TITLE: Hush 
AUTHOR: aRcaDIaNFall$ 
FEEDBACK: arcadianfalls@yahoo.com.au 
RATING: PG 
SPOILERS: season 8 
CLASSIFICATION: A, MSR 
SUMMARY: Scully has a nightmare about Mulder's abduction. 
AUTHOR'S NOTE: It's been a little while since I've had the time or
inspiration to write any short fics. (Didja miss me? *g*) This is a
pretty angsty comeback but I should be posting some more short'n'sweet
fics soon, RL permitting.  
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Hush 
by aRcaDIaNFall$ 

The darkness is cold. I feel its icy touch as it envelopes him, trying
to swallow him up.  
He cries out, tortured, my name on his lips. The agony of helplessness
burns in my chest as I long to gather him into my arms, to save him. 
He struggles, screams. Make it stop. Save me.  
Pain sears, explodes, clawing at him, trying to suck him into
unconsciousness. I reach out to him but the distance between us is too
great, and the farther I stretch the greater that distance seems and
the more helpless his tormented cries become. Help me, Scully. I need
you, Scully. Make it stop. 
His voice is drowned out by the pain as it explodes in his head, as it
cripples him, tugs him in a million directions at once, makes him gasp
for breath and pray like he never has before. Stop. Just stop.
Scully.... 
  

I wake in the soft glow of my bedside lamp. The horror and fear still
cling to me as I sit up, weighing me down like chains. I feel alien,
estranged, empty but burdened. His cries echo in my ears. Scully...
Scully... Scully....  

Sobs rise up in my throat and hot tears prickle my eyes. I fight them
back but then give in, letting them flow. Mulder... 
  
  

"Hush, Scully." His hand on my back, then he silently draws himself
upright and lets me crawl into his arms, so firm and secure and warm.
It's okay. It's over. I'm here. Hush, my Scully. Hush. 
  
  

fin. 
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