You can hear it in the silence, silence, you
You can feel it on the way home, way home, you
You can see it with the lights out, lights out,
You are in love, true love
Chakotay walked out of the ready room and went straight to the turbo lift. He could feel some questioning glances in his direction, but he ignored them as he walked in.
He couldn't believe he had actually kissed her. He had wanted to for so long, but now he had gone and done it. He told the computer to go to his deck as he tried to contemplate what was to come.
Chakotay knew Janeway didn't want to talk about anything that had happened to them when they were away. At first he tried to respect her wishes, she is the Caption after all, but the longer they were back it became harder to dismiss the feels they had uncovered and how close they had become.
He found himself aching to touch her, to lean in and whisper something in her ear. To just be as close as they used to be.
As he walked in his corders, he shook his head hopping he hadn't pushed her away for good. He just wanted her to know, no matter how much she tried to ignore him and what happened, he would still feel for her. Even in the dim lights of her ready room when he could barley see her, he knew it.
Just being near her he knew.
It was love.