Requiem II
This is my version of how the episode 'Requiem' would have turned out if Mulder hadn't have been abducted.
Disclaimed: Not mind unfortunately. If it was a new season would be on TV! Lol!
Mulder lay on the bed in his motel room looking at the files that Teresa Hoese gave Mulder and Scully earlier that day; pictures are strewn across the bed. Suddenly there is a knock on his door.
"Who is it?" asked Mulder as he continues to read the file.
It's me" replied Scully from the other side of the door.
Mulder gets off the bed and opens the door to find Scully standing in the doorway looking very pale.
"What's wrong, Scully? You look sick" asked a concerned Mulder.
"I don't know what's wrong" said Scully standing there shivering.
"Come in" replied Mulder ushering her into the room. Scully sat huddled and shivering on the end of the bed while Mulder closed the door before crouching in front of Scully.
"I, um….I was starting to get ready for bed and I started to feel really dizzy - vertigo or something and then I just….I started to get chills.
Mulder stood up and walk over to the bed and started to turn down the sheets and blankets. "You want me to call a doctor?" he asked motioning Scully over to the bed.
"No, I just….I just want to get warm" replied Scully as she climbed onto the bed, pausing as Mulder took off her shoes and dropped them to the floor. As Scully got under the covers Mulder tucked her in before lying behind her and embracing her in a classic warm spooning cuddle.
"Thank you" said Scully.
Both agents just lay there in silence for a moment.
"It's not worth it, Scully" said Mulder finally breaking the silence.
"What? "asked Scully.
"I want you to go home" replied Mulder instead of replying his last sentence.
"Mulder, I'm going to be fine"
"No, I've been thinking about it. Looking at you tonight, holding that baby….knowing everything that's been taken away from you. A chance for motherhood and your health and that baby. I think that….I don't know, maybe they're right."
"Who's right? "asked Scully.
"The FBI. Maybe what they say is true, though for all the wrong reasons. It's the personal costs that are too high."
Instead of replying to his comment Scully just began to silently cry.
"There so much more you need to do with your life. There's so much more than this" said Mulder as he gently stroked her face as she cried. "There has to be an end, Scully" he whispered before softly kissing her cheek and leaning his head on her shoulder. Scully clasped Mulder's hand and held it near her mouth. They both lay in silence as Scully finished crying before the exhaustion of the day finally crept up on them and they fell asleep in each others embrace.