From: bellydancergirl7@aol.com   
      
   Title: Amore Cieco   
   Author: sitarra   
   email: bellydancergirl7@...   
   Distribution: All okay   
   Classification: S,R,H   
   Keywords: MSR   
   Rating: R   
   Spoilers: Goes throughout season 7 only but maybe a little into   
   season 8 only with a twist.   
   Summary: MSR   
   Disclaimer: I own nothing. Any character names you do not recognize   
   belong to my partner in crime.   
   A/N: I know this has been done before but now I'm doing it.  Did   
   anybody know there's actually a Crittendon, Kentucky?   
   Progress: WIP   
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   ibrido   
      
   "Is it too late to decline?"   
      
   Scully looked up at Mulder. He had that panic face again.   
      
   They had just arrived at her mom's house for Easter dinner. Funny how   
   they called it dinner when it happened mid afternoon. Mulder was   
   still uneasy about being there. He knew he was welcome but when he   
   heard Scully's big brother Bill was going to be there, he quickly   
   reconsidered. Scully had won in the end, her methods of persuasion   
   being just that, and now here he was standing on Maggie Scully's   
   doorstep.   
      
   "You're staying. Mom made her invitation understood," she reminded,   
   turning her body towards him. "And I thought I made myself quite   
   clear."   
      
   "Oh, believe me. You did," he reassured, vivid reminders coming to   
   his mind. "But I wasn't so focused on what you were saying at the   
   time. Some words made it through, but I was definitely focused on   
   other matters."   
      
   She hid a smile. "Need me to repeat it?"   
      
   "Scully! On your mother's porch?" he gasped out with a straight face.   
      
   "You know what I mean, Mulder."   
      
   He cracked a smile. "Yeah but we could've had fun with that."   
      
   She slapped his hands away playfully when he pulled her closer.   
   They'd recovered from their tiff the month before, becoming closer,   
   back to their normal selves. He was more attentive, didn't run off   
   without telling her for work anymore. He was quicker to tell her how   
   much she meant to him. He didn't take any moment for granted.   
      
   The white door opened in front of them revealing a smiling Maggie.   
   She quickly pulled her daughter in a careful hug. She was still   
   mindful of her almost completely healed wound. She quickly had Mulder   
   in a hug, always wanting him to feel welcome.   
      
   "I'm so glad she convinced you to come, Fox," Maggie told him,   
   pulling back. She led them into the house; children were heard   
   playing in the background. "She must've had a good argument."   
      
   The couple smiled secretly at each other. "Oh, she had an argument I   
   just couldn't refuse."   
      
   But Maggie was oblivious.   
      
   "I'm glad you're here now," Maggie went on. "I could use some help in   
   the kitchen. Julia's helping and Tara's still ill so I could use some   
   extra hands."   
      
   "Ill?" Mulder repeated.   
      
   "Pregnant," Scully answered. "She's still in her early months. We'll   
   be glad to help, mom."   
      
   "Um, we?" Mulder said, obviously not liking the sound. Both women   
   gave him a look.   
      
   "Unless you want to talk to Bill…" Scully started to say. Mulder   
   headed for the kitchen.   
      
   "So what can I do?"   
      
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   interrogazione   
      
   "Dana, how are things with you and Fox?" Maggie asked her daughter.   
   Julia smiled from her place at the counter.   
      
   "Yeah, what's your story?" she wondered.   
      
   Scully hid her smile the best she could. She looked out the kitchen   
   window, her eyes finding Mulder talking to Charlie.   
      
   "Things are just fine between us," she answered smartly.   
      
   "Dana," her mother stressed, stopping chopping the carrots, "be   
   honest."   
      
   "It's just us," Julia reminded.   
      
   Scully laughed at their words. "What? I am being honest."   
      
   "Tell us the real truth." The women's eyes turned to her,   
   scrutinizing her. She was busted.   
      
   "All right, we may or may not be together." She made a face at them   
   before resuming her duty.   
      
   "Will you be joining the ranks of us married women anytime soon?"   
   Julia asked, eyeing her sister-in-law.   
      
   "No," Scully said all too quickly. "I don't think so."   
      
   "Why not?" her mother asked. Scully put down the potato peeler she   
   had just picked up.   
      
   "Because mom. That's the only answer I have. Beside, Mulder and I   
   don't talk about things like that."   
      
   Maggie came up next to her daughter, placing a loving hand on her   
   arm. "Talk about it. You two are perfect for each other."   
      
   "Grandma!"   
      
   "Mom!"   
      
   Scully welcomed the distractions.   
      
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   imboscata in la cucina   
      
   Warm arms wrapped themselves around her waist. Lips nuzzled her neck.   
   A firm body pressed itself against hers. She smiled at the feel.   
      
   "Mulder, don't distract me," Scully tried to protest.   
      
   "So you admit this does distract you," he teased. She giggled when he   
   nibbled her ear.   
      
   "You know it does. Maybe this is why I never cook," she pointed out.   
      
   "Do you want me to stop?"   
      
   "No, but if someone walks through that door…" she threatened.   
      
   "I'll move," he finished. "Don't worry. Your honor shall remain in   
   tact."   
      
   She scoffed. "It's not my honor I'm worried about. It's what I might   
   do if you take it further."   
      
   "Feel free to slam me up against the refrigerator."   
      
   "Mulder…"   
      
   "Scully, if they only knew how you are," he muttered in her ear. "Oh,   
   the stories I could tell."   
      
   She elbowed him in the ribs. "Don't even think about it, Mulder. I   
   don't need a lecture from my mom."   
      
   "Why a lecture? Surely she doesn't think that you're still that   
   innocent good Catholic girl she raised," he half joked.   
      
   "For all I know, she does," she admitted. "But if she heard about sex   
   before marriage from her daughter, that will definitely get a   
   lecture."   
      
   "But if she knows we're together like I think she does then she must   
   know… something's happening," he continued.   
      
   "Mulder, in all honesty, I don't think any mother wants to think   
   their child is having sex. Ever. They'd rather assume them innocent   
   until death."   
      
   "Good argument."   
      
   She smiled. "Face it. You can't win anymore."   
      
   "Apparently I can't."   
      
   He pulled her closer, kissing her neck. She fought him playfully, for   
   a moment forgetting where she was. He was more playful lately as   
   well, causing her to often lose focus in the office. She liked this   
   new Mulder. She only hoped he was going to be around more often.   
      
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   miracoloso   
      
   "Dana, I can't tell you how happy I am that the whole family's here,"   
   Maggie told her daughter. They stepped outside with the drinks they'd   
   excused themselves to get. The children were in the middle of an   
   Easter egg hunt the adults were helping them with. Most of the   
   children were still too young to do it by themselves. Mulder was even   
   out there, helping Charlie and Julia's middle child, five-year-old   
   Grayson. He had taken an immediately liking to the strange man,   
   finding his nose funny.   
      
   "You consider Mulder family?" Scully said incredulously.   
      
   "Well of course. How many years has it been now? And since I'm   
   predicting he'll be around for many more years to come, he's family."   
      
   She called to the others that the lemonade was ready and watched as   
   most of them came running.   
      
   "Why? Don't you consider him family?" Maggie continued.   
      
   "Of course I do," Scully gave without hesitation. Her eyes found   
   Mulder in the yard helping Grayson with his basket. She smiled when   
      
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