Winter Was Warm
by Christine Leigh

Summary: 200 words, give or take.  This is for Sybil on her
birthday.
Rating: G
Category: MSR, V
Spoilers: None. 
Disclaimer: All characters are the products of Chris Carter. They
also belong to Ten-Thirteen Productions and the Fox Network. No
copyright infringement intended. 
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The winter he was gone the weather had been mild, but Scully had
shivered as she never had before, and wrapped herself in two
blankets just to sit on the couch and watch television.  She would
burn three-hour logs two at a time in her fireplace; she would boil
water and pour it into a coffee mug to hold, just to have something
to keep her fingers from going numb.  Neither of these efforts
worked.  She was five months into pregnancy and the thermostat
was turned to 75 degrees.  She had never felt colder.

*****

Mulder's hand rests on her hip, and she is sated and sleepy. *Hips
before hands.*  How many nights had that memory gotten her
through?  She no longer wonders how this life they've managed to
establish came about, as she used to do so much of the time during
their first months together.  It is.  What a mate she has; what a son
they have.    

William is asleep in his room and his three-year-old dreams are
happy ones, Scully hopes.  They've spared nothing in providing
their beloved little boy with the best life that they can give him.  It
isn't lavish, but it is solid and filled with love.  Tomorrow is a big
day.  They plan to tell William about his sister to be.  She thrills at
the thought of Mulder and her doing that.         

It is ten degrees by the thermometer on the porch, but winter is
warm this year.


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