Story 238: "Telephones" by cucumberspy
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xf_book_clubThis 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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There are warnings on the author's header. Heed them.
Summary: She thinks there's nothing anyone can take from her now.
Read Telephones.
SPOILERS IN THE COMMENT THREADS.
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Date: 2014-02-09 06:37 pm (UTC)Yes, this is the saddest XF fanfic story I've ever read. Nothing else comes close for me. Not stories where Scully dies or Mulder dies or even the Gunmen's onscreen death, though that comes close. I think it's because as horrifying as it is, this is a logical place for The X-Files to end. It ties everything together, and forces us to give another look at what Bill Mulder did in sacrificing his daughter to buy them time to try to save the rest of humanity. "We've all had to give up someone."