Flea Market Economy, by Punk Maneuverability (R)

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Hey y'all, I'm severuslovesme and I'll be driving the X-Files van this month. I have a weakness for humor and MSR, so expect both of those things to make a frequent appearance.

Fandom: X-Files
Pairing: Mulder/Scully undertones
Author on LJ: runpunkrun
Author Website: The Underground
Why this must be read:

This is body swap fic at its best, and it's hilarious to boot. Punk capitalizes on the humor and ridiculousness inherent in the situation to great effect. Basically nothing I say can do it justice, so here's an excerpt.


She sits down next to him and chews on her ragged cuticle.
Mulder's teeth aren't as sharp as hers and it takes a while to
find the right combination of incisor and canine.

"Scully!"

She spits out a chunk of skin. "God you talk a lot. What is it
now?"

"Stop it!" he says, pulling her hand away from her mouth.
"Those are *my* fingers you're chewing on."

He's right of course, except she'd been thinking of them as
*her* fingers, but she didn't even put her own original fingers
in her mouth. That's what nail scissors were for. Mulder,
though, she couldn't count the times she'd caught him gnawing
away at a hangnail.

"I don't see what difference it makes. It's your mouth and your
hand. It's not like I'm sucking your fingers. I mean mine.
Whatever."

Mulder flushes and grabs her forearm. "That's just it, Scully.
I was totally repulsed from watching that. It's like this body
has its own ideas separate from those I brought with me. I'm
Mulder, but it's obvious there's some Scully left in here with
me."

Flea Market Economy

Comments

[emily-shore.livejournal.com]

You have just picked my absolute favourite X-Files bodyswap story (and I've read all the ones that I can find). Great start; keep it up!