A late night visit

By Dany   

Summary: The captain had an upsetting dream; her first officer wants to help...

                                  PURE, SILLY FLUFF !

Chakotay’s attention was pulled from the novel he was reading as his door chime sounded. “Computer, what time is it?” he asked, surprised.

“The time is 23.59hours.” came the disembodied answer.

Who could possibly be at his door at this late hour?

“Enter,” he called and he was surprised to see the captain standing in the doorway, dressed in sweatpants and t-shirt. She had a peculiar look on her face, an expression he couldn’t quite place. He rose from his couch and came towards her, “Kathryn, is everything all right?”

“Chakotay, I have to talk to you. I just had the strangest dream.” As she stepped into his quarters he could see that her face was slightly flushed and she seemed flustered. He bade her to sit on the couch.

“So what was the dream about?”

“Well, I was standing in the hallway, looking at your door. I was dressed only in a short nightgown. But just as I was getting ready to ring your door chime, suddenly a miniature Janeway appeared on my left shoulder. She was dressed in a long, white gown and she had wings and a halo over her head, and she said to me, ‘Captain, do not give in to temptation. It would set a very bad example for your crew if they knew that their captain was frolicking with their first officer.’”

At that point Kathryn’s ears turned bright red as she saw Chakotay’s eyebrows shoot up in imitation of two perfect Vulcan arches.

She continued hastily, “Well, just as I was about to turn around and head back to my own quarters, another miniature Janeway appeared on my right shoulder. This one was dressed in a black leather catsuit even tighter than Seven’s, and she wore red, thigh-high leather boots and she had a tail! Her hair was loose and wild and there were two red horns sticking out of it.”

At this point Chakotay could not contain his grin anymore and Kathryn frowned, “It’s true! And she said, ‘Kathryn, don’t be a fool. You have been wanting him for so long. Go to him, don’t worry about what the crew will think. Half of the women on this ship probably want him too, so beat them to it! Take him and show him what Kathryn Janeway can do. Make him scream your name, woman!’”

Now Kathryn couldn’t even look at her first officer anymore and instead stared down at her bare feet as if she had never seen them before. Chakotay dug his fingers into the couch cushions in a major effort to keep from laughing out loud and, trying to keep his voice steady, he asked, “so what happened then?”

“Well, then the two Janeways started arguing and shouting to one another from behind my neck and I was so confused…” still looking at her feet, she shook her head helplessly.

Chakotay’s amusement was replaced by concern as he leaned forward and took her hand, “and this dream upset you so much? How did it end?”

Suddenly she looked up and gazed into his face. He noted that the flush was now gone and she even smiled somewhat crookedly, “Well, it ended with the naughty Janeway pulling out a phaser and vaporizing the good Janeway. Now, I know how much value you put into dream exploration, so I thought that maybe we could analyze it together.”

His face was close to hers, his features completely serious, but the twinkle in his eyes was mischievous, “Absolutely! And since the naughty Janeway triumphed over the good Janeway I think that your subconscious is telling you to finally give in to your hidden desires and…make me scream.”

“Strange. That’s just what I had concluded, too.” Their lips now barely two inches from each other, “but how do I do that?”

“Let’s find out.” He took her into his arms and pulled her on top of him as he leaned back on the couch, “Computer, dim lights to thirty percent…”