Mulder:
He was sleeping peacefully. In my bed. I had spent most of the afternoon clearing the room out. Now I didn't mind a bit because it seemed so absolutely right that he was sleeping in my bed.
I'd woken up a few minutes ago. I just wasn't used to sleeping long. I'd felt one moment of incredible dislocation. The only time I slept in a bed was when I was out on a case. But then I remembered and I looked to my side and he was there and everything was alright.
I sat up a bit in bed, stretching muscles that were a bit sort. It was a really good feeling. The movement must have disturbed Alex because when I looked down again, he was blinking up at me.
"Morning," I said.
He looked dubiously at the window and shook his head. Normally I wasn't much of a morning person. Didn't look like he was either.
"Close enough for morning sex?" I asked.
He perked up at that. Yes, it seemed he was as focused on the subject as I was. I suspected it was one thing that would always work with us.
What I had done was given us a chance. That didn't mean I wasn't scared. We were now free to try to make our own way. Knowing myself and, I think, knowing him, we probably wouldn't make it easy on ourselves. I'd never been very good at relationships but maybe after all the obstacles we had to overcome to get this chance, anything else would seem easy.
I kissed him languidly. His strong fingers slowly massaged my back. The best part about morning sex was that there was no hurry. He was naked. I was naked. There was no question where this was leading. And we had all morning.
I told him the truth: I hadn't forgotten the things he'd done. But the last couple of years, dark as they'd been, had done wonders for my priorities. Last night felt like a promise of all the possibility that lay between us as lovers. Now I was eager to fulfill a little bit more of that promise.
I also couldn't help but think of the wonderful possibility of a partnership of an entirely different kind, given the connections Alex had with those willing to resist what was coming. That was something else we were going to have to talk about soon.
I pulled him closer to me, luxuriating in the feel of the full lengths of our bodies aligned. He practically purred as I began to nuzzle down the line of his jaw. I felt his hand trail in a long caress down my shoulder, my spine, my buttocks, to catch the blanket laying across our thighs and throw it up over our heads. I couldn't help but giggle into his neck as it floated down over us.
I believe...we might just have a chance.
THE END
