John Fitzgerald Byers

Character
Name:	John Fitzgerald Byers
Occupation:
Relationships:	Melvin Frohike, Richard Langly - friends and colleagues
Fandom:	X-Files, Lone Gunmen
Other:	from left to right, Byers, Langly and Frokike in a 1997 illo of The Lone Gunmen by PJ from Mulder's Spooktown Cafe.
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John Fitzgerald Byers, is a character who first appeared in The X-Files, and later in a spinoff show called The Lone Gunmen.

The other two Lone Gunmen characters are Melvin Frohike and Richard Langly.

Fandom

Pairings

Slash 'canon' is all over the map. Everybody seems to universally agree that Byers is the total slashboy of the bunch, and he's usually paired up with Langly. In most L/B slash, Byers was the one who has the least experience with guys, and often tends to be the recipient of Langly's affections. Byers also tends not to be the one who initiates the relationship or the encounter, although that varies from author to author. I think it's just that Byers tends to be seen as the most emotionally sensitive of the three.

Example Fanworks

Fanfiction

• Friends by Te (1998) (Byers/Langly)
• The Messenger Series by Gizzie
• Well Kept Man 2, A: Armani Weekend, Friday by Mice (winner of a 2003 Spooky Awards/Spooky Awards 2003)
• Denial Redux by Amazon X (winner of a 2003 Spooky Awards/Spooky Awards 2003)
• some Krycek/Byers stories are at The Spike's Slash Page
• Ordinary Men are a series of Skinner/Byers stories by Halrloprillalar
• An Anecdotal Study on the Application of Memory Pertaining to Arousal in the Moderately Repressed Human Male by Teand (Byers/Mulder)
• One of the Byers by Alloway (sequel to All the Mulders)
• Doors of Perception by Mice and Lady Jaguar (Doggett/Byers) (2005)

Fanart

• For those who couldn't picture it before... (Byers/Langly)

Meta

• What do I need to know to write Lone Gunmen fic? by Erynn (April 18, 2001)