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Deep down, Mulder knew that if they were entangled even more tightly, he’d eventually become more irritated than aroused by her voice. He’d hear it in reference to uneaten vegetables and unopened mail and unfolded laundry. That holy righteous rage of hers, that unquenchable fire that roared at him to be better and do better and live better, would illuminate not just his career but the entirety of his being. And he doubted he could live up to that scrutiny. After almost almost getting her killed any number of times, somehow Mulder knew that asking her to forgive more mundane betrayals would be the final straw. Abduction? Possession? Cannibalism? All in a day’s work. Leaving sunflower shells everywhere? That was a bridge too far. It was better, safer, sweeter, kinder to love each other the way they did. To keep some mystery alive, and with it her steadfast belief in him. Delaying consummation was delaying his inevitable disappointment of her.
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Inspired by Lepusarcticus' beautifully-written series "Incrementum," a series of interlinked, internally-consistent, episodic MSR vignettes in roughly canonical order.
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In which the author attempts to play Dave Filoni to Chris Carter's George Lucas.
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It’s December 1999, and Mulder and Scully have just started to explore a relationship. When Scully has doubts, the universe takes matters into its own hands.
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Mulder and Scully catch a case right before Christmas in the snowy town of Rockport, MA
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IN A DREAM YOU SAW A WAY TO SURVIVE AND YOU WERE FULL OF JOY by TheFandomLesbian for the_northwind
Fandoms: House M.D.
15 Dec 2025
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Their roles were reversed, holding Wilson like his life depended on it (it did), like he was something incredibly precious (he was). Wilson’s eyes were misty. “I don’t want to die.”
House's lower jaw shivered. “I know.”
Wilson weighed out the moment, conflict warring in his eyes. “You’ll be here, won’t you?” His voice cracked. “I—I need to know you’ll stay. I won’t be able to do it alone. I need you.”
“I’ll stay.” Always, always, always.
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In which Wilson pursues treatment for his cancer, no matter the cost. -
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Mulder has loved her in silence for years. For all his wit and awkward charm, he’s never quite found the right words or the right time.
When Scully returns, changed by all she’s endured, the fear of losing her again drives Mulder closer - just as something starts to pull her away.
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Mulder brushes Scully's hair during the cancer arc.
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The Faraday Case by investighost
Fandoms: Detroit: Become Human (Video Game), The X-Files, Twin Peaks (TV 1990), Lost (TV 2004)
19 Nov 2025
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“I…” he breathes for air he doesn’t even require. Nothing makes sense inside his head - the same one that’s always worked by calculations and logic. The diagnostics he's running in the background aren't turning up any errors regarding his displayed date and time. He gawks at the agents before him. “I think I’ve travelled through time somehow.”
The synthetic detective Connor Anderson, who still struggles to accept his newfound identity, is assigned a case regarding a former Cyberlife employee. A similar case is given to Agent Mulder and his temporary partner Agent Cooper in 1996, after Agent Scully has fallen sick with lethal cancer. To each of their own struggles with hopelessness and guilt, they must come together to finish off this investigation. Welcome to investiverse, where I've scrambled all my fictional favourites together!
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- Part 1 of INVESTIVERSE
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“Jay, you gotta wake up. It’s too cold for you to fall asleep.” He placed a finger to his neck.
Ice cold, and pulse too slow, but he cradled himself close, hoping he could will heat back into him. He doesn’t die here. Why is this version of him dying?Death was not the end of it all, it's the beginning of everything.
In every universe, through suffering and death, we still rise from love.
In every universe, love never dies.
aka, Jason, Dick, and Bruce go multiverse hopping, and are not having a fun time, but they learn more about each other. Maybe even grow more of an understanding for each other -
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Mulder being a little braver.
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- Part 28 of bopomofo snippets
- Part 20 of Me and You Against the World
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Fictober Day 21 Prompt: 'Just be honest'
Maggie talks with Scully while she's extremely ill during the cancer arc.
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- Part 21 of My Fictober 2025
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Missing scenes/post-Redux II.
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A mother just knows. A series of snippets of Mulder and Scully's developing relationship through the eyes of Maggie Scully.
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Dana avoided talking about him in any depth, this told her a lot. Dana kept her heart close to her chest; if they weren’t hearing about him Maggie suspected that there was something her daughter was trying to hide.
The doorbell rang. She heard Bill get up out of his chair and head into the hallway as she saw her husband open the door. A young dark haired man wearing a long black trench coat standing on the other side; he was tall and arrestingly handsome. He was dark, brooding with a lock of hair falling over his hazel eyes. Suddenly Maggie understood the appeal.
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Scully stared at the building looming over her, a warm light emitting from the stained glass. She didn’t move towards it. Didn’t move away either. She saw movement from inside, but still, she just watched.
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Scully takes some time to think, and has a realisation about what she has to do.
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- Part 3 of VampScully AU!!
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Scully finds out she has cancer and her world starts to spiral as she tries to reckon with the news she may die.
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- Part 5 of X Files what if AU
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“I thought the driver makes the rules?” he asks.
“I've already trusted you enough to drive,” she says with a note of warning that is also a joke. Where the joke is: what wouldn't she trust him to do.
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She buried her head in her hands and took a deep breath, then sat up straight. It would be fine. One date, a quick explanation: I’m not looking for a serious relationship; I’m married to my work and I spend most of my time with an obsessive, brilliant hermit who can’t bear to part with me. I may have a brain tumor, if that makes you feel better. Then she’d cut and run, as she always did. What was one more date?
Purely by chance, Philly PD never calls on Ed Jerse and Scully never leaves her badge out on the breakfast table. She makes it out of Philadelphia unscathed, but other nightmares follow her home: a suspected killer in her bed, a mass in her skull, and a partner who can't seem to bridge the gap. Well, at least she's got a new desk.
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After the events of Never Again, Memento Mori, and in the immediate aftermath of Kaddish, Scully and Mulder find reconnection during their train ride back to D.C.
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As he pulls to a stop in the hospital parking lot he finally allows himself to feel it all. His partner, she’s dying. Actually dying. No truth or conspiracy he could ever find would save her. No madmen or extraterrestrials hold the key to keeping her here. There is absolutely nothing that he can do. And it’s his fault.
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Immediately post Kaddish, Mulder and Scully crash at Ariel’s ex-Orthodox cousin’s place and have a needed conversation about recent developments, learning even more about each other the next day.
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'He often wonders how many minutes he’s lost without his sister. Within her absence, a ticking clock meant a nearing minute that she could turn up, could be found, could simply show up at his doorstep and wrap her arms around her and finally finish that game of Sorry they started all those years ago.
A ticking clock now means an end. The potential for another nosebleed. The wavering and eventual collapse. The stilling of a heart. Mulder cannot fathom wishing to lose even nine minutes of the time he has left with Dana Scully.
However long that may be.'
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A short internal monologue piece about Fox Mulder following what he thinks is Dana Scully's last birthday.