From: DrKevaScully@aol.com
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 01:53:54 EDT
Subject: In Dreams by Keva E. Andersen
Source: direct

TITLE: In Dreams
AUTHOR: Keva E. Andersen
EMAIL ADDRESS: DrKevaScully@aol.com
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT:I love to have my work posted, so go ahead!! Just 
PLEASE let me know where and send a link, so I can come visit.
SPOILER WARNING: Requiem!!
RATING:PG
CLASSIFICATION: vignette, post-ep
SUMMARY: Dreams can come abounded, and with them bring new hope.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Requiem broke my heart. I needed to do something to get the 
angst out of my system.
DISCLAIMER:  You made me cry Chris, so now I'm fixing it!


 In Dreams
  by Keva E. Andersen




   She rolls over, and in sleep, reaches for the other side of the bed. In 
reality, the presence which her hands seek is far from home. But in dreams 
reality shifts and arms wrap themselves around her middle. Shadows of hands 
caress her swollen form and the life within her stirs, as if it senses what 
cannot be there. Images dance around her subconscious senses....his face, his 
laughter, the feel of his touch, the scent of his aftershave, his sweat. 
Clean and pure and almost tangible. Phantom kisses float soft against her 
cheek, sailing along the length of her neck. Whispers brush back the curly 
tendrils that frame her face. She sighs softly as the presence gently fades. 
Eyes flutter open.
    
         "Mulder" 
   
   His name spoken breaks open the silence..but alone she remains...as ever. 
She buries her face in the pillows and breathes in so deep. There she finds 
it. Buried far underneath months of absence a faint scent still remains. A 
lingering hint of two bodies joined as one...a subtle remainder of what once 
was, what she prays will be again. Calm settles through her and sleep comes 
once more. 
   
   Through the window he watches. Fingers pressed to lips, then fingers press 
against glass sealing his yet unspoken promise. 
  
    "Soon" he whispers and recedes again, slowly, into the starlight. 


 FINIS


  Author's Note: Many thanks to Nicki for super beta and for her wonderful 
encouraging reaction. This one is for you and C.A., dear friend. 

This was written while listening to "Rainwatching W.I." by Acoustic Alchemy. 
That always makes me cry.