Black Hole Season, by Penumbra (PG)

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Fandom: X-Files
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Author Website: Penumbra's X-Files Fiction
Why this must be read: Penumbra has been recced here before, but "Black Hole Season" is my favorite of all her stories so I thought that it deserved a mention. It's Mulder's POV after the events of 'Orison,' and it's angsty and beautiful and perfect. Mulder and Scully feel like real people, struggling to cope in the aftermath of horrible events and also with their changing relationships. A must read.

Excerpt:
Nearly eight years of monster-mashing and here you have two
people who can still barely look each other in the eye and
say 'you're it for me, you're the one'. Love is slow but
death is tracer-fast, a missile below the waterline. Love
is bled out in its bath like an Aztec virgin bringing up
the sun. One more dance with the devil.

Here, see if you can take this. Her head smashed into a
mirror. She's got such a serious little head. She thinks
about stuff like Level 4 hot agents and red shift and
strontium 90. Hit her again. Can you take that? One more
straw on the camel.

Black Hole Season

Comments

Black Hole Season

[wendelah1]

I love this story. And thank you for driving the van.

Re: Black Hole Season

[severuslovesme.livejournal.com]

my pleasure! :)

[emily-shore.livejournal.com]

Another classic. :)

[severuslovesme.livejournal.com]

:D