Title: Luckiest Man in the World
Author: Erin M. Blair
E-Mail: eblair@...
Classification: VR-Vignette, Romance.
Content: Mulder/Scully Romance. Mulder POV.
Time Span: Season 7.
Spoilers: Goldberg Variation
Rating: PG.
Distribution/Archive Statement: OK to Gossamer,
Xemplary, Ephemeral, FanficX, EMXC, and other
MSR archives. Others: ask me first.
Disclaimer: Mulder and Scully doesn't belong to
me; they belong to Chris Carter and the FOX network.
Acknowledgement: Special thanks to Jen who beta read this
story for me.
Summary: Is Mulder the luckiest man? Mulder explores
his feelings after meeting a lucky man.

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LUCKIEST MAN IN THE WORLD
Written by: Erin M. Blair
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From Fox Mulder's Journal:

I have forgotten to tell you how I've
met a man who survived on pure luck.

Maybe not just luck, after all? He was
simply was there to fulfill his destiny,
if you will.

He was also there to be with his friend's
son.

So they can both survive.

* * *

I stopped for a moment to get my frame of mind
again. There's something else I know I wanted to
write, but then my pen started moving again:

Whenever I'm with Scully, I keep thinking about
how lucky I am: how she returns my love for her
tenfold and how much I love her.

I'm the luckiest man in the world to have a
woman who's my partner in every sense of the word.

* * *

"Mulder?"

I couldn't believe that I written something
so personal in my field journal. My hands quickly
written something so true: that I am in love
with Scully.

I looked up from re-reading my case notes
in my notebook when I heard Scully coming
into the basement office.

Like usual, right on schedule. "Yeah?"

"What are you writing?"

I put away my field journal in my desk drawer - I
didn't want anyone to find out what I had written. I'll
tear out the sheet when Scully isn't looking to place it
in my diary at home. I looked up into her clear blue eyes and
smiled. "Oh, it's just my journal."

"You keep a journal?"

I nodded. "Yes, I do."

"What were you writing about?" asked Scully
with interest.

"It's a secret; I can't tell you."

"Why not?"

"I want to keep some of my thoughts private, Scully."

I knew that was a harsh thing to say to her, and I
already wanted to make it up to her.

"Sorry, Mulder. You keep so much from me already that
I wanted to know what you're hiding from me."

"I know, Scully. I understand. I'm sorry -- it's just
ever since we first kissed -- I'm scared of losing you.
I thought you would turn away from me."

I saw a smile starting to form on her luscious red lips.
"Am I running away now?"

I reached for her hand and grabbed to give her a squeeze.
"No, you're not."

"So what did you write out of curiosity?"

"That I'm the luckiest man in the world..."

End of Vignette

Feedback: Much appreciated. Send to:
eblair@...

Author's Notes: This was originally written after
"Goldberg Variation" in Season 7. Unfortunately,
I didn't get this story out quickly at the time. My
muse decided to go a long writer's block. I'm glad
my muse is back now as I missed writing X-Files fanfic.

This story went through several revisions and corrections
after coming to a final version. I would like to thank my
beta reader, Jen, who has been very supportive of my writing.

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Erin Blair
eblair@...