An hour and a half later, Mulder was passed off to Kyan to have his hair
cut. Naturally he was taken to a salon that he wouldn't have even
considered before. Once seated in the chair, he met Cecile and began to
fidget. Cecile was middle aged and wearing enough makeup to qualify as a
cast member of Fosse.
Mulder was apprehensive but Kyan settled him down and explained to the hairdresser exactly what Mulder was going for. "Okay, Fox here has really think hair," he ran his hand through it and continued to speak. "And he uses a lot of gel and mousse in it. He's an agent of the government so we want something a little more tame, but something that's also hip."
Once Cecile was finished Mulder stood and she kissed him on both cheeks, unsettling him a bit. Kyan did the same and the duo left the salon. "Wow, that looks great. Much more sophisticated. Got rid of the 'just rolled out of bed look.' I think she'll like it." Mulder was taken by surprise. Who would like it... Scully? He didn't know how to respond so he shrugged it off and admired his new do in the windows of stores. It was close cropped but with bangs that hung down on his forehead.
"She's a cute little thing." Kyan said, winking and nudging him on the arm. "And she's got a PhD... that's talent." Mulder's mind was running at a mile a minute thinking of all the other adjectives that suited Scully much better, several of them X rated. Snapping out of his reverie and narrowly avoiding slamming his groin into a parking meter, he changed the subject.
They were walking down the sidewalk at a very fast pace. It bordered on trotting. Mulder caught a glimpse of himself once again in the window and realized two very important things: 1.) He looked hot, and 2.) This trotting was entirely too gay for him to handle. He stopped 'trotting' and settled on a brisk walk, very proud of himself.
Soon the duo reached Pennsylvania Avenue and were met by Ted. "Wow, now that looks sophisticated. Did he cry when the cut it?" The two gay men laughed, and Mulder, suddenly knocked off of his pedestal managed to conjure up a smile. "It looks really good, especially the bangs. Maybe we shouldn't take him back to see Carson." Ted said.
After a few more moments of off-camera chatting, Ted and Mulder took off once again, this time, in a van.
The next store they visited was a fine foods shop. Inside, Ted asked an important question. "What are some of her favorite foods? Delicasies perhaps." Mulder was nonplussed.
"Uhhh..."
"You are doing this for her I mean... from bachelor pad to... oh... oh I see. Okay. Not on camera... alllllllll right!" Ted threw his arm around Mulder's shoulder and turned so that they weren't on camera. "So this is for her right?"
Mulder was silent for a moment and thought over what he really wanted to say. "I'd like this all to mean something to her, yes. I want to let her know that... that she's... very important... to me." Ted laughed.
"Eloquently put. And I take it, since you two have worked together for so long you must know some of her favorite foods." Ted was hopeful, but wouldn't be too surprised if Mulder said no.
"Well, I know she likes salmon, and has some sort of addiction to portabella mushrooms." He smiled triumphantly. Though he had a photographic memory, most times when Scully was eating his attention was not focused on the food but on the mouth that was consuming the food.
"Excellent! Now we're going to need a wine... and the makings of dessert. You up for it?" He elbowed Mulder, who was suddenly inspired.
Thinking to himself 'I'm up for anything now' he nodded and smiled and joined Ted at the counter.
Mulder was apprehensive but Kyan settled him down and explained to the hairdresser exactly what Mulder was going for. "Okay, Fox here has really think hair," he ran his hand through it and continued to speak. "And he uses a lot of gel and mousse in it. He's an agent of the government so we want something a little more tame, but something that's also hip."
Once Cecile was finished Mulder stood and she kissed him on both cheeks, unsettling him a bit. Kyan did the same and the duo left the salon. "Wow, that looks great. Much more sophisticated. Got rid of the 'just rolled out of bed look.' I think she'll like it." Mulder was taken by surprise. Who would like it... Scully? He didn't know how to respond so he shrugged it off and admired his new do in the windows of stores. It was close cropped but with bangs that hung down on his forehead.
"She's a cute little thing." Kyan said, winking and nudging him on the arm. "And she's got a PhD... that's talent." Mulder's mind was running at a mile a minute thinking of all the other adjectives that suited Scully much better, several of them X rated. Snapping out of his reverie and narrowly avoiding slamming his groin into a parking meter, he changed the subject.
They were walking down the sidewalk at a very fast pace. It bordered on trotting. Mulder caught a glimpse of himself once again in the window and realized two very important things: 1.) He looked hot, and 2.) This trotting was entirely too gay for him to handle. He stopped 'trotting' and settled on a brisk walk, very proud of himself.
Soon the duo reached Pennsylvania Avenue and were met by Ted. "Wow, now that looks sophisticated. Did he cry when the cut it?" The two gay men laughed, and Mulder, suddenly knocked off of his pedestal managed to conjure up a smile. "It looks really good, especially the bangs. Maybe we shouldn't take him back to see Carson." Ted said.
After a few more moments of off-camera chatting, Ted and Mulder took off once again, this time, in a van.
The next store they visited was a fine foods shop. Inside, Ted asked an important question. "What are some of her favorite foods? Delicasies perhaps." Mulder was nonplussed.
"Uhhh..."
"You are doing this for her I mean... from bachelor pad to... oh... oh I see. Okay. Not on camera... alllllllll right!" Ted threw his arm around Mulder's shoulder and turned so that they weren't on camera. "So this is for her right?"
Mulder was silent for a moment and thought over what he really wanted to say. "I'd like this all to mean something to her, yes. I want to let her know that... that she's... very important... to me." Ted laughed.
"Eloquently put. And I take it, since you two have worked together for so long you must know some of her favorite foods." Ted was hopeful, but wouldn't be too surprised if Mulder said no.
"Well, I know she likes salmon, and has some sort of addiction to portabella mushrooms." He smiled triumphantly. Though he had a photographic memory, most times when Scully was eating his attention was not focused on the food but on the mouth that was consuming the food.
"Excellent! Now we're going to need a wine... and the makings of dessert. You up for it?" He elbowed Mulder, who was suddenly inspired.
Thinking to himself 'I'm up for anything now' he nodded and smiled and joined Ted at the counter.