I really loved the M&S "voices" from this early on, I thought they were very authentic. From back when the thought of them having friends outside of the X-Files wasn't quite such a stretch, and when they were having semblances of lives.

Yes, this is Mulder and Scully, freed of the baggage from nine seasons and two movies. There is this feeling of space and freedom and infinite possibility. The X-Files are shut down. Anything could happen. I love it. I want it back...

It's well-written and very charming, but it's not the sort of story that tends to grab fandom's attention. Which is a shame.

I know. I look at the "classics" from that era and I just have to wonder. It's much better crafted than most fanfiction, from this fandom, anyway, and not just from 1995, she said darkly.

there's not really any romance (although I really liked Mulder's protectiveness re Scully's interaction with his friend Carey, and I am firmly noromo).

Yeah, Mulder is pretty damn adorable in this, and for that matter, so is Scully, I mean "Dana." Now I want pictures of them in their "clubbing" outfits. Mulder sporting three gold clip-ons and Scully encased in her spandex dress. I loved the nineties.