From: tesla_321 Date: 13 Jul 2003 22:08:19 -0700 Subject: [all-xf] New: Foreign POV (challenge fic) Source: atxc Foreign POV Author: Tesla Feedback: Tesla@hiwaay.net Rating: none Spoilers: none Lying in bed and letting him think he had seduced her, letting him think that it was his idea. Fitting her fingertips into the long line of his spine, holding onto those swimmer's shoulders as he drove into her as single-minded as ever, as intent on making her eyes widen and her head toss back as he was in trying to break a case. She could write a poem about the curve of his hip under her palm. Letting him think it was his idea that they part, that wasn't hard either. He was so mother-ridden, so guilty about so many things that weren't his fault, he was more than ready to take the blame for them, as well. "Well, be careful in France, Diana," Fox Mulder said, as he watched her pack her briefcase on her last day in the office. His eyes were overly bright---she could stay if she wanted to. Just knowing the inner secrets was enough, her mentor had said. Power doesn't lie in the obvious. As long as you know where you're going. On the Concorde, Agent Fowley's head swam with a momentary vertigo. "I will have a drink, after all," she said. This was in response to a 155-word challenge on Haven, to write from a completely new POV.