Story 223: "Local Boy" by Dryad

[wendelah1]

Yes, the mod is bypassing the queue again. "Manitou" by the same author was recced by mogster495. While it may be excellent, my mood is such that I can't read a gruesome case file fic. My favorite fic by Dryad is "Quiet, He'll Hear You," but I can't handle it right now either.

I read "Local Boy" a number of years ago, but I'd forgotten how much I liked it. The setting is Martha's Vineyard, where Scully and Mulder have traveled so that he might take care of some family business. "Local Boy" is part one of a series, "Country of the Crepescule," but I think it works as a standalone. If you do go ahead and read the entire series, please let us know what you thought of it, too. Dryad said she pictured this as taking place during season three, which makes sense in context, but I thought it had more of a season six vibe myself.

The link is to AO3 but all of Dryad's fic can be read at Gossamer as well.

Read "Country of the Crepescule: Local Boy"

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Comments

[mementox.livejournal.com]

I was kind of confused as well, because Scully tells someone they've been partners for 6 years, and there's mention of when she had cancer.

[wendelah1]

I think Dryad wrote this story ten years ago at least, so I'm not surprised the details are a little unclear in her mind. It has to be set in season six or at least five, given the muddled message of when M&S were partnered that we get from the pilot. I should probably put a cross-out through that in the original post. It is confusing.