"Scully is jealous"...... thank you â€ïž
The woman was beautiful; Scully had to admit that fact as much as it pained her. Brunette, tall, well-built, willowy, dangerousâŠshe was everything Scully perceived to be Mulderâs type.
And she was predatory, if the way she was gripping Mulderâs bicep was anything to go by.
Scully had only been gone a few minutes to freshen up after she and Mulder went to get a bite to eat for dinner. By the time she came back from the restroom, a woman had managed to wrangle her partnerâs easily acquired attention. Mulder must have gone up to the counter to pay the bill when Miss Sex on Wheels nabbed him.
Dana Scully was not a jealous woman by nature. Jealousy was a useless emotion that destroyed relationships and burnt ugly black holes in the hearts that nurtured it. She took pride in the fact that she did her best to rise above said useless albeit very human emotionâŠat least until it came to Fox Mulder.
This made it all the more difficult when she recognized the ache in her throat and what felt like a boulder in the pit of her stomach. Seeing her partner sitting so close to another woman, being touched and teased by another womanâwhen she herself always needed a reason to even stand close to himâleft her breathless with indignation. He didnât seem to be resisting much, either. She had a good mind to just leave the diner, get in the rental car, and leave Mulder to figure out for himself how to get back to the damn hotel.
Bracing herself for either being ignored when she approached or receiving a slightly-more-tactful equivalent to âscram, Scullyâ, she made her way back to her partner and Miss I Do My Best Conversing From Two Inches or Less.
It wasnât until Scully drew close that she realized something wasnât quite right. Mulder didnât look as engaged as he usually did when women approached him. Hell, he didnât even look happy. In fact, she was fairly certain she could detect his panic face when his eyes met hers.
At first she thought it might be because he could see her displeasure for the situation, but then she noticed that his fist was clenched on the lunch bar countertop, and the angle of his hips betrayed the fact that he wanted to be as far away from the press of his newest companionâs body as possible.
Then to Scullyâs disbelief, in the throatiest voice sheâd ever heard from him, he smiled directly at her and announced her arrival with a, âHey, babe.â
Miss My Tan is Totally Natural I Swearâs hand froze from where it was currently caressing the back of Mulderâs neck as she turned around to look at Scully. If Scully hadnât been so stricken herself she would have laughed at the look of shock on the younger womanâs face.
âOh, IâI didnâtâŠâ
âDidnât know I had a girlfriend?â Mulder continued in the same smooth but firm voice. Scully noted with immense pleasure that he very markedly removed the womanâs arm from around his waist. She stiffened and then relaxed when she felt Mulderâs hand slid across her own back, pressing her into his side. She hesitated only marginally before following his cue and leaning into him, completely gobsmacked when he leaned down and pressed a gentle kiss to her lips.
Her vision blurred and her hearing was muffled for the next few seconds, failing to hear the final interaction between Lady Brunette and Mulder, but the next thing she knew his face was buried in her neck and both arms were around her.
âGod, you took so long,â He chuckled weakly, letting her go immediately after the embrace. His hands remained on her hips in a gentle clasp, making Scully realize his display hadnât only been about escaping from unwanted attention.
âDid you want to go on?â she asked softly, soothingly running her fingertips over his forearms, âCoffee? Movie before we head back to the hotel? Walk through the mall?â She followed the last suggestion with a sardonic grin to try and lighten the mood. Her heart was pounding.
Scully got another shock for the evening when he curled her hand in both of his and kissed it.
âI say letâs go for a walk down by the waterfront,â he suggested, âI saw some neat outlooks on the drive up here and I think my girlfriend deserves a pretty view after saving my ass.â
The boulder in her stomach was replaced by butterflies.
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