Cruel Summer by Rosalita (NC-17)

[embroiderama]

Fandom: X-FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Skinner
Author on LJ: iamrosalita
Author Website: From the Pen of Rosalita
Why this must be read: The depiction of Skinner falling apart in the aftermath of Mulder's supposed suicide at the end of season four is really lovely, as is the hot, angsty sex.

Fox Mulder haunted him. In dreams he would appear--silent, accusatory. The silence was deafening, the accusations loud. Betrayal and failure. The twin demons of his waking moments stalked him, even in his sleep, wearing the face of his dead lover.

Three months had passed since Walter Skinner had learned of Mulder's suicide from Dana Scully. He'd spent them in an orgy of self-hatred, anger, grief and guilt. Drinking himself to sleep every night trying to chase away the ghost of Fox Mulder. It didn't work.

Cruel Summer
Alternate link to story

Comments

[weedy-tea.livejournal.com]

please check the links - they're not working. :S

[embroiderama]

So sorry. They should be fine now!

[almightychrissy.livejournal.com]

They still aren't working, but neither is the website link from her userinfo so I think the problem isn't on your end. Damn, I really wanted to read that fic!

[embroiderama]

Okay, I'm sorry! They weren't working before because I had typos in my tags, so I had fixed those, but you're right that her site seems down. I had put together the links last week, so I hadn't realized that. I just posted an alternate link to the story at the DitB archive: http://basement.ditb.org/archive/19/rosalitacruelsumme071101.shtml

[almightychrissy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!!!!!!

[iamrosalita.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. A friend of mine just told me about this. Thanks for the rec. What a nice surprise. And yes, I had to take my site down rather suddenly. I hope to have it back up in a month or so.

[embroiderama]

You're welcome! :-) I'm sorry about the screwed up links.