So sweet! I think you should rewrite ALL of the episodes and include the characters' thoughts in with all the action, maybe adding missing scenes in there, too. That's not too big of a job to tackle, is it? Nice, reading Bogg's thoughts during this scene; very nice.

If anyone is gonna break down the 'wall of stone', young Jeff will do it. That's the very reason why I had Bogg adopt him in my series. The two act so much like father and son, it's not even funny. They don't really have the traditional father/son relationship the way I see it. Bogg is more laid back (only to a point) when it comes to his relationship with him. Which is a good thing, the way I look at it.

Great work, Jake!

I really liked this story. It did take Boad several before he really started showing how much he cared. The wall was perfect symbolism for this too.

I really like this story, it's very deep and I like the symbolism of the 'walls' Jeffrey chiseling away at Bogg. We all know inside he's mush! And I like how Bogg reasoned why Jeffrey would make a great Voyager, how he saved his parents. Great 3rd person POV from the Pilot.

Short, sweet and on the AW chart. I remember watching the pilot and then all the episodes in order and you do notice how close the two end up, even when they have their "disagreements" I can see what you were writing as I have thought of the same things you have written with this POV one shot. Good job Jake.

aw, Jake! Loved it!

It was so cute, it put tears in my eyes! and you deffinately knew how to give us what Bogg was feeling, too.

I kinda thought that was how Bogg felt when he first had Jeffrey.

Nice going!

Though I'm not active in the fandom these days, I do look in from time to time, and this was a nice take on a moment from the pilot. Bogg always gave me the impression of having been on his own from an early age, not letting many people in even before he became a Voyager--which is probably why his growing attachment to Jeff is as poignant and transformative as it is. You convey that very effectively. (Though I have to say I don't know where the idea that Voyagers have to lose all memory of their previous lives comes from--Bogg seems to remember life as a pirate perfectly well in the "Old Hickory and the Pirate" episode. )

Small correction: "agoraphobia" is fear of open spaces. "Acrophobia" is fear of heights.