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crack_van2004-03-13 07:03 pm
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After by Xanthe, R
Fandom: X-FILES
Pairing: Skinner/Mulder
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
xanthefic
Author's Website: Xanthe
Why this must be read: Yes, it's another Xanthe story, but how can you resist a writer who has both characters nailed perfectly, especially a certain bald and brooding AD?
This is a futurefic that paints a bleak picture of a post-colonization world. And Mulder and Skinner are in the middle of that mess. They may not be in the FBI or a government anymore but Mulder still has a quest -- to find and bring the people who has made this happen to justice, and Skinner is there to watch after and protect him.
What I really find wonderful in this fic is the relationship between the two men. To others, they appear combatative, Mulder impertinent and Skinner surly. But a glimpse deeper into the bond makes all the difference. It explains why they survived the whole time in the midst of anarchy and death and despair. And why they will endure.
Skinner's fingers began a slow caress along the side of Fox's face, and then he gently tipped the other man's jaw up, and his head dipped down and claimed a long, deep kiss from the fortune teller's lips. Gatt saw Fox's shoulder's relax, and his fingers fasten around Skinner's shoulders. When the kiss finished, Fox's eyes seemed incandescent, radiating a kind of joy that Gatt had never seen before. Their eyes met, over Skinner's back, Gatt's blue ones, and Fox's, wrought in hues of golden-green. They looked at each other for a moment, and then Fox's face broke into a wide smile, and he laid his face down on Skinner's shoulder again, closing his eyes.
After
Pairing: Skinner/Mulder
Author on LJ:
xantheficAuthor's Website: Xanthe
Why this must be read: Yes, it's another Xanthe story, but how can you resist a writer who has both characters nailed perfectly, especially a certain bald and brooding AD?
This is a futurefic that paints a bleak picture of a post-colonization world. And Mulder and Skinner are in the middle of that mess. They may not be in the FBI or a government anymore but Mulder still has a quest -- to find and bring the people who has made this happen to justice, and Skinner is there to watch after and protect him.
What I really find wonderful in this fic is the relationship between the two men. To others, they appear combatative, Mulder impertinent and Skinner surly. But a glimpse deeper into the bond makes all the difference. It explains why they survived the whole time in the midst of anarchy and death and despair. And why they will endure.
Skinner's fingers began a slow caress along the side of Fox's face, and then he gently tipped the other man's jaw up, and his head dipped down and claimed a long, deep kiss from the fortune teller's lips. Gatt saw Fox's shoulder's relax, and his fingers fasten around Skinner's shoulders. When the kiss finished, Fox's eyes seemed incandescent, radiating a kind of joy that Gatt had never seen before. Their eyes met, over Skinner's back, Gatt's blue ones, and Fox's, wrought in hues of golden-green. They looked at each other for a moment, and then Fox's face broke into a wide smile, and he laid his face down on Skinner's shoulder again, closing his eyes.
After