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It was supposed to be simple, something lighthearted and fun between cases that had felt like lead weights around their necks. It should have been a way to escape the stifling air of the city, and of course, a flimsy excuse to drag her with him.
But that was before the rain.
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26 Aug 2026
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This story was inspired by a prompt from tictoc134 💗
The narrative builds toward Mulder finally confessing his feelings to Scully, only for her, for reasons of her own, to turn him away.
Unable to reconcile working beside her while processing the emotional fallout, Mulder leaves DC to follow a work-adjacent lead up north. There, he unexpectedly meets someone who helps him gain a sense of clarity.
In his absence, Scully remains in DC, with no word from him for three weeks. She is left sitting with the weight of what she said, fully aware of the hurt she caused, while also dealing with her own sense of loss and the pain of his complete withdrawal.
Note: This is tagged as Mulder/Other (and then of course, MSR). This is a dynamic I previously thought I would never write, but I’ve learned to never say never. 😅 That said, as with my Scully/Other content, this aspect does not dominate the story, but it serves a specific purpose within the larger arc.
Thank you, tictoc134, for the prompt! I really appreciate your patience, especially since you requested this a while ago. I made a few adjustments, but I believe the core idea is still there. I hope you enjoy it 💗🙏🥰
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07 Aug 2026
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Post-cancer arc. Remission changes everything and nothing. Scully and Mulder fall into a new routine: Sunday nights, case files, and conversations they're both too careful with. When someone asks for her number, Scully says yes. It's the right choice. Probably.
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13 Jul 2026
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“Hey, Scully?”
“Yeah?”
“What is the craziest thing you’ve ever done?”
Or: sometimes being stuck in the middle of nowhere on a dark and stormy night with your work partner of five-plus years is the best possible version of events.
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25 Jun 2026
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“What were you thinking about?” she asks
He lets out a small laugh. “I was thinking about…you know. Human connections. What they are and how we define them. And why we need to put them into neat little categories that we specifically make up for them. Don’t you ever just wonder what makes relationships – any kinds of relationships – what they are?”
It's the middle of the night in a freezing cold motel room and they both haven't slept. The best time and place to figure out how relationships work -- theirs in particular.
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25 Jun 2026
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five ways to say "I love you" (and one with words) by thursdayinspace
Fandoms: The X-Files
19 Apr 2024
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Just because something is unspoken, it isn't always unsaid. You just have to know what to look for.
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25 Jun 2026
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The clock ticks over to the day the world doesn’t end and he kisses her. She kisses him back. It’s not a new year’s kiss, it’s a kiss more than six years in the making.
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23 Jun 2026
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Mulder & Scully develop a standing agreement to attend events as each other’s ‘plus one’ when requested. The story follows them as they attend weddings, minor surgery, funerals, and family events together.
This is a completed story, chapters will be updated regularly.
(From the first chapter)
“Mulder pauses a beat and then resumes, as if the formalities, the celebrations and the other guests are all brief if not unwelcome interruptions to an ongoing, years-long conversation. He doesn't ask her to dance, he doesn't gaze at her meaningfully, and he doesn't push her knowingly towards the bouquet toss. Instead, they lean, shoulder to shoulder, against the bar, while he asks for her views on some anatomical issues pertaining to lycanthropy.”
UPDATE: November '24: There is now a completed alternate ending/extension of this story, entitled 'Certain Obscure Things', which you can click to as the next story in this series.
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- Part 1 of Love After Friendship
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22 Jun 2026
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A Christmas story that begins with Mulder & Scully exchanging gifts at the end of 'How the Ghosts Stole Christmas', and continues through to the events of Tithonus.
"Scully hadn’t been sure whether to come here tonight. She hadn’t been sure whether she’d give him the gift she’d purchased, weeks ago. She never knows how to pick the level of intimacy, the level of care and the expense, when she buys him gifts. His gifts to her pitch and yaw with a speed and intensity that is entirely unpredictable. One Valentine’s day early in their partnership, he left a dozen red roses and a large box of fancy chocolates on her desk, and brushed off her thanks with a dismissive “Got ‘em at Lost and Found.” There was the Apollo 11 keychain, when she was ill. He’d written it off as just a “cool keychain,” but she’d believed in the meaning she’d found in it, and treasured it ever since as if it were sentimental jewelry."
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19 Jun 2026
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In the aftermath of Amor Fati, Mulder and Scully seem to be on the verge of something new. Scully decides to spend a quiet weekend at home in her own company, in part to think over their changing relationship. Scully’s plans for time to herself are torpedoed by Mulder calling her throughout the weekend.
“Ma’am, I’ve had reports that an unlicensed plumber has been working in your apartment. Do you require any medical assistance?
He affects a southern twang, one that reminds her of an officer they’d met in Clover County, Texas, over the summer.
“Are you offering unlicensed medical assistance Mulder? I’ve finished the plumbing. Successfully, mind you. Now I’m baking.”
This is a completed story.
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- Part 1 of One Weekend
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17 Jun 2026
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Series of post episode vignettes that follow the events that lead up to Mulder and Scullys' deepening relationship.
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31 May 2026
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Five Times Mulder Got Injured and One Time Scully Did by LuminousPie for Underworld_Vampires
Fandoms: The X-Files
24 Apr 2021
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Five times Mulder got injured + one time where Scully did.
Based on the prompt:
... Mulder got injured (+1 when Scully got injured instead). Anything really goes, though avoid major character death please!- Language:
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30 May 2026
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Three months.
Three months of walking past Mulder’s desk and refusing to look at the empty chair. Three months of pretending that the silence in the basement office didn’t hum louder than the fluorescent lights.
When Walter Skinner had called her into his office and told her Mulder had been reassigned, off the books, classified even from her, she’d stood perfectly still. Hands folded. Chin lifted.
“For his safety,” Skinner had said.
“For how long?” she’d asked.
“I don’t know.”
And that had been that.Bookmarked by wanderingwords
19 May 2026
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Special Note: I still can’t quite believe this collaboration actually happened—msrafterdark agreeing to create a piece inspired by one of my fanfictions is something I’ve dreamed about for a long time.
A sincere thank you to her, not only for taking the time to read the work, but for bringing it to life in such a beautiful and intimate way. The artwork she created is truly stunning (like all of her work), and I’m incredibly grateful for her talent and generosity.
To everyone reading, I hope you enjoy this fic, and that you love the breathtaking image she made for it as much as I do.
Summary: Mulder and Scully are in the early months of their now-intimate relationship. After a life defined by solitude and an all-consuming devotion to his work, Mulder is beginning to learn what it means to set it aside—not just in theory, but in practice—and to understand, for the first time, what truly comes first when work and love compete for his attention.
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15 May 2026
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“Sleeping together with other individuals offers a variety of advantages, including protection from predators and buffering against cold nighttime temperatures… The availability and quality of each position within the sleep site depends on the choices made by other group members.”
-the Max Planck Institute of Animal BehaviorOR
In which Scully and Mulder begin sleeping over to provide comfort, and then begin sleeping over for other reasons.
(Updated to add a tag or two and lyk that it's complete.)
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14 May 2026
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“When you went to Antartica to save Agent Scully from being taken by that spaceship, and you ran out of gas in your Snow-Cat, how did you get back?”
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01 May 2026
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"The good news is, she isn’t dying. The bad news is, her brush with death seems to have inspired her to live her life more fully—with someone else."
What will Mulder do when he realizes that Scully won't wait around forever?
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29 Apr 2026
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A story of choices, missed chances, and the inevitable pull between Mulder and Scully as they finally confront the truth of what their lives — and their hearts — have been leading them toward.
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28 Apr 2026
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Mulder and Scully start hooking up in Season 7. The issue: Mulder wants commitment, and Scully wants to keep their relationship a secret… but also enjoys the thrill of almost getting caught.
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04 Apr 2026
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He got off on sweetly torturing her, bringing her to and past the edge numerous times in one session, relishing how each succeeding orgasm left her more compliant, desperate, needy, vocal… He loved seeing her like this- in a frenzy, so desperate for him, aching and panicked that she won’t get him inside her fast enough.
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31 Mar 2026