Disclaimer: The X Files is not mine.
Note: Short but sweet. Might have another chapter tonight.
Spooky
In the entrance to the ballroom where everything would take place there was a table with nametags. Each nametag had the name of the agent it belonged to as well as their department they were apart of.
When Mulder and Scully got to the table they began to look for their names but did not see them.
They were confused until Mulder's eye caught two matching nametags.
"Mr. Spooky and Mrs. Spooky." He said in a dry voice.
Scully felt a righteous anger rising up and picked up the one-labeled 'Mrs. Spooky' holding it up in front of the people manning the table.
"Are you kidding me? This is supposed to be a professional event! How old are you? I was under the impression that this was a work related activity. I wonder what the deputy director would think of this kind of behavior?" As she yelled she knew in the back of her mind that Kersh couldn't care less about this issue. But it did seem to shake up the agents at the table.
"It was just a joke!" One said as they handed over the real name tags that read 'Special Agent Dana Scully' and 'Special Agent Fox Mulder' both with 'X-Files' under their names. He seemed to be part irritated and part nervous about the 'joke'.
Scully snatched the real tags out of his hand and stormed away. Mulder stayed behind for a moment eyebrows raised.
"Screw you." He said simply and walked quickly after his partner who had stopped to throw away the offending tags and put on her new one. Mulder approached her carefully.
"Hey it's ok. Those guys are assholes who cares what they think?" He said rubbing her arm and taking his own tag.
"Mulder they mock our work which I would argue is just as important if not more important than much of the departments here. Everyone turns it into a joke. Whenever they do that I just think of all of the suffering we have seen and experienced and all of the new and amazing discoveries that have been found. It just makes me so mad." Her arms were crossed angrily and she was looking at the ground.
"I'm sorry." He said as he pulled her in for a hug.
"It's not your fault."
"This has been happening to me for a long time because of the attention I have drawn to myself. You don't deserve this."
She pulled away to look at his face. "Mulder when I chose to stay on the X Files I knew that many people would question that career choice. I knew there was a possibility of me becoming a target. That does not make it acceptable. We are in this together."
He smiled and reached into the trashcan to grab the offending tags. She was slightly grossed out but not surprised to see him putting his hand in a trashcan. He had done stranger things. He took the tag labeled 'Mr. Spooky' and put clipped it onto his jacket.
"Lean into the skid." He said shrugging. Scully's heart felt full and she smiled at him taking the fake nametag and pinning it on. She dropped her real one into the trash and he followed. They smiled at each other for a moment and then walked off into the ballroom to find their seats.