Inside the Cards by Oracle (X-Files - PG-13)

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I like all of Oracle's fic, so here's pretty much a random, but good, one.

Fandom: X-FILES
Title: Inside The Cards
Author: Oracle
Author Page: http://www.invidiosa.com/oracle/
Rating:: PG-13
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Length: 40K

Why It Must Be Read: Lovely details, subdued emotion, very romantic.
Read: Inside the Cards by Oracle


Scully manages to smile back, a faint curve of her
lips, before she stoops to brush the sand off her feet.
A sting of pain reveals her cut--a thin red line along
the arch of her foot. Wondering how deep it goes, she
gives it a gentle poke. Blood oozes out. It's deep,
she thinks, but not enough for stitches.

"Tara, I've cut my foot. Do you have anything I
could -?"

"Oh, you poor thing!" Tara immediately drops her
spatula and rushes over, blue eyes widening at the
sight of blood. "I'll get you a bandage and some
antiseptic cream."

Scully nods gratefully and Tara bustles off to the
nearest medicine cabinet.

The blood begins to trickle away from the cut, a thin
crimson river. Scully is amazed that her body produced
this vibrant liquid--that it flowed all the way from
her heart.

Then she wonders what Mulder must think of her heart.
Maybe he's thinking, you can't squeeze blood from
a stone.

I am bleeding, Mulder, she thinks.