Mulder being sophisticated and self-possessed in a courtroom is contrary to what we've seen of him.
Huh?
To me, this Mulder seems identical to her Mulder in Miracle, only a little younger, and a lot more vulnerable, because of the proximity to Scully's abductions. We've only seen Mulder testify twice, neither time was in a courtroom per se. The only time that seems relevant to this story is the scene in Tooms. I remember it gets brought up at the murder trial. Mulder even thinks he wasn't at his best there, although as it turns out, he was right.
I like Scully in this story much better, probably because she hasn't been literally stripped of her agency as she was in Miracle. I love that story as well, but I don't see it as exactly a courtship of equals. Scully is wearing that head to toe black sack dress and keeping her eyes cast down. I think that was a one bed scenario, with an ailing Mulder, too. Heh. Well, as you know, it is damn hard to get these two in bed together for the first time in any realistic way.
I think this story comes close. It makes no sense to me for you to say that one Scully appearance at Mulder's door is okay but three is two too many. The root cause hasn't gone away. She's still having nightmares. She still has Marti sharing her room. Plus, okay, she's in the clutches of a heated crush. She wants to be near him, she want to put her hands on him, she's fantasizing about him day and night. This is what it's like when you've fallen hard for someone. It makes sense that it only gets worse once she's had him, too, because thanks to the wonders of fanfiction, the reality is even better than she'd imagined. (Go, Tesla!)
I loved the dialogue and I loved the sex.
Her dialog sounds great. She gets the rhythms of everyday speech just right. The sex is perfect. Short, imaginative but not inconceivable. And really hot. Most sex scenes bore me, but not these.
I think this kind of thing was easier to accept when the show was still going on, because you'd read about them having hot sex, and then you'd see them on the show, acting like two professionals who mostly loved and respected each other, but not romantically. That made it easier for your brain to accommodate the situation.
I have to take your word for this since the series was long over by the time I began watching. Anyway, I only buy the romance on a case by case, fic by fic basis. In this story, I'm buying what Tesla's selling.
Why, Yes. I am being argumentative
Huh?
To me, this Mulder seems identical to her Mulder in Miracle, only a little younger, and a lot more vulnerable, because of the proximity to Scully's abductions. We've only seen Mulder testify twice, neither time was in a courtroom per se. The only time that seems relevant to this story is the scene in Tooms. I remember it gets brought up at the murder trial. Mulder even thinks he wasn't at his best there, although as it turns out, he was right.
I like Scully in this story much better, probably because she hasn't been literally stripped of her agency as she was in Miracle. I love that story as well, but I don't see it as exactly a courtship of equals. Scully is wearing that head to toe black sack dress and keeping her eyes cast down. I think that was a one bed scenario, with an ailing Mulder, too. Heh. Well, as you know, it is damn hard to get these two in bed together for the first time in any realistic way.
I think this story comes close. It makes no sense to me for you to say that one Scully appearance at Mulder's door is okay but three is two too many. The root cause hasn't gone away. She's still having nightmares. She still has Marti sharing her room. Plus, okay, she's in the clutches of a heated crush. She wants to be near him, she want to put her hands on him, she's fantasizing about him day and night. This is what it's like when you've fallen hard for someone. It makes sense that it only gets worse once she's had him, too, because thanks to the wonders of fanfiction, the reality is even better than she'd imagined. (Go, Tesla!)
I loved the dialogue and I loved the sex.
Her dialog sounds great. She gets the rhythms of everyday speech just right. The sex is perfect. Short, imaginative but not inconceivable. And really hot. Most sex scenes bore me, but not these.
I think this kind of thing was easier to accept when the show was still going on, because you'd read about them having hot sex, and then you'd see them on the show, acting like two professionals who mostly loved and respected each other, but not romantically. That made it easier for your brain to accommodate the situation.
I have to take your word for this since the series was long over by the time I began watching. Anyway, I only buy the romance on a case by case, fic by fic basis. In this story, I'm buying what Tesla's selling.