From: Foreverkel75@wmconnect.com
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:57:37 EDT
Subject: 155 Words: Refuge
Source: direct

Title: Refuge
Author: Kelly J. Thompson
Rated: PG
Category: 155 Words
Keywords: MSR, Mulder POV
Disclaimer: Not mine, don't sue
Author's Note: Here's my response to the MSR 
Preservation Society's 155 Words: Sharing a bed  
Challenge.



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Refuge
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Refuge. I've often contemplated that word and its 
meaning, the state of being protected or 
safeguarded, from danger or hardship. I've come
to realize that in bed with Scully I'm a refugee. 

I find my safety and well being in her arms. No one 
can hurt me here; I'm protected. She seems to keep 
my nightmares at bay. I've never slept better than I do 
when I'm sleeping with Scully. I fall asleep ten times 
easier when I hear her breathing and feel her body 
close to mine. Whether we make love, snuggle, or just 
sleep, all the horrors of my life are just a bad memory 
when I'm with her in this bed. 

When we wake up and go about our day, the raging 
storm of our lives continue. But, somehow, it doesn't 
seem quite as harsh, knowing that when night falls, we 
find our refuge in each others arms and in our bed.