Blackwood I & II by Susan Garrity

15,000 Words

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An important section of the  (then) upcoming movie, (FTF) from the author’s point of view.

This fic, bestowed with Fight the Future's working title, was written before FTF screened, with a few late additions once "The End" and the movie preview aired. Alas, Mr Carter decided to take them on a slightly different course.

Anther one that didn't fit with the tags. I decided near enough was good enough.

Late Night at the High Noon by Mike Ghost

11,000 Words

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A long night, an empty motel lot in a desert, and music that never stops. Fear is not what always goes bump in the night, or what lies in the shadow behind every tree in an unlit park, or even the hand that reaches below our bed at night. Fear is often personal... close to the heart. Find out what awaits Mulder and Scully at the end of the late night in the High Noon Stay.

This one's a rare treat. The PDF file was painstakingly typeset on 'non-wood paper' by Mike.  Although Mike's rated it higher, it's more implied smut so I've left if at his lower rating.

I finally did some site upgrades this weekend and despite there being an unintended change to most of the book pages it's come through unscathed, which is fortunate because I totally annihilated the test site I tried it out on first. My poor little brain is so overtaxed that there's no way I can make sense of anything else until I've had a good few days' sleep.

Repressed by Jori

20,000 Words

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Includes parts I - IV.

Scully suddenly remembers some long repressed memories and confronts Mulder.

I promised you smut, and Jori has brought it once again.

I loved how she brings forth circumstantial evidence to back up this  story, weaving seemingly insignificant scatterings of canon to bring an extra level of plausibility. She also demonstrates how much they've been affected by what they've experienced in their years together and how it resulted in their attempts to repress their feelings, which just makes the end sweeter.   I'm entirely sold that this happened exactly as Jori describes.

Accepted as canon stamp

Dejeuner Sur La Deja Vu by Ariadne

4,000 Words

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While on assignment Scully's subconscious brings forth memories of a very different ending to "Monday" but what will her emotions push her to do with this newfound remembrance?

The cover might contain a spoiler for this one... Ariadne somehow manages to take our agents on a smooth trip from the summary to the dustjacket  and beyond.

This is one glorious post-ep for Monday.

Want and Need by Tess

10,000 Words

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Want and Need I & II: Love isn’t always hearts and flowers. Sometimes it’s all about wants and needs.

Remember the first night Scully stayed at Mulder's apartment in Season 7? Something happened that night, and Scully's not entirely thrilled about how things are progressing. This story follows our agents from Sein & Zeit through some important events in Season Seven as they navigate the changes in their relationship.

Aphrodisia by Kristel St Johns

150,000 Words

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It's the side of sexuality very few people understand. Some even call it the dark side. But when life holds you captive, where do you go to escape? Mulder and Scully explore control and trust issues as they delve into a fantasy in which they will discover their darkest passions and deepest fears.

  • Aphrodisia I - Scaling the Last Wall
  • Aphrodisia II - Fear, Trust and Desire
  • Aphrodisia III - The Joy of Surrender
  •  Aphrodisia IV - Exploring the Boundaries
  • Aphrodisia V - Head Games
  • Aphrodisia VI - In the Wake of the Devil's Instant
  • Aphrodisia VII - New Territory

 

Kristel decided to take up the challenge of portraying Mulder and Scully in a long-term D/s relationship rather than just a simple one-shot. She didn't finish her ultimate goal, but she gave us 7 incredible installments with no massive cliffhanger at the end so I'm grateful for what we have.

I normally have issues with Mulder!Dom in that Scully has been in situations that may trigger her with regards to being restrained, but Kristel has accounted for this and treated the characters and subject matter respectfully.

Aphrodisia image from IOHO
Aphrodisia image from IOHO

Honeymoon I & II by Suricata & Jane Mortimer

10,000 Words

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Honeymoon I, by Suricata In which our heroes find themselves looking for ghosts in an overly decorated honeymoon hotel. Scully is appalled. Mulder is… Mulder.

Honeymoon II, by Jane Mortimer In which Mulder’s reaction to happiness is just what you might expect.

Some unabashed smut to continue the Valentine's Day theme.  Scully doesn't want to spend the Valentine's Day weekend on a case looking for a ghost.  But when there's only one room, and it has a jacuzzi, she tries to make the most of her situation. 🙂

As it Might Have Been by Dyann Z

146,000 Words

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What if Ethan was never edited from the Pilot episode? What actually happened between the scenes we saw? Tune in and find the true smutty story.

Today happens to be the 29th anniversary of my first X-Files episode - the pilot first aired in Australia on 10 Feb 1994.

In honour of this auspicious occasion I've selected a series that starts back at the pilot episode. Dyann recounts the first three seasons with a bit of a twist. Don't worry too much about Ethan... he can't last long after Scully begins working with Mulder 😉

The Scully/Ethan sex is more elaborate than I prefer, but it usually only lasts a paragraph or two. It's not that detailed, I just don't like any details when it comes to 'others'. It's easy enough to skim through if that's not your bag either and there's enough M/S smut to eventually cleanse your mind of it too. 😀

Out of the Cold Series by Vicki S

21,000 Words

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Out of the Cold: Mulder leaves Scully ‘out in the cold’, literally, and has to warm her up. Let your imagination take it from there,

Little Red Corvette: Mulder and Scully take some time off in sunny California just to enjoy each other, but end up not being able to deny who, and what, they really are.

Making Up is Hard to Do: A fight, a case, a question that may never get asked if the agents can’t make up.

This is like three fics in one. OK, so it is literally three fics in one, so that might be why, but what I mean is that each of the stories has a different feel.  It starts out with some PWP-like action, then heads into fluffy territory for the second story, before becoming more of a case file in the third story.

Some fourth season MSR for your enjoyment.

Purification by XenaScully

13,000 Words

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Mulder and Scully investigate strange behaviour...  hmmm... and acquire some themselves...

CW:  Dubcon concerns. Also arachnophobes may want to avoid this one...

Oops. My anxiety has been playing up again so I haven't added anything for a few weeks - I knew I'd added lots in advance and for some reason I thought I'd uploaded up to 23 Jan. Obviously not. I have no concentration whatsoever at the moment so haven't been able to read much again... even the covers I've tried to make lately haven't been working out.

Fortunately I had this fic prepared earlier & ready to go. I know I'm missing a few tags from this one, I'll try to come back and update them once the old brain kicks back into gear again... I'm sure Friday's flash therapy will cure me again - it's a miracle treatment.  😀

I might have a NSFW image from this cover but haven't had a chance to upload it yet.  I'll link it when it's available. I miss my brain.

Darkest Before the Dawn by Jeannine Trevizo

40,000 Words

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Scully dives head-long into danger and intrigue as, with Skinner's help, she goes underground to try and find the Men In Black who kidnapped Mulder, and bring him back.

Kickass!Scully gets some action (in more ways than one 😉 ). Scully has quite the quest to find Mulder, always seemingly one step behind the consortium. Scully channels her inner-Mulder in the way that she's driven to take big risks to get him back.

Jeannine's website is still online so I've linked to that for the webpage version - it also links to a txt version.

Cinnamon Calling Series by Bidie

28,000 Words

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Cinnamon Calling: Mulder receives a free phone call as a “valued customer” from his favorite 900# phone sex service. When the conversation takes a turn toward the erotic, Mulder reveals some intensely intimate feelings about Scully to a perfect stranger, plunging himself into a whirlwind of decadent fantasies about his sexy FBI partner.

Mandrake's Message: Dana Scully gets an unexpected phone call from a man named Mandrake, in response to a deceptive phone call made by Scully several days before. When Scully finally identifies the caller, she is plunged headfirst into an erotic conversation about her fantasies, her desires, including her most secret wishes about her very sexy FBI partner.

Spooky Says: On a hot Friday night, at 10:13 p.m., Mulder suggests to Scully over the phone that they play a game…a very interesting adult version of a childhood favorite. Yet, as they discover much later, the game is merely the beginning of the evening’s events. The finale of a three-part trilogy which includes “Cinnamon Calling” and “Mandrake’s Message”.

156 Words: Cellular Cinnamon: A short little bonus fic from this universe.

Some smutty fun to counteract the recent angst & torture.  There is nothing to be anxious about here except from my end because I've had this one prepared to upload for around 2 years but forgot and now I can't remember which tags to use.

This series dates back to 1998, the year Bidie was bestowed with the Spooky Award for Outstanding New Author.

Khyber Versus Season Seven by Khyber

57,000 Words

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A series of post-eps and replacement episodes based on a slightly different interpretation of canon. The idea, I hope, is that you could actually watch the S7 episodes I list below in the order I have them, intersperse them with my 'new' episodes and post-eps, and you would have a somewhat different, but still coherent story arc.

There have been some minor changes in order--"Theef" and "First Person Shooter" have swapped, as have "Je Souhaite" and "Hollywood AD." "En Ami," "Chimera," "Fight Club," and "Requiem"* have all disappeared and been replaced with new original episodes.

*These replacement stories never eventuated.

Like any season, there's going to be a few reruns.

Khyber's version of Season Seven:

the sixth extinction
amor fati
hungry
millennium / collapsar
rush
the goldberg variation
orison
the amazing maleeni
signs and wonders
sein und zeit
closure
x-cops
theef / weret-hekau
first person shooter / how gravity works on planet spooky
home from the war (part one) (replaces En Ami)
(rebroadcast S03x02) paper clip / coyote luck
where i end and you begin (part two) (replaces Chimera)
all things
brand x / amnesia
je souhaite / vapor trail
(rebroadcast S03x23) wetwired / poems
hollywood ad / the waterskiers  (includes a reworking of En Ami)
(rebroadcast S06x02) drive / the fall of our summer

Khyber has made a few changes to Season Seven and once again I'm bitterly disappointed that CC & co didn't add a few fanfic authors to their writing team to show them how it's done.  He starts adding to S7 just after Millennium, then lets CC have his way for a while before kicking back in after Theef.  A few old episodes have reruns along the way.

Just a warning that you may feel a little lost at one point but it will all make sense eventually.

Although this series was never completed there are no cliffhangers. The main storylines are wrapped up.

I haven't worked out yet whose artwork is used for the cover, but there was a cover for Weret-hekau on IOHO:

Weret-hekau IOHO cover

 

Anesthetic & Old Lace by Plausible Deniability

6,000 Words

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A snowstorm, an old movie, and Scully’s girlhood bed.

Poor Mulder's been injured, and with the snowy road it's too dangerous to drive back to DC, so Scully takes a drugged up Mulder to stay at Maggie's instead...

Another Under the Covers image is available for the voyeuristic. (Password: smut).

Redhead Dancing Girl Series by Sister Zooey

10,000 Words

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Redheaded Dancing Girl:  GirlyScully. We all know it's in there and it's so damn nice to bring it out. I promise you won't require any fillings after reading this though.  When  a memory triggers a realization of sorts for Scully, she comes to understand that the power to control her relationship with Mulder lies in her new found knowledge.

Talking to the Walls: Scully's a nosy little thing.

Quite So New: Scully wakes up and - AHH! - There’s a man in the bed! What ever shall she do? (I should probably take these summary things more seriously, don’t you think?).

Superhero: I have a conspiracy theory (which I have been bothering the poor girls in my dorm with) about the shirt Scully is wearing in Rush. It's so very un-Scully. It's too - big. So where in the heck did it come from? And why in the heck are Mulder and Scully acting so goofy in the first scene of the ep? This is the fourth (and final) installment in the Redhead Dancing Girl Series.

A sweet little series starring the video collection that isn't Mulder's. This kind of hovers around the festive season finishing the morning of Rush.

Millennium Kiss by Leyla Harrison

4,500 Words

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It’s New Year’s Eve, 1999. Mulder and Scully do what most people do on that auspicious occasion - they share a kiss - and since it marks the beginning of a new millenium, it’s going to be pretty amazing.

This fic was written before the episode aired, so it bears no resemblance to Millennium. Most notably, Mulder has two working arms and uses them to his best ability.

Here's wishing that 2023 is an improvement on recent years...

For those who appreciate the visuals to go along with the text, the full image for this cover is at the Under the Covers gallery at x-trash. (Password: smut).  I blame you depraved souls for forcing me to make more content for inclusion over there ;).

Scully’s Dilemma Series by Romp

43,000 Words

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SCULLY'S DILEMMA: An interagency office briefing on a series of cases involving anal probing stirs strange fantasies in Scully. In order to get to the “bottom” of Scully’s suspicions about having been anal probed, she and Mulder must get very up close and personal.

MULDER'S TAIL: A case involving a unique sexual practice causes Mulder to reflect on his first encounter with bondage and domination. Meanhwile, a mysterious older woman offers to be Scully’s sexual mentor.

KRYCEK'S GAME: Krycek has information Dana Scully desperately needs. What is she willing to wager to get it?

SCULLY'S INSTRUCTION: Scully gives in to her submissive side.

SCULLY'S RELEASE: Scully finally gives in to her fantasy of performing at the strange club known as “The Menagerie.” Unexpected consequences ensue, forcing her to consider confronting Mulder about the true nature of her feelings.

This series is very different to the usual stuff I post here. Yes it is MSR, but it takes a few detours and includes a few other characters. It does end up in the right place though.

Romp should possibly have considered the name Rump due to their obvious fetish here, but I'm not going to kink-shame, just give you a bit of a heads up as to what you're getting into. There is a lot of humour in it.

In "Krycek's Game": "Scully felt something sickening in the pit of her stomach. Dear God, were there really men out there who had nothing better to do with their time than manufacture fake nude photos of her?"

OK, I'm not a man so Scully can't be talking about me, but it's true. ? Tragically I have nothing better to do with my time, so there are also a few extra images included in the PDF & ePub versions that I've put over on the hidden "Under the covers" page at x-trash. (The password is "smut").  You can use them to make your own calendar if you're so inclined. 😀

I've also had difficulty tagging this. I apologise if I've missed anything important. There is some past Mulder/Phoebe, and some slashesque Scully/Other.

Fifteen Minute Window by WhiteRaevyn

6,700 Words

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A New Year's Eve party provides some Scully/Mulder angst, and a way for our two fave agents to get naughty.

[I seem to get more replies when I aim for the SMUT target (Sexual Mutual Understanding and Trust), so I am catering to the public.]

Some more holiday smut. 'Tis the season and all.

How I Slept With My Partner (Without Really Trying) by JL

110,000 Words

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"How I Slept With My Partner (Without Really Trying)" is just the "secret-header-name" for some notes Jose Chung is gathering for his next fiction novel. He's asked me, Jaime Lyn, to conduct a few interviews for him, as he is sick at home with the flu. All personal accounts contained, herein, are the property of Dana Katherine Scully and Fox William Mulder. The names will be changed, of course, but the accounts will most likely remain intact. This story includes the previously authored "How to Blend in With Normal People".

I quite enjoy a deliberate Mary-Sue. This is a long fic, with a complicated Mulder and Scully and all their baggage interwoven with humour. It does get quite angsty in places.

I know it's hard to believe, but this is actually a season 8/9 fic (sans Doggett & Reyes) in which William exists.  It must be a Christmas miracle.

Christmas in Space by Jennifer-Oksana & Christmas in Silver by DashaK

6,000 Words

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Christmas in Space by Jennifer-Oksana: Mulder and Scully get into the good eggnog.

Christmas in Silver by Dasha K: Silver is a good color on Mulder. A wholesome tale that follows Jennifer-Oksana’s “Christmas in Space.”

Just a quick Christmas Day release.

Mulder has a sudden change of heart about celebrating the festive season and decides to treat Scully better.  Scully's happy to go along with it. These are two very different stories - Jennifer goes for the romance whereas Dasha finishes off with full-on smut, as well as a recipe for "Tastier-than-Scully French Toast."

Edit: Oops, I forgot there was a name change for an author of this story - updates have been made to online material. As this name is used on AO3, I'm presuming it's OK to use online.

Silver Bracelet Series, The by Brandon D Ray

49,000 Words

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This story deals with Dana Scully's infertility, as well as her religious faith, and attempts to explore how those two issues might affect a romantic relationship with Fox Mulder.  I have attempted to avoid excessive sap, and there is more than a little angst herein.  However, this is basically a happy story, because I'm basically a happy guy.

A classic Christmas series from Brandon Ray.

There are also another couple of covers by Rachel.

Trilogy Series by Alanna

27,000 Words

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  • LAUGHING: A celebration of life.
  • ALEGRIA: A celebration of happiness.
  • INSIDE:A chaise-longue and a dream.
  • BURN: Inflaming of hearts and minds.
  • MILLION: The many sides of a person.
  • SEMANTICS: Memory is subjective and fallible.
  • PHOTOS:  Ringfic.  I admit it.  But with a slightly different twist.
  • SCARS: Fires cannot destroy the scars of experience.
  • OUTSIDE: A sequel to Inside
  • POSITIVE: The creation of life.

Some of the vignettes are post-eps for various Season 5 episodes.

I've always been a fan of Alanna's writing. It took me a few attempts to put all these stories into the right order, so hopefully I have it now. The stories were referred to along the way as part of a universe but were then gathered together on Alanna's website as the "Trilogy" series. Alanna using different names along the way didn't help matters. The series runs though a range of emotions as their relationship progresses.

Unfortunately the original image for this series didn't get saved to the wayback machine.

 

Drug Rings, Black Bikinis & Don Henley by Taylor

20,000 Words

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One word: undercover. Oh, and some cage dancing.

Mulder and Scully go undercover as a married couple, acting like irresponsible 20-somethings. Moose & Squirrel get closer, but they really have to work on that glitch in one particular frequency of their silent communication...

Fractal Images by Diana Battis

5,000 Words

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Sometimes you can't see the circles for the crops.

Missing scenes from all things.

This is an all things fic with a difference as it follow's Mulder's journey through the episode.

House of Life by Xenith

21,000 Words

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Mulder and Scully investigate a mummy which got up, unwrapped itself then took a bus from its museum, despite a dream Skinner has which predicts disaster if they pursue it.

Includes epilogue by Ravenwald & Wylfcynne as an optional extra.

!CW: dubcon, character death

I really don't have enough of Xenith's stories here. She wrote many a fabulous torture-smut story. I've been meaning to post Abattoir here for a long time but I haven't managed to wrangle all the multiple follow-up fics to that one yet. I was doing that right before the Great Hard Drive Crash of 2021, so I need to go back and find out where I was at with it.

In the meantime this is another angsty fic. This one is nowhere near as torturous as Abattoir (not many fics are to be fair). The dubcon in this one is definitely a LOT milder.  Skinner accompanies them on the case as he's concerned after his dream, so he's there to witness some post-coital panic. I love me some Skinner!discovery.

Incoming & Outgoing by Jori

7,500 Words

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In Coming: Scully takes control of Mulder in an new way

Out Going: Mulder tries to regain control of the situation at hand

It's Thanksgiving in the USA, so I planned to add a bonus fic for today. I had a quick look through my fics and found this one. It's not actually a Thanksgiving fic, however "Outgoing" was released on Thanksgiving 1998 as "Mandatory Thanksgiving Smut".  Who am I to argue with Jori?  Consequently it's mandatory to read this for Thanksgiving. 😀  You can quiz yourself afterwards to make sure you took it all in. Maybe write an exploration of your interpretation of the last line... 😉

I originally tried to mess with Jori's "OutGoing" banner to force it into the correct dimension for X-Libris covers, but it wasn't working all that well, so I've made a new one inspired by Jori's original art, below.

Two-Column Proof by Jean Helms

6,000 Words

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"What if they've been doing it all along?" asked my faithful friend and beta reader, Lee. What if, indeed ...

I can go along with this premise; I love a story where intimacy starts early.

The cover used is actually a recreation of the original, below. There are a few covers for which only thumbnails have survived so I started challenging myself to re-master them so they can be enjoyed again.  I'm not totally happy with my version, so if anyone has the originals I'll happily replace the images.

Isometry by syntax6

68,000 Words

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The story of a man, a woman and their lucky pickle.

This story starts after Kaddish & follows the episodes to Redux II.

Can you believe that today is National Pickle Day? It seems to come around so quickly... 😉

Seriously, I went to some website to make sure I knew what holidays were in November and found that November 14 is National Pickle Day. I don't know how widespread this occasion is, I was too astonished that it was even a thing. I'd been wanting to post another syntax6 story among others, but I can get overwhelmed deciding which of the many stories I have ready to post in what order, so I was hoping that seeing what holidays there were would help narrow my options. It was synchronicity that the first free posting day was dedicated to pickles and I had the perfect story to release.

Don't worry too much about the Mulder/other thing. It was never meant to be. Syntax6 manages to weave in plenty of drama and angst around the cancer arc and weaves the episodes into her story seamlessly.

Because images get posted in various places I have no idea who made them. MaybeAmanda did a lot of syntax6's images but these weren't credited on her website. The black and white cover below was found at the land of the yeti, but I have no idea if that's where it originated.

Additional artwork for Isometry

Fair is Fair by Jamie T

3,000 Words

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Can men and women live by the same social rules?

The office air conditioning is broken. The predictable* happens. 😉 Really just an excuse for smut. I'd love to see more stories about the things that smoke detector captured...

Most of Jamie's collages and artwork survive to this day at whispersofx.net. We owe her a huge debt of gratitude not just for her own stories, but for the treasure trove of smut she has served to us for over two decades. 🙂  Just remember that when you gloss over the "Take me, Fox..." part.

*What's predictable for normal platonic co-workers doesn't apply with M&S.

Resolve by Kate M

25,000 Words

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No summary was provided so I'll have a stab at it: Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate a missing scientist.  They discover a lot more.

"This woman is obviously consumed by her work. It's become the most important thing in her life.  Yet she can't talk to her husband about it. She's got to need someone, someone she can talk to, someone she can trust. Who better than someone she works with? Someone who knows what she deals with everyday, someone who will understand what she does, who knows why it's so important to her. You can't go through life without confiding in someone, keeping everything inside. Everyone needs someone, Mulder, and ..." Her voice trailed off. He was staring at her.

It's that time in Season 3 when our agents often don't seem to be on the same page, and there's a bit of a gulf between them. It's not that they're getting on each other's nerves like CC would have us believe... Scully's realising how deep she's gotten & is questioning her life.

G is for Gruesome by Donnilee

34,000 Words

A serial murder is discovered. Our dynamic duo is called in to examine the occult evidence. All Hollows’ Eve is approaching and time is running out. Emotions run high and when they take a break one night to be normal people while their guards are down, something wonderful happens.

A Halloween treat by Donnilee, featuring some kick-ass!Scully.

Kimpa also made a really cool cover for this one, below. This story was actually a response to a challenge set by Kimpa. (Out in the Country was also a response to the same challenge.)

Kimpa's 'G is for Gruesome' cover

Hearts Series by Anne Haynes

12,000 Words

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Riddle Incomplete (A Sonnet Story) - Takes place after "Paper Hearts"

Be Still My Heart - Takes place after "Paper Hearts"

Time Like a Heartbeat  - Takes place after "Memento Mori"

Heart of Midnight - Takes place after "Redux II"

You don't need summaries, just read them. 🙂

Anne takes "Riddle Incomplete" to the next level with the Hearts Series. Some wonderful hurt/comfort smut from a talented author.

This took a bit of co-ordination to cross reference this week's fics, hopefully I haven't messed it up.

Sonnet Stories by Anne Haynes

81,000 Words

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The Sonnet Stories are inspired by the sonnets of Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and "anybody else whose poetry I can shamelessly exploit".

Stories have been compiled in order of episode (unless I got some ep #s wrong):

  1. 1.10 "Spite of Fortune" - post "Fallen Angel"
  2. 2.08 "Time Removed" - post "One Breath"
  3. 2.13 "Anchored" - post "Irresistible"
  4. 3.02 "Sorrow's End" - post "Anasazi/Blessing Way/Paper Clip"
  5. 3.04 "Awake For Ever" - post "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose"
  6. 3.10 "Effects of Time" - post "Nisei/731"
  7. 3.13 "Blame the Cosmos" - post "Syzygy"
  8. 3.13 "Scent of a Woman" - post "Syzygy"
  9. 3.14 "Out of the Abyss" - post "Grotesque"
  10. 3.16 "Mutual Ransom" - post "Piper Maru/Apocrypha"
  11. 3.17 "A Separable Spite" - post "Pusher"
  12. 3.18 "Unlooked-For Joy" - post "Teso Dos Bichos"
  13. 3.19 "Conscious Pulse" - post "Hell Money"
  14. 3.20 "Sleep is Sweeter" - post "Jose Chung's From Outer Space"
  15. 3.22 "Hope" - post "Quagmire"
  16. 3.22 "Hope - Epilogue of Denial" - post "Quagmire"
  17. 3.23 "Home" - post "Wetwired"
  18. 4.02 "Home- talk" - post "Home"
  19. 4.04 "Palm to Palm" - post "Unruhe"
  20. 4.05 "Greater Meed" - post "The Field Where I Died"
  21. 4.06 "No Such Roses" - post "Sanguinarium"
  22. 4.09 "One Heart" - post "Tunguska/Terma"
  23. 4.10 "Riddle Incomplete" - post "Paper Hearts"
  24. 4.12 "So Short a Lease" - post "Leonard Betts"
  25. 4.14 "Song of Life" - post "Memento Mori"
  26. 4.18 "Fragile is the Glass" - post "Tempus Fugit/Max"
  27. 4.20 "Lone Dreams" - post "Small Potatoes"
  28. 5.02 "Time's Best Jewel" - post "Redux II"
  29. 5.05 "Passage of a Song" - post "Post-Modern Prometheus"
  30. 5.08 "Shadows, Rumors, Doubts" - post "Kitsunegari"
  31. 5.09 "Struggling Green" - post "Schizogeny"
  32. 7.02 "Fortune and Men's Eyes" - post "TSE: Amor Fati"

Time for some culture... these stories are an absolute pleasure to read. They are canon compliant so I thought it made sense to assemble them in episode order. They're listed alphabetically on Anne's website. The order in which they were written skips back and forth a bit.

There will be other stories related to this series released later this week. 🙂

After the Louvre by DBKate

6000 Words

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After the Louvre I - After the events in Gethsemane, Mulder & Scully go on the run to an unusual place and discover some hidden feelings.

After the Louvre II: Escape - Hiding out in Europe after the events in Gethsemane, Mulder & Scully head to London. Second installment of After the Louvre.

Some classic smuttiness for hump day this week.  This one harkens back to Season 4's Gethsemane - Mulder is 'dead' and Scully has cancer, so they run off to Paris to escape the consortium.

Dark Seed by bugs

120,000 Words

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The remaining members of the Consortium have a new, desperate plan. Mulder and Scully are at the center of these machinations, and they struggle to deal with the intimate relationship that results.

CONTENT WARNING: This story contains mature subject matter, including sexual situations, violence, and imagery that may be disturbing to sensitive readers.

Contains all three books.

This can be quite the dark story at times. It's an often uncomfortable Mulder and Scully, floundering a little to find their place in each other's worlds with all the changes thrust upon them by the consortium, but they do find their stride often enough to satisfy.  They do get put through a few trials though, and there are a few twists and turns at the end to keep you on the edge. It's definitely worth a read. I even managed to make it through the pregnancy/baby factor completely unscathed.

Birthday Blues by Donnilee

10,000 Words

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Mulder takes advantage of his birthday to manipulate Scully into a little hanky panky.

Donnilee delivers once again with this incredible gift to the fandom for Mulder's birthday.  Poor Mulder's had a bad day... there's only one room at the motel, it's raining, he gets all Scully's clothes saturated... Eventually something has to go right 😉

Additional artwork by Sara Marsten

Ancient Elements Series by MCA

10,000 Words

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UNDERTOW: The danger of the oceans is that you can never see the undertow until it’s too late.

NIGHT FLIGHT: A flight home and a realization of what waits.

ABLAZE: Scully discovers that surrendering to your fears is sometimes the greatest freedom.

PLATE TECHTONICS: How do we measure time, and how do we know where we belong? Mulder muses about Scully

Originally written under the pen name "Mesa".

Some MSR erotica in a series of four vignettes representing the four elements: water, air, fire and earth.

D'oh. I just found this one on AO3 as well... I've added a link.  AO3 is about the only archive I haven't bulk downloaded so I miss things that are posted there, particularly in the past, all the time.

Sin Eater (The) by Jane Mortimer

8,500 Words

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Scully disappears into a mysterious vortex and Mulder makes an unbelievable sacrifice.

There is a touch of Dreamland foreshadowing with this evocative, classic MSR fic, written in 1996.  It's only rated PG-13 but still gives quite the mental stimulation. 🙂

Storm in the Teacup by Queen Mab

35,000 Words

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A moral tale.

Mulder and Scully head to a small town for a case where people have killed themselves in rather strange ways. Scully's not in the best of moods, given the whole Fowley situation, but they manage to sort things out...

Light Trippers (The) by Hawthorne Kessler

8,500 Words

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A tip from the Lone Gunmen about a secret military installation leads Mulder and Scully into a very surprising adventure.

The Lone Gunmen go on a road trip this time, when they decide to tag along on a case they passed on to Mulder.  Things were already awkward when they arrived the morning after...

I do like how the Gunmen just decided they wanted a piece of the action (no not that action) and followed along. There should be more of it.

Dangerous by Yonada

3,000 Words

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The ride home from the hospital following Memento Mori gets "hot" and emotional.

Confession time. While I was totally incapacitated, the only thing I was still  capable of doing was making MSR smut images. Consequently there are a lot of smutty covers at the moment as I've felt obliged to turn the full smut into useful images. I'm actually considering posting the unadulterated images in a secret directory on x-trash, but that would show people just how depraved I really am, so I'm still not sure... 😉

I had only planned to upload twice a week as I ease my way back into being productive again, but there are a few short ones I'd like to add so figured I'd go back to the "hump day" short fics. They may not be all PWP this time, there are also some classic fics and vignettes I'd like to add. I figured I'd stay in the road trip theme for this one.

By popular demand, I have started a secret page at x-trash for the smutty images underneath some of the covers. You can find it here. The password is "smut".

Behaving Badly by LeeLee

22,000 Words

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Mulder is bound to behave badly if his freedom is curtailed.

I love the premise of this one. Scully is charged with keeping Mulder occupied, away from DC.  She has to resort to extreme measures to constrain an insolent Mulder.  The UST is off the charts.

More outdoor smut. I'm sensing a theme here.

Open Air Series by Jenna Tooms

14,000 Words

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Stopping for the night on a long drive, Scully discovers the joys of sleeping in the great outdoors.

Another road trip story.  Mulder, Scully, a cold night, and sleeping bags.  There's nothing quite like sleeping outdoors under the stars.  Moose & Squirrel make it a lot sexier than my experience though.

Bend in the Road (The) by Kelly K

12,000 Words

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I am angry right now. I’m not sure what galls me the most—that Mulder left and made me worry about him, that he ditched me to be with Diana Fowley, or how I reacted when I learned that he hadn’t been alone on his little hiatus. At first I was just angry with Mulder, but now I’m also angry with myself. I’ve behaved foolishly and I’m not sure how to retreat. I have fallen in love with Mulder and I don’t know how to stop.

When I last posted, I was about to get back on the road to drive home. I got home and fell apart. I haven't been able to even read fanfic in the last 5 months. I have a lot of catching up to do...

I thought it would be appropriate to post a couple of Mulder/Scully on-the-road fics. Their road trips are far more exciting than mine.  This one comes after the angst of One Son, and Scully is questioning her future with Mulder. Don't worry, there's a happy ending...

Married Series by Angela W

355,000 Words

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All 50 of Angela W's Married Series stories in one volume.

While on a case in Las Vegas, Mulder and Scully achieve some professional - and personal - goals. Basically, this is the way I would like to see the TV series end, then see future movies, etc. take off from this point.

There is no way I'm going to list all 50 summaries here. Angela creates her own little universe that continues to cross paths with season 6 & 7 canon, often as part of a bigger universe including some crossovers.

I'm stuck in the wet tropics for extra time, with the rain pouring down, and since I no longer have my daily bat-feeding chores I'm going to try to do some more uploads.

I had this fic playing in my car using text-t0-speech and I had to turn it off when it started making the cassowaries and crocodiles blush. There is some A-Grade smut in this one.  Although this fic is a little mushy in places for my liking, that's purely my preference, and I know some of you will particularly enjoy this entire series. A few of the individual stories are still standouts in my view regardless of their marital or family status. 🙂

Playground Series by Fialka

17,000 Words

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Seesaw: All in all, it's been one hell of a year.

Swings & Roundabouts: Between the blanket and the bed, it's anybody's guess...

Sandbox: Balance is a hard thing to keep when the sands continue to shift.

I had hoped to upload a lot more while I've been away on my own, but real life shit is still causing issues. I apologise for the ad-hoc uploads, but it's all I can do right now.

This one's one for the angsty smut lovers. The road to true love never did run smooth, particularly when there's a lack of verbal communication involved.  Fialka takes us through some dark times in Season 7 but eventually brings us out into the light.

Dogged Determination Series by Rhondda Lake

183,000 Words

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Dogged Determination I - Watched : The Dog Scully takes in is more then he appears to be. Those looking for the animal are willing to kill to get him.

Dogged Determination Interlude I - Linen and Steel : A little erotic interlude.

Dogged Determination Interlude II - The Grapes of Wrath : More total mind candy - breakfast and food fights.

Dogged Determination Interlude III - Icy Hot : At long last we learn what Scully bought with those handcuffs...

Dogged Determination II - Hadinio`gwe'oek : They are gathering.  A dark, Iroquois-inspired tale.   CW: Disturbing imagery

Dogged Determination III - Pandora's Box : Alien DNA, a genius teenager and secrets from the past all end up interrupting Mulder and Scully's life just as Scully discovers some surprising news. Conspiracies, mysteries, some MSR and a dash of the paranormal for extra flavor. CW: Disturbing imagery, Sexual Assault

Dogged Determination Interlude IV - Endless Knot : A brief journal entry.

Dogged Determination IV - Suffer the Children : Horrific murders in Cleveland stall a vacation weekend and Hope's plans to move. CW: Child abuse, child rape, extreme violence.

Dogged Determination V - Watched Over : As Mulder and Scully get settled into a new home and prepare to receive the new arrival they get a call for help from a family vacationing in Colorado. There they must join with Buster and his kin to try and rescue two children in need of help. Introduces the heroes of Dean Koontz's original "The Watchers"

Dogged Determination Interlude V -The Greatest Gifts : Mulder ponders the meaning of Christmas. A short, sappy finale.

Oh, it's lovely being off-grid in the rainforest, but this satellite internet is going to drive me crazy when I have to refresh 3 times to load or save anything. I'll have to see how it goes as far as uploading while I'm here.

I listened to this one during most of the drive up. I had no idea how long it was, but it kept me occupied as I drove and made me drive extra carefully during certain scenes as I didn't want to have to submit dashcam footage with M&S in explicit flagrante delicto if I happened to crash while that was going on.

Anyway, this one is case related, it's actually a crossover at times but you don't need to know the other source/s, and packed full of MSR. Be aware that some parts come with content warnings, which I've tried to add to the descriptions above.

I won't be able to add the web version for this one, due to its size and the internet issues that I'm not up for facing right now. 🙂 I can't add the extra artwork either...

 

Everybody’s Got Something to Hide by Xenoprobe

12,000 Words

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Mulder and Scully investigate the murder of a man in a closed, hippie community.

 

Some lightweight MSR which I think is worth reading just for the image of Mulder wearing a Mumu.

FFnet is doing weird things right now with cloudflare defense mode in operation, so I've also added a copy of the story here for convenience.

Momentary Lapses by DashaK & Plausible Deniability

22,000 Words

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Momentary Lapses (DashaK):  What do mortal sins, fever in the blood, Cuban rum drinks, swollen noses, salty tattoos, and hotel rooms in three states have in common?

Bless me, father, for I have sinned.  I have committed the unpardonable error of sleeping with my partner. On three separate occasions.

Momentary Lapses II: Delirium (Plausible Deniability): Mulder's perspective on the events in "Momentary Lapses".

Momentary Lapses III: Slow (DashaK): Confessions, confessions, plus flying running shoes, lurking nuns, sour cherry muffins, Indian Pudding and slow torture.

Momentary Lapses IV: Good Intentions (Plausible Deniability): Self-recrimination, comfort food, and a resolution.

Momentary Lapses V: Chocolate (DashaK & PD): Sometimes chocolate is a girl's, and a boy's, best friend.

Our favourite agents describe some momentary lapses in control. Some alternating POV from Dasha & PD.

You may have wondered how they fought the intense desire from time to time. Turns out they didn't. 😀

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By Coincidence by Cathleen Faye

38,000 Words

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Set 1995, following End Game. As Mulder recovers from his brush with death, across town, Scully uncovers a moment from his past. Is it just coincidence that draws Mulder and Scully to the same place at the same time on a lazy Sunday – or it fate lending a hand? Either way, you just never know where the day might take you. This is really an in-depth character study, with angst, humor, love, pain, and the whole damn thing...Oh, and generous helping of smut.

I was so pleased to see that Cathleen (Chimerical) added all her fics to AO3. I've added links to two of the stories I've already posted here as well.

It certainly fits that Mulder hates weekends because Scully isn't there. But things start to look up when he runs into her after she and Melissa visit an old book store... A deep dives into the minds and hearts of Moose and Squirrel early on in their partnership.

Since Scully trashed her copy, I've attempted to recreate the image mentioned in the story. (Spoiler + nekkid Mulder alert.) Click here to see the image.

In All Things by Peacenik0

7,500 Words

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Mulder and Scully realize that their journey has led them to each other. This is a 5 chapter late-season 7 slow burn. Post episodes for per manum, millennium, sein und zeit , closure, and all things.

Happy Birthday, Scully!  This season 7 era fic from Peacenik0 follows canon, focussing on some of the angstier episodes, but those episodes bring them closer together IYKWIM.  Plenty of comfort to be had.

Admiralty did some real proper art for this one too:

Nuptiae Sub Rosa by Xfmaweezy & Sisterspooky1013

68,000 Words

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A series of canon-compliant missing scenes showing that the dynamic of Mulder and Scully’s relationship may have changed much earlier than previously thought.

 

Xfmaweezy has been a wonderful friend to me while I've been feeling less than awesome, and she sent me this fic to read when I was struggling with reading anything. I'm so glad she did. It certainly cleared me of the lingering angst I was feeling with the heaviness of the Goshen Universe fics. It's humourous, it's serious, and it's hot as hell as it follows the ups and downs of the Mulder-Scully dynamic from Seasons 4 to 7. I love it so much. Thank you K.

Pilot Sex Series by ScullyGolightly

20,000 Words

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What if Mulder and Scully fucked in the pilot episode? 10 separate stories make up this series.

  1. Mile High Club
  2. Running
  3. Nine Minutes
  4. Mosquito Bites
  5. Trust Me
  6. In The Rain And The Mud
  7. Mirrored
  8.  11:21
  9. There Was A Light
  10. Beyond the Realm of Science

Tomorrow is my 28th X-Files anniversary. ?  I was hooked when the pilot episode first aired in Australia on 17 February 1994.  Thankfully I recovered from the personality defect that caused me to spend the first 5 years of the show as a noromo, to enable me to now relish in the raw purity that is unencumbered Mulder-Scully sex during the pilot episode.

ScullyGolightly wrote ten stories in the series; each of them is a standalone and just a bit of harmless fun. Although it hasn't been added to since 2019, I do hope there are still some yet to be written that will appear at the series link one day without warning...

Like a Red, Red Rose Series by Audrey Cooper

9,000 Words

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Contains:

Like a Red, Red Rose I
Scully, Mulder, a red rose, and Valentine's Day.
Vignette/UST/Humor, Rated PG

Like a Red, Red Rose II - Like the Melodie
Mulder contemplates Scully's reaction to his Valentine's Day gift.
Vignette/MSR, Rated R

Like a Red, Red Rose III - Newly Sprung; Sweetly Played
Scully contemplates Mulder and his Valentine's Day gift to her.
Vignette/MSR, Rated R

Like a Red, Red Rose IV - My Luv Is...
Mulder and Scully explore the feelings brought to light by his Valentine's Day gift to her.
Vignette/MSR, Rated NC-17

Like a Red, Red Rose V: Rosebud
Mulder and Scully doing things that are surely illegal in several states.
Vignette/MSR, Rated NC-17

Like a Red, Red Rose VI: Blushing Rose
Mulder and Scully explore a new facet of their relationship.
Vignette/MSR, Rated NC-17

A valentines day fic from Audrey Cooper.  Valentine chocolates in fic form. Short, tasty little treats with no nutritional value whatsoever. Some teasing from both sides leads to the inevitable.

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Black Tie Affair by somekindofseizure

20,000 Words

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Black Tie Affair #1:  Written for a prompt: "If you keep looking at me like that, we're not going to make it to a bed."

Black Tie Affair #2: Mulder and Scully get dressed up once again and play spies as they try to catch some elusive bad guys.

Black Tie Affair #3:  Mulder and Scully continue their roles as Spies.

Black Tie Affair #4: Another assignment, but Scully thinks she's outfoxed Mulder this time.

Black Tie Affair #5: Mulder and Scully go to the South of France while on the job as international spies.

Black Tie Affair #6: Mulder and Scully's international intrigue continues...

Black Tie Affair #7: Mulder and Scully's assignment comes to an end.

Although there are 2 more parts of the Goshen Universe to post, I've had to take a short break from it while I fix some stuff up behind the scenes. It's all available at AO3 anyway.

I felt the need to lighten the mood a little, so I've gone with some smut-humour, or humoritca as I refer to it.  I just adore this series by somekindofseizure. Mulder and Scully are temporarily assigned to "The jewel and art thief rich criminal James Bond Thomas Crown spy ring division" of the FBI, and are arguably the worlds worst spies. In their defense though, they have a lot of distractions to deal with. I'm LMAO just thinking about it.

The main link to AO3 will take you to the series, otherwise each individual story is linked above.

Goshen by Bonetree

27,000 Words

A harrowing night in the Virginia mountains makes Mulder and Scully relive parts of their pasts and rethink their future.

Note: The story itself is PG13 (language, violence); the Epilogue is NC17 (younger folks can skip the epilogue and still get the story.)

But wait, there's more! After you've read the story, come back and read some bonus smut, a wonderful parody written by Bonetree as a follow up to Goshen: Goshen Interlude: Nothing Gold Can Stay.

After that you can continue with the other stories in the Goshen universe. They're linked at AO3 but I'll be adding them here as well.

Hi guys. Sorry I've been MIA for so long. I realise it's been a month (there was an extra one I pre-loaded that appeared later) but I've been fighting the nasty brain demons after being made to take a long washout period from old meds before starting new ones. I'm feeling so much better now and want to get back into posting, but I'm not quite there yet.  What I've decided to do to reduce the brain strain is post only links to stories that are on AO3 or ff.net for a little while.  Most of these will be ones I already have covers for.

First up is one I've wanted to post for a long time but couldn't decide whether to post the full series t0gether here as well as link to AO3. My lack of brain helped make that decision for me. I didn't have a cover for Goshen, which surprised me, because I have covers for the rest of the Goshen universe. There likely was one at some stage, and if I come across it I'll upload it.

Without further ado, this is a lovely, angsty stuckfic, with a revisit from Emily. It's a prelude to the 4 novel length stories that follow in the Goshen Universe. You can access them all from the AO3 link, but there's a short, Goshen

*I've just noticed that there are line returns on the version on AO3. I've added a webpage version here for those who use a screen reader and get driven nuts by line breaks.*

Desire is Suffering by Darwin

18,000 Words

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Scully makes a difficult decision which forever alters her life, her career, and her relationship with Mulder.

Scully out-ditches Mulder in this one, leaving him with some major separation anxiety.  Sweet angst in Darwin's first XF fanfic.

Maybe I’m Amazed by Abracadabra

14,000 Words

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New Year’s Eve redux. (post Millennium)

I'm sorry I am very late uploading today's fic. I just couldn't decide what to upload. I'm 4 weeks into my medication holiday, and have the concentration of -- look a squirrel!  Seriously, I really wanted to post a story with a bit of an x-file and plot and so on, but I haven't been able to read much at all. Consequently, this is another smut indulgence.

I try to add a little note into calibre after I've read something to remind me of what the story was.  The note on this one was "a 14,000 word PWP". Upon re-reading it, i can add that there is a small amount of plot, as Mulder asks Scully out on a date after their Millennium lip-lock, but the climax of the story, so to speak, is extremely lovingly crafted in great detail by Abracadabra.

There are 2 more hours of 2021 in my part of the world, so I will wish you all a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2022.  I can't make any promises as to uploads over the next couple of weeks given how much I struggled today, but I will try. 🙂

 

Christmas Beginning & New Year’s Slowly by Diehard

10,000 Words

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Christmas Beginning: What were those presents, and how did Christmas Day shape up for out two heroes?

New Year's Slowly: After letting the cat out of the bag, Mulder and Scully spend the week between Christmas and New Year’s together.

Post-eps for How the Ghosts Stole Christmas.

Continuing with the Christmas theme, here's some Diehard.  Season 6, post HTGSC, Bill Scully Jr gives his sister grief about a certain partner, causing Scully to leave and return to said partner. Tried and tested plot with tried and tested results. 😉

Familiar Heart, A by Mish

72,000+ Words

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The Best Years of our Lives meets Magnificent Obsession Mulder and Scully style.  An alternative universe story, set in the 1940s.

This includes the sequel, An Unchanged Soul, which actually brings the word count up to 203,000 words.  This second story is unfinished, so it's up to you whether you embark on the extra 130,000 words knowing that there will be no ultimate resolution.

I don't usually read alternate universe stories, but I started this one without realising and had to keep reading.

This one had enough tension to keep me hooked the whole way. I've included the incomplete sequel. Mish tended to write a lot of stories at the same time, and consequently there are quite a few of hers that were never completed.  I was tossing up whether to include this story here due to the disappointment when I found the sequel wasn't complete, but the original story is worthwhile. You can decide for yourself whether to keep reading.

Santa-Faction Stories by Susanne Barringer

9,500 Words

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Can't Get No Santa-Faction: Holiday fluff. For Christmas, Mulder gets what he asked for, but not what he expected.

Santa-Faction Guaranteed: Mulder goes to Scully's on Christmas Eve and tries again with the Christmas present.

 

 

This is a second Christmas Day release. Releases have happened outside the normal M-W-F this week, so make sure you check the latest releases page to be sure you haven't missed anything.

I certainly hope those of you with religious leanings are up to date with your church/synagogue/mosque/mass etc attendance before you read this year's seasonal selection of smut. Alternatively, you can always try for forgiveness after the fact.

Blue Christmas by Plausible Deniability

4,400 Words

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'Tis the night before Christmas, and Scully's holiday is turning out a little differently than she expected.

!CW: Potentially dubcon if you believe there was an external influence at play

Merry Christmas. PD's gift to us all is some smut, with a case file as a bit of an excuse.

My family Festivus celebration just got cancelled thanks to my sister being in isolation as a close covid contact, so I may have time to add some more later, particularly since this is only a short one...

Whatever it Takes by DanaK35

11,000 Words

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A year after Emily's "death", Scully gets a strange phone call … and must make a decision

 

Scully decides that she's prepared to do whatever it takes to make sure she doesn't miss her last chance. I love a strong Scully who decides she's not going to tolerate Mulder's crap and just goes for what she wants. She should know that Mulder's lost without her.

This one actually has some plot to it, and covers a few holidays as Scully determines her own future.

X-Files Christmas (An) by Fatcat

14,500 Words

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Scully and Mulder are trying to make it back to DC for Christmas, but the most unexpected thing happens.

When Mulder and Scully were unable to get a flight back to DC, they set off by car. Who could possibly have imagined that they'd be sidelined by the weather, and forced to stay in the only room available?

Some slightly fluffy, slightly mushy, and more than slightly tropey Christmas fic from Fatcat.

Angel Scully Works Her Magic by Hindy Z Bradley

4,100 Words

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'Tis the night before Christmas, and Scully's holiday is turning out a little differently than she expected.

Just a quick one. I'd been itching to use the image of Mulder and Scully in their Christmas Sweaters and finally got the chance.

This one has no bothersome plot to worry about. They're just keeping each other company on a lonely Christmas Eve once again.

This is another one where the author references another story in the foreword. I'm not going to make a mess attempting to post the other fic right now. You can find "Snow Under the Tree" by XF Truth here. It's not necessary to read it to know what's happening here.

Mistletoe by A N Turkington

16,000 Words

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“So why do we get dragged to the First Annual FBI Christmas Party? And might I add what a dumb idea that is in the first place. Formal dress, black tie, a bunch of boring federal agents pretending to be interesting for a night. And very convenient, about a hundred of us all in one place. Hope they haven’t received any bomb threats.”

Oh dear. I'm so scatterbrained right now I shouldn't even be allowed on the internet without supervision. This is my brain without drugs. 😀 I am persisting though,  otherwise there'd be no updates until at least mid-January when I start taking my new medication. Wash out periods suck.

Anyhoo, the foreword of this fic mentions Fire and Ice by Jennifer Stoy. I quickly posted it here last night, then just now realised that it's already included in Shippers Digest 6: FBI Ball edition. I'm removing the standalone version, because there's no point having it here twice. However, I'll keep the html version of Fire and Ice here for easy reference, should you be curious.

This is a very early example of smutty MSR, written in 1995. It starts with the ever-popular FBI Ball trope before Scully takes Mulder to a cabin in a ski resort area to avoid being alone for Christmas. There's a little angst mixed in as roughage. Enjoy.

Spin by Rachel Lee Arlington

11,000 Words

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Alcohol makes people do the strangest things ...

!dubcon (both drunk)

This probably isn't the strangest thing I could think of making these particular people do. 😉  I admit that it's not a particularly original concept. But it is the festive season, so please enjoy some drunken party  shenanigans.

I've been very scatterbrained this week, and had a lot of trouble trying to decide which stories to upload. Then I kept forgetting which stories I'd prepared and did a few extra. Then I ended up posting a fic that wasn't specifically Christmas related as the first of the seasonal fics...  My loss of focus is your gain as long as I don't get too distracted again - I'll try to remember to post a couple of those accidental extra festive stories this week.

Soap and Eggs by EPurSeMouve

47,000 Words

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Soap And Eggs: A possible future. A might-have-been. A what-if. Or a "There but for the grace of God...."

Soap and Eggs II: An Ivory-White Christmas: A solitary Christmas in San Francisco, California.

Soap and Eggs III: A Grade-AA Valentine's Day: The stage is set for the final conclusion.

Soap and Eggs IV: Suds And Shells: Sometimes, it's hard to decide when to settle for life's leftovers.

*BONUS* Soap and Eggs Happy Ending : This doesn't officially exist. According to EPur "this isn't a part of the Soap and Eggs series. It's just me fooling around, describing on paper what kind of ending the sap in me always wanted." It was exclusive to EPur's website. If you want to remain true to the spirit of the series you can skip it, but if you're human you'll definitely want to read this.

!CW: character death (Not M or S).

If you're after a happy holiday story, look elsewhere!!!

EPurSeMouve stabs you in the heart with this one. Then twists the knife. Then rips it right out of your body and stomps on it. There is a band-aid for you at the end though.

This season 4 end-of-the-X-Files imagining isn't really a whole lot worse than what Chris Carter did to them after "The Truth". It always bothered me when I thought of how difficult their lives would be on the run. The only difference then was that at least they had each other. I'm going to stop now before I cry again. Just make sure you're in a safe place before reading this.

This was one I'd originally intended to release at Halloween, but I was out gallivanting around the country instead. Never mind, it's a late Halloween, almost-Christmas and early Valentine's story.

Heat by Spooky’s Girl

4,000 Words

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She had the power tonight.

I noticed as I added the fics for the rest of the week that there hasn't been as much smut as usual posted lately.  I decided to post this extra smut to make up for this.

This PWP from Spooky's Girl has a slight angsty jealousy bouquet. There's nothing about the /other tags to worry about.

I assure you that there's some good stuff on the horizon. 🙂

Tine Rua by Menagerie

74,000 Words

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Phoebe Green is back and Scully isn't having it. Phoebe tries to enlist Mulder's help with a case and gets the agents engtangled in an international crime.

!CW: Sexual assault on M

Phoebe seems to trigger Scully, no matter how hard she tries to rationalise it. Of course, anyone daring to hurt her Mulder will suffer the wrath of Scully.  Mulder and Scully are reluctant to take this case brought to them by Phoebe Green, especially when everyone involved in the case seems to have the worst timing.

Ghost of You (The) by Julie Fortune

10,500 Words

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A body fell from a great height.  But no one knows who it is or where it came from.

This is a truly magnificent work of fiction, featuring Pissy!Scully and SomewhatObliviousButTrying!Mulder. I guarantee that you'll want to read it more than once.

I've been meaning to post some Julie Fortune fics for so long that I was sure I'd already done so. Apparently not. This is a massive oversight that I'll have to make up for.

Snowed Inn : Winter by Abracadabra

130,000 Words

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Includes "She Wears It Well"

Snowed Inn: First in the Seasons Series. Mulder & Scully travel to a country Inn to help solve a murder. [Teens & Up]

She Wears it Well: Snowed Inn Universe - They're in a close, intimate relationship. A little window-shopping in Boston. You don't have to have read Snowed Inn to 'get' this one.  [Adults only]

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Mulder and Scully have to investigate a strange case in the snow, whilst coming to terms with their feelings for each other.

They've most certainly come to terms with that in the companion fic, She Wears It Well. Some intense heat, despite the cold weather. 😉

Dungeons and Demons by Spooky’s Girl

27,000 Words

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Mulder, Scully and three others are invited to stay in a castle for one night. Can they survive the demon that's inhabiting it?

I had a couple of little reservations with this one in the beginning, but once I remembered that plot holes are canon I was able to get right into it and enjoy it.

I have to give Spooky's Girl bonus points for the double ditch, double jealousy, Phoebe link, and for correctly referring to the elephant 'necropsy'.

I'm still running on empty here, but I'm trying to get things uploaded, even if it's a little late...

Legend of the Focáil-sidhe

200 Words

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And now for something completely different.  This is absolute silliness just for a laugh and some Halloween fun. We will return to the usual content shortly.

Mulder and Scully find themselves investigating a strange creature that causes them to find out what fate the root-beer really held.  Fill in the blanks to create your very own badfic.

(PS. The Focáil-sidhe is a total fabrication and no offense is intended towards the wonderful Celtic people and their legends.)

I haven't abandoned you all. I've had a bit of a rough time since I last uploaded, but I'm at home now and recovering and slowly getting back into the swing of things.

I just saw the date and realised I have to get some halloween fics read and uploaded, but in the meantime, this is something I prepared before I went away. I hope it gives you a laugh.

Reach + Sokol by Khyber

99,000 Words

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The Reach-Sokol series includes:

  • reach: Mulder and Scully are called off an X-file to an emergency assignment where they have some time alone together. Their reflections and thoughts about the events of the past year lead them both to make certain decisions…
  • day 17: The slipperier part of the seventeenth day of The Great Adventure. Two words—Tattoo Story. Erotica with character insight
  • day 19: Skinner discovers the agents’ relationship through a mysterious package.
  • eldorado bones: Old times and old friends.
  • sokol: A boy, a girl, a girl, a spaceship, and how things end.
  • day 51: Mulder and Scully have sex in the back of a Datsun 260Z… no, seriously, that’s it.
  • dancing skeleton day: Takes place at Christmas 1998, six months after “Reach” and “Sokol,”
  • terminus post quem: Whatever happened to…? Takes place in summer 2002, four years after “Reach” and “Sokol”.

Khyber takes our agents to some original and unique places. He also gives the partners a fun and adventurous sex life without overdoing it, with a few short smutfics interspersed with the main stories. The angst is also tempered with the kind of off-the-cuff snark that Mulder likes to make, and Scully sometimes adopts, and all the ingredients are there for a very entertaining series.

This one's a little large for a story page, but the other usual options are available.

I don't know who made the original covers, but they were originally posted in Khyber's part of alanna.net, but I hadn't seen them at khyberfic.net (this could just be a wayback machine archive issue.) I also spent an entire day making one myself before I realised there were pre-existing covers, so I'm going to include that one here too. 😀

Walking the Cage by Deborah Wells

49,500 Words

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A strange sequence of events are put into play after a heated argument between Mulder and Scully.

Scully is kidnapped again, and Mulder is forlorn, which makes for a happy reunion. A very happy reunion.

Boundless by Meredith

5,000 Words

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Under extreme emotional circumstances, no one’s actions are predictable.

This week's hump day fic isn't a straight PWP. Still, it's a shorter fic, with an angst that builds with increasing pressure until the release at the end.  It's a compact fic for those who like a side of pain with their MSR.

Hem Ben Ik by LiviaB

25,000 Words

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When no one is who they seem to be, whom do you trust?

Hot Damn is right. I don't remember coming across this fic before; I only went searching for it after I found a dustjacket for it and was intrigued. I'm glad I found it. I had no idea where it was coming from or heading to, and it totally really blew me sideways. Plus the flashback was one of the hottest "all things" fics I've ever read.

I'm disappointed that I found no more of this would-be series, but even the note at the end that there was more planned was enough to allow me to smile, knowing it wasn't supposed to be the end of the story.

The dustjacket is from Livia's website so I'm assuming it's her art. Sorry if I butchered it a little in my compulsion to force all the cover art into a 3:4 ratio...

Stain of Purity by Nicknoc

42,000 Words

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Mulder and Scully investigate a series of abductions.

Another Scully-as-decoy story with all the accompanying Mulder!Protectiveness. Boundaries are pushed and then obliterated.  Another great fic from a fellow Aussie.

Puppets Trilogy by M Partous

54,000 Words

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Mulder, driven by a need to understand what really happened to his father, decides to head back to the silo (Piper Maru/Apocrypha) to find Alex Krycek, who he's convinced he heard crying out when he and Scully were there.

!CW: consent is freely given, but under circumstances that could be considered duress.

As stated in the author's notes, her wish was to explore the M/S relationship in a way that it "gives them a kind of mystical strength, one that frightens the powers that be, one that could actually help them in their quest for the truth"

Whilst their first time is under less than perfect circumstances, it connects them in a special way that continues through the challenges they face in the rest of the stories. I do have a special love for an early connection between our agents, and this one feels right for them.

Scene of the Crime by Donnilee

6,500 Words

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Mulder reacts to a Scully outfit and starts an emotional avalanche.

 

I'm a sucker for the decoy!Scully trope, and this fic is an all-time favourite. Mulder's tongue can't help itself when faced with Scully's under-dressed cleavage, and to be totally honest, even as a straight woman  I can appreciate the temptation that naked Scullyboobs would present.  Slight dubcon (but not unwanted) Mulder!tongue action.

Therapist by LiviaB

33,000 Words

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Mulder and Scully are on loan to the VCU, on the trail of a couple killer.

!Content Warning: M/S forced

This fic puts our agents into a situation where they are forced to make what they can of an otherwise unbearable situation, and in doing so strengthen their trust.  Livia treats them with love and compassion and has them come out on top as only Mulder and Scully can.

I often anguish over whether to publish an author's name where google can find it. It usually comes down to  how common the name is. I was on the fence with this one as so much fic comes up on google anyway, but I couldn't be sure that it wasn't a unique name, so I chose to be cautious. Whilst I've edited the name displayed on this site, it's still on the image where google can't see it, and in the downloadable documents.

However, I did find this entry in the urban dictionary that I found amusing and thought I'd share.

Freeze I & II by KRoch

5,200 Words

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Mulder and Scully struggle to keep warm overnight in their broken down car as they wait for help to arrive.

A very early proponent of "mind candy", KRoch, demonstrates that a sleeping bag is optional when it comes to keeping warm in this hump day smut.

Keeping it in the Family I & II by Gemma Kingsley

39,000 Words

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Keeping It in the Family: Believe the Lie, but how deep does the deceit run? What will Mulder and Scully do after Gethsemane and how is Bill Scully involved in all this?

Keeping It in the Family II: Even when on vacation in Hawaii and trying to adjust to their new relationship, Mulder and Scully find themselves investigating another case.

More Bill Jr angst for Scully, post Gethsemane. Poor Scully's been through the wringer lately in the fics I've uploaded. I'll have to give her some mindless smut next to make up for it.

Once again, Scully's family have been used against her, and Gemma is particularly cruel with her storyline. 😉   Fortunately Mulder has returned to life to keep her safe, and satisfied...

 

Swirling Water by Paradise

3,000 Words

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Scully takes a vacation half way across the country, Mulder finds her, and does what we've all been waiting for.

Pissy Scully takes time away from Mulder. Mulder can't handle it. Smut ensues.

I'm struggling a little to get back into posting after spending weeks wrangling software and attempted hackers. I still have some more stuff here to tidy up since the last wordpress update broke a few things, but I seriously need that vacation I was planning now. I wonder whether Mulder would follow me across the country if I just take off...

Anamorphosis by Eponine119

106,000 Words

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Assigned to find a horrifying serial murderer, Agent Scully discovers things about herself and her past that she never suspected.

Anamorphosis - Greek, to form anew. "the unfoldment of destinies follows ...upon the fall of outer circumstances...[a] substantial event was actually but a veil, a tissue of circumstance, conjured forth or the realization of a plot already formed." [Joseph Campbell, Creative Mythology]

!Numerous content warnings apply: child sexual abuse, recovered memories, rape (not described), suicidal ideations, dissociative disorder.

I know some of you like Scully!Torture, alongside Mulder!Caring of course, and Eponine119 certainly delivers in this one. She throws everything imaginable and worse at Scully in this story. Eponine does take some liberties with the Scully family, but they're entirely believable and usually make more sense than canon. If you like some pain with your MSR, this story will give you plenty of that.

Once upon a time there was a cover created by Mystic, but I can't get my hands on it. 🙁

Under the Influence by Ktblle

5,000 Words

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“If you stop, I promise I will fuck you within an inch of your life tonight.”

Note: Special stunt clones were used in this fic. Please don't try this yourself.  CW: Drunken shananigans.

A shoutout to the bartenders of DC who go above and beyond to ensure their drunken clientele make it home safely by calling a trusted colleague. Don't be expecting much more in the way of plot in this one. Your're welcome.

Complications Trilogy by Sarah Kiley

308,000 Words

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Complications: After Mulder is in a car accident, Scully continues her investigation in an effort to save him.

Second Chances: Four months after being arrested, Mulder breaks out of prison and seeks Scully's help in clearing his name. To do so, they must make a cross-country trip on the run from the law while Scully has second thoughts about marrying another man. Could this be Mulder and Scully's second chance?

Last Dance: Mulder's messing with something he shouldn't be.

This is an epic early story, beginning in Season 2, so it involves some characters  who never made it far into Season 3.  It's quite a complicated story, to match its name, as it involves time travel and parallel universes, which always make my head spin. It can get quite concerning MSR-wise at points, but you have to trust that they'll find a way.  But I admit to being very glad that an epilogue was added...

All covers are by Sarah.

Another cover for Complications, this one's from the Annex.

 

Rumor & Bartering Contentment by Beduini

11,000 Words

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Rumor: It started like many rumors do - in the ladies room on the sixth floor. This time it happened to be during the five-minute break between departmental speakers in the first quarterly review of the new Millennium.

Bartering Contentment: Turning fledgling physical intimacy into a relationship you can wear every day.

Two glorious stories from Beduini. Some Scully/Mulder violence is involved in our agents' first frenetic coming together.

We’re Married Now by Skinfull

60,000 Words

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Mulder and Scully go undercover as a married couple to infiltrate a cult in Arizona.

"Look, this was supposed to be a short fic for a 6k word count challenge, but here we are about 60k+ words later, and half way through it basically just turned to smutty smutty smuttness. The case is weak, please don't come here looking for resolution on a casefic. Its contrived, all the tropes, set up for sex. Sorry not Sorry. ¯_(ツ)_/¯"

Skinfull has been churning out novels recently; this is the only one I've had a chance to read so far, but she's an author who's been providing great content for 2 decades so head over to AO3 and read them all! 🙂

Full Moon by bugs

2,600 Words

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Bathed in the light of a full moon, Mulder discovers that we are all animals under our thin skins.

 

 

What better setting for some raw animal loving than after Alpha? OK, I could say that about any episode LOL.

Additional art by Bugs

Absolute Beginners by Diehard

43,000 Words

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Part of the Absolute Beginners series:

BOOK ONE: ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS

Our heroes finally decide to do the dirty deed. Sex, love, all the rest. What might have occurred before the last two thirds of Season 7.

BOOK TWO: BETTER WITH PRACTICE

Two Weeks after Book One.

BOOK THREE: COMES THE MORNING

Mulder and Scully have been together for about two weeks after the events in Absolute Beginners, and it’s now the day after the events in Better With Practice.

This is a binge-worthy classic from Diehard as our agents embark on a new relationship.

The images were all done by Circe Invidiosa for her website, which hosts a number of excellent authors, so I've set the web link to go there. You can admire all the work she's done getting her old website back up and running and the amount of effort she's put in, not just for her own fics, but for heaps of other fabulous authors.

Once you've finished reading this one, you can head to the sequel, "The Whole Catastrophe" in the series link.