From: dryad Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 16:50:05 GMT Subject: 248 Words: The Choice 1/1 by Dryad Source: atxc Disclaimer: Alas, alack, they are not mine. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Title: 248 Words: The Choice Author: Dryad Rating: PG, weirdity Spoilers: Avatar Archive: Yes please. A note where would be nice. Summary: none Feedback: Be brutal. You know you want to. Skinner put pen to paper, frowned, hesitated, stopped. However she felt about him, she would do her best. She always did for him, for those who couldn't speak for themselves. Granted, he was her partner, yet even so, she would do the same for anyone, fight just as hard even without the personal investment. He rubbed the gold ring he'd put back onto his finger. God, what Sharon had said in the hospital. . .she had saved three lives, his own, and Scully's, and their informant. Was it at the price of her own? Would he ever know, one way or another? Was this what he had been reduced to? He wasn't the easiest of men, he knew, but he'd never have thought. . .there would be so few people in his life. So few women. So few people to love and be loved by in return. Maybe it would come with time, when he had fewer responsibilities. Not bloody likely. Sitting back in his chair, he passed a hand over his face. It was a big risk, but in the end, who else could he trust? Sharon. . . she had saved his life once. He couldn't trust she would do so again. Decision made, he wrote the other name down on the form and hoped like hell she'd never find out. In case of emergency: Dana Scully. Author's note: Come on, didn't you want to know why he put Scully down instead of Sharon in S.R.819? -- "Understanding is a three-edged sword" Kosh, 'Deathwalker', Babylon 5 http://www.puritycontrol.co.uk - The Grove, XF rec's, mini-update 4/8/02