Title:  "His"
Author:  ~phantom whispers~
Email:  spookyscullyxf@aol.com
Distribution:  Any Doggett archive would be great, but please let me know 
first.
Rating:  PG
Classification:  V
Keywords:  Vignette, Doggett POV
Spoilers:  Season 8, especially Per Manum
Disclaimer:  I didn't create these characters and they don't belong to me.
Summary:  Doggett's got a crush.
Feedback:  My first fic.  I need help, and you know it.
Author's notes:  Bunches of thanks to Deanna and Azar for encouraging beta.  
I'm finally posting this... <g>

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"His" (1/1) by ~phantom whispers~

Agent Scully's one hell of a woman.

Since I came on the scene, she's basically been trying to carry the x-files 
on her own--since I'm not much help--but she doesn't seem to be a real 
believer herself.  And maybe she and Mulder were closer than I thought.  With 
the kinds of things they've been through, from what I read in the case 
reports, and the look she gets in her eyes when she talks about him, they 
probably did develop a more personal relationship than most partners do.  
They were partners for seven years, working overtime and weekends...she's 
gotta miss him like hell.  And on top of all that, all this time she's been 
*pregnant*--now that I think about it, probably with Mulder's baby.  Makes me 
wonder why she even gets out of bed in the morning.

But then I remind myself that I know why.  She's desperate to find him.  

The x-files are the key to that, and it's my job to find Mulder, so in a 
twisted sort of way, I'm the key to Agent Scully's happiness.  That would be 
a good feeling--a really, *really* good feeling--if I only knew where the 
hell to start looking for him.

I don't really buy the alien abduction theory.  Call me crazy, but if I 
haven't seen anything like it with my own two eyes, it's hard to put my faith 
in it and say it's true.  I've seen some pretty weird things already during 
my brief time on the x-files, things that've stretched my imagination and 
haunted my dreams, but I'm just not ready to make this leap of faith, not yet.

I *will* find him, though.

It's been a real difficult couple of months for me since I moved into that 
basement office, but the hardest thing about my assignment has been trying to 
get Agent Scully to open up to me.  I understand her not trusting me at 
first, but I've done everything I can to prove that I'm worthy.  I'm not 
gonna betray her.  I live by my integrity.  I still wouldn't betray her even 
if I weren't falling in love with her.

Yeah, that's right.  Like I said, Agent Scully's one hell of a woman.  I 
can't think of a thing I could've done to keep myself from falling 
head-over-heels in love with her.  Thing is, what do I do when Mulder does 
come back, and I'm singing "happy trails" and being transferred to another 
division?  Smile and wave goodbye as the two lovebirds ride off into the 
sunset together?  

I know I'm setting myself up to get my heart broken.  I know she's his.  
She's as loyal as they come.  

And he's damned lucky to have her.

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Your thoughts?  No feedback = no clue.  Enlighten me.

~phantom whispers~
spookyscullyxf@aol.com