Story 246: "Loss of Yesterday" by hesychasm

[wendelah1]

I ran into this story while perusing the YA author Malinda Lo's website. There's a small section of non-fiction which she wrote in grad school, and a website devoted to Dana Scully, which includes a small archive of Scully-centric fanfic. Yes, Malinda Lo is an X-Phile. I decided to reread some of the stories. This lovely story was in the section called "Disease/Dis-Ease." It's set during season two, after Scully has returned to work following her abduction.

Characters: Fox Mulder, Dana Scully
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 1,900
Author's Note: Takes place in November 1994 between "Firewalker" and "Irresistible." For the purposes of fiction I'm eliminating the month-long quarantine Mulder mentions at the end of "Firewalker."

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Comments

[lyryk.livejournal.com]

Not sure if I read the beginning 'right', but the sudden PoV shift pulled me out of the narrative a bit. I don't mind points of view alternating between sections, but it feels weird to me when it happens between one sentence and the next.

I liked the concept of the story, the implied horror of what's coming in 'Irresistible', something that we know and she doesn't. Reading it made me uncomfortable, and that's the way it should be - she isn't in a 'comfortable' place by any means.