From: ephemeral@ephemeralfic.org
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 15:54:02 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Who We\'ve Become by Becki
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Reply To: beforethegoodbye@hotmail.co.uk

Title: Who We've Become 
Author: Becki 
Rating: PG-13 
Summary: What happens after Mulder leaves Scully and all she wants 
to do is show Mulder that she's accepted who they are.
Timeline: Allthings 
Disclaimer: Sadly Mulder and Scully don't belong to me but they do  
belong to 1013 and Fox. I just use them for creative outlet! 
Author's note: Trying to stray away from the cliche allthings fics 
that are out there! To be, allthings is a turning point that isn't 
about them having sex for the first time, it's about a recognition 
of what they've become. 


Scully didn't know why she was standing in front of Mulder's bedroom 
door, it would have been easier to just walk out of the front door 
and leave. The few times they had slept together, the other person 
left before dawn, they never actually fell asleep together. But 
something was different about tonight, she had left the afghan on 
the floor where it had fallen when she stretched out her body after 
sleeping. She typically would have picked it up and placed it back 
where it belonged but sleep still clouded her brain and this moment 
she wanted to crawl into bed next to Mulder, find a spot under his 
chin and just fall asleep. To forget about the male catalyst that 
was in a hospital bed, more than likely licking his wounds than 
dealing with his fragmented relationship with his daughter.

She felt embarrassed about falling asleep while Mulder was speaking 
and she was contemplating waking him to apologize and then leave. 
But then it felt wrong to wake him just because of that when he had 
enough trouble sleeping as it is that she was surprised there were 
no signs he was wide awake on the other side of the door.

Before the temptation to leave became too much, she gently pushed 
against the door that had been left open a crack. Mulder was fast 
asleep in the centre of the bed, on top of the covers with nothing 
but his boxers on. Scully carefully undressed herself, putting 
everything somewhere that she would be able to find in the morning 
before she had to leave for home.

Sitting down on the bed next to him, she leaned over to his alarm 
and set it for an hour before it was due to go off.

"Scully?" She slowly turned around when she heard his voice; he was 
looking up at her with half open eyes and looking at her as if he 
wasn't sure he was still sleeping. "What are you doing?"

"Getting into bed." Instead of joining him on top of the sheets, she 
found her way under the fabric, protecting her naked body from the 
coolness of the room. It seemed to take Mulder a moment to process 
what she said but he got under the sheets quicker than was expected 
of someone who woke up seconds previously.

Scully quickly found that spot under his chin, one arm thrown across 
his chest while her leg curled possessively around his waist.

"I will admit that I wasn't expecting this." There was a moment of 
silence but it was comfortable, she would have hit anyone who 
suggested 48 hours previously that she would be willing to sleep in 
his bed over night. "Sex, yes, but not this. Do I need to open yet 
another file so you can carry on beating your own personal record?"

In that second Scully found a hair on his chest to tug on and after 
the quick yelp that came from Mulder, she knew that he understood to 
keep quiet. Rubbing her hand over the area she just pulled at, she 
couldn't help but softly sigh as she felt him kiss the top of her 
head.

"You can go back to sleep."

"I don't want to."

She had a feeling she knew why he didn't and it had nothing to do 
with his difficulty sleeping and everything to do with her habit of 
leaving.

"I'll wake you up before I leave, anyway I set your alarm to wake me 
so you'll know." 

Scully couldn't help but smile as she felt his nose press against 
the crown of her head, causing the arm around his torso to tighten 
against him. 

"Goodnight Mulder."

"Goodnight Scully."

He waited until he thought she had fallen asleep to doze off 
himself, and just as he was about to hit the point where his body 
wouldn't hear anything, he was sure he heard a soft whisper of "I 
love you" from Scully.

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