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"This my present mulder?"

He's dragged her down here to hit some ball, middle of the night and cold air. She's annoyed. But then despite herself she starts having fun. It's so rare that they get this close in a situation that isn't life and death, when she can relax enough to concentrate on whats going on. She can feel his breath on her neck, moving her hair. His hips, his chest pressed right up against her back. And if she'd known it was this easy she might have expressed an interest in learning how to hit a baseball a few years earlier. And they're laughing and hitting balls right out of the park. And right now in this moment they're just two people, two normal people. Who make each other happy, who love each other. Right now it's simple.

And she thinks that this is a present, this feeling this moment.

And when, later, much later she kisses him, it will really be a thank you, for this and hundred other moments like it.