Summary
“Do you have a significant other?”
“Um, not in the widely understood definition of that term.”
Scully was his best friend. His work partner. His emergency contact. His dry cleaning buddy. She was significant to him in every way but one…
My notes
This is everything. I love the way they come together here. So naturally, so inevitably. Real, adult affection, the angst kept to a realistic minimum considering how long they’ve been best friends. Things have slowly evolved to both of their notice, until they just fluidly cross the last line.
I love how they can’t help but kiss each other sincerely when Scully asks if she can kiss Mulder in order to banish the demons of a recent case. He can’t help but respond to it because it’s her, and she’s everything to him… And likewise for her. Their unique little bubble of intensity is just so beautifully captured here.