Title: Is There Any Real Truth?

Author: David William Cooper

E-Mail: Doctor_Hannibal_Lector@Hotmail.com

Rating: R

Category: Angst, MSR

Keywords: None

Spoliers: "Emily", "Christmas Carol"

Disclaimer: Chris...Frank...John...Vince...we all love you...used to...still do...these are yours...I'm just playing with em...excuse me now...you and 1013 can keep em when I am done!

Detication: To Dana...For Whom I Know Will Love This.

Summary: What Mulder thought when he and Scully were at the alter...

Is There Any Real Truth?

By David William Cooper

We'd been through alot together, myself and Dana. And what went down recently not only hurt her, but me. I didn't want to let her know, I didn't want to make her feel any more worse then she already had, but could I? By not saying anything...was I really helping her? I knew what she was going through, even though I had never lost a child, I had lost my sister and my father...and in those times she was there for me, so I had to be there for her when she lost her father, about four years ago. That I could see, tore her up worse then anything. I knew I had to be strong for her then. As well as now.

"Dana..." I said, gazing into her torn and compassionate eyes. She looked like hell. But she had every reason to. I could see she was fighting back tears. I nodded and smiled best I could.

"Yes Fox?" she asked, starting to cry.

"Its...okay...I know what your going through...maybe I can take you out for some coffee..." I said, omnipresantly knowing that it wouldn't work. She smiled a little...and I could see it in her eyes that she was feeling alittle, not much, but just enough to be happy to let me take her. She slowly leaned close to me, and whispered in my ear.

"I love you Fox Mulder."

~David William Cooper~