Authors note: This is my first Voyager: Janeway/ Chakotay Fanfiction. This is just an idea that his stuck with me for a while. I would appreciate and comments on it. The idea is to maybe make it longer depending on responses. Also it is part story part song fic, the song fic prat is from Taylor Swift. -Angel16125

Disclaimer: I don't own anything just playing around with them

One look, dark room,

Meant just for you.

Time moved too fast,

You played it back.

Buttons on a coat,

Light hearted joke.

No proof not much,

But you saw enough.

Captain Janeway walked around her dark ready room trying to process what had just occurred. Commander Chakotay had left the room only a few moments ago and she could still feel his effect on her.

Ever since they had come back to the ship from New Earth, she tried to tell herself that things could go right back to before they had ever gotten that damn bug bite and therefore virus. She could feel the tension between them from the moment they sat on the bridge and they went about looking over the logs of what they had missed while they were gone.

Janeway tried not to pay attention to how the Commander did his best to never be alone with her. Before they had left they would often spend hours in her ready room talking or taking walks around the ship. Whenever they would talk Chakotay never had seemed too bother with sticking to personal space. Now that they were back she found herself missing his intrusive whispering something in her ear on the bridge, or just getting to eat dinner with him. Now, he rarely even made eye contact with her.

But that's what you wanted, Kathryn. She scolded herself.

She was right, of course. When they first came back she desperately wanted to go back to normal and try to push everything that happen or might have happened on New Earth out of her mind, for fear of what it might lead to. This unfortunately meant pushing him away.

But maybe not totally away. She thought.

Janeway thought about what had just happened. She hadn't even sat down yet. They had been on the bridge when she looked over at him and he was staring at her. His eyes were so penetrating; it was like he was trying to tell her everything he hadn't been able to say in the past few weeks since their return.

"Can I talk to you in private?" The commander said quietly just loud enough for her to hear. She knew it was so she could say no if she wanted to and not feel obligated to say yes just because everyone had heard.

"Join me in my ready room, Commander. Lt. Tuvok you have the bridge." She stood and walked to her ready room without a glance to see if he was following. She knew he was.

When they had walked inside she left the light at their lowest level feeling more comfortable being alone with him if she couldn't see him as clearly. Or more accurately that he couldn't see her.

"Yes.?" He asked with a smile in his voice.

"Chakotay..." She let out a sigh leaving her back to him. How could he be in the mood for joking?

She turned to face him for the first time since entering the room. Even in the dim lighting she could make out his every figure.

"I hate this." She mumbled looking at the ground, feeling ashamed that she was the one who put them in this position.

"You're not the only one Kath-" Chakotay shook his head in frustration. "Captain" He corrected himself feeling like he lost the right to call her by her first name anymore.

Janeway took a few slow steps towards him. "I'm sorry." Wanting to reach out and touch him but unable to bring herself to do so, afraid of wait might or might not happen.

With still a foot between them Chakotay reached out a touched her check with his head. She closed her eyes at the feel of his hand. She could feel something inside her begging for him not to stop.

Janeway opened her eyes in time to see Chakotay close the gap between them and place a soft kiss on her lips. She felt as though all time was standing still. Finally he backed up and left her room leaving her feeling confused.

No matter how many times she played it back Janeway still couldn't believe what had just happened. That he had actually kissed her. What killed her more, was she didn't know the meaning of the kiss.

Was it a closing of a chapter kiss?

Or a I'm still here kiss?

One thing Captain Janeway doesn't like is unanswered questions.