12 Works by cactustree
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“Prison, Scully. Your cellmate’s nickname is going to be Large Marge, she’s going to read a lot of Gertrude Stein…”
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Strange things happen at Shelburne Academy. Maybe they always have.
Fox Mulder, former student and current faculty outcast, is determined to find out what secrets the school is hiding. Dana Scully, the new teacher in the classroom next door, has been instructed to keep Mulder in line—but some mysteries are too compelling for even the most committed skeptic to ignore.
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She’s small and auburn-haired, and at the moment she looks as though she’d stomp on your face if you looked at her the wrong way, so I try not to look at her. It’s hard, though, because she’s gorgeous. So is he, actually. It’s almost absurd. They could be a TV crime-solving duo, if they were any good at solving crimes, but so far I see no evidence of that.
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What was Detective White thinking during “Syzygy”? Probably not any of this, but humor me.
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The only way forward is to push past his protestations, to take her place beside him and refuse to leave it, until he understands that she’s back and she isn’t going anywhere.
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A little fill-in-the-blanks scene set between “One Breath” and “Firewalker.”
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It would be so easy, if she could only convince herself that it had all just been stars and planets and cosmic energy; that she could take comfort in every additional mile separating them from Comity and every additional minute separating them from January 12, leaving the temporary rift behind in that time and place.
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Post-ep to 03x13 “Syzygy.”
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Concussion Risk in Verbal Sparring: A Systematic Review by cactustree
Fandoms: The X-Files
05 Jan 2021
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That scene (yes, that one) from E.B.E.
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He tries not to profile her, but sometimes he can’t help himself. Scully is the only person who’s ever made Mulder wonder if he isn’t as good a profiler as he thinks he is.
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Post-ep to 01x15 “Lazarus.”
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“I say we don’t let him take up another minute of our time,” says Scully, but it’s easier said than done.
Post-ep to 03x17 “Pusher.” Brief reference to 02x13 “Irresistible.”
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What she says: “I’m sorry we didn’t catch them.” What she doesn’t say: And I’m sorry it was my fault. What she says: “I’m sorry I almost got myself killed.” What she doesn’t say: And I’m sorry you had to save me.
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Post-ep to 01x14 “Gender Bender.” Brief references to “Deep Throat,” “Squeeze,” “Ghost in the Machine,” “Eve,” and “Ice.”
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In all the commotion, she hadn’t wondered why and how Mulder was in her apartment; he was just there, like he always is. He’s been in her life for a matter of months and already she’s begun to take his presence for granted, even when it defies all logic.
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01x03 "Squeeze" missing scene.
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Post–“Jersey Devil,” Scully reflects on her decision not to go on that second date.
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“What are we doing today? Just a little trim?”
Dana swallows. “No, actually, I—" She pauses, looks herself over one last time. “Can you make me look older?”
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The origin of Scully’s infamous season 1 hairstyle. Oneshot, set during and after the pilot.