A/N: I am having a bit of a writer's block in my other story, so I am starting this one just so I have something to do.
Tom Paris ran his tricorder over the ground out of sheer boredom. Voyager was undergoing a overhaul and had landed on an M class planet, which meant that Tom had the whole day to waste. He was about to return when his tricorder started beeping. He walked into some bushes, and the beeping came more frequently. He looked down, and saw a pair of what looked like alien handcuffs. He picked them up to inspect more closely. They were plain, and seemed harmless.
Without thinking he slapped one of the ends onto his wrist. Luckily they came off easily when he pulled at it. 'These could come in handy' he thought to himself, so he put them in his pocket and walked off.
As he was walking he saw B'Elanna sitting near a landing strut. He thought about the handcuffs in his pocket, and couldn't help the evil grin that spread across his face. Although he had a crush on her, he was content just "being friends" as B'Elanna put it. Besides, he hadn't played a practical joke on her in a couple of months, and he did it all the time with Harry. He tightened one end of the handcuffs on his left wrist, and readied the other end in his hand.
He crept up behind her, placing his feet down gently so he wouldn't make a sound. When he got close enough to her right wrist, he slapped the other end of the handcuff before she could react. "Paris, are you crazy? Where did you get these anyway?" She held up her wrist, and pointed to the handcuff.
"From over there in those bushes."
"And you put them on without having a key?"
"Relax. They come off just like this." He pulled at the handcuff, but this time it didn't let go. "Uh oh."
"Uh oh?"
"Yeah, uh oh. It's what people say when.."
"I know what it means Paris! Now get these things off of me!"
"You see, that's why I said uh oh, I can't get them off."
"I thougt you knew how to."
"Well, when I put them on myself they just released when I pulled on it, but it seems they only do that when one side is in use."
"So your saying we're stuck together."
"Yup."
"Great. Come on." She stood up and started walking towards the ramp that lead inside Voyager.
'Where are we going?"
"We are going back inside to find the Captian, so you can explain to her why you did this." She held up her wrist once again to emphasize her point, and together they walked up the ramp.