Sandcastles for Pele by JL (PG-13)

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Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Length: Novel-length
Author on LJ: jlmfromnyc   
Author Website: Fic available at above LJ.

Why this must be read:

Longer stories are getting rarer and rarer in the XF fandom. This may be a consequence of LJ--the format is friendlier to shorter, vignette-style pieces.  JL bucks the trend here with a long, semi-casefile story that takes place after the events of The X-Files: I Want to Believe.

This is one wild ride. It's got everything you could ask for in a story: paranormal elements, angst galore, romance, fascinating glimpses into Mulder and Scully's youths, ancient legends and an exotic locale. Read it on a rainy afternoon when you have the time to immerse yourself in the whole story. It will take you on a journey that you won't soon forget.

She remembered how she had passed the time while sick, by counting each pulse of the heart monitor, separating the hours into categories, and then dividing the categories by days. Nonsense math with fractions and equations - nonsense math with pieces of logic floating in it. Sometimes, Scully would wonder whether an adequate representation was even possible - did there exist a formula to measure the potential of a life, or did static numbers and equations make it impossible to follow the growth of something so constantly in flux?

Sandcastles for Pele:
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four