#4x15

BOB'S BURGERS

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

See, in 4x15, Janeway discovers that her fiancé has moved on and married someone else. And, at the end of the episode, she and Chakotay have this exchange:

This is them talking about their relationship without actually talking about it. Like, who could she have possibly been talking about when she said she was avoiding becoming involved with someone else? Sure, she says that she wouldn't have had a chance to become involved with someone else, but why would she need a safety net if there wasn't someone to try to avoid being with? And saying that she hasn't had the chance to pursue a relationship is her acknowledging that she and Chakotay can't be together because of the risks it poses to their ability to work together in a professional fashion, and for her, I think, the fact that she IS the Captain makes her feel like she simply can't be in a relationship with a member of the crew, even if it is the person just below her when it comes to who has power in the ship.

Still, Chakotay harkens back to the s3 finale, in which he told Janeway that she isn't alone, and she says that she can't imagine a day without him. I also think her agreeing with him, in a very serious fashion, that there's plenty of time for her to pursue a relationship, is her saying that, perhaps one day, they could be together. Especially since they made contact with Starfleet, who said that they would do everything they could to bring Voyager home. In that moment, both of them felt like they might actually have time to be together, rather than staying on Voyager until they died.

And this is the last shot of the final scene(obviously I don't count the fact that the show always ends with a shot of the ship):

Their arms are linked, and they're both laughing. Despite the fact that Janeway is sad that her relationship with Mark is over, the chance of her having a relationship with Chakotay one day seems more real than it ever has.