"Mulder?... Mulder?" Scully called from outside the bathroom door, "Is everything ok?" Mulder shot up quickly, the genie gone now. He opened the door with a fake smile plastered across his face. Scully looked up at him with a cocked eyebrow, then walked back to the living room.
"Look Mulder," Scully turned around to face him, "It's ok if we don't do what we were doing, I understand completely." Mulder stood in front of her just staring. He put his hand on her cheek softly after a minute. Then, slowly, he took a step closer to her. She felt herself taking in a heavy breath as he took another step. He tilted his had slowly, as she took a small step closer to him. Finally, he touched his lips against hers. She enjoyed the small kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck gently. He lightly suckled on her bottom lip while he placed his hands on her jacket. Just kissing him was putting Scully in a trance, she hadn't felt that pain inside her, the pain that only love brings.
He fumbled with her jacket buttons and had to pull away from her a little. Scully started undoing the top buttons of her shirt, making her way down, while Mulder was undoing the bottom buttons. Finally their hands met and he pushed her jacket off quickly. She placed her hands back on his neck as he slowly slipped his hands around her. He had placed his hands under her shirt and as he slid them back, it tickled her. She smiled a little and he pulled his mouth from hers once again. The two smiling now. Scully rested her head against his chest and he pulled his hands out from under her shirt. Both of them let out a small laugh.
"Look at us, we're acting silly," Scully smiled wider. Mulder tried his best to look down at her, as she peered up at him. She finally pulled away from his chest, put her hands on his neck again, and stood up straighter to face him better.
"Mulder…" she began, "I care about you very much. You're so important to me, you don't even know. Through my cancer, and the loss of both of my children… I just…" she looked away. He placed one of his hands behind her head, and the other wrapped around her waist, "Scully, I may not seem, or show my feelings like I should… but… there's been many times, many many times, where you were the only person I wanted to see. The only person I ever wanted to know. You deserve someone twenty times better then me, but even so, it doesn't change how I feel."
Scully and him just looked into each others eyes. Trying to figure out what they should do, what their feelings meant. Finally Scully spoke again, "Mulder… when I'm around you I feel safe…and when I'm not around you I feel empty… I don't want to lose you as a partner but I do want to be closer to you…" He nodded understanding. He then leaned in and kissed her deeply for a moment. As he pulled away, Scully re-opening her eyes, he spoke up, "I just want to know how much I really care for you. Because, right now, I'm not sure. It's a feeling I've never encountered before." Scully nodded now, "I guess we'll find out over time. I'm sure there's going to be a lot more times when we need each other, or when we can't seem to find the light… and at some point there will be a time when I look at you… and you look at me… and we'll know."
THE END.