Title: A Clear Winter's Night 
Author: Susan 
E-mail: touchstone98@tx.rr.com 
Classification: vignette 
Episode: Millenium 
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Disclaimer: These characters belong to each 
other, not me. 
 
Summary: "It's not the medication that's 
making me feel dizzy, Scully." 
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A Clear Winter's Night 
by Susan 
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"How's your arm feeling?" she asked as they 
walked through the hospital doors and out into 
the cold late night air. 
 
"It stings a little, but it's okay," he replied, 
trying not to wince with each step he took. 
 
"Are you sure, Mulder? You don't look so good," 
she said, taking hold of his left arm and 
guiding him over to where her car was parked. 
 
"Well, I am feeling a little light-headed at 
the moment," he admitted. 
 
She opened the passenger door and helped him 
lower his body inside. "That's the pain 
medication, Mulder. It's starting to work." 
 
After closing his door, she walked around the 
front of the car, then got in and sat down 
beside him. His head was laying back against 
the head rest, and he was cradling his arm 
next to his stomach. 
 
"It's not the medication that's making me feel 
dizzy, Scully." 
 
She reached over and felt his forehead with the 
back of her hand, then lightly touched each of 
his cheeks. "You do feel kind of warm, Mulder. 
Certain medicines can cause some patients to 
develop a fever. That might be what's happening 
to you. We need to get you home." 
 
"I told you. It's not the medication that's 
making me feel this way. It's you...and that 
kiss," he said, smiling. 
 
"Mulder, you're delirious." 
 
He sat up straighter, then turned to face her. 
"No, I'd say things are clearer to me than 
they've ever been." 
 
"Mulder..." 
 
"I kissed you tonight because I wanted to wish 
you a Happy New Year, but I also wanted to let 
you know that it's okay, Scully." 
 
She looked away from him then, but he put his 
finger on her chin and gently turned her face 
back towards his. 
 
"It's okay for us to be more than partners...
that is, if you want us to be," he said so 
quietly she almost didn't hear him. 
 
"I...I don't know...what I want..." she said, 
nervously stumbling over her words. 
 
Leaning even closer to her, he brushed his 
fingers across her cheek and whispered, "I 
think you do." 
 
And then he kissed her for the second time 
that night, but unlike their earlier kiss, 
this one was filled with promises. 
 
And hope. 
 
"This is going to be our year, Scully," he 
said, his voice soft and breathless. "I can
feel it." 
 
And at that moment, she felt it too. 
 
Yes, it was the start of a new year tonight, 
but maybe, just maybe, it could also be a 
new start for them. 
 
Taking his hand in hers, she smiled and said, 
"I think you might be right." 
 
 
~end~ 
 

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Originally posted October 2001.