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[piecesofscully]

CASEFILES

Ravenous -  Fresh off a particularly brutal case, Mulder tries to finally make good on his promise to take Scully on a nice trip to the forest, only to stumble onto evidence that there may be more to a local urban legend than just rumor and superstition. NC-17

Achluophobia -  Set during the Season of Secret Sex, Mulder and Scully are called in on a personal favor by Maggie Scully to investigate what appears to be a haunting. NC-17

SERIES

The After - Two years following a worldwide apocalyptic event, Scully embarks on a journey to save mankind, hopefully finding Mulder along the way. (Each chapter is provided with a link to the next chapter) WIP. NC-17.

Cancer Arc Part 1: Mint Chocolate Chip - “Sometimes 96 tennis balls on the ocean floor is just 96 tennis balls on the ocean floor.”

Cancer Arc Part 2: Love Me Tender - Fears, wants, and desperate needs.

Cancer Arc Part 3: I See You - “ How am I supposed to die with dignity and self respect, when I don’t even know who I am anymore, Mulder?”

Cancer Arc Part 4:  Bubbles in the Wind -  “ I should have warned her of what was to come, of what she would likely have to sacrifice in hopes of righting those wrongs.”

Color Series - Blue, Yellow, Red, Green - G-Explicit, MSR

COWRITTEN WORK

The Voicemail Series, cowritten with @kateyes224 : A pre-revival angst series, Rated: R.

Part 1 - Mulder Part 2 - Scully Part 3 - Mulder

And Ashes Fell From the Sky with @2moms-0fucks : A virtual Season 11, Rated: G-Explicit.

1- Past and Present 2- Ring Around the Rosy 3- A Pocket Full of Posey 4- Ashes, Ashes 5- We All Fall Down 6- Present and Future

@twoagentsmissing-presumeddead with @bohoartist : A casefile told unconventionally. (please visit the official tumblr for story in its entirety) Rated: R

DRABBLES / SHORTER FIC

Lost Bets, Paid Debts - MSR smut. Explicit

A Good Day - Post MS4. PG.

Tsunami - Post Amor Fati AU. Explicit.

Manual Labor -  It's Season 7 smut. That's it. Explicit.

The Stability of Pain -  One night, Scully deals with the grief over losing Emily and what could have been. PG

Missing Scene from The Truth -  This is my attempt to fill in one of the blanks for The Truth. PG-13

The Porch Swing -  The happenings on and around a porch swing at the unremarkable house. Explicit.

The Art of Grieving -  Scully processes the death of her mother. Post Revival. PG

Not Today -  Tempers flare between Mulder and Scully when it comes to doing the paperwork. Explicit.

8 Days, 5 Hours, 42 Minutes, and 39 Seconds -  “He hated to admit it, but it took over a week for it to really sink in that she was gone. 8 days, 5 hours, 42 minutes, and 35 seconds to be exact. 36 seconds. 37.”  Pre Revival. PG

Pink Glazed Donut -  “He knew she was close by the way her thighs twitched beneath the grip of his hands and how her hips rocked against his face, thrusting in a greedy search for more.” NC-17

Intercoursus Iterruptus -  “Her voice was dangerously low and had adopted a tone of warning as his pelvis ‘accidentally’ grazed her ass again for the third time in fifteen minutes.” NC-17

The Game - Scully, a glass of wine, and a Ouija board. PG.

Beyond My Struggle 4 -  When you have been suspended, waiting out the investigation by Internal Affairs, there’s no office to go to, no time clock to punch.   PG

DRABBLE PROMPTS / LIST PROMPTS

Scully’s Nightmare, G, MSR

Teasing, PG, MSR 

How Long Have You Been Standing There?  NC-17, MSR

You Make Me Feel Like I’m Not Good Enough. PG-13, MSR

I Had To See You Again. NC-17, Scully/Stella

Wanna Bet? NC-17, MSR

Wanna Dance? PG, MSR

Like a Ghost Through the Fog, PG, MSR

William’s Space Onesie, PG, MSR

[piecesofscully]

prompt: similar to the scene in small potatoes, scully's sitting on the floor of her living room, working on autopsy notes at the coffee table. Mulder's sitting on the floor behind her, his arm is around her waist and chin resting on her shoulder. He's teasing her about something. Bonus if it's UST.

Here ya go, babe. Hopefully me finally writing this out for you perks up your night a little. Lots of love, baby girl. 

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM: The heart weighs 253 grams, she reads, and has a normal size and configuration. No evidence of-

She feels his deep sigh sneak under the collar of her sweater and skitter across her chest, his wordless way of asking if she’s close to being finished, which she ignores. The papers in her hands rustle slightly as she pulls them closer to her face, also ignoring the tightening of his arm around her waist. If he would give her just five more minutes. 

No evidence of atherosclerosis is present-

He sighs again. 

“Mulder, you’re making it difficult to focus and-”

“Why do you remove each organ when performing an autopsy?”

“To record their weight and take tissue samples,” she replies simply, then adds, “but you knew that already.” 

“Maybe I did,” he replies. “What else do you take samples from?”

Her words come out in a rush when she answers. “Blood, urine, vitreous gel from the eyes, bile from the gallbladder- all of which you knew as well.”

“I love it when you talk pathology to me, Scully,” he says, and she shakes her head. 

After a few moments, she feels him shrug against her back, then finally settle. When he doesn’t ask another question, she adjusts the glasses perched on her nose and continues reading. GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM: The mucosa and wall of the esophagus are intact and gray-pink, without lesions-

His fingers dance along the side of her waist, like a pianist playing a melody, and she tries to wiggle from his embrace.Her attempt to shimmy towards the coffee table proves futile when she feels his legs tighten against hers, then release.

“Where ya goin’?” he asks lazily through his clenched teeth. 

“Nowhere, apparently,” she sighs. “Mulder, I would finish much faster if you would stop distracting me.”

The tip of his nose grazes the skin behind her ear, then he whispers, “But it’s after eleven-”

“I realize that.”

“-And you’ll be snoring by midnight.”

“I do not snore,” she says as she jabs her elbow into his rib cage.

He retreats a few inches and chuckles. “Easy there. That’s assault on a federal agent.”

“Mulder, if you don’t let me finish reading these notes, I’ll show you assault on a federal agent.”

His hum reverberates into the muscles of her back, and she swears she feels his hips thrust slightly. 

“Is that a promise?” he asks. 

She reaches down to the arm that clenches her waist and pats it. “Five more minutes. No distractions.”

His lips press against her earlobe and he holds them there, as if contemplating the offer, then finally responds, “Deal.” 

[graciehart]

how to say "I love you" in x-files [142/?] ⤷ 5.02 — “Redux II”

[lilydalexf]

Hey. Is there any fic where Scully being a badass and Mulders like “yeah that’s my girl”?☺️

Usually when I get an ask for X-Files fics I can think of some without having to refresh my memory. Here I had no idea! But I knew I’d read some fics where Mulder says “that’s my girl” out loud about Scully, so I went looking and found I’d read many great fics. Enjoy!

Breathe by Terri It’s set in the future after Mulder has disappeared and a fearful Scully gets in contact with him.

The Cry of the Truth by A.I. Irving As their love affair unfolds, Scully reveals to Mulder a painful secret relating to her abduction. Mulder's reaction tests their bond and eventually leads Scully to discover a few truths about herself.

Dance Without Sleeping by wonderland @amplifyme (Lydia Bower) Scully learns to live with her cancer and take back control of her life. [There’s more fic in this universe: Into Each Other Sinking.]

Dispatches by Lapsed_Scholar Dispatches from the government-issued cell phone of SA Dana Scully, MD.

far away to the west and south by audries @audriesfic This is what she always thinks of when they are at the gunmen’s: Where the Wild Things Are, an off-brand frat house, a basement lab, Robinson Crusoe, electrical fires, a high school AV club. Outerspace. Jail time for marijuana possession.

Five Stakeouts by thatfragilecapricorn @thatfragilecapricorn30 Mulder and Scully on stakeouts throughout the seasons.

focus by kittenscully The quality of the air in their office has changed along with the nature of their relationship, there’s no denying that. What had been a hotbed of uncertain attraction is now a space riddled with overt sexual charge, a pull as distracting and persistent as the compass needle pointing north.

gravity by ms_starlight71 msr, season 11 smut in the unremarkable house, sex against the window

Heart’s Content by oohnotvery @oohnotvery Mulder will break his own heart before he lets Scully do it.

The Measure of My Days by Marguerite Skinner prepares himself for a sacrifice.

Midori No Me by FridaysAt9 When several couples go missing from a 55+ community in Florida, Mulder and Scully are once again assigned as an undercover married couple tasked with solving the case. Mulder can’t wait to play house as a retiree, but because of the nature of their relationship at its current state, Scully isn’t so sure. Set post Plus One.

morbid by kittenscully Her clinical detachment is mitigated by the absolute fascination in her eyes, and he is in awe of her, despite himself. His little scientist, the best the Bureau has to offer. Elbow deep in guts, and enthusiastic to the core.

Original Sin by Syntax6 It's post Fight the Future, and Scully has moved to Utah. Unfortunately for her, the X-Files followed her there. She must not have noticed that the state emblem is a big old beehive. Poor Scully. When will she learn? [Also check out some commentary here from @syntax6 about the fic]

Right Hand Return by Anonymous An alternative universe in which Scully is returned from her abduction with a baby, no memories of anything prior to her captivity and some PTSD.

Sleep Talk by PiecesOfScully @piecesofscully Scully ponders the boundaries of their relationship

SN 1572 by Prufrock’s Love After colonization and Earth’s devastation, Scully remains in one of the few safe, walled colonies, remembering the past and praying for some future with Mulder. Whatever the hell Mulder has become. [This fic is also at AO3.]

A String of Stars by @smilingoceanlover For some Christmas-y MSR on-the-run fluffy/sexy times. There be tropes, folks.

Time by Terma99 Returning to San Francisco, Mulder and Scully discover that becoming lovers is just a matter of time.

Truly Madly Deeply III by misslucyjane (Jenna Tooms) Where has Scully been, and why did she go there?

Twelve Beads by Zuffy IVF never happened.

Valentines ‘99 by @is-on-its-way Mulder tries to cheer up Scully after the bed sharing and her epiphany in the rain king make her upset. Main event takes place Feb 16th 1999

The Wisdom of a Man – Dancing With Mulder by wonderland @amplifyme (Lydia Bower) Scully reflects on her changing relationship with Mulder.

The Wish III by ViXen On St. Patrick’s Day, Scully is given the opportunity to see how life could be different had alternate paths been chosen.

[piecesofscully]

Omg thank you for including one of my fics 🥹

[laurenclare88]

Elegy AU continued 2/3

‘I’ll get her temp in a few minutes, and she can have Tylenol when her cultures come back,’ the nurse whispers, touching Mulder’s arm sympathetically.

The news that an Absolute Neutrophil Count of zero, a fever of 102 and a haemoglobin of 4 will keep her in the hospital at least 2 days devastates her, but ever the professional, she holds on until Dr Zuckerman has left the room.

‘I want to go home,’ she breathes tearfully, the tiny crack in her voice carving out a crater of guilt in his soul. He captures her face in his hands and kisses her forehead, rubbing her arms softly.

Her suffering has yet to subside, though, as the blood transfusion gives her hives and makes her sweat through her gown.

‘I wish I could take a bath,’ she murmurs, mournfully fingering the Tegaderm covering the central venous catheter that condemns her to only the most careful of showers.

Or, on days like today when she doesn’t even have the strength to sit upright on a shower chair, bed baths.

‘Will you help me?’ He’s surprised when the request comes, not that he should be, yes, she’s proud and stubbornly independent, but since the Benadryl she can barely keep her eyes open. Running the washcloth reverentially along the the curve of her jaw to wipe off the dried blood, he’s reminded of tending to her in the hotel bathroom after Pfaster. Only this time, the wraith who’s wreaked havoc on her attempts at rehabilitation lives within her, not without.

Or so he thinks, until she stiffens and starts mumbling

@baronessblixen @scullyphile @scully-eats-sushi @piecesofscully @kateyes224 @scully-loves-ruthie @minuete-blog

[mulderscreek]

Breaking the News Challenge

Your challenge is to write a story from multiple points of view, including at least one scene each of any length about the reactions of

Maggie Scully

Walter Skinner

Monica Reyes

John Doggett

optionally also

Mulder

Bill and/or Tara and/or Charlie Scully

…to the news that Scully has chosen to give William up for adoption. How does Scully’s family feel? And her friends, one of whom is an adoptee and another who lost a son?

Please submit your story or the link to it to [email protected] or post here in on our submissions Tumblr - or send me a message with your fic on Tumblr to reblog.

[dailytxf]

THE X FILES 5.19

[basicwhiteglitch]

Xaden yelling "WELL THE FUCK AWARE" at Violet is honestly so funny to me. Like that is PEAK exasperated husband energy.

[batnardomcfly]

Cat: “Does it bother you that I was with Xaden first?”

Violet thinking: does it bother you that I fucked him last night

Andarna: SAY THAT SHIT RIGHT NOW

[happyinternetcollector]

Xaden: ugh I need to feel something, Liam can you tell me something that will piss me of

Liam: Aetos kissed Violet before you

Xaden: yup that'll do it

[violetsorengail]

fourth wing ch. 11 // iron flame ch. 45

ridoc screaming with his whole chest: did you all know my good friend violet she's so talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before-

[unyieldingwings]

RIDOC BEST BOI!

[randomfoggytiger]

can you recommend any good case file fic with established msr relationship???? your archive is a gift to this fandom btw THANK YOU

Mulder, Scully, and Case File RST

Eyyyyyy, here you go, anon!

@debbierhea/theexfilesbabe/iamalittleonedge’s october - full series

He’s shivering as she approaches, the blanket curled around his snoozing fox form, hair sticking out like a tail. She pushes his hair back and whispers his name, tells him to go get in her bed where it’s warm. She watches him, sleepy-eyed and vulnerable, as he makes his way to where her bed is an oasis of warmed goose feathers.

Post S5 Mulder and Scully spend an October, week-by-week, on the road and in each other's company. (While not strictly RST, it's a gentle, autumnal slow burn that, I think, counts.)

sarah_segretti/Sarah Segretti's The Current Temperature in Downtown Washington (Ao3, Xanadu)

The informant, a slightly paunchy middle-aged man with a rich Blue Ridge accent, a true local, droned on. Scully appeared to be listening raptly, but Mulder knew the look - he'd been on the receiving end more than once, and with him, it usually meant she was about to shred another one of his theories.

He knew what was wrong. They were too close to FEMA headquarters, and that made him think of Dallas, and Antarctica - and he hadn't expected to feel this way. His nightmares on that particular topic had stopped weeks ago.

Post Fight the Future Scully is determined to pick up Mulder's mood... although the "case", its unpleasant associations, and their meal afterward underscores the wounds both of them are still licking clean. (Though not strictly RST, the underlying understanding between them is undeniably bent in that direction.)

@lotsoforangesoutside/@lotzzoforangezoutside‘s (Ao3) Detoured: Arcadia (Tumblr)

Scully looks at him expectantly, and he kind of likes it a little. She never looks at him like that, like he’ll MacGyver them out of this sticky mess.

It is a sticky mess. A very sticky mess.

Arcadia Mulder is torn over the fake (and real) relationship he must project with Scully.

@aloysiavirgata's (Ao3, WBM, Gossamer, LJ, Alt. LJ) The Waters of Babylon, Petrichor, and Singing of Mount Abora

Beside him comes a rustle of paper. Scully’s printed out directions from MapQuest, checking off turns like a shopping list. “Still another three miles before the access road,” she says, not looking up from her trim navy-blue lap. She takes a sip of coffee.

Mulder coughs, says nothing. Things aren’t strained exactly, it’s not that. It’s more a liminal space. Everything’s fine, he tells himself. Everything’s fine.

He  checks his hair again.

Mulder and Scully's relationship slowly melds together, from reflective, post-Arcadia memories to tentative, post-Amor Fati consummation to stinging, miraculous post-IVF hope.

Obfusc8er's Deus ex Machina

The black, writhing shade shot out fingers of darkness, exploding into thousands of swirling entities. The light from the window was doused by the mass of evil in the room. Scully gasped, nearly dropping the phone from her hand. She stood transfixed, paralyzed by shock and fear. The volume of the chorus in her ear grew louder, and the obscure shapes grew more frantic, circling with tremendous speed.

Scully is awash with horror while on a routine Kersh detail.

Jo-Ann Lassiter's The Death of Me Yet

It was a bull moose, and it was big. And it was standing about ten feet away, smack in the middle of the trail. Even if Scully hadn't read the literature on vehicle/moose collisions and the ensuing human fatalities, she would have chosen to avoid something twice her height and weight--jeep and Mulder included.

She slammed on the brakes and jerked the wheel sharply to the right, in the only direction that wouldn't get them killed outright. The change in terrain was drastic.

Kersh forces Mulder on a case, despite his ill health. With Scully as her partner's shadow, the two try to escape the woods, their safety and the approaching dark (and its monster) driving them further and further down a mountain.

TessMooreXF's Armadillo Season

She mused that it must be armadillo season, for all the hardened little corpses that had dotted the sides of the highway on her journey from Dallas. 

Post The Rain King Kersh assigns the duo to an unexpectedly twisted case.

Wylfcynne's Imagine

"You aren't getting free until we have a clear MRI," she said calmly.

Mulder exploded in rage, screaming, cursing, struggling violently. On the status monitor, everything began to escalate. Three Project doctors came running in, alerted by the system alarms, and stopped, awed at the violence they were witnessing.

Post S.R. 819 Mulder and Scully are intercepted, kidnapped, and tortured while on a cult assignment. She helps to rescue her partner, but not before he is infected with black oil.

@danascullysjournal/Paper_hearts_and_homemade_arts's If You Will Let Me (Tumblr)

Padgett’s face faded to the pale, chilled skin of the corpse she had inspected three days ago.  He grinned at her with lifeless eyes.  His fingers pressed deeper inside her chest, and red spattered his sunken face.

“I am… in you…”  The lips of the cadaver did not move.  She sensed his voice ringing inside her head.

Post Milagro Mulder and Scully slowly begin to recover... but are then thrust into more disastrous supernatural circumstances. (While not strictly post-RST, this fits along those lines.)

cropcircle's Secrets in Seattle

“This must be terrible for you just laying here, Mulder,” Scully said.

“I can’t wait until this is over. If only to get this wretched cast off my arm.” ‘And to pick up where we left off when Skinner interrupted us,’ Mulder thought to himself. “I wish I could help you more.”

Post Millennium Mulder is kidnapped while Scully investigates a hospital case. (While this isn't strictly post-RST, it does end along those lines.)

Beshter's Seasons: Seventh

"Fear doesn't have to be complicated." Mulder was already into the bag of cashews, clearly pleased with what he found.

"I know that, but it did make me think about the things we fear. What sort of fears do the average people have? Would it be enough to terrify me to death?"

"Would they?" Mulder asked around a mouthful of nuts.

Post Millennium Mulder and Scully spend the rest of Season 7 figuring out the new parameters of their new relationship.

@slippinmickeys/SlippinMickeys/Slippin' Mickeys's The Unseelie Court

It hadn’t been fair of her to seduce him, though it had been a glacial, intellectual courtship, inevitable, really, in every sense of the word. Mulder was tender-hearted and obsessive and after their second time together, she should have known that no amount of her stoicism or sense of workplace propriety would keep them from wanting to be together all the time. Last night, she’d had a foot out the door and was pushing him away with one hand and pulling him back with the other, his fingers tangled in her hair in rapacious bliss. 

They still weren’t sure how to be with each other, and that morning they’d walked down to Mulder’s car in a loaded, restless silence. 

In this on-going chapter fic, Mulder and Scully investigate a fae x-file, the first after their under-the-table consummation.

subtlealchemy/weetown's a trick of the light

She had been avoidant, too, of facing the reality of Mulder’s condition being her fault. Even though she knows deep down that it isn’t, that she had not meant for any of it to happen, it somehow still is her fault. 

She had been the one holding the gun, after all. And her unchecked and lonesome guilt had only expanded and nourished itself in the dark, sated in the span of two nights.

Two nights spent drifting in and out of sleep on rough, sun-dried dirt with her fistful of Mulder’s bloodied sleeve that said, Stay here, even though he had been mostly unconscious and all but about to get up and go somewhere.

Mulder and Scully investigate claims of woodland magic.

Analise's (Alt. Tumblr, Colonization HQ) Haunted House

Then a rattle. Pipes groaned and protested in rusty appeals and then a thin trickle of water burbled out of the faucet. She cupped her hands under the stream and splashed it onto her cheeks, washing the remains of her makeup off. Her hair was starting to dry in long scraggly strands around her oval face and since a shower was not an option, she ran her hairbrush through the red strands until they gleamed in the candlelight. Pulling her toothbrush out she leaned back over the sink to wet the bristles and froze.

Blood was coming out of the faucet.

Mulder and Scully find themselves in a right-from-the-movies spooky mansion, with events ramping up, not slowing down, the longer the night goes on.

@piecesofscully/PiecesOfScully's Ravenous

The scratching against the wall behind them started low, as if it was coming from under the cot they sat on, like thick nails desperately attempting to burrow through the wooden barrier. Scully’s heart beat faster, through the wood she felt the scratching gradually work its way up to her lower back, clawing up behind her spine to just above her head, then stopped. A chill ran the same path up her spine as a whisper came from just above their heads.

“Skuhhhh.”

It was only a matter of time before Mulder and Scully stumbled on another creature in the woods... but is there only one?

@syntax6's (Gossamer, FFN, omniscribe) The Man Without a Trace (omniscribe)

Mulder slackened his hold on Scully and looked at the crumpled comic book again. Sure enough, at the bottom it read, "Starring Rocky Miller and McKenzie Sally."

Post First Person Shooter Mulder and Scully find out that TLG turned them into profitable comic book characters... and stumbled on a case at Comic Con.

doctorhelena's Something In Between

Scully bit her lip and willed herself not to imagine again what would have happened if Skinner hadn't taken a leap of faith. Mulder was insistent. "What would I have mutated into if you hadn't stopped it - how many of those people are out there? People who already have identities, but who won't be reported missing by their family and friends, because they’re already dead. People who can infiltrate themselves easily into society and nobody will ever know the difference. This is huge, Scully. And I don't -" he cut off, watching her face. His eyes were alive.

"How can you-" she asked. "Mulder, how can you just - you were almost -" She couldn't talk. Her throat had closed up again. 

Post Deadalive Mulder, Scully, and Doggett begin investigating other "dead" and buried abductees.

aka Jake/aka_Jake/aka 'Jake''s Reprise

"...I’m done with all that. I no longer chase aliens.”

“This isn’t about aliens.”

“Does it matter?”

“It’s a mutant.”

She returned to sorting clothes, plucking matching socks from the pile, glad that Katie was asleep in bed and not listening in on this all-too-familiar conversation.

“A liver-eating mutant,” he added.

Post My Struggle IV Mulder and Scully tackle an old foe they thought was long dead.

AUs

aRcaDIaNFall$'s (Alt. Tumblr) Meeting This Way, These Ungodly Hours, Something Challenging, Full Circle

"So, what's the procedure for this sort of thing?"

"Procedure?" "

You know... Interviewing somebody. Getting Kayleen to agree to an examination."

"Depends on the person. Sometimes you need to tread carefully, sometimes you need to push."

She smiled. "Which category did I fall into?"

"Both. I had to make a whole new category, just for you."

AU-- Mulder becomes a reoccurring patient to ER doctor Scully. Their friendship blossoms, their relationship blooms, and she agrees to consult on a case.

CaptainLyssa's To FBI or Not To FBI

Rolling her eyes, Scully had seen the female agent leaving Mulder’s room as she exited the elevator this morning. Patrice, Mulder’s nurse assured Scully the visit had been brief and she’d gained little information about Mulder’s condition from the staff. It seemed the rumours worked in Scully’s favour in this instance.

AU-- Scully is a worn-down ER nurse that strikes up a random, fast-paced relationship with enigmatic but deeply-committed Special Agent Mulder. His sudden hospitalization, her secret pregnancy, and Diana Fowley's unwanted appearance (almost) shakes her faith in her new partner.

theramblinrose's MSR Collection

“You’re supposed to be at the hospital, Scully. I was coming as soon as…”

He broke off like he’d simply run out of words. He was coming as soon as—as soon as he could, as soon as they found Samantha, as soon as he knew what was happening.

AU-- Post One Breath Mulder and Scully begin a relationship; and very soon after discover (during the events of Aubrey) that she is expecting a little "alien."

LuvTheBeez's (mulderscreek) Snow (mulderscreek)

"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."

"You've thought about this before."

AU-- Season 5 Mulder and Scully are married and expecting a very large baby. ...And are forced into a hostage situation.

@virtie333/Virtie333's The Letter, Eyes In the Night, Someday, Wambli

"I didn't want to believe her," Scully smiled tightly. "But she did know where the body was, and she's very convincing. It took a long time before she finally told me HOW she 'saw' him." She looked up at him, confusion in her eyes. "Mulder, she says she can see through the eyes of any living animal. That she can transport her consciousness into another living thing and to see what it sees and feel what it feels!" 

"Can she control the mind of the animal she inhabits?" Mulder had heard of people who could transfer like this. 

"No," Scully shook her head. "She says she's just 'along for the ride'. Sometimes she can tweak its curiosity a bit, but that's all."

AU-- Post Orison Scully leaves for an ASAC position when Mulder doesn't ask her to stay. But not to worry: they are reunited a year later for a case, then another, then the explosion of the mytharc.

Khyber's Reach + Sokol (Reach, Sokol 1/2, Sokol 2/2, Sokol - Dancing Skeleton Day, Sokol - Terminus Post Quem)

"Light plane crash, Washington. Less than an hour ago. Apparently we should be there. He said to do an autopsy."

"Did you recognize the voice?" "

Whoever it was knew I was here."

AU-- Mulder and Scully take the next step after a rough, disturbing case involving a fifteen-year-old. From there, their lives only get more complicated as the Consortium closes in.

@writingwell/RocketMan/Darkstryder's (Xanadu)

It's Been . . . 01, It's Been . . . 02, It's Been . . . 03

Mulder blinked and looked at her, then shook his head.

"I have a headache."

She glanced quickly into the basment, then stopped still, shocked as she watched Nick Hazel sway before an enormous fire, sweat and dirt dripping from him in a sensuous, serpentine motion. She felt herself being pulled into the hypnotic dance of the fire and closed her eyes, tight.

Then backed away, grabbing for Mulder.

AU-- A ditch-and-dash injury changes the course of Mulder's life: recovery, marriage, a Floridian honeymoon, and an arsonist case upon their return.

WrappedInTheWind, WrappedInTheWindWhirl, WrappedInTheWindIII, WrappedInTheWindIV, WrappedInTheWind_CryingStone (Xanadu)

That was the good day. The only good day. I should have paid better attention to that day because it was a long time before that day would come again, a better day, a day with hope.

AU-- Post En Ami CSM hands over a baby of mysterious origins to Mulder. Scully resists her partner's domestic inclinations at first, but caves-- although adoption and subsequent marriage don't stop on-the-job injuries and heart-wrenching biological connections.

@rationalcashew/RationalCashew's Dark is the Way; Light is the Place (Tumblr)

Scully could feel Mulder watching her from the other side of the desk. He’d been doing it for the last week. At first, she thought it was sweet. Now, it was just annoying.

“Mulder…” she warned, cocking an eyebrow at him from over the file in her hand.

“What?” He asked innocently.

“You’re staring.”

“We’re having a baby,” he replied simply.

“Yes, we are. But, that doesn’t mean I can work with you staring at me constantly."

AU-- Although Requiem Mulder rushes back to Scully, their combined joy over an unexpected miracle becomes intertwined with frustration over a challenging, and pointedly dangerous, serial killer case.

Lapsed_Scholar's Season 9 Rewrites and Musings

Dana sighed. “I suppose this is one of those cases in which not everything is fully, satisfactorily explained. We can only make an educated guess that matches a preponderance of the evidence. Which is a foundational principle I have to somehow instill in my intro to forensic pathology students in...about five minutes, actually.” She carefully passed William (who had apparently tired of her hair and fallen asleep) to Mulder and stood up.

His eyes were shining when he smirked up at her. “How do you plan on doing that? You just gonna write ‘Uncertainty’ on the board, Scully?”

She shot him a look that had too much underlying affection to be truly quelling. 

AU-- Season 9 Mulder never leaves; and he and Scully (and William) are pulled into the Doggett-Reyes cases, despite his reluctance.

@dreamingofscully's Surely, to the sea 

When Mulder switched off the ignition, oppressive silence weighed down upon them - no birds, no chirping insects. She hadn’t noticed under the roar of the engine and the trepidation that she fought to control. Staring ahead and swallowing thickly, she forced herself to analyze the evidence they’d acquired so far. Perhaps the same thing that interfered with their radio drove away wildlife. 

AU-- Married paranormal investigators Mulder and Scully lodge with a suspiciously odd man who is always licking his fingers.

Thanks for reading¬

Enjoy!

[piecesofscully]

I did a thing. I’m an asshole. I’m sorry.

[piecesofscully]

I love that this is making the rounds again.

You’re welcome.

[xfilesnews]

FanWorks Wednesdays -bohoartist

by Keva Andersen

Hope you had a great summer, Philes! We’re back with our Fan Author series. This week’s author is no stranger to fandom, and recently co-authored a project that stretches the boundaries of the usual fanfic experience. Meet bohoartist! If you haven’t read “Two Agents Missing, Presumed Dead” head over there, scroll to the bottom, and read. I’ll wait. @bohoartist and co-author @piecesofscully used Tumblr to lay out their story piece by piece, with images, e-mails, and news articles. It’s a great read and fun to put the pieces together as you go.

If you like short, sweet, and a kick in the feels, try “The Healing Power of Touch.” Scully is trying to comfort Mulder after losing his mom in Sein Und Zeit and the glimpse of her thoughts after doing Teena Mulder’s autopsy sticks with you. If you’re looking for something a little more “adult,” then this hits the, er, spot. I’ll let you infer from the title what “Three Times Mulder and Scully Got Caught and One Time They Didn’t Care” is about! 

We talked with bohoartist about, writing, inspiration, and of course, The X-Files.

How long have you been a Phile?

Since June 19th, 1998, the day “Fight the Future” came out. I had not seen a single episode. In fact, I had avoided it as I was getting sick of all the alien sci-fi stuff that had been coming out seemingly one on top of the other. I had a friend who was a Phile though, and she was always pushing me to watch it. Well, that Friday evening, my parents came home from work and announced that we were going to go see a movie and I got to choose! So I picked up the newspaper (remember perusing newspapers for movie options?!) and I see “The X-Files: Fight the Future” and then I see that it’s rated PG-13 for, and I quote, “violence, horror, and gore.” Excellent. So we went and I was hooked.

What was your first episode?

My first episode was “Squeeze,” and I actually watched it the same night I saw the movie. When we came home from the theater, FX was playing a marathon and I dove in from Squeeze on. I was able to rent a VHS of the Pilot and “Deep Throat” from Blockbuster and by the time Season 6 premiered, I was fully caught up.

How long have you been writing fic?

I’ve been writing and posting fic since November of 2015.

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[piecesofscully]

I freaking love seeing writers in the fandom getting the kudos that they deserve! @bohoartist You’re such a talent, and our fandom is truly lucky to have you. I can’t wait for the fandom to see what else you have up your sleeve!

[piecesofscully]

It's my 11 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

[cicadahead]

my princesses. fuck my life

(close-ups and bonus stuff beneath the cut)

and bonus meme stuff:

even though it’s technically belated, it’s actually only two in the morning here so HAPPY BIRTHDAY MULDER

[erdaily]

ER 30th Anniversary Celebration Favorite Season ► Season 3 (1ˢᵗ Place → 22%) I admire surgeons and surgery but it's not the type of medicine I want to practice. I can be a competent surgeon. I can learn the techniques, the mechanics. But I'll never be a great surgeon. Dr. Anspaugh, I can be a great doctor. A doctor who spends time with his patients, who's there for them. I'm good at it. Really good. I can make a difference in peoples' lives. Don't make me give that up. Please don't make me waste it.