TITLE: Advice Column
AUTHOR: Erin M. Blair
E-MAIL: eblair@...
CLASSIFICATION/CATEGORY: SRA--Story, Romance, Angst
CONTENT: Mulder/Scully Romance
RATING: PG
DISTRIBUTION/ARCHIVE STATEMENT: OK for Gossamer,
Xemplary, FanficX, The Cutting Room Floor, etc. Basically, if
you want it, you got it. :) Other archivists: please let me know the
URL. It is yours for the taking.
SPOILERS: The End. The Beginning. Syzergy. War of the Coprophages.
SETTING: Season 6.
DATE: First draft: August 20, 2003. Final Draft: August 26, 2003.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks to Jen for beta reading this
fic. I appreciated all the help you gave me.
DISCLAIMER: Mulder and Scully (any recognizable
character) belong to Chris Carter. I'm just borrowing them
until the movie. Dear Irma belongs to me. Washington
Times (I think?) is a real newspaper.
SUMMARY: Mulder finds out that Scully had written a letter
to an advice columnist.


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ADVICE COLUMN
Written by: Erin M. Blair
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Mulder was reading the Washington Times when he saw
the daily "Dear Irma" column. A letter caught his eye and it
read:

/// Dear Irma,
///
/// I'm a governmental employee who's hopelessly in love
/// with her partner. However, he doesn't give me a second
/// look. He's into tall, blonde or brunette females with shapely
/// legs. I'm a short redhead. I want to tell him how I feel
/// but this woman (see description above) always interrupts
/// us no matter what the case is. She doesn't get it that
/// my partner is with me -- and not with her. Sure, she used to
/// be his partner....but he's now mine. How can I get my
/// partner to notice me and not his ex-partner? He gives her
/// these glances of interest.
///
/// ALWAYS DESTINED TO BE ALONE
///
/// Dear Always,
/// Communication has always been the key to a successful
/// relationship. It is possible that this partner wants to be
/// with his ex-partner and not with you, considering how he
/// tends to be with women with blonde or brown haired. However,
/// you never know. He could be persuaded to be with you. Go
/// for it, G-woman!
///
/// Dear Irma.

Mulder felt this "Always Destined to be Alone" was Scully. It
sounded like her, but he had his doubts. Scully wouldn't write
a letter to an advice columnist, would she? He decided to find
out.

He waited for Scully to walk into the basement office. She was
dressed in a violet suit. "You look nice today, Scully."

"Thanks. Is that the 'Dear Irma' column, Mulder?"

Mulder nodded. He handed Scully the newspaper and she
took from him. "Yes, it is. I was reading it. You should see
the first one."

"Oh, why?"

"Because it's very interesting," said Mulder. He paused. "You
know, Scully, I do prefer redheads over blondes and brunettes."

"You do?"

Mulder nodded. He walked away from his desk and gazed into
her blue eyes. "Yes, I do. How come you wrote that, Scully?"

"How did you know that I wrote it?"

"Lucky guess. Really, Scully, I didn't think you were the type
to write to 'Dear Irma' -- I thought you always knew what you
wanted. You never seemed to need advice before," said Mulder.

Scully drew a breath. "I thought you loved Diana Fowley, Mulder. I
have seen you with Detective White and that Bambi Berenbaum
woman. I wondered to myself: 'Why can't it be me?' - I have always
had these feelings for you. I kept them hidden for so long that I
don't remember the original reason for doing so."

Mulder clasped his hands around Scully's waist and he gazed
into her blue eyes. "Those women didn't mean anything to
me. I used to be in love with Diana and with Pheobe Green.
However, they're in the past, Scully. You have grounded me and you
made me feel like a whole person. I love you, Scully." He put his
hands around her and he leaned in to kiss her. He felt the warmth
of their lips touching. The heat between them intensified. He knew
they never felt this way before.

Scully smiled tenderly at Mulder. She couldn't get over the kiss.
It replayed in her mind. "And I love you, Mulder." She paused. "I
wish I'd written that letter to 'Dear Irma' years ago."

They both laughed.

Mulder smiled. "So do I, Scully. So do I."

End of Story.

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Author's Notes:

I found this story in my notebook, which I completely
forgot about, and I thought it would be a good idea to
extend what I originally written.

I think it's a cute story --- a 'What if Scully writes
a letter to a Dear Abby-like advice columnist and
Mulder finds it?' -- type of scenario. :) I'm not sure
if Scully would write such a letter. With all of her
jealously towards Diana Fowley at the end of Season
5 and through Season 7, I thought she needed to
talk to someone, albeit anonymously.

I would like to thank Jen for beta reading this story.

Finally, I hope you enjoyed this story as much I had writing
it.


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Erin Blair
eblair@...