It's serious and snappy and darkly funny all at the same time.
I like this line too. It has the quality of being meta commentary (in the sense that as fans we are aware Mulder tends to call Scully Dana in moments of distress and we have our own feelings about that, which the fic is addressing) but it doesn't break the fourth wall, because it's believably something that Scully herself would actually reflect on.
Also, I have to snicker at our distinctly different readings of this line:
She knew this man, and was relieved she wouldn't have to introduce herself to him ever again. She didn't know what she'd say.
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Date: 2012-04-28 03:57 am (UTC)I like this line too. It has the quality of being meta commentary (in the sense that as fans we are aware Mulder tends to call Scully Dana in moments of distress and we have our own feelings about that, which the fic is addressing) but it doesn't break the fourth wall, because it's believably something that Scully herself would actually reflect on.
Also, I have to snicker at our distinctly different readings of this line:
She knew this man, and was relieved she wouldn't have to introduce herself to him ever again. She didn't know what she'd say.
You: love! closeness! knowing people!
Me: identity crisis!