As Scully put her key in the lock she heard a yell and then a loud bag. Rushing to open the door she came through to find Mulder covered in boiling water and looking at a steaming pan in the sink with frustration.
She dropped a couple of bags of shopping on the floor and rushed over.
"Mulder! What the hell are you doing?!" She rushed to grab a cloth, took the pan and gently push him out of the way with her hip. She scooped some spilt pasta back into the pan and then left it on the side.
"I…well, I went to rent a movie and thought I'd make some dinner…just some pasta. You've been running around after me for days and…" Mulder bit his lip and looked down at the pink mark growing over his 'good' hand.
"You've been out?" Scully said with shock and then turned to follow his gaze and saw his hand. "You're hurt?"
"It's nothing, Scully just a little scald," Mulder said dismissively.
Scully sighed with exasperation and pulled him towards the sink. She turned it on and then tugged his hand under the flow.
"Ouch!" Mulder complained and then Scully looked up at him sharply.
"You do insist on trying to run before you can walk…" She sighed.
"I just wanted to do something nice for you," Mulder sighed, "…but I guess I just caused more hassle."
The irritation melted from Scully's face and, still holding his hand under the water, she looked up at him sadly. "I didn't mean to sound ungrateful, Mulder, you just scared me…after the week we've just had I can't bear to see you hurt."
Mulder nodded sadly.
Scully glanced down at Mulder's wet t-shirt, "Did you burn yourself anywhere else?"
"I think the shirt saved me," Mulder assured warmly.
Scully sighed and took her hand away from the one under the tap, "Take it off…"
"Scully!" Mulder tease with a grin.
A reluctant smile hinted on Scully's face and she raised an eyebrow, "Bend down toward me…" She instructed.
Taking his hand out from underneath the water Mulder bent at the waist and his partner quickly tugged up the t-shirt and pulled it over his head.
"Put your hand back under the water," She instructed seriously as she carefully ran her hand over his bare chest in order to check for further injuries.
Mulder took a breath as Scully's small hands swept across his skin.
Noticing his reaction Scully smiled and felt her irritation melt away.
"I worry about you…especially when you're injured…" she explained her irritation sadly, "I worry."
Mulder nodded and brought his hand up to cup the side of her neck. "I know...I understand...if the situation were reversed…"
Scully nodded gratefully and leaned to brush her lips on his chest.
"You'll all I have you know…?" she whispered against his skin sadly.
Mulder shook his head, "You have your family, you have…"
Scully looked up and shook her head, "…And I love them dearly…but you're mine."
Mulder smiled broadly, "Rather possessive, Agent Scully," he teased happily.
She laughed a little, "Got a problem with that?"
"Not a one…" Mulder assured her happily, "…I'm more than willing to be possessed by you."
Taking his hand out from under the water she looked at it carefully and nodded with satisfaction. Then she kissed the pinkish mark lightly before looking up at him. "I just wanted you to understand, I know I have family…a family I love very much…but what Manatee said was not true. If I lost you, I think it would destroy me…I know I could never…"
Mulder tipped her chin up with his fingers and looked into her eyes, "Hey, I'm not going anywhere. You're in trouble now, I'll be stuck on you like gum on your shoe."
Scully pulled a slightly disgusted face and then smiled, "That's beautiful, Mulder," she teased.
"You're beautiful," Mulder countered smoothly and then leaned to kiss her lips.
"I love that you can just do that now. So often I felt such love for you, not just romantic love, and I struggled to…verbalise how I felt…or…" Scully tried to explain, but there was no need.
Mulder nodded. He understood exactly how she felt. All those moments when a look, a touch of the hand, a kiss on the forehead, felt like everything…but at the same time seemed lacking the gravity of the love he felt for her.
"I'm sorry I made a mess," Mulder looked around at the water and bits of pasta all over the counter and floor.
Scully smiled, "I don't care about the mess, Mulder."
"Good…because I'd hate to start a romantic night on a quarrel," Mulder replied happily.
Scully smiled and slipped her arms around his waist, her cheek resting on his warm chest, "I guess it will take us both a while to readjust."
Mulder smiled and laughed, "I didn't realise being with me would be such a trial."
Scully laughed softly, "You know I didn't mean that…but this won't be plain sailing, we're both independent people."
"Who love each other enough to work through any problems that might arise," Mulder assured. "I know it won't be smooth sailing, but life without you is unthinkable for me now. No matter how hard things get I will never stop fighting for you, and you know what I'm like when I'm on a mission."
Scully laughed, "I can be pretty stubborn too…"
"So we'll be stubborn for each other," Mulder agreed.
"I can't believe you actually went out…" Scully let out a long frustrated breath.
"I couldn't see the movie I wanted in your collection," Mulder explained and nodded over at the counter.
Scully saw the rental box with The Exorcist on the side and smiled. "I haven't seen that for years!"
"I thought it was your favourite?"
"Well, working with you doesn't leave a lot of time for movies…" Scully pointed out.
"We'll make time now, Scully, I promise…we'll make each other a priority," Mulder assured. "I was surprised you don't own a copy."
Scully smiled sadly, "I'd lent it to Melissa…it never occurred to me to get it back and I guess I didn't want to replace it."
"If you don't want to…" Mulder started to suggest with concern.
"I'd love to watch the movie with you, Mulder," Scully cut in. "You know Missy liked you, she thought you could do with loosening up a little, but she liked you. She always…" she paused suddenly not sure if she wanted to share this, but then continued, "…she always thought we'd end up together."
"Well, she was right," Mulder said without missing a beat. "She saw me when I thought I might have lost you…I guess I couldn't hide it, not then."
Scully was about to ask him what he meant when Mulder suddenly reached down, hooked her legs up and lifted her to sit on the kitchen counter, it hurt…but damn it was worth it. Stepping forward, between her legs, he pulled Scully close and kissed down her neck.
"Mulder! Your ribs!" Scully gasped with a panicked tone.
Mulder hummed and kissed her hungrily, "I'm good."
"That must've been agony!" Scully argued.
"Hurt a bit," Mulder conceded but then happily nibbled her ear, "you're well worth it though."
Scully rolled her eyes and smiled, simultaneously irritated and turned on by his behaviour.
"I need to make love to you," Mulder mumbled behind her ear. "Do you know what it does to a man when he needs to make love to someone as much as I need you? For as long as I've needed you?"
Scully gasped and dropped her head back a little, "Yeah, I can relate…"
"It could make a guy crazy, you know," Mulder whispered roughly against her lips.
"That explains a lot," Scully teased with a smile and then bit her lip as Mulder licked just below her ear.
"Hey, I may be crazy, but I'm your crazy," Mulder murmured sexily against her skin and Scully groaned.
"It's too soon…your ribs…your hand…" She objected weakly.
"We'll be careful…" Mulder argued.
"I'll hurt you…" Scully said firmly pushing her fingers into his hair and pulling his face back to look into his eyes. "We can wait, you know I'd wait forever."
Mulder nodded, "So would I…" he kissed her lips and then pulled back and looked into her eyes, "…but I don't want to. I want you now."
"I…" Scully's need to protect him fought with her desires, how do you argue with the man of your dreams practically begging to make love with you."
"We could move to the bed…you on top…we could…go slow. I just…I just I need to be with you…" Mulder reasoned.
Scully groaned and undulated her hips against him, "God, Mulder…we stop if it hurts? You promise me that?"
Mulder's pupils started to widen as he realised that he was talking her around and his expression became hungrier. He nodded; knowing full well he'd play through just about any pain in order to be with Scully, but also willing to agree to anything right now.
"If it becomes too hard I'll suck you off…" Scully bargained and Mulder's knees buckled. She had intended it as a practical solution but smiled when she registered her words.
"Are you trying to kill me?" Mulder groaned and then gripped her ass with his 'good' hand and ground his solid cock against her core.
"Now?" Scully asked.
"I was aiming for after dinner, but the pasta can wait…" Mulder said roughly as he began to undo the buttons on her shirt. "How have I waited so long to do this?"
"In general? Or just this week?" Scully asked teasingly as he pulled back her shirt and slipped it down her arms.
"Both," Mulder grunted before covering one hard material covered nipple with his mouth. "You taste so good."
Scully ran her hand through his hair and then banged her head on the kitchen cabinet. "Ouch!"
"Shit," Mulder stopped and looked up quickly, his hand slipping behind her head automatically.
Scully smiled at his immediate reaction and brushed her thumb over his bottom lip, "Let's move this to the bedroom, okay?"
Mulder nodded, "Bed…I could…" He started to slip one arm under her but Scully pulled back and pushed him away.
"Fox Mulder, don't you dare try to lift me!" Scully reprimanded sharply.
"I…" Mulder started, thinking that he was in trouble again.
Scully dropped down onto the floor and slipped her hand into his before stretching up to kiss his lips, "I love you," she whispered softly.
Mulder smiled with relief, "What did I do to deserve you?"
"Bed…" Scully replied simply and tugged him along as she walked towards the bedroom.
Once next to the bed Scully turned to Mulder, looked up at him and smiled. She ran her hands across his chest, over his broad shoulders and then down his arms. Their fingers linked and tangled. "You're so gorgeous," Scully observed appreciatively.
Mulder smiled, "You should see who I'm lookin' at."
She chuckled and then carefully moved to slip open the button at the top of his jeans, "Let me help you…?" She suggested. He had been insisting on struggling to dress and wash himself over the last few days.
He nodded and licked his bottom lip slowly as Scully slid down the zipper and slipped her hand inside his waistband to carefully push them down.
"Oh fuck," Mulder hissed, just the sight of Dana Scully slowly and cautiously removing his jeans was the stuff of fantasies beyond even his overactive imagination.
Scully smiled and watched as his cock reacted to her proximity and stretched his boxer briefs a little further.
"We're getting there…" Scully replied with a predatory smiled as Mulder's jeans fell to his knees and she ran her palms smoothly over his ass.
"Sit," she directed, and Mulder turned a little and fell back onto the bed.
His reaction to her made Scully's heart beat faster and her skin heat up. She kneeled on the floor to slip down his jeans and pulled them off the end of his feet, then she sat back on her heels and reached back to unhook her bra.
Mulder moved forward to help and Scully smiled; she stood and took a step back. "One day very soon I'd like nothing more than to let you take my clothes off…but just for today, how about you sit back and let me do the work?"
He smiled and licked his lips, "I must be dreaming…"
She laughed and slid her bra down her arms, "I don't know about you, but I've never had a dream this good."
Mulder smirked, "I've had some pretty good ones, but nothing beats this reality."
Scully nodded and started to open the small button at the side if her cotton skirt. "Starring me?" She asked with a coy smile.
"Oh God, Scully…only you…only you for so long…" Mulder affirmed.
The skirt dropped and Scully stood about a metre out of his reach in heeled sandals and a simple pair of green high-legged cotton panties.
"Either you come here, right now, or broken ribs be damned I'm coming to get you," Mulder groaned and playfully reached out towards her hips.
She stepped forward, braced on his thighs and then moved back to her knees. His cock was straining painfully towards Scully's face and she saw him react to her proximity.
"Scully…" he groaned and then his jaw dropped as he watched her fingers slide under the band of his boxers.
She tugged down a little and Mulder automatically used his good hand to push up and allow Scully to carefully slide the material down and free his solid flesh.
He watched transfixed as Scully removed his final item of clothing and swallowed hard when he watched her look at his cock and lick her lips.
"Scully, please…" He moaned and then fell back onto the bed when he felt her lips slide over the head of his cock and her hand cupped his balls and then encircle the base and stroke assertively. "Aggghhhh…." He growled and his hand automatically shot up to her hair.
Scully smiled slightly around his cock, licked across the underside and then sucked hard.
"Jesus, Scully…stop! I want, I need…" Mulder moaned and then let out a long breath when Scully sat back on her heels.
She continued to caress him and then smiled cheekily. "Yes?"
Mulder laughed breathlessly and lifted his head to look at her, "Having sex with my best friend isn't going to be an easy ride, is it?"
"You want me to give you an easy ride?" Scully teased and raised an eyebrow.
"I just want you, Scully. Any way, any time…" Mulder confirmed. "But it's been a while…"
Scully suddenly stood and Mulder automatically reached out.
"Get on the bed…" Scully said with a tone of genuine affection that made Mulder's eyes well. She smiled and quickly slipped off her sandals before sliding down her panties and letting them drop to the floor.
"Against the headboard," She instructed quietly, but then paused when she saw him wince with pain as he moved into place. "Your ribs?"
"I'm fine," Mulder snapped, but then immediately looked ashamed. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get grumpy… I'm just so worried you're going to change your mind and go put that gown on…" He nodded towards the dressing gown on the back of the bedroom door and smiled contritely.
Scully laughed lightly, her knees dropped to the bed and then she climbed forward, slowly crawl towards him and then straddling his lap.
Mulder's breath had shallowed and he bit his lip as his hand came up to carefully frame her hips. "You're perfect, Scully," he whispered, his voice suspiciously shakey.
Scully returned his tearful smile, "You're sure…the pain...?"
"It was just when I used my arms to pull back up the bed, I'm drugged up…and under the constant observation of the best doctor I know. We'll be fine, Scully," Mulder reassured.
Scully nodded and moved forward, she gasped when Mulder slipped his hand between her legs and slid two fingers through her wet folds.
"Your hand…" Scully protested with concern and then groaned when his fingertips brushed lightly over her clit.
"Has never been happier," Mulder confirmed and then leaned forward to carefully kiss along the side of one breast, and then lick the underside softly. The movement hurt a little but he was careful not to let on.
"I know that hurts, your putting pressure on your broken ri…"
Before she could finish Mulder murmured, "I don't care!" against her skin and then covered her taut nipple, sucking and biting hungrily.
Scully gasped and brought her fingers up to comb through his hair. "That feels good…"
Mulder smiled and flicked his tongue on the nub, "You taste good…" He brought his fingers up to his mouth a licked and sucked hungrily.
Scully groaned and shifted a little up the bed towards him, her nipples tightened to painful sensitivity when they brushed gently through his soft chest hair. "You feel…so…" she groaned and dropped her face wordlessly to his shoulder.
"Are you ready?" He asked quietly and moved his long arm around to slide two fingers carefully into her core from behind, he moved his body even closer so that they were fused together.
Scully felt Mulder's solid flesh pushed against her clit and felt warm fluid leak over her partner's digits. They both gasped loudly and undulated against each other.
"Careful…" Scully hissed and then ran her open mouth and teeth along the tendons of his shoulder.
Mulder grinned and gripped her ass firmly with one hand, "Always thinking of other people…" he groaned out as he felt her warm wet core flood against his cock.
"Only you…" Scully smiled and moved back to look into his eyes and rose with her thighs before gripping and stroking his cock firmly.
Mulder held her gaze for several long seconds before feeling himself poking at her entrance and quickly looked down. He watched breathlessly as he met resistance and then slowly began to slip inside.
"Ahhhhhh…" Mulder groaned and then looked up to meet Scully's eyes again as they reached the halfway point. "Nothing has ever felt this good…" He whispered genuinely as a tear slid down his cheek.
Scully kissed away the tear and continued to slowly encompass him. Once she had taken him completely she smiled broadly and then kissed his lips, "I feel whole," she affirmed.
Mulder nodded, kissing whatever skin he could reach; her lips, neck, shoulders.
Humming happily Scully braced on Mulder's shoulders and carefully lifted up, her walls tugged on him eagerly as she withdrew and he bit his bottom lip.
"Jesus…" Mulder hissed, already feeling on the edge and terrified this was going to be embarrassingly short, "I can't believe I'm inside you.
Scully smiled and sucked on his lips in turn as she slid back down and bottomed out again, "I never want you to leave."
"I don't know how long…" Mulder winced and the groaned as her tight walls flexed around him.
"So we'll do it again…and again…and again…" Scully reassured and ran her hand up his spine.
Mulder grinned, "That's mighty generous of you, ma'am…"
Scully laughed, "I love you."
Mulder sobered and his grin transformed into a smile, everything really was going to be fine, "God, Scully, you're everything to me."
No one had ever looked at her like Mulder did, one look in his eyes and Scully knew this wasn't a line, she really was his world…and he was hers. For the first time since they'd met that fact didn't scare her. In fact, it made her feel stronger.
Breaking that thought Mulder bucked up against her and kissed the corner of her mouth, his broken hand fell around her waist and other hand lay up her spine, his hand gripping the base of her neck and holding them fused together. "Penny for them?" He teased and thrust again, licking her jaw.
"You…all you…" Scully affirmed. She pulled back no more than an inch and then pushed home. "How much I love you, how much I trust you…"
Mulder started to meet her slow shallow movements and Scully looked into his eyes, "No pain?"
He shook his head gently and brushed an open mouth kiss against her lips, "I can't wait until I'm healed, I'm gonna…"
Scully bit her lip at the husky tone in his voice, "You're gonna what?"
Mulder scanned her body quickly, glanced down at where they were joined and then looked back into Scully's eyes greedily, "Take you…take you so hard you won't remember your own name…"
Her body shuddered in reaction to both his words and tone, grinding against him keenly, "That…" Scully started to speak but then quaked again when her core tightened and flexed. "Oh God…I'm going to come…" she gasped and gripped his shoulders.
Mulder groaned and bucked up, ignoring the pain in his ribs and chasing their climax, "Going to take you hard, every way…everywhere…want to fuck you in our office…make love to you on our desk…" Mulder continued to talk, recognising that his words were affecting her.
"Oh God…yes!" Scully gasped and rolled her hips, grinding against him as Mulder thrust up with short sharp stabs.
"You've imagined that, haven't you, Scully? Me taking you from behind over my desk? You riding me hard on the chair…?" Mulder babbled roughly and tried to grip her hard without damaging the splints on his hand.
"Going down on me in a rental car…on the road…" Scully added and felt her impending orgasm coil.
"Oh fuck, yeah…that…that!" Mulder growled out and scrapped his teeth on the base of Scully's neck. He could feel her core clasping down on his and flexing greedily.
Suddenly Scully's head fell back with a silent scream, she seemed to feel the apex of their physical and mental lovemaking and pleasure flow from her core and through her body in a way that she had not only never experience…she didn't even know was possible.
Then suddenly she felt Mulder's hot cock expand and explode inside her, the force of his orgasm bringing her to an unexpected second climax before the first had even ended.
"Ohhhhh, God!" They both shouted in unison and gripped tightly unto each other until their peak descended and Scully rested sated against Mulder's hot sweaty skin.
After a couple of minutes, Mulder lifted his face from her shoulder and licked a bead of sweat from his partner's clammy neck.
"Wow…" Scully murmured sleepily.
"If we're that good now imagine how good we'll be when we're back to full fitness…" Mulder agreed softly.
"You might kill me…" Scully grinned and nipped at his neck gently.
"Clyde Bruckman's prediction never worried me before today," Mulder joked he's lips still licking and tasting her skin.
Scully grinned, "Our future is unwritten, Mulder, it's what we make it."
"A woman who makes sci-fi references in bed! Damn, that's sexy as fuck…" Mulder grinned and then sat up and kissed her lips hungrily, his tongue sliding in and lazily exploring her mouth.
After several long minutes, Scully pulled back and then kissed up passed Mulder's temple and across his forehead before looking dazedly into his eye, "Are you in much pain?"
"A little…" Mulder admitted honestly, "…the euphoria is helping though."
Scully smiled, "Do you want me to move?"
She started to pull back and Mulder felt himself start to slip from her core before he quickly reached and held her in place, "No!" He smiled and held her close, "I know this is the first time…the first of infinite times…but I just want it to last a few more minutes…"
Scully carefully moved back towards him and kissed his lips gently, "So all those promises?"
"Promises?" Mulder raised his eyebrows.
"The office…the car…" Scully teased.
Mulder groaned, "Heat of the moment?" he suggested, hoping that she wasn't offended.
Scully pouted a little and teased, "So you're all talk?"
He took a moment to re-calibrate and then smiled, "You mean, you…?"
She tilted her head and pretended to think for a second, "Only if we stay back until after office hours…and we lock the door…maybe even use a chair…"
Looking at his partner grinning down at him Mulder nodded quickly, his mouth slightly agape. "The car…?"
Scully brought her hand up and ticked off the points on her fingers, "Clothes on," Mulder nodded quickly, "a quiet road, and I mean we haven't passed one other vehicle for at least an hour," another quick nod, "we'd need to get a big car, I'd want sex too…"
Mulder was nodding like a nodding dog by now and continued for about 5 seconds before he realised she was finished. "Anything…I mean, anything else?"
Scully raised her eyebrows.
"I mean, have you thought of anything else…anywhere else…" Mulder asked with an expression that reminded Scully of an eager puppy.
She grinned and bit her lip, "...Your couch…my kitchen cabinet...that has recently moved to the top of my list…" Mulder chuckled and then she continued, "…a motel room…yours…mine…the doorway in-between..." she grinned again, "…the shower…a bath…outdoors…"
"Outdoors?" Mulder asked.
"That trip on the way to the partnership seminar…" Scully reminded him and Mulder grinned.
"Yeah, I use that one too…" Mulder bit his lip over his smile.
Scully ran her hand up Mulder's chest to cup the side of his neck, "Do you think we should be offended? That we've been lusting after each other and getting off to lascivious thoughts for so long?"
Mulder chuckled, "You're my best friend, Scully. We've both clearly been guilty of that, we should really be worried about why it took us so long to do something about it."
"Are we still best friends?" Scully asked and rolled her hips so she felt Mulder slip out of her core.
Mulder groaned at the loss but then smiled at her affectionately, "Always, Scully. You're the best friend I have ever had, nothing is going to change that…now you just get a little more of me."
Scully's thumb traced some of the purple-black bruises along Mulder's jaw and then smiled at him, "All of you?"
"Everything," Mulder confirmed resolutely.
Scully looked through her emails from a desk in the corner of her living room and clicked on one.
"One from Adam," she told Mulder, who was lying on the sofa reading in his boxers.
"What does he say?" Mulder asked glancing up at his partner and then finding himself smiling at the sight. Dana Scully, happy, relaxed…wearing a skimpy silk gown.
"Nothing pertinent to the case, he's just letting me know that he's applied to be a detective...asking if I would be willing to give him a letter of recommendation."
Mulder nodded, "And you will?"
Scully began typing, "Of course, he's a good kid…intuitive, smart…I actually recommended that he should give it a try."
"He helped you with the case?" Mulder asked, knowing no other officers had been directly involved.
"He helped me to see what was happening right under my nose, gave me a push just when I needed it…when I was still raw enough not to have rebuilt my walls. I will always be grateful for that," Scully explained.
Mulder put down his book and looked at her carefully, "He sent you to me?"
"He brought my feelings to my attention and didn't allow me to ignore them. I guess he gave me hope there could be more…should be more..." Scully explained. "I never doubted that I was in love with you, Mulder, but Adam gave me a push just when I needed it."
Mulder nodded, a little shaken at the thought that without the input from this kid they could still be at a stalemate – he was pretty sure he wouldn't have dared push the issue if Scully hadn't given him a sign first.
"We would have ended up together eventually, Mulder, I know that now," Scully said with complete confidence, "…but he gave us the pushed we needed."
"You're that sure?" Mulder asked.
Scully left the reply to Adam and walked around to sit next to Mulder, "I can see how much you love me now…and I know I could never love anyone else…you're it. Are you imaging either of us could have met someone else? Moved on?"
Mulder smiled, "Not now…but then…I always feared…"
"That's over now, the fear. We can be uncertain about all the mysteries in the world, Mulder…but you never need to doubt us." Scully moved to lie carefully on the couch next to her wounded lover. She propped herself up on her elbow and smiled down at him, her hand came up to trace the contours of his bruised and battered face. "You're gorgeous, you know that…?"
Mulder smiled at her, "I'm glad you think so."
"You're mine," Scully said firmly, "and woe betided anyone who tries to hurt you again."
Mulder smiled as Scully settled possessively into his side, somehow knowing that made him feel invincible.
"Let's watch that movie?" He suggested.
Scully smiled and nodded, then turned and kissed his chest before snuggling closer, "In a minute..."
THE END