Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 23:21:21 +0000
From: Lyle Bontrager <lbontger@wmcstations.com>
Subject: [Fwd: Glimpse (1/1)]

Title: Glimpse (1/1) 
Author: RocketMan >lbontger@wmcstations.com<
Disclaimer: The characters of M&S belong to CC. How does one go about
owning something like that? I mean, the show airs on Fox, yet, they have
rights and priveleges, just as CC does. Is it a co-ownership thing?
UST-G
Spoiler for Home.

Glimpse (1/1)

When Mulder made it to her apartment building, he was surprised to find
a small child sitting outside, her back leaning against the door.
Mulder looked down and smiled rather hesitantly because he had no idea
where the child had come from, or if she would even move.
"Hello." he said.
All those Child Pyschology classes weren't about to be wasted today.
"Hullo," she said, her voice coming out soft and painfully shy.
"Are you lost?" he said, squatting down next to her so that he could
look her in the eye.
Well, if she would raise her eyes, he'd be looking straight at her.
"No, Daddy," she said, a little fright in her voice.
Daddy?
"Well, why are you outside then?"
"Mommy sleepin' and don't want to wake her up."
The child couldn't be older than two. At the most. Very small to be
outside in the hallway, where anyone could walk up and take her. Mulder
frowned.
"Where is your mommy?" he said gently.
He'd have a few words to say to such an irresponsible woman.
The tiny thumb jerked out and motioned towards his partner's door.
Shocked, Mulder glanced back up at the number, to make sure he had the
right apartment.
"Your mommy is in there?" he said, a bit of fear rising in his voice.
Scully had taken the day off, which had been odd, but he would have
noticed if she were pregnant.
The small head nodded enthusiastically, glad to be of help.
"Well, my partner lives there. Can I go in?"
"Of course silly. Make sure ya don't wake Mommy." 
"I won't. Why don't you come in with me?" he said, holding out his arms
to the child.
She frowned and then went willingly into his arms.
He picked her up and stood, reaching his full heighth, then opened the
door.
When his eyes adjusted to the dark, he saw the television was on, some
Disney movie, and that a figure was stretched out along the couch,
sleeping.
He got closer and saw it was Scully.
Mommy?
He closed the door behind him and walked over to the couch. From her
position, he could tell she had been watching the cartoon with the
child, and fell asleep.
Good thing he had come along and gotten her from the hallway - before
someone else had.
"Scully?" he whispered.
The girl tapped his arm. "Shh, Daddy. Don't wake Mommy."
He frowned. "Well, mommy needs to get up."
The little child frowned too and leaned her head against his shoulder.
He sat down and cradled her in his lap, then shook Scully's shoulder.
When Scully's eyes opened, she saw an indistinct little girl, in the
arms of Mulder, and such a look of.......something.......that made it
her startle.
"Oh, Mulder." she said, sighing and sitting up.
"Um, Scully?"
"Oh, Brenna."
The little girl strained in his arms for Scully and she absently picked
her up. "Mommy!" the girl said, joyfully.
Mulder was at a loss. <Go with what you know>
"She was outside, Scully."
"What?" Dana sounded horrified and he nodded.
"She said her mommy was inside sleeping and she didn't want to wake
her."
Scully's brow furrowed and she looked to Brenna.
"Is that true, Brenna? Were you outside?"
Scully didn't seem to think it odd that Brenna had called her mommy.
Brenna nodded sheepishly and Scully shook her head. "You can't do that
here, Brenna. It's not safe. I told you that."
"Okay Mommy."
Scully turned to see Mulder's almost frightend expression and she
laughed.
"Brenna calls everyone Mommy. And every male she calls Daddy."
Mulder's face went slack. "Oh. She called me Daddy and for a moment I
wondered if I'd slipped into an alternate reality."
Something in his face gave her the idea that hadn't been such a bad idea
to him. She knew it wasn't such a bad idea either.
"You think it'd happen in an alternate reality?" she asked softly.
Brenna seemed very still, as if she too was waiting for her answer.
'Yeah." he said honestly.
Her breath seemed to be stuck in her throat.
Brenna invaded the moment and practically leaped for Mulder.
Mulder gathered her up in his arms and cuddled her.
"So how did you get her?" he said.
"Oh, she's my niece. Staying while Charlie and his wife go house
hunting. They want to be closer......because of.....well, my cancer."
Mulder's face took on an abstract look of pain. "Oh."
"We've had fun, huh, Brenna? I just got a little tired is all."
Mulder's face turned anxious. "How about I stay and have some fun too?"
he asked, making it seem like a favor if she agreed, instead of him
helping her out.
She was perhaps a little too sick to be able to keep up with the energy
of a two-year old.
A slow grin spread across her face. "All right."
Mulder turned on his own, full watt smile. "Guess what Brenna? I'm going
to stay and play with you."
Brenna thought about this and then nodded. "Let's - let's watch Winnie
the Pooh."
Scully sighed and got up, then rewound the video.
Promptly Winnie the Pooh came on the television.
Mulder settled back into the couch, Brenna in his lap, and Scully beside
him, her warmth flush against his side.
She fell asleep again, thinking that she had never glimpsed Mulder as a
father before.
And it made her think that maybe, he'd be a good father to his children.
She wondered just who would be the mother of those children.
<I never though of you as a mother before, Scully.>
A smile was on her face in her sleep.

end
adios
RocketMan