Ghosts by Anjou (PG-13)

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Welcome to another month of The X Files recs from me, your giddy third-time driver for November. As the fandom is currently ablaze with news of the XF2 film finally being green-lit, and talk of it taking "the relationship between Mulder and Scully in unexpected directions," I thought it especially fitting that I had planned to rec post-The Truth fics this month. It's very exciting to think that by this time next year, we'll have a whole new world of canon to explore. Until then, on to the recs.

Fandom: THE X FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Author on LJ: anjoufic
Author Website: No Other...love stories for Mulder & Scully
Why this must be read:

This is Anjou's take on 'how Mulder and Scully get William back'. It is gently and beautifully written, being neither overly optimistic nor overly bleak. I picked this first because its Hallowe'en theme blends nicely into the beginning of November. It is as little and as much as a story about love and family, with some telepathy, communicating with the dead, and spooning whilst talking about magnetite thrown in.

In the weeks since William was returned to them, Scully had radiated a quiet happiness that Mulder had never seen before. She was luminous and fierce in her love for William and for him, and determined that they would be safe. There would be no turning back from the path they were on together, the three of them. This was not the life that Mulder had envisioned for them, nor the path to safety that Scully had tried to clear for their child, but it was what it was. They had ten years to do their work, and together, they would keep William safe.

Read Ghosts.