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"Sixty Degrees of Separation" by Barbara D. (PG-13)
Fandom: THE X FILES
Pairing: Scully/Mulder
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denyeverything1
Author Website: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Capsule/4554/
Why this must be read:
When I was first discovering XF fiction, hopping from rec site to rec site, I noticed a lot of people who said that Barbara D. wrote Mulder/Scully repartee as good as the show's. This is not true. Barbara writes repartee as good as the show sometimes got, and as good as I wish it always had been.
"Sixty Degrees of Separation" is a quirky and charming post-"Triangle" story featuring spies, lies, and screwball comedy. I knew from the minute I volunteered that this would be my last recommendation, if someone else didn't get to it first, because it's clever and sweet and always, always leaves me with a smile.
"Sixty Degrees of Separation"
Pairing: Scully/Mulder
Author on LJ:
denyeverything1Author Website: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Capsule/4554/
Why this must be read:
When I was first discovering XF fiction, hopping from rec site to rec site, I noticed a lot of people who said that Barbara D. wrote Mulder/Scully repartee as good as the show's. This is not true. Barbara writes repartee as good as the show sometimes got, and as good as I wish it always had been.
"Sixty Degrees of Separation" is a quirky and charming post-"Triangle" story featuring spies, lies, and screwball comedy. I knew from the minute I volunteered that this would be my last recommendation, if someone else didn't get to it first, because it's clever and sweet and always, always leaves me with a smile.
As he trudged up three flights of stairs, he heard Scully's voice in his head.
"How are you feeling, Mulder?"
"Can you describe the pain?"
"How many pills have you taken today?"
"You can take two more tonight. What have you eaten?"
"Ketchup is not a vegetable, Mulder."
"Turkey jerky? No, I can't say that I have. Are you sleepy at all?"
"I don't remember any lullabies."
"Umm -- reading yesterday's paper and watching television -- I caught the last part of Casablanca."
"I would have chosen... I don't know, Mulder. Who do you think I would have chosen?"
"OK, I guess I'd have to say she made the right choice in Casablanca -- and the wrong choice in Paris."
"Because saying... making commitments... a commitment... is a very serious thing. I... I think you should try to get some more sleep, Mulder."
"No."
"I'm fine, just sleepy. Are you coming in tomorrow?"
"Mulder, you don't have to come in just to keep an eye on MacElroy."
"He is not a mutant soul-sucker sent by Kersh to spy on us, Mulder, he's an accountant."
"Well, sometimes, I am right."
"Mulder, besides all the other things I have to think about where you're concerned, I'm now starting to worry that your relationship with reality is becoming estranged."
"Sixty Degrees of Separation"