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As they pulled away Dana looked into Mulder’s eyes taking in what he had just said to her ‘the truth we both know’. He was distracted, focusing on their son, that beautiful smile of his grinning for his new son. She knew, much like he had gone to the ends of the earth for her that he would do the same for their son to keep him safe.
He just stood there and held William mesmerised, the creation of their partnership. William grabbed his little finger and blew a raspberry, once more that huge Mulder grin appeared. Scully watched from the living room as Mulder did baby talk to William. She spied the presents that the lone gunmen had left and picked them up walking into the bedroom.
“So do you want to find out what the Gunmen have given William?” she asked Mulder
“Yep, although whether it’s appropriate for a baby is another matter”, smirking at the end of the sentence.
They both sat on the bed, Mulder still holding William as Scully opened the first present. He was starting to yawn and snuggle down against Mulder. The box shaped parcel was a baby monitor, but with some Gunman amendments according to the note with the parcel. The both of them would be taking up what exactly were the amendments were before plugging it in…
Scully picked up William from Mulder’s arms and laid him down in the crib having dropped off to sleep. They both just stood there, side by side looking at him, arms around each other.
“We made this” she said to him
“Indeed we did” he replied, kissing her on the forehead and hugging her tighter from the side.
He let his hold go to open the remaining two presents from the Gunmen, a sensible set of onesies, that had to be Byers influence, and a book of folklore tales. Mulder smiled at the last present, the Gunman knew him too well, their child would need to understand the world of cryptids at an early age having him as a parent!
The light was starting to go, they’d not eaten yet, so maybe it was time for the pizza delivery guy to call the apartment once more. It had been a busy couple of days and neither was in the mood for cooking. Getting sorted as a family could wait until tomorrow.
Scully moved into the kitchen to get plates out for the pizza which had just arrived and sat on the table, Mulder came up behind her putting his arms around her and snuggling his face in her neck.
“Hey there my favourite mommy”
“Well hello daddy”, she replied turning around in his arms, once more they kissed.
They sat around the kitchen table to eat, discuss the information that had come to light in the run up to the birth of William and where they would go from here.
Mulder updated her about Billy Miles being a super solider following the changes post abduction, how Agent Crane and Knowle Rohrer were involved with Kersh on the cover up. Billy Miles had got into the Hoover Building and Skinner had ended up in Hospital with concussion. Krycek was dead, bullet in the head courtesy of Skinner. Lots of questions about both of them were still unanswered, to be investigated to close off how they fitted into the super soldier programme from the statements during Mulder’s last visit to the Hoover Building. Finding those answers would help them protect William in the future from those who would harm him.
Scully came back to the birth of William; she felt such fear with the others like Billy Miles who were at the birth. Why hadn’t they taken him? Mulder commented how they were all leaving Democrat Hot Springs as he arrived in the helicopter. It was all a blur to Scully as she held William close having just given birth. As she had said, was William a miracle to this group?
“Mulder… How did you know where to find us?”
“Like I said, I followed the light. We got to Democrat Hot Springs, we’d followed the star in the sky that led me to you. The ‘Spooky’ sense came out for you” he teased at the end with a smile.
So many questions, so much uncertainty in their lives. Dana felt fear…. What would ‘The Truth’ reveal? Hand clenched on the kitchen table, a physical sign of the fear felt inside. Mulder’s larger hand came over and covered it, encompassing her small hand. She looked up, he was there looking at her, trying to check if she was OK. Looking back into those eyes, tears started to fall as she shared the fear with the one person that she could truly open up to and show her weaknesses. He got up from the chair so he could hold her close, protect her from the world.