Fandom: Star Trek Voyager

Pairing: Kathryn Janeway x Tuvok

Words: 1193

AU title: Afterwards

Tags: VOY, returning to Earth, related to previous chapter

Summary: The crew is back in the Alpha Quadrant and has docked in the star docks above Earth. They are welcomed back by their families and friends and all those they haven't seen for 7 years. (continuations of 'Fairness' and 'Rejoined')


It had been 7 years since the USS Voyager had begun their journey to the Badlands that got them ended up in the Delta Quadrant 70.000 lightyears away from home. And now they have returned.

Rianne Janeway was waiting for her daughter in the grand hall all living family members of the Voyager crew who weren't listed deceased were waiting for their loved ones to come home. Her other daughter, Lisa, was back home in Indiana, waiting for them to return.

The first officers of Voyager showed their faces, finally seeing their families and friends again, joining them in happy tears and embraces.

Mrs. Janeway knew that her daughter would be the last to arrive, a Captain always leaves as last.

More and more officers joined their family members if they still had any. She even saw Owen Paris welcoming his son back after a disappearance for 7 years, and the relationship between him and his son Tom had practically been non-existent prior to Voyager getting missing.

And Tom Paris had brought home a wife, part Klingon, and their newborn daughter.

Just seeing the sight of that, Rianne wondered if her daughter had found someone while in the Delta Quadrant. She thought there was somebody, since her daughter had barely reacted when she told her that Mark had proclaimed her dead and moved on to marry another once a DataStream was possible.

And finally, she saw Kathryn entering the hall.

But she certainly wasn't alone.

There were three teenagers of about 15 years old darting around her, a set of twins walking close to her feet, a young newborn in her left arm and her right hand was holding that of Security Chief Commander Tuvok.

The three teenagers were more likely alien children the crew had picked up during their voyage through the Delta Quadrant since they were so different from each other as well as the younger children, but the other three were most likely the children Kathryn birthed.

"Mom." Kathryn greeted. "I'm happy to see you're well."

Rianne was stunned. "Are… all of them yours?"

"Tressa, Corin and Elani are Drayan. They practically picked Tuvok as their foster father, and I became their mother. It made me realize that I did love Tuvok, that I wanted my family with him." she had grown into a beautiful woman, a man that didn't look twice at her would be a fool.

"I do recognize you, Kathryn once brought you to our residence. Weren't you married then?"

"My marriage bond with T'Pel was fragile, it did not survive more than 3 years of great distance. Yet it was also weakened by my feelings for Kathryn." the Vulcan replied.

"I'm not one to judge, as long as you two love each other. But we should get the shuttle for Indiana, I'll pay the additional boarding passes at the station."

On their trip to the shuttle station, people of all ages looked at Kathryn.

It was no wonder, she was practically a celebrity now for returning to the Alpha Quadrant from the Delta Quadrant in 7 years. And she was walking with 6 children, not the usual number of a family.

"They're all looking at us." Elani said.

"Is it because we're different?" the young dark skinned boy may be older than he was when Tuvok found him on that moon, but he was still very talkative.

"We are the only known people who once stranded in the Delta Quadrant and came back alive to tell the story. Humans are very sentimental." Tuvok replied.

"Only you would know, you spend almost your entire life on Earth." Kathryn said with a grin.

"And I would not change one single step I made in my life."

During the conversation, they had arrived at the shuttle station.

"I had only counted for two, now I shall have to buy six more." Rianne said as they arrived at the counter. "Ma'am, I'll need six additional tickets under the name Janeway."

The woman behind the counter looked up, staring in disbelief at the large amount of children before silently moving on to do her job.


The shuttle to Indiana did fly rather fast, and they arrived within the hour. And the drive to the Janeway farmhouse wasn't long either.

So when Kathryn entered her ancestral home, she smelt the scent of the wood burning in the fireplace as well as fresh paint and the smell of her sister's cooking.

"Lisa, we've arrived! And we've got company!" Rianne called.

From the kitchen, a hazelnut haired woman with blue eyes emerged. "What kind of… oh my! Kathy, that's quite a family you got yourself there. What are all their names?"

"Well, that are Corin, Tressa and Elani, they're children of a species called the Drayan who we've encountered in the Delta Quadrant. The twins are named Chu'lak & T'Enne and this little girl is named T'Kin." the Starfleet Captain pointed at each of the children while saying their names.

"You brought me a lot of nieces and nephews. That handsome man over there yours?"

The Security Chief merely raised his eyebrow, but did not react.

Kathryn shook her head while laughing. "You never change, do you Lisa?"

"What? Can't I ogle a handsome guy even though he's married to my sister? Is he also the reason you fell out of love with Mark?"

"Somehow I knew he was going to proclaim me dead if I didn't return quick… and I did already have feelings for Tuvok, it's part of why I went after him."

The Commander laced his fingers together with those of his adun'a, his dark skin contrasting with her pale one. Through their contact, he let her know he was glad that she was the one who came after the Val Jean and not another Federation ship.

The Captain smiled and leaned into him, her head on his chest.

Their newborn daughter, who had been born only a few days before they docked at Jupiter Station, opened her now brown eyes. The shade of her eyes was more Kathryn's than Tuvok's, and they did look straight into her father's.

With a single finger, the Vulcan touched his daughter's temple, initiating contact between their minds. He could feel and see the parental bond, which had formed when she was still in her mother's womb.

Rianne smiled. "Isn't she adorable? But then again, all babies are."

"Can we just close this conversation? I'm hungry and still recovering from labor." Kathryn pointed out.

"I'll set the table." Lisa said.

"And I'll put the food on the table. We've got vegetarian options for you, Mr. Tuvok."

When the two Janeway women had disappeared into the kitchen, Tuvok received a message from his daughter Asil.


'Dear father,

Mother remarried yesterday, to a man named Sefor. He is a minister at the Vulcan Science Academy as well as a teacher in Advanced Technological Mathematics. Sefor accepts us well, as he is infertile and will never sire children of his own. His previous wife died aboard the V'Koss near Deep Space 7 in the Beta Quadrant. Mother would have wanted you to know.

Live long and prosper,

Asil'