TITLE: Multitude of Stars AUTHOR: Erin M. Blair E-MAIL: eblair@sonic.net / erinmblair@gmail.com CLASSIFICATION: SRA--Story, Romance, Angst. CONTENT: Mulder/Scully Romance. RATING: PG DISTRIBUTION: OK to Gossamer, Ephemeral, MSR Fanfic Cheerleaders Archive. SPOILERS: This is Not Happening. Small spoilers from Closure, Requiem, Within, Without, and DeadAlive. SETTING: Season Eight. DISCLAIMER: Mulder and Scully belong to Chris Carter. FEEDBACK: Sure, as I treasure feedback. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks to Jen for beta reading this story for me. SUMMARY: Scully wanted Mulder back. ------------------------------------------ Multitude of Stars Written by: Erin M. Blair ------------------------------------------ She walked outside. She didn't know how she was going to find him. For months, the leads had led her nowhere -- until now. She wanted her own closure. She needed him back. He completed her, made her whole. He was the key to her heart. Without him, she felt like a boat without her anchor. She remembered everything they had done together. She wanted him alive, but there was a bottomless pit in her soul. She was so scared that she was going to find him dead. She looked up to see the multitude of stars in the sky. She smiled softly, reflecting on the last time she had stargazed. He had been with her. --- end --- Author's Notes: This story was born out of my numerous freewriting in my journal. I was intrigued by the themes in "Closure" and in "This is Not Happening," I wanted to write something that captured the heartache, the loss, and the hope that Scully was feeling. I truly enjoyed writing this story very much, and I would like to thank my beta reader, Jen, for looking over my rough drafts and my revisions. She's a wonderful beta reader. ~Erin M. Blair October 23, 2004