[ And he likes this: the skin-to-skin contact, the taste of Scully's mouth, the way she quietly, lightly, just barely takes control. When they break the kiss, he doesn't try to draw back. ]

Besides, I have a case we can look into. How do you like the sound of Hawaii?

[ Possibly the only state they never visited, while they were really working at this. They'd gotten to Alaska relatively easily by comparison. One of his hands settles at her ribcage, thumb brushing up over the satin covering her breast. ]

You're allowed to fly until you're at thirty-six weeks. I checked.

[ pregnant woman airplane lurks somewhere in his search history. ]