From: rjsabatier@shaw.ca   
      
   Title:  "Destiny"   
      
      
      
   Pairing: Mulder and Scully   
      
      
      
   Summary:  a post episode fic for "Milagro"   
      
      
      
   Rating: I guess M   
      
      
      
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   She had never been more terrified in her life..she was fighting him...then   
   he was gone.. Mulder was there...she flung her arms around him..the relief   
   and the fear where too much for her..she had started sobbing in his arms as   
   he held her against him, trying to reassure him the best she could...   
      
      
      
   Scully opened her eyes, looking around her. Three days had past since the   
   case against Pagett had wrapped up. Kersh had agreed that she and Mulder   
   both deserved some time off, which surprised them both.   
      
   .   
      
   .The only way she could recover, she found was to bury herself in work. So   
   she had brought home case files that needed reviewing and signing. She had   
   fallen asleep on her couch doing them.   
      
      
      
   Mulder carried beer and pizza up to her apartment. He knocked softly.   
      
      
      
   "Yeah, it's open" She was a bit startled to see Mulder. She had just been   
   thinking about him...   
      
      
      
   He smiled. "Thought maybe you'd be hungry after all of those case files." He   
   sat the box and cans on the table with a thump.   
      
      
      
   Scully tried to recover from her surprise. She made herself smile back. "You   
   didn't have to do that, Mulder." Pagett's words were making her feel self   
   conscious. ..'Agent Scully is already in love...'   
      
      
      
   He raised an eyebrow. "Plus...I missed you."   
      
      
      
   Scully lifted an eyebrow of her own.. "Okay, Mulder, what did you do to tick   
   Kersh off now.   
      
      
      
   Mulder chuckled. "Can't a guy just be nice?"   
      
      
      
      
      
   Scully sighed softly and briefly touched Mulder's hand. "What kind of   
   pizza'd you get?"   
      
   She opened the tab on a beer, taking a sip.   
      
      
      
   "Your favorite...sausage, pepperoni, and green peppers." He smiled over at   
   her.   
      
      
      
   "But you have two pizzas.." Scully trailed off before realizing they were   
   both sausage, pepperoni, and green pepper.   
      
      
      
   "I'm hungry too..." Mulder grabbed a slice and hungrily took a bite.   
      
      
      
   He doesn't want to hear that Pagett was right.. Scully took a piece of her   
   own. "Wanna sit down?" She felt a shiver down her arm as her hand met his in   
   the pizza box.   
      
      
      
   Mulder moved closer and whispered into her ear. "I'll even watch a chick   
   flick..."   
      
      
      
   "Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" Scully teased him with a small   
   smile.   
      
      
      
   Mulder kissed her cheek. "I'm certain."   
      
      
      
   "Mulder, seriously...what's going on?" Scully asked him as they got   
   comfortable on her couch with their beer and pizza.   
      
      
      
   "I missed you...isn't that enough?" He really didn't want to make her   
   uncomfortable. He'd already told her how he felt, and she brushed it off   
   because she thought he was drugged.   
      
      
      
   She silently turned on the TV, flipping to the movie classics channel. "I   
   forgot...have we seen the Invisible man before?"   
      
      
      
   He looked from her to the TV. "Once or ten times..." He teased.   
      
      
      
   "Okay..." Scully continued flipping.   
      
      
      
   "We haven't seen...What Women Want though..." Mulder took another bite of   
   pizza.   
      
   Scully gave him the remote so he could change to the right channel. She   
   settled back against the couch, crossing her legs underneath her. She fell   
   silent as she sipped on her beer.   
      
      
      
   Was it when I touched his hand? she wondered. How did he know?   
      
      
      
   Mulder turned his head and waited for her to answer him. When she continued   
   to stare off into space, he nudged her. "This is planet earth calling Agent   
   Dana Scully."   
      
   "Hm?..." She realized he had been talking to her, but she hadn't heard a   
   word he'd said. "Oh..sorry... what did you say?"   
      
      
      
   He chuckled. "Just asked if you wanted another ice tea."   
      
      
      
   "Sure." I've got to let this go....Mulder just wants to be partners..   
      
      
      
   Scully winced at a cramp in her leg. She stretched it out when Mulder got up   
   to get another beer.   
      
      
      
   He returned and handed her the beer, sitting his own down on the coffee   
   table. He sat down on it as well and took her foot in his hands. He slowly   
   worked his hands up her leg.   
      
   "Feel better?"   
      
      
      
   This time, Mulder felt the shiver go down her leg at his touch. Scully had   
   exactly the same look on her face she had in the jail cell..   
      
      
      
   He moved further up her leg. "Well...?"   
      
      
      
   "Yeah...that's good." Scully made no attempt to pull away from him.   
      
      
      
   Mulder moved to her inner thigh. "Scully...Dana...can we talk?"   
      
      
      
   "Of course we can.." her voice was a little unsteady. Her whole body was   
   starting to tremble.   
      
      
      
   Mulder stopped his massage. "I love you...and I know you love me too..." He   
   met her eyes.   
      
      
      
   A tear threatened to fall down her cheek as she smiled back at him. She   
   reached over to touch his face...she monitored his face for a reaction. Her   
   other hand went on the hand touching her leg.   
      
      
      
   He leaned forward and kissed her lips softly. "Say it, Scully...tell me you   
   love me."   
      
      
      
   "I've loved you ever since I first stripped down naked and asked you to look   
   at my mosquito bites.." she whispered. "I've just been scared to tell you.."   
      
      
      
   He kissed her again. "Why?"   
      
      
      
   Her eyes looked up at him. "And I was afraid you didn't want me.."   
      
      
      
   He moved to the couch beside her. "I've always wanted you..." He put his   
   hand on her knee. "I just...was afraid of the same things I guess."   
      
      
      
    Scully completely understood...the way every other agent in the bureau made   
   fun of him... no one wanted him at any of their functions..   
      
      
      
   "Pagett..what Pagett said was true." Scully brought it up a little   
   hesitantly, uncertain of what Mulder's reaction was going to be.   
      
      
      
   "I know...I just wasn't sure if you knew it yet." He swallowed hard.   
      
      
      
   Scully wrapped her arms around him, pulling him a little closer to her.   
      
      
      
   "Relax.." she whispered in his ear when she felt him momentarily tense up.   
      
   She closed her eyes..needing to be close to him... feeling vulnerable   
   again..just like when he found her.   
      
      
      
   "I don't want to push you into anything..." Mulder nuzzled her neck.   
      
      
      
   "Trust me..you're not. ...Scully took in a deep quivering breath.   
      
      
      
   Mulder lifted his head and met her eyes. He leaned in to kiss her gently.   
      
      
      
   "Your pizza's getting cold," Scully whispered after the kiss broke. Mulder   
   didn't seem to want to let her go.. Not now that she was in his arms and he   
   could say what was on his mind.   
      
      
      
   Mulder shook his head. "I don't care..."   
      
   "We can put it away and have it later.." she started to suggest but Mulder   
   pulled her tight against him, cutting off the sentence.   
      
      
      
   "It's fine where it is...for awhile longer...isn't it?"   
      
      
      
   "Whatever you want to do.." Scully rested her head against his chest for a   
   moment.   
      
      
      
   "I just want to hold you...is that okay?" Mulder kissed her cheek.   
      
      
      
   "More than okay.." Scully whispered. She looked up at him, nonverbally   
   begging him to hold her longer than the customary brief hug.   
      
      
      
   "Mulder?"   
      
      
      
   He looked down at her. "Yes, Scully..."   
      
      
      
   "If you want to, you can stay here with me tonight..you don't have to go   
      
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