TITLE: Vespers: Scully
AUTHOR: stellar_dust
EMAIL: stellar_dust_x@yahoo.com
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SPOILERS: None really; post-col
RATING: PG
CHALLENGE: Rituals
WORD COUNT: 175
DISCLAIMER: They only belong to each other.
SUMMARY: After the battle, Scully prays.
DATE: 11/02/2004
NOTE: This is part of my post-col drabbleverse that 
started with 'The City and the Stars.'


I still pray.

That might seem strange.  But after all I've seen and 
lived through, it'll take a lot more than a simple 
alien invasion to shatter my faith again.

I admit, some days are harder than others.  Today's 
one of the easy ones.

I don't have an altar or a cross, and I lost my 
necklace years ago somewhere in Mexico; but the 
muscles remember, and my hand still creeps to my 
throat as I kneel beside the pallet.  I give thanks 
for our success, thanks for my breakthrough that led 
us there; I pray for Monica's safety and that William 
never ceases to make me as proud as he did today.

And as I pray for Mulder, I feel his arms around me 
and his lips against my neck.  I finish hastily and 
pull him down beside me on the floor, rolling on top 
of him and crushing our lips together.  

Today we've accomplished what we started two decades 
ago.  There's much more work to come, but right now - 
it's time to celebrate.