Author's note
This story is different from the others I wrote. It is set 43 years after Voyager came home and the most important people (well, at least in my eyes ;) - Captain Janeway and Chakotay - have long died. I also did somewhat approve of C/7 in this fic, yet I consider it to be J/C in very many ways, just not the obvious. Argh, I am not good at this. It really is not as bad as it sounds, so please read all the chapters and don't judge the story by this clumsy note.
I also completed it before posting. I think it needed to be done in order to be understood. I am not a native English speaker, so writing this fic has taken a lot of my time last week.
Unfortunately, I cannot afford writing fanfics all day long, so Kat and all my other open fanfics will continue to grow chapter by chapter, little by little. But be assured, that I haven't forgotten them!
One very serious note: I thought this story up some months ago, but never wrote it down. One week ago I remembered it and it just cried to be written. Yet, I stumbled across a serious matter I hadn't thought about before. I had included the subject of school-shooting. With resent events, though, it has gone to a whole new dimension. I still kept it in this fic, as it is essential. I hope that I treated this subject with respect and proper sensitivity. My thoughts are with the people of Winnenden, Germany.
Disclaimer: Voyager and her crew and everything related to the show belong to Paramount.
