Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Length: 12k
Author on LJ:
that_khyberAuthor Website: khyberfic.netWhy this must be read: I suppose "because it's KHYBER!" wouldn't fly as a reason, would it? Okay, okay.
This post-ep, "technically, slightly AU" story for the season six episode "Drive" is an exercise in the darker twists of the show's titular pairing. Khyber says you should read all of the "Khyber vs Season Seven" series of stories in order to understand them, though this one stands alone and requires only a working knowledge of the characters.
As I say, it's a dark one, and like a lot of the show's sixth and seventh seasons, it leaves you with a hollow ache, knowing that there must be more to what's going on. It's a relief to find fic written like this, years after the show's ending. It's gritty, raw, and full of the punch that we came to expect, and rarely got, from Carter & Co.
The Fall of Our Summer by Khyber
And for the curious,
Khyber vs Season Seven