Full Reward by Bonetree (R)

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Fandom: THE X FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Author on LJ: bonetree (inactive)
Author Website: the untold story * fanfiction by bonetree
Why this must be read:

It's December 22, 2012 and you know what that means. This is a short vignette about the end of the world, and what that might mean for Mulder, Scully and William. I love this fic because of what it says about the cyclical nature of time, the eternal nature of love, and the fact that there really is such a thing as destiny.

Ten years they'd gone just like this. A bit less than ten now. Since October, William had been with them, and things had not been the same as they'd been before. They could not be, given what their son had become.

He'd left the farm in North Dakota on his own, his parents -- kind people with worn faces embracing the boy, who was nearly identical to this father in so many ways. There were suitcases by the door when Mulder and Scully had arrived, Mulder squeezing her hand as they'd climbed from the battered Explorer, come up the walk from the turnaround. The door had opened without a knock, an man about Mulder's age standing there.

"We've been waiting for you," the man said. "He's been waiting." And he stepped aside to reveal a young man -- tall for his age, mussed black hair and eyes as blue as the sea. His hands were shaking.

"Mother," he said to Scully, and her heart had turned in her chest as though it trapped a soft, white bird. The boy looked at Mulder, a quirk of a smile. "Father," he said, and Mulder, struck dumb by the word, said nothing for a beat.

"William," Mulder began at last, stepping forward, but the boy shook his head, raised a hand, two fingers outstretched, said simply:

"Time to go."

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