They Can Mess You Up by David Hearne

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Published: May 31, 2023
Rating:

Parental Guidance (PG)

XFAuthors:

David Hearne

Genres:

<2500 words (Coffee Break), Mulder/Scully Friendship, Vignette

Tags:

CC-level UST, Deep abiding love (but no smut), Episode addition/fixit, Fluff, Humor

Cover Artists:

Tre

Originally Posted:

2000

"Scary, funny, sexy! A marvellous thrill ride!"
-- Larry King on "The Lazarus Bowl"

AKA "The Leno Fic", David documents the release of "The Lazarus Bowl" in this humourous post-ep for Hollywood AD. Although the night show hosts mentioned have moved on now, they can be easily substituted by any of their contemporaries.

Some silliness for hump day. This one was uploaded a while back but ditched for another fic at the time.

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