Chapter Ten: And then there was love.
His plate quickly joined hers off to the side and he reached over cupping her hands within his.
"Scully, there has always been a comfort level between us. Even when we couldn't remember each other and we sat in that café, talking as though it was for the first time, we were comfortable in each other's presence."
There was a pause as he leaned closer to her.
"But there's something new occurring here. Something scary as well as exciting and I don't want anything to happen that will make things uncomfortable between us."
She sat quiet absorbing his words, like the sponge that evaporates the tiny droplets of rain within itself; she allowed his words to reach inside her core. She understood the silver lining that he was presenting. The aspects of a romance were alluring and near and she saw the boundary line so clearly as though it had been drawn in chalk. Would she step across it?
And then she had her answer.
No.
She would leap.
She stood so rapidly that her chair crumbled to the floor behind her. At the display of her actions, Mulder quickly was on his feet.
"Scully?" He asked concernedly. And within his eyes she noticed the fear, the fear that she was fleeing.
"I love you, Mulder." And that was it. Enough said.
She brought her lips hard against his and he stumbled briefly. He quickly recovered and then kissed her back just as feverishly.
Somehow they had made their way to his bedroom, scattering clothes along the way, and now fell naked onto the bed. There wasn't time for exploring, or savoring kisses, only a need for fulfillment. The years of pent-up frustration of always wanting, but never having had took their toll and now they lay wantonly across the sheets of honey and silk.
But even though her hands cradled him and her legs twisted together with his, he still managed to break free and pulled away from her. And she longed for his contact. She brought her hand up to reach for him, but he caught it. She looked up at him through lustful concerned eyes.
"Mulder, what is it?"
He stroked her cheek gently. "I love you."
She smiled. And finally for the first time in their lives, Dana Scully and Fox Mulder made love.