Condoms (10/18)
by Lola

e-mail: lolabeegood@gmail.com

Time: Set during and post-The Truth.
Spoilers: Everything up to the end of the series.
Summary: Mulder hates condoms for more than the obvious reasons.
Overall Rating: NC-17

I do not own the characters.  I do not make any money from this.
Enjoy!

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Sitting at the counter of the bus terminal diner, Mulder glances 
up at the bus schedule on the monitor and notes that his bus is 
running on schedule.  He takes another sip of his strong black 
coffee and grins, he's happy he's finally in Georgia and happy 
there's only one more bus until he's back with Scully.  

He has slept very little on this journey and coffee is the only 
thing keeping him going.  He has been worried about Scully the 
entire time.  Worried she'll get caught.  Worried something will 
happen to her.  Cursing that they had to separate to make the 
journey to Georgia.  Mad that they will need to do it at least 
once more.  

"Another cup?" the waitress asks.

"Yeah, great" Mulder replies, snapped out of his thoughts.

"Where are you off to?" she asks obviously looking for conversation.

Mulder looks up at the monitor for a bus going in the opposite 
direction of his.

"Charleston" he answers.

"Oh, you've got a bit of a wait still" she says as she too looks 
at the monitor.

"Yeah, but it's the last rest I'll have for a while.  I don't mind."

"Why, what's waiting for you in Charleston?" she asks.

"My mother.  She's sick and I'm going there to take care of her."

"Oh, I'm so sorry" she responds with genuine sympathy "is it 
cancer?"

"Yeah" Mulder continues with the story "there's not much they 
can do."

She looks at him with a sad smile and goes to walk away then 
turns looking at him with something important she wants to share.

"I don't know why they can't come up with a cure for it.  You'd 
think that with all those smart scientists and billions of dollars 
being put into research, someone, somewhere, hasn't figured out 
a cure." 

"Yeah, I know what you mean" Mulder replies as he thinks back 
to Scully's attempt to get the cure for cancer.

They were standing in her apartment after her time away with CGB 
Spender.  They had just come back from finding the bare offices 
he used to lure Scully into the game.  She was indignant and 
pissed off.  She didn't want him there with her but he came 
inside anyways.

"He used you Scully." 

"I know, and I just feel sick about it" she said in a resigned 
voice as her shoulders sagged.

In an instant he crossed the room and wrapped her in his arms.   
He wanted to make her feel safe and loved.  Her head moved upwards 
and she kissed the underside of his chin.  As he bent his head 
down to look at her, she captured his lips with hers and kissed 
him intensely.  His hands immediately started to rub up and 
down her sides, un-tucking her shirt as they did.

"Mulder, maybe we shouldn't" she chuckled as he started to 
remove her shirt.

"Why not?" he half-heartedly asks as he cups her through her 
pants.  She is mute for a moment as he skillfully undoes her 
bra.

"Ahhhh, it's just that..."

"What?" he asks as his mouth finds her breast and he sucks 
hard on a nipple.  "I've missed you."

"Ohhh, Mulderrr" she gasps "you are..."

"Making you happy?" he asks as he undoes and drops her pants 
to the floor.  

He walks her underwear-clad body closer to the bed and drops 
his own pants in the process.

"Mulder" she says as she pushes him away slightly.

"Yes Scully?" he asks as he fingers her panties and starts to 
slide them down her hips.

"Mulder, stop!" she says forcefully.

His head jerks away from the shoulder that he was softly kissing 
and he looks her straight in the eye.

"Scully?" he asks confused.

"Mulder, if we are going to do this..." she stammers "you need to 
wear a condom for your own protection." 

Her head falls to her chest and Mulder is starring at the top of 
her hair utterly confused.

"What?" he asks.

"Mulder, while I was away with CGB..." she starts and then stops 
and looks at him with teary eyes.

"You slept with him!" Mulder reels as he pulls himself away from 
her.

"No...I mean...I don't know" she says as she steps toward him

"What do you mean Scully? You either did or you didn't" he says 
with anger as he runs a hand through his hair.

"Mulder, let me explain."

"This is the kind of explanation" he says as he reaches to yank 
up his jeans to cover his nudity "that I don't want to hear." 

"Mulder, stop!" she yells.

He stops doing up his pants and stands before her waiting for the 
woman in the blue lace panties to give him an explanation.

"I fell asleep in the car" she begins "I think he drugged me, 
actually.  When I woke up I was in my pajamas in a bed and it 
was morning.  I had no idea how I got there or what happened in 
those hours I was unconscious." 

"Oh, god, Scully" he says as he approaches her and places his hands 
on her shoulders to pull her into him.

"I...I...I don't think anything happened.  There was no evidence of 
any..." she falters and her voice breaks "there was no semen." 

"Oh, god" he exhales as he pulls her in tighter.

"I really don't think he did anything but until I get some blood 
work done I don't want to put you at any unnecessary risk" she 
cries into his chest.

"Scully, why didn't you say before?" he chokes out the words.

She sniffles into his chest.

"All I want to know right now is are you okay?"

She nods in response and he feels more tears slide their way down 
his chest and stomach.

"Mulder, I really don't think I was raped" she sputters "but all 
those missing hours...I need to know for sure before I do anything 
that could...could harm you as well." 

"I don't care about me Scully.  It's your health and safety I care 
about the most" he says as he lifts his shirt from the ground and 
pulls it over her head "we'll get through this together.  I promise."

"I know.  Thank you" she whimpers into his chest.

"What do you want to do now?  Do you want to go to the hospital?  
I will do whatever you ask."

"I want to go to bed Mulder.  I need sleep and I need to feel safe. 
I'll get blood work done in the morning."

"Then that's what we'll do" he replies as he unsteadily turns her 
towards the bed and pulls down her covers wrapping her in a cocoon.

That night Mulder sat up in bed with Scully's head on his lap.  He 
spent most of the night gently running his hands through her hair 
and thinking about how he was going to slowly dissect CGB Spender 
the next time he saw him.

"All boarding for Blairsville on platform 4" an announcement came 
over the loud speaker.

Mulder reached for his backpack stuffed with camping gear and 
dropped a five dollar bill on the counter.

He casually walked to Platform 4 and boarded the bus that would 
take him to Scully.  To his home.  Because that's how he always
thought of her.  No matter where they were, or what they were 
doing, he was home as long as he was with her.

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Continued in part 11