"Please don't leave me… Scully… Scully…" Mulder chanted, tears sliding down his face. "I need you… Scully…"
A gentle push and shove made him open his eyes.
"Scully?"
The smiling red-headed woman wiped the tears off his face with her hand, and kissed his cheek. "I'm here, Mulder."
"Is it really you? Are you really alive?"
Even a month after Scully's recovery, Fox Mulder still had recurring nightmares of the worst possible thing ever - the death of the love of his life. Scully did almost die in his arms, but a miracle saved her. Perhaps it was because of all the promises he had made to the one above - promises he would fulfill because Scully was back in his life and ready to roll.
But he had forced and ordered those EMTs to take Scully to the hospital, after that sweet kiss they shared. Some of them probably took him as a fool, but others followed his orders.
"Yes, it's me, Mulder. You saved me. I did die, for a bit, but you revived me. My dad told me it wasn't time for me to go yet," Scully explained, like she did every time her new lover woke from that same nightmare. "He told me, that you were waiting for me with open arms, and so I went back to my body…"
"… And your heart started beating again," Mulder finished off, sitting up. Scully hugged his naked torso. "I'm so glad you're here with me, Dana."
She snuggled in closer, drawing a chuckle out of him. "I'm so glad I'm here with you, too. Thank you for being there for me. I was so scared. I wanted to call out to you, tried… but…" She paused there, the silence swimming around them softly. "What… what if I had died?"
"A part of me would have died with you. A big part of me. And then… Jesus, I don't know. All I know is that you're here with me, safe and sound. At least when I'm awake anyway."
Scully looked up into those puppy brown eyes and smiled. She was safe here, and relaxed. Comfortable in fact, without having to worry about aliens or conspiracies.
"… Hold me, Mulder."
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A/N: I just couldn't kill her. I love her too much. MSR Forever! ^.^ Actually, my first plan WAS to have her die… I got this idea from listening to Last Kiss by Pearl Jam. ^.^ I know I could've just made the chapters longer, with more details and such… but *aha* my ability to write comes at 3 or 4 in the morning… =P So… no thinking! Story writes itself right? And there is only "one true ending" (Milagro, X-Files)!
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