XF: The Work of An Instant By LibbyT

Story: The Work of An Instant Author: LibbyT Rating: GA Site link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/60481924 Read by: kristinsauter

Summary: Scully and Mulder attend a game night at the Gunmen’s lair, and change is in the air. Takes place sometime in season 7.

“She sips at her drink. She feels the burn of the vodka soda down her throat; she feels the pull of recklessness. It’s not the drink or the impulse alone that makes her swing; she’s felt this way plenty of times before, seen it in herself, reeled herself back in. The dance is familiar: a call, and an inevitable response; impulse and restraint the perfect twins. She’s not someone who doesn’t feel the pull of temptation, she’s just exceedingly good at resisting it. But tonight, somehow, her reserve and her discretion, which at times have felt painfully, almost punitively inexhaustible—even to her—have run out.

Maybe this is the moment that changes everything.”

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