[ Having essentially declared a leave of absence from the Bureau - a test retirement, as though that wasn't what he'd done with himself for years before he went back - Mulder might not count as a brilliant professional at this point. But at the moment, her reaction is enough to cement him as at least a little brilliant. It's gratifying, not least because it's classic Scully: effusive by her standards, easily read if one knows her, maybe less so if one doesn't.
She likes it, that much is clear. She likes it, and she really wasn't expecting what she got. Those sleepless nights spent watching tutorials on his phone with his airpods in clearly paid off.
Stepping a little closer, he slips his hand into hers, squeezing lightly. He touches her, and she touches the turnip - a hand at her belly and everything sloshing around under it - and in that moment, it's nearly like touching the kid himself. See that, he thinks at it, just in case there's something to be said for paternal psychic ability as well. I did this for you. ]
Tell me the colors are right. [ And, teasing (but also, seriously, it was necessary) - ] I made the guy at Home Depot match paint to a photo of your hair.
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She likes it, that much is clear. She likes it, and she really wasn't expecting what she got. Those sleepless nights spent watching tutorials on his phone with his airpods in clearly paid off.
Stepping a little closer, he slips his hand into hers, squeezing lightly. He touches her, and she touches the turnip - a hand at her belly and everything sloshing around under it - and in that moment, it's nearly like touching the kid himself. See that, he thinks at it, just in case there's something to be said for paternal psychic ability as well. I did this for you. ]
Tell me the colors are right. [ And, teasing (but also, seriously, it was necessary) - ] I made the guy at Home Depot match paint to a photo of your hair.