Will you write something fluffy about Mulder and Scully telling William there’s a baby in Scully’s tummy? I love your writing!!
Thank you, and thanks for the prompt! This can be seen as a sequel to this story: https://amorfati3215.tumblr.com/post/167569481319/just-a-story-about-them-making-a-baby-pleaseeee story
Mulder had once told Scully to never give up on a miracle,and he’d been right. Back then, almost five years ago now, Scully had been toldshe was barren, thinking her only chance of having a child of her own – throughin-vitro fertilization – had failed. Then, a little over a year later she’ddiscovered she was pregnant against all odds, and nine months later William hadbeen born, weighing eight pounds, nine ounces, inheriting his mom’s looks andhis dad’s impatience and appetite. A miracle indeed. As he began to grow upinto a healthy, happy, inquisitive and loving little boy, Mulder and Scullybegan to discuss the idea of having another baby. Scully had wanted to try, butshe felt as though she was asking for too much. She’d already had one miraclegranted, she’d told her husband at the time. Wasn’t it greedy to ask foranother? Mulder convinced her otherwise, telling her that if anyone deservedit, it was her, especially after everything she’d been through. She was a greatmom who adored their son, and she deserved to have another child to love. Andso they set about trying for Baby Number 2, taking each month ofdisappointment, of the arrival of Scully’s period and failed pregnancy tests intheir stride, telling themselves that it would happen eventually. Thirteenmonths later it did, three pregnancy tests confirming their suspicions. Theirsecond miracle was on his or her way and, as a sonogram had verified earlierthat afternoon, was thankfully healthy, the heartbeat strong. Maggie had lookedafter her grandson while Mulder and Scully attended their appointment, underthe guide of shopping early for William’s Halloween party (which they’dhurriedly done after their appointment). She’d stayed for dinner and Mulder andScully waited until after she’d left to tell their son their good news, wantingtheir little boy to be the first to find out, even though they weren’t entirelyconvinced he would understand what was going on – he certainly wouldn’t understandhow much his life was about to change.
William was stretched out on the living room floor on hisstomach, coloring furiously as he attempted to multitask and watch Barney andFriends on TV at the same time. He’d been bathed and was ready for bed, enjoyinghis last moments of freedom while the clock counted down to story time in now lessthan twenty minutes.
“William?” Scully called as she and Mulder entered theliving room, settling themselves on the sofa. “Come sit with mommy and daddy amoment please.”
William frowned, pausing in his coloring. He looked asthough he was about to protest, no doubt keen to fill his time before bed asproductively as he could, but then he set down his crayons and got to his feetobediently. Scully suspected it had something to do with him asking earlierthat morning how long it was until Christmas – he was now aware he had limitedtime to be a good boy until Santa arrived.
He pulled himself up onto the sofa, crawling onto Scully’slap. She smiled, inhaling his freshly bathed scent. He was still her baby insome ways and always would be, and she only hoped he would adjust quickly tothe new arrival. “Daddy and I have something to tell you,” she began, suddenlynervous, as though she was a teenager confessing an unplanned pregnancy to herparents rather than a grown woman who’d been planning a second child with herhusband.
William looked up expectantly, and suddenly Scully was lostfor words. Thankfully Mulder was on hand to help. “Remember when it was yourbirthday and you asked mommy for a little brother or sister?”
William scrunched up his nose at the question. “I asked fora baby brother.” He was as good as his mom, if not better, at calling out Mulder’sbullshit and remembering the finer detail.
“I got a bike instead,” William continued, in case Muldercouldn’t quite recall.
“But you wanted a baby brother. Or sister.”
“I like the bike better than a baby brother.”
Mulder and Scully exchanged a look, realizing this was goingto be a harder sell than they first thought.
“Well you’re a lucky boy, because it turns out you’re goingto have a bike and a baby brother.”
“Or sister,” interrupted Scully, before William got hishopes up. “We’re going to have a baby.”
“We are?” He didn’t look too thrilled at the prospect.
He glanced around the room, as though looking for something.The baby, his parents realized. “Where is it?”
“It’s in my tummy,” said Scully, as William glanced down ather stomach.
“Yes baby.” With the hand that wasn’t wrapped around herson, Scully smoothed down her sweater to reveal her tiny baby bump. It was barelyvisible through her clothes but already she felt bigger now than she had doneat the same point in her last pregnancy, though admittedly Mulder had beenmissing and she hadn’t exactly been taking good care of herself. Things werevery different for them this time. “See? The baby is very small at the moment.”
“About the size of a lime.”
“A lime?” William’s eyes widened.
“It’ll get bigger, just like you did.”
“How did it get in your tummy?”
“Umm…” They should have realized he would ask this of allquestions. There was no mistaking he was their child – inquisitive and full ofquestions. “Well, daddy put it there.”
“He umm…he put a seed in there, which joined with –”
“Do you have to water it to help it grow?”
Mulder grinned. William had recently been helping Maggieplant vegetables in her garden.
“It joins with an egg which a mommy makes,” Scullycontinued, her face flushing. Even Doctor Scully was finding this difficult.
Unable to stop himself from laughing, Mulder decided tointerrupt, fearing other questions William might ask. “Hey buddy, you’re goingto be a big brother. Isn’t that cool?”
William looked over at him, his eyes as blue and mesmerizingas his mom’s, and just as curious. “When will he be here?”
Scully smiled. “Just before your birthday.”
“Will he play with my toys?” There was a hint of concern inWilliam’s voice.
“Well, at first, when he orshe arrives, she’ll be too small to play with anything. And as they getolder, they might like different things to you.”
“I liked different toys to my sister,” explained Mulder.
“I’m having a brother,” William replied adamantly. “I askedfor a brother, and when I ask Santa for toys he always gets them for me.” Hisparents exchanged a look.
“We don’t know that for sure,” said his mom. “We don’t knowif it’s a boy or a girl. You might have a brother, or you might have a sister,but either way it will be fun.”
William sniffed, his enthusiasm fading as each secondpassed. “Leah has a sister and she cries all the time.”
“But Leah is a girl sweetheart, and you like playing withher.”
“Besides,” added Mulder. “All babies cry buddy, not justlittle girls.”
William’s shocked expression suggested that was news to him.“All babies?” Now he looked disgusted. “I don’t want a baby, mommy,” he said,reaching out to grab Scully’s hand. “I want another bike.”
Mulder chuckled, while Scully bit back a groan. She brushedher hand through her son’s fair hair. “I know baby,” she said. “You think thatnow, but I’m sure by the time your brother or sister comes you’ll be excited.”
But when Scully considered her son, realizing he was just a stubbornas both of his parents, suddenly she wasn’t quite so sure.