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A/N: this story is coming to an end now and there will be two more chapters following this one. As mentioned before though I will also be writing a sequel.
Chapter rating: T
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14th February 1945 – Bleialf, Germany
Mulder and Scully only ended up spending four days together in Fischbach, before they parted ways and both headed to Belgium, Scully was stationed in Bastogne for two weeks in bivouac, while Mulder went to Liege. Their time in the Fischbach was a nicer relaxing break though, the owners of the Château de Fischbach estate offered the main building on the estate to the army to be used as a base for the field hospital, as well as accommodation for the troops. The best part of staying in the Chateau was that there was heating in the building, something the pair were extremely grateful for, after having spent the past few weeks in the harsh winter elements.
The couple didn't have to wait long to be reunited again, with both of their respective units moving to a small town in north western Germany called Bleialf on the 14th of February. This time Scully's platoon, was once again operating as an independent platoon, using a shack on top of a hill as their hospital base.
"Aren't you a sight for sore eyes, I've missed you" Mulder said when he found Scully exiting the mess tent, after grabbing a snack on her break.
"It's been just over took weeks" Scully replied smiling up at him, before embracing him and adding "I missed you too".
"I know, longest two weeks of my life" Mulder mumbled kissing the top of her head, "I'm so glad we get a couple days rest before we move forward. It'll be nice to just spend some quiet time together".
"It will, we all need a break and this quiet in the fighting came just at the right time. You all seem to have a colds and don't think I didn't notice that bandage on your hand. What happened?" Scully asked pulling back from their embrace and grabbing his hand, examining the bandaged area.
"I may or may not have grabbed some barbed wire with my bare hands, to move it out of the way as we were advancing, which caused it to slice into my skin, but it's not that bad, barely more than a scratch" Mulder replied wincing as she touched the affected area.
"Looks like it's just a minor flesh wound. What am I going to do with you" Scully said shaking her head and chuckling.
"Kisses definitely help" Mulder replied with a grin before asking "what time do you finish tonight?"
"Since we've just moved and don't have many patients to care for yet, Major Devan has allowed me the evening off. So I'll finish at 5:30" Scully replied not sure what he was up to.
"Great, make sure you're ready for dinner by 6:30pm, I've got something planned for us" Mulder said with a grin, before kissing her softly once more and heading off to start his preparations.
"Ta da" Mulder said when he opened the flap to Scully's tent to reveal two plates with dinner and a small candle in between, "happy valentine's day".
"Happy valentine's day to you too" Scully replied looking down at his efforts, "oh Mulder, you didn't have to go to any trouble".
"It's nothing fancy, just something the chefs at the base cooked up, using the supplies they dropped yesterday, but I will admit I may have also traded some cigarettes with one of the local farmers for a carrot and a bit of pumpkin. So I spent the last twenty minutes cooking them up and adding them to our plates of beef and pork loaf" Mulder said smiling and leaning down to kiss her softly, "we also have two Hershey bars for desert".
"It smells delicious" Scully replied taking his offered hand and sitting in front of one of the plates.
The pair quickly finished their meal, Scully loving the taste of some vegetables that hadn't been canned, before they grabbed the chocolate bars and moved to Scully's cot. Mulder lying on his back while Scully snuggled into his left side, her head resting over his heart.
"How about we save the rest of these for later?" Scully asked with a glint in her eye, as she placed her uneaten bar next to the cot.
"But I wanted desert" Mulder replied pouting as she took his partially eaten bar.
"It's okay, I've got a different kind of desert for you" Scully said giggling as he caught her drift and eagerly pulled her on top of him.
17th February 1945 – Bleialf, Germany
"What time do you head out tomorrow?" Scully asked Mulder as the pair sat by a small fire together that night.
"Orders are for us to begin our attack at 4am" Mulder replied wrapping an arm around Scully's shoulders and kissing the top of her head.
"I'll be glad when this whole business is over" Scully said sighing and resting her head on his shoulder.
"Yeah me too" Mulder replied gently stroking her side, and leaning his head against hers as he watched the fire crackling. The pair lapsing into a comfortable silence.
"I got another letter from Byres today. He said he's being released from the hospital soon, and the army is also giving him a medical discharge. He's scheduled to sail back to the states on the 27th of February. He's decided to move to New York and start a newspaper there called the Lone Gunmen. He, Frohike and Langley always talked about it, so he's going to try and make it a reality, and we're still holding out hope Frohike will be found" Mulder said breaking the silence after a few minutes.
"That's great" Scully replied smiling and lifting her head to look at Mulder, "we'll have to catch up with him when we get back to the States eventually".
"I like the sound of that" Mulder said leaning down to kiss her softly, "especially the 'we' part".
News filtered through sporadically during the day, but Scully was grateful to find only one member of Mulder's company had been injured during the initial assault. Also affording her the opportunity to ask the soldier about their progress, finding out just before he'd been injured they'd captured the area and taken 33 prisoners. Unfortunately he was also able to inform her that while the field medic was assessing him and prepping him to head back to base, word came through that another of the companies were conducting a patrol around the area and had encountered heavy small arms and mortar fire from the enemy.
It wasn't until the end of her shift two days later that she learnt Mulder's whole battalion had been relieved by another infantry division the previous day, and had fallen back a few miles, before continuing the attack the following morning. They'd made some gains early on before being hampered by intense artillery fire for the rest of the day. One member of Mulder's battalion had been conducting a patrol during the day and ended up stuck, pinned down by cross-fire until night fall when he was able to return to the battalion, slightly injured by still alive. The following day they waited in reserve, while further orders came, before moving positions south around lunch for a surprise attack. The battalion capturing 2 miles of territory from the Germans by evening, and only suffering four casualties, one of which ended up in Scully's care, her cleaning and dressing a laceration to his arm. Providing her with an opportunity to probe the injured soldier for more information about Mulder.
24th February 1945 – Bleialf, Germany
"How did it go?" Scully asked when Mulder arrived back to base from the front line, his division having been relieved by the 90th Infantry Division, as units within the army leap frogged each other, "are you alright?"
"Really well. Two days ago the infantry division ordered a motorised task force to work with us. The task force captured nearly three miles, four towns and around 300 prisoners in 24 hours. Allowing us to move positions in the cover of darkness and launch our attack to capture high ground and a town around half a mile away. We only hit moderate resistance from the enemy, and by 10:00 that night we'd achieved our objective" Mulder replied before continuing, "yesterday was pretty similar again. We gained over two miles in territory and a further three towns, before orders came through that we were going to be relieved".
"Sounds like you've all be very busy" Scully said grasping his hand in hers, "and I'm glad we've only seen twenty of your entire division in our medical tent".
"Yeah, see I don't always get myself injured" Mulder replied proudly with a grin.
"No just most of the time" Scully said cheekily, squealing when Mulder swung her into his arms and replied "geez woman, you'll be the death of me".
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