From: ephemeral@ephemeralfic.org
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:59:29 -0600
Subject: The day he came home to me by Josie Marchant
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    The day he came home to me
Author: Josie Marchant xfiler_uk@yahoo.com
http://marchant.freeservers.com
Summary: Mulder?

I was roused from my fitful sleep at about two am.
I hadn't been sleeping well anyway, 
the baby was due in three weeks, 
and was kicking like hell. 
It was a knock that awoke me, 
not on my front door, but a noise 
as if someone were in my apartment.
Warily I got out of my bed,
 picked up my weapon and made my
 way to the front room.
 I hit the light and aim my gun.
Never have I had such a shock as then, 
standing (barely) by the couch was a very 
 pale, thin Mulder.
"Oh my God" my initial reaction is to go to him 
and take him in my arms, rocking him back and forth,
 like a lost child. He falls into me, and I feel him
 breaking into sobs. "Where have you been?" 
I ask, gently stroking the back of his neck.
 "Sweetheart, where have you been?"
"I don't know" he replied. "Scully..I don't feel
 so good, do you think .....I could lie down"
 he is shaking now, and hasn't commented
 on my clear pregnancy. He feels warm ,
 as he has a fever.
 I remember a time before when he was 
here with a fever, and I took care of him then. 
As I led him to the bedroom he looked at me,
 for a while he said nothing, just stared, 
then he said it. "It's mine huh?"
 "Of course it is" I don't know why that was my reply, 
I guess it just came out. "Mulder, I have missed you 
so much, I love you" gently pushing my lips to his 
head I could feel the heat coming off him. 
"You're burning, let me get you a cool washcloth"
So there we sat, Mulder cradelled in my lap, as 
I stroked his brow. My Fox, he was home, he was safe....
then the phone rang, and woke me up..
I was alone again.

Fin