*Extended Ending*
Three months after their intimate encounter on the coffee planet, Kathryn discovered she was with child. Unable to bear the the thought of an abortion, a little boy named Edward Janeway was born aboard Voyager a few months later. Despide Chakotay's best efforts to get Kathryn to commit, she held him at arm's length, refusing him over and over again.
Even though they had a baby son, Chakotay's and Kathryn's friendship began to brittle. Kathryn's temporary stay on a planet where she dove head first into a relationship with a stranger named Jaffen was the last straw that finally drove Chakotay to date Seven of Nine. Between shared parental duties and work obligations, they spent little time together until the unexpected arrival of Admiral Janeway with her mad plan that brought them back to the Alpha Quadrant.
The arguments between the former close command duo became more frequent and on the night of the Homecoming Ball, the floodgates finally burst. Kathryn and Chakotay ended up shouting at each other in the darkened gardens of the event location, letting all their built up frustration about Jaffen, about Seven, about everything hail down upon each other.
Neither really knew how they had ended up there, but that night, against the cold surface of a marble pillar, Kes Janeway was consummated. Upon finding out about Kathryn's second pregnancy, Chakotay left Seven to mend their relationship.
It might have been the pregnancy hormones that drove her to weep at his arrival at her doorstep, but Kathryn broke down in tears as she saw him walking up the driveway with his duffle bag in one hand and a gigantic bouquet of flowers in the other. Two months after Kes's birth, Kathryn and Chakotay got married. Two years later their second daughter and only planned child, Tananka Janeway, was born.
Never had Kathryn imagined that claiming her second in command as her property would lead to her having his three children. Kathryn's life had taken a complete turn, going from lonely starship captain to wife and mother. She had thought that after quitting her job at Starfleet to concentrate on her children and husband, life couldn't throw her anymore curveballs; that she was truly settled and at peace.
And it almost was like that, until Chakotay took her on a romantic but fateful trip to Risa, which provided Kathryn with the greatest challenge her life would ever see: Kolopak Janeway, their fourth and final child, which would get into more trouble than Tom, Harry and B'Elanna put together. He had his fathers rebellious Maquis traits, her fiery temper and a will that could bend steel.
Many nights would pass where Kathryn would lay in Chakotay's arms at night, telling him that she wished she'd never laid claim to him on that damn planet, if that would've meant she wouldn't have to endure yet another lengthy parenting lesson with Kole's school teacher or having to bail him out of detention or community service.
Chakotay would snicker, before kissing his wife on the head, reassuring her that whatever he had done this time and wherever their future would lead them, he'd by her side. Always.
- Fin -