Back down in the basement where Mulder's office resided, a two way grilling was going on.
"So why were you late?" Scully asked, leaning against the side of Mulder's desk. Mulder sat down in his chair and gave her a blank look. "Seriously. Three days in a row, Mulder! And you come in like the walking dead!"
Her partner sighed and leaned back. "Been working hard, that's all."
"That's crap, Mulder, you and I both know it. You can go three days without sleep and get here on time." He gave her a small, rather foolish smile, which prompted her imagination to think of the wildest, least possible thing. Scully stood up and faced her partner, her eyes wide with shock. "Are you seeing somebody?" she whispered.
Mulder gave her another blank look, which hid his deepest feelings, yet even that couldn't keep the hurt out of his voice. "You don't have to be so shocked…"
"You have got to be kidding me."
"What? A guy's got to get his ya-ya's out some way," he replied shyly.
Scully raised an eyebrow, though a smile was tugging on the corners of her mouth. "Fox Mulder has a sex drive?" she asked, dodging the playful kick he gave her. "Who's the lucky lady?"
Mulder, who was smiling, shifted his eyes to his office door and scowled.
Scully attempted to twist her head around to check whom the newcomer was, but couldn't manage it so she shuffled her whole body. The instant her eyes landed on the dark, handsome man leaning against the bland door, she looked down and muttered something incoherent.
"What are you doing here, Krycek? Who let you through security?" Mulder questioned, standing up to his full height and filling his office with a powerful man-aura.
Alex Krycek, ex-mole for the CSM, now roaming nomad, smirked at his old partner. "I got a special pass. So I got in… legally." He smoothed his black shirt free of lint before looking up at Mulder again.
"Was it Skinner?" Mulder asked, shifting a still-muttering Scully aside so he could stand an inch away from Krycek, blocking his way and view into the office.
"Get out of my way, Mulder."
"Shut the hell up, Krycek. My office, my rules."
"Isn't this Agent Scully's office, too?" Krycek asked, tilting his head to one side. Something in his voice made Mulder narrow his eyes and turn towards Scully, who suddenly had her coat in her hands and was walking towards the two men.
As she passed them, Scully mumbled something again without looking at either man, and walked out without waiting.
"Did she just say 'Come on, Alex'?" Mulder asked, his voice suddenly quiet, all rage from before gone.
Krycek smirked again and kissed Mulder on the cheek. "Doh svidaniya, Comrade," he whispered into his ear before following Scully with a huge grin on his face.
Mulder stood frozen to the spot as millions of thoughts flew into his head. The final thought - "… What!?"
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A/N: Hope you enjoyed that! I couldn't help laughing when I played this scene in my head… the look on Mulder's face and Krycek's smirks and grins…