Story 238: "Telephones" by cucumberspy

[wendelah1]

This is probably one of those stories that got recced everywhere back in the day. It's so good I wish I'd written it. Cucumberspy has a lovely, spare style, plus an ear for dialogue and an eye for detail. Season nine, AU, thank God.

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Summary: She thinks there's nothing anyone can take from her now.

Read Telephones.

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Comments

[wendelah1]

I definitely think Mulder will try to stop her from killing herself. But I don't think she'd ever truly come back from a loss like that, especially since she'd hold herself responsible for his death as long as she lived. I'm not one who ordinarily believes suicide is the only option but in this case, since we know in The X-Files universe there is an afterlife, perhaps she would be better off, though that would leave Mulder to grieve on alone.

[tri-sbr.livejournal.com]

I agree. I don't think either one of them is ever getting over William or what Scully had to go through.

[wendelah1]

This one is much, much worse but that's pretty much how I feel about the canon "resolution" to the William arc, too.