Title: Snowflake (drabble)
Author: Singing Violin
Disclaimer: They're not mine.
Summary: "Timeless" episode addition.
Author's note: This one's dedicated to Hazmatt, for going through a zillion of my stories in one day and reviewing every one of them!
Archiving: Anywhere.
Feedback: Please, but as usual, please be either nice or useful (or both).
"What is it, Tessa?" Chakotay asked.
"I know how special she was to you," she admitted, "and that I'll never be her. But I do love you."
Chakotay shook his head. "It was a long time ago."
"No," argued Tessa, "I know. Look." With that, she handed him a tricorder.
He gasped. "I didn't know."
Tessa nodded. "Neither did she, most likely. If you want, we can take it, just in case…"
His eyes went wide. "Might it still be viable? Would you…?"
She smiled. "I never met her, but I would be honored to carry her child…and yours."
Author's note 2: "Snowflake" is a reference to "snowflake babies" which is a term used (usually by Republicans) to refer to children that arise from frozen embryos. Embryos are frozen indefinitely and have to be deliberately destroyed if they're not going to be implanted (that is, they don't expire on their own as long as they remain frozen). The theory is that the impact which killed Janeway wasn't enough to kill an embryo, and hence the embryo was preserved by the cold. As for the anonymous reviewer's request that it be longer, it could, but drabble is sort of my shtick. I like to say as much as possible with as few words as possible. Attribute it to my Seven-like sense of efficiency. ;)