HA, I love it when Toby is being a dick (even if it is at the expense of poor Busmalis). It's all part of him being such a complicated character and what I find so compelling.
You have Scully beautifully. The defensive posture, the simmering irritation.
Yay, thank you for saying so! I've never written anything with X-Files before, and I tried hard to get the tone correct.
Ha, it's funny, Mulder/Skinner was my first slash pairing, and now I don't even want to think about Mulder's cock. I don't know if it's that he's an ex-fandom, or my lingering rage at the collapse of the show.
I still haven't watched the last 3 episodes of the reboot. I can't bring myself to delete them from my DVR, but I have no real interest in watching them, either. But I have this remarkable ability to block out the post-jump-the-shark period of all my favorite shows. I'm pretty good at believing the last 2+ seasons of the X-Files never really happened. (It's a trick that comes in handy with Oz, too.) This summer, I re-watched many of the older X-Files episodes, and they were just as great as I remembered. (I was pretty heavily influenced by "Bad Blood" while writing this, it's one of my faves.)
Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed the story! Thanks for the nice feedback!
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You have Scully beautifully. The defensive posture, the simmering irritation.
Yay, thank you for saying so! I've never written anything with X-Files before, and I tried hard to get the tone correct.
Ha, it's funny, Mulder/Skinner was my first slash pairing, and now I don't even want to think about Mulder's cock. I don't know if it's that he's an ex-fandom, or my lingering rage at the collapse of the show.
I still haven't watched the last 3 episodes of the reboot. I can't bring myself to delete them from my DVR, but I have no real interest in watching them, either. But I have this remarkable ability to block out the post-jump-the-shark period of all my favorite shows. I'm pretty good at believing the last 2+ seasons of the X-Files never really happened. (It's a trick that comes in handy with Oz, too.) This summer, I re-watched many of the older X-Files episodes, and they were just as great as I remembered. (I was pretty heavily influenced by "Bad Blood" while writing this, it's one of my faves.)
Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed the story! Thanks for the nice feedback!