[ Cartoon elephants are exactly the right kind of indistinct that lends well towards cloud-watching - though Scully in a bathrobe is enough to draw his attention away from the sky. Who wants to look at clouds when she's right there, just waiting to be unwrapped? When she lies down beside him, Mulder turns onto his side to face her. ]
I miss you, too.
[ There's always more to do here: more ideas for baby-proofing things, a vague desire to build a swingset now so they won't have to later. But with Scully around again, with the knowledge that he can be with her day and night if he wants to, how can he say no?
Maybe it's superstition that's kept him from suggesting he come back to the Bureau, at least until she leaves. Scully loves him - that's not in question - but being around him twenty-four seven hadn't been good for either of them last time. And if things go that way again...well, this time, the cost is higher. Even if they're both in a better place now, even if there's no way she'll leave him again, some part of him can't help but wonder if he's in danger of screwing everything up.
On the other hand, she says she wants him there, and it's not like she was shy about wanting her space when everything fell apart. He believes her, he really does. Maybe they can go out on one more case together. ]
And I can't let you take the office apart by yourself. [ He reaches for the bathrobe's tie, giving it a light little tug. ] You won't know what I want to save.
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[ Cartoon elephants are exactly the right kind of indistinct that lends well towards cloud-watching - though Scully in a bathrobe is enough to draw his attention away from the sky. Who wants to look at clouds when she's right there, just waiting to be unwrapped? When she lies down beside him, Mulder turns onto his side to face her. ]
I miss you, too.
[ There's always more to do here: more ideas for baby-proofing things, a vague desire to build a swingset now so they won't have to later. But with Scully around again, with the knowledge that he can be with her day and night if he wants to, how can he say no?
Maybe it's superstition that's kept him from suggesting he come back to the Bureau, at least until she leaves. Scully loves him - that's not in question - but being around him twenty-four seven hadn't been good for either of them last time. And if things go that way again...well, this time, the cost is higher. Even if they're both in a better place now, even if there's no way she'll leave him again, some part of him can't help but wonder if he's in danger of screwing everything up.
On the other hand, she says she wants him there, and it's not like she was shy about wanting her space when everything fell apart. He believes her, he really does. Maybe they can go out on one more case together. ]
And I can't let you take the office apart by yourself. [ He reaches for the bathrobe's tie, giving it a light little tug. ] You won't know what I want to save.