From: Allison Boehm <icemaiden1013@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 19:17:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Gossamer submission
Source: direct

TITLE: Fox (1/1)

AUTHOR: Ice Maiden

RATING: PG

CLASSIFICATION: V

SPOILERS: None

KEYWORDS: A tiny bit of implied MS friendship or UST, but not
really.

SUMMARY: Scully muses over Mulder's name.

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He bears so much resemblance to his namesake. He is solitary,
alert, territorial, protective. A forager. Loyal and sly and 
convincing and beautiful.
	
Solitary. He spent so long alone in the basement office, alone 
on his quest. He does not have a girlfriend, hasn't for a while 
now. One night stands, maybe, but no commitment. He finds 
pleasure in solitude. 

Alert. He picks up the smallest details and puts them to use. 
Whether it be on a case where he has inklings of a theory before
we even leave our office, or when he asks me if I am okay because
he knows I'm not.


Territorial and protective. Of me, of his work, of his quest, of
his past. He thinks I don't see the looks he gives, don't feel
his muscles tense if we happen to be touching, when men try to
move in on me. He hated it when he was assigned new partners, 
even me at first. He doesn't tell people about his conviction that 
there is a conspiracy working to hide the truth about aliens from
the American people. He doesn't like to share.  

A forager. He is a profiler. He hunts for information about 
criminals and pieces it together to give him a full picture. Or
on a case, he is the one who makes leaps to piece clues together.
It is his work.

Loyal. He is fiercely loyal to everything he trusts. To me, and
to his work and his quest, which are really the same. He will not
give up. He says that if he quits now, they win. And he is adamant
that they will not win. 

Sly and convincing. How many times has he tricked me into doing
something, has he convinced me to do something utterly insane? 
How many times has he talked his way into someone's trust, only
to turn around and arrest them?

And beautiful. There is beauty in everything about him. In his
movements. In his complex, open mind that can understand anything
so quickly. In his hands that have killed a man and that have 
given me hope again with one gentle touch when all hope was lost.
  
But he refuses to be called by his given name. Why? Maybe because
it exposes him so blatantly, too much for his liking. His name is
the only one that fits him perfectly, but I can't think of a
single person alive that he allows to call him that. He is Fox.

END