Ariella884

Atop a lonely hill stands a lonely tree, overlooking and old property in Indiana. My tree, my hill, my sanctuary, where I come to escape the world.

My mother is long gone, but Phoebe kept the house in decent condition, waiting for my eventual return. The fields have produced little more than tall grass in over a decade, but the bones of the structure and the farm that I grew up on are still here.

Everything I’ve ever loved is here in some way.

My memories hold icy winters with my family, throwing snowballs at my sister and deftly avoiding her attempted retaliation. Long hours, sitting under my father’s desk as he worked late into the night, sometimes dozing at his feet. And special occasions, when Mom would make caramel brownies, the smell stayed in the house for days and was always sure to put a smile on my face.

You’re here too. I brought you with me when we returned so I could show you where my story began. My dream had been to bring you here for a long time. To see you smile as you sat beneath my tree and heard my secret musings. You would make new memories with me here, for this is where I would finally admit that I love you and I can’t stand to live without you - not really.

My tree would become our tree and then maybe our children’s tree, fate willing.

I wish you got to see it all, but at least I brought you here.

In an unforeseen twist of events I have written my first Janeway/Chakotay fic since exactly 365 days ago, when I posted my last contribution to @25daysofvoyager

I can’t thank my dear @ariella884 enough for giving me a reason to get back to my eternal OTP. Although “to Lose the earth” did help a bit as well. ;)  I hope you like the part of your Christmas gift that isn’t stuck on a boat across the Atlantic. ;) 

Big, big thanks to @wishful-thinker-87 for offering a bit of a Christmas miracle by providing the exact words I needed to hear. Thank you, my dear. <3 

______

Title: Found Fandom: Star Trek Voyager Pairing: Janeway/Chakotay Rating: G Summary: A missing scene to be added to page 239 of Kirsten Beyer’s “To Lose the Earth” Location: right HERE one Ao3

________

Just like last year and the year before that, I challenged myself to pick one memorable fic I read from each month of the year.  As always this was extremely challenging.  I go month by month on A03 and make a google doc of all the fics I enjoyed during the month.  Then I narrow it down to one fic per month to post here.  Every year I tell myself I’m going to branch out and read different pairings, but yet again most of these are J/C, I will note when they are not.  I hope you enjoy!

January - The Tumbling Waves of San Francisco Bay by @curator-on-ao3 Janeway/Paris - This is the third in a series, but first posted.  Please go read all of them.  The Janeway/Original Character story is beautiful.

February - When Grief, Guilt and Anger Collide - by @ariella884 J/C in the Picard-verse

March - Social Distance by @mia-cooper Seems appropriate to include a quarentine J/C story for when the world shut down.

April - The Different Colors of the Stars by @joyful-voyager​ A J/C follow-up to one of her older post-Endgame stories that you really should read first.

May - Bound to Each by @seemaunbound​ Paris/Torres mainly, but also J/C.  Has an interesting tie in to one of Voyager’s most debated episodes.

June - Third Date by @missyhissy3  Much better than what we got in canon.

July - The Art and Practice of Romance by traceylordhavens .  Tom gives Chakotay a 20th century guide to wooing women.

August - Vita Nova (The New Life) by IndianSummer2378 - My spoils from winning the Mia Meet Raffle to benefit the Australia Wildfires

September - Voices in Another Room by pessa J/C, Chakotay & Seven, Janeway & Seven, another Picard-verse story.  Also read the other couple Voyager stories by this author, they are excellent.

October - Love is a Thread Always Woven in Betrayal by fooZater. Some post-Endgame angst with a happy ending. 

November - Oracle by mylittleredgirl Fresh take on Shattered

December - The Choices We Make by Amalgam000  It was really hard to pick this month cuz there was some great stuff posted for @25daysofvoyager, but I went this this great action/adventure J/C story.

And there you have it!  My 2020 list.  Hope you enjoy reading as you are hunkered down for some social distance holidays.

Seriously, I can't with this woman. Janeway all the way. 😍❤

He now proclaims, “That’s what she said!” after any remark that could be considered even slightly off-color.

For example, “Take us in, Mr. Paris” or “Wow, that’s a lot of leola root.”

Janeway: Let’s ease our way in, Mr. Paris.

Tom: 

“I expect you to learn from this experience.”

“That’s what she said!”

“I’m serious. You’ll do this alone, Mr. Paris.”

“That’s what she said!”

“Get him out of my face. Now.”

“That’s what she said!”

“Just ... just stun him.”

“That’s what she sa—”

Captain Janeway. 💖✨ Mulled over this painting for long enough. Calling it done! 

Star Trek Voyager | Season 1 - Time Capsule: Tuvok

The Tom, Harry, and Tuvok dynamic in a nutshell.