From: Kristen Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 14:57:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: A Promise That Won't Be Broken -- Fic Submission Source: direct TITLE: A Promise That Won't Be Broken CATEGORY: MSR/ Angst SUMMARY: 3 months after Mulder's disappearance, Scully writes a letter to him with a promise she will keep. AUTHOR: SpookyKris10 (butterflies_n_daisies03@yahoo.com ) ARCHIVE: Yeah sure! Tell me bout it cos I love archives! SPOILERS: Requiem DISCLAIMER: You know what the word "disclaimer" means so you understand. August 30, 2000 Dear Mulder, You've been gone three months and with Skinner's support and determination, I still haven't lost hope that I will find you. It is almost midnight and I just got back from a walk an hour ago. Not very far from my apartment building is a rather new housing addition. It isn't brand new, it was built five years ago. I hadn't paid much attention to it until I was day dreaming as I came home from your apartment after you left for Oregon and I took a wrong turn in my car. There really wasn't anywhere I could turn around so I kept driving until I came to the addition. The addition is called Murphy Lane and it has a growing community of families there. Mulder, they are living normal and everyday lives and they seem so satisfied. Mulder, there is a mom and a dad and there are kids. Sometimes I walk past the gray house on the corner and there is a dad playing one on one with his teenage daughter in their driveway. Sometimes at the white house with the black shutters, I see a toddler getting his first T-Ball lesson from his daddy. I sometimes find myself staring at the parade of mothers in minivans hauling their little girls and boys to practices, games, recitals and all I can think of is you. You and me and this little person growing inside me, I see us. Mulder, I can see us living in that big yellow house with the picket fence right next door to the white one with the black shutters. I could see you with our little "Knicks" fan playing b-ball with neighbor kids. Wouldn't it be nice, Mulder? I could only imagine sitting on the front porch and watching the sun move through the sky while having coffee in my hands and you in my arms. My heart ached, Mulder. I looked suspiciously at every twinkling light in the sky. We could have had that then, Mulder. We waited so long to admit the feelings and now we are apart. Fate can be so cruel, yet blessing in a way. Mulder, I may not have you and the yellow house with the picket fence now, but I have our baby. Mulder, I promise you one day we will live in that big yellow house in Murphy Lane with our little "Knicks" fan and I will always sit and watch the sun move through the sky with you in my arms. As soon as I find you Mulder, I promise. Scully ~~ Author's note: I thought this up when I went on a walk two nights ago! I've been thinking a lot about how they are going to do the show in the upcoming 8th season and I trust that Chris Carter will do the right thing! Cos we all know what that is, Mulder is the father of Scully's baby! I was so happy my first 2 fics were on Gossamer that I decided to write some more and this is my first serious fic!