"You keep your greasy mitts away from me."
"Excuse me?" Kathryn stopped a few feet away from the bed, raising her eyebrows incredulously. Chakotay glanced up from the padd he was reading to meet her eyes, an amused smile curling his lips.
"You've been in Engineering all day, you're covered in dirt." He nodded in the direction of the bathroom. "Go have a bath, I'll still be here when you come back."
She sighed, before trudging away. Chakotay returned to his padd, finishing it at the same time as she crawled into bed beside him.
"Happy now?" she asked.
"Very."