Witnessing

by MonikaFilefan

AD Skinner witnesses Mulder and Scully's relationship evolve on the sidelines through a series of yearly reviews. These are strictly Skinner's POV so even though there are important things that may have happened in each season, it is what Skinner deems important at that time to think about. Keep in mind these yearly reviews do not take place at the same time every year. 11 reviews.

4. Chapter 4

1996-97 Review

Agent Fox Mulder and Agent Dana Scully

That son of a bitch left my office 20 minutes ago and I still feel him leering at me. After telling him to pucker up and kiss my ass last year I haven't had to deal with his threats and voyeurism in my office like before. The threats he promises to make good on only fuel my interest in seeing these agents succeed in finding the truth. Putting my life on the line for them more than once has proved to be less insane than I had thought, when I first decided to let them both loose so to speak. This is the fourth year of Mulder and Scully's partnership and I have since dropped the agent title in front of their sir name. That should have set some alarms off in my head that I was getting too emotionally involved with my agents but at this point I don't think I give a shit. Mulders quest for the truth has become Scully's and now they are more personally invested than ever. Scully's cancer diagnosis has done a number on Mulder's psyche l like I've never seen. I almost have to remind myself of that Scully is the one with cancer and not Mulder.

My secret favorite pair of agents enter with Mulder swinging the door open as his hand rests at the small of Scully's back. Now I have witnessed this on several occasions but this time feels more of a significant observation for me. The FPR from previous years are laid in front of me and I can't help but notice that these agents are not only incredibly over qualified to just be FBI, but hold more passion for the work and each other than is surmountable. This standard FPR form that I find annoying to fill out is absolutely useless to judge them together. I offer the usual support groups that are offered in the Hoover building for Scully to seek. She just looks at me a forces a small smile and leans her shoulder toward Mulder. I already know she will deny the request. She does, and Mulder doesn't take his eyes off of her for a second while gripping the arm of his chair. They leave slightly closer than they arrive. Hand placement and all.