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[randomfoggytiger]

Collector's Edition: Bill Scully, MSR, and Pain (Part I)

How to melt the Abominable SnowBilly, Season 2 through Season 7 (IVF arc not included.)

**Note**: I had to eliminate fics not specifically related to an illness or injury because the word capacity on Tumblr is uncharitably short.

Loose chronological order below~

SammyLovesASOIAF's I Don't Want You Like A Best Friend

He chuckled to himself. The Scully siblings were a weird juxtaposition of different traits. Bill Jr. was strict, Melissa was carefree, Scully was careful, and Charles—well, he was always in absentia. 

AU-- Post One Breath Mulder is almost creamed by a firework before Bill Scully saves him.

@living-in-unreality/@television-overload/ContentsPriceless's beautiful (Ao3)

The pieces slowly come together in his mind, everything he knows about Fox Mulder. His mother must have seen it long ago, hence her willingness to help him this morning. And he would have stood in the way.

Bill Scully can see the love in Mulder's attempts to paint on Scully's makeup for her.

MldrItsMe's A Favor

“Should Dana be out of bed?” Bill grumbled.

Mulder involuntarily squeezed Scully a little closer to himself. “She asked me to,” he said. He thought better of adding “hold her” and just let the situation speak for itself.

AU-- Redux II Scully is suffering on her deathbed: 96 pounds and swiftly losing independence.

@scully-loves-ruthie's cancer arc: mulder sneaks a dying scully out

Bill will storm into her hospital room after, a firecracker beneath a teacup ready to explode sending the fine shards of his rage into the newlyweds.  He’ll find himself frozen his fuse stamped out at the sight of his sister’s frail and fading body wrapped like a puzzle piece inside Mulder’s arms, the couple sound asleep.

AU-- Redux II Bill doesn't rip Mulder's head off after finding out he and Scully were quickly married.

intrepidment's Bill and me

"You had talent for medicine, Dana, everyone admitted that. You would've had every right to be haughty, but you never flaunted your talent then. Then you changed your mind, you became an investigator, and suddenly you're this overconfident professional."

I opened my mouth to rebuke him, but I had to admit he was right. Somewhat. 

Post Redux II Bill and Scully have a siblings' semantics fight over Mulder's napping body.

amorfati3215/Amorfati32’s (FFN) Number 9 for the dialogue prompt.

Mulder hasn’t got very far when he hears Bill call out, stopping him in his tracks. “You’re in love with her, aren’t you?”

Post Redux II Bill gives Mulder his version of a blessing.

@lotsoforangesoutside/@lotzzoforangezoutside‘s (Ao3) Seven Pound and Six Ounces (Ao3)

He’s never held a day-old baby before this one.

And now, Fox Mulder can proudly say that he has held one, changed his diaper, and napped with the tiny thing like a log in the cradle of his arm.

With his other arm held by one Dana Scully, his hand holding hers. On the sofa in her big brother’s living room.

Post Emily Bill lets Mulder and Scully be.

soverysesual's The Truth Not Considered

He frowned as he observed the scene in front of him: his sister was sitting up, her head resting in an awkward position as she dozed, the mug of tea precariously balanced in one of her hands, while Mulder held her other hand grasped between both of his, as if he was clinging to her for dear life.

Post Emily Bill (reluctantly) helps Scully get comfy next to Mulder.

Marguerite's (Ao3) When the Bough Broke

Bill is standing between us and the embers of last night's fire. Scully has not stirred; I still keep her within the circle of my arms. Her brother's face is unreadable. I make a helpless gesture with my hand, but he stops me and points to my face. It's still wet with tears.

Post Emily Bill finally understands and becomes comrade-in-arms.

pen-paper-aliens/theficisoutthere/aka PPA's 95 ❤️

She’s still holding that hand when we walk in, nobody notices, or if they do, they don’t care. Bill notices too, but even he doesn’t say anything. What do you say to a mother who lost a child she never knew? 

AU-- Post Emily Bill lets his sister find comfort in her partner.

Jen's (mulderscreek)

Christmas Eve & Airports and Christmas & Mrs. Scully's House

"He's upstairs," Dana said and could swear she heard Bill mutter something under his breath. 

AU-- S6 Scully convinces Mulder to join her and her family for Christmas and ends up nursing his unexpected strep throat.

@baronessblixen‘s (Ao3) 

Christmas With The Scullys (Tumblr)

“My bed,” she says, just to clarify. She hears a clatter from behind her and doesn’t need to turn around to know that Bill is there and listening.

S7 Bill and Scully battle it out after she brings an injured Mulder to the Scully family Christmas party.

O Holy No - Chapter 7 (Tumblr)

“Where’s the guy?” he asks, chewing with his mouth open.

“Do you mean Mulder?” Her brother nods, stuffing more chips into his mouth. It reminds her of when they were teenagers and Bill, towering over her and Melissa, would steal their snacks and interrogate them, claiming it was his duty when their father wasn’t home.

AU-- Mulder and Scully, newly minted couple that they are, both fly out to Bill's house for Christmas... and are greeted with unexpected shenanigans.

Shoshana's

Almost Home (4/4)

"Hey, wife," he said, approaching her from behind.

Mulder wrapped his arms around her, resting his head on her shoulder.

"I don't think Bill suspects a thing," she told him gravely.

AU-- Post Requiem Mulder is returned with ongoing medical complications; but that doesn't stop the leftover Conspiracy or Bill Scully's lingering concerns.

And salliejohns's

Mr. Mulder, Mother Maggie, and Empty Place Settings

It was a big risk, but it paid off well. We were able to establish contact with our old boss and he came through for us, sending Bill Scully, Jr. a cryptic message about his dry cleaning.

AU-- S9 Bill is happy to find his sister and her partner alive in California; but that doesn't erase the pain of losing touch with his mother while Maggie raises baby William in hiding.

Hestia01‘s (Ao3) The Next Great Adventure Chapter 1 and Chapter 5

"Bill, they're here!"

Bill looks around, now looking concerned for his mother's grip on reality. "Who's here?"

"Dana's here! She brought Fox along, too! You can't see them, but they stayed!"

Giving his mother a pitying look, he nods indulgently. "Sure, Mom, whatever helps."

AU-- The crack adventures of Mulder and Scully after death (Skinner hoarding their poster and Bill getting his comeuppance included.)

@incidental-ao3/incidental's

Keep It All the Year

“Where’d he go?” she asked. He shrugged.

“Got in a cab,” he said. “I don’t know where to.” Scully groaned.

“Maybe one of you should stay put so the other can find them,” he said, but she wasn’t listening at all.

“He left his phone at the hotel, I bet he went back to get it,” she said, barreling passing Bill down the stairs and grabbing the keys.

AU-- S6 Mulder is dragged out to Scully's torturous family Christmas in San Diego, where the franchise becomes a complete disaster all the way 'round (Diana included.)

bluesamutra's una via - Chapter 4, Chapter 5 and Chapter 6

Dana had been at death’s door before he showed up at the hospital with a computer chip and a story straight out of a Michael Crichton book.  Bill had stood by in disbelief when she, a woman of science, trusted him enough to put it in her neck.

And yet.

And yet, he had watched from the shadows of her room, unseen, when Mulder crept into her room that same night and wept silently into her hand. 

AU-- Post Amor Fati Bill Scully's family reunion takes a serious turn when Matthew almost drowns and Mulder injures his shoulder during the rescue.

@scully-eats-sushi/ijustknew's

You're Not Alone and You're Not Alone II

She’d barely stepped inside their mother’s home before Bill had started inspecting her injuries, making her instantly regret not wearing a turtleneck. He went so far as to grasp her chin and tilt her head up to get a better look at them. Irritated, she’d shoved his hand away and declared “I’m fine” before stepping past him to embrace her mother.

Post Millennium Mulder and Scully are navigating their relationship post episode, with their own personal complications as well as her family, profiling, and on-the-job demands.

Red0313's Nothing Breaks Like a Heart

We make eye contact. He knows I am awake. I can’t even fake it. This should be good. Kick a man while he’s down, literally.

“Mister Mulder, I see you’re going to be just fine. That seems to make my sister very happy,” he huffs. Something’s eating him up.

S7 Bill observes his sister's pain and penance after Mulder takes a bullet for her.

Susan Proto’s Barbecue Series 14, The - Labor of Love

She must have picked up Matty, because all I hear from him now are soft whimpers instead of hysterical crying. And then I hear her ask, "What happened, Bill?"

"He got hit by the Harley. He ran into the street and got hit by the Harley."

A Harley?

AU-- Mulder has been bullied by Bill for years, and finally sets his foot down after the other throws away his engagement ring.

@tatooedlaura-blog/tatooedlaura/Laura Sprys​’s Always Been Yours

Mulder was out of the shower and in the kitchen helping Scully with a makeshift dinner when Charlie and Bill walked through the door. Scully's eyes swam again when she saw her older brother. Hugging her tightly, he looked over toward Mulder and nodded his head.

In shocked surprise, he walked over a shook Bill's hand, "hello again."

AU-- S7 Maggie is unexpectedly killed in a car accident; and Bill keeps to himself while Mulder prevents Scully from falling apart.

Thank you for reading~

Enjoy!

[lotzzoforangezoutside]

135 X-Files fanfic, w/ summaries

I...missed Summer 2022 masterlist somehow. Oops.

OG series

Season 1

Jeer: Mulder visiting the Boys.

Unicorn Sightings Scully visits Mulder's apartment for the first time.

The Warranty: Scully gets a watch.

My Little Friend: Mulder buys a watch.

Like Birds on High: Post "Beyond the Sea", Mulder recovering in the hospital.

The Jinx: Mulder and Scully traps in a high school gym.

Season 2

The Jar A social visit at the Gunmen.

Clays: Set during "Red Museum", Mulder and Scully eats BBQ.

The Sushi Dinner: Mulder and Scully go out for sushi.

The Piece of Information: Skinner and Mulder talk about his partners.

Too Early to Tell: Mulder visits Scully at her mother’s, set after Scully’s abduction.

Season 3

Set!: Conversation and a card game.

Loud: living habits, sharing hotel rooms.

What to Do with April Showers: A little fun to be had at the office.

A Waste of a Nose: Mulder's finds his favorite perfume.

Cabana Bar: Scully has a date this weekend.

Modeling: Mulder draws Scully a bath.

Season 4

A Freaky Fairy Tale: Post "Small Potatoes," door’s kicked, eddies’ booked, what’s next?

Lunch A: Never in a million years did she ever think she would be having lunch, at a cafeteria, in a middle school, with Fox Mulder sitting right across from her and drinking chocolate milk.

Unspoken: Set during "Home".

Surefire Tell-Tale Signs: Hotel room etiquette

Superstitious: A Friday the 13th story.

The Prince in the Blue Plastic Chair: Set during cancer arc, Mulder and the waiting room.

TCB: Post Never Again, Sequel to The Game.

Season 5

Lucky: Mulder has a chat with Frohike.

Things We Don’t Talk About: post bad-blood, Mulder talks to Scully about the case.

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off: At first, he dreads seeing unfamiliar phone numbers, set during cancer arc.

I Count the Moments, Darling: Post "Kill Switch".

Pioneer Club: Mulder gets a piece of mail and Scully is intrigued.

The Love Song of Prime: Mulder sees Scully kissing another man.

Post Fight the Future

Fireworks: Fourth of July, 1998.

A Prayer: Set during the movie, the Gunmen breaking Byers out.

Season 6

Three Inches: Make a big difference.

Bedside Manners: Dr. Scully and her bedside manners.

Aquadina: Post "Agua Mala." Mulder recovers.

Fooling: just fluff.

The Best-Laid Plans: Mulder's best plans.

Counting: A celebration. Happy one-year.

Juvenile: Being young again.

Apart: Scully gets picked up at the airport after a mini vacation.

After the Dream It was all a dream, or was it not?

Bachelor Pad: Fox Mulder and his bachelor pad.

Sweet Revenge: Mulder's getting his revenge.

Siren and the Sailor: Mulder calls his friends to express some gratitude.

True Lies: Doodling in the meeting.

Cafeteria: Pre "the Unnatural", Scully getting her ice cream.

First Summer: Lovers in summer time.

Summer School: Another seminar for Mulder and Scully.

Strings: Another afternoon in the bullpen.

Scully’s Arched Eyebrow: Mulder has a little misunderstanding about trees.

The Cross: The items to turn one on.

The Investment: Mulder visits the FBI accountants.

The Sasquatch’s Club Rob and Laura goes shopping.

Five Boxes: Mulder helps Scully get rid of some boxes.

The Crush: Mulder calls Scully while they’re a continent apart.

Season 7

Bloody Tuesday: Post "All Things," The morning after.

Caddyshack: Post Je Souhaite. Popcorn and a movie date.

The Last Moments of October: Halloween, 1999.

Kitten: post "Je Souhaite", Mulder and Scully talk about his wish.

Morning Person: He thinks everything about her is adorable, and that’s not because he’s in love with her.

Minty Fresh: A good thing after waking up.

Calling Baby Sisters: Scully gets a phone call.

Seven Seven Forty-Nine: Mulder has a dream.

Season 8

Hard-boiled Eggs "He’d punched people for far less."

Losing Grey Matter: Nighttime, in the household with a newborn.

How the Stars Stole the Night Away: Mulder comes home, but is it really him?

Jupiter: Mulder sings a lullaby.

Season 9

Mother’s Advice Mulder following his mother’s advice.

The Motel Guide for the Wanderlust: Mulder writes a book.

Season 9+

All the Moms in the World (are the Same): Mom and Mulder.

Delta Glen: the ultimate road trip of seeing America.

Simple Maintenance: Visiting mom.

Homes Away: Life on the run. For fun.

Infinity: Healing is being understood.

Mulch: Mulder digs a garden.

Home Improvement: Making improvements on the remarkable house.

The Project: Mulder learns to bake.

Gossip Folks: Working with the enigmatic Dr. Dana Scully...

The Big Four Zero: Scully turns 40.

Nighttime Intermissions: Scully hears a sound and Mulder investigates.

Shells: Life on the run. A road trip without a destination.

Slipper Hero: In the unremarkable house, Mulder waits for Scully to come home.

Just in Case: December 21, 2012. The end of the world is coming.

Revival Period

The Records: A busy day at the records office.

Wizard: The woes of being a superhero.

Unspecific Time:

3x-13: Three stories about comforts.

Sympathy: Mulder and Scully visits a museum.

Lounging: Summer solstice is the longest day of the year.

Lass: School fun.

Packing: Scully learns how to pack.

Designated: It’s not like they’ve never drank together.

Smitten: It's hard not to be smitten with Dana Scully.

The Riddle: Mulder tries to guess Scully’s screen name.

Preparedness is the Mother of Luck: Staying over at Mulder's.

Eureka Springs: one bed.

Reruns: Mulder spends some time in his apartment after an injury; Scully visits.

Puppy Love: Mulder muses about Scully's hand.

Born-Again: The first time story.

Regulars: Mulder and Scully make a bet.

Funraiser: Putting the fun in church function.

Fools in the Summertime: Mulder is under the weather.

The Lavender Soap: Mulder walks down memory lane.

Ask and You Shall Receive: How Mulder got his partner.

Sensible: Mulder and Scully’s shoes.

Emily AU:

Bossy: Emily is a bossy little girl.

A Practice: Emily studies for a vocab quiz.

Mutt: Emily draws a picture.

Extra, Extra, Extra: Emily gets a toy.

Compliments: Aunt Tara visits.

Bedtime: The bedtime routine.

The Swing: Emily gets a swing.

Ultrasound: Scully gets a prenatal check-up.

Open House: Going to an open house.

Emily and the Giant Pumpkin: Uncle Charlie sends his love.

Cricket Universe:

Frog: William and Mulder talks about girls.

The Sea Monsters of the Atlantic Ocean: The Scully-Mulder's take a trip to the beach.

The Carousel Slide Projector: Family game time.

The Love Interview : Cricket interviews daddy about the love of his life.

Granpes: An old fool meets a smart child.

Cricket’s Best Friend: Mulder observes his daughter’s friend.

Coral: Coral is for the 35th year.

Cool: William gets his 19th birthday present.

Jacksons AU:

Here Come the Mulders: A typical afternoon.

Fire Fear: How Mulder got in trouble with his boys.

Divergence series:

Stonehenge: Season 7 split, before “All Things”.

St. Marks: Season 6 split, post “Unnatural”.

The Old Man’s Choice: The Smoking Man intervenes.

The Romantic’s Choice: Frohike to the rescue.

The Girls’ Choice: A boy’s imaginary friends.

A Mother’s Choice: Scully changes her mind.

The Witnesses’ Choice: Will think something’s funny about his parents.

The Caller’s Choice: William comes home after a phone call.

AU

The Daifu: Summer in Northern China, mid 1800's.  A young, new doctor and his best lost girl.

Marrying Superman: Getting married, post-colonization style.

[audiofanficpod]

AFP S3E12: Dope Ass Recs, Super-sized

Instead of our scheduled AFP Top 3, which you’ll see soon, enjoy a supersized episode of #DopeAssRecs. Check out some fic recs from @msrtheatre0223, @red2007 and our episode guests @dinalit and @slippinmickeys.

Kristin's Recs

a pale circle of light by @ghostbustermelanieking and read by @msrtheatre0223

No Place for an Entomologist by @agirlcallednarelle and read by @msrtheatre0223

The Sushi Dinner by @lotsoforangesoutside and read by @msrtheatre0223

Dina's Recs

Aprons And Scrubs by @lokisgame

Christopher Ryan Scully Stories by Jori

Barbecue Series by Susan Proto

Kasey's Recs

The Big Orange by @teethnbone

The Fisher King + Bonus Chapter by @aloysiavirgata

The Taos Hum by @lepus-arcticus and read by Anon

Rachel's Recs

Latent Heat by quantumsilver and read by @red2007

the long gone bitter truth by @sassbewitchedmyass and read by @red2007

Sins of the Flesh by @darwin-xf

[thatfragilecapricorn30]

the last line of my wip (tagged)

thank you for tagging me @thebeautifulfantastic !

rules: post the last line you wrote and tag the same number of people as words.

Scully dropped the sample into a test tube and wrote the date and location on the label.

sorry this isn't too exciting, but i had to be careful about which line i shared, since this is for the one bed exchange fic and i don't want anyone to figure out which prompt i have!

tagging: @baronessblixen, @agent-troi, @swinging-stars-from-satellites, @lotsoforangesoutside, @suitablyaggrieved

[enigmaticxbee]

Comfort Tag Game

Tagged by @frogsmulder - thanks loaf 🍞

comfort movie - Fools Rush In, Object Of My Affection, When Harry Met Sally (romcoms basically)

comfort food - goldfish

comfort clothing - big open cardigan with a fleece lined hood, it’s so cozy

comfort song - I don’t think I have one 🤔

comfort book - Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

comfort game - sudoku

Tagging @suitablyaggrieved @amplifyme @tossingmyglossymane @renardmuldrake1013 @thebeautifulfantastic @lotsoforangesoutside @baronessblixen

[skullsmuldon]

whats happening with the diana fowley writing prompts? is the list ready ir are you still accepting prompts?

Hey anon ! Still accepting prompts because tumblr pulled a stunt on my inbox and deleted my complete inbox at the time before I could save it all.

If people are still interested in it I can for sure put up what I could save and also add new prompts…

So what’s the verdict? are any fandom writers interested? @baronessblixen @scullysexual @r00m203 @allyinthekeyofx @edierone @ofmulder @danadeservesadrink @thatfragilecapricorn30 @kikocrystalball @nowwhateinstein @suitablyaggrieved @lokisgame @alienbaby-babymama @aliendyke @crescentmoon223 @cultureisdarkbeer @slippinmickeys @purrykat @sarie-fairy @serahsanguine @sandymans-world @monikafilefan @damn-mulder @ms31x129 @softnow @soft-thrills @kyouryokusenshi @poeticsandaliens @alwaysforyouscully @starbuck09256 @starwalker42 @o6666666 @queequeg0925 @admiralty-xfd @markwatneyandenesemble @fragilevixenfic @sisterspooky1013 @lotsoforangesoutside @silhouetteofacedar @emily--sim @iconicscullyoutfits @freckleslikestars @rationalcashew I’m sure I forgot soooo sooo many peeps and I apologize in advance so tag all the writers you can think of ! 🥳🥳

[mulderscreek]

I Learned a Thing!

Thanks to contributer lotsoforangesoutside I now know how to reblog people's stories from their own Tumblrs.

If you'd like to submit a story that way, just shoot me a message and I'll do that :)

[randomfoggytiger]

Collector's Edition: Cars and Conversations (Part II)

Here we go again!

Loose chronological order below~

@o6666666’s (Ao3)

2 6 17 msr

In the rearview mirror she saw a forehead meant for a bullet. There was a full moon.

“Hi,” Scully whispered, like Melissa could hear her. “I’m so sorry.”

Post Paper Clip Scully drives to Mulder's apartment, unable to bear the loss of her sister alone.

like imagine scully pulling up in that fat car...

like imagine scully pulling up in that fat car they were driving, tires kicking dust everywhere, she thinks this is the address, this is where the intel said to go, this must be it but suddenly she’s nervous, she hasn’t seen mulder in so long, he must Know but what can she say to him....

AU-- S9 Scully drives out to New Mexico where she reunites with Mulder... and Will.

@sarie-fairy/Sarie_Fairy's

Since

“How ya doin’?” he coaxed, gently.

“I just, I’m having trouble believing that she’s truly gone.” She focused beyond the window and took a steadying breath. “That I won’t get to feel how Missy loves me. Not ever again. How she sees me...."

Post Paper Clip Scully and Mulder have a sister and father dead.

Eos

He got a speeding ticket on the I-95 getting to her; couldn’t wait around in an airport. Crazed, his neurons firing too slow for the terror in his heart compelling him forward, to catch up. Several near misses on his journey, though he somehow made it to the hospital before she was out of surgery—beating her mother, who flew. 

AU-- Tithonus Mulder drives the entire way, walks in, and drops the love bomb.

COLLECTION - One Shots - Chapter 10

She had been there less than two minutes and the passenger door opened. Time slowed down as a dark clothed figure began to lower down into the seat beside her. It only occurred to her then, with William slumbering in the back, that it could be a trap. She couldn’t see his face. She put her hand to the glove box, ready to reach for her gun, and then … a familiar voice.

“Hi, Scully.” 

AU-- "Dearest Dana" was a code for Scully and William to hit the road.

@silhouetteofacedar/SilhouetteOfACedar's

When We Drive, Ch. 2: Early Flights, Used Tissues, and a Swan (Ao3)

Mulder pauses with his key in the ignition. “If - when- this happens again,” he stammers, “You… you don’t have to hide it from me. I hope you know that.”

Pre-DPO Scully cries after hearing Melissa's favorite song.

@p34chi's 22 and 27 together from the prompt list perhaps 👀

“Hey, Scully,” Mulder said, turning the radio down. “You ever play an instrument?”

Scully’s head lulled against the headrest of the passenger seat as she turned her attention to her partner. She was quietly humming along to the radio before he cut her performance short, and had been gazing out upon the forest beside them, marvelling at the stillness of the trees and admiring the occasional wildlife that would step out into their moonlit spotlight.

Mulder and Scully share childhood memories, puns, and a blanket.

@mappingthexfiles/Apostrophic's The Patron Saint of Doomed Stakeouts

Mulder was twanging the tab on his empty soda, the can propped on his knees. He shifted uncomfortably.

“You can’t pee in that thing,” Scully said, knowing where this was headed.

“Define can’t,” Mulder said.

“Not in this car, you can’t.”

Mulder and Scully spend Valentine's Day on a beautifully snarky stakeout.

@amazalina's msr headcanons : Scully and long car rides

He’s always the one who drives, and she’d like to be better at pretending she doesn’t like it. It feels too safe for her not to. It’s not that he drives any better than she does. It just feels good to be driven across the country through strange places, to dangerous situations, by the one person she trusts the most. Tucked in the passenger seat, she’s completely safe to watch him as he looks straight ahead. She observes him, notices his thoughts go through his mind.

@nowwhateinstein's (Ao3) The Absence of Light

Scully awoke to a hand on her shoulder and Mulder’s voice speaking softly into her ear. “Hey, Scully, wake up.”

She sat up. “Mulder, where are we?”

“Just outside Harrisonburg, off of I-81. A slight detour.”

Mulder stops their car so he and Scully can watch the early-evening fireflies.

@skylandmountain1013/SkylandMountain1013's

42 msr, go!/Prompt- I swear it was an accident

“Mulder..”

“I swear it was an accident,” he offers. 

“An accident?” She rubs her temples to keep her voice from getting too shrill- the shrill he sometimes makes fun of when they’re arguing reincarnation, flesh eating parasites, or when he insists on ordering 2 desserts off the Chinese Star take out menu.

Mulder and Scully weather the heat after their car breaks down.

@syntax6’s (Gossamer, FFN, Omni)

20 Chapter 3: Three

They have a combined forty-three years of schooling between them, but there is little they can do in the face of a smoking black engine. Scully is half tempted to pull out her gun and shoot it, just for the satisfaction.

After the rental breaks down, Scully insists she and Mulder walk around until they find a signal.

20 Chapter 6: Six

He does not slow down. Neither does he answer her for a long moment. "Patrick Crump," he says finally, and she waits for him to continue. He maneuvers neatly around a slower car in front of them. "I can't shake that feeling. I feel that same desperation, Scully; I understand his intense need to keep moving in the face of inevitable doom."

She frowns and reaches for his head. "You have pressure in your ears?"

He ducks her touch. "Not there," he says. "Here." He touches his chest, and then looks quickly at her to see her reaction.

Post Drive Scully helps Mulder to realign his thinking.

@gaycrouton/OnlyTheInevitable's In the Dark of the Night

They walked as fast as they could towards the car, and, upon reaching it, she dug into his pockets until she found the keys. She unlocked it as quickly as she could before easing Mulder into the passenger seat. With the overhead yellow glow of the car lights, she could assess just how bad the damage was. His entire torso was stained crimson and his pale skin was covered in a sheen of sweat.

S3 Scully drives like mad to get her heroic but injured partner help.

@lotsoforangesoutside/@lotzzoforangezoutside‘s (Ao3)

A Waste of a Nose

Staring at him, she finds that Mulder no longer look as confident as he did earlier.

“I… so I called Hertz.” He begins, “it’s called Blackberry Clove. It’s the air freshener they used. I… I got a kick out of it. My favorite perfume is an air freshener. I just… wanna to share that.”

Post Syzygy Scully wonders what her father would have thought of Mulder.

Impromptu

“Hey Scully,” he says from the passenger seat, with the back of his head resting on the headrest and chair reclined.

That’s his sixth hey Scully since they’ve left Tallahassee. Mulder has refused the EMT’s advice to visit the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, claiming that he’s got his personal doctor traveling with him. 

Post Detour Mulder wants to see America from the backseat with Scully.

Fireworks

“No talking later, Mulder.”

Out of the blue, she announces.

“What do you mean?”

“I don’t want to be shouting back and forth. My throat’s been…hurting a little since this morning.” She rubs her eyes with one hand, looking like a child getting out of bed, “I might be coming down with somethin’.”

He bites his tongue so he won’t say, how come you didn’t say anything to me?

AU-- Post FTF Mulder drives Scully to see fireworks.

The Straightest Road in Texas

There is so, so much more to life, he now knows. And it’s right next to him, riding in this car, laughing at his memories. Well, laughing with him at his memories.

They have taken a lot of casualties last summer, but like the hero in the movies, he walks away with the girl.

Dating-- Mulder and Scully bond over a car guessing game.

ㄌ

He continues to drive, it’s so hot today that the asphalt could melt. There’s nearly no pedestrians around, and the sun is blaring so brightly that looking at it makes him dizzy.

Dating-- Mulder distracts Scully from fuming over the heat.

Barnes Corners

“Does a sailor’s daughter want to live at the same place as the fisherman’s daughter?” He keeps asking.

“That depends on which daughter you ask.” Scully admits that she has been thinking about Missy tonight as well. Both Pendrell and Max remind her of Charlie, who she hasn’t seen for a while....

“I’m asking the one that’s sitting in the car with me.” Mulder simply replies. “Would you like to live close to the water?”

Post Max Mulder fishes for future plans from Scully.

A Mother’s Choice

Scully did not put her baby down for the next five day. She felt like even William thought he had enough cuddling, as he began to look at her with slight concern, something so identical to his daddy when he worried.

“How ‘bout a trip, buddy?” She said to her baby, wondering how much an eleven-month-old could understand, and how crazy it was to travel with a baby, one who still needed his bottle at night, goes through diapers like they were bathroom tissues, and wouldn’t sleep unless she sang him a lullaby.

AU-- S9 Scully regrets the adoption; and TLG help her put her life back together.

The Old Man’s Choice

He went with the raspy-voice old man without telling anyone. He was a smart boy and knew he wasn’t supposed to talk to strangers, let alone getting into a car with him, but something told him that this old man, grandpa or not, really knew his birth parents.

AU-- S9 CSM takes William from his adopted family and hands him over to Mulder.

vanessadingle's Like A Switch Has Been Flicked Somewhere - Chapter 1

“Scully I always give you a ride, my cars right here see? A taxi will take a while to come, I can’t leave you standing here by yourself it’s getting late”

“I can look after myself Mulder, I’m a grown woman”

“And that’s why as a gentleman I have to offer you a ride. Get in, don’t be difficult, lemme make it up to you”

He was overly polite and it bothered her, but she could see he was remorseful even if he didn’t fully understand why he’d irritated her and she couldn’t turn him down no matter how hard she tried.

Post Syzygy Scully fumes to the airport, on the plane, and while Mulder drives her home.

Amy Schatz’s Syzygy, Once Removed...

"What's wrong, Scully?"

She didn't answer for a few seconds, as she slowed the car down even more. "I don't know. I'm shaking all over."

AU-- Syzygy Scully and Mulder's feud ends with their fear over her health and past abduction.

@atths–twice​/ATTHS_TWICE’s (Alt. Ao3, FFN) 

A Quiet Love - Chapter 11

They drove home in silence, though he could hear the questions she was not asking. Not having the right words, he stayed silent, his fingers gripping the steering wheel. 

Dropping her off, he only nodded when she said goodbye.

Post Pusher Mulder drops Scully home, breaks down in his car, and drives back.

Without an Umbrella

“Scully, we are on a highway where a car has not driven past us for at least 15 minutes. Neither of our cell phones are working, it’s pouring rain outside, and we are at least a mile away from the motel. Please tell me how lightening the mood would make any of this any better?” 

She stared at him, her eyes now as angry as his appeared. 

Mulder stews over Kersh's case until Scully gets out, stands in the rain, and definitively changes his mood.

Shared Treasures

“I’m gonna need an explanation,” she said and he nodded.

“So the doll wasn’t the only thing I found.”

“Obviously,” she laughed as he looked at the car in his hand.

Post Empedocles Scully teases Mulder with the pizza man while he vroom-vrooms a little car over their soon-to-be baby.

A Patchwork Heart

He filled the silence in the car, chatting about everything. It was very different from any other man she had traveled with in the past. Jack usually had a topic planned ahead of time, thus the car ride was spent wisely, as he used to say. Ethan liked listening to classical music and for the short time they were together, she heard more Bach and Beethoven than she ever wanted to hear again. 

But Mulder, though not her boyfriend, thus not an entirely accurate comparison, loved to discuss anything and everything.

Post Revival Scully ruminates over past driving excursions.

30xf's Wetwired

Once Dana is in the passenger seat, Mrs. Scully grasps my forearm and assures me, "I'll call you when we know something." It was only a momentary touch, but it somehow makes me feel completely at ease. All at once I understand without a doubt where Scully gets all her strength from.

Wetwired Mulder reassures Scully.

Macspooky's

Home from the Hospital

She smiled when she saw him. It lit her tired looking face.

"I'm free. Let's go." Dana picked up her small bag and they headed for his car. The ride to her home was silent. When they pulled up in front of her building, she turned to look at him.

"Would you come in for a little while, Mulder? I'll make you some of my gourmet coffee, and I know my mother left one of her chocolate cakes."

Post Wetwired Scully wants Mulder to drive her home.

The Reprimand

Dana felt herself being moved or thought she did. Her face was no longer pressed against glass but rather against a familiar and comforting warmth. She felt something brush the top of her head, gentle lips. The words "I'm sorry," were whispered quietly. She was somewhere half between being awake and asleep in a twighlight world of incredibly pleasant dreams. It didn't feel like a dream though. The words were so distinct and the touch so real.

Post Paper Hearts Scully gets flak from all sides after Mulder's foolhardy decision.

A Long Drive Home from Rhode Island

She might know he needed sleep, but she would never convince Fox Mulder.

"Not a word, Mulder," she warned. "I'm tired, but you are exhausted. I'm driving."

Talitha Cumi Scully drives Mulder while Tena is being transferred.

Breaking the News

As much as he didn't like the idea of the older woman driving alone to Pennsylvania, he could see by the set of her mouth that she was determined. He had learned about that expression from her daughter. Unlike his mother, Maggie Scully was capable and sensible. And, though he hated to admit it, Margaret was right.

Memento Mori Mulder tells Maggie in person.

Anonymous's (mulderscreek, annex-files) Lament

He held his throbbing ankle off the ground. All that driving hadn't been good for it. Scully would kill him if he couldn't walk tomorrow. He closed the car door and limped rather slowly towards the house. He looked at it with trepidation but the house failed to loom menacingly. It was as pleasant as could be, not the malicious building it should have been.

Post Herrenvolk Mulder and his mother surprise each other at the summer house, then spend the rest of his birthday bonding.

@scullydubois/scully_dubois's

Bridge - Chapter 1

…As their rental car rumbles along toward the airport, Mulder keeps himself awake at the wheel by trying to read his partner’s mind. Stubborn skeptic that she is, he figures he’d need cold hard proof to convince her. And what better way to harmlessly yet accurately read someone’s mind than with a game of I Spy?

AU-- Post Unruhe Mulder admits he heard Scully's German and pleas, somehow, in his mind.

story_monger's Searching Souls - Chapter 1

Scully takes a deep inhale. “You know you shouldn’t have said that Cancer Man was the Gestapo officer,” she says.

Mulder shifts; she can feel him looking at her. He probably has that slightly resigned, slightly defiant expression that always rings with a touch of kicked puppy. Scully hates that expression; it makes her feel like the bad guy.

Post TFWID Mulder convinces Scully to believe his theory, even if only for one night.

EPurSeMouve's Joining You

Reach him, make contact, get him back...

"Mulder, Samantha *is* the X-Files. Nothing else matters, right?" She hated saying it, hated the rainy-night memory that flashed through her mind, full of innocence and closeness.

He took his eyes off the road for a few dangerous seconds, met hers. "Not anymore," was his oh-so-quiet reply.

S4 Mulder tries to run off on a possible suicide quest-- Scully, however, won't let him go alone.

Thanks for reading~

Enjoy!

[lotzzoforangezoutside]

120 X-Files fanfic, w/ summaries

Quick overview for Spring 2022:

In The Original Series, the fics happen within the same universe, but they’re completely fine to read as standalone stories.

There are stories in season 8 and 9 !!

They’re also grouped by season this time.

Emily Universe is where Emily lives, is adopted by Scully, who later marries Mulder and have a son named Wiley.

Jacksons Universe is where Jackson VDK travels back in time and delivers his 7-year-old self to Mulder and Scully. Jackson ends up staying with his birth parents. As a result, Mulder and Scully have two sons who are 11 years apart: William and Fox Jr.

Cricket Universe is set after the revival. They are stories about the lives of Mulder, Scully, William, Kuiper aka Cricket, and William’s best friend/girlfriend Michiko “Millie” Leixia.

Divergence series is when...the story goes into another...possibility.

So, here we go & thanks so much for reading.

OG series

Season 1 

Clueless: Scully goes on a date.

Collide:  A show.  Set during “Deep Throat”.

An Exchange: "Just in case you found out you need to, um, feed my fish."

A Big Rock: Mulder notices. 

Season 2

Perfect Oxymoron:  Set during "One Breath"

Lord of the Flies:  A birthday party.

Clowning 101: When Mulder lost, the first time.

Season 3 

In the Kitchen: Mulder cooks for Scully.  

The Abnormally Large Sunflower Seeds:  Sharing a snack

The Desert of Colorado:  Big brothers are made differently.

The Ferris Wheel:  Riding the Ferris wheel.

Creature of Habit: "She has always thought that he’d flirt with everything that moves and can look good in a skirt. It’s a habit, and Mulder is a creature of habit."

The Roach Motel in Miller’s Grove, Massachusetts:  post- "War of the Coprophages".

At the Le Dampino:  Post "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose".

Season 4 

Doppler Effect: perspectives.

The Sun: Post “Paper Hearts”.

Spell:  Of course Fox Mulder would believe in the power of spells.

Season 5 

The Road Not Traveled: Post “Detour”.  

Scully’s Sunflower Seeds:  Addictions, in a form of a snack.

The Worries of an Insomniac:  Mulder tries to get Scully to sleep.    

Thirty-Fourth:   A birthday story.    

The Beginning:  Fox Mulder, the pupil of Dana Scully.

Impromptu: Set post "Detour"

Celebrations:  Each time with her is a celebration.

White Lies:  "He feels like a dweeb for getting flowers."

Hypothesis:  Post "Detour."

The Serenade of the Green Island: Post "Emily"

King’s Version: Captain Jack Bonsaint from "Chinga" visits DC.

Chance:  The simplest three-letter word.

Season 6  

The Straightest Road in Texas:  A road trip game.

A Matinee: Catching a matinee.

Kitten Sleep Sessions: Set during “Arcadia”.

One Two Three Four: Post “Tithonus”.

The Catalog:  Mulder's putting together a catalog.

The Kelly Green Cummerbund: Scully runs into an old friend at the supermarket.

How the Rain Fell in Seattle: Sisters are a wonderful creature.

Italian Butter Cookies:  A cookie a story.

Things We Say When We’re Not (Exactly) Ourselves:  Post “Triangle”.      

 Get to Me:  Let me count the ways...

The Green-Hair Mermaid and the Pink Pooh Bear:   Anger management assignment.

The New Pathologist:   Set during "Arcadia".

Friday Night Lights:   A b-ball player and his cheerleader.

Epis Taxis:  "She didn’t know it would feel like that, with Mulder."

Bumper Cars: Fluff.  

Loudly Like This:  A fight & some time to cool off.

Season 7 

The Refrigerator:  Fluff. 

Routine:  Nighttime routine.

Taffy:  Scully’s taffy candy.

Simplicity: “Mulder and his spot.”

Pop the Magic Dragon: Post “Je Souhaite”.

Stonehenge Souvenir:   Post "All Things". There's more than one reason why Stonehenge Rocks.

Griffins: Mulder tries to get Scully to see his way.

Thumping:  Scully visits San Diego.

The 67th Hour: How many hours are in a day?

Season 8

Mother Tongue:   Learning to speak Mulder again.

The Grammar Police: The Math Geek and the Grammar Police makes a baby.

Season 9+ 

Mrs. Green Giant:  New life with Mulder.

American Tourists: Life on the run.

Memento:   Memories are what makes us us.

Push-and-Go: An Earth Hour story.

Midnight Sky Pie:  Seeing Texas.

Boyfriend Material: Chilling at the unremarkable house.

The Best Advertisement: Seeing San Francisco.

Hell and High Water: "It was a secret he kept from nobody."

Guilty Pleasure: Set in 2012.

A Mother’s Love:  Post "Home Again"  (Of the revival series, but it’s set before Cricket Universe, so here it is.)

Unspecific Time (May mention future in CU) :

The Colors: Mulder’s colorblindness.

Buzz:  A valentine’s day special.

 A Quarantine:  a little snippet during a quarantine.  

To No End: Spring Fluff.

Ten-Thousand Years: The love story of a math geek and a geek.

A Dilemma: Would you rather...?

Idiosyncrasies: Fox Mulder has never thought that he would one day need to grow up and be Dad.

A Single Life: Mulder finds proof.

Encryption:  Password protected.

Anywhere:  Fluff on a cold day.

Away O Where:  Taking a vacation.

A Secret:   Scully has a secret.

Thursday at 5:33p.m.:   A story about cat videos.

Superman:  Mulder being silly.

Arnold Palmer:  Arnold Palmer is a drink that is made with iced tea and lemonade.

Superpower:  Set during a sleepover.

Sixth and Sixteen: Scully has a gift for Mulder.

Witch:  You must believe to see. 

Emily AU:

Valentine’s Chocolate: Emily’s Valentine.

Snow Day:  Baby’s first snow.

Noodles for Pools: Going shopping with Mulder. 

A Sticky Situation: Emily’s little reward. 

Neon Letters and Stars:  Emily’s friendship bracelet 

 A Tip: Mulder learns how bond with a child.

Happily Ever After: Emily writes a play. 

Cricket Universe:

Flower:  What’s in a middle name?

The Hug at Breakfast:  Mulder and his son talk about girls.

A Valentine’s Baby:  Cricket has a question for Mulder about Valentine’s day.

Possessive Gene:  It runs in the Mulder family.

One Thousand and One Nights:  Bullfrog tells bedtime stories.

Feeling Like Celebrating:  A proposal by the fish tank.

The Birds and the Bees:  The talk about the birds and the bees.

The Chimeras:  Cricket learns about Emily.

What He’s Been Missing:  Sharing is caring.

The Trainers:  Mulder and his first cat.

The Post-Modern Frankenstein:  A school play.

Just William :

Big Daddy:  What to do when your child comes home.

Additional Pieces:  Father and son build assemble a crib.

Home Alone Too: Jackson going home.

Eighteen Summers: You only get to be 18 in the summer once.

Changeling:  Not a fairy tale.

Jacksons AU:

Same Same: Coming up with a cover story. 

Divergence series:

Mayberry: Season 7 split, post “Closure”.

Lanyu:  Season 3 split, post “Revelation”.

The Metrodome: Season 2 split, post “Irresistible”.

Hokkaido:  Season 5 split, post Redux II”.

the Apartment: Fight the Future split.

New Mexico: Season 8 split, post “Existence”.

Martha’s Vineyard:  Season 6 split, post “Tithonus”.

The Train: Season 9 split, pre “William”.

[audiofanficpod]

AFP S3E7: Dope Ass Recs

Instead of taking an additional week off let us give you a few fic recs and some podfic to go along with them.

Show by Rachel Howard - trigger warning

Ikea Is temporary by @dashakay

This Is Love by @starwalker42

Sweater Weather by @astridncs

DIY by @frangipanidownunder

Thursday at 5:33 p.m. by @lotsoforangesoutside

Home and Heart by elem

blackberry by audries

Revelation by @rahleeyah

[frogsmulder]

For the asks: 3, 6, 8, 32, 45, 50? I chose random ones from my head so i hope theyre fun to answer :P

3 Gillian Anderson or Dana Scully?

This is really hard because they are totally different people and not really comparable, but probably gillian? Idk I can't really say why, I guess it's the sense of humour

6 1993 Gillian or 2017 Gillian?

I really don't know, I guess 2017 Gillian, because she seems to have grown into herself and has more confidence, and its nice to see that she is more comfortable with herself

8 David or Gillian?

Gillian :)

32 Favorite thing(s) / moment(s) from IWTB?

The darkness finds us, but let it try speech. I will die on this emotional hill

The domesticity of it, particularly scratchy beard scene

Scully's silk nightgown

Mulder's beard :)

45 Why did you first start watching The X-Files?

I've already answered this one but basically, I had bumped into references of the show on a few occasions and then saw it on prime and thought I should give it a watch.

50 Any X-File blogs you would recommend?

I'm just going to drop some names off the top of my head @emily--sim @scullydubois @scullysimp @scullysexual @jeffreylebowski @lotsoforangesoutside @mypanicface @himbo-mulder @baronessblixen @burritoscully @danascullyfreckles @silhouetteofacedar @impulsive-astrophile @enigmaticxbee @agentsculls and more that I haven't thought of (I'm sorry if I missed you)

[enigmaticxbee]

Tagged by @davisbette to make a moodboard out of pictures in my camera roll. Thanks 💗

Tagging @edierone @tossingmyglossymane @sigritandtheelves @thatfragilecapricorn30 @lotsoforangesoutside @baronessblixen

[randomfoggytiger]

X-Files Collector’s Edition: Creepy and Cozy Cabins

Cabins: the final destination of many, many fic tropes. For our intrepid heroes, cabins are a great setting for either great understandings of relationship-kind, or a temporary haven from their chaotic and bloodthirsty world. I like to keep an eclectic assortment of such fics and mix them all together like a crazy salad. 

Loose chronological order below~! 

(Edited: Added jordan’s Alligator Moon.)

Canon

aka Jake/ aka_Jake ’s (Gossamer) 14-Day Quarantine (Gossamer) 

““Mulder?" My name rasps from Scully's throat. 

Ignoring the nurses' scowls, I return to her bedside. 

She clears her throat, takes a shallow breath. "I'd've...preferred Bigfoot." 

Me, too, Scully. Me, too.”” 

Post Darkness Falls Scully-- not yet out of the woods-- is devastated at news of the ranger’s death. She slips back and forth between recovery and coma while Mulder tries to bolster hers, his, and Maggie’s spirits.

the_eternal_optimist’s Unheard Of

““The men barged right in, broke the lock on the door. I pulled my gun, told them I was FBI. They were on me before I could even move, Scully.” She winced. “A few of them had baseball bats. One of them had a—a rope, or something heavy like that. I lost my gun before I could even fire it. I think I took a bat to the back of the head.” He sighed heavily. “When I came to, I was like you found me—clothes gone, hands tied.”

“And they just stashed you there under the stairs?” she asked in horror.

He grimaced. “They, uh, they actually dragged me out to the tree line,” he stammered, suddenly sounding very small. “Threw me closer to the forest. Then they, uh, they took that rope to my back. Said something about beating the devil out of me. I think I passed out when it got too painful.””

Beginning in Chapter 3, Scully finds Mulder in the woods-- beaten to a pulp and covered in mud. She cleans him up in a nearby cabin; but his violent marauders return, not deterred by the protections of an enchanted house. 

Juliettt‘s Confusion

““A sudden flash of light momentarily blinded her and she dropped to a defensive crouch. 

<Silly.  That's Mulder's flashlight -- he burst through the back door at the same time that you. . . .> 

 And then the crushing pain in her skull, the brief moment of terror and surprise, and blankness. . . .””

S2-3 Mulder and Scully wake with amnesia in a cabin. With Scully’s barely-there memories, she becomes a believer while Mulder scoffs at her “tall tales.” Skinner, flummoxed with their disappearance, arrives too late for true answers. 

@discordantwords‘s (Ao3) Somewhere North of Fiji 

““Behind her, she heard the slosh of water and a furtive sound, a strange squelching that she couldn't place. She glanced back at the water, saw nothing, then looked over at Mulder. He had the phone to his ear and did not seem aware of anything amiss.

She became aware of a strong odor, the stench of rotting fish.

"Mul-" something grabbed her from behind, needle sharp teeth sinking into her ankle. She tipped backwards, and the last thing she saw was Mulder's startled face, staring on as something small and gray rushed straight for him.””

S4 Mulder and Scully are half-drowned, half-mauled by the Fiji Mermaid who just. Won’t. Die. No matter how many bullets are blasted in its gut. 

jordan’s Alligator Moon 

““As Scully ducked between trees, her arms out to ward off  branches, brushing spiderwebs and Spanish moss out of her way, a blind, unreasoning panic began to seize her. 

Before it could take hold, she summoned the last of her courage and reached back to the holster in the small of her back.  She tore back the velcro flap, grasped the butt of her weapon and drew it.  The motion slowed her, and she let herself come to a full stop, the gun in her hand, to face her pursuer defiantly. 

 Scully!  No!"  Mulder had slid in the leaves like a first base runner and reversed direction to run back to her.  He scooped an arm around her waist and dragged her backwards.  For one second she saw the shimmer of something in the air, something she could only comprehend as sheer power, and she felt its malevolent intent like foul breath in her face.  Then she was being half carried, half pulled  by Mulder into a sudden clearing.”” 

AU FTF? Mulder and Scully track their suspect into the woods. They instead find his mangled corpse and near death by Windigo. While tracked in a cabin surrounded by a circle of sugar, Mulder uses his childhood dreams to figure out the mystery while Scully silently fumes over his aborted moves and imposed distance.

@sarie-fairy‘s (Ao3) Skamania County 

““I’m okay. I landed on something soft, sort of.”

It was then she managed to roll over, move from where she had fallen as Mulder began to descend. As she did, a sharp pain tore at her torso, and her head throbbed.

“Hold on,” he assured.

It was pliable, yielded as she shoved away.

“I’m coming down there, Scully,” he soothed.

And … furry?””  

Post The Unnatural-- Scully-- while fumbling around the snowy woods with Mulder hunting for Sasquatch-- finds a dark hole, a dead man in a zip-up suit, and a serious injury to her side (in that order.) Mulder is left to half-panic, half-haul her to a cabin and stitch an emergency suture. 

Love this fic! Classic pull-together of humor balanced with knife’s edge danger, and softened with tender care. (Also, found @mondfuchs‘s art through this!) 

XP1′s Dire Straights 

““Good. Good. Okay. Just scratches then.”

“’Scratches!’ she says!”

“Well not…I mean it probably only cut the epidermis. You don’t see any fat do you?”

“On you? Never.”

“Mulder-”

“No I don’t see anything like that. Just a…a whole lotta red.””

Mulder and Scully escape a dire bear; but she is more seriously injured than he’d thought. What ensues is amazing banter to keep their minds off of their serious worries as the two clean Scully’s wounds and cheekily address their mutual unspoken interests. 

This is an amazing fic. Only dialogue-- but it’s so well-written that you can tell exactly when each character picks up an object or what the other person is doing simply by how they SPEAK WORDS. Great stuff. 

@suitablyaggrieved‘s (Ao3)

Unnamed

““Looks like they left in a hurry, their things are still here and there’s smoke here. It’s warm. They haven’t been gone long.” Scully stands up and dusts herself off. Mulder stands nearby, looking down at the topographical map he had with him.

“Two cabins near here, so where did they go?” Mulder hands the map over to Scully and scours the area for clues.””

Mulder and Scully question an eerie park ranger for directions. Their sixth senses tingle in fear over the snarling children behind him in the cabin. 

Unnamed 

““Mulder, are you sure that this is the right way?” Scully asked, removing her hood and wiping her brow from the rain. She looked up at him, her mood indifferent.

“Of course,” he said, not at all sure, and worried that he was leading them down a dangerous excursion.””

Mulder and Scully are lost in the woods due to his bad directions. And, because their lives aren’t hard enough, they hear an animal howl. 

Pairs well with-- 

@scully-loves-ruthie‘s “One time he made a bad joke about pms”

““Thump, Thump, Wack!  The pounding on the door growing more intense with each hurtle the beast’s body delivers.  Mulder's back is pressed firmly against the other side of the door, his dress shoes digging for stability in the burnt orange motel carpet.  Scully splayed against him her arms shoving into the door while adding her body weight against his to stop the impending break in.  Their foreheads touch as each breath shimmies out of their lips arduous, biting back panic.””

Mulder is just happy to battle werewolves with his gf, Scully. Sometimes it comes out in awkward jokes (that I love, fyi.) 

@leiascully‘s (Ao3)

““That was a sigh for the ages.  Penny for your thoughts.”

“I’m not sure they’re worth that.”

“I adjusted for inflation.  Humor me.”

“The world was wide enough, Scully.”

“For what?”

“For us and the Jersey Devil.””

Years and locations may change, but Mulder’s curiosity and empathy never abates for the cruelties of the universe and its victims. Gf Scully listening skills and logic never changes, either. 

@lotsoforangesoutside/lotzzoforanesoutside‘s (Ao3)

Conversation in the Very Very Late at Night -FOURTEEN-  

““Ah, don’t tell me you didn’t know how I felt about you, Scully.” He murmurs softly. “I’ve been in love with my best friend for a long time, and I’ve never done that before.”

“Because your best friends were always guys?” She speculates, suddenly thinking about the Lone Gunmen.

“No, because I’ve never had a best friend.” His eyes tell her that he is being sincere. “So I didn’t know the etiquette on being in love with a best friend.””

A rainy, cozy cabin is the perfect time for Mulder and Scully to reflect on their past best friends and current relationship.

The Cabin

““Mulder takes her to a cabin owned by his uncle. He speaks of Cousin Barry and Cousin Ira, the shenanigans in their youth, the movies they watched together, and the visits to the amusement parks.

Listening to him about his childhood with Ira and Barry, one would think he’s got the best childhood a boy could ever dream of.””

On-the-run Mulder and Scully take a break at his cousin’s cabin. His girl-cooties banter is the cherry on top of their ooey-gooey good times that they have soaking in this speck of normalcy.

@wexleresque​/hllsteeth‘s Fictober 2021 - Chapter 17  

““The news does not come as a surprise to either of them given the winter storm that rages outside, howling and covering everything in ice. It feels like the little cabin might topple over when a particularly strong wind hits it.

“At least we still have power.” Mulder says, looking up at the single bulb in the ceiling that bathes them in a yellow light. They dust off a chess board that looks like it's been sitting long-abandoned in the corner, settling in for a long night of waiting. They’re seasoned experts at being exiled together, a concept that is oxymoronic as it is true.””

Mulder and Scully are snowed-in; but he creates a cheery evening with roasted marshmallows and cheesy fireside stories. 

truthwebothknow1′s My December 

““Please tell me you are going to knock me out for this." Scully was shaking her head; his heart lurched painfully, feeling the bite of metal scoring his ribs.  He pulled his best-beaten spaniel look that he'd thought worthy of an Oscar. To his horror, a single tear slid like a dewdrop down her face. It was then he noticed the blood at the edge of her hair for the first time. He was gasping now. Suddenly he felt like every, meal he'd ever consumed were fighting on mass for an exodus up and out,of biblical proportions.”” 

S7? Mulder is victim to a horrific car accident, with barbed wire embedded in his flesh in crucial spots that necessitate immediate removal-- without meds-- by Scully and Skinner. Santa makes it all better, but not until he’s had his fill of hurtfic. 

Scullysfan’s Mileage 

““She didn't answer for a moment, and then gave a solemn nod. "Yeah. I guess... I feel like the walls are closing in." His stomach roiled and clenched when she crossed her arms over her chest as though seeking protection. He had to lean forward to catch her next words, she spoke them so softly. "Like I'm going nowhere."

He knew the feeling well. ...

That a similar weight would burden the woman standing before him became suddenly unacceptable. ...She started when he swung his feet off the desk and planted them on the floor. "Then let's blow this pop stand," he exclaimed. "Let's go somewhere.””

Pre-Requiem Scully has a nosebleed. Mulder convinces her to do a roadtrip through America to keep her mind off the impending results. They visit old haunts, new places, find a dead baby, visit a children’s hospital, and enjoy a few days in a treehouse cabin. 

@atths--twice/ATTHS_TWICE‘s (Alt. Ao3, FFN) Creature Comforts  

““Scully?” Mulder called, interrupting her thoughts.

Knocking twice, he opened the bathroom door as she opened her eyes and looked at him, the candle on the counter flickering. He grinned and she sighed with a small smile. “You good?”

She hummed in response, closing her eyes briefly and sighing.””

On-the-run Mulder rents a cabin; and Scully is delighted to have a real bath and watch a movie with him.

mmeadowlarkk’s Merry and Bright  

““A few more months here and there and we can… think of something.” He catches himself sounding like he’s making a promise. They have stayed loyal to focusing on the present. 

If not one day at a time they take it one week at a time, and if they feel safe enough, two weeks at a time. Like this cabin, somewhere in Duluth, Minnesota, they’ve been here for a week but decided to stay for another one. The town isn’t that far and they’re still isolated enough that no one has driven by or looked their way. 

“Did you make more coffee?” she asks like she didn’t neglect her first one. Half of it, anyway.”” 

On-the-run Mulder notices Scully’s new quirks and patterns while sidestepping her tepid hesitancies against decorating their rented cabin for Christmas. 

@aimmyarrowshigh‘s (Ao3) 047. Canada 

“The cabin is so far off the grid that the grid might as well by a figment of their imaginations.”

Mulder and Scully bunk out in a cabin... but not for good reasons. 

AUs 

theramblinrose’s 

The Lake House - Chapter 2 

"“Mulder,” Scully said after a moment of smearing a bit more of the strawberry jam on the newly acquired bit of toast, “can I—talk to you?”

Mulder smiled to himself. One of the main reasons for this trip was to give Scully the opportunity to talk about what she was feeling—something she’d already indicated that she desired to discuss with him at some point.””

Mulder and Scully are married and expecting a child. More importantly, they are shaken from the events of Irresistible, and rent a cabin getaway to recover. 

The Lake House - Chapter 3 

““This is the best baked potato I’ve had in years,” Mulder offered. “I’m serious. I don’t know why we’re ordering out as much as we do.”

Scully laughed to herself.

“Because we don’t usually have a whole afternoon to dedicate to preparing dinner,” Scully responded. 

Mulder hummed his agreement. “I’ve been thinking about that,” he said.”” 

The vacation continues; but this time Mulder wants to talk. 

LuvTheBeez’s (mulderscreek) Snow (Goss) 

““Scully paused for a moment at the entrance to the living room, watching as her husband carefully crumpled pieces of newspaper into intricate shapes. Some of the pieces were rolled carefully into long, tight wands, some barely crumpled, all arranged with exquisite care under the equally carefully-arranged pieces of wood. Scully could practically feel the concentration coming off him in waves.

"Mulder, it never really occurred to me before, and I certainly admire the skill with which you construct that masterpiece you've got going there, but I seem to recall a bit of a phobia you used to have about fire." She placed his mug down on the mantle. "How have you gone from fear to Master Fire Builder?"

"It's all about control, Scully." Mulder paused for a moment as he twisted the life out of another geometrically perfect square of newspaper. "This is our house. This fireplace is a perfect little contained area, inside our house, where one can have a controlled fire that *stays* in control. If I build the fire, I have control over it. I am its master. I *am* Fire Boy.”" 

S5 Mulder and Scully and baby’s last minute Christmas shopping is derailed by a grocery store stickup. Her contractions pick up as the body count rises; and soon the two are trying to quietly maintain equilibrium while they’re marched into a getaway car and driven into the mountains, hoping against hope that Skinner somehow bugged the vehicle. 

This is a beloved favorite of mine-- the dialogue, the synchrony, the mature banter and next-level “vibes” they have as a team between these two is unparalleled... and all the little details are important throughout, necessitating an almost immediate reread. GREAT stuff!! 

RebeccaRusnak/Anonymous‘s (mulderscreek) Small Blessings  

““She shook her head in understanding. Normal wasn’t something they did that often these days. In fact, she hadn’t felt normal in years. Mulder had probably been living in the Twilight Zone even longer. 

They fell silent for a second, each contemplating. He broke it first. “If you leave, I’m going to go, too.” 

She nodded slowly, not agreeing but acknowledging.””

FTF Scully and Mulder (huddled in their snocat) fantasize about the lives they could live if they left the FBI. She also doesn’t allow him to dodge a compliment.

Namarie/namarie24’s (mulderscreek) All I Will Remember (Goss)

““Mulder shifts in his seat, and says, "It just seems like a huge coincidence to me that Krycek appears and convinces us all that there's still something to be found in Bellefleur. And then someone breaks into the hospital records where Scully was admitted, and then leaves this warning for me to find as soon as Scully and I go back to work." 

Skinner's expression flickers at the mention of Krycek, but he waits for Mulder to finish speaking before he replies. "Not that I don't think he's capable of manipulation and breaking into confidential records," he says, "but if Krycek is responsible for it, why would he bother leaving you a warning? Why not just let things unfold?"

I give Mulder a significant look, and he shrugs. "That is the question, sir.””

Post Requiem Mulder and Scully wake in a vast forest, alone. She relays her pregnancy news as the two pick their way back to civilization (with the unexpected help from the owner of a cabin they squatted in.) After they’re picked up by Skinner, Krycek decides to claim credit for freeing them; and leaves them with a cryptic warning about future threats on her and the baby’s life. 

Karen Rasch’s By the Wind Grieved (Gossamer 1, 2)

““So you see, Mulder, even if I were to spend the holidays with my family, the chances of us having a old-fashioned Christmas are next to nil," she said, leaning towards him across the table. "I mean...I would love a big old tree, a fire burning in the fireplace, carolers at the front door.  But that just isn't who we are, not who we've been for a long time."

"Do you miss them, though?" he asked quietly, sitting forward in his seat now as well.  "Your family, I mean."

"I do," she confessed.  "Part of me misses not being able to see everybody.  But you know...given our track record, it's probably for the best." "What do you mean?"

"You've read the files," she said wryly.  "You know the kinds of things that happen to you and me this time of year.  All in all, I'd say we're safer here than we would be anywhere else.”"

S8 Mulder is returned in the late stages of Scully’s pregnancy with complete amnesia. After an attempt on his life, Skinner spirits the two of them (and interchanging guards) up to a cabin to winter until the assassins can be caught. The two grow closer as Christmas approaches, doing homey little crafts and bonding over the files; but Scully regrets not filling in all the blanks when Krycek shows up to hold them hostage until his backup arrives. The baby, of course, decides now is the perfect time to arrive.

@slippinmickeys‘s (Ao3, Gossamer) Three Part Harmony (8/?)

““I suppose one of us should go check it out,” Mulder sighed. He was run through with exhaustion and worn raw with nerves, but he leaned over Scully to open the glove compartment where they’d stashed the three guns. He grabbed the Glock, the closest one to hand, when Scully put a hand on his arm. 

“Let me,” she said. “I’ve at least gotten a bit of rest today.””

On-the-run Mulder and Scully are now being incessantly tracked after saving Will from the same fate as his dead parents. A kindly waitress gives them brief respite in her secluded cabin while the two catch their breath and decide on their next steps. 

Defnotmeyo’s (WBM, Alt. WBM) Choke Points

““And so there is Walter Skinner.

He’s blown people’s heads off in close quarters. Children, even. And when he dug himself from the swampy, stinking mass of Vietnam, and set to work repairing his head, after he met Sharon and decided she needed something better, something more than himself, he got down to the business of it. He set out for more. And so SSG Skinner, on his way to becoming a Gunny, became LT Skinner. The lowest of the low, yet more than that because he had his good conduct ribbon and people knew he’d been in the dirt. While the other Officers held the shrimp fork with ease, Walter tugged his collar and counted tongs.

And when, in the battlefield, the other LTs turned and evaded answering the big questions, LT Skinner stepped up and called the shots, sentenced people to life and death, his soldiers knew. He wasn’t some Academy rat. Walter has always been a Mustang. And he knows another when he sees one.””

My Struggle II/III Skinner reminisces on his impressions of early Scully and their subsequent friendship. He continues to be impressed as she whips everyone into shape-- dumping her ragtag group of misfits in one vehicle, snapping Einstein into place, and gunning it to find William in hopes of a cure. 

Wow, this was long! You guys are troopers if you made it through (or even a quarter of the way.) Hope you all-- 

Enjoy!

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X-Files Collector's Edition: Scully's Arcadian Birthday

Arcadia takes place around Scully's birthday-- so how, exactly, did that unfold? These fics cover different takes on that birthday: some celebrated before the case, others talked about on the case, and still others that weren't acknowledged at all.

Loose chronological order below~

@mappingthexfiles/Apostrophic’s Arcadia

""But, Mulder. Some people want this. Some people want normal. This kind of normal.”

She knew he would glance up at that. She had readied her face. He tried to read it, trying to see if she meant herself. He did not think she did. He was never quite sure.

Mulder said, “That’s my point. The ones that don’t, they don’t fit in.” The kitchen was quiet around them. The whole neighborhood quiet this time of night. “Maybe the Klines didn’t fit in.”

She said, “Like you and me.”

He hesitated. He said, “Like me.” Hedging his bets.

The look on Scully’s face was thoughtful, nothing else. He waited her out as she thought that one over. Or, he thought that’s what she thought over, until she said, looking at him, “I’m not so sure the Schroeders fit either.""

Mulder is nervous about being fake married, confessing to his gf Scully over her birthday dinner. She contemplates his thoughts on truth, reality, and projection; giving him great banter and insight throughout their stay.

@atths–twice​’s (Ao3, Alt. Ao3, FFN) A Life Without Regrets

""...his mother was right. Sometimes those we care about do hurt us most. He had hurt Scully and he needed to fix it. He needed to show her. This upcoming case might be what they needed to get back to who they were.

Or, they just might kill each other.""

Mulder's mother is happy to have a little "oops" Valentine's Dinner with him; but she gently pushes him to center his focus on Scully. He considers this while celebrating at Scully's birthday dinner.

@agentwhalesong/sadandangstyagent’s (Ao3) Too Carried Away

""Happy birthday, Scully,” he said cheerfully, throwing the file her way across the desk.

She caught it before it fell to the floor and looked at him in a mix of annoyance and amusement.

“I’m impressed you remembered. I mean, it hasn’t been four years yet since the last one.”

“Well, I’ve been trying to keep track of important dates since then. I remembered it last year, too.”

He cracked a sunflower seed between his teeth, and she smiled in spite of herself.

“So, all a girl had to do was almost die for you to pay attention to her, huh?""

Mulder and Scully's almost moment (during their couple "rehearsal") is squashed when Diana pops in. Scully realizes she needs to establish some distance for the case.

@lotsoforangesoutside/@lotzzoforangezoutside‘s (Ao3)

The Fox Mulder Show

""Did you think we’d be celebrating your birthday in San Diego this year?”

She shook her head. “No, and I don’t want to.”

“Is Bill in town?”

“Nope, I don’t think so, but I can call Mom and find out.""

“We can go see Tara and Matthew, and light a candle for Emily?” She nodded in his arms and he kissed her cheek. “We’ll do the birthday thing when the case is over?”

Mulder and Scully are dating; and Mulder is HIGHLY suspicious of Skinner's motives by assigning them this case. Scully suggests they play into the stereotypes.

@nnyyssssaa/dksfwm’s (Alt. Ao3) Episode: Arcadia (Ao3)

""This… isn’t new. Just unfamiliar enough to make them apprehensive. Not uncomfortable. But their senses are heightened, both fully aware, of what they’re doing. She’s not welcoming him with open arms, but she’s not going to push him away, either. Maybe it’s the exhaustion. The fact that he looks so soft, inviting, with his towel-dried spiked hair, gray cotton T-shirt, flannel pajama bottoms. It’s making any argument against incredibly difficult, near impossible.

Two can play at this game, apparently. Round 2, Fox Mulder.""

Scully softens from her mild score keeping when Mulder gifts her a pair of Samantha's earrings. He hadn't forgotten; and she's touched.

 @cock-holliday/biggyyeehaw's Fictober 2022 - Chapter 6 (Ao3)

""I wanted to give it to you earlier, but things got a little…busy,” he laughed with a quirk of his brow.

Mulder handed Scully a folded up piece of paper.

It wasn’t what Scully expected. She assumed by now he meant for her birthday, though he had given no indication all day that he had remembered. In all honesty she forgot a bit too. Today had been busy. Now that he was bringing it up, a piece of paper seemed comical.""

Scully is suspicious of Mulder's spa gift; and realizes he thought she'd wanted to be far, far away from him. She assures that she just needed space, not permanent distance.

Penny Sycamore’s Nightmare on Autumn Terrace

""Maybe it was the geography, this was their first time back to San Diego since...well, since. It wouldn't have been his first choice for a field assignment (or his seventeenth, for that matter), but this was their first chance back at the X-Files, and they couldn't afford to be picky. He had thought, or at least hoped, that Scully understood that. Or was it the fact that he had ignored her birthday? No, she should be used to that by now. He would make it up to her eventually, but San Diego just didn't seem like the right time or place for a celebration.

Maybe she just didn't want to be seen in public with him, and if he were honest with himself, he could hardly blame her. It wasn't that long ago he was playing kissy-face with Diana. And although he and Scully had pretty much gotten past all that, the thought of any kind of display of affection, whether simulated or genuine might be more than Scully was ready for. ""

Mulder wonders why Scully has been distant the whole case. In a late-night confession, she opens up about post Monday nightmares, earning his respect for her courage (and thanks that she hadn't despised him for not bringing up her birthday.)

thenonexisting's life is just a game

""As seriously as she had tried to take it, Mulder seemed to be like a kid in a candy shop, finding any excuse to poke her buttons in front of the neighbours, touching and cuddling and whispering at every opportunity. The way he was going, it would only be a matter of time before the other couples at the Falls sussed then out. 

His behaviour was illogical. Foiling their undercover op would not bode well with the Bureau, least not support their reclamation of the x-files, but it was as if he did not care. It frustrated her to no end. Did he not want them back after all? Did Diana’s disappearance make him want distance from pursuing the Truth? Could he no longer be the Believer to her Skeptic so long as his former confidante was MIA?

No, she would not veer back down that path.""

 Mulder and Scully are pushing the boundaries of their relationship; but can't quite iron out their ability to communicate their wants and needs from each other in the wake of One Son... especially because both don't know what those are.

@mldrgrl’s (Ao3) This House is Protected by Neighborhood Watch

""Mulder, I can count on one finger the times you’ve acknowledged my birthday.”

“I didn’t say I acknowledged it, I said I remembered it.”

“Good night, Mulder.”

“1994, we were grounded because of that wild goose chase Deep Throat sent us on,” he said, following her out of the kitchen to the staircase. “I convinced you to go to the Air & Space Museum with me on lunch and you didn’t want to go because you said it was going to snow. I bet you ten bucks we’d be back before the snow started. I bought you a pretzel from the hot dog vender on the corner because you refused to eat a hot dog. There were snowflakes in your hair when we got back, but you wouldn’t take my money.""

Mulder spends each night in Arcadia slowly lowering Scully's walls, revealing more about himself and learning more about her.

@dreamingofscully's (Ao3, WBM) xvii. the star

""The sky turned orange and pink and purple as the sun set over the ocean. Screams of children, the mechanical whirr of rides, and the endless jingle of the concessions surrounded them on all sides. All of that disappeared as he sat next to her, except for the feeling that things were finally getting back to normal. The dizziness from the rollercoaster, from not knowing where things were going between them, fading with the sun.

“Hey Scully, I know I’m a couple days late, but… happy birthday.” He watched her profile, the lights from the midway bouncing off her skin in the dim light. Azure and pink and white, a mesmerizing kaleidoscope. Her eyes shone, facing away from him.

“I thought you forgot,” she said, her voice so quiet he had to lean forward to hear.

“Never, Scully.""

Mulder takes Scully to Sea World after the case as a post-birthday celebration. His consideration allows her to relax slowly back into their yin-yang dynamic.

Defnotmeyo’s (WBM, Alt. WBM) Range Day

""I’m sorry.” Mulder really hasn’t thought further ahead than that, and he bites his lip and looks away.

“What for?”

He shrugs a shoulder and they stay like that, the silence heavy and awkward, for minutes. He can hear his watch tick. Can hear her breathe. Can hear his heart beat.

She moves around so he’s staring back at her, forcing him to make eye contact. “You’re not the target, Mulder. You never have been. Not with me.”

“Maybe I wanna be the target,” he mutters. “Maybe I should be.""

Mulder reflects on his behavior after the case, spurred on by a visit to a random smalltown church. He finds Scully and apologizes for stomping over her feelings. Scully assures him he was never a target.

Surajtare's Fragments in Time

""She made sure to send him to the living room at night, even though they already shared a bed, and quite professionally, in Kansas. But this was different. She didn't trust him here, or herself, for that matter. She hid her face behind a green witch's mask and her body in a bathrobe, as self-defense. They had been through too much, have gotten too close lately, to be really comfortable with this mission. But she was enjoying herself. She had to admit at least that.""

Scully and Mulder work through their S6 relationship, which includes a pit stop in Arcadia.

Anne Haynes's (Gossamer) 12 Tales of Christmas

""I lay my head back against the car seat and close my eyes. "Honestly, I don't know why I would rather be with you than anyone else, Mulder. I only know that I do. That it's non-negotiable."

He is silent in reply. The quiet stretches out like something tangible between us. After a moment, I open my eyes and look at him.

I see him blink--once, twice. A single tear slides down his cheek and splashes against the front of his sweater, leaving a faint dark spot. He ignores it. No other tears join the one that fell.

But my heart shatters anyway.""

Mulder is hamming up the suffering saint act to his gf Scully; but he sobers when they run into the still-interested detective from Emily's case. Scully is shocked he gives her leeway; and her loyalty and love shock and awe him.

Enjoy!