TITLE: Six Months: Peeling Onions, Omelettes, and Wedded Bliss
AUTHOR: Erin M. Blair
E-MAIL: eblair@sonic.net
CLASSIFICATION/CATEGORY: SRA--Story, Romance, Angst
CONTENT: Mulder/Scully Married.
RATING: PG
DISTRIBUTION/ARCHIVE STATEMENT: OK to Gossamer, Ephemeral,
EMXC, MSR Fanfic Cheerleaders, etc.  
AWARD ELIGIBILITY: Spookys 2004
SPOILERS: all things, Existence, and The Truth.
SETTING: Six months after The Truth
DATE: The first draft was on: January 25, 2004. This
story was finished on: January 26, 2004.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks to Jen for beta reading this. 
DISCLAIMER: Mulder and Scully belong to Chris Carter.
SUMMARY: Mulder and Scully talk about events in their life
while they're in the kitchen. 

**This was written in response for Haven's Talk to Me challenge. 
Challenge elements are written below.**
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Six Months: Peeling Onions, Omelettes, and Wedded Bliss
Written by: Erin M. Blair
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"Scully, you're Little Miss Sunshine today."

"Really?"

"Um, yes, you are."

"Oh, I was singing in the shower this morning, Mulder."

"Did you have to be so loud, Scully? I thought you were
trying out to be on American Idol."

"At least, I didn't hog the hot water. Really, Mulder. We've 
been living together for the past six months. We're
married."

"I know that. It's our..."

"Congratulations, Mulder! It's our six month wedding 
anniversary."

"Thanks, Scully. Let's hope we'll have more months of
bliss. I'm surprised we've made it through this long without
any mutants or alien conspiracies."

"Mulder, we're not even on the X-Files anymore. We
work at Quantico now."

"I know. It's just that I miss it. I'm glad Doggett
gave us our "I Want to Believe" poster."

"And I told you that it would look great in our
den in the attic." 

"Yeah, that musty smell reminded me of our
basement office."

"Our?"

"What now?"

"You never ordered a desk for me, Mulder."

"Scully, are you crying?"

"Um, no."

"Yes, you are! I'm sorry, Scully. I knew you
wanted a desk, but I was so scared that you'd
leave me. Or something." 

"I'm not crying, Mulder. Peeling Bermuda onions
will do that to you. Why don't you take over?"

"Sure. I love cooking with you."

"I know that, Mulder."

"They should sell these in the natural food aisle
as a great remedy for dry eyes."

"Mulder..."

"Really, Scully."

"How do you want your omelette?"

"With onions, bell peppers, cheese, and bacon."

"That sounds good. I think I'll have the same." 

"I think I heard Willliam."

"OK, I will check on him."

***

"Is he down for the count?"

"Yes, he is."

"That's good. I remember telling you that I'd
never seen you as a mother before. Now I have."

"Mulder...that's the sweetest thing you've ever said
to me. I'm touched."

"That goes without saying, Scully. You know how 
much I love you. I'm so glad we're together after 
everything we've been through."
 
"Mulder! You almost got your omelette on our
leather couch! Last time you did that, it was hard
for me to clean."

"Sorry, Scully."

"Next time you're going to clean it, Mulder. Seriously,
I'm glad that it took me a day of enlightment to see
the light about us."

"Hey, you could have been married to Daniel by now
and --- "

"Mulder..."

"What?"

"Daniel wasn't even in the running. You are."

"I'm glad, Scully. I'm glad you picked me."

--- the end --

Feedback: Sure, I love feedback. Send 
to: eblair@sonic.net

Author's Notes:

This was written in response to Haven's Talk to Me 
challenge. It has to be written completely in dialogue, and
in 500 words or less. However, you must use the following words:
sunshine, leather, congratulations, Bermuda onions, attic.

Since I had already been working on creative writing exercises
for my English 4B - Creative Writing course, I'd thought why not.
It would be easy. 

I certainly hope Mulder and Scully found some bliss after the events
of Season 9.