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Interstice by Christy (PG-13)
Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: X-Files Fanfiction by Christy
Why this must be read: Another post-Existence AU, this is a long fic dealing with the Scully family as they gather for Christmas in 2001. Though Mulder and Scully and their relationship are very important to the plot, this fic isn't about them, except in how that relationship is part of and affects the Scully family as a whole.
One of the reasons I like this fic is that there's resolution, but it's not happily-ever-after. I do like that kind of ending, a lot, but sometimes it's refreshing to see something else. Christy has humanized Bill, given us enough of his point of view to understand and perhaps sympathize with him, but even though he's just spent days with Scully and Mulder, watching how clearly they love each other, he can't bring himself to accept it. Christy has fleshed out Charlie, given him a personality and background of his own, enough so that we can sympathize with him and hurt when he struggles. Mulder and Scully are the same people we know and love, Maggie just wants her family to be a family again, and even Captain Scully and Melissa have such presence, despite never actually making an appearance.
This fic packs a punch in its utter reality and truth--all the emotions are palpable, expertly illustrated, and so clear that you can't help but hurt and love along with the characters. That kind of thing is one reason why I love the show so much, and it's always a treat to find it in fic.
This year Scully had received the small box of cards in the mail at the end of October. She had stashed them in her desk drawer, telling herself that she had weeks before she needed to write them out and mail them.
But this year was busier, with Liam, with settling in at her new job, with settling Mulder into her apartment. She had almost forgotten about the cards until she sifted through the contents of that drawer while looking for a pair of scissors.
She found them and panicked; it was already mid-December and she had yet to even begin them. So the next day, an unseasonably warm Sunday morning, after Mulder took Liam out for a run in the jog-stroller, Scully dug out her address book and her favorite pen, and set out to write her Christmas cards.
But when she opened the first card, after she addressed the envelope, she found that she didn't know what to say. The recipient of the card, an elderly aunt she hadn't seen in years, was not the problem; Scully needn't write a long note, just a quick Merry-Christmas-and-Happy-New-Year, but what stumped her was how to sign the card.
This had never been a problem before; all she ever had to do was scribble "Dana"
and stuff the card into the envelope. But this year she didn't know what to write. Should she include Mulder's name? And, if so, what should she write: "Dana, Mulder, & Liam"? "Dana, Fox, & Liam"? Though it seemed odd to use Mulder's surname on a greeting card, the other combination seemed wrong, though Scully knew that was how her mother thought of them.
But, to Aunt Gladys, those names would bring only confusion. Scully doubted the elderly woman was aware of either Liam's or Mulder's existence. Writing "Dana, Fox, & Liam" would likely cause poor old Aunt Gladys to check the address label to figure out who the card was from. She knew "Dana," but who were these "Fox & Liam" interlopers?
Interstice
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: X-Files Fanfiction by Christy
Why this must be read: Another post-Existence AU, this is a long fic dealing with the Scully family as they gather for Christmas in 2001. Though Mulder and Scully and their relationship are very important to the plot, this fic isn't about them, except in how that relationship is part of and affects the Scully family as a whole.
One of the reasons I like this fic is that there's resolution, but it's not happily-ever-after. I do like that kind of ending, a lot, but sometimes it's refreshing to see something else. Christy has humanized Bill, given us enough of his point of view to understand and perhaps sympathize with him, but even though he's just spent days with Scully and Mulder, watching how clearly they love each other, he can't bring himself to accept it. Christy has fleshed out Charlie, given him a personality and background of his own, enough so that we can sympathize with him and hurt when he struggles. Mulder and Scully are the same people we know and love, Maggie just wants her family to be a family again, and even Captain Scully and Melissa have such presence, despite never actually making an appearance.
This fic packs a punch in its utter reality and truth--all the emotions are palpable, expertly illustrated, and so clear that you can't help but hurt and love along with the characters. That kind of thing is one reason why I love the show so much, and it's always a treat to find it in fic.
This year Scully had received the small box of cards in the mail at the end of October. She had stashed them in her desk drawer, telling herself that she had weeks before she needed to write them out and mail them.
But this year was busier, with Liam, with settling in at her new job, with settling Mulder into her apartment. She had almost forgotten about the cards until she sifted through the contents of that drawer while looking for a pair of scissors.
She found them and panicked; it was already mid-December and she had yet to even begin them. So the next day, an unseasonably warm Sunday morning, after Mulder took Liam out for a run in the jog-stroller, Scully dug out her address book and her favorite pen, and set out to write her Christmas cards.
But when she opened the first card, after she addressed the envelope, she found that she didn't know what to say. The recipient of the card, an elderly aunt she hadn't seen in years, was not the problem; Scully needn't write a long note, just a quick Merry-Christmas-and-Happy-New-Year, but what stumped her was how to sign the card.
This had never been a problem before; all she ever had to do was scribble "Dana"
and stuff the card into the envelope. But this year she didn't know what to write. Should she include Mulder's name? And, if so, what should she write: "Dana, Mulder, & Liam"? "Dana, Fox, & Liam"? Though it seemed odd to use Mulder's surname on a greeting card, the other combination seemed wrong, though Scully knew that was how her mother thought of them.
But, to Aunt Gladys, those names would bring only confusion. Scully doubted the elderly woman was aware of either Liam's or Mulder's existence. Writing "Dana, Fox, & Liam" would likely cause poor old Aunt Gladys to check the address label to figure out who the card was from. She knew "Dana," but who were these "Fox & Liam" interlopers?
Interstice