"It's not everyday someone can get a Starfleet captain on her knees."

"Oh god Q."

Janeway looked up from under the bed and glared at him as he walked into her bedroom holding a plate in his hand. He was wearing some frilly pink apron like the ones those housewives from earths history had worn. Those sad representations of days before women had jobs and proper rights. Before women were starfleet captains, brilliant scientists, chief engineers, and doctors. Honestly it was a little insulting to her tastes at the moment. "Kathy you look ravishing this morning."

"These are still my private quarters, it's customary to knock before you enter." She grabbed onto the little red ball that Rowley had knocked under her bed. The puppy was small enough to get under here on his own but instead he had circled the bed all morning whimpering, whining, and barking until Janeway went to get it out for him. Throwing it to the side Rowley bounced off after it, snorting as he caught it between his teeth and running it back to Q's side.

"Afraid I'll see something I haven't already Kathy? Don't be so bashful, nothing too private from your quarters." He made that face he always did when he thought he had just said something funny and clever. Crossing her arms over her chest she just stood there watching him and raising on of her brows. Giving him that look she always did when she wasn't amused. The pun didn't even deserve a comment, silence was the only action here. Clearing his throat Q walked over to her table and set her plate down. "I brought you breakfast though. Replicated it myself, what do you think of that I didn't even snap my fingers for it. Scrambled eggs, two pieces of toast, and a few strips of turkey bacon."

Pressing her fingers against her temple she just stood there looking at him, as thoughtful as it was she didn't have time for breakfast right now. She was suppose to be going down to the planets surface today to negotiate trades with Neelix and Torres. "It's very thoughtful of you but I need to be going. We have negotiations to do."

Q stepped in front of her when she tried walking past him. Her excuses were not going to work on him. "But you need to eat Kathy you can't go on with little sleep, little rest, and little to eat. That's not healthy."

"Then I'll go eat when we get back. I'll have leftovers from that casserole Neelix made, besides I already had two cups of coffee." Stepping forward she tried again to go around him but Q just caught her in his arm and pulled her back in front of him.

"And what poison my child with that trash? If you are willing to risk our baby growing a third eye but you need nourishment Kathryn now or I'm not letting you leave your room, that's an order."

"You can't give me orders, I'm the captain." There were two ways to do this, the hard way or the hard way. Q couldn't win an argument with her so he was just going to play his omnipotent card and take the punishment as it came. When she put her hands on her hips he knew she was looking for a fight or a stand off at the very least. What she hadn't expected was for Q to bend down and wrap his arms around her legs before throwing her over his shoulder and carrying her to her bed.

"I'm just going to tell you this now, you might be a big girl and think you can wear your big pants around me but sometimes Kathy you are nothing more than a foolish little girl. Now eat your breakfast before you leave." He laid her back down on her bed and walked over to grab the plate. Stabbing a few eggs with the fork he moved it through the air in a circular motion while slowly pushing it closer to her mouth and making a soft whistling sound. "Alright Kathryn open your mouth, the shuttle's coming in for a landing."

"I'm not a child Q..." She tried thrashing him for belittling her and treating her like she was both incapable of taking care of herself and now treating her like a tiddler. Instead Q ended up shoving the fork in her mouth to shut her up. So long as he acted like this her ability to tolerate and even like him was going to drop drastically.

"I understand you are not a child Kathryn but you are acting like one and you are carrying mine. Despite what you like to think I didn't just create that life to abandon it and hope for the best. I'm staying here and I am going to make sure you are getting the best possible care so I can worry less. By the way have you checked in with the EMH about this yet?"

She did her best to not show some sympathy for what he had said. It wasn't in her nature to let others take care of her, that was her job. She took care of Voyager and it's crew. As captain ti was her responsibility. It hadn't dawned on her that Q felt his responsibility was taking care of her. Even as a little girl she had been an independent person not relying on anyone else but herself. It was a bit uncomfortable for her to allow anyone to try and look after her. When he mentioned checking in with the EMH however Janeway got that look of surprise on her face. She had completely forgotten to go in, in fact she hadn't told anyone about the baby. So far she and Q were the only two souls on the whole ship who knew she was pregnant. "I have been so busy lately I forgot about that. I'll have to go in tomorrow but only if the Doctor can keep this quiet for now. It's going to take me some time to tell the rest of the crew. I don't have the luxury the rest of my crew has, we are not in familiar space and everyone relies on me to get them home. Ordinarily I wouldn't have ever perused a relationship and certainly wouldn't be having a child out here but your situation is a little different. One because this child isn't just to fulfill some desire for a family, it's a change for your people and the continuum. Secondly because a part of me however small it is believes I can make this work but only under these circumstances. A normal child, no they will never have an easy nor safe life out here but a Q child. Now that might be possible. If not for that I would never have had to worry about this discussion."

Q ran a hand over her shoulder and squeezed it lightly giving her a sincere smile. "Understood Kathryn, I know you are not completely comfortable with this right now. You have a lot of questions and fears but wait until you meet the little squirt. You won't be able to imagine a life without them. I understand you also have fears and concerns about me, to lighten that up a little I'll go with you tomorrow, I insist. As far as your crew you will have to tell them eventually. Something like this won't stay private for long."Passing the plate to Janeway he stood over her making sure she was eating up. "Would you mind if I came with you?"

"To see the Doctor?" She looked up at him taking a bite of the turkey bacon. "Ugh, this is awful. I think I should have risked Neelix's cooking. I never liked turkey bacon. It could never compare to the real thing."

"No I meant to the planet." It wouldn't be so bad if he followed her down to these negotiations just to keep an eye on her in the event something didn't turn out for the best. "Turkey bacon is healthier Kathy, don't complain just eat."

"Easier said than done." She smiled at him taking another bite and hiding that look of minor disgust on her face. "As for coming down to the planet I don't care just don't get in the way."

"See and now we are in love again, you have such a beautiful smile." He paused sitting down on the corner of the bed and resting a hand on her leg. She was going to likely shoot him an angry look or possibly tell him to get the hell out of her room. "But that is why I made sure junior was going to share that trait. I know you humans like to leave genetics up to fate but at the same time I don't like taking chances. Besides I'm the only one who can pull of charming and cocky."

"That's sweet of you to say Q, I think." Had he given her a compliment? It seemed a little like he had tried in his own way. He leaned a little closer making her feel a little uncomfortable again. Q's didn't have the best concept of personal space did they. "Well I enjoyed this chat of ours and I think I have sufficiently eaten enough to satisfy you but now we have to be getting to the transporter room so we can get our supplies." Taking the plate from her hands Q made it vanish with a small spark of light. Janeway brushed off her legs making sure to not have any crumbs remaining on her uniform. It was unsightly for a captain to never be at their best. Q reached down for her offering to help her up, something that she had to admit shouldn't surprise her as much as it did. Taking his hand he effortlessly lifted her up at spun her into his arms making her feel uncomfortable again.

"I'll walk with you there. Hope you don't mind, what might your crew say?" It wasn't as though it was a rare sight to see him trailing behind her. They all assumed he was still trying to win the captain over. It likely never crossed their minds that he already had and was now keeping an eye on his investment. Not that Kathy was only an investment to him. He realized she was a living breathing human being. Offering her arm to her he gave her a little smile. "Captain."

Janeway raised a brow and took his arm feeling a little suspicious of him. "Captain? Is that a show of respect from your Q?"

"If I said it was could you keep it a secret?" He joked not wanting the rest of the crew to think of him as anything less than above them all.

"I think I could manage that."