f.B.I. BUILDING
DECEMBER 23
3:15 P.M.

It was a cold day in the nations capital. Snow had begun to fall just in time for Christmas. Fox Mulder and Dana Scully sat in their office, watching the minutes tick by. Scully loved Christmas, and she could not wait to be on her way to her mother's house. Mulder, on the other hand, was not as excited. He was going to be alone this year-alone, and worst of all, without Scully.

Scully finally broke the silence. "So, got any big plans for the holidays Mulder?"

"Not unless you think that a video party with the Lone Gunmen is a big plan."

"Oh, I figured you would be going to your mothers."

"No, she went to Florida with some friends."

"Really, well, if you're not doing anything, why don't you come with me to my mom's. Bill and Charlie and their families are going to be there, and, well, I'm going to feel kind of awkward being alone."

"No offense, Scully, but I'm not really in the mood to be ridiculed by Bill all week. Besides, it's a family thing."

*But you are family* Scully thought to herself. "Suit yourself, but mom would love to have you." *That'll get him*

"Alright Scully, you've talked me into it. When do we leave?"



SCULLY'S APARTMENT
DECEMBER 23
5:30 P.M.

Mulder knocked, and then opened Scully's door. "You decent?", he called.

"NO", he heard her call from her bedroom.

"Good, I'll let myself in then."

*This week is going to be fun* Scully thought to herself. Mulder was actually disappointed when Scully emerged from her bedroom fully clothed. "Damn", he whispered to himself.

"What'da say Mulder?"

"Oh, nothing. You ready?"

"Yeah." Scully smiled. She knew exactly what he had said.



MULDER'S CAR
DECEMBER 23
6:00 P.M.

"Mind if I turn on the radio?"

"No Scully, go right ahead." Mulder was glad that she had asked.

Scully flipped through all of the stations twice. "Jesus, you'd think that you could find Christmas carols on one of these damn stations." After a few more seconds, she realized that she was getting on his nerves.

"Why don't you put it on 97.9 Scully. That's a good station."

The song "Never Ever" ended and the D.J. began to speak. "Okay kids, this one's going out to Dana from Fox. Geez, what a name. Anyway, here's Edwin McCain with 'I'll Be'" *Whew, just in time*, Mulder thought.

"HHMM, what are the chances of that?", asked Mulder while consentrating on the road.

"I don't know Mulder, maybe it's an X-File." He gave a little chuckle, and Scully grinned.

They both knew that it was no X-File. Mulder had made the phone call before he went to get Scully. He hoped that it would play while they were in the car.

'THE STRANDS IN YOUR EYES COLOR THEM WONDERFUL
STOP ME AND STEAL MY BREATH
EMERALDS FROM MOUNTAINS THRUST TOWARDS THE SKY
NEVER REVEALING THEIR DEPTH'

As the next part started, Mulder reached over and took Scully's hand.

'TELL ME THAT WE BELONG TOGETHER
DRESS IT UP WITH THE TRAPPINGS OF LOVE
I'LL BE CAPTIVATED I'LL HANG FROM YOUR LIPS
INSTEAD OF THE GALLOWS OF HEARTACHE THAT HANG FROM ABOVE'

Just then, Mulder began to sing along.

'I'LL BE YOUR CRYING SHOULDER
I'LL BE LOVE SUICIDE
I'LL BE BETTER WHEN I'M OLDER
I'LL BE THE GREATEST FAN OF YOUR LIFE'

Scully smiled. She was impressed with Mulder's singing ability.

'RAIN FALLS ANGRY ON THE TINROOF AS WE LIE AWAKE IN MY BED'

Mulder looked at Scully, while trying to keep one eye on the road. Her eyes began to fill with tears, as he began to sing again.

'YOU'RE MY SURVIVAL YOU'RE MY LIVING PROOF
MY LOVE IS ALIVE AND NOT DEAD
TELL ME THAT WE BELONG TOGETHER
DRESS IT UP WITH THE TRAPPINGS OF LOVE
I'LL BE CAPTIVATED I'LL HANG FROM YOUR LIPS
INSTEAD OF THE GALLOWS OF HEARTACHE THAT HANG FROM ABOVE'

A tear slid down Scully's cheek as Mulder sang the chorus again, and then the next part.

'I'VE DROPPED OUT, BURNED UP, FOUGHT MY WAY BACK FROM THE DEAD
TUNED IN, TURNED ON, REMEMBERED THE THING YOU SAID'
This time, Scully sang the chorus along with Mulder. When the song finally ended, Scully was the first to speak. "I never realized how much that this song is us."

"I thought of you the first time that I heard it." Neither of them spoke the rest of the way to Maggie Scully's house. They just sat quietly, hand in hand.



MAGGIE SCULLY'S HOME
DECEMBER 23
7:15 P.M.

Mulder pulled up to the curb, and he and Scully hopped out of the car. He grabbed their bags from the trunk, and they made their way to the door. Scully knocked, and Maggie opened the door.

"Dana, Fox, come in."

The agents saw the full house, and realized that they were the last to arrive. Maggie kissed them both on the cheek, and announced to the family that the agents had arrived. After a few minutes of hugs and kisses, Maggie decided to show them to their room.

"Let's get you two settled", Maggie said, as she started to make her way up the stairs. She stopped in front of Dana's old room.

"I hope you guys don't mind, I mean, with Bill and Charlie and their families," Maggie took a deep breath, "you'll have to share a room."

Scully didn't move. In fact, she didn't breathe. Sharing a bed with Fox Mulder had been a fantasy of hers for quite sometime, but she didn't think that it would happen for the first time in her mother's house.

"That'll be fine, thanks Maggie." Mulder came to the rescue. "Come on Scully, let's get unpacked."



SCULLY HOME
DECEMBER 23
11:21 P.M.

Everyone else was going to bed, so the agents thought that they should to. They had been trying to avoid the situation, but as Mulder says "Everybody's gotta sleep Scully."

They took turns changing in the bathroom. When Scully finally emerged, in her silk pajamas, Mulder almost fainted. He tried to occupy his mind by talking.

"So, Scully, I actually made it through the whole evening without fighting with Bill. Aren't you proud of me?" Mulder shot her a teethy grin.

"Proud of you?", she asked. "No, we've got five more days to go. If you make it that long, which I doubt you will, then I'll be proud of you."

"My dear Scully, always the skeptic." Scully climbed into the bed next to Mulder. She could feel his warmth. Mulder reached over and turned out the light.

Oh God.

"Maybe we should leave a light on, or something Mulder."

"You scared of me Scully?"

"Well, men do love the darkness because their deeds are evil."

"OOHH, Scully, quoting the Scriptures. Do you know how much that turns me on?"

"Good night Mulder." She gave up her losing battle, and decided to get some sleep. Hopefully.



SCULLY HOME
DECEMBER 24
9:30 A.M.

Mulder and Scully awoke in each others arms. *Wonder how we ended up like this?* Scully thought.

"G'morning Mulder"

"Hey sunshine, is it Christmas yet?"

"Nope. Not til tomorrow."

"Oh well, guess you'll have to wait til then for your present."

"You got me a present?"

"You mean you didn't get me one? I'm hurt Scully!" Mulder grinned.

"Of course I got you one. I just didn't think you ever had time to shop."

"I work in mysterious ways, Agent Scully." With that, he kissed her on the cheek, and skipped off to the shower.



LEWIS TREE FARM
DECEMBER 24
12:15 P.M.

Christmas Eve Day with the Scully's meant shopping for the perfect tree, and then going home to decorate it.

"How 'bout this one?" yelled Bill.

"No, too big" replied his mother.

"Hey, Mom, this one?" asked Charlie.

"No honey, it's too small." Wrong again.

Mulder thought that he had found the perfect tree. "Hey Scully, get your mom over here."

Maggie came over and examined the tree. "Oh Fox, this one's perfect. Hey everybody, Fox found a tree!"

"Leave it to Mulder to find the 'perfect tree', Bill smirked to his wife.

"Yeah" Charlie piped in. "maybe a little green man pointed it out to him!"

The two brothers shared a laugh, at Mulder's expense, as always, and then helped their mom load the tree onto the car.



SCULLY HOME
DECEMBER 24
2:30 P.M.

After spending the afternoon at the tree farm, everyone decided to clean up before dinner. When Scully emerged from the shower, she was wearing jeans and a red sweatshirt, which had a picture of Santa Claus on the front.

*God those jeans are tight. Yummy* thought Mulder.

"Did you spray those on Scully?" Mulder moved close to her and put his hands on her waist from behind.

"No, but I may need some help getting them off later."

*Did I really just say that?*

*Did she really just say that?*

After a few moments of awkward silence, which seemed like an eternity, Mulder was the first to speak. "I better get a shower."

"Yeah, you stink G-man!"

Mulder closed the door.

*Oh my God* Their thoughts this time were exactly the same.



OKAY KIDS: THIS IS WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE NAUGHTY. SO IF YOU'RE UNDER 18, SCRAM. TO THE REST OF YOU, I DON'T THINK I'M VERY GOOD AT NC-17, SO IF IT SUCKS, I APOLOGIZE.



SCULLY HOME
DECEMBER 24
4:30 P.M.

The kids were putting the finishing touched on the tree, and the women were in the kitchen preparing dinner. Mulder wished that he could be in there with Scully, because he felt uncomfortable being alone with her brothers.

"So, How are things at work going Mulder?" Charlie asked. He had never met Mulder before this week, and the opinion that he had formed about his sister's partner was based on what Bill had told him. So he thought he should at least be cordial.

"Good. You're sister and I have been getting a lot of work done lately. Things are good."

Bill, of course, had to chime in. "So, Mulder, what exactly are your intentions towards my sister?" *He's had too much egg nog* Mulder thought.

"I'm not sure I know what you mean, Bill"

"I think that you do."

"Well," Mulder took a deep breath. "I care a lot for Dana. We've been through a lot together, and I don't know how I'd live without her."

"So, do you love her?"

Mulder took another deep breath. "Yeah Bill, I guess I do. Do you have a problem with that?" Mulder took a step toward him.

"No, not as long as you treat her right." "Are you implying that I don't already?" Mulder took another step in Bill's direction.

Bill just shot him the irrepressable "Scully look". He knew it when he saw it.

"Listen, Bill, Your sisters been through a lot, and for that I am sorry. I can't change anything that's happened. If I could, I would. I would take away all of her pain. Do you know what it was like for me to watch her dying, knowing that she was dying because of me? It was hell, and you didn't make it any easier on her or me. But did I run away? No! I stayed, and I held her hand, and I cried all night by her bedside. And I found her cure. What were you doing big brother? You were sulking, watching the tragec family drama unfold."

"Are you saying that I don't love my sister?"

"No Bill, I'm saying that you do. The fact that you care so much about her proves that you do. I just wish that you could see how much I love her to."

Just as Mulder finished, he heard the kitchen door shut behind him. Scully was standing there. She had heard the whole thing. He could tell by the look on her face.

"Scully, hey, um, can we go upstairs and talk, please?"

"Yeah, okay."

Scully shot her brother that infamous "look" as she breezed past him and followed her partner up the stairs.



SCULLY'S ROOM
DECEMBER 24
6:15P.M.

The agents entered the room and Mulder shut the door behind them.

"Guess I couldn't make it a whole week" Mulder tried to be comical, and it wasn't working. "You heard everything, didn't you?" he asked.

"Everything. Yes. I did."

"And...."

"And," Scully took his hand and they sat down on the bed. "I love you too."

That was all that she had to say. Mulder reached down and captured her mouth with his. After a few moments of tongues and hands exploring, Mulder spoke.

"Scully"

"Yeah"

"Lock the door" Scully did as he asked, and returned to his arms in one swift motion.

"I really do love you, you know"

"I know Mulder, but I still think that you should prove it!"

Mulder kissed her again, and moved them up onto the bed.

"Hey Scully, was this your childhood bed?"

"Yes, yes it was. Why does that turn you on, Mulder?"

"Well, maybe just a little" he said as he began kissing her neck. His hand moved up under her sweatshirt, and between kissed he gasped "off" She knew what he meant. She lifted her arms up, and he removed the garment and tossed it onto the floor. He stopped and just stared at her breasts. "So perfect" he whispered as he began to knead them with his hands. He placed kisses all along her neck, and then he moved his attention to her breasts. He worked through and around her bra-he didn't want to take it off just yet.

Scully let her hands roam all over her partners body. *Partners* she thought. That word now took on a totally different meaning. She loved his chest. It was so muscular and strong, and she could't stand working through his shirt any longer. She began to tug at it, and he got the hint. Once it was removed, she placed a kiss right over his heart.

"You're a good man, Fox Mulder. And you've got a good heart. Don't ever let anyone tell you any different."

Tears began to fill his eyes as he realized how much he really loved this woman. He couldn't speak, and so he replied by kissing her. Hard. After a few moments, Scully spoke. "Too many clothes"

"If you say so" Mulder removed her jeans with care, and then he removed his own. He beant down and placed kisses all the way down her body. He paused at her panties, and acted as if he were going to take them off, and then he didn't. Scully gave him a look of disappointment.

"Gotta have some more fun with these first" he said as he returned his attention back to her breasts. He reached around and unhooked her bra, and it soon joined their other clothes on the floor. He was greated by very erect nipples, and he took one in his mouth.

"Oh, Oh God Mulder" He liked hearing her call out his name. Especially when it was mentioned right next to God's.

He then moved to the other nipple and gave it the same attention. Scully's breathing began to get heavier, and Mulder enjoyed the effect that he was having on her.

"Jesus, Mulder. I love your mouth"

"You haven't seen anything yet" he said. With that, he moved his hands down and removed her panties. He looked at her for just a moment, and then spread her legs apart.

Oh God.

Just as his tongue began it's exploration....

"Fox, Dana, are you Okay in there?" Maggie called from the hall.

"If she only knew" Mulder whispered as he continued his work. Nothing was going to stop him now. He's waited for over five years for Christ's sake.

"Fuck, she has bad timing." Scully was pissed off. Well, pissed off, and on the verge of the most fabulous orgasm of her life. "YEAH, YEAH MOM oh jesus WE'RE FINE" She began to arch off the bed, as Mulder continued his task. "YES oh yes WE'LL BE FINE. WE'LL BE oohh mulder DOWN LATER"

"Okay sweetie"

Mulder began to laugh. "What is so funny G-man?"

"Oh nothing, nothing at all my dear"

Mulder moved up to kiss her, and as he did, he slid his middle finger into her core. She let out a moan, and then he added his index finger. He slowly began to move them in and out. Scully matched his pace with her hips.

"Mulder, oh God, Yes!"

After a few more moments, "Mulder, please"

"Please what?" He loved to hear her beg.

"Please, I need you inside me. Now."

"But sweetie, I am inside you"

"No." She reached down and stroked his throbbing erection. "I need this part of you inside of me."

"Oh, why didn't you just say so?" Mulder smiled, and then he kissed her. He gently slid inside her. They both let out a moan as he entered. It was amazing how well that they fit together. It was as if they were made for each other. Everything was perfect. They even came together.

"That was amazing, Scully"

"You're telling me"

"Dana, Fox, dinners almost ready. Are you guys coming?" Bill shouted from the hallway.

"No, we already came" Mulder said as he smiled at his partner.

"What?"

"Nothing Bill, we'll be down in a few minutes" answered his sister.

"Come on Scully," Mulder pulled her out of bed, "let's get a shower."

"Mulder, if we go in there together, we'll never make it down to dinner."

"And your point would be?"

She gave him the "look", and went into the bathroom. He heard a click. "Damn, she locked the door." He went over and jiggled the handle. "Shit"



THE KITCHEN
DECEMBER 24
7:30 P.M.

Dana entered the kitchen and found her mom putting the finishing touches on dinner.

"Dana, where's Fox?" her mom asked.

"He's in the shower, he'll be down in a few minutes."

"That boy takes more showers..."

"Yeah, um, look, mom, I think that we should talk"

"Okay, Is everything okay?"

"Yes, it's just that, well..." Dana's voice trailed off, and Maggie knew what she was going to say.

"Honey, it's okay. I know that you and Fox love each other" Maggie moved closer to her daughter and took her hand. "Don't let those things that your brother's say get to you. You and Fox are perfect for each other. Follow your heart, Dana."

"Thank you mom" Dana hugged her mother. She turned to go out into the living room, when Maggie stopped her. "Oh, and dear, next time, could you two please try to keep the noise down?" Maggie smiled.

"Okay" Dana didn't know what else to say. How embarrassing!



DINING ROOM
DECEMBER 24
8:00 P.M.

The Scully family gathered around the table, which was filled with more found that any of them had ever seen before. Maggie had out done herself this year. During the meal, Mulder took every opportunity to touch Scully. He even got brave and placed his left hand on her thigh. And he left it there. For the entire meal. She was shocked at his jesture, but also enjoyed it.

After dinner, everyone made their way into the living room. Charlie put on some Christmas music, and the kids were gathered around the tree. They were shaking all of the packages, trying to guess what was in them.

Maggie smiled as she watched her happy family. Bill and Charlie were dancing with their wives, and then she noticed Fox and Dana. They weren't really dancing, but they weren't really standing still. It was as if they were on another planet. Maggie could not have asked for a better Christmas gift.



LIVING ROOM
DECEMBER 24
11:00 P.M.

Mulder and Scully sat on the floor in front of the fire. The kids had finally gone to bed, because Uncle Fox convinced them that if they didn't go to sleep that Santa would't leave any presents. Not that a Scully would believe in that anyway, but they were young enough to still be influenced. Mulder and Scully were finally alone.

"Scully, I want to give you one of your presents now, while we're alone"

"Oohh, Mulder, right here, in the living room?" She began to kiss his neck.

"No, I didn't mean that. I wanted to give you this" Mulder handed her an evelope.

"What's this?"

"Just open it"

She did just that, and inside she found a letter, addressed to her. She read the entire letter, and tears began to fill her eyes. "But Mulder, I don't understand"

"There's something I never told you. Do you remember when you first found out about your cancer, and I went to find the cure?" She nodded. "I went to a place where I learned about what had happened to you. That they had taken your ova to make alien-human hybrids. One of the clones took me to a room where they are storing these ova. He showed me your compartment, and when I opened it, it was filled with vials. Vials which contained your ova. I took one of them, thinking that we could us it as evidence. I never told you about it, because I wasn't sure that you would have wanted to know. But after Emily, after you lost her, I saw how much you want to be a mother. You ova are being stored at the cryogenics lab at the University of Maryland. You can go get them whenever you want. With a little help from your science, you'll be able to have children."

"Mulder, I don't know what to say" Tears were streaming down her face. What a perfect, wonderful man.

"Just say, that you'll allow me the honor of being the father of your children"

"Yes, yes Mulder. It couldn't be anyone but you. I love you so much."

The couple made love again that night. They decided not to tell the family about Mulder's gift. They thought they would surprise them one day instead. After the holiday, the agents went back to work. They worked on the X-Files, but they also concentrated on making the new aspect of their relationship work. Go back to the Fanwork Index or My Homepage