PART TWO
I, Fox William Mulder, have broken the cardinal rule. I fell in love with my partner. I can't tell you when I actually fell in love with her, per se, I think it was the day I met her, but I can tell you the moment I realized it. It wasn't when she had her cancer, I think I was in denial then, but it was shortly after that. I knew that my feelings for her were stronger than a partners should be though, when she had her cancer, I just didn't realize the full extent of those feelings.
It was strange the way I realized it, we were on a stakeout, it was late and she was dozing off and I was watching her attentively. Every other minute her eyes would snap open in an attempt to stay awake, said attempt was failing, miserably.
She was already all out of coffee and eying mine like it was her last meal, I picked up the cup and handed it to her-which strikes me as odd- seeing that Scully doesn't like her coffee plain. She sipped the cold, stale, coffee like it was fine wine and I watched accordingly.
In another effort to stay awake she turned on the radio and let the music fill the air, she closed her eyes and mouthed the words to the song for a few minutes before growing bored of the task at hand and turning off the radio once more.
"Scully, just sleep. I'll stay awake-you know me-insomniac am I. I'll wake you up in awhile."
She turned to me with a frown, "Mulder, im not going to sleep on the job. I'll be fine, we've only got like 2 hours left anyway. I can stay awake-I have before- many times."
"I don't doubt that Scully, you just look like you could use the sleep."
"Don't worry about me Mulder, im a big girl, fully capable of taking care of myself."
"Sure Scully, whatever you say."
"Damn right." She quipped, cracking a smile. How-with such a lack of sleep- she could still look so beautiful was beyond me. I remember thinking it had to be an X-file. I chuckled at her and allowed a small smile to graze my lips. "But I might need to do something to keep me awake."
I raised my eyebrow seductively, "Really Scully, and what would you propose we do? I've got a few ideas."
"Not a chance Mulder, I was thinking more talking maybe. You know like things that happened when we were younger?"
"You mean all the drama? How closely our lives resemble a soap opera?"
"Like the sands of the hourglass, these are the days of our lives." She joked smiling once more. "Yeah Mulder, we never really talk about our childhood, the last time I told you something about me from high school I was just a bit tipsy, and it wasn't exactly you I was talking too."
I made a mental note of the being tipsy part. "Sure Scully, just a bit. Well, you start, I'd probably bore you with my stories. You'd fall asleep before I said 3 words."
As she told me about her college days I listened carefully making sure I missed no detail. The story that she told me was actually very funny. It involved an X-boyfriend of hers, he was at the same bar as her and a few friends one night and had gotten totally wasted, Scully and her friend had opted to take him home seeing he was in no state to drive, being as drunk as he was he agreed. Apparently this guy had been an ass and they were planning on revenge.
"So my friend, Brittany, got an evil but brilliant thought. One of our best friends was a gay male." She said with a laugh, "We brought him over to Ethan's apartment and pleaded with him to help us with our plan. He agreed as soon as we brought the idea to the table, knowing how much of a bastard Thomas was. So we brought a very passed out Thom upstairs, undressed him, and laid him in Ethan's bed. We threw his clothes around the room along with some of Ethan's and Ethan, Brit, and I slept in the living room. I was already awake when he came to in the morning and when I heard him moving around I sent Ethan in. He left the door to his bedroom cracked open so Brittany and I could hear." Her smile grew and she laughed maliciously, "Thom knew that Ethan was gay and we could hear the horror in his voice when Ethan walked in the room. He asked Ethan why he was there and Ethan proceeded in making him believe he'd come over the night before and they'd slept together. Thom dressed quickly and flew out the door. When he saw me and Brit his face fell. It took him a while, him being still a bit disoriented, but he finally realized none of it was true and it was our plotting. Even though he didn't think it long it was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. The look he had on his face when he walked out of Ethan's room, pure panic, was priceless."
I laugh at her story for a while. "Remind me to never get drunk around you again."
"Mulder." She warns. Then smiles widely, "It's your turn."
I just picked the first story that came to mind and started talking, after a few minutes of my story I turned to look at Scully and saw that she was sleeping in her seat. She shivered slightly at the chill in the air and I took off my jacket and placed it over the front of her small frame. She shifted just a bit but didn't stir, I brushed the stubborn lock of auburn hair out of her face and turned back to my surveillance.
She mumbled something in her sleep and I turned towards her once again, as I sat there watching her sleep it dawned on me how much I really did care for her. That damn piece of hair had shifted again and as before I pushed it behind her ear, letting my hand linger on her cheek, "Sleep tight Scully." I said quietly and looked towards the building.
Yes, it was at that moment that I knew I'd broken the cardinal rule and fallen in love with my partner. It may seem strange that I had not realized this sooner but when it comes to matters of the heart im clueless. But I do know one thing…
I, Fox William Mulder, am in love with Dana Katherine Scully.
~**~**~**~
a/n: I know I used the whole ex-boyfriend story before, but I changed things up a bit. I just thought that story to funny to limit it to one fic. A story like that should be marveled at. Anyway, I wrote this awhile ago, and actually forgot that I had even written it. Well, hope you liked it. Please review.
I, Fox William Mulder, have broken the cardinal rule. I fell in love with my partner. I can't tell you when I actually fell in love with her, per se, I think it was the day I met her, but I can tell you the moment I realized it. It wasn't when she had her cancer, I think I was in denial then, but it was shortly after that. I knew that my feelings for her were stronger than a partners should be though, when she had her cancer, I just didn't realize the full extent of those feelings.
It was strange the way I realized it, we were on a stakeout, it was late and she was dozing off and I was watching her attentively. Every other minute her eyes would snap open in an attempt to stay awake, said attempt was failing, miserably.
She was already all out of coffee and eying mine like it was her last meal, I picked up the cup and handed it to her-which strikes me as odd- seeing that Scully doesn't like her coffee plain. She sipped the cold, stale, coffee like it was fine wine and I watched accordingly.
In another effort to stay awake she turned on the radio and let the music fill the air, she closed her eyes and mouthed the words to the song for a few minutes before growing bored of the task at hand and turning off the radio once more.
"Scully, just sleep. I'll stay awake-you know me-insomniac am I. I'll wake you up in awhile."
She turned to me with a frown, "Mulder, im not going to sleep on the job. I'll be fine, we've only got like 2 hours left anyway. I can stay awake-I have before- many times."
"I don't doubt that Scully, you just look like you could use the sleep."
"Don't worry about me Mulder, im a big girl, fully capable of taking care of myself."
"Sure Scully, whatever you say."
"Damn right." She quipped, cracking a smile. How-with such a lack of sleep- she could still look so beautiful was beyond me. I remember thinking it had to be an X-file. I chuckled at her and allowed a small smile to graze my lips. "But I might need to do something to keep me awake."
I raised my eyebrow seductively, "Really Scully, and what would you propose we do? I've got a few ideas."
"Not a chance Mulder, I was thinking more talking maybe. You know like things that happened when we were younger?"
"You mean all the drama? How closely our lives resemble a soap opera?"
"Like the sands of the hourglass, these are the days of our lives." She joked smiling once more. "Yeah Mulder, we never really talk about our childhood, the last time I told you something about me from high school I was just a bit tipsy, and it wasn't exactly you I was talking too."
I made a mental note of the being tipsy part. "Sure Scully, just a bit. Well, you start, I'd probably bore you with my stories. You'd fall asleep before I said 3 words."
As she told me about her college days I listened carefully making sure I missed no detail. The story that she told me was actually very funny. It involved an X-boyfriend of hers, he was at the same bar as her and a few friends one night and had gotten totally wasted, Scully and her friend had opted to take him home seeing he was in no state to drive, being as drunk as he was he agreed. Apparently this guy had been an ass and they were planning on revenge.
"So my friend, Brittany, got an evil but brilliant thought. One of our best friends was a gay male." She said with a laugh, "We brought him over to Ethan's apartment and pleaded with him to help us with our plan. He agreed as soon as we brought the idea to the table, knowing how much of a bastard Thomas was. So we brought a very passed out Thom upstairs, undressed him, and laid him in Ethan's bed. We threw his clothes around the room along with some of Ethan's and Ethan, Brit, and I slept in the living room. I was already awake when he came to in the morning and when I heard him moving around I sent Ethan in. He left the door to his bedroom cracked open so Brittany and I could hear." Her smile grew and she laughed maliciously, "Thom knew that Ethan was gay and we could hear the horror in his voice when Ethan walked in the room. He asked Ethan why he was there and Ethan proceeded in making him believe he'd come over the night before and they'd slept together. Thom dressed quickly and flew out the door. When he saw me and Brit his face fell. It took him a while, him being still a bit disoriented, but he finally realized none of it was true and it was our plotting. Even though he didn't think it long it was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. The look he had on his face when he walked out of Ethan's room, pure panic, was priceless."
I laugh at her story for a while. "Remind me to never get drunk around you again."
"Mulder." She warns. Then smiles widely, "It's your turn."
I just picked the first story that came to mind and started talking, after a few minutes of my story I turned to look at Scully and saw that she was sleeping in her seat. She shivered slightly at the chill in the air and I took off my jacket and placed it over the front of her small frame. She shifted just a bit but didn't stir, I brushed the stubborn lock of auburn hair out of her face and turned back to my surveillance.
She mumbled something in her sleep and I turned towards her once again, as I sat there watching her sleep it dawned on me how much I really did care for her. That damn piece of hair had shifted again and as before I pushed it behind her ear, letting my hand linger on her cheek, "Sleep tight Scully." I said quietly and looked towards the building.
Yes, it was at that moment that I knew I'd broken the cardinal rule and fallen in love with my partner. It may seem strange that I had not realized this sooner but when it comes to matters of the heart im clueless. But I do know one thing…
I, Fox William Mulder, am in love with Dana Katherine Scully.
~**~**~**~
a/n: I know I used the whole ex-boyfriend story before, but I changed things up a bit. I just thought that story to funny to limit it to one fic. A story like that should be marveled at. Anyway, I wrote this awhile ago, and actually forgot that I had even written it. Well, hope you liked it. Please review.