Aftermath
By kenikigenikai
Disclaimer: I only own my X Files season boxsets, nothing of any actual use... Boo Hoo :'(
Chapter 1
Scully paced across her apartment, staring at the piece of paper in her hands. How was she going to tell Mulder this? Would he be angry? Would he be upset?
How could she tell him something like this? Several options, whizzed through her brain, but none seemed right. She was unable to come up with anything better though because at that moment the doorbell rang.
"Who is it?" She asked, her line of work made her overly cautious
"Steven Spielberg" Mulder replied
Scully smiled and opened the door "Come in"
They stepped into the living room, "Tea, Coffee?" Scully asked stalling the inevitable
"Spill it, Scully" Mulder commanded, grasping her hands gently, she could see the fear in his eyes, he thought the cancer was back.
She sighed, this was hard, insanely hard. 'Come on Dana' she thought to herself 'Get it together, it's only Mulder, your partner ,your best friend, love of your life. Whoa! Where did that come from. Who are you kidding, you love him! Shut up! Do you have to tell him? Yes, of course you do! Think of how you would feel' Scully took a deep breath "You know Emily was my daughter?"
"Yup..."
"Well one evening I sat down and thought, even though she died, I wouldn't have missed our time together for the world, and I would have wanted to know about her, so I did some tests and ran them against all the databases I could find, to find her father"
"Oh, do you want some help then?"
"No, no, I already found that out..." She breathed in deeply "You"
"What..?" Mulder asked gently " Me, what?"
"YouwereEmilysfather" She replied quickly " You, were, Emily's, father" She repeated slowly
"Wha...What?" Mulder stammered " Oh my" he whispered sinking down onto the couch
Scully stared at him for a moment before thudding down beside him "If it makes you feel better, she loved you, she thought of you as her Dad as much as she thought as me as her Mum"
"Really" Mulder asked lifting his tear-stained face from his hands
Scully nodded her eyes filling up with tears at the thought of the little girl she had lost "You were the only one who respected my decision to adopt her, you were the only one other than me who loved her"
They sat next to each other in silence for a few minutes.
"Scully, how did you feel when you found out I was the father?" he asked timidly
"Oh god Mulder, sadness I suppose..." She trailed off
"Oh..." Mulder said sounding hurt
"At what you had lost...and...relief...I...I was relieved it was you..." She sighed heavily "...And...I...was..."
"What, what else Scully?" Mulder asked
"Happy" She said quickly "Happy that I had a child with you...You're the only one I would want that with" She clapped a hand to her mouth in shock in what she had admitted
Mulder fixed her with a piercing stare, keeping his fingers under her chin, to prevent her looking away. Then he leaned in slowly. Her breath hitched in her throat. He stopped, allowing her to back out, but she closed the distance in a slow, gentle but ultimately loving kiss.
Just as she lent in for a second kiss Mulder stood up, looking guilty
"What is it?" She asked softly
"Scully...there's something I need to tell you...I...I found some more 'Emily's" He said retrieving the vials from inside his jacket
"WHY DIDN'T YOU GIVE ME THEESE BEFORE?" She screamed at him
"I...I don't know...you just seemed so...sad..." Mulder replied slightly shocked by Scully's outburst
"We have to get rid of them, NOW!"
"Why? What if some of them haven't been treated yet?"
"Wha...What do you mean?"
"What if these 'Hybrid' children were treated at a later stage than this? What if these are normal embryos?"
"O...Oh my god" The tears spilled down Scully cheeks and Mulder pulled her into a hug tucking her under his chin, they stayed like this for a few more moments before Scully pulled away but Mulder caught hold of her hands
"Why did you kiss me just now?" She asked quietly
"Because...Because I love you"
"Y..You do?"
"Yes for years, since your abduction at least, the Gunmen will tell you, I was even more frantic than when I had a lead for Samantha"
"They said that, b...but I didn't believe them, I...I love you too...so much"
Mulder smiled before leaning in and kissing her again, she grasped his shoulders tightly and deepened the kiss. They fell onto the couch, still kissing and Scully quickly ridded Mulder of his shirt.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Mulder asked
"Never been surer of anything in my life" She murmured
The Next Day
Mulder smiled to himself as he woke up to find Scully asleep on his chest. 'God she's beautiful.' He thought to himself. He lay still for a moment tracing circles slowly and gently onto Scully's side
"Mmm..." Scully murmured happily waking up, before fear clenched at her heart. What if Mulder regrets this? What if he wants to go back to how things were before? I don't think I could take that!
"Scully" Mulder called softly
She looked up into his eyes and saw pure, undiluted love and all her fears melted away
"Scully I also have to tell you, the ova I recovered, they're viable I got a call a few minutes ago, they can be implanted whenever you like"
"How much time do we have?"
"What do you mean?"
"I assume were under some kind of time constraint"
"Uh...I don't know, Dr. Warren must have assumed we'd want this done as soon as possible..."
"I do"
"What?"
"I'd like to try now, to have a baby, if that's what you want"
"Uh, yeah, they want to shut down the x files anyways"
"I would never ask you to leave the x files Mulder"
"I know Scully, I know. Maybe it's time for me to think about a new family, rather than my old"
Scully just stared at him
"Scully, if this works and you have a baby, will I be around as Dad, or not, do want to do this with me, as a lover or as a friend?"
"I told you last night Mulder, you're the only person I could imagine doing this with"
"Well Scully, I never imagined this, any of this, till I met you"
"I love you Mulder"
"I. Love. You. Too" Mulder replied, punctuating each word with a kiss
They lay there for a while longer, content in each other's arms, until Mulder stomach rumbled
"This morning we've decided to have a baby, but I still can't decide what to have for breakfast"
Scully rolled her eyes and grabbed her robe, before putting some coffee on. Mulder followed her into the kitchen and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"How about" She kissed him "I make breakfast" She kissed him again "And you call Dr." She kissed him "What's his face"
"Mmm...I like how you think" Mulder replied getting his phone
Author's Note: Hope you liked it! :D Pls Pls PLS review!
