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1. Go by nolagraham

   Fandoms: The X-Files  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   25 Jan 2024

   Tags

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   • Fox Mulder/Dana Scully
   • Fox Mulder
   • Dana Scully
   • The Lone Gunmen (X-Files)
   • John Fitzgerald Byers (X-Files)
   • Melvin Frohike
   • Richard "Ringo" Langly
   • William | Jackson Van De Kamp
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Post-Season/Series 08 Finale
   • Angst and Romance
   • Drama & Romance
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Fluff and Angst
   • JUST LET THEM BE HAPPY
   • angsty but with fluffy parts for texture
   • Established Relationship
   • MSR
   • Goodbyes

   Summary

   Following William's birth, Mulder reluctantly prepares to leave his life and the two people he loves most to go into hiding. As they clean out his apartment and spend one last day together, Scully plays the "I'm Fine" game and struggles with self-doubt over her plea that he go.

   (Spoiler Alert: this does NOT end like the show.)

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   English

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