Shadow Wife

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Fanfiction
Title: Shadow Wife
Author(s): Rachel Anton
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Genre(s): Doggett/Someone Who Isn't Scully (Pairing withheld at author's request)
Fandom(s): The X-Files
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Shadow Wife is an X-Files story by Rachel Anton.

Reactions and Reviews

The reason the second half of the pairing is withheld is for story purposes. Rachel says, and I think she's right, that it would ruin certain aspects of the story so I'm going to avoid as much as possible admitting who the woman in the story is. I will say it's het and as Rachel herself said. It's someone who isn't Scully. I remember when this story first came out, I was absolutely bowled over by it. To my recollection it is the first story of Rachel's I ever read and the rich detail and spot on characterizations amazed me. The story absolutely engrosses and pulls you in. It's a scenario you wouldn't but works like absolute gold.[1]

Why This Must Be Read: Because Rachel took a pairing that, as far as I know of, no one else ever even thought of, and made it work. Shouldn't that be answer enough? *g* [2]

John Doggett catches a beautiful woman breaking into his house on New Year's Eve, a woman who knows way more about him than he's comfortable with, but some instinct makes him trust her anyway. It's a pairing that, to my knowledge, no one else ever even dared, but Rachel made it work because her character's voices never faltered for a second.[3]

References

  1. ^ October 2004 rec at Crack Van
  2. ^ het reccers, October 2009
  3. ^ rec50, 2006