My return to the Voyager fandom. Thank you @jhelenoftrek for the prompt.
Another shoutout to my @angrywarrior69 , @emmikamikatze , and @killermanatee for your beautiful Beta-ing work. ❤️
The doors swish open gracefully and he bounds in. The lights are off, atmosphere cold. Cold even for him. Where is she?
“Kathryn? Are you alright?” Badge in hand, he’s ready to page the Doctor.
Her pajama-clad form wanders into the common room. He squints to see her clearly. Eyes red, face scrubbed clean, her hair still holds its usual style, possibly looking a bit tousled by tugging fingers. She doesn’t appear as if she’s been to sleep yet.
“You called. What is it?” Chakotay’s hand reaches out for her, narrowly missing her elbow as she passes by him. She looks to be in a trance, unseeing; his presence isn’t acknowledged until she reaches her desk. Laying down a few padds, her gaze remains trained on the spaces between them.
“Nothing, Chakotay. It’s nothing.” She waves him off. “I’m fine. Must’ve commed you by mistake.” Deflated and smaller than he’s ever seen her before, Kathryn makes her way back to the bedroom.
“Kathryn,” he admonishes. “It’s obviously not ‘nothing. You called me here.” She ignores him and continues her retreat.
“What? What is so terrible that you have to shut me out at every turn?” Chakotay is unable to keep the rising frustration from coloring his words. “‘Do not disturb’? Do you have any idea how—
He stops, not willing to add insult to injury. His feet itch to follow her, his conscience advises against it. Kathryn reappears from behind the safety of the wall, face drawn and pale, she thrusts a padd into his hands.
“There. Take it. Please.” She sniffles and clears her throat. “I’ve read it so many times, I don’t need it anymore.” The hum of the warp engine nearly swallows her last feeble remark.
He reads eagerly. A transmission from Admiral Paris. Her ship? Her captaincy? Are they relieving her of command? Bringing her up on charges? Chakotay continues through a pleasant update of all of the Federation developments, Earth happenings, and—
uhm excuse me I did not ask to be hurt like this
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