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Crime scene.
She hesitates.
Stark has been a criminal investigator, in some form or another, for fourteen years. She's seen some truly amazing things, and some truly horrifying ones, but she always keeps going. At least until this moment: her first X-File as the primary investigator.
The first without Mulder and Scully.
It's down to them now, to her and to John, and that hasn't quite sunk in yet. It feels disturbingly improper. The X-Files are Mulder and Scully's life's work, the thing that they believe in, have risked everything for. Stark has the utmost respect for the both of them, having worked by their side for a year now, and it doesn't feel like her place. Even though she knows she has the blessing of her former colleagues, she's still intimidated by the legacy they've left behind.
Will she make them proud? Will it be enough?
"Stark, are you okay?" John's voice interrupts her self-loathing train of thought, his hand on her back making her jump slightly. She nods a little, hand lifting the yellow crime scene tape, swallowing down the lump in her throat.
"Yeah, John. I'm fine."
Muse: Stark Patrick
Fandom: The X-Files (OC)
Words: 188
She hesitates.
Stark has been a criminal investigator, in some form or another, for fourteen years. She's seen some truly amazing things, and some truly horrifying ones, but she always keeps going. At least until this moment: her first X-File as the primary investigator.
The first without Mulder and Scully.
It's down to them now, to her and to John, and that hasn't quite sunk in yet. It feels disturbingly improper. The X-Files are Mulder and Scully's life's work, the thing that they believe in, have risked everything for. Stark has the utmost respect for the both of them, having worked by their side for a year now, and it doesn't feel like her place. Even though she knows she has the blessing of her former colleagues, she's still intimidated by the legacy they've left behind.
Will she make them proud? Will it be enough?
"Stark, are you okay?" John's voice interrupts her self-loathing train of thought, his hand on her back making her jump slightly. She nods a little, hand lifting the yellow crime scene tape, swallowing down the lump in her throat.
"Yeah, John. I'm fine."
Muse: Stark Patrick
Fandom: The X-Files (OC)
Words: 188