omg okay I ALSO have the feeling that like post-IWTB Mulder, a Mulder who is actually going to a therapist and working on his mental health (I’m only on s5 so this knowledge of Mulder having mental health issues is strictly coming from fandom interactions), would get into cooking as a hobby, something to do with his hands but also as something that he knows he needs to learn how to do to take care of himself and once he goes through an entire cookbook cover to cover, he invites Scully over and cooks her something special (maybe one of her favorites that he learned for a moment like this) and she is mildly if not wildly impressed (and maybe they go a little crazy and kiss 👀)

SOBBING oh my god

That would be so?? Such a good therapy tactic for him too. Its practical, it takes skill and time and focus, it serves a propose. He can use it to provide for other people. He'd be a bit unsure about it at first, a little bit skeptical that it'll do anything for him, but the first time he makes something that Scully likes? oh boy it creates this burning passion in him to become quite literally the best cook she's ever known. He gets through everything and finds himself enjoying it immensely and when he's done with that? More cook books and even some baking thrown in. He makes her a birthday cake a year after his new hobby comes into his life and although it's small and the decoration is.... something. It's the best damn thing she's ever eaten and she makes a silly little comment about how she'd hire him every year to make her cake. And even though the comments silly she doesn't miss the way he grins to himself all giddy and pleased and proud of himself.