Title: If The Bee Hadn't Stung Scully
Author: Erin M. Blair
E-Mail: eblair@sonic.net
Spoiler: X-Files: Fight The Future Movie,
Duane Barry, Ascension, One Breath,
Memento Mori, Redux, Redux 11.
Classification: VRA--Vignette, Romance, Angst.
Content: Mulder/Scully Romance. Mulder POV.
Rating: PG
Archive: Anywhere, especially Gossamer and
various MSR archives. Please forward to ATXC.
Please let me know where this story is going
so I can visit it. =)
Disclaimer: The characters of Fox Mulder
and Dana Scully belong to Chris Carter,
1013 Productions, and the FOX network. No
infringement is intended.
Author's Note: I saw the movie for the third
time, and it rocked! Loved it! This is not part
of any series. It's a standalone vignette
reflecting Mulder's thoughts when they almost
kissed. This is a Mulder/Scully romance, you
have been warned! This is also my first
movie fic as well. I am sure that there will
be more! =)
Feedback: Always welcomed and much appreciated.
Dedication: To David Duchovny for bringing life
to Fox Mulder. And to the people who had been
giving me support and feedback.
Summary: Mulder reflects what happened if the
bee hadn't stung Scully.

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IF THE BEE HADN'T STUNG SCULLY
Written by: Erin M. Blair <eblair@sonic.net>
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When Scully and I got back from Antarctica, I
was wondering what would happen if the bee
hadn't stung her.

I told her how much I needed her. I didn't
want her to quit the FBI especially since
I believed that they are going to reopen
the X-Files eventually. I know that's selfish
of me, but I don't want to lose her. There
were so many times that I almost lost
her.

I remember the time when Duane Barry
kidnapped Scully and brought her to them.
When she was returned, she was suffering
from branched DNA. Everyone thought that
she would die, but she survived.

Later, Scully found out that she had a
nasopharyngeal tumor which was unoperable.
This tumor was a result of her abduction.
An abduction that didn't have to happen,
but unfortunately it did. To find her
cure, I found a computer chip similar to
the one that she had removed from her
neck.

She's cured now, but we don't know what
really cured her. Her strength in her
own beliefs? The computer chip? Her
faith? Or her believing in me? I don't
know. I don't think that we will ever
know for sure.

If the bee hadn't stung Scully, we
would have kissed. I know we would have.
I know how much she loves and trusts me.
We had always been the closest of friends.
The closest of partners. We never took
*that* step before. I was scared and I know
she was scared too. I think that's why
there's so much unresolved sexual tension
between us because of that fear.

That fear was expressed when I saved Scully's
life in Antarctica. I didn't want to lose her,
and didn't want to go through life without her.
After I performed CPR on Scully, I wanted to
kiss her. Her expression told me that she wanted
me as much. We would have kissed if those aliens
hadn't interrupted our moment.

If that bee hadn't stung Scully, who knows
what would have happen? The X-Files would
have remained closed. *She* would have
either take that position in Salt Lake City
or quit. What about me? Well, I bet that
they would either fired me or discredit me
or gave me surveillance work.

Maybe I should be grateful to that bee? I have
the X-Files back. I have my belief system
back. Most of all, I have Scully.

I think that I should thank that bee. It
saved our lives.

End of Vignette