The X-Files Fanfic Exchange

Official Tumblr for The X-Files Fanfic Exchange! Exchanges occur bi-monthly. Baby Agents Exchange on 2/18. Run by @gaycrouton 👽🛸💚

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The X-Files Fanfiction Exchange Masterpost ✨

💜 2018

Secret Santa

💙 2019 | Theme: Seasonal Prompts

Valentine | Easter | Summer | Episode | Spooky Halloween | Secret Santa 

💚 2020 | Theme: Genres

Fluff | Angst | Smut | Episode | Horror | Case File | Secret Santa 

💛 2021 | Theme: Challenge-Based Prompts

Dialogue | Five Times | Missing Scenes | Smut | AU | Song Fic | Other Perspectives | Secret Santa

🧡 2022 | Theme: Tropes

Fake Relationship | Hurt/Comfort | Too Close For Comfort | Jealousy | One Bed | Undercover | Darkfic | Stella/Scully | Slash | Secret Santa

❤️️ 2023 | Theme: MSR Eras

Baby Agents | One in Five Billion | Flicked Switch

In Progress

Perfect Other (Septermber 2nd)

On the Run (September 16th)

Slow Burn (Bonus | Rolling Submissions all through 2023)

Upcoming

Don’t Give Up [IWTB thru pre-revival; sign up September]

Revival [Seasons 10-11; sign up September]

Secret Santa [no theme; sign up November]

Information about what the exchange is and how to participate here

The inbox is always open for suggestions for future exchanges!

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Object Permanence

Author: @mollybecameanengineer

For: LotsAndLotsOfPhiles

Set in 2004, Mulder and Scully try to adjust to Scully reentering the workforce.

Ao3 Link

#XFOnTheRun2023 2/10

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Pulling you out

Author: @Dsmulder4u

For: @wrkinprgss

They are in the house. Mulder has not been out of the house for a while so he is getting a little gruff around the edges, not showering as often, the beard is growing. Scully's getting annoyed and is trying to get him out.

Ao3 Link

#XFOnTheRun2023 1/10

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On The Run Fanfic Exchange

Please join me in celebrating the On The Run Exchange! This features stories written after s9 but before IWTB -- the time period where Mulder and Scully were in hiding and got the unremarkable house.

Check out the Ao3 Collection here!

Ao3 Link

#XFOnTheRun2023

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Eventually

Author: agentwhalesong

For: LotsAndLotsOfPhiles

Scully and Doggett end up briefly talking about their partnership. Set between This Is Not Happening and Deadalive.

Ao3 Link

#XFPerfectOther2023 8/8

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You've Got Mail

Author: LotsAndLotsOfPhiles

For: Emily_M1013

Scully exchanges emails with Mulder while he's in hiding.

Ao3 Link

#XFPerfectOther2023 7/8

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Forlorn in Farmington

Author: Emily_M1013

For: Labyrinth01

Then, he didn’t need the flowery prose he’d been composing in his mind. He only needed the one thing that had driven both of them for the last 9 years: the truth.

Ao3 Link

#XFPerfectOther2023 6/8

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So What Happens Now?

Author: @wrkinprgss

For: @kyouryokusenshi

Dana and Monica find William alive after the ship flies off. Monica tries to figure out what is happening and where to go.

Ao3 Link

#XFPerfectOther2023 5/8

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I Carry Your Heart with Me

Author: Labyrinth01

For: @agentwhalesong

Scully convinces Mulder to go on the run after they find out the supersoldiers want to kill him. A long-ago concocted plan promises Mulder a safe escape...and a way back to Scully.

Ao3 Link

#XFPerfectOther2023 4/8

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Simple Desires

Author: tiredmoonlight

For: @wrkinprgss

Exhausted, Scully allows herself to get lost in a dream where everything is perfect: Mulder is not gone, and they spend the day with their son.

Ao3 Link

#XFPerfectOther2023 3/8

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The exchange is not AWOL. My brother and cat died, I got diagnosed with a rare blood disorder, and my father killed himself; so there was an emergency hiatus in 2023. I will be catching up with everything in this upcoming week. Sorry to be such an inconvenience.

The already posted stories will be shared, the sign ups for the last eras will be posted, and the Zine info will be published.

I don’t share that as a dig to the other organization. The more fanfic the merrier — I’m just already beating myself up over falling behind every day and really don’t need to be shit on

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My So-Called 'Quiet' Life

Author: @ThisIsJordanKay

For: tiredmoonlight

Babysitting. It should be easy. At least... in theory. Right? But when your charge is William Scully III, anything is possible. Such a lesson is one that Monica learns the hard way. John, too. How does one (or two) accomplish a task like that that should not come with any dramatics? Answer: not easily.

Ao3 Link

#XFPerfectOther2023 2/8

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In the Shelter of Rain

Author: @kyouryokusenshi For: @maybe-its-beyond-words

In the midst of a surprise rainstorm during a case involving ritualistic crime, Scully and Reyes find themselves stuck in a hotel room, sharing an unexpected hour of comfort and connection.

Ao3 Link

#XFPerfectOther2023 1/8

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Welcome to the Perfect Other Exchange!

Today we celebrate the Perfect Other Exchange which will feature stories written in the season 8 and 9 timeframe!

Check out the Ao3 Collection here and make sure to give the authors some love!

#XFPerfectOther2023

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Defining Parameters

Author: @agent-troi​ For: clokkerfoot

After their 'nice trip to the forest' lasts longer than anticipated, Scully and Mulder are no longer able to avoid confronting their feelings for one another. Ao3 Link

#XFSlowburn2023 2/9

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Quantum Collision

Author: @katy-kt-katie​ For: @spookyshhouse​ Mulder and Scully meet while working for different agencies and have to team up to solve several murders. Link Here

#XFSlowburn2023 1/9

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I'm excited to announce that eight amazing authors have signed up for the "Perfect Other" exchange, and ten signed up for the "On the Run" exchange! 

These exchanges will bookend the Philefest convention, so you can expect the fun to continue all throughout September! 

Perfect Other Exchange 9/2 

On the Run Exchange 9/16