(A Drabble)
(By Penny A. Proctor. Paramount owns Star Trek: Voyager and its characters. Sometimes they drop in for a visit. A companion piece to Season 5’s "Bliss")
Kathryn sipped her after dinner coffee. "So. Teaching anthropology – is that really what you want when we get back?"
"I’ve thought about it." Chakotay shrugged. "Assuming they don’t throw me into prison. What about you – are you…" he stopped, realizing the question was too personal.
"Still hoping to reunite with Mark? No. I’ve changed too much for it to work between us now. What I really want is for things to be normal for a while."
"How do you define ‘normal’ after the Delta quadrant?"
Kathryn looked around the table, noting dinner dishes and work padds. "This."
He smiled. "Yes."