From: Brandon Ray <publius@avalon.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 02:36:35 -0600
Subject: Estrogen Frenzy (1/1)
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TITLE:  Estrogen Frenzy

AUTHOR:  Brandon D. Ray

EMAIL ADDRESS:  publius@avalon.net

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT:  Anywhere is fine, so long as my name stays on
it and no money changes hands.

FEEDBACK:  Go ahead; knock yourself out.

SPOILER STATEMENT:  First Person Shooter.  Also for Biogenesis/6E/AF,
as well as Millennium.  Tiny one for "Alpha" -- blink, and you'll miss
it.

RATING:  NC-17

CONTENT STATEMENT:  MSR.  Smut.  PWP.

CLASSIFICATION:  VR

SUMMARY:   Post-ep for "First Person Shooter".  "You think taking up
weapons and creating gratuitous virtual mayhem has any redeeming
value? That the testosterone frenzy it creates stops when the game
does?"  -- Dana Scully, FPS

THANKS:  To Paulette & Robbie, for beta services, natch.

DISCLAIMER:  In my dreams...


Estrogen Frenzy

by Brandon D. Ray


She was still seething.  Even after three hours.

Thank God that Mulder had agreed to do the paperwork this time.  That
had allowed her to escape from FPS pretty much right away, and get out
into the air and sunshine.  Away from the testosterone-drenched
atmosphere of the gaming company.  Away from the hordes of men.  Away
from Mulder.

Especially away from Mulder.

She'd done her best to project a world-weary air of disgust as she
debated the situation with her partner -- and at least in her
forebrain, she really did feel that way.  Phrases like "gratuitous
virtual mayhem" and "testosterone frenzy" had fallen easily from her
lips as they stood there arguing the point.

The problem was that she wasn't as truly appalled as she wanted him to
think she was -- nor was she as innocent of the world of "digital
entertainment" as she had led him to believe.  Of course, her salad
days in the arcades had been back in college -- Defender; Galaga;
Missile Command.  God, she'd loved Missile Command.  She'd been good
at it, too.  She'd beaten every guy in her dorm -- except, of course,
for Tom Danforth.  And that had been deliberate.

Who said she didn't have any feminine wiles?

Scully thrashed restlessly on the lumpy bed in her room at their
latest Best Western.  She'd tried everything she could think of to
banish the memory.  She'd gone for a long drive after leaving FPS --
and Mulder -- behind, with just that goal in mind ....

More than an hour behind the wheel, windows down, wind blowing in her
face.  Stop in at a Baskin-Robbins for a double scoop of triple fudge
mocha swirl, and then hit the road again.  Finally back to the hotel;
change into some sweats and go for a run, followed by a hard workout
at the hotel gym.  At last, a long, cold shower, then change into her
favorite blue silk pajamas and flop down on the bed, hoping to be able
to sleep.  Needing to be able to sleep.  Believing that she'd wake up
in the morning, and everything would be fine.

She should have known better.

Damn, but First Person Shooter had been a good game.  The situation
had been serious -- deadly serious -- but that hadn't kept the
adrenaline from pumping into her system.  She could still see it,
every time she closed her eyes:  the ever-increasing swarm of
attackers approaching behind a hail of gunfire.  Her own weapon
practically purring in her hands.  Her enemies vaporizing in front of
her.  And best of all, Mulder crouching behind her.

Helpless.

There was no point in denying it, at least in her own mind.  Much as
she had been genuinely concerned for his safety before she entered the
game, once she was there she'd found her role as Mulder's defender to
be ... exciting.  There was really no other word for it.  All those
women wanted to get to him, but they were going to have to go through
*her* to do it --

Scully shook her head in frustration, and tried to push the thoughts
and feelings away.  That wasn't what it was about, and she knew it.
It was just a glitch in the programming, she told herself firmly.
That was *all* it was, and it was ridiculous of her to personalize it
in any way.

God, it had felt good, though.

Which was why she'd had to get out of her partner's presence as soon
as it was over.  Outwardly, Mulder had been the one who was revved up
over the experience, while she had maintained her usual cool, detached
exterior ....

Inwardly, though, it was another story.  Even after they'd left the
game, Scully had felt her entire body trembling with excitement -- and
being in Mulder's presence had only made it worse.  Every time she
looked at him, even after they both had changed their clothes, she
kept seeing him in that tight, erotic VR combat gear.  And every time
he looked at her, she could feel the heat in his gaze, until it was
all that she could do to keep herself from responding in a way that he
couldn't possibly misunderstand.

That would have felt good, too.

Things had been simmering between them ever since her return from
Africa.  It was true that neither of them had said anything clear and
overt -- but why on earth should she expect *that*, at this stage of
their relationship?  He'd called her his touchstone and his constant,
and she damned well knew what he meant -- just as she knew exactly
what *she* was saying when she returned the sentiment a few seconds
later.  The sweet, chaste, definitely-more-than-platonic kiss on New
Year's Eve had simply added fuel to the fire.

Now she felt as if someone had suddenly poured a bucket of gasoline on
that aforementioned fire.

And of course, Mulder chose that precise moment to return to the
hotel.  Scully found herself sitting up in bed, staring at the wall
separating her room from his, even as the sound of his door opening
and closing still echoed in her mind.  And in the next instant she was
on her feet and heading for the connecting door.

If it had been possible for Dana Scully to believe in possession or
out-of-body experiences, she might have believed that was what was
going on at that moment.  If it had been conceivable for her to think,
even for a second, that a computer program could take over a living
human being's consciousness, she might have accepted *that* as an
explanation.  If she hadn't been so damned aroused that she could
barely walk, she might even have devised a sensible, reasoned theory
to account for it all.

But those things weren't true.

Not any of them.

She felt energized.  Powerful.  Determined.  The blood was coursing in
her veins, her heart was pounding in her chest, and all she could
think about was the man waiting for her on the other side of that
wall.  The man who she had kept at arm's length for seven long, lonely
years, but who had recently made it abundantly clear that he was as
tired of waiting as she was.  And by the time she reached the door
linking her room to his, she had already stripped off all of her
clothes.

The door was unlocked on both sides, of course.  This was a practice
they'd adopted so long ago that Scully could no longer remember when
it had started.  It had been convenient many times over the years; now
it would serve an even better purpose.

Mulder was seated on the end of the bed, wearing only his boxer
shorts, when she stepped into the room.  So comfortable were they with
each other that he showed not the slightest sign of surprise or
discomfort when he heard the door open.  They were in many ways like
an old married couple, she mused, as she crossed the small intervening
space between them.    And if that was true, then it was damned well
time they had their consummation.

Her partner's eyes widened in apparent surprise as he finally looked
up from the file he was perusing and saw her standing naked before
him.  He opened his mouth as if to speak, and she just knew that he
was about to say something stupid, such as asking her what she was
doing there, or why she wasn't wearing any clothes.  And so she wasted
no time in pushing him back on the bed and throwing herself on top of
him.

To Mulder's credit, it didn't take him long to adjust to the new
situation.  She'd only been kissing him for a couple of seconds when
his lips parted to admit her tongue, and in the next instant his hands
found a useful occupation in stroking her back from shoulders to hips.

She still wanted more, of course, and she ground her pelvis
insistently against him in an effort to inform him of her need.  She
felt his erection pressing back against her -- and dear God, it felt
good.  He still wore his boxers, of course, and that muted the
sensation, just a little.  That one article of clothing was going to
have to go, she thought.  But not just yet.  At the moment, her hands
were too busy exploring his chest and shoulders.

At last she broke the kiss, and as she pulled her head back a bit she
was gratified to see a wildness and passion in Mulder's eyes that
matched her own emotions exactly.  She'd taken him by surprise, but
only with her timing.  They'd both been ready for this for months.

She dived down on him again, this time finding his neck and shoulder
with her mouth.  She tasted and nibbled at his heated flesh, breathing
in his scent as she caressed him with her lips and tongue.  And all
the while she continued the grinding motion with her hips, pressing
herself against him and driving them both into a frenzy of arousal.

This was so much better than shooting up a bunch of virtual targets.
Scully remembered this, now; she remembered what had happened *after*
she lost the championship game of Missile Command.  That had been one
of the best nights of her life, sexually speaking -- and this one was
already shaping up to be even better.

Because, of course, *this* time she'd *won*.

Scully moaned with pleasure as Mulder's hands slipped between their
bodies and found her breasts.  It had been so long since anyone
touched her there; so very long.  The fact that her bout of celibacy
had been self-imposed hadn't made it any easier to bear, and now she
was more than ready to be bringing it to an end.  And if Mulder kept
pinching her nipples that way she was going to explode.

Jesus, he'd better not stop.

He did stop, but only to replace one of his hands with his mouth.
Scully arched her back and cried out as his lips closed around her
nipple.  Oh, *God*, this was good; it was so good she could barely
stand it.  She'd watched that mouth for years, she'd fantasized about
that mouth, but she'd had no idea it could be *this* wonderful, this
amazing.

And then, suddenly, she *couldn't* stand it anymore.  She pulled back
from him, supporting herself by placing her hands on his chest and
noting absently that it was heaving as much as hers was as they both
gasped for breath.  The look on his face was just too erotic for
words, and Scully realized that she was licking her lips as she
allowed her gaze to wander across his features.

And it was time to do this.  She raised herself up a little higher and
balanced on her knees as she reached down and with some difficulty
lowered his boxers down off his hips.

God, he was impressive.  She'd suspected that he would be, but having
intellectual knowledge of something and being confronted with it in
the flesh were two entirely different things.  Shit, there were no
words for this.  There simply weren't.

Mulder must have thought so, too, because suddenly he was holding on
to her hips and lowering her down onto him.  The tip of his cock
brushed against her center, causing her entire body to shiver -- and
then Mulder found her entrance and he was sliding inside her.

All the way inside her.

It felt so damned good, Scully thought she was going to cry.

For a breathless moment, after they were fully joined, they both held
perfectly still.  She realized that her eyes were shut; now she forced
them open again and looked down, to see her partner's face twisted in
an expression of passion.  There was a sheen of sweat on his forehead,
and his hands were gripping her hips so tightly that it almost hurt.
The moment stretched on and on, as Scully tried to assimilate the
feelings that were assaulting her senses.  Then, suddenly, he began to
move ....

And there was nothing slow or gentle about it.  Scully gasped in
surprise, and then pleasure, as Mulder's first thrust rammed home.  He
was filling her and stretching her, stimulating nerves and muscles
that for too long had felt nothing but her own fingers or a vibrator.
In a matter of seconds she had matched his rhythm, and then they were
moving together, pushing each other higher, goading each other to move
faster, harder, deeper ....

Scully stretched herself across him again, and wrapped her arms around
his neck as she buried her face in the hollow of his shoulder.  She
could hear Mulder grunt with each upward thrust, the sound mingling
with her own breathless cries.  She was going to be sore in the
morning, but she just didn't care; she was already so very close ....

And then, suddenly, she was there, and the orgasm was rolling over her
and through her in relentless waves of ecstasy.  She felt her vaginal
walls contracting around him, trying to pull him deeper inside, and
then Mulder's cock seemed to swell as he gave one more frantic thrust,
and she felt a beautiful warmth spreading through her, filling her,
suffusing her ....

Eventually, Scully drifted back to a normal state of consciousness.
She was still lying on top of her partner, her head resting on his
chest, her hands lighting clutching at his shoulders.  His arms were
wrapped around her, holding her gently but firmly.

"Hey, Scully."  Mulder's abrupt whisper dragged her out of the drowsy
haze, and she lifted her head and turned to look at him.  "I had no
idea you were so good."  She raised an eyebrow at him, and he smirked
a little.  "Video games, Scully.  I'm talking about video games.
Still, you made some mistakes.  You ought to come over sometime and
I'll show you how it's really done.  Maybe put down a few side
wagers," he added with a leer.

Scully smiled, and reflected that sometimes there was an advantage to
being enigmatic.



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