Drabble #29
by Aloysia VirgataEmail: aloysia.virgata@yahoo.com
Category: Revival
For Dating Anon: This will probably destroy me, but can you write something about Scully dating during the revival?
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She goes on a couple of dates, just to see if she's even still capable. Just kicking the tires. A drug sales rep, a lawyer from the coffee shop. A radiologist from work who takes her to a piano bar. They're both too shy to sing, so they eat Mexican food and swap stories.
"I heard you worked for the FBI," he says. "That must have been pretty crazy."
Scully picks at the remains of her fish tacos, faking a laugh. "Crazy's a good word for it," she admits.
He asks what civilians always ask, the vulgar question that has the potential for such deliciously cheap thrills. "Ever have to shoot anybody?"
"Thankfully not," she lies, feeling distaste.
He's quite handsome, widowed by a car accident two years ago. Three motherless children smile from frames in his office. Great doctor, by all accounts. Their drinks arrive and he scoots closer. His breath is warm on her neck when he says, "I'm glad you came out tonight, Dana."
Scully can smell his cologne when he rests his hand between her shoulder blades. Loneliness breaks over her like a wave.