Games (X-Files story)

Fanfiction
Title:	Games
Author(s):	Lydia Bower
Date(s):	1996
Length:
Genre:	het
Fandom:	The X-Files
External Links:	online here and here
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Games is an X-Files story by Lydia Bower.

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Author's Notes

"This story takes its inspiration from TFWID but it doesn't contain a lot of spoilers or a lot of angst. It takes place months after the events depicted in TFWID. This is not a plot-driven story, but what I like to think of as a character study. All feedback is welcome (pleasepleasepleaseplease:)). If I get enough positive feedback, I may turn this sucker into a novelette! Be warned: future parts will drift from PG-13 into NC-17 territory."

Reactions and Reviews

Okay, I admit that I *liked* TFWID. On a purely visual level. Of course, the first time I saw it, I was not a shipper. Still though, there was the inane storyline - Mulder's soulmate was a wigged-out cult member? It didn't matter all that much to me, really - then I became a shipper. And gobbled up every piece of MSR fanfic I could get my hands on. "Games" was quite a surprise to me the first time I read it. It made total sense! After having had time to think about the Melissa Redell affair, Mulder realizes that she couldn't be his soulmate after all. Why? Because to accept it would mean that he could never have Scully. So he sets out to win his fair partner, in truly Mulderesque fashion. Great dialogue, scenes that set up the resolution perfectly, just a smidgen of angst and anger - then the payoff. Fabulous erotica aside, this fic contains one of the hottest first kisses I've ever read. Hoo-boy. And yes, the paper this is printed on is mighty thin - I think I'm up to at least 20 times by now. It was an effort to stop reading this just so I could write this summary!