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wild side - G, 1,205 words (AO3 link)
“Hey, Scully?” “Yeah?” “What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done?” Or: sometimes being stuck in the middle of nowhere on a dark and stormy night with your work partner of five-plus years is the best possible version of events.
in conclusion - T, 3,370 words (AO3 link)
It's the middle of the night in a freezing cold motel room and they both haven't slept. The best time and place to figure out how relationships work -- theirs in particular.
time and space - M, 2,604 words (AO3 link)
Sometimes he wonders if it would be easier if she'd be gone from his life completely. Then he reminds himself: if she moved to the ends of the earth he would still want to follow her. And when she calls, he always answers the phone. Set during the revival era. They always find their way back to each other.
five ways to says "I love you" (and one with words) - T, 4,501 words (AO3 link)
Just because something is unspoken, it isn't always unsaid. You just have to know what to look for.
sanctuary - T, 1,550 words (AO3 link)
In a world full of lies and fear and darkness, they have each other to be the light and shelter that they need. That's something to hold onto. They watch each other sleep and consider everything that means.
pick up the pieces - Explicit, 1,641 words (AO3 link)
There is nowhere she would rather be than here, with him, making the biggest mistake of her life and enjoying every second of it. Every mistake made with him is greater than every win, every success, every moment of perfect joy she has ever experienced. She’ll break herself for him as he does for her. -- Set in early season 2, right after Scully's return.
travel in style - G, 1,401 words (AO3 link)
“I can’t believe there wasn’t a single room available anywhere,” Scully says, snuggling deeper under the jacket she’s using as a blanket, already sounding half asleep as she tilts the driver’s seat back into a reclined position. “Three motels and not one single bed to be found.” Mulder shifts in the passenger seat – which she had insisted he should take because of the leg room – and desperately tries to get comfortable. “That has literally never happened before,” he agrees, sliding the seat back as far as it will go. It’s still too cramped. “God, Scully, how can you ever sleep in the car? You always make it look so easy.”
from this morning forward - Explicit, 7,233 words (AO3 link)
Moving back in happens slowly. It's not a decision, it's not a plan. They've each battled their own demons, and now that the wounds are starting to heal, she's so tired of pretending that she doesn't miss him every day. After all, through the good times and the bad, it's always been the two of them, together. -- Set during the revival era.
it's the day the world didn't end - Explicit, 1,544 words (AO3 link)
The clock ticks over to the day the world doesn’t end and he kisses her. She kisses him back. It’s not a new year’s kiss, it’s a kiss more than six years in the making. -- Millennium fic.
got you covered - T, 2,419 words (AO3 link)
“Is it a bit cold in here?” He wraps his arms around himself, looking at her in her thick cardigan next to him on the couch. “The heating’s broken,” she says. “I’m sorry, I should have called you before you came over.”
the words behind the meaning - G, 3,175 words (AO3 link)
He tells her he owes her everything and she owes him nothing. She knows that's not true, but she doesn't get to tell him. Life has other plans. But she knows. And once life lets her, she will tell him. -- Post-Fight the Future: they don't kiss in that hallway, but they get there eventually.
tuesday - M, 894 words (AO3 link)
They get married on a Tuesday. It just feels like the time is right. They've waited long enough; it doesn't matter that they're only just beginning to realize that.
yesterday's future - Explicit, 3,189 words (AO3 link)
They deserve to be happy. It's not too much to ask. It's something worth fighting for, something to hold onto; the light at the end of the tunnel. That is the one thing they promise each other above all else: a future where they don't have to run anymore.
spectacular - Explicit, 2,238 words (AO3 link)
They make rules, and they make them for good reasons. No kissing at work. Definitely no sex during work hours. And they would absolutely, definitely, under no circumstances ever break their own rules. (with wonderful art here)
ellipsis - Explicit, 3,758 words (AO3 link)
He's a free man again – it’s what they’d barely dared to dream. Now, she barely dares to ask him what he wants to do with his freedom. He doesn’t know.
beyond a doubt - T, 1,164 words (AO3 link)
Maybe their second meeting will be better than their first. He’s here even though the world has fallen apart. And she’s afraid. What will she do, what can she do if it’s not really him? If they have succeeded at last, destroyed him and left only an empty, Mulder-shaped hull in an awful prison suit. or: the kiss from The Truth, told in 1,000 words.
no longer dreaming - Explicit, 2,626 words (AO3 link)
She refuses to do anything while he still has his arm in a sling. And while his body is straining towards her with every cell, deep down he’s grateful. All these years they’ve waited. He doesn’t want to rush this now. -- Post-millennium, they finally let themselves have what they've both wanted for so long.
home furnishings - Explicit, 5,008 words (AO3 link)
It starts with a sprained ankle and frustration about a broken chair. He knows it’s not IKEA’s fault. He and Scully have gone through a number of chairs over the years. But he thinks a billion-dollar multinational company will survive the scorn of one grumpy customer. (or: Mulder writes reviews. Mulder also loves Scully.)
all after such a desert - Explicit, 31,990 words (AO3 link)
He would rather stick his fingers in a wall socket than hurt or upset her, ever. He keeps waiting for this love to start hurting the way he knows all love hurts at some point down the road. But he’s loved her for years and here they are. Tentatively, timidly, his soul is still reaching for hers, asking it to soothe old hurts and pain. He doesn’t know how he’s ever going to be able to be enough, but he’ll try, he’ll try. And hope that eventually, maybe, one day he will deserve her, if he just tries hard enough. In which Mulder learns what it truly means to be a whole person to someone.
every possible way - Explicit, 7,268 words (AO3 link)
There's a first time for everything, but when the thing itself defies explanation, maybe there are more firsts than just the one. Or: five moments and everything between and after.
lucky stars - Mature, 12,212 words (AO3 link)
After the events of Syzygy, Scully feels that things are strained between her and Mulder. She thinks maybe some time away from each other will help, but sometimes things don't quite work out the way you planned them.
unremarkable days - various ratings, ongoing series of standalone ficlets (AO3 link)
A series of ficlets describing days in the life of Mulder and Scully at the Unremarkable House. These will be more or less standalone ficlets, so I'm leaving it as a WIP for as long as I can think of more mundane everyday adventures to add. Ratings will vary from G to Explicit but you can skip parts without losing track of the plot. This will be fluff for the most part, with the occasional sprinkling of angst lite; details will be given in the notes for every chapter. Mainly, this is the two of them learning to stop running.
future imperfect - T, 12,525 words (AO3 link)
Mulder is back from the dead. Scully hoped this would be the end of her grief, that everything would be okay. But nothing is ever quite that simple, and navigating their way into the future is still no easy task. (alternate season 8 fic)
More short ficlets under the cut:
