“Don’t start it without me,” you shouted from the kitchen.
“I would never!” Fox answered.
“That’s what you said last week and still you started it without me,” you said, placing a bowl of sunflower seeds on the table in front of the TV.
“I skipped the intro!”
“You started it without me.”
“Alright, fine. But see the TV isn’t even on yet.”
You sat down on your end of the couch, on Mulder’s left, pulling up your feet and balancing a bowl of blueberries on the armrest.
“Ready?” he asked.
“Ready!” you answered, flashing him a smile.
Watching Unsolved Mysteries together had been your thing since forever. It usually always went the same way. You wouldn’t be able to see each other for a few weeks, so you would get together on a Friday night, order food and binge all the episodes you had missed. Tonight wasn’t an exception. And while devouring a pizza, you made your way through two episodes.
You wouldn’t admit it to him, but you were getting pretty tired. Usually, you went on watching mysteries all night. During the actual episodes, you were both awfully quiet but it’s only because you knew what was coming next. You would spend several minutes exposing your own theories and, to be honest, arguing when it came to the supernatural. It’s not that you didn’t believe in aliens or ghosts, it would actually be pretty neat if they were real, but you just didn’t have enough proof. And Mulder was Mulder. But this week had been way too long and you could already feel your eyes getting heavy.
And so the episode started. And as soon as they said ‘unexplained lights above Michigan’ you knew it was going to be a good one, although the argument could get very heated. You both sat there really quietly and attentively listening to what was being said. You made mental notes of stuff that didn’t make sense to you and of any interrogations you had left.
As soon as the credits started, you turned to face Mulder on the couch, sitting with your legs crossed under you.
“You go first,” you said.
“You can’t say that wasn’t weird!” he said, “So many people seeing the same thing and there’s no explanation.”
“I’m not saying it wasn’t weird, but… I could be something else than aliens.”
“How?” he said almost offended.
“Government conspiring to hide stuff from the average citizens. Just because they don’t have a reasonable answer it doesn’t mean there isn’t one.”
“But you heard the guy from the National Weather Service…”
“He couldn’t explain what he saw on the radar but that doesn’t mean it’s unexplainable!”
“But he ruled out everything!” he said, raising his voice.
“Everything he could! His point of you was just one of many,” you said, matching his tone.
“Even then, 300 people reporting UFOs, that can’t be just a coincidence.”
“Have you heard of the Dancing Plague of 1518?”
“Wait, is that… is that the one argument you keep bringing back,” he said sarcastically.
“Ha, ha.”
“You know I won this one,” he said, looking at you softly.
“I guess…” you conceded.
The tension that had built up suddenly disappeared.
You took the now empty blueberry bowl and placed it on the table, before curling up by Mulder’s side. As you went to grab his arm, he wiggled it out and wrapped it around your shoulder. Your head dropped on his chest as he pulled you ever so slightly closer to him.
“Ready for the next one?” he asked.
“Yeah…” you mumbled.
“Long week?”
“Something like that…”
“We can watch something else if you want, your ghost lads?”
“Ghost… lads…?” you asked, looking up at him confused, “Oh, you mean the Ghoul boys!”
This man.
“Lads, boys same thing, no?”
“The Ghost Files season is already over, we’ve watched everything. But it’s fine Fox, just play the next one.”
“You’re sure?”
“Yeah,” you said softly, shifting so that you were sitting more comfortably by Mulder’s side.
Again, he pulled you closer to him, your head now resting on his shoulder.
“Okay, but be ready, there will be a quiz at the end,” he said jokingly.
“Yeah… right…”
He grabbed a blanket from his right, carefully wrapped it around you and kissed the top of your head.
“I’ll let you copy on me don’t worry.”
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Aliens Are Here!
Mark x OC
Fluff, X-Files AU
WC: 1.3k
Fox Mulder : “We send those men up into space to unlock the doors of the universe, and we don’t even know what’s behind them.”
Seriously!
Mark Lee, maybe one of my besties, his Alien obsession aside, he's a nice guy.
"We are not alone"
"The truth is out there"
He sounds like a character straight from The X-Files.
"They change color".
"They look like reptiles".
Where does he find this stuff?
Tonight, apparently the UFO community is a buzz, sightings are cropping up in our vicinity and he wants us to investigate.
Yuta, who he has assured me many times, believes, is busy tonight.
Yeah right!
"Wear a suit"
Why do I have to wear a suit while hunting aliens?
"This guy! Well if nothing else I get to spend time with him" she thinks out loud.
●
After a bite to eat, caffeine fix, Lin, recalls Mark's arrival.
Dressed in a black suit, looking dapper, he excitedly gives details on tonight's happenings.
'Is he serious?'
"Come on, let's get going" he says as he rushes to the door.
Even the vehicle is black.
Feeling like she has joined ranks with Men in Black, Lin hops in the car.
Mark's voice brings her back to the present.
Usually he listens to music, but tonight, it's all alien chatter.
Nodding in agreement the occasional murmur of admiration.
Commenting on his vast knowledge of the subject, Mark's face lights up with a smile.
A strange humm fills the otherwise silent night, barring her companions' voice.
Dashboard lights flicker on and off.
The vehicle sputtering, the power slowly dying, then nothing.
The vehicle is dead.
Mark tries in vain, turning the key in the ignition, nothing!
A smile from ear to ear stretches across his face.
Now that the headlights no longer illuminate the road, she realizes how desolate and dark it is.
"Fuck! We are stuck out in the middle of nowhere!".
Mark reaches into his bag and grabs a can of spray paint.
As he jumps out of the car, "what are you doing?".
she watches in disbelief as he paints a X on the road.
Throwing the can back in the car, "we are gonna have to walk it".
"You got a flashlight?"
"Hmmm. …no"
"Never mind I came prepared"
Handing Lin a flashlight.
"There here!"
"Grab your stuff, let's go" he commands.
●
The road, a long, neverending stretch of bitumen, with every noise, Mark looks around hoping to see an alien lifeform.
"Animals" she mutters.
He will not be swayed, his determination fuelled by his stubbornness.
"My feet are killing me" she mutters.
Mile after mile they walk.
Suddenly on the horizon, flashing lights.
"Oh my Jesus" he yells as he takes off into a sprint.
"What the .."
Running after him.
●
Two Police cruisers, flashing their lights, block his path.
Not perturbed in the least.
He flashes an FBI badge.
"Special Agent Mark Lee, and my companion Lin".
Astounded, 'Omg he's gonna get us arrested!' Lin tells herself.
He proceeds to explain that their car broke down, and can he be of assistance?
"Since you're here, follow me".
The wooded slope, slippery, rustles with each footstep.
"Some wacko called in an UFO sighting, when we got here we found this".
The scorched earth, circular in pattern, covered a lot of ground.
Mark kneels down, feeling the soil with his fingertips, then reaches into his pocket.
'An evidence bag' what the…
As if he had years of experience he fills the bag with the soil and seals it, returning it to his pocket.
Asking pertinent questions, he listens and writes notes in his book.
Thanking them for their time, he enquired if they could kindly drive them back to their vehicle.
They do.
●
The vehicle turns over first go, "can you believe that" Mark yells.
"No".
"I was right! This is proof!" Patting his pocket.
In silence they drive each lost in their own thoughts.
Suddenly he screeches the brakes, squealing, making no sense.
"We lost nine minutes"
"Nine minutes"
Totally confused and her pulse beating rapidly, she merely nods.
"Nine minutes" he exclaims.
He starts the car and continues down the long dark road.
An exit sign.
Making the turn he explains the answers are in this town.
●
The town survives on visitors.
Not aliens but those chasing them.
The town's whole culture is alien based.
Even the Diner in which they now sit, aliens memorabilia everywhere.
Even the menu.
Hamburgers named after aliens.
The whole menu in fact is.
" Is the burger made of aliens?"
Lin asks innocently.
For her trouble she receives a kick under the table.
●
After the meal, Mark walks around the diner, flashing his FBI identification, "Special agent Mark Lee".
Asking question after question.
From a distant table a woman comments, "I don't trust that guy, something is odd about him".
Her male companion agrees.
Mark rejoins her at their table, recanting what he has learned.
Out of the corner of her eye, Lin notices a well dressed, attractive couple making their way to their table.
"Special agent Fox Mulder and my partner Special agent Dana Scully" as they proceed to show their badges.
'Fuck fuck fuck' Lin now believing they are about to be arrested.
"Mind if we join you" Mulder says as they sit down.
"What brings you to this town,"
"Looking for aliens?" Mulder questions.
Mark, who is bubbling with pure excitement, blurts out "yes we are".
Both Lin and Scully roll their eyes.
Mulder stares intently at Mark.
"We lost nine minutes," Mark blurts out.
Now this grabs the Agents attention.
Demanding to know where and when, with an authoritative tone, Mark answers all his questions.
"Have you ever been abducted?"
Mulder enquiries.
"No"
Mulder stands up, "show us where".
Mulder drives with Scully beside him, Mark and Lin occupy the backseats.
Once they arrive at the spot, the X is clearly visible.
Mulder whispers to Scully, "it's a hot spot of alien activity".
Mark goes on to explain the scorched earth further ahead.
Mulder, now clearly interested, jumps back in the car.
"Come on" he states in a raised voice.
The Police have long since left the scene, but the yellow tape, 'Do not cross' is everywhere.
Clearly marking the area.
Mulder and Mark are the first to reach the area.
Both staring in fascination.
Mulder bends down, his fingertips roaming over the scorched soil.
Reaching into is suit pocket, "damn it"
"Scully do have a evidence bag?"
Silently she hands him one, everyone watches as he fills the bag with the scorched soil.
"Evidence, Scully, proof positive!".
"Yes Mulder" she quietly answers.
"Now let's get you two back to your vehicle" Mulder states as he heads back to the car.
●
Mulder passes his card to Mark, "if you hear or see anything contact me".
Mark says he most certainly will.
With that Mulder and Scully disappear into the night.
"Wow can you believe it"
Mark's happiness overflowed.
"No" Lin answers honestly.
As they drive back to her place, He babbles constantly about aliens, FBI agents.
The headlights now in her driveway, Mark a hyper mess of conspiracies and Alien phenomenon.
"Coffee? Do you want to come in for coffee?" She asks.
"I would love that, but I can't"
"I have to write up my report and send to the UFO community"
"Raincheck"
He nods in agreement, his mind miles away.
She watches as he disappears into the night.
"Special agent Mark Lee" she chuckles.
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