Title: Drowning (Drabble)
Rating: K+
Fandom: Star Trek: Voyager
Author: Singing Violin
Summary: Chakotay saves Kathryn.
Disclaimer: They're not mine.

She's drowning.

Or is it I?

She struggles to breathe.

Or do I?

The pained look in her face, the moisture in her eyes, is a dagger in my heart.

I can't let her fall.

But how can I help?

How can she help me?

I reach for her, and she does not push me away.

I bend down, capture her lips with my own, breathing life into her in the only way I can.

She reaches for me, grasps me tightly. I crush her to my body, feeling her breath against my chest.

I will never let her go.