Story 145: "Subaqueous" by Melymbrosia

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Here's an 'all things' post ep/missing scene, distinguished by its brevity (861 words), and its fairly distinctive prose style.

TITLE: Subaqueous
AUTHOR: Melymbrosia
E-MAIL: melymbrosia@mail.com
RATING: PG
CATEGORY: V, R, post-ep
SPOILERS: all things

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Is this the question? he thinks dizzily. Say you don't like the answer. Ask me again.

One of my favorite fanfiction lines of all time. I love this story so much I want to hug it every night before bedtime, but I'll see if I can find something more intelligent to say than "yaaaaaaay".

I'm not a shipper but this is gentle enough to be believable for me. I love the feel of it, like time's slowed down, almost stopped. The prose is flowery but there's a weight to it. I love the little pieces of characterization that feel real: of course Scully will know about eye pigmentation and its influence on night vision. Of course Mulder would ask (even--maybe especially--at an inopportune time :).