Joyful Voyager

Engineer: Yeah…uh…it might be better if you just see it.

Hologram Janeway: *crushing Rok-tahk’s head into her bosom crying* THIS IS MY ROCK BABY AND I LOVE HER!

Captain Chakotay: Oh boy.

Engineer: What do we do?

Captain Chakotay: I’m the proud father of four children, six dogs and a hamster. There’s nothing you CAN do!

Rok-Tahk: *muffled* I can’t breathe!

Captain Chakotay: Just give her a couple more minutes, Kid! She’ll tucker out and let go!

Chakotay: B'Elanna, you can't just shut off your emotions

B'Elanna: The hell I can't. Besides, what do YOU do all day, old man?

You can see that even with the whole crew around them they seek comfort and assurance in each other.

She doesn’t just take his arm - he lays his hand over hers. This is such an intimate gesture. (Also why did that woman have to walk in front of them right then?)

Now look at that. That’s not just relief, that’s “I need to touch you all over to make sure you’re really not dead” relief.

That’s “Let me truly look at you again before I leave you for two seconds in case you die on me again”

And finally, this is “I’ve seen half of my crew down, but Oh God, not him, please not him” angst.

They care so deeply for each other and their relationship is just so very special.

She touches him all the time:

But he’s also so concerned with her well being.

And then can I just ask how so far we missed this:

Cause they just hold hands. On the bridge. In front of everyone. Completely unapologetic.

And while I’m at it:

(all gifs by @janewayseyebrow​)

The flirt is strong….

The simple intimate gesture of touching his foot… my very long married grandparents did that as a sign of affection.

Then to his chest…

And finally a gesture that would have been a kiss had they been alone. 

I’ll conclude with:

Long pat on the *inside* of his knee, that she doesn’t move until he does.   These are two people who are extremely close and intimate with each other. 

And he clearly looks just as good walking out of a room as he does walking into it. ;)

This

Me: *does not really ship j/c*

Me after seeing this post:

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Now, if I had any say in it (I don't, more's the pity), it would be none other than Admiral Janeway who lets our intrepid captain know his mission. She wishes him luck and requests that he makes sure he comes home (yes, at some point, we would see the flash of rings!).

Under the guise of more episodic storytelling, we would mostly follow our rag-tag group of Delta Quadrant natives. We would also get short clips of Chakotay and his team trying to track down these kids who are flying all over the place. Eventually, Chakotay catches up to them, but they freak out and flee. Chakotay has to video Kathryn and tell her that he's seen the ship but is yet to bring it back under Starfleet control and won't be home just yet.

The next time Chakotay catches up with Dal and his "crew", he manages to convince them to hear him out. The kids agree to bring the ship back to Federation space. They get into some adventures along the way, and they (particularly Dal) start to see Chakotay as a sort of father figure. (Of course, the focus is on the kids, so we mostly see things from their perspective).

In my mind, this is over like two seasons. The end of Season One would see Chakotay finally catch up with the wayward ship. And the end of Season Two would have something happen as they make their way back to Federation space that separates Chakotay (and his officers) from the kids. Obviously, Dal and his friends can't leave their new dad behind, so they go after them.

They try to contact Starfleet, and they end up getting hold of Kathryn because they had mimicked what Chakotay would do. They are surprised to see an older looking version of their beloved hologram. Kathryn has already started to fall in love with these kids from her conversations with Chakotay (even though this is the first time she's "met" them), and while she's worried about them and Chakotay, she wishes them luck, nonetheless.

@giffingthingsss​ bro don’t leave this in the tags it’s so funny

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Chakotay’s favorite pasttime is messing with people. The dude loves pressing people’s buttons and watching them get all wound up. And what are they gonna do about it, huh? He’s the First Officer. Are they gonna complain to the captain??? Ya know, the lady who is A. in love with him and B. also a big fan of messing with people???? 

insp

coffee-addicted dog person responsible for everyone's lives

rebellion leader with a face tattoo who can't stop making heart eyes at the coffee-addicted dog person

very serious grandpa who loves guns

closet nerd with daddy issues (x2) pretending to be a Bad Boy (tm)

the hardest working latina human-alien hybrid in the galaxy

local woman was supposed to be hetero eye candy, but turned out to be a lesbian power icon

bitchy hologram who is bitchy, but still deserves basic human rights pls

just a funny little guy. a small funky man.