Voyager Drabble and Ficlet Collection

by Vestal Virgin

This is an ongoing collection of my J/C drabbles and flash fics. Rather than posting such short works as separate stories, all of my drabbles and ficlets will be added to this collection, posted as separate chapters.

1. Tether

A/N: I've never liked the scene in "Coda" when Janeway is declared dead in sickbay, and Chakotay leaves and is not seen again until her funeral. I understand why the scene was written that way, I just don't like it. This is my first attempt at writing a drabble and a missing scene.

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TETHER

He groped his way blindly to the bridge, still trapped in the vision of her body in sickbay. Stumbling from the turbolift, he was snapped back by Tuvok's question. What answer could he give her oldest friend other than to collapse to the deck, face buried between his hands, hoping to miraculously silence his soul's wail? "Kathryn!"

"Chakotay!" Tom reached him first, but not even the medic dared touch him.

"I'm here, my love!" Kathryn cried as her hand passed through Chakotay's heart, the flash of his pain tethering her to life. She would conquer death for him – for them.