Very, very short final chapter. I'm sorry it's taken so long to update but
I've been busy doing coursework and things.
I'm sure it was obvious all along that I wouldn't let Chakotay die.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed this, I'm very grateful to all of you.
Present time
Chakotay as ashamed at his behaviour when he'd thought he'd lost her forever. He'd rather have died than lived without her. She was there in front of him now and he felt like crying with joy. He wanted to hold her, to feel her against him, against his skin.
"Beam them directly to the bridge," Kathryn was saying in a hoarse whisper.
She looked and sounded as if she was seeing a ghost, which, he thought, must be true, at least in her mind.
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"Beam them directly to the bridge," she heard herself say in an uncertain voice, unshed tears in her eyes.
It seemed so unreal, she needed to see him in the flesh, to touch him, to kiss him.
A few seconds later the three of them appeared in front of her ready room doors, Cassandra Davis, Harry Kim and, standing slightly ahead of them, a very tense looking Chakotay.
Kathryn stood up from her seat shakily, Chakotay took a few tentative steps towards her. Reaching out an unsteady hand she touched his face. She was unaware that all eyes on the bridge were on them. She fell into his arms, crying, finally letting Kathryn, and not Captain Janeway. come first. He kissed the top of her head, also unaware that they were surrounded by the crew until a few moments later.
"Our secrets out Kathryn," he whispered to her.
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And they lived happily ever after
THE END.
I'm sure it was obvious all along that I wouldn't let Chakotay die.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed this, I'm very grateful to all of you.
Present time
Chakotay as ashamed at his behaviour when he'd thought he'd lost her forever. He'd rather have died than lived without her. She was there in front of him now and he felt like crying with joy. He wanted to hold her, to feel her against him, against his skin.
"Beam them directly to the bridge," Kathryn was saying in a hoarse whisper.
She looked and sounded as if she was seeing a ghost, which, he thought, must be true, at least in her mind.
********
"Beam them directly to the bridge," she heard herself say in an uncertain voice, unshed tears in her eyes.
It seemed so unreal, she needed to see him in the flesh, to touch him, to kiss him.
A few seconds later the three of them appeared in front of her ready room doors, Cassandra Davis, Harry Kim and, standing slightly ahead of them, a very tense looking Chakotay.
Kathryn stood up from her seat shakily, Chakotay took a few tentative steps towards her. Reaching out an unsteady hand she touched his face. She was unaware that all eyes on the bridge were on them. She fell into his arms, crying, finally letting Kathryn, and not Captain Janeway. come first. He kissed the top of her head, also unaware that they were surrounded by the crew until a few moments later.
"Our secrets out Kathryn," he whispered to her.
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And they lived happily ever after
THE END.