Telephones by Cucumberspy (PG)

[threeguesses.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm threeguesses , and I'll be reccing The X-Files this month!  [Insert witty driving metaphor here.]

Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Length: One-shot
Author on LJ: NA
Author Website: Grape Flavored Fiction
Why this must be read:

I love agnst done right, and Telephones is absolutely perfect.  An AU that examines what, exactly, might have had to be done to bring the Consortium down.  Cucumberspy says of her fic: "When I wrote this, I was so horrified at having written it that I didn't think I could ever post it" - the premise is just THAT dark, people.  In the hands of another author this fic could have been over-the-top character torture, but Cucumberspy turns it into a quiet, haunting portrayal of grief.


William tosses his alien toy to the floor.  Scully retrieves it, grit and dirty water matting the faceplate.  She tucks it under her arm again.

"Mawn!"  William shouts.  "Mawn, ma!"

"Shh," Scully whispers, blinking again.  "Shh."

No one else seems to notice, and Scully thinks of her mother's hands, cold on her shoulder blades, and of the look on Doggett's face in the war room.
 
Telephones

Comments

[tree]

not to rain on your parade (particularly on your first rec!) but this story has already been rec'd.

[/long-time crack van member geekery]

[threeguesses.livejournal.com]

Darn. I checked back to 2005 and thought I was safe.

[tree]

there is no such thing as safe! has XF taught you nothing? *g*

the easiest thing to do for older recs is open the memories page and do a search. *says she who may or may not have a file with all the XF recs in it*

[wendelah1]

Still, it's a great story, and very few people (except me and tree) have checked back to 2003 lately.

[tree]

well i said i was a geek. ;P

[wendelah1]

I bet you haven't emailed anyone lately to remind them they haven't posted their recs. Not that it helped.

[rollsofrice.livejournal.com]

I hadn't read this yet, so thank you for the great rec/read. You put it well: a quiet, haunting portrayal of grief. Season 9 has a lot of potential for angsty fic.

On another (only slightly irrelevant) note, I am so psyched that you're doing the recs this month. Long-time lurker/re-reader of your fic (because you only have three XF ones and damn, you need to post more)-- it's pretty self-explanatory.

Looking forward to the next rec!

[threeguesses.livejournal.com]

Really? Wow, thanks. I'll make sure the recs are AWESOME.