Title: Did you just say the H-word? 
Author: Dancing Devil 
E-mail: devildancing@hotmail.com 
Rating: PG 
Category: MSR 
Spoilers: none Keywords: Mulder/Scully romance
 Summery: Response to a fanfic challenge. Mulder and Scully have an intense conversation during a case. 
In the middle Mulder calls Scully honey by accident. How does he explain that? 
Disclaimer: I donīt own any of the characters in this story. They belong to CC and 1013. 
Authorīs notes: This is the first time ever that Iīve responded to a fanfic challenge, and the first time 
Iīve written a piece this fluffy, so I hope I did ok:) 

Feedback: Please, tell me if I sucked or what; 
Archive: Anywhere, just let me know 
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Scully was sitting on the bed in Mulderīs motel room, going over her case notes. It was a hard case and they had 
trouble working out a good theory. Well actually Mulder had a theory, but it was so far out that Scully wouldnīt even 
consider buying it. There was just no way that girlīs death was caused by aliens. There was absolutely no evidence of that. 
They had already been arguing over it tonight and now Mulder had gone to get something for them to eat. While he was 
away Scully was determined to find the reason for the death of this girl. 

She was going through the x-rays when something caught her attention. The x-ray showed the girls heart and after looking 
very intense at it, Scully finally found the cause of death. A very small heartfailure, very easy to miss, but serious enough to kill 
someone if it wasnīt discovered and cured. Since the girl and her family was poor and lived on a farm far from civilisation she 
proparbly hadnīt seen a doctor very often. Scully wasnīt quite sure and sheīd have talk to one of the specialists in the hospital 
tomorrow, but it seemed like a good explanation. Now she just had to convince Mulder that this had nothing to do with aliens. 

She was almost finished writing her last notes when Mulder came in carrying their dinner. 

He didnīt even give himself time to put the bags down before he started speaking. "Scully I was thinking maybe this girl had 
some special implants that doesnīt show on x-rays, now if you...." 

Scully decided to cut him off before his story got too good. "Mulder listen, this has nothing to do with....." 

"No Scully I know it has, if you could just..." 

"Mulder this is insane thereīs no evidence of..." 

"Scully thereīs evidence all over, she..." 

"Mulder!" 

"No, honey, just please listen...." Scully was immidiately silenced. Not because of his arguments, but because of what 
she thought she heard him say. 

 

She was so caught up in her own thoughts that she didnīt hear a word of his explanation for the case. She found him staring at 
her, like sheīd just fallen from the moon. 

"Scully you didnīt hear a word of what I just said, right?" 

She blushed and looked away from him. "Well, eh.. no not really. What did you say?" 

"I said if you could just examine this girl..." 

"No Mulder I meant before that, what did you call me?" 

"I called you Scully". 

"No you didnīt, you called me 'honey.'" 

Now it was Mulderīs turn to blush. "Uh...ok... well, Iīm sorry". 

"Donīt be sorry Mulder, I liked it." 

"You did?" 

"Yes, Iīd just like to know why you did it?" 

"Because I wanted you to listen to me. I care a lot about you and it means a lot to me what you think about my theories, 
so I had to get you to listen". 

"Ok, but you didnīt have to call me 'honey' just to make me listen to you. I always listen to you". 

He sat down beside her and took her hand. "I know, but it felt right to call you that. Itīs a lot more personal than 'Scully', 
when I want to get your attention". 

Scully squeezed his hand gently. "Well, you could just call me Dana if you want". 

"Yeah, but 'honey' is much more suitable for the woman I love..." Scully was completely taken aback by his words. 

"What did you say?" 

"I said I love you, and I mean it. Iīve loved you since the day you walked into our office". Mulder leaned in and kissed away the tear that 
rolled down her cheek. "Donīt cry Scully, I didnīt mean to make you sad". 

Scully hugged him tight. "You didnīt, I'm just so happy". She pulled away and looked him in the eyes. "I love you too." 

Mulder kissed her lips gently and smiled at her. "Are you going to accept my alien theory now?" 

She laughed and hit him lightly on the shoulder. "No, but Iīm going to eat that dinner with you, eventhough itīs probably cold by now". 

He kissed her again and took her hand. "Come on honey, letīs eat". 

THE END 
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