TITLE:  Salvation by the Shore
AUTHOR: Erin M. Blair
E-MAIL: eblair@sonic.net  / erinmblair@gmail.com
FEEDBACK: Yes, please.
DISTRIBUTION: OK to Gossamer, Ephemeral, 
Fandomonium, Simply Devoted, and others.
RATING: NC-17.
CATEGORIES: SRA -- Story, Romance, Angst.
KEYWORDS: Mulder/Scully Romance.
SPOILERS: Drive.
DISCLAIMER: Mulder and Scully belongs to Chris
Carter. The rating "NC17" belongs to MPAA and is
used without prejudice. 
SUMMARY: After an exhausting impromptu case, Mulder
takes Scully to a romantic getaway in San Diego.
NOTES: I would like to thank both Lisa and Debbie
for beta reading this story. This story was written for
Fandomonium's Virtual Season Six Smut Challenge. 

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As Scully stood there watching the paramedics load the man 
into the ambulance, she noticed Mulder walking along the 
edge of the beach. She saw him taking off his tie and stop 
for the moment. She knew that Mulder was saddened by how 
their impromptu case had turned out. They wanted to be 
heroes. They wanted to try to show AD Kersh that they were 
good investigators - that there was so much more to them 
rather then have their skills wasted on manure duty. She 
walked up to him, her hand reaching out to touch the small 
of his back. "Mulder? Are you all right?"

"Just standing around after relieving myself," Mulder 
murmured quietly. "Driving thousand of miles nonstop would 
do that to you, Scully." He briefly paused as he turned 
around to face his partner. "About Crump?"

"We loaded Crump in the ambulance and they'll be taking him 
to the hospital. I told them about what I'd discovered and 
they're going to use extreme caution. They're going to run 
some tests after the body arrives at the coroner' office," 
Scully said.  

Mulder nodded wordlessly. 

"I'm sorry."

"Scully, you have nothing to apologize for."

"I need to apologize to you, Mulder. At first, I thought we 
shouldn't come out here, that we needed first and foremost 
to be good agents in whatever case we're given because we 
don't have the X-Files anymore." She paused. "I was 
confused because I didn't know where we stood after what 
happened."

Mulder sighed. "I think I know what you're trying to tell 
me."

"Do you really?"

"I think I do. You view Diana as a threat."

"Mulder, I don't view her as a threat."

"Are you sure, Scully? I could see the disappointment in 
your eyes when I chose her over you at the nuclear 
reactor," Mulder said, as he placed both hands on his hips. 
He looked into her crystalline blue eyes and he knew that 
he saw her soul. He had been with her for six long years 
now and he always knew what she was thinking before she 
even voiced it. "No, you didn't have to tell me. I already 
knew. When you came over with your findings, I saw the hurt 
in your eyes."

Scully looked over the gentle waves ebbing and flowing from 
the shore. She heard his voice in low pitch against the 
backdrop of the waves and nodded. "Mulder, I was hurt." She 
paused. "When I came to your apartment that day to tell 
about my resignation, I wondered why you tried to get me to 
stay."

"You complete me, Scully. You kept me honest. You're the 
reason behind everything that we've done for the past six 
years. You're my constant - my everlasting love. As I told 
you then, I owe you everything and you owe me nothing. 
Diana Fowley doesn't hold the key to my heart - you do."

"I'm the key to your heart, Mulder," Scully said as a smile 
played on her lips as she tried that revelation out for 
size in her head.

Mulder nodded. He raised his arms from his hips and then he 
slid them around her waist, his eyes never leaving her 
face. A smile appeared on his face for the first time that 
day. "It's always been you, Scully. I'm sorry for the pain 
that I've caused you."

"We still haven't really discussed what happened in that 
hallway, Mulder."

"I know," he whispered. "If the bee hadn't stung you, I 
would have still kissed you. And I would always want to 
kiss you."

"I didn't regret anything that day except for getting 
stung," she said. "It still worked out in retrospect, even 
if we didn't get the X-Files back. I wasn't transferred to 
the Salt Lake City field office. I think they finally 
realized that it would be better for us to be together, 
rather than separated."

"You know something, Scully? We have some time before we 
get back to DC. I wouldn't mind staying in San Diego for a 
few days," he said. 

"I wouldn't mind at all, Mulder." She paused. "Do you 
something in mind?"

"You'll see, Scully, but first I need your keys..."

Scully nodded. She handed her keys to her rental car since 
Mulder drove down all the way to Loleta in a stolen car. 
She placed her arm on his shoulder gently and gave him a 
smile. "I'm actually looking forward to this." 

***

Mulder took Scully to a secluded beach near the beach 
cottages and he quickly made reservations for a two-night 
stay. They breathed in the fresh sea breeze. She looked at 
him, smiling with fond memories of her time as a child by 
the shore. She loved him for making this trip out to be a 
positive and finally voiced her pleasure. "This is so 
beautiful. Being near the sea reminds me of my childhood. I 
always loved being near the crisp, clean air of the ocean." 

"I know, Scully." He gave her a gentle smile and then he 
put his hand on his favorite spot on her back. "I thought 
we needed some time away from everything. I want to get rid 
of that awkward feeling between us. This is what we 
needed."

He took her and showed her to their beach cottage. This was 
exactly what he had imagined for them on their romantic 
getaway. He saw her looking around at where they were going 
to spend the remainder of their time together and the place 
had all the conveniences of home: only one bed, a 
kitchenette, small table with two chairs, a bathroom, and a 
loveseat. "What do you think?"

"I think this cottage will be great for our purposes," she 
said, as a thoughtful glint appeared in her eyes.

"And what purposes do we have?"

"I thought you'd know, Mulder."

Mulder sighed. "I do know. I just want to make sure that's 
what we both wanted, that we're both finally on the same 
page."

"Mulder, did you think that I would back out? I wanted that 
kiss as much as you did," she insisted gently. "I would 
have made love to you right then if the bee hadn't stung 
me. I never regretted anything. I want you."

"You would have made love to me? In the hallway? That would 
have been very naughty, Scully."

"I would have made love to you in the hallway, Mulder, 
right then and there," she said, giving him some light 
kisses and then her hands delicately traveled close to his 
chest. "You would have folded like a flower." She paused. 
"Of course, I would have made love to you. You're the one 
that I want to be with. It's always been you."

Mulder's eyes welled with emotion. This was what he wanted 
to hear from her for so long - the knowledge that she loves 
him in her own individualistic way. He always felt the deep 
connection between the two of them, but this was the first 
time that she'd admitted to him how much she loves him. He 
put his arms around her and he leaned in for another kiss, 
pulling her close. "I never thought that we'd have this 
moment - together." He paused. "I need you in my life 
because I can't live without you in it."

Scully nodded. "I know exactly how you feel. I need you 
too." She felt his strong hands against the small of her 
back and it was even more meaningful since he hadn't 
touched her in this special way - their special way for so 
long. He'd touched her there twice since they came to the 
beach cottage and her smile deepened while she gazed into 
his hazel eyes. "I want this moment to last forever."

"Me too," he murmured. "Scully, I think we should." He 
kissed her again with a bit more fervor than the last. Each 
kiss became an invitation for their inevitable night of 
passion. Every time he came up for air, his voice became an 
excited murmur. "I... can't... wait... any... longer." He slid 
Scully's jacket off her shoulders and then he took off her 
shirt. Both of their eyes watch as the rest of her clothes 
fell gently on the floor. "I need you, Scully." 

Scully skillfully undid his trousers and it fell on the 
floor. She worked to undo the buttons on her favorite long 
sleeved blue Oxford shirt. She always loved how he always 
seemed to roll up his sleeves, exposing the fine hairs on 
his tanned arms and it always make her feel so aroused 
whenever he wore it. She fingered the shirt material held 
in her hands and she decided to tell him her secret. "Did I 
ever tell you how I love it when you wear this?"

"My blue shirt?" 

She nodded. "I've always loved it how it looks on you. You 
don't know how hard it was to hide that from you. I tried 
so hard to remain professional at the office." 

He grinned. "You love me in blue?"

"Oh yes, Mulder, I do."

He loved this admission from Scully; it seemed to him that 
all the secrets that they've been hiding from each other 
seemed to be coming out. He bent down to massage her body 
with a loving hand. He wanted to give her the most sensual 
massage that he'd ever given anyone.

"What you're doing to me feels so good," Scully moaned in 
deep pleasure. She felt his hands on her naked body and she 
sighed, never felt so relaxed in a long time. "Where did 
you learn this?"

Mulder smiled at her and his eyes were twinkling with 
delight at Scully's discovery of his own secret gift. 
"That's my big secret, Scully." He reached over to kiss her 
neck. He felt his cock harden and knew he needed to release 
that passion in him or spontaneously combust. "I need to be 
inside you now, Scully."

Scully nodded. "I want you too, Mulder." She felt him slip 
into her and a euphoric rush took her to an amazing high. When 
she felt his hardness throbbing inside her, she moaned 
deeply, enjoying the pleasure that he gave her at that 
precise moment. Each time he pushed harder and harder into 
her, she screamed his name repeatedly as she transversed 
into the deepest chambers of passion. Until they both cried 
their joy in unison, a realization that everything was 
leading to this.

This was the experience that Scully had always imagined 
when she first met him. She had always wondered what it 
would be like if they'd have taken this very step early in 
their relationship. There were times when she felt this 
orgasmic leap whenever she thought of him. And she knew now 
her instincts had been right all along.

"Scully," Mulder said in a breathless voice, "this is what 
I had always wanted. This is everything that I had always 
desired." He planted fevered kisses in a straight line from 
her stomach, to her neck, and then finally pressing to her 
lips while his hands gave her a deep massage. He wanted to 
be the man that she would never forget and never forget 
this experience. He maneuvered himself in a spooning 
position. All he wanted was to hold her in his arms, 
feeling the warmth of her body next to him.  

"Mulder, I was thinking of the same thing." She said, 
turning over to give him a kiss on his succulent lips.  

"You were?"

She nodded. Her voice lowered a notch through the intense 
feelings that coursed through her throughout the night. 
"You're everything that I've ever dreamed."

With that knowledge of the unity, their kisses sprinkled 
each other, like the droplets of water pouring down on the 
earth. Mulder realized the truth about their union -- their 
love would last forever. He saw Scully's smile at him and 
the knowledge that he had given her this joy that was 
flowing in her eyes. That was when he knew that everything 
would turn out fine for them. He wasn't sure what the 
reaction would be when they returned to DC, but a sense of 
power and belief flowed within him, like an energy current, 
as he kissed her again gently on her lips. He smiled at 
her, now longing to her touch once, to be one with her, 
seeing her now sleeping peacefully beside him. 

He leaned back on his pillow. His handsome features 
brightened up with a gorgeous smile. He knew there would be 
more kisses and a lifetime of new closeness in the morning 
for the both of them. 

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The End
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