"I Think I'll Keep You"
Licky:
"Always dark- Always deceiving"
Harry sat on the couch in his guest quarters on the new Enterprise, pondering the enormity of space. During his short Starfleet Career, Harry Kim had traveled to the other side of the Galaxy and back. He'd seen things that even a Starfleet Admiral would be excited about: helped to make new discoveries. That's what being in Starfleet was all about.
When he first accepted the Voyager mission, he was so excited. He would get to explore those new places. Exploring is what he had always dreamed of, ever since he was a boy. Harry still sat by the window, wondering. If he knew now of what happened to Voyager, would he still have accepted the mission? On one hand he made many new close friends that he would have died for. But on the other hand, he lost Libby- the love of his life. In the last year of Voyager, Harry had been communicating back and forth with her. She seemed more distant, and not as open as she was before. They tried to start their relationship up again once he got back, but they both realized that they had changed too much. He felt lonely, and un-loved. He missed his friends, his "family" on Voyager, the people whom he had grown so close to. No one talked much anymore. Tom and B'Elanna were too busy with Miral, and rarely had time to answer his messages, and he had not talked to the others in more then a year. His life was falling apart and he hoped that this was the only chance he had to get everyone back together again.
The door chimed, interrupting his thoughts. "Come In," he called.
He looked so different, and Harry hardly recognized his old Commander. "Chakotay?" Harry asked, unsure if his eyes were deceiving him.
"In the flesh. Good to see you again, Lieutenant." Chakotay put stress on Harry's new title, and he liked the way it sounded. "So, how have you been?" Chakotay continued.
"I'm ok- just keeping busy." He had to lie, he wasn't about to tell his old friend and commanding officer that he had been lonely with out all of them, and was actually missing Voyager. "How about you?"
"Oh, I'm fine. Seven and I are settling down."
"How is she?"
"She's great, just loving earth."
"Nice."
Both men stood staring around the room in an awkward silence.
Finally, Chakotay broke the silence, "Well, I just came to give you this." He handed Harry a box with a bow placed on top. "It's just to remember." Without saying goodbye, Chakotay left.
As Harry unwrapped the box he found a picture of all the Senior Staff, on the day the got home. The last day they were all together. "I think I'll Keep you," was all Harry said before he placed the picture on his desk and left for Ten Forward.
Licky:
"Always dark- Always deceiving"
Harry sat on the couch in his guest quarters on the new Enterprise, pondering the enormity of space. During his short Starfleet Career, Harry Kim had traveled to the other side of the Galaxy and back. He'd seen things that even a Starfleet Admiral would be excited about: helped to make new discoveries. That's what being in Starfleet was all about.
When he first accepted the Voyager mission, he was so excited. He would get to explore those new places. Exploring is what he had always dreamed of, ever since he was a boy. Harry still sat by the window, wondering. If he knew now of what happened to Voyager, would he still have accepted the mission? On one hand he made many new close friends that he would have died for. But on the other hand, he lost Libby- the love of his life. In the last year of Voyager, Harry had been communicating back and forth with her. She seemed more distant, and not as open as she was before. They tried to start their relationship up again once he got back, but they both realized that they had changed too much. He felt lonely, and un-loved. He missed his friends, his "family" on Voyager, the people whom he had grown so close to. No one talked much anymore. Tom and B'Elanna were too busy with Miral, and rarely had time to answer his messages, and he had not talked to the others in more then a year. His life was falling apart and he hoped that this was the only chance he had to get everyone back together again.
The door chimed, interrupting his thoughts. "Come In," he called.
He looked so different, and Harry hardly recognized his old Commander. "Chakotay?" Harry asked, unsure if his eyes were deceiving him.
"In the flesh. Good to see you again, Lieutenant." Chakotay put stress on Harry's new title, and he liked the way it sounded. "So, how have you been?" Chakotay continued.
"I'm ok- just keeping busy." He had to lie, he wasn't about to tell his old friend and commanding officer that he had been lonely with out all of them, and was actually missing Voyager. "How about you?"
"Oh, I'm fine. Seven and I are settling down."
"How is she?"
"She's great, just loving earth."
"Nice."
Both men stood staring around the room in an awkward silence.
Finally, Chakotay broke the silence, "Well, I just came to give you this." He handed Harry a box with a bow placed on top. "It's just to remember." Without saying goodbye, Chakotay left.
As Harry unwrapped the box he found a picture of all the Senior Staff, on the day the got home. The last day they were all together. "I think I'll Keep you," was all Harry said before he placed the picture on his desk and left for Ten Forward.