From: Meredith Smith Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 19:38:55 -0400 Subject: MSR fanfic Author: Missy (msmith@student.manhattan.edu) Keywords: MSR, SA, UST Rating: PG-13 (a few bad words and adult situations) Summary: I'm not telling!!! Disclaimer: These characters are not mine. They belong to CC, Fox, and 1013. Please don't sue... I don't have anything to be sued for! Feedback: I'd love any positive feedback or any (nice) suggestions on improvement Note: This is my first fanfic so please be nice :) Stay the Night The piercing shriek of the telephone woke Mulder with a start. He couldn't figure out how long he'd been asleep but the clock read 11:21pm. Still groggy, he picked up the phone on the third ring... "Mulder" "M-M-Mulder... it's me." Scully's voice was barely above a whisper Suddenly, Mulder was wide awake. "Scully. What's wrong? What is it?" "I need you to come over... please. Please, can you come?" "Yeah, yeah. What happened?" "Please, Mulder. Just get here as soon as you can." Her voice was fading even more as she tried to choke back tears. "I will be right there." When Mulder turned onto her block he saw the flashing lights instantly. As far as he could tell, there were 2 police cruisers there and he saw an ambulance driving away. He was out of the car and running practically before the car was in park. He ran into an officer coming out of Scully's apartment. "What happened here. Where's Agent Scully?" All of Mulder's thoughts led to the ambulance that took Scully after they had their little incident in his hallway. He wasn't prepared to face that again so soon. "I'm sorry sir. You can't go in there... it's a crime scene." the cop replied. Mulder pulled out his badge, "I'm Agent Scully's partner. Can you at least tell me where they've taken her?" The cop paused for a moment but saw the look of panic on Mulder's face. "Thye're taking her to DC General. You're Mulder?... She kept asking for you. Why don't you follow me?" Mulder agreed but his patience was wearing thin. He wanted to know what was going on. Now. When they arrived at they hospital, a ER nurse told him that she was still being examined and that once the doctors were finished he could see her=2E "Well, can you at least tell me what's wrong with her?" he was really starting to fear the worst. "Are you a member of the family, sir?" The nurse asked. he thought He pulled out his badge, "I'm her partner." The cop who Mulder spoke to before came over..."As far as we can tell at this time, Agent Scully got home in time to surprise a burglar who attacked her from behind and proceeded to rape her. We have a search out now. The doctors are running tests on the hair and semen samples that were taken and if we pick up any suspects we'll run tests on him. If they're a match...We're going to get this guy Agent Mulder. We're going to take a statement from Agent Scully in a few minutes." Mulder couldn't believe what he was hearing. He was speechless. All rational thought went flying out the window. How could anyone do this to her. He wanted to find the guy- the monster- that did this to her and rip off his- "Agent Mulder" it was the nurse interrupting his thougt. "You can go in and see her now." the nurse showed him into a small examining area in the ER. When he saw her his breath caught in his throat and there was a huge weight on his chest. She looked like a lost little girl. He'd never seen her look so vulnerable. Even after that fetishist kidnapped her and when she was in the hospital for her cancer. A bruise was developing around her right eye, she had a cut on her left cheek and on her lip. Mulder could tell how much she was fighting against the tears. He felt as someone had ripped out his heart and used it as a trampoline. He didn't say anything-he didn't think his voice would work. He just wrapped his arms around her and held her tight to his chest. All he wanted to do was to make all her fears and pain go away. Her small arms went around his waist and he could feel her trembling. Maybe it was him that was trembling. He couldn't tell. "We'll find the bastard that did this Scully. I swear to you that he won't get away with this." He barely got out those words. He was so angry. He wanted to go out and kill the bastard but his desire to hold and protect Scully outweighed that. He was just glad that she was alive and right there with him. She pulled away from him and he realized that all she was wearing one of his old t-shirts that he had left at her place. He pushed her hair behind her ear and ran his fingers down the side of her face. "What happened Scully? What was that guy looking for?" "I don't know Mulder. As far as could tell, nothing was missing. It'll take awhile to clean up though." She was back to her professional self, at least she was trying. She hated to be vulnerable in front of him. She didn't want him to feel like he needed to protect her. "I remembered something that I had left at work that I needed to finish the report I was working on. When I got back and walked into my apartment everything was turned over and scattered everywhere. That's when he grabbed me from behind and hit me with something. I tried to fight back Mulder. I did. But he was so much bigger than me and he pinned me down and blindfolded me=2E I didn't see his face at all. And then..." she paused trying to keep her composure. She didn't have to finish her sentence. She couldn't. "He knocked me out and when I came to I called you. I guess one of my neighbors heard or saw something suspicious because a couple of minutes after I got off the phone with you the police showed up." Just then the doctor and one of the officers walked in. "We picked up a possible suspect several blocks from your building, Agent Scully. We're going to run the tests on him and we should know if it's a match in a few hours. The doctor is releasing you. Do you have someone to take you home?" the officer asked. Mulder spoke up, "I'll take her. Will you call and let us know what the results are?" He handed the officer his card. "Of course, Agent Mulder." The doctor had Scully fill out some papers and they were on thier way. All Mulder wanted to do was go to the station and beat the ever-living shit out of the guy. He took one look at Scully and knew that he had to stay with her. She was more important to him than anything else in the world. He didn't want her to be alone through this. Realizing that she was still only in his t-shirt, he wrapped his jacket around her and pulled her close to him. They walked to his car in silence. She was glad that he was there. She'd put the shirt on after the whole thing happened because it smelled like him and comforted her a little. It would never be as good as the real thing, though. She looked up at him. "Will you stay at my place tonight? I don't want to be alone."She didn't want to admit it to him, but she knew she'd never be able to get through the night alone. She swallowed her pride to ask him and she knew he wouldn't refuse her. He kissed her on the forehead, "Of course." he thought By the time they got back to her apartment, it was almost 2am but Scully insisted that she clean up. "Scully, you need to sleep. It can wait until tomorrow." "No, Mulder. I won't be able to sleep anyway. I need to do this now." she protested. It only took about an hour to clean up. They spent it mostly in silence except for the occasional 'where do you want this' from Mulder and 'I forgot I had this' from Scully. Mulder's thoughts turned to the monster. He was sickened by the thought of someone touching Scully in that way, of someone forcing her to... He wanted to be the one to touch her (with her willingness of course). Even though they had never even kissed or made love he still thought of her as his in that respect. Mulder's cell phone rang- interrupting his train of thought just in time- somewhere around 3am. It was the officer saying that the guy they picked up was indeed the guy and that they'd give Scully a call the next afternoon to go over any details. Mulder thanked him and told Scully the news. She let out a sigh of relief. "You know what I just realized, Mulder? I haven't eaten si= nce lunch today. I'm starving. Can you fix something while I shower?" Scully got in the shower and scrubbed her whole body until she was raw. She felt so dirty and violated. She tried to hold back the tears but they wouldn't stop. Her whole body shook with sobs. She didn't want Mulder to hear her. He couldn't know how much this was affecting her. She needed to be strong for him. A couple of minutes later Mulder knocked on the bathroom door. "Hey Scully? Are you alright in there?" "yeah. I'm fine Mulder." she said. Classic Scully response. "Scully, I..." "Mulder, I'm fine." she was starting to sound a little annoyed. "You said that. I was just going to tell you that the food was ready." "Oh. O.K. Mulder. I'll be out in a few minutes." About half an hour later, when Scully still hadn't come out, Mulder went to her bedroom and found her curled up on the bed sound asleep. He pulled the covers over her and went out to clean up the kitchen. He found a blanket in the linen closet, stripped down to his boxers and laid down on the couch. Just as he was falling asleep he heard Scully crying out. He rushed into her and found her still asleep. "Scully. Scully wake up." He gently shook her awake. Her hair was still damp from her shower and her silk pajamas clung to her small frame with sweat. Even though Mulder was there, she couldn't stop the tears. Mulder held her tight "It was a nightmare, Scully. It's over. It's all over." He gently rocked her until her tears subsided. That was when she realized that he was clad only in his boxers. She didn't know what she'd do without his lean body wrapped around her. She had seen him like this before but it had never affected her quite like this. They pulled apart slightly and he looked down at her and saw that the bruise around her eye had darkened and her lips were still red and slightly swollen. He brushed his thumb gently over them=2E he thought, . He could see the shadow of her breast at the V of her pajamas. Every curve was emphasized by the clinging silk pajamas. Both of their breathing had become a little ragged. Scully could feel the warmth in her belly. She was tingling from head to toe. she thought, But she knew that he was so much more than that. It seemed only natural that their relationship would progress to the next level. Mulder thought, trying to hide the fact that Scully wasn't the only one turned on. He felt so guilty, especially with everything she'd been through that day but, man, nothing on this earth made him feel the way she did. "Mulder. Stay here tonight," Scully whispered. "I told you I would." "No Mulder. Here. Right here. Please, Mulder. I need you." She could barely get the words out. She ran her hand down his chest and her gaze slipped to the trail of fine hair that disappeared underneath the waistband of his boxers. She couldn't believe what she was thinking and feeling. she thought. In the six years that they had been together, Mulder had never heard her say that she needed him. Never. He wasn't sure in what context she meant but either way he was still shocked. "But..." "Nothing has to happen tonight Mulder, not after today. Just stay." Apparently she had come to her senses- sort of. She was too exhausted and sore for anything physical tonight. But God, the thought of him making love to her... so strong, so gentle, so tender... She never ceased to amaze him. He didn't say a word. He just crawled under the covers and held her. he thought=2E "I've waited this long Scully. One more night won't kill me." Scully smiled to herself. It was then she knew that he wasn't going anywhere. Not tonight, not any night. Then she turned to him and said what she shoud have said to him that day in his hallway. "I love you Mulder. I always have. I always will." He leaned toward her and ever so gently kissed her. "I love you Dana Katherine Scully." The End