From: Lyle Bontrager <lbontger@wmcstations.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 16:22:27 +0000
Subject: Lonely Snow Bunny 2 (1/1)

Title: Lonely Snow Bunny 2 (1/1)
Author: RocketMan >lbontger@wmcstations.com<
Disclaimer: Mulder and Scully do not belong to me; they are CC, 1013,
and Fox's. I'm pretty sure God has full rights to snow and sun, too.

Lonely Snow Bunny 2

I fell asleep before Mulder left because I had stayed up all night and
gotten up early, and I felt ridiculous when I woke the next morning and
found a note from Mulder wishing me sweet dreams.
I looked outside and found the snow still there and I glanced to the
clock, surprised because usually there is only one day of snow before
the sun melts it all.
It was only eight though.
I practically jumped for joy and raced around the apartment gathering up
my clothes and gloves and scarf and making sure they were dry. I ate a
Pop-Tart for breakfast and then pulled on my winter coat and gloves and
everything, not even caring to take a shower.
I got outside and found the whole neighborhood outside, the kids anyway,
and they were all makng snowmen and exclaiming over Abby and my snow
bunnies.
I found Abby and she waved and gestured me over to where she and a group
of friends were trying to build a huge snowman.
"Dana, could you help us? We're going to build the biggest snowman on
the block, bigger than Fourth Street's, but we need someone to put the
head on top." she said, her face flushed  and reddened.
I nodded and felt the child-like excitement boil over in me. I started
in on the job and had fun helping the kids, because they treated me like
I was a kid too, not some boring adult.
At about ten o'clock, the head was deposited on top and all of us stood
back and admired the huge beast of a snowman, and a hush fell over the
crowd of kids quite suddenly.
I turned and saw that they were all looking at Mulder, who was standing
on the edge of the crowd, anxiously shifting from foot to foot.
I saw in a flash how it must have been for him as a kid, the exact same
I was sure, and I ran over to him and pulled him into the crowd of kids,
letting them see that he wasn't a boring adult either.
Abby hugged him and thanked him for making more snow bunnies while she
had to stay inside, and Mulder seemed to melt into the kid's love.
He looked at me and reached out with freezing fingers to my face and
kissed me.
All the kids snickered and laughed and made noises and Abby poked me,
but I simply smiled and pulled Mulder closer to me.
Then we all built a family for the snowman, with a wife that was just a
bit smaller than the man, and little babies for them to love.
And none of us were lonely.

end
adios
RM

Snow, Snow, Snow. You gotta love it.