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Title: A Kiss is a Kiss part
1/1
Category: SRA
Rating: PG
Spoilers: The X-Files Movie:
Fight the Future
Keywords: Mulder/Scully
UST, Flickfic
Summary: While starting
out for their first new assignment after the
X-Files was reopened, Mulder
and Scully internalize "the Kiss."
Part 1/1
"It feels good to be on assignment again," Fox Mulder commented to his
partner as they set out
on a new case. It was their first new X-File
since their department had
been re-opened.
"They didn't fire us, Mulder, and it's not like our *last* assignment
failed to challenge you."
Dana Scully shot back, a slight grin forming
on her face.
"You know what I mean, Scully."
"Yeah, I know. You love chasing your little green men halfway across
the country." Her grin was
playful.
It was also infectious, Mulder discovered, as he could not keep a
mirroring grin from forming
on his own face. It felt good--the
light-hearted mood they
were both in. He couldn't remember the last
time they'd had fun together.
I love doing anything when it involves being near you, Scully,> he
thought. As he did, his
grin faded slightly. He'd almost lost her yet
again. He didn't know how
much longer he could take it--knowing how
much she meant to him, yet
unable to tell her. She must have some clue,
of course, but neither of
them seemed able to admit their feelings.
Feelings? He'd thought his feelings for her were clear when he'd
kissed her that night, nearly
a month ago. Well...he'd *almost* kissed
her. Her lips were so close
to his that he could practically taste
them. That night, however,
seemed to have been forgotten. It had been
pushed aside by the bigger
issues of their lives. Mulder even wondered
if she remembered that sweet
moment before the bee had stung her.
Sadly, she could have forgotten
due to the trauma which had followed
afterward.
"Scully..." he said at last, meaning to broach the subject now that he
had her alone in a moving
vehicle.
She turned her enchantingly inquisitive gaze to him. "Yes, Mulder?"
"I... " I love you,> he thought. I need to know if you love me,
too.
May I kiss you again? I'll
do it right this time.> "I... nothing. Never mind."
He returned his concentration
to the road.
Scully went back to staring out the window. As the scenery rolled by,
she wondered what had been
on Mulder's mind. He'd sounded so intense
that she almost expected
some deep, intimate confession. Instead,
nothing came from him.
It was funny, but lately she'd gotten the feeling that something had
come between them. He acted
differently around her and, unconsciously,
she acted differently with
him.
Not that she didn't know what had happened. Mulder had come very close
to kissing her--and she
him. Whether it had been a unconscious
kiss--the result of the
high emotions they'd both been feeling at the
time--or something real
between them, she did not know.
All she did know was that whenever she saw him now, she yearned to tell
him it was all right. The
kiss--well, the *almost* kiss--would not have
been unwelcome. She never
said so out loud, however. How could she
vocalize something like
that? What would it do to their relationship?
Was that why Mulder remained
silent--to save the closeness they shared?
Or had it meant nothing
to him? Scully glanced over at her partner,
silently urging herself
to say something.
"Mulder?"
"Yeah, Scully?"
"How much further is this place?"
"About ten miles. That all?"
"Yeah." She turned back to the window. No, that's not all, you big
dummy. I love you.>
The silence that ensued lingered until the agents reached their
destination. Both exited
the car feeling certain they had wasted
precious time in which they
could have opened their hearts to each
other. Their lives had changed
since that night, nearly a month ago,
and yet had not changed
at the same time. A kiss was a kiss, after
all--except for one small
bee.
THE END
