Chakotay just not now please.” There was a plea on her face, so he decided to let her rest. “I’ll see you later Kathryn.” He walked to the main room, where he asked for a site to site transport to his quarters. He had one thought on his mind, ‘we’ll talk alright Kathryn and soon!’
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Kathryn thought she was very lucky because she had been able to avoid Chakotay all day long. It was well into Gamma shift but Captain Kathryn Janeway was still in her ready room; she was caching up on some reports. She was supposed to do them last night, but she guessed that was not meant to be.
Just as she finished the thought her ready room door chime. There was only one person that would be looking fore her this late at night. ‘Speak of the devil, maybe I’m not so lucky.’ Oh well, “Come.” He step in and moved to her desk where she seat. She smile at him and got a “Hi there” followed by the one of his most beautiful dimple smile that he reserve for her. “Hi yourself” she said getting up and heading for the replicatores. “Coffee?” He shock his head, “It’s to late to drink coffee.” She laughed, “Chakotay it’s never too late to drink coffee.” She got her cup and seat on the couch. She cocked her head gesturing him to join her. He went to stand in front of her, took her cup. She frown “It’ll keep you up all night Kathryn.” She look at him “Isn’t that a good thing Chakotay.”
He sat down next to her on the couch. He looked at her and said “Maybe it depends on how this discussion ends.” She was getting nervous he noticed it she was fidgeting with her hands. “Relax Kathryn I’m not going to push anything well talk when you’re ready.” She almost immediately relaxes. “Good!” She sighed and brought her hand unconsously to her neck. She was realy holding herself tense the last few days. Chakotay saw it and got closer to her, he was officially invaiting her personal space.When he put his hands on her shoulders she literally jumped.
“Don’t worries I just want to help your aching muscles.” He started to message the knots out of her muscles. God that feels good. Those hands are magical. She had to laugh don’t I know it he prove that to me last night. As soon as she finished the thought she stiffens. No you can’t Kathryn. He noticed and took it as a sing for him to stop. As soon as he did she spoke her voice husky and thick with desire. “No don’t stop please.” Chakotay didn’t need to be told twice.
Kathryn Janeway had earned the reputation for being able to keep her feelings at bay for a reason; she had never let them take over. But for some reason it had always been a lot harder when it came to the handsome man that was driving her insane just with a massage. That reason escaped her at that moment. Kathryn knew she had to stop them both or tonight would be regretted tomorrow. “Chakotay….stop we….. Have to ….talk.” God she wanted this man he made her feel like no other man had made her feel in her entire life. “Ssssh. Kathryn just let your actions speak for you.” God her mind was getting cloudy. He was all that she could think about, the world around her faded away.
She turned around in his arms and locked eyes with him. God she is the most beautifull woman he had ever had the pleasure of knowing. They just looked at each other for a while, their faces were coming closer for what looked like an eternity. Then their lips met and stars flu. It was even better than her drunken mind had let her remember. God this man knows how to kiss. She really didn’t want to stop so she deep then kisses instead of pulling away. When they stop she did the one thing neither of them accepted her to do. “I love you… Do you know that?” He looked at her and just smiled. “You’re my only weakness, my only obsession.” He caressed her check and kisses her deeply. They fell into a comfortable silence then asleep.
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Alpha shift had started and nor the captain nor the commander of Voyager were on the bridge. Tuvok notice that they were now officially late which was not like them. So he decided to use his com badge to ask the computer where the captain was. Why his com badge, he wanted to be as discrete as possible. “Computer located captain Janeway.”
“Captain Janeway is in her ready room.” Was the monotone response of the computer. Tuvok handed over the bridge to Tom and headed to the ready room.
He ran the chime of the door twice, with no response. So he decided to key in the override code necessary to open the captain’s door. When he walked in he found something that actually had an effect on him. There on the ready room coach was the Captain asleep in the commander’s arms. He coughed loudly to try and wake them, but it didn’t work. So the Vulcan commander opted for the most logical option he had. He stepped onto the upper level of the ready room, and called out “Captain” in the most Vulcan voice that he was able to produce. Kathryn moan, she really didn’t want to get up it was very nice and warm, right were she was at the moment. Then reality struck Oh God I’m still in my ready room I must be late for duty. And since when did my coach get so damn comfortable? Oh my Lord, Chakotay!!!! She opened her eyes to see Tuvok watching her; well he was actually staring at her, with as much amusement as you would ever see from a Vulcan. She looks at him with confusion on her face, but the question ‘why are you here?’ clearly written in her eyes. “I thought it wise to wake both you and the commander up. You are both late for duty.” He stated with no emotion, always the clam Vulcan exterior. “Thank you commander, we’ll be there shortly; dismissed.”
By the time the Vulcan had excited the ready room, the Captain was off her first officer and on the task of waking him up. “Chakotay...” she said his name ever so softly, almost like a prayer. “Kathryn I don’t want to wake up,” was the reply. She giggled; ok he is officially an evil man, who would wake up remembering instantly what they did the night before if not Chakotay. She would have to be very careful with this man, if she was to stand a chance against him. “How did you know it was me?” He opens his eyes and gave her a smile with full force dimples. “You always smell of lavender.” She couldn’t help but laugh at how he had recognized her. “Evil man, you have to get up” he did as he was told. “If Tuvok spoiled my fun then you can’t have any either.” They both had to laugh at how silly they were acting.
“Ok commander how do I look?” he was about to laugh when he saw she was serious. “You look perfect like always.”
“You sure?”
“Yea, but where do you think your going?”
“I have to go to the bridge commander, that way you could get all cleaned up”
“Kathryn, I have I much better idea. We could leave Tuvok in charge of the bridge. That way we both get to go get cleaned up.”
She looks at him with the 'what is the matter with you' look. “Chakotay it I go out from the ready room to the bridge it’s the Captain fell asleep in her ready room again, she was probably working all night on reports, or something like that. But if we leave the ready room together it’s oh the Captain and the Commander slept together in her ready room no less.”
“Woo Kathryn you lost me.”
“Look Chakotay don’t worry just go clean up and come back as soon as you can, so that I could go for the shower myself.” Before he could object, she was already half the way to the bridge.
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Chakotay was sure taking his time cleaning up. I need a shower and some clean clothing. “Tuvok you have the bridge I’m going to my quarters. Oh and call me when the commander reports for duty.”
“Yes Captain.”
She got to the lift and asked for deck three. When the door opened she walked right into the object in which her thoughts had been focused on all morning long. “I thought you wouldn’t come down until I got there.” She smiled at him, “Yeah but you took so damn long to just change. I decided to come down and don’t worry the bridge is in the very logical hands of Tuvok.”
“So does that mean that I don’t have to go up there?”
“Well if you want you could help me clean up. What you say?” He looked dumfounded. She on the other hand knew exactly what she was doing. She smiled at him and took his hand, lead him down the corridor to her quarters.
THE END.