From: rjsabatier@shaw.ca   
      
   Authors: Jacquie and Sassy   
      
   Pairing: Mulder and Scully   
      
   Rating: M   
      
   Summary: A post episode fic for "Orison"   
      
      
      
   "Hey, even the Gunmen have to have some down time." Mulder didn't want to   
   admit that this was about the only game out of the stack that he could play   
   well.   
      
   "That's okay, baby...I love Pacman." 'Did I just call him "Baby"?'   
   Scully shook the thought off, getting up to grab an iced tea from his   
   fridge.   
      
   'Did she just call me "Baby"? No way.' Mulder's head spun. He followed her.   
   "If you're getting me an iced tea, could be love." His breath was hot upon   
   her neck.   
      
   "Think so do you?" An eyebrow went up as she bit her lip.   
      
   Mulder took a step back, not wanting to overwhelm her. "I do."   
      
   "Want one?" Scully extended her hand back, holding out an iced tea.   
      
   Mulder took it. "Thanks." He leaned back on the cabinets while taking a   
   drink. "So Pac Man?"   
      
   "Ready to get your butt whipped, b...Mulder?"   
      
   "FBI Woman, if you got the skills to back that up, I say bring it on!"   
   Mulder's eyes were locked on hers. Her only response was a crooked smile.   
   She took a sip off her iced tea bottle. "So..." he challenged.   
      
   "I was ready yesterday" She walked back.   
      
   Mulder caught up with her and slung his arm over her shoulder. "I've been   
   ready since you knocked on my basement office door." He then removed his arm   
   and walked ahead of her.   
      
   Scully did beat him. He lay back against the couch, exasperated. "Uggg..."   
   he said as he tossed the control on the floor.   
      
   Scully kissed him. "That's a consolation prize."   
      
   "You'll have to do better than that hen peck." Mulder folded his arms over   
   his chest.   
      
   She kissed him long and deep. When she pulled away, he was left breathless.   
      
   "That'll do." He then pulled her to sit beside him and wrapped his arm   
   around her shoulder. Her lips were still tingling and her breath was coming   
   in quivering gasps.   
      
   'Okay, why did I do that?' Mindlessly, she started playing again, just to   
   keep from looking at the disgust she just *knew* was on his face.   
      
   Mulder placed a hand over hers to stop the game. "Scully.."   
      
   "Yeah?"   
      
   "Promise me that won't be the last time you kiss me." He looked straight   
   ahead, afraid that he'd gone too far.   
      
   Scully put down the control and turned his face toward hers. She gently   
   kissed his lips. His hand moved up to tangle in her hair as he deepened the   
   kiss. His tongue slid across her lips. Scully shivered but she still managed   
   to smile against his lips. Her hands gently caressed him. His other hand   
   slid up her side. Her fingers brushed the skin on her stomach as her shirt   
   rode up a little. He moaned at the feel of her.   
      
   "It's okay," she whispered.   
      
   "Don't talk," Mulder pleaded as his hand slid under her shift. His mouth   
   moved to her neck. He pulled her so that she was astride him. He then   
   realized what he was doing and placed his hands on both sides of her face   
   and held her so that she was looking at him. "Stop me now...or I won't be   
   able to stop myself." 'I'm falling in love with you all over again. Hard and   
   fast.'   
      
   Her eyes mutely pleaded with him not to stop. His mouth sought hers again.   
   He kissed her long and slow this time. His hands went no lower than her neck   
   as he kissed her.   
      
   Scully closed her eyes.   
      
      
   Mulder pulled away slowly. "You know I'd never hurt you."   
      
   Scully licked her lips, trying to find her voice. "I know," she said softly.   
      
   "What now?" Mulder whispered.   
      
   "What do you feel comfortable with?" Scully whispered back.   
      
   "I just want you here. With me...always." Mulder looked up at her. "No   
   rushing these things."   
      
   Scully couldn't explain why, but she felt a sting of disappointment. She   
   nodded and gently pulled away.   
      
   Mulder caught her hand and pulled it to his lips. "Don't be like that."   
      
   "Like what?"   
      
   "This," he pointed between the two of them, "is too important to let going   
   to bed too soon ruin it. I can't let you think that's all I want."   
      
   "I don't think that," Scully reassured him as a lump rose in her throat.   
      
   Mulder pulled her back to him. "Scully....Dana...I want you. I do...so   
   badly.." He placed her hand over his heart. "Feel that?"   
      
   "Yes.'   
      
   His heart was thudding against his chest like a jackhammer. He placed his   
   hand over hers. "I'm ready...but are you?"   
      
   Scully looked him straight in his hazel eyes and said softly, "I've been   
   ready for six years."   
      
   Mulder kissed her softly.   
      
   Scully sighed again. 'But it's not going to happen because he doesn't want   
   me...he wants Candy'. She sat perfectly still and waited for the next sign   
   from Mulder.   
      
   Feeling her mood change, Mulder stopped kissing her. "What did I do?"   
      
   "Nothing...it's my fault," Scully whispered. "I just can't believe you want   
   me.'   
      
   "Why not?"   
      
   "I'm...not your usual tall, leggy blonde type"   
      
   Anger flashed in Mulder's eyes. "What are you talking about?"   
      
   Scully pulled away, seeing she had hit a nerve. "Nothing. Never mind."   
      
   He watched her stand and start for the bedroom. "Just like you to run away,   
   Scully."   
      
   "Whatever, Mulder."   
      
   He stood and followed her. "Haven't you heard a word I've been saying to   
   you?. I've told you how much you mean to me...What more can I do?" He pushed   
   her up against the wall. "This?" He kissed her hard and deep. "I love you,"   
   he said when the kiss broke. "What more do you need from me?" The fight went   
   out of him then and he had to brace himself against the wall with his hand   
   as he tried to read her eyes.   
      
   "Tell my why you're such a ..." she bit her lip. "Mulder, just let me go,"   
   she begged in a whisper. "Please"   
      
   Mulder moved his hands away from the wall. "Go if that's what you want. I   
   won't stop you." 'I need you...Stay with me.'   
      
   Scully picked up her bags and left. Candy was coming at that moment. Scully   
   saw her. For a moment, her eyes flashed with anger and hurt. Then she   
   silently left.   
      
   Mulder stopped Candy at the door. "I thought I told you never to come back?"   
      
   Candy watched Scully go with a smirk. "You don't mean that, Fox," she purred   
   in Mulder's ear.   
      
   Mulder," he corrected. "And I did. I don't love you. Don't like you either.   
   The only one I've ever loved just walked out on me." He knew that Scully   
   could hear him. He shut the door in Candy's face.   
   Scully stopped.   
      
   Mulder slammed a few doors inside his apartment as he tried to figure out   
   what had gone so wrong. One minute they were happy kissing, the next she was   
   storming off. Then came the knock on his door.   
      
   He wrenched open the door. "I thought I told you..." His eyes met Scully's.   
   He left the door open for her and walked into the living room. Scully   
   wordlessly put her bags back into the bedroom.   
      
   "You realize you have nowhere else to go?" The hurt was clear in Mulder's   
   eyes. How could she doubt his feelings for her.   
      
   "No" she said softly. " I realize I just did the one thing I said I'd never   
   do." Mulder kept silent as Scully sighed "I'm scared. I'm getting everything   
   I ever wanted...and I'm scared."   
      
   Mulder's eyes softened. "I meant what I said."   
      
      
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