Disclaimer: I do not own Star Trek Voyager or Janeway or Chakotay, but I do own the story. Live long and prosper. -Linwe
Kathryn plunged into the water and then surfaced to find Chakotay laughing.
"What's so humorous, Commander?" she asked.
"I just… I don't think I'll ever see another Starfleet captain do a cannonball in a red bikini again."
"You're right, you won't," she laughed, "or at least not on my ship." They paused and laughed together for a few moments, then she spoke once more. "Although, I probably won't ever get to see my first officer in Hawaiian trunks again."
They enjoyed their last night together on New Earth by finally getting out of the pool, and telling stories around the campfire with another bag of marshmallows. Chakotay was about to tell Kathryn an ancient legend but she spoke before he could start.
"Chakotay?"
"Hmm?"
"I just want to thank you again. I really enjoyed being here with you. I also hope that when we return to the ship-- our ship-- that we can still be as close as we are now."
"Of course we can, Kathr-- I mean Captain. I enjoyed being here with you, getting to know you, and I'm not about to relinquish our friendship to Starfleet protocol."
"It's still Kathryn, Chakotay. And Chakotay, we're still a long way from the Alpha Quadrant. I don't think Starfleet will notice I'm not exactly living up to the captain's standard aloofness." He smiled at her with those to-die-for dimples and then continued with his storytelling.