From: ephemeral@ephemeralfic.org
Date: 18 Jun 2005 05:55:01 -0000
Subject: One of the Family (drabbles) by Frey by Frey
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Reply To: frey_at_last@livejournal.com


TITLE: One of the Family
AUTHOR: Frey
SPOILERS: ABC arc, cancer arc... ?
KEYWORDS: drabble, parody
CHALLENGE: Family
RATING: G
WORD COUNT: 105; 95; 100; 100
DISCLAIMER: Not mine; not mine; spiritually mine; not mine!


A/N: Written for the "Family" challenge at 
http://www.livejournal.com/~xf_drabble
Original Posting: 6/25/04


"I understand you lost your sister a few years ago, Bill." Dr. 
Kosseff murmurs.

Bill nods, his face closed. "She was murdured."

She is startled. "*Really.* Well. I'm sorry to hear that. How 
do you feel this has affected your relationship with your family?"

"Hasn't," Bill snorts. "... Well. Been keeping a closer eye on Dana."

"And you feel she is unappreciative?"

He hesitates. "Dana-- she... likes her way."

"And Agent Mulder is her way?" Bill colors, but she presses further. 
"Bill, do you feel Agent Mulder threatens your family like a 
stranger, or like an older brother?"

"Mulder is *not* a family member!" he spits.




"Yes, Fox is very much a member of the family," replies Maggie 
warmly. 

"You don't associate him with the changes that have taken place 
in your family?"

She hesitates. "You mean Melissa's death... Dana's cancer."

Dr. Kosseff nods encouragingly.

"Fox carries around more guilt than any young man should," she 
says. "There's no way I would allow anyone to accuse him."

"But I'm interested in what you *feel*, Maggie, apart from not 
wanting to hurt--"

"Fox is the closest friend Dana has. A mother knows when her 
feelings aren't a part of her daughter's happiness."




"Charles Scully?" Dr. Kosseff can hear the hum of traffic in 
the background.

"Hello?"

"Your mother already spoke to you about my call, is that right, 
Charles?"

"Yeah, that's right." His voice is strained over the phone.

"I just want to help your family as best I can, Charles, and as a 
professional I want the get the entire picture." The doctor is 
smug. She never thought the others would give in and allow her 
to call him.

"Okay."

"I know your dad passed away not long ago. Do you view Agent 
Mulder as a... father figure?"

"Do I *what*?"




She shifts a little in her seat, her skirt clinging to the couch. 
"Certainly as ... important, as family, in my life." She stares 
straight ahead. "I wouldn't say he belonged in... *my* family."

"I'm told that law enforcement partners can grow closer than 
husband and wife. Do you feel that is the case with Agent Mulder 
and yourself?" Dr. Kosseff offers mildly.

"Agent Mulder and I are not intimate," she says coldly, backbone 
straight.

"So, as it is, you will feel perfectly comfortable when Agent 
Mulder does develop a romantic -- intimate -- relationship with 
someone else."

There is an interminable pause.



-End-