The Cure (X-Files fanfiction)

Fanfiction
Title:	The Cure
Author(s):	Liza McGrath
Date(s):	1997
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Genre(s):	slash fanfiction
Fandom(s):	The X-Files
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External Links:	All Slash by Author: L-Z (MKRA)
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The Cure is a Mulder/Krycek series by Liza McGrath.

Series

• The Cure I - Gathering Strength 27K - Mulder/Krycek. A hunted Krycek returns to Washington after news of Mulder's death. Set after *Gethsemane*.
• The Cure II - Heaven 12K - Mulder/Krycek. Krycek reflects on a peaceful interlude in Russia.
• The Curee III - First Love 24K - Mulder/Krycek. In the middle of a long, cold and lonely winter, the last thing anyone needs is to feel second best. (20 September 1997)
• The Cure IV - St. Crispian's Day 46K - Mulder/Krycek. Krycek gets himself into a real mess and must rely on Mulder to get him out of it, practically and abstractly. (5 October 1997)
• The Cure V - Merry Christmas 97K flashnew.gif (2232 bytes) - Mulder/Krycek. Mulder and Krycek spend Christmas together. Sometimes you have to look back before you can move ahead.

Recs and Reviews

Jan here: This time I'd like to recommend a wonderful Mulder/Krycek series, one I think Chakotay/Paris fans would like particularly well, The Cure by Liza McGrath. At the moment the series is five (and a half) stories long, but Liza's working on the sixth one right now. I love all the stories so far, but I think my favorites are St. Crispian's Day (4) and Merry Christmas (5). The emotional power of these last two is simply incredible. These are romantic stories, and I love them for it, for the way Alex needs Mulder and the discovery that Mulder needs him just as much. Mulder and Krycek are one of my favorite couples, and the two characters are very dear to me individually as well, but in general this pairing saddens me deeply. I find it difficult to conceive of happiness for them, sometimes, a way to bring them together that is not ultimately destructive. Liza's stories acknowledge that sadness, yet they present the possiblity of redemption. Check them out.