#and comfort
msr | s5 | words: 1,170
It’s not the first time he sneaks into her room so late at night. It’s not the first time he does something knowing that she’ll never accept if he asks first. And he knows this will not be the last time.
Mulder knows her. He knows her answer before he even asks. I’m fine,Mulder.She always says that. Not just to him, but to her mother, to her brother, and to herself.
Fine means she’s delicate. Fine means she’s beautiful and elegant. Oh yeah, she’s fine. Mulder’s beginning to think about fine in those terms every time Scully says she’s fine.
