From: stellar_dust Date: 11 Jul 2004 19:00:07 -0700 Subject: REP: Surrender Source: atxc TITLE: Surrender AUTHOR: stellar_dust EMAIL: stellar_dust_x@yahoo.com WEBSITE: http://katycat.net/xfiles ARCHIVE/FEEDBACK: Yep. (: SPOILERS: Requiem RATING: G PAIRING: implied MSR, sorta WORD COUNT: 100! CHALLENGE: Temptation SUMMARY: Right up until the last second, he had a choice. DISCLAIMER: Unfortunately, one thing Mulder *can't* choose is who owns him. And also unfortunately, that isn't me. DATE: 05/13/2004 Right up until the last second, he had a choice. He could go back to Washington, back to Scully, make sure she was as "fine" as she claimed, forever. On the other hand, to finally know, after all these years - to be sure that his faith had never been in vain ... The temptation was too strong, and he hated himself for it. When his eyes met the bounty hunter's amused pity through the beam of eternal, substantial light, he understood: the choice had always been his own. It wasn't until years later that he could bring himself to tell Scully.