Hopelessness
Prompt: #005 Tearstained
Notes: Written for FictionNET
Scully wandered through Mulder's apartment, studying her surroundings carefully. She paid lots of attention to the little things – she couldn't let herself miss anything, because that would lessen her chances of finding her partner.
It felt like ages since he'd disappeared, but really, it had only been 3 days.
His whereabouts were unknown to everyone at this point. Skinner didn't know where he was and as far as she knew, not even the Lone Gunmen in their paranoid ways knew of her partners' location.
It was looking very hopeless.
Kneeling on the floor in the middle of Mulder's kitchen, Scully allowed herself a moment to let the truth to sink in. The realisation hit her that she may never see her partner again; that Mulder may never return. That was, assuming he was still alive.
A single tear fell down Scully's cheek as her last traces of hope ebbed away.