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Collector's Edition: Cars and Conversations (Part II)
Here we go again!
Loose chronological order below~
@o6666666’s (Ao3)
2 6 17 msr
In the rearview mirror she saw a forehead meant for a bullet. There was a full moon.
“Hi,” Scully whispered, like Melissa could hear her. “I’m so sorry.”
Post Paper Clip Scully drives to Mulder's apartment, unable to bear the loss of her sister alone.
like imagine scully pulling up in that fat car...
like imagine scully pulling up in that fat car they were driving, tires kicking dust everywhere, she thinks this is the address, this is where the intel said to go, this must be it but suddenly she’s nervous, she hasn’t seen mulder in so long, he must Know but what can she say to him....
AU-- S9 Scully drives out to New Mexico where she reunites with Mulder... and Will.
@sarie-fairy/Sarie_Fairy's
Since
“How ya doin’?” he coaxed, gently.
“I just, I’m having trouble believing that she’s truly gone.” She focused beyond the window and took a steadying breath. “That I won’t get to feel how Missy loves me. Not ever again. How she sees me...."
Post Paper Clip Scully and Mulder have a sister and father dead.
Eos
He got a speeding ticket on the I-95 getting to her; couldn’t wait around in an airport. Crazed, his neurons firing too slow for the terror in his heart compelling him forward, to catch up. Several near misses on his journey, though he somehow made it to the hospital before she was out of surgery—beating her mother, who flew.
AU-- Tithonus Mulder drives the entire way, walks in, and drops the love bomb.
COLLECTION - One Shots - Chapter 10
She had been there less than two minutes and the passenger door opened. Time slowed down as a dark clothed figure began to lower down into the seat beside her. It only occurred to her then, with William slumbering in the back, that it could be a trap. She couldn’t see his face. She put her hand to the glove box, ready to reach for her gun, and then … a familiar voice.
“Hi, Scully.”
AU-- "Dearest Dana" was a code for Scully and William to hit the road.
@silhouetteofacedar/SilhouetteOfACedar's
When We Drive, Ch. 2: Early Flights, Used Tissues, and a Swan (Ao3)
Mulder pauses with his key in the ignition. “If - when- this happens again,” he stammers, “You… you don’t have to hide it from me. I hope you know that.”
Pre-DPO Scully cries after hearing Melissa's favorite song.
@p34chi's 22 and 27 together from the prompt list perhaps 👀
“Hey, Scully,” Mulder said, turning the radio down. “You ever play an instrument?”
Scully’s head lulled against the headrest of the passenger seat as she turned her attention to her partner. She was quietly humming along to the radio before he cut her performance short, and had been gazing out upon the forest beside them, marvelling at the stillness of the trees and admiring the occasional wildlife that would step out into their moonlit spotlight.
Mulder and Scully share childhood memories, puns, and a blanket.
@mappingthexfiles/Apostrophic's The Patron Saint of Doomed Stakeouts
Mulder was twanging the tab on his empty soda, the can propped on his knees. He shifted uncomfortably.
“You can’t pee in that thing,” Scully said, knowing where this was headed.
“Define can’t,” Mulder said.
“Not in this car, you can’t.”
Mulder and Scully spend Valentine's Day on a beautifully snarky stakeout.
@amazalina's msr headcanons : Scully and long car rides
He’s always the one who drives, and she’d like to be better at pretending she doesn’t like it. It feels too safe for her not to. It’s not that he drives any better than she does. It just feels good to be driven across the country through strange places, to dangerous situations, by the one person she trusts the most. Tucked in the passenger seat, she’s completely safe to watch him as he looks straight ahead. She observes him, notices his thoughts go through his mind.
@nowwhateinstein's (Ao3) The Absence of Light
Scully awoke to a hand on her shoulder and Mulder’s voice speaking softly into her ear. “Hey, Scully, wake up.”
She sat up. “Mulder, where are we?”
“Just outside Harrisonburg, off of I-81. A slight detour.”
Mulder stops their car so he and Scully can watch the early-evening fireflies.
@skylandmountain1013/SkylandMountain1013's
42 msr, go!/Prompt- I swear it was an accident
“Mulder..”
“I swear it was an accident,” he offers.
“An accident?” She rubs her temples to keep her voice from getting too shrill- the shrill he sometimes makes fun of when they’re arguing reincarnation, flesh eating parasites, or when he insists on ordering 2 desserts off the Chinese Star take out menu.
Mulder and Scully weather the heat after their car breaks down.
@syntax6’s (Gossamer, FFN, Omni)
20 Chapter 3: Three
They have a combined forty-three years of schooling between them, but there is little they can do in the face of a smoking black engine. Scully is half tempted to pull out her gun and shoot it, just for the satisfaction.
After the rental breaks down, Scully insists she and Mulder walk around until they find a signal.
20 Chapter 6: Six
He does not slow down. Neither does he answer her for a long moment. "Patrick Crump," he says finally, and she waits for him to continue. He maneuvers neatly around a slower car in front of them. "I can't shake that feeling. I feel that same desperation, Scully; I understand his intense need to keep moving in the face of inevitable doom."
She frowns and reaches for his head. "You have pressure in your ears?"
He ducks her touch. "Not there," he says. "Here." He touches his chest, and then looks quickly at her to see her reaction.
Post Drive Scully helps Mulder to realign his thinking.
@gaycrouton/OnlyTheInevitable's In the Dark of the Night
They walked as fast as they could towards the car, and, upon reaching it, she dug into his pockets until she found the keys. She unlocked it as quickly as she could before easing Mulder into the passenger seat. With the overhead yellow glow of the car lights, she could assess just how bad the damage was. His entire torso was stained crimson and his pale skin was covered in a sheen of sweat.
S3 Scully drives like mad to get her heroic but injured partner help.
@lotsoforangesoutside/@lotzzoforangezoutside‘s (Ao3)
A Waste of a Nose
Staring at him, she finds that Mulder no longer look as confident as he did earlier.
“I… so I called Hertz.” He begins, “it’s called Blackberry Clove. It’s the air freshener they used. I… I got a kick out of it. My favorite perfume is an air freshener. I just… wanna to share that.”
Post Syzygy Scully wonders what her father would have thought of Mulder.
Impromptu
“Hey Scully,” he says from the passenger seat, with the back of his head resting on the headrest and chair reclined.
That’s his sixth hey Scully since they’ve left Tallahassee. Mulder has refused the EMT’s advice to visit the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, claiming that he’s got his personal doctor traveling with him.
Post Detour Mulder wants to see America from the backseat with Scully.
Fireworks
“No talking later, Mulder.”
Out of the blue, she announces.
“What do you mean?”
“I don’t want to be shouting back and forth. My throat’s been…hurting a little since this morning.” She rubs her eyes with one hand, looking like a child getting out of bed, “I might be coming down with somethin’.”
He bites his tongue so he won’t say, how come you didn’t say anything to me?
AU-- Post FTF Mulder drives Scully to see fireworks.
The Straightest Road in Texas
There is so, so much more to life, he now knows. And it’s right next to him, riding in this car, laughing at his memories. Well, laughing with him at his memories.
They have taken a lot of casualties last summer, but like the hero in the movies, he walks away with the girl.
Dating-- Mulder and Scully bond over a car guessing game.
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He continues to drive, it’s so hot today that the asphalt could melt. There’s nearly no pedestrians around, and the sun is blaring so brightly that looking at it makes him dizzy.
Dating-- Mulder distracts Scully from fuming over the heat.
Barnes Corners
“Does a sailor’s daughter want to live at the same place as the fisherman’s daughter?” He keeps asking.
“That depends on which daughter you ask.” Scully admits that she has been thinking about Missy tonight as well. Both Pendrell and Max remind her of Charlie, who she hasn’t seen for a while....
“I’m asking the one that’s sitting in the car with me.” Mulder simply replies. “Would you like to live close to the water?”
Post Max Mulder fishes for future plans from Scully.
A Mother’s Choice
Scully did not put her baby down for the next five day. She felt like even William thought he had enough cuddling, as he began to look at her with slight concern, something so identical to his daddy when he worried.
“How ‘bout a trip, buddy?” She said to her baby, wondering how much an eleven-month-old could understand, and how crazy it was to travel with a baby, one who still needed his bottle at night, goes through diapers like they were bathroom tissues, and wouldn’t sleep unless she sang him a lullaby.
AU-- S9 Scully regrets the adoption; and TLG help her put her life back together.
The Old Man’s Choice
He went with the raspy-voice old man without telling anyone. He was a smart boy and knew he wasn’t supposed to talk to strangers, let alone getting into a car with him, but something told him that this old man, grandpa or not, really knew his birth parents.
AU-- S9 CSM takes William from his adopted family and hands him over to Mulder.
vanessadingle's Like A Switch Has Been Flicked Somewhere - Chapter 1
“Scully I always give you a ride, my cars right here see? A taxi will take a while to come, I can’t leave you standing here by yourself it’s getting late”
“I can look after myself Mulder, I’m a grown woman”
“And that’s why as a gentleman I have to offer you a ride. Get in, don’t be difficult, lemme make it up to you”
He was overly polite and it bothered her, but she could see he was remorseful even if he didn’t fully understand why he’d irritated her and she couldn’t turn him down no matter how hard she tried.
Post Syzygy Scully fumes to the airport, on the plane, and while Mulder drives her home.
Amy Schatz’s Syzygy, Once Removed...
"What's wrong, Scully?"
She didn't answer for a few seconds, as she slowed the car down even more. "I don't know. I'm shaking all over."
AU-- Syzygy Scully and Mulder's feud ends with their fear over her health and past abduction.
@atths–twice/ATTHS_TWICE’s (Alt. Ao3, FFN)
A Quiet Love - Chapter 11
They drove home in silence, though he could hear the questions she was not asking. Not having the right words, he stayed silent, his fingers gripping the steering wheel.
Dropping her off, he only nodded when she said goodbye.
Post Pusher Mulder drops Scully home, breaks down in his car, and drives back.
Without an Umbrella
“Scully, we are on a highway where a car has not driven past us for at least 15 minutes. Neither of our cell phones are working, it’s pouring rain outside, and we are at least a mile away from the motel. Please tell me how lightening the mood would make any of this any better?”
She stared at him, her eyes now as angry as his appeared.
Mulder stews over Kersh's case until Scully gets out, stands in the rain, and definitively changes his mood.
Shared Treasures
“I’m gonna need an explanation,” she said and he nodded.
“So the doll wasn’t the only thing I found.”
“Obviously,” she laughed as he looked at the car in his hand.
Post Empedocles Scully teases Mulder with the pizza man while he vroom-vrooms a little car over their soon-to-be baby.
A Patchwork Heart
He filled the silence in the car, chatting about everything. It was very different from any other man she had traveled with in the past. Jack usually had a topic planned ahead of time, thus the car ride was spent wisely, as he used to say. Ethan liked listening to classical music and for the short time they were together, she heard more Bach and Beethoven than she ever wanted to hear again.
But Mulder, though not her boyfriend, thus not an entirely accurate comparison, loved to discuss anything and everything.
Post Revival Scully ruminates over past driving excursions.
30xf's Wetwired
Once Dana is in the passenger seat, Mrs. Scully grasps my forearm and assures me, "I'll call you when we know something." It was only a momentary touch, but it somehow makes me feel completely at ease. All at once I understand without a doubt where Scully gets all her strength from.
Wetwired Mulder reassures Scully.
Macspooky's
Home from the Hospital
She smiled when she saw him. It lit her tired looking face.
"I'm free. Let's go." Dana picked up her small bag and they headed for his car. The ride to her home was silent. When they pulled up in front of her building, she turned to look at him.
"Would you come in for a little while, Mulder? I'll make you some of my gourmet coffee, and I know my mother left one of her chocolate cakes."
Post Wetwired Scully wants Mulder to drive her home.
The Reprimand
Dana felt herself being moved or thought she did. Her face was no longer pressed against glass but rather against a familiar and comforting warmth. She felt something brush the top of her head, gentle lips. The words "I'm sorry," were whispered quietly. She was somewhere half between being awake and asleep in a twighlight world of incredibly pleasant dreams. It didn't feel like a dream though. The words were so distinct and the touch so real.
Post Paper Hearts Scully gets flak from all sides after Mulder's foolhardy decision.
A Long Drive Home from Rhode Island
She might know he needed sleep, but she would never convince Fox Mulder.
"Not a word, Mulder," she warned. "I'm tired, but you are exhausted. I'm driving."
Talitha Cumi Scully drives Mulder while Tena is being transferred.
Breaking the News
As much as he didn't like the idea of the older woman driving alone to Pennsylvania, he could see by the set of her mouth that she was determined. He had learned about that expression from her daughter. Unlike his mother, Maggie Scully was capable and sensible. And, though he hated to admit it, Margaret was right.
Memento Mori Mulder tells Maggie in person.
Anonymous's (mulderscreek, annex-files) Lament
He held his throbbing ankle off the ground. All that driving hadn't been good for it. Scully would kill him if he couldn't walk tomorrow. He closed the car door and limped rather slowly towards the house. He looked at it with trepidation but the house failed to loom menacingly. It was as pleasant as could be, not the malicious building it should have been.
Post Herrenvolk Mulder and his mother surprise each other at the summer house, then spend the rest of his birthday bonding.
@scullydubois/scully_dubois's
Bridge - Chapter 1
…As their rental car rumbles along toward the airport, Mulder keeps himself awake at the wheel by trying to read his partner’s mind. Stubborn skeptic that she is, he figures he’d need cold hard proof to convince her. And what better way to harmlessly yet accurately read someone’s mind than with a game of I Spy?
AU-- Post Unruhe Mulder admits he heard Scully's German and pleas, somehow, in his mind.
story_monger's Searching Souls - Chapter 1
Scully takes a deep inhale. “You know you shouldn’t have said that Cancer Man was the Gestapo officer,” she says.
Mulder shifts; she can feel him looking at her. He probably has that slightly resigned, slightly defiant expression that always rings with a touch of kicked puppy. Scully hates that expression; it makes her feel like the bad guy.
Post TFWID Mulder convinces Scully to believe his theory, even if only for one night.
EPurSeMouve's Joining You
Reach him, make contact, get him back...
"Mulder, Samantha *is* the X-Files. Nothing else matters, right?" She hated saying it, hated the rainy-night memory that flashed through her mind, full of innocence and closeness.
He took his eyes off the road for a few dangerous seconds, met hers. "Not anymore," was his oh-so-quiet reply.
S4 Mulder tries to run off on a possible suicide quest-- Scully, however, won't let him go alone.
Thanks for reading~
Enjoy!
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Movie Night
Author: @nowwhateinstein
For: @agentwhalesong
“Talk about spooky,” he says as the movie fades to black and the credits begin to roll.
She laughs and gives a small shake of her head. “That word,” she says. “It means something different to me now.”
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I'm looking for a fic set during/around "Three of a Kind" where Scully is drugged with Susan Modeski's serum and Mulder is there. Shenanigans then ensue. Thanks!
I'm not sure if you're looking for a specific fic or "Three of a Kind" fics in general. There are a lot of fics involving that episode and the general scenario you described. If you're looking for a specific fic, here are some on AO3 where Scully is drugged in Vegas and Mulder is there too for shenanigans:
Anoitic Effects by OnlyTheInevitable (@gaycrouton)
During 'Three of a Kind' drugged Scully thinks she is a stripper dressed as an FBI agent. The Gunmen keep her from stripping by telling her the bachelor of honor hasn't arrived yet. Mulder then arrives, and they leave him to deal with a stripping Scully.
A Case of You by @nowwhateinstein
Post-Episode for Three of a Kind: The Lone Gunmen make amends to Scully. Mulder eavesdrops on Scully singing Joni Mitchell.
Illicit Desires by OnlyTheInevitable (@gaycrouton)
Mulder ends up coming along to Las Vegas during "Three of a Kind" and has to deal with the aftermath of a drugged and flirty Scully.
A Slightly Different Path by @atths--twice
What if The Unnatural took a slightly different turn? What if Mulder showed up in Three of a Kind? What if …
What Happens in Vegas by @cultureisdarkbeer
Tumblr Prompt: Mulder joins Scully in Las Vegas in the episode "Three of a Kind" and they both get shot up with anoetic histamine at the same time and end up getting married by an Elvis impersonator.
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whats happening with the diana fowley writing prompts? is the list ready ir are you still accepting prompts?
Hey anon ! Still accepting prompts because tumblr pulled a stunt on my inbox and deleted my complete inbox at the time before I could save it all.
If people are still interested in it I can for sure put up what I could save and also add new prompts…
So what’s the verdict? are any fandom writers interested? @baronessblixen @scullysexual @r00m203 @allyinthekeyofx @edierone @ofmulder @danadeservesadrink @thatfragilecapricorn30 @kikocrystalball @nowwhateinstein @suitablyaggrieved @lokisgame @alienbaby-babymama @aliendyke @crescentmoon223 @cultureisdarkbeer @slippinmickeys @purrykat @sarie-fairy @serahsanguine @sandymans-world @monikafilefan @damn-mulder @ms31x129 @softnow @soft-thrills @kyouryokusenshi @poeticsandaliens @alwaysforyouscully @starbuck09256 @starwalker42 @o6666666 @queequeg0925 @admiralty-xfd @markwatneyandenesemble @fragilevixenfic @sisterspooky1013 @lotsoforangesoutside @silhouetteofacedar @emily--sim @iconicscullyoutfits @freckleslikestars @rationalcashew I’m sure I forgot soooo sooo many peeps and I apologize in advance so tag all the writers you can think of ! 🥳🥳
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The most beautiful part is,
I wasn't even looking
when I found you -autumn
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Tumblr Tuesday
Tropes are tropes for a reason. We love them because they’re guilty pleasures. Tonight’s rec is full of that tropey goodness we crave, but it’s so darn wholesome that you can’t really feel guilty about it.
Things we loved about tonight’s fic: FBI gala, Mulder and Scully all dressed up, Diana Fowley cutting in at the worst possible moment. Yep, we’ve got it all, folks. But tonight’s writer weaves these elements together in a delightfully refreshing way, and then brings the story to an adorable, and memorable, conclusion in one of Capitol Hill’s most iconic places.
Enjoy tonight’s rec, enjoy tomorrow night’s new episode (SQUEEEE!), and we’ll see you on Thursday for another Post-Ep/Missing Scene!
Title: Now That You’re Around Me
Author: @nowwhateinstein
Rating: PG
Length: 6K / Word Count: 3,000+
Synopsis: Mulder & Scully spend a trope-filled evening at the mandatory FBI Charity Gala. Predictable shenanigans ensue. Elvis ultimately intervenes.
Spoilers: Set sometime in the first half of Season 6.
Possible Triggers: None that we remember
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X-Files Collector's Edition: Friendship Fix (According to Various Authors) Part 2
A continued collection of early MSR friendship. (Part 1 here.)
Loose chronological order below~
Pattie
Mulder is still distrustful of Scully, especially of her odd behavior on his birthday. She salvages their celebratory evening. (Not Just Another Day on Gossamer.)
When his informant is shot, Mulder decides it is time for drastic measures: by sticking his hand straight into a toilet. (How Far Would He Go For The Truth? on Gossamer.)
Mulder forgot to escort Scully to a wedding; and must suffer a fate worse than death: a child's birthday party. (Mulder's Penance on Gossamer.)
Mulder wheedles Scully to a park after their power goes out at night. They play games and swap joy. (Growing Up Together on Gossamer.)
@frangipanidownunder (Ao3)
Mulder stops in to listen to a speech Scully gives; they're able to stumble past an awkward date joke and have a nice lunch.
girlbossscully
Scully is floored that not only is Mulder waking her early Saturday morning but also that he doesn't own a bed. Boundaries are made.
@nowwhateinstein (Ao3)
Mulder tags along on Scully's lunch break to see the cherry blossoms. She marvels at their almost immediate trust.
Mulder pulls over to show Scully hundreds of fireflies. It's more magical than I made it seem.
@contrivedcoincidences6/Spooky66/geektime66
When Scully is mocked as Spooky's new partner, she assures Mulder it's not her problem-- it's theirs.
Mulder reflects on religion and his lack of it while watching Scully pray. (FFN)
@merfilly/sharpest_asp (Ao3)
Mulder is stunned at how tiny Scully while observing her newest injury. He comforts and hopes she recovers quickly.
S1/INTP stunned at how tiny ISTJ is/wishes her speedy recovery/forehead kiss-- Vulnerable - Merfilly - The X-Files [Archive of Our Own]
@leiascully (Ao3)
Mulder is surprise how Scully's new presence in his life impacts even his private habits-- like getting fish.
Mulder is too stubbornly organic to fit into FBI, turning Scully into seaglass through a trial-by-fire.
Scully reads bodies like a map. Mulder will always find "it."
Mulder is thwarted by a stapler. Scully teases and helps him out.
The peace of Scully's work outweighs the constant rot of death.
Mulder and Scully enjoy each other's smell.
Mulder loves the moments that Scully banters about killer snails.
The basement is MSR's haunted house with few answers.
Mulder enjoys observing Scully while they drive the long way.
Scully soothes Mulder's self-destructive draw to "fire" after his horrible childhood and terrible relationships.
@swinging-stars-from-satellites/bravest_person_in_Wonderland
Mulder gives a sympathy massage after Scully dips into the aspirin. (Ao3)
Scully worked hard to overcome her childhood lisp. Mulder hears it and likes it.
Scully diagnoses Mulder with appendicitis, and gently teases him on his way to the hospital. (Ao3)
@skylandmountain1013 (Ao3)
Scully picks up Mulder's local souvenir habits for Secret Santa. (Ao3)
mrsspookylovesbaseball
Mulder and Scully don't realize they're on dates as they flit from graveyard to the Smithsonian (where he ribs her about being a bushbaby) to his couch after a leg injury.
The_Young_Wolf
Scully tries-- and fails-- to deter Mulder from his ghost theory.
@thescullyphile (Ao3)
Mulder gives Scully a stepstool in trepidation. (Ao3)
Scully fixes Mulder's sink while he makes her pasta. (Ao3)
Pre-Darkness Falls Scully saves Mulder as he blinks SOS while being flirted hardcore with a desk lady. (Ao3)
@smalldisbeliever (Ao3)
Scully volunteers to watch Bohzo the fish. (Ao3)
Scully gently wakes Mulder when he falls asleep on his reports. (Ao3)
Mulder and Scully are so bored they start a petty argument, then finally give in a clock out early. (Ao3)
Scully gets princess-lifted when her shoe betrays her. (Ao3)
@fabulouspatsystone
Mulder thinks Scully is sick and tired of him; but is heartened to find out she'd blown off a date.
Mulder feels a bit lost after a dissatisfactory case. Scully, meanwhile, is angry after finishing a mandated autopsy.
@sportsnightnut (Ao3)
Mulder wants the Yanks to win for his birthday. Scully can at least give him a cap, a donut, and a "next time." (Ao3)
Scully cares for a sick Mulder; and is saddened to hear how neglected he'd been by his mother.
@starwalker42 (Ao3)
Mulder tenses over an arguing motel couple. Scully comforts as he remembers his parents' furniture breaking fights.
@brownies-and-tea (Ao3)
Mulder sings his head off to Elvis. Scully is amused. (Ao3)
Scully and Mulder get trapped in a phone booth after he'd been chasing a lead all night; and have to wait for help to arrive.
Mulder always recovers Scully's shoe for her when she loses it.
Enjoy!
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X-Files Collector’s Edition: Thanksgivings Are Better Twofold
thMulder and Scully have many a checkered collection in Thanksgiving fic land-- some unpleasant times with family drama always at the ready; but it never holds them down for long, and the memories are worth it.
This is truly a mixed collection-- some fics only a paragraph long, others taken from larger works or longer series-- but all are enjoyable in their own ways.
(**Edited: Added a few stories below I missed on my first go-through.**)
Loose chronological order below~
By Timeline
Dryad’s (Ao3) 2790 Vine St. (Ao3)
“"Wait just a minute, young man," she called. She turned him around, fussed with his jacket, rewrapped his striped wool scarf. "There we are. Now you look like a proper young man about to go to a Christmas party."
Fox grimaced and looked away from her too-bright eyes, her fixed smile....
How could they even consider going to a party when Samantha was only a month gone? And why did he have to pretend everything was okay?”
Young Mulder and his parents spend Thanksgiving at a neighbors, where polite society ignores the gaping hole left in their lives. He wanders, distantly connected to his environment, observing his parents’ mutual distances.
emmbright’s (Gossamer, LiveJournal) False Dawn
“Listen and repeat: "Je me suis perdu. Pouvez-vous m'aider, s'il vous plait?"
Mulder listens and haltingly repeats, struck by the meaning behind the words he mouths. Yes, he thinks, I am lost.”
Post 3 Mulder is so guilt-ridden that he accepts Tena’s “please”s to join her for Thanksgiving. On his way over he finds Scully’s French language tapes and listens to them emptily. His misery only continues with Maggie’s next call.
Juliettt’s
All I Want for Christmas
“Sometimes he would pick up the phone after hearing the caller identify him- or herself. Usually he did so when it was Margaret Scully on the other end of the line. Funny -- he would have thought she would be the one person with whom he would be afraid to speak, but it hadn't been like that at all. The Lone Gunmen tired him with their overly enthusiastic theories and vain attempts to cheer him. Mrs. Scully never tried to cheer him. She would call him when she felt particularly blue or had an idea he might be. She was usually right. And he would answer and sometimes they would just sit there listening to one another breathe because there was nothing to say.”
Pre-One Breath Mulder’s birthday wish-- for Scully’s return-- turns into a Thanksgiving wish turns into a Christmas wish as he dodges invites from Maggie and mires himself in guilt. A tombstone and a phone call end his cycle.
Lullaby
“If he found us awake he would sing old ballads to us. Melissa was usually asleep."
Mulder looked at her. "But you stayed awake," he said softly.
Scully nodded. "It was the one time I had him all to myself. I grew to miss that -- even years later when we had grown apart a little. Even after we fought about my joining the FBI. He couldn't understand -- I don't know if he ever really understood.
AU Post Anasazi 1-- Mulder’s return from NM is rolled into a Thanksgiving celebration (incidentally, Melissa never died so no drama.) He overhears Scully singing lullaby, and she relates how her dad used to sing it to her. Mulder later hears it himself, but decides not to mention it.
(BONUS! i.e., Part 2 of the above fic:)
Marriage- Lullaby For a New Generation
“No, Mulder showed his affections in rather more unique and creative ways. Up until a few months ago he had routinely accompanied her in to work for early morning autopsy calls just so she would not have to go alone, and then he would slip out and buy her an extra large mocha and a croissant to be consumed after she was finished. He'd make certain the car was always full of fuel when he knew she would need it. Or he would sneak home during lunch when he knew she was going to be in meetings or the lab all afternoon and put a pot of spaghetti sauce or a casserole on to cook so that when they arrived home, hungry and exhausted, there would be a hot meal waiting. And then, if she were especially tired, he would insist on doing all the dishes instead of simply drying them as he usually did, and maybe even run her a hot bath and leave her to soak the stress of the day away. And then, too, he gave a mean backrub. . . .
So what if he didn't give her flowers and candy and soft music? He gave her his love and respect and time and gratefully accepted the same from her.”
AU Post Anasazi 2-- Mulder is happily married to Scully, and loves to sneak Will from the FBI nursery to his office as much as he can. Scully overhears him singing her father’s lullaby; and stuns him with her belief when he relates his past experience.
httpspotter’s The Key to My Heart
““Would you hand me the key for a second? I forgot something.”
She did, a bit confused. Was he mad at something now and regretted giving her the key? But Mulder just wrote his name on a piece of paper, glued on the key with duct tape and gave back to her. “There you go.”
“Thank you” she said, softly.
Scully knew that gesture meant how much he trusted her. Mulder was trying to say it was okay for her to go without him at his apartment, to pick up a file of a case they were investigating, or anything else. If he wasn’t home, she could still go and wait for him there. It meant a lot of things, and definitely it wasn’t about the fish.”
Post One Breath Mulder is going to be out of town for a family Thanksgiving; and gives gives Scully a key to his apartment. She sees the motive under it all, and rewards his trust with mac and cheese.
@sunsoakd/agenderleadingplayer’s up (where the world won’t let us down)
“he notices how no one says thanksgiving, wonders if it's a nebraska thing. she still hasn't said anything and he's almost worried until she takes a sip of her cocoa and the whipped cream gives her a white mustache and he laughs, and so does she, and he reaches out with his napkin to wipe it off and underneath it all she's smiling.”
S2-5? Mulder and Scully spend Thanksgiving in a diner, thankful for each other.
@wexleresque/hllsteeth’s thankful
““No, uh, it’s not cold,” He says. Scully raises an eyebrow at him but goes back to eating, looking perfectly content and unbothered. Mulder squints at his plate as if it’s done something to offend him before taking an experimental bite of the stuffing, drizzled with gravy. This bite is as bad as the last, oversalted and overpeppered. He didn’t even know it was possible to add too much pepper to gravy until this very moment.”
Post Redux ii Scully is deeply embarrassed by her recovering sense of smell and inedible Thanksgiving meal. Mulder is supportive, and the two strike a deal.
@nowwhateinstein’s (Ao3) Don’t Know Much About History
“But no amount of complaining would change Mother Nature’s mind. She’d be spending Thanksgiving alone and away from her family this year.
A knock at the door startled her out of her melancholy thoughts. Perhaps it was her building super, come to tell her to expect power outages due to the storm. She padded over to the door in stockinged feet and opened it. She was surprised to see Mulder standing there. He held two paper grocery bags, each full to bursting.”
Gobble, gobble, Scully,” he said by way greeting, sidestepping his way into her apartment.”
After Post Modern Prometheus, Mulder joins Scully for Thanksgiving after her flight is snowed out and she is left behind in DC.
Pattie’s This is The Way Thanksgiving Should Be
“A kitchen full of women. Why was that always the case? Scully reached for a small dish of chopped parsley. "Mom, how much of this do you want in the potatoes?"
"All of it, honey. I measured it out." Margaret Scully smiled a knowing smiled at Tara.
"Navy wives, Dana! Remember how you grew up? So many things timed just right and organized as good as a ship?" Scully felt a longing for that sort of arrangement. A family routine. "Yeah. I do. It's been so long. But I do have my own routine down pat. Everything is to the letter as long as there are no surprises."
S5 Mulder pretends to have something better to do, but scoots over to the Scully Thanksgiving as a surprise.
@all-these-ghosts’s (Ao3) Thankful (Ao3)
““I don’t think my mom has the wrong impression about anything,” Scully says slowly, and he has absolutely no idea how he’s supposed to interpret that, no sir, and then she continues, “She set up the air mattress for you.”
“Right,” he says, and finally puts his bag down. “Thanks for letting me…”
Her eyes are almost soft. “Of course.””
S6 Mulder somehow gets slotted into the Scully Thanksgiving; and further didn’t expect his “Truth or Dare” to be answered honestly, if mildly.
@softnow’s (Ao3) thankful
“It has been twenty-five years since he celebrated Thanksgiving—really celebrated—and he’s never had one like this. There were so many people crammed into Maggie’s modest house, aunts and uncles and cousins he’d never even heard of. They hadn’t all fit at the dinner table; he’d eaten on the living room floor, styrofoam plate balanced on his knee, iced tea nearly knocked over more than once by one rambunctious kid or another.
He’d told Scully he was fine, she could sit at the table with her mother and brothers, but she’d refused to leave his side.”
It’s S6? Thanksgiving, and Mulder joins Scully for her giant family gathering. He’s surprised that she wants to eat with him on the floor, and even more surprised that she is happy to do so.
@baronessblixen’s (Ao3)
Be Brave - Chapter 1
““Mom, we work together.”
“So? He’s your friend, isn’t he?” Maggie wonders if Dana realizes that she’s scrubbed the same plate for over two minutes. It’s clean. Carefully she takes the dish from her.
“It’s just not something we talk about.” But she wants to. Dana thinks she’s hard to read, difficult to understand. Not for Maggie. She glances through the window and sees Mulder and Charlie laughing together. Even Bill looks peaceful.”
Maggie has decided enough is enough; and pushes Scully to make a move after their peaceful Thanksgiving dinner.
Unnamed Prompt 38
“This is exactly the kind of family gathering Mulder is used to. Yelled accusations. Past missteps. Oh yes, he knows this. Except it’s not his family. And no one, for once, is yelling at him. He’s outside on the porch, the sun trying to hide, too, disappearing quickly, going to sleep. Under him the wood creaks softly. No one but him hears it. They’re in the kitchen, Scully and her brother Bill. Mulder was in there with them moments ago. He doubts either of them even noticed when he slipped outside. Out here, their voices are muffled, but he can still hear them, word for word.”
Scully and Bill are at each other’s throats. Maggie finds Mulder disturbed outside; but convinces him to come in with pie after Scully drops the “boyfriend” word.
Rainy Thanksgiving Aren’t As Bad As They Seem
“He's sated, he's tired, but most of all, he's happy. There on the couch are Jackson and Katie, their two miracles, both pretending to watch TV, both struggling to stay awake. Mulder merely smiles at them and tiptoes out of the living room to find Scully in the kitchen drying the dishes.”
Post Revival-- It’s the first Thanksgiving as a knitted-together family; and Mulder and Scully soak it in as they miss Maggie and banter freely.
@lotsoforangesoutside’s (Ao3, Alt. Tumblr) The Turkey Special (Ao3)
“One corner of her mouth perks up as she recalls that Bill was absent from the dinner table today; her Mother gushed over Mulder for the majority of the meal and packed Tupperware after Tupperware of food for Mulder and her to enjoy later.
Somehow, her mother knows with firm convictions that they have plans to spend the rest of the Thanksgiving weekend together.”
Mulder had always been a bum at his friends’ Thanksgivings. He is moved to finally belong at someone’s-- Scully’s.
@suitablyaggrieved/ScullyLovesQueequeg’s Avoidable Feast
““That—that is a large bird,” He says, and she glances over at him, to see what he means. He points in his leather gloves to the display of frozen turkeys that are stacked precariously for Thanksgiving, which is only in a couple of days. Scully feels a slight fluttering in her belly that she dismisses immediately, but there is no quelling the thoughts that she would soon vocalize:
“It’s going to be our first Thanksgiving together as a couple,” Scully says, brushing her fringe out of her eye.”
Both Mulder and Scully have a near-miscommunication over Thanksgiving plans; but assure each other they do, indeed, want to celebrate together.
@msrpolaroidproject’s Thanksgiving with Mulder and Scully
““I had such a wonderful holiday, Mulder,” she murmurs, “Thank you.””
Scully had to skip out on Thanksgiving with her family to spend it with Mulder. It shocks him that grateful she is to do so.
@msrafterdark's (Ao3) home for thanksgiving
“Dana is... Dana’s different now. She seems a little firmer, a little more stoic, and he’s sure from what little she’s told him about her current line of work thta is HAS to have an effect on her. The last several years have thrown so much at this family...agruably her most of all.”
Charlies observes his sister; and is glad she is (finally) happy.
@jinjoint/Jintian’s Seven Days
““Maybe if you tell me what bothers you so much about visiting her.... Won't this be the first time you've seen each other since you were in the hospital?"
"Yes. But Scully, nothing bothers --" He stops. "Fine. Something bothers me. But I want to see how it goes before I say anything."
"I want to know how it goes, too, whatever it is," she says.
"I will tell you. Soon.””
Post Amor Fati Mulder is visiting his mother for a week. He calls Scully here and there to deal with Tena’s lack of warmth (and to mildly discuss their new relationship.) His worry for his paternity comes to a head over her birthday dinner, and leaves both with a fallout uncomfortable to both.
Blueswirl’s The Simplest Explanation
“She doesn't have to ask who he's talking about. She knew before the words even left his mouth. An ordinary boy, his sister gets abducted...
"If you want to look at it that way," she says, gently. "But we both know it's more complicated than that."
"Is it?" he wonders. "Maybe it's not. Maybe it's just that simple. And, just like with Weems, everyone who gets involved in his life becomes an integral part of his luck. It's just not much fun when it's all bad."
Post The Goldberg Variation, Scully finds Mulder in a dour mood over darker reflections on cause-and-effect and luck. She insists it doesn’t reflect back on his life; and struggles alongside him on a missing girl’s case. As the anniversary looms-- on Thanksgiving that year-- and the case has no conclusion, Mulder is able to answer some questions and find a measure of peace.
@atths--twice‘s (Ao3, Alt. Ao3, FFN)
Thanksgiving on the Run
““Hmm, yeah,” she hummed with a nod. “Though I think I would like to find a motel tonight. With a real bed? And a toilet we don’t have to drive to?”
“Yeah. I think we could do that,” he said with a smile, looking around and noticing the decorations adorning the walls. “Hey, Scully, is it… I think it might be Thanksgiving.”
She too looked around and then let out a deep sigh. “I think you might be right,” she said quietly....
On the run, Mulder and Scully pause their mobile living in time to catch Thanksgiving. This spills over in a beautiful visit to the botanical gardens.
A Thankful Morning
““What time did you say Skinner would be here?” she quietly called to him.
“Uh.. he said three, I think. He’s bringing everything and he seemed pretty excited about it,” he answered, as he poured water in the coffee pot. He added the coffee and turned it on, walking back toward the couch and sitting next to her.
“It was nice of him to offer a home cooked Thanksgiving meal. I was set on cereal and toast,” she said, looking at him again.”
Post Revival-- Mulder and Scully, proud parents of their daughter, are enjoying a nice Thanksgiving with the company of Skinner.
@agentwhalesong/sadandangstyagent’s (Ao3) The Past is the Past
“Bill saw him as soon as he entered the living room, the person who was the very reason why his sister had been away from home for so long. Mulder was helping Maggie with bringing food to the table, smiling and making her laugh as she ordered him around. He couldn’t believe how lenient his mother was with him, even after all the mess he had made not only in Dana’s life, but also in the lives of everyone else she had relations with. Maggie had been the one to suffer the most when she realized her daughter had simply vanished, leaving only a note in her wake that said she would be fine and that no one should go looking for her. Even if she didn’t say it, they all knew it was because of Mulder, so it didn’t make any sense to Bill that Maggie didn’t seem to hold any grudges against her daughter’s partner. Maybe she knew details about their story that Bill didn’t because, ultimately, he didn’t know a lot. He didn’t know anything, actually, if he was being honest.”
Post IWTB-- Bill is tired of picking fights, and finally, simply, OBSERVES.
@this-is-surely-tru/your_truly’s Side-Effects May Include
““How do you feel?”
He stroked his thumbs over the skin above his eyebrows. “Hung over. Like I told you I would.”
“You hadn’t slept more than three hours a night for almost a week, Mulder,” she said. “You needed to take the pill.”
Who could sleep when there was less than a month until the end of the world? Mulder couldn’t stop the spinning, no matter how desperately he wanted to get off the ride, and they both struggled with how alternately listless and manic he’d become in the past six months.”
Post IWTB Mulder is on the brink of depression; but Scully dutifully cares for him with sleeping pills and funny, lively nephews.
@aloysiavirgata’s (Ao3, WBM, Gossamer, LJ, Alt. LJ) Unnamed (only link)
“The dishes are stowed away, leftovers marinating in their own juices and seasonings for the days ahead. Mulder has plans for turkey stock and a cranberry granita.”
Mulder and Scully eat themselves into an over-stuffed stupor.
2nd Anonymous’s Unnamed
“On this thanksgiving day Mulder falls asleep, his tummy full of sweet potato and Turkey on the couch cuddling with his equally full daughter.”
S11 Mulder and his daughter nap on the sofa; but still manage to lure Jackson and Scully to join them.
@fridaysat9′s (Ao3) Just a Thursday in November
“Melissa smiled and placed her dish stack next to the sink. “Bill never changes, does he?”
Dana laughed a little and closed her eyes. No, he did not.
“I’m proud of you, Dana,” Melissa said. “Not everyone is brave enough to change careers. And beyond that, take a step off the beaten path and work in a department and with someone that others aren’t always fond of.”
“Mulder is a good partner,” she said, sensing her sister’s concern mixed in with her praise.
“I know he is,” Melissa said. “I can feel it.””
The Scully family’s full Thanksgivings slowly shrink as the years pass; but Scully still finds happiness as Mulder is added to her holiday.
Canon-Divergent or AUs
Sukie Tawdry’s The Way Things Are (2/2)
““You and your partner spend a lot of taxpayer money on wild goose chases. How do your superiors justify that?" Bill Mulder asked, voice sharpened to a fine edge.
"We've solved some serious crimes, Mr. Mulder." Scully knew she should keep out a family dispute but she couldn't bear to hear her partner's work denigrated.
"So far, our superiors are satisfied with our progress, Dad." Scully detected an undercurrent of anguish beneath the calm determination in Mulder's tone. Her partner placed his fork on his plate, perhaps having lost his appetite.
Was this a typical Mulder meal? Tension hung in the air, as if a palpable presence. Teena Mulder kept conversation moving, undoubtedly as she'd been taught to do as a proper hostess.”
S1-- Mulder and Scully are in a committed relationship in consequence to a surprise pregnancy. They are happy, TLG are happy, her family is happy-- but Mulder’s job continues to brutalize him in his quest for answers, and his parents remain cold and indifferent. Scully sympathy and dry wit helps patch him back together and soldier on. And all ends happily (and hilariously) throughout. Thanksgiving is the big climax of the fic, so it counts!
Love this fic, and constantly return to it (while skipping part 1 entirely-- but that’s my preference.) Mount St. Scully is a downright hilarious terror.
@broadcastnews1987/inspl0tchess‘s (Ao3) At the Close of the Day
“She’s cold and annoyed and shoeless and she is alive, alive, alive.
She balances on one foot on the log, still holding one of Mulder’s hands. “Well,” she says, her voice soft and even, “that settles it. I’m going to have to kill you.”
The snow is coming down harder around them. Mulder wipes his eyes, and she resists the urge to stomp her sock foot at him.
“I’m sorry.” He is not. “I’ll buy you new boots.” He’ll do no such thing. “Come here.” Because that went so well last time.”
Scully is recovered from her cancer, and is happy to spend Thanksgiving on the road with Mulder, “slotting into place.” But she immediately stops him from pedestalizing her recovery; and makes moves to seal the deal.
@cecilysass‘s (Ao3, Gossamer)
How to Eat Pleasant Holiday Meals With Co-Workers (Ao3)
“The last idea makes her stomach clench ominously, bringing to mind fears she’s been holding back. What if a baby does come between them, just as he worried? What if he feels trapped by the prospect of being the actual parent of a child? Kept from the work he’s always made clear is his top priority? What if she will eventually have to set him free to raise this child on her own?
She subtly tilts her head to look at her partner, watching goofy dancing reindeer on TV. His eyes are bright and amused by the spectacle. He looks like a boy himself.”
IVF timeline-- Scully gets the stomach flu two days after transfer, and skip her family’s meal to watch the Macy’s Parade with Mulder. Scully spends all day worrying too much about burdening Mulder with obligation; Mulder, meanwhile, is being hit the reality of a possible successful transfer. His worry for both their health stuns Scully, finally and opens a conversation between them.
How to Eat Holiday Meals With Co-Workers - Chapter 4 (Ao3)
““Mulder.” His voice sounds broken, like an old man’s.
It’s Lionel speaking. Lionel of Lionel and Reyna, who live in the farm house adjacent to their property. Lionel and Reyna, their nearest neighbors. Lionel and Reyna, his nearest neighbors.
Lionel seems to be asking him to dinner tomorrow. Turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie.”
Mulder is depressed, alone, after his breakup. Scully won’t call, and he knows she won’t answer his calls. He tries to preserve the last ounce of dignity he has left while avoiding his neighbor’s pity invite to a Thanksgiving meal.
How to Eat Holiday Meals With Co-Workers - Chapter 5 (Ao3)
““What if Mick sees ghosts?”
In tandem they both turn back again to watch their small daughter. She has a stick and a leaf in each hand, and she is gesturing with them, making some kind of point to a group of unseen people.
“She could be surrounded by ghosts, Scully,” whispers Mulder. “So many ghosts.
“Oh Mulder, she thinks, turning back towards him and reaching out with her fingertips to trace his face. She’s not the only one.”
Mulder and Scully and their daughter Mick-- the nickname sticking until it wore Scully down-- are enjoying a peacefully reclusive Thanksgiving in their new home on the Vineyard until he sees her talking to imaginary friends and deduces they’re ghosts. When Mick says one of them is named Samantha, Scully has to pull him aside to prevent him from losing it.
@catarinquar’s (Ao3, WBM) of saturdays secrets and maybe-babies (Ao3)
“Mulder bites his lip. “Maybe. Tell you what, though, your brother had us figured out.” At Thanksgiving, he had liked Charlie well enough, but he’s been a little—perplexed, since. Married with kids, but not bringing them for the holiday. Showed up for his father’s burial, but not for Melissa’s. Not when Scully lay dying. Still. “I didn’t know you were so close.”
She shrugs. “Just… younger sibling solidarity.”
“Yeah?” he says, thinks, absolutely not . ... “Scully, let me see you. Tell me about Charlie.”
It is minutes before she draws back far enough for eye contact.”
Early S7 IVF timeline-- It’s the Per Manum arc and a new relationship and Thanksgiving all rolled into one. Mulder is wrapped up in silent hopes and dreams before the transfer; but once the holiday is over and the process started, his questions about her family help elucidate his own role to Scully and their future to himself.
MD1016′s (FFN) The Sins of the Father (FFN)
“I glared at Mulder until he reluctantly looked my way, and then shrugged and offered up a lame, "What?"
"Is this where you tell us Dana has developed some sort of eating disorder, or something?" I asked, ready to nail him with the blame the moment the words came out of his mouth. He drove her crazy, that much was clear. She easily could have developed all kinds of psychological disorders because of her associations with this guy.
"She's not feeling well," he said slowly, carefully. There was no way I could miss the extra flexing he did with his jaw. Interesting.”
S7 IVF timeline-- Bill loved both his sisters; but as the years roll on, he found he could no longer understand them. After a huge uproar at Thanksgiving over Scully’s health, he finds out how much he truly didn’t know.
JET’s (Gossamer, mulderscreek) Small Lives Awake
““Scully," he said the night before. He was turning a tea saucer over and over in his hands. "Really, it's too much trouble. I'm sure your brother didn't plan for extra company."
"Nonsense. They as much as invited you anyway when they called a month ago."
She wrung out the rag and the wire scour while soapy water glugged down the drain.
He finished putting the pans in the drawer beneath the oven and sat down at his kitchen table.
"It's one week. You need to get away, see your family."
"You're my family too," she said in a rushed breath, as though they were arguing.
He seemed slightly startled.”
S7-- Scully and Mulder aren’t dating (yet), but she wants him to come with her to Charlie’s. There she rediscovers pieces of herself, and even finds a little X-File for her and Mulder to preoccupy themselves with on their breaks from nephew chaos and migraines from the haunted curiosity shop. All is well, and moves are made.
(*Note: I personally think our duo began dating after The Unnatural; BUT, despite the timelines, it all shakes out to not be canon-divergent, or AU. Speaking of--*)
1st Anonymous’s Unnamed
“William’s guilty eyes cross hers ; his fingers are sticky with yam topping.”
S9 AU-- 4 year old William wants ALL the food.
Shoshana & salliejohn‘s
Empty Place Settings
“I was happy to do anything they asked. I wanted and needed to see my sister. She's the closest thing to Mom I have right now, and I miss Mom desperately. I miss her phone calls and her visits and her advice on child rearing. I miss her care packages and long letters. I miss everything about her, even her curt responses to my snide remarks about Mulder.
Of course, I'm not angry at Mulder anymore. Just at the FBI. The military, too, I guess. They were in cahoots against him, permitting some hastily organized kangaroo court to sentence him to death.”
A piece from a larger S9 AU-- Bill and his family reunite with Scully and Mulder for Thanksgiving. Both Scullys bond over the painful ache of their mother’s absence (she is in hiding with William), and even manage to bridge some gaps between Bill and Mulder.
This is such a cool series-- it works up to Bill reuniting with Scully, beach-blonde Mulder, Scully’s new research job to (hopefully) work on a vaccine with the risk of getting caught, and deep emotional connections between all the characters.
Girlie_girl7′s
Man to Man Talk 07
“Will fussed on the way to grandma's house but at least he wasn't screaming like he had been 12 hours earlier.
"You okay Scully?" Mulder asks as he adjusts the rear view mirror so he can see her face.
"Yeah, I'm fine Mulder but you must be dead on your feet. You walked the floor most of the night."
"It's part of the job Scully and besides I don't take much sleep."
Post Existence Mulder, Scully, and Will are sleep-deprived and battling the baby’s infection; but Thanksgiving awaits, and it’s not too bad after all.
A 40 Day in the Life
““My foot is getting better," Scully tells her son as she usually does at least four times a day but she shows him her foot anyway. It's still swollen and slightly purple but it does look much better than it did one week ago. William seems satisfied and takes off out the bedroom door and down the stairs.
Next to annoy Scully is Mulder. He comes in carrying their daughter. Scully does admit he has the baby dressed cute. She has on her black Mary Jane's with white socks and a blue velvet dress trimmed in white lace and somehow Mulder has been able to gather up enough of her 'brother cut' hair to put a barrette on top of her head. "You sure you feel like going, Scully? I mean if you're tired we can stay home," Mulder says trying to weasel out of this Scully tradition, 'Thanksgiving dinner at moms'.”
Mulder and Scully have (currently) two children, a busy career, and many, many close calls. Having recently recovered from flesh-eating disease on a case, Scully just wants a relaxing Thanksgiving without Bill ribbing her or any kiddo meltdowns. She gets neither.
@blackcoffeeandteardrops‘s (Ao3)
Mashed Potatoes
“She thought about his comment regarding not remembering Maggie and nudged him in the side with her elbow. “You were a baby. Despite whatever circumstances that might have occurred to allow you to recall things from back then, it’s okay that you don’t remember her, let alone anything else from before,” she said, watching the way he tapped a finger against his leg, still staring at the floor rather than at her. “And Will?” she said, drawing in a deep breath, wanting what she said next to sink in. “It’s okay if you’re not okay today. I know that we...haven’t talked about it much, and I didn’t know if you really wanted to, but if you did, that would be okay.”
William shook his head, darting his tongue out to moisten his parched lips. They had talked about his life in Wyoming some, but it was always such a tricky situation. What had happened with his adoptive parents was his own experience, but given the lengths Scully had gone through to keep him safe, he felt a connection with her he wasn’t completely sure he understood.”
AU My Struggle 2-- This is the last part in a longer series (1/ 2/ 3/)-- Will has been settled with Mulder and Scully in the aftermath of the world being saved from the deadly virus that, unfortunately, killed Will’s parents. Thanksgiving approaches; and, while Mulder recovers strength, Scully and Will bond over honoring their lost relatives while prepping for their Thanksgiving feast.
This series is gold. Absolutely wonderful!
Enjoy!
#txf#x-files#xf fanfic#fic#Collector's Edition#Thanksgivings Are Better Twofold#Dryad#emmbright#Juliettt#httpspotter#wexleresque#hellsteeth#baronessblixen#nowwhateinstein#Pattie#all-these-ghosts#lotsoforangesoutside#suitablyaggrieved#ScullyLovesQueequeg#softnow#msrpolaroidproject#jinjoint#Jintian#Blueswirl#agentwhalesong#sadandangstyagent#this-is-surely-tru#your_truly#aloysiavirgata#atths--twice
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This is an abstract one, so ignore it if nothing comes to you, but I'm curious if there's any fics you can recommend that have the vibe of the dancing sequence at the end of Post Modern Prometheus.
Like carefree, happy, totally in love but repressing it (or not), suave, smiley, that kind of thing. Not actually a tag to the episode itself.
I have innumerable fics that fit this vibe-- so innumerable, in fact, that this category had to be whittle down to dancing stories, then cut down further to only include Post Modern Prometheus scenes. (But don't worry, there'll be a Part II sometime soon~.)
Partying and Pondering Post Post Modern Prometheus
@scenes-in-between/scullywolf's The Post Modern Prometheus (Ao3)
PMP Mulder is still foggy from the drugs (a precursor to the dancing fics; but begged to be included nonetheless.)
@purrykat/mylifeinshadow's The post-modern prometheus (pretty please)
PMP Scully looks up to see Mulder inviting her to dance.
Diana Alexander's Time Slows Down
PMP Scully's thoughts as she dances.
@agentwhalesong (Ao3/Alt. Ao3) Throughout The Years - Chapter 5
PMP Mulder's bittersweet thoughts as he and Scully dance.
Madeleine Partous's (The Annex) Unbound
Post PMP Scully ponders her druggie-like existence as she and Mulder part ways with the Mutato on a highway surrounded by fields.
a_steady_wish's Things You Said on the Highway
Post PMP Scully enjoyed her dance, bantering with Mulder about doing it again some time.
@leiascully's (Ao3) OctoberFicFest Day 16: Dance (Ao3)
PMP Scully has their dance seared into her memory.
@i-gaze-at-scully/i_gaze_at_scully's
Alter the Ending
AU PMP Mulder dances with Scully under the streetlight.
In black and white
AU PMP Mulder and Scully dance under the streetlight, but with a little more existentialism.
@syntax6/syn's (Alt. Tumblr)
Post PMP Mulder beaten down by Mutato's imprisonment and the fact that "Samantha" hasn't reached out again.
@nowwhateinstein's (Ao3) Don't Know Much About History
Post PMP Mulder invites Scully over for a Thanksgiving movie night. (Does it count if it's not Mulder and Scully dancing?)
@ghostbustermelanieking/skuls’s Unnamed
Post PMP Mulder and Scully celebrate Thanksgiving on the road.
Mulder42Scully5's Getting Out of the Car
Post PMP Mulder pulls over so he and Scully can dance in the rain.
CSM's C'est La Vie
AU PMP Scully invites Mulder along on a luxury couples cruise.
Enjoy!
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Best pining fanfics? Mulder pining, Scully pining, both of them, I love it all. Need some angsty "they couldn't possibly feel the way I feel" admiring-from-a-distance (possibly buildup to love confession) fics in my life.
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Oooooooooooooooh, that's interesting-- usually don't go for the pining myself, BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT that doesn't mean there aren't a ton I have stashed away. ;))) Brb!
Unironically most (if not all) of @cecilysass's work have pining with requited love, some examples: The Kaleidoscope (S6, Scully dating, both pining), How to Eat Pleasant Holiday Meals With Co-Workers (mostly pining, including IVF and later "breakup" Thanksgiving), Pause (AU after Requiem-- pregnant Scully was "dead" for a year before being returned with amnesia after FTF. PINING.), The Boy on the Beach (AU time travel case after Amor Fati-- Mulder misinterpreted his experience, Scully feels deeply hurt and is given the opportunity to save Samantha from the "past." Both realizing mistakes and talking), and I'll throw in All the Dead Mulders (post Three Words Mulder goes to his family's grave to find closure and/or himself. Scully tracks him down in the end) and Not Orpheus, Not Eurydice (S5 Mulder and Scully feed pond ducks by a church and talk, beautiful) because there's some pining but more importantly, they're my favorite of her fics.
@nowwhateinstein's Now That You're Around Me-- (Mulder and Scully's closer relationship is almost ruined by Diana's pestering at the FBI ball.)
Violetta_Valery's The bittersweetness of pie (Breakup Mulder wanders into town, having lost everything except his craving for sweet potato pie. There he sees Scully with a guy, misinterprets everything, and rushes in to save her honor. All ends well.)
SqueekaCuomo's It’s Not Really about Krampus (Scully has insomnia at her family's Christmas; and Mulder keeps calling. She realizes he misses her and that she loves him.)
@agent-troi's pining and denial during her ongoing IVF Platonic Procreation (an example of how everyone could be telling you the truth and you could be denying it until you're blue in the face.)
allthings2020's The Mood Ring (almost makes Mulder and Scully confront their feelings.)
@tofuttim's Agent Scully is Already in Love (post Milagro Mulder didn't know Scully loves him; and fears that loving him will ruin her. She understands.)
@slippinmickeys's The Concept of Dualism (Melissa makes Mulder and Scully crash in one place post Dod Kalm so she can care for them) and Three Sentence Prompts - Chapter 15 (AU The End where Scully is shot instead, Gibson reassuring her of Mulder's love as she fades away.)
@welsharcher's *chef's kiss* The Almost Kiss (Small Potatoes Mulder realizes Scully wanted more, backs away since he can't be "that" right now. Both pining) and No Place for Me (post The End Scully feels rejected, hears Mulder's heartbroken tears.)
@baronessblixen wrote some great Rain King-- I Saw You In My Dreams (Scully thinks Mulder was dreaming about Diana, realizes it's her name in Kansas), this one (Mulder and Scully talk out their tenseness by recollecting how he always supported her during the cancer arc), and this funny one (Mulder wakes, happy, then sneezes in Scully's hair-- not so much pining as enjoying?)-- and One Son pining-- this one (Mulder and Scully are both mad at each other and their "betrayals") and Never Cold With You By My Side (Fowley locks up Mulder and Scully in Fort Marlene overnight-- Scully so angry she pushes Mulder away until she's forced to ask for body heat.)
Lapsed_Scholar's Atonement counts, I believe (cancer arc Scully is hurt that Mulder dips without talking to her at all-- turns out, he was following Jewish customs to try to barter for her recovery or to atone for his mistakes that are being foisted, he thinks, on his partner.)
@amplifyme's Roghnaíonn Mé Tú counts, I think (S7 Scully is thunderstruck that Mulder had chosen her over Samantha in End Game.)
Hope these are enough for now! XDDDD Sorry this took me a bit; but I hope you have a wonderful weekend reading~. :DDDDD
Edit: WAIT I'm kicking myself for forgetting @suitablyaggrieved's Fictober Day 10 (S2 Mulder wants Scully back; but Skinner's not budging) and Mulder hears the door (Mulder pining for Scully while she's abducted, Skinner trying to help.)
#asks#living-in-unreality#fic#Collector's Edition#but not#xf fanfic#xf fic#x-files#xfiles#the x files#have fun! :DDDDDD#I'm going to get to your vid suggestion too btw#still workin on that#HOPEFULLY there isn't more DaVinci aggravations
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✨"Anasazi” Fanfiction Reading List✨
Ma’ii and jóhonaaʼéí by @piecesofscully
Albert Hosteen ponders Fox Mulder and Dana Scully in Anasazi
A Shared Secret by @fictionpenned
Dana Scully doesn't have time for love. She is committed to both her career and professional distance, but she finds herself falling deeper and deeper in love with her partner, Fox Mulder. Or 5 times Scully fell in love with Mulder.
Alibis by orphaned_account
Following the events of Anasazi, Mulder starts thinking to the past, which brings up memories and emotions that cause him to go down a dangerous path that's slowly killing him from the inside.
#45 Hegal Place (Chapter 4) by @admiralty-xfd and @scullymakesmefeelautopsyturvy
There’s never a dull moment when your neighbor is Special Agent Fox Mulder.
A Long-Standing Curiosity by @gaycrouton
Five times Scully was reminded of Mulder's impressive size.
Exposed by @admiralty-xfd and @atths--twice
Set during the events of the episode "Anasazi." Mulder arrives at Scully's apartment and she tends to his illness, sees a little more than she should, and deals with some confusing feelings on the matter.
9mm Exorcism by @lokisgame
She drove for hours, miles and miles of empty highway behind her.
Across the Country by MyOwnSuperintendant
During "Anasazi," Scully drives across the country with an unconscious Mulder in the back seat.
Day 10 - There's Just Something About Her by ScullyLovesQueequeg
Mulder's in therapy, after the events of Anasazi.
Keep it Professional by @mldrgrl
Written by request for a story that takes after Anasazi when Mulder stumbles into Scully's apartment
Across the Miles by @nowwhateinstein
As the distance between them and DC increases, the gravity of what has happened - and the uncertainty of what lies ahead - begins to sink in.
Anasazi by @leiascully
Everything glowed at the edges and he couldn't sleep.
Ao3 Search Results for "The X-Files" and "Anasazi"
Gossamer Fics Tagged “Anasazi”
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"We’re Not Here To Get Involved in Personal Problems" (X-Cops)
Author: @cecilysass
For: @nowwhateinstein
Forty minutes after the end of the events of X-Cops, Mulder and Scully are still in Willow Park. Scully wants food, sleep, and resolution of her (entirely professional) problems.
What happens in the weary early morning hours of February 21, 2000.
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#XFMissing2021 11/25
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"A Case of You" (Three of a Kind)
Author: @nowwhateinstein
For: @mulderist
The Lone Gunmen make amends to Scully. Mulder eavesdrops on Scully singing Joni Mitchell.
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#XFMissing2021 19/25
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A Slight Detour
Author: @nowwhateinstein
For: @gillyAnne
Sunset... and sunrise at the Grand Canyon.
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[34/36] #XFDialogue2021
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Conduct
Author: @teaspoonofdread
For: @nowwhateinstein
Mulder and Scully on the road after Comity and it's weirdness. Some of it has rubbed off on them and they continue to struggle with one another.
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[32/36] #XFDialogue2021
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You have robbed me of all heart & mind and I love you sweet bandit of my soul - Atticus
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