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[chalkboxkid]

TITLE: In the Breach
AUTHOR: Frey
GENRE: MSR, XF2-fic
RATING: PG-13 (language, fuzzy-lens sex)
FEEDBACK: Yes, please! Here, or at oldkasperl[at]hotmail.com
SPOILERS: All the important stuff is sheer speculation. The new trailer, when it shows up in a few weeks, will probably Joss me, but oh well!
SUMMARY: I can't wait for the movie.

Comments

[outintherain]

I was thinking that didn't sound like any readings I knew!

The beta in me wants to point out the smallest of spelling mistakes; at the beginning of the first bedroom scene it says breatbone instead of breastbone :)

This is really sweet... I like speculation fic, I think this is only the second or third that I've read.. since I am rather wary of them.

For me, this slots so well into the various spoilers and speculation that I've encountered. If there's such a thing a speculation canon, then this will be mine! ;)

"It's easy to want to give everything up, just to keep them from taking it."

Oh ouch... so achingly them...

[frey_at_last]

Aha, thanks! I nabbed it. If you saw anything else, feel free to let me know! I'd written parts of this a few days ago, but it was mostly a wee-hours-of-the-morning adventure.

As I said to someone below, I tried to incorporate the spoilery-stuff that I did know without making it obvious, so that people could read it and not know the difference. But keeping the speculation as "real" as possible was also extra fun.

Thanks again for your feedback, I appreciate it!

[thelittlespy]

I'm feeling wordy today, plus I have to do some Friday e-mail correspondence catching up, anyway. So I'm going to e-mail you instead of leaving a stupidly long comment here!

But so you have an idea of what's coming, I'll just say I feel about this the way George Michael feels about the French: "I like the way you think."

[thelittlespy]

LJ e-mail bounced it back to me, boo. Can I send it to your Hotmail account that's listed as the final destination on the "it didn't work" response?

[frey_at_last]

Oh yeah, please! :D

[thelittlespy]

Done and done.

[dashakay]

Oh my goodness. There is some lovely use of language in this story:

She would step into a quiet corner of the hospital and let his voice seep into her with its warmth.

"It's my mountain man look."

"It's your sasquatch-sighting look."

She was rewarded with a genuine chuckle. "Always the rational explanation."

She'd stepped closer to him and watched until he met her eyes. "It's easy to want to give everything up, just to keep them from taking it."

This was very real, very adult, and very in character.

You shouldn't worry to much about being Jossed by the preview (or would that be Chrissed?) because you were able to keep the details vague enough that the story can be stretched to fit a lot of different scenarios.

[frey_at_last]

Thank you! "Adult" is really good to hear! I don't write enough to have an ear for when they come out talking like me, instead of 40-somethings.

I tried to keep it vague - mostly because I didn't want to try and think hard about things like plot or their real situation, hee! I'm glad if it works!

[maidenjedi]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This. Was. So. AWESOME.

I'm really blown away, from start to finish. You captured a battle-weary Scully and a restless Mulder so well. And I loved him going to Mass with her. (incidentally, lovely use of the Psalms there)

[frey_at_last]

Thank you!! I'm thrilled you liked it, since it was partly your XF2-speculations that got me juicing.

I'm really interested to see where they're taking the religious angle, and how far it crosses over from plot to character-stuff. I think Mulder's interest (or lack of interest) in Scully's religious life made sense in terms of where they were in the series, but it has to be different when they're cohabitating/married and not just partners. (If they are cohabitating.) Buuut, I probably shouldn't get my hopes up.

[inlaterdays]

Dude halp I loved this.

He smelled like outdoors

Yay! I always imagine Mulder smelling that way. And the "Kiss Me, I'm Cryptid" apron is a fabulous detail.

Smart, sweet, and funny.

[frey_at_last]

Yay, thank you! :D I'm glad you enjoyed.