by Sara Lynn
*DO NOT ARCHIVE. DO NOT POST TO A.T.X.C*
SPOILER WARNING: No episode spoilers, post Memento Mori
RATING: G
CONTENT WARNING/CLASSIFICATION: V, MSR -- but read anyway, it won’t kill you.
SUMMARY: An e-mail from Mulder cheers up Scully.
DISCLAIMER: Fox Mulder & Dana Scully are owned by Chris Carter and 20th Century Fox, and are half Duchovny & Anderson, who are the ones to give the characters life and so much more.
FEEDBACK: I won’t get better unless you write and tell me what you do or don’t like about my story. It’s as easy as hitting reply. Please don’t flame. Those aren’t very nice.
AUTHOR’S NOTES: The idea for this came from a e-mail from my daddy. It made me smile. This story is dedicated to him.
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Dana Scully typed furiously at her computer hoping to finish the report before the rush hour out of Washington began. Just a few more words and she could send the report to Skinner.
Her glasses reflected the screen and her partner could tell she was entranced by the words and bound by the stress to finish. He didn’t think she needed all that stress in her life. The cancer did enough of that already.
Tapping the mouse lightly, the flying alien heads screen saver disappeared and the mainframe appeared in front of him. Logging onto his e-mail, he started typing away. Occasionally he would glance over to his partner and make sure she was still there. Clicking the send button, he waited and watched.
Scully was done and able to hit her print button. Finally! Pulling her glasses away, she rubbed her eyes and stretched her arms. Now she could. . . The annoying computer voice announced throughout the quiet office. "You have mail."
She sighed and clicked on the large box in the center of her computer screen. The message opened completely and took up the entire screen.
FROM: [email protected]
SUBJECT: You Are My Sunshine
You are my sunshine
My only one shine
You make me happy
When skies are gray
You’ll never know dear
How much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away
Scully smiled and let out a little laugh. Her eyes looked over at her partner’s desk, but he was not there. Suddenly there was a tap on her shoulder. She spun around and saw Mulder standing behind her. He had a smile on the size of the grand canyon. Scully smiled too as he offered pizza and a movie in exchange for leaving early. She agreed quickly gathering her stuff to leave.
The laptop had been collapsed and zipped away in it’s carrying case. Now Scully was left with having to find her keys. At the sound of her name coming from the other side of the desk, she looked up in time for the kiss to transfer from Mulder’s lips to hers. She blushed slightly and told her partner not to take to much time picking up the pizza and the movie cause she would be providing the dessert.
As she left, Mulder looked up in the general direction of heaven. "Please don’t take my sunshine away."
THE END