Haha, you're right about the show—it's chock-full of holes too, and those bother me as well. I guess I can forgive those more easily because the actual plot is almost not the point of the X-Files. To me, it's a show about light in the darkness, about two good people who are imperfect but never stop trying. It's a show about characters, not events—which is why for most people, it tanked when the leads left the show. On the other hand, the fic is just unrelentingly dark. And its darkness is explained as a normal reaction to the horror of the plot, which makes me look harder at the plot itself. I do agree that in the real world, the litany of abuses that I mentioned in my last comment would drive a person insane. I just disagree that it would manifest like this, especially in the people we know from the TV series.

Also, the fact that they're going to end up together in the end bothers me tremendously, given that what I've seen of their relationship so far is incredibly abusive. I don't see any love in them at all. If you're going to hate-fuck each other because you blame that person for what happened to you, fine. But don't try to tell me that's love.