I'm a big fan of fic that covers the big blank space between Antartica and DC. This was a new one for me and I really enjoyed it, the pacing, the dialogue, Captain Neill.
There are so many little moments here that stand out to me:
- the 50 games of Hangman that Mulder loses to Scully, despite the fact that he's 'fucking smart.'
- X-Cells and Scully's horror when she is told Mulder's reaction is from an injection of her own blood.
- Scully crying after Mulder wet himself and she had to strip him down.
- the escape back out into the snow and ice.
Like amyhit, I don't buy that Scully is still considering leaving the X-Files at this point, but it's not enough of a stumbling block to knock me out of the fic. I guess that's my amicable impasse? (love that, by the way)
This might sound strange, given how minor his role is, but I absolutely love Skinner here.
J. Edgar Hoover Building Washington D.C.
When he returned to his desk after lunch, Assistant Director Walter Skinner found a single yellow piece of paper in the center of his dark green blotter. He picked it up and read it, pulled his glasses off, rubbed his fingers into his eyes, shoved his glasses back on and read it again. Then he stood up from his desk and strode for the office door, shouting for Kimberly, his assistant.
The paper stayed behind, placid and open on the desktop. "Mulder Scully alive STOP" it read. "South 79.oo lat East 61.oo long 290 feet STOP Relocation imminent STOP"
I want to know who left that on his desk.
And this:
Let them be all right, he thought. They had no business being here, and he had no business coming after them, but he would help them for as long as he could.
Aaaand this:
It was a real quarantine, this time, one with about a hundred different doctors, and television and a phone, and an address that Skinner visited almost daily, waving gruffly to them through the glass.
I love the idea of Skinner visiting them- waving at them- every day.
So thanks for the rec, wendelah1! As much fic as I've read over the years, it's great to come across new ones.
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There are so many little moments here that stand out to me:
- the 50 games of Hangman that Mulder loses to Scully, despite the fact that he's 'fucking smart.'
- X-Cells and Scully's horror when she is told Mulder's reaction is from an injection of her own blood.
- Scully crying after Mulder wet himself and she had to strip him down.
- the escape back out into the snow and ice.
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This might sound strange, given how minor his role is, but I absolutely love Skinner here.
J. Edgar Hoover Building
Washington D.C.
When he returned to his desk after lunch, Assistant
Director Walter Skinner found a single yellow piece
of paper in the center of his dark green blotter. He
picked it up and read it, pulled his glasses off, rubbed
his fingers into his eyes, shoved his glasses back on
and read it again. Then he stood up from his desk
and strode for the office door, shouting for Kimberly,
his assistant.
The paper stayed behind, placid and open on the
desktop. "Mulder Scully alive STOP" it read. "South
79.oo lat East 61.oo long 290 feet STOP Relocation
imminent STOP"
I want to know who left that on his desk.
And this:
Let them be all right, he thought. They had no
business being here, and he had no business coming
after them, but he would help them for as long as he
could.
Aaaand this:
It was a real quarantine, this time, one with about a
hundred different doctors, and television and a
phone, and an address that Skinner visited almost
daily, waving gruffly to them through the glass.
I love the idea of Skinner visiting them- waving at them- every day.
So thanks for the rec,