Special Agent Dana Scully potters happily around her bedroom, taking the opportunity to change out of her suit and into something more relaxed for the evening, she gets out a pair of faded and well-worn jeans from her closet, deciding to stick with the cream blouse she's already wearing. Pulling the butter soft navy jeans on and up over her hips, fastening them snugly and letting her blouse flow loose, she finally opens her door and makes her way to the kitchen where Doggett and Monica are waiting for her.
She passes by Monica's haphazardly shucked off boots in the middle of the hallway and pauses, bending down to place them more subtly to the side, out of the way, smiling at the fact that Monica evidently feels at home here, in her apartment, even thought Agent Doggett is with them, perhaps she's forgotten, going through the motions she always does when she's here, which Dana notes happily is with increasing regularity, not that Doggett is aware of that fact.
Dana has just reached the door to the kitchen when she hears William stir, then begin to cry and makes a move to change direction when she notices that Monica has already put her glass of water down on the surface and padded out of the kitchen towards William's room. As Dana turns to resume her original direction she catches sight of Doggett surreptitiously watching Monica, though he quickly shrugs and continues with his perusal of the open case files in front of him so she doesn't think much of it and soon forgets, knowing that John and Monica are friends and were so long before she knew either of them.
She waits to see if Monica will bring her son into the kitchen before moving any further, then seeing her come back in and stand with her back to Doggett at the far end of the kitchen, she makes her decision and walks across the room to stand by her, her right hand subconsciously reaching up to rest at the small of Monica's lower back as she leans around her shoulders to stroke the fair hair of her son in her arms, their bodies gently leaning into each other.
Dana feels Monica decline her head in her direction then muttering in her ea, causing Dana to shrug lightly in response before laughing quietly, her shoulders shaking unbidden by her as she tries to control the urge to laugh out loud, as they both leave the kitchen to return William to his crib.
In the dark of the room Dana watches as Monica leans over the railing of the crib cradling William and settling him once more before straightening up, she can feel her quietly bringing her arm up around her shoulders and then the subtle touch of Monica's gentle fingers in the hair at the nape of her neck, causing her to shiver slightly. Dana grins and leans in further into Monica's touch, standing in the dark and quiet of the nursery both watching her child sink into the depths of slumber. She hears Monica whisper briefly into her hair and smiles softly in response knowing that Monica will know she does without her having to actually see her do it, before they both turn to walk back to the kitchen and the patiently waiting Doggett.
As they come into Doggett's line of sight, Scully can feel Monica dropping her hand quickly from it's somewhat intimate position much to her disappointment though she agrees with her really, since Doggett is there and they are supposed to be working still.
Scully moves over to sit at the table by the apparently engrossed Doggett, though Scully suspects otherwise, as she's fairly certain she's felt his eyes on them both, following their recent interactions and movements around the house. She shrugs inwardly, not really caring one way or the other, instead she turns her attention momentarily to watching Monica get herself comfortable over on the other side room, watching her tuck long hands into her jeans pockets and leaning up against the counter top, drawing a leg up to rest her socked foot upon a conveniently placed drawer handle, wishing she'd chosen to sit by her at the table, though knowing if her own feelings are anything to go by, Monica has probably chosen that spot so as to be out of touching distance from each other.
Scully smiles to herself as she turns her attention back to Agent Doggett who has apparently only just noticed their reappearance, though Scully is fairly certain in just a cover for having been watching them, and tries to focus herself on the task at hand, though keeping Monica in her periphery.