From: ephemeral@ephemeralfic.org
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 18:36:40 -0500
Subject: Memories Are Designed to Fade by Invisible Sun
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Savage Garden Vingette Series: 
Memories Are Designed to Fade
by Invisible Sun

Disclaimer: Okay, surely by now you know the drill, right?
*monotonously* Chris Carter, 1013, and FOX own the XFiles 
and all related characters.  Savage Garden owns the song,
Memories Are Designed to Fade.

Spoilers: none

Keywords: Mulder/Scully Romance? (past), angst, Byers POV

Rating: PG

Summary: "This thing you're using is worse than a photograph/
It picks you up and it turns you inside out now baby/And it 
just won't let you go." ~Savage Garden "Memories Are Designed 
to Fade"

Okay.  Now for the author's rambling.  I pondered writing a 
vignette series base on songs by the very talented band 
Savage Garden for a while.  For a while, (sorry for the repetion)
I didn't have any ideas, until, one day, I was listening to their
music.  Anyway, this is the third installment of the series;
The Lover After Me and Gunning Down Romance being the other two.
This is actually a stand alone and can be read as such.  The song
is a b-side and doesn't appear on the albums (at least the US ones).
You can read the complete lyrics and hear the song on my Savage Garden
site: http://www.geocities.com/trulymadlydarren/  Okay...on with the
story. :)

Memories Are Designed to Fade
by Invisible Sun


Agent Scully left her partner of seven years three years ago.  Without
reason.  Or at least any she cared to give.  It tore my dear friend 
apart.

You see, they were more than just partners.  Mulder and Scully had a 
connection that went deeper than most.  I don't know if it was because
of their line of work or what, but it WAS there.  They were in love 
with each other.  Finally, after six years, they acted on it.  Oh, they
didn't tell us, but Frohike, Langly, and I are not stupid.  We got that
vibe pretty quick.  

But, suddenly, without warning, she left him.  All those three years ago.

Now, it's always, 'Byers, remember when Scully...' or 'I remember when 
Scully and I...'  He's always bringing up one memory or another.  It 
pains me to see my friend in the state that he is in.  Three years.

Three years and he still hasn't gone on.  Because the memories haven't 
faded yet.  They're designed that way, you know?  

His recollection of memories is worse than using a photograph.  But memories
fade, right?  He'll be able to move on... someday, right?

I sincerly hope so.  For his sake.

The end

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