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'BONDED'
By: Jenna

SKINNER’S OFFICE
HOOVER BUILDING

I watch as Scully turns her back to me and leaves my office, taking determined purposeful strides. I have no doubt that she will gain entry into Mulder's hospital room. Scully has been with Mulder far too long for anyone to stop her when Mulder is hurt or in pain, physically or emotionally. She is like an instant sedative for him. I cannot count the times that she has lulled him to peacefulness and sleep when no one else could even come near. Old Smokey and his cronies were so wrong in judging her objectivity when it came to placing Dana Scully on the X-Files. They grossly underestimated the bond that she and Mulder would come to share almost 7 years ago.

Feeling safe in the knowledge that she has come back to Mulder from her time away, I dive back into work as I know there is nothing I can do for my friends. However, after a few short minutes, I wonder how successful she has been and decide to go see for myself. I know they won't let me in to Mulder's room after the fiasco with Kritschgau, but what harm can come from me watching them from the window. I close my eyes and can almost picture it now. Mulder, in an almost like catatonic state and unable to speak or move, screaming silently begging for Scully to help him. Scully is tightly gripping his hand between her own, while fat tears roll down her cheeks and onto his face, and she tenderly wipes them away, murmuring only words he can hear.

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MULDER’S HOSPITAL ROOM
GEORGETOWN MEMORIAL

Arriving at the door, the guards Agent Fowley has posted stop my entrance and I tell them I am not going in and just want to watch from the window. Just as I suspected, Scully is gripping Mulder's hand, pleading with him to hang on as she slowly places her lips against his forehead. If I didn't care for them both so much as friends, I would almost love to have Scully for myself, but those two belong together. Even I can see that fate had intervened when she was placed with him to debunk the X-Files cases. I smile slightly as I turn away from the door, knowing that Scully will be the best medicine for Mulder. I know that she is so determined to bring his beautiful mind back to her that nothing will stand in her way, not even Old Smokey.

-THE END-

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