Disclaimer: I own nothing of Janeway and Chakotay…… Nope still don't own them
Janeway sat in her ready room with a fresh cup of coffee. Starting out her morning with reports and coffee had a fresh headache starting to brew in her temples but she kept at it and soon she was down to about five reports left to read. What she wouldn't give for Chakotay's magic fingers right about now. Every now and then he would suggest that he ease her tension. It made her feel better every time and close to him just like they had been on New Earth. Kathryn pulled herself out of her thoughts and got back to her morning reports. She knew that the last one would be an over all report from her Commander. Taking a sip of her umpteenth cup of coffee she heard the chime sound and placed the cup back on the desk before saying, "enter." She knew it would be Chakotay. Some how she always knew.
"Good morning Captain." Chakotay beamed at her. She would ever know how he always seemed so chipper in the morning. It boggled her mind. Kathryn always needed at least three cups of coffee before she felt anything like a human being. She never used to be like this. It must have all started when she was in the academy. Pulling those all night cram sessions made her turn to coffee and ever since she had relied on it like a life line. 'Hell, I beat the Borg with coffee.' She thought and smiled.
"How do you do it?" Kathryn asked reaching for her coffee cup.
"Do what?" Chakotay asked adding an innocent smile.
"How are you so damn chipper in the morning?" Kathryn asked.
"Well, for one I don't drink poison and for two I think about seeing you in the morning. Brightens me right up." Chakotay smiled that dimpled smile that had Kathryn's heart rate going to warp.
"This isn't poison, it's essential for the survival of the ships Captain." Kathryn said and was about to take a sip when Chakotay flicked the rim of her cup.
"Nice cover." He said and sat down in front of her.
"I know I've been working on it all morning." Kathryn smiled back but closed her eyes as the pain in her temples throbbed to life. With her left hand Kathryn dug her fingers into her temple trying to relieve to tension.
Chakotay rose from his seat and walked behind Kathryn moving her hand down from her temple he set to work on easing the pain from her head. It seemed to her that only his fingers could take away her pain. He pulled her gently back so she could lean her head back and allow him better access to her temples.
First he started out with gentle circles and Kathryn relaxed a little. Then he used his thumbs and repeated a single line from just above her eyebrows back to her temple. From where he was standing Chakotay could see her bite her bottom lip and he heard her issue a low moan. He smiled to himself and continued his work. Tending to his Captain wasn't exactly what a first officer should do but he had made it a point to do so since she insisted on giving so much of herself for the ship and the crew's welfare. He thought that she needed someone to tend to her needs when they arose. So far taking away the headaches was all he was allowed. Hopefully he would be allowed to do more for her. In time maybe. That was always his hope that he kept in the back of his mind.
Kathryn raised her arms and placed her hands on his forearms stilling the movements of his fingers. Despite all the medicine in the know universe Chakotay's hands had always been the best remedy for her aches and pains. Lately her headaches had been getting worse and she knew that she was over working herself but she couldn't help it. The crew needed her and she knew what Chakotay's response would be. 'The crew doesn't need a Captain who works herself to death.' that thought made her smile.
"Thank you." Kathryn whispered. His hands worked their magic and the tension she felt just vanished. It was one of the guilty pleasures that she enjoyed. It depended on Chakotay though. He usually suggested that he work out some of her tense muscles when he noticed. He seemed to know when she was in pain, and it amazed her when he tried to tend to her like he just did.
Chakotay moved around her chair and eased his hip on the desk looking at her with a pensive stare. "You need more rest." He said finally.
"There is too much to do." Kathryn tried to reason.
Still he wasn't convinced Kathryn saw it in the way Chakotay stared at her. She would look back on this and say she knew what he was about to do but now Kathryn didn't have a clue. Chakotay leaned over and lightly brushed his lips to hers. When he pulled back Kathryn licked her lips and smiled. Never had he been so bold before. It was Kathryn who sat up straighter and returned the gentle brush of lips. They had always had this thing between them and as the time went on it only grew stronger and stronger.
Chakotay was about to deepen the kiss when the chime to her Ready Room sounded in the silence. The sound was deafening and it made them pull apart. He went back around the desk to sit in his customary seat and Kathryn sat up straighter. So now it was back to work. Later he would find the opportunity to break down her walls of Protocol, but not right now. No, right now was for work.
"Come." And now the day began.