An: I said it would be short, but, hopefully, it's sweet.
In the turbolift Kathryn and Chakotay gave the computer the deck they wanted to go to before standing in silence for a bit.
"Open it, Kath," Chakotay nodded towards the box.
Kathryn looked from Chakotay to the box before slowly taking the lid off. Inside she found a deep brown stone, carefully attached to a leather thong. Janeway immediately recognized it for the one he wore as a Maquis captain, the one he was wearing when they first met. "Chakotay?" she questioned, fully aware that his had been his fathers, aware of the meaning behind it.
"I want you to have it, Kath. As long as you have it you'll have me, right here, back your decisions, by your side," he stated, firmly, letting his gaze wander around the lift.
Kathryn simply smiled before walking up to him. "It means the world to me, Chakotay, thank you," she stated, placing a feather light kiss across his lips, just moments before the doors opened. Janeway then exited, quickly, leaving a stunned Chakotay to catch up to her.
Unfortunately for the Commander, he was in quite the daze as he made his way down the hall, to his quarters, having already missed Kathryn, her doors having been shut for a solid minute. Once he got inside his quarters he shook his head. "Good imagination," he muttered to himself, unsure as to what had really happened.