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In this canon-divergent reimagining of Season 8, Mulder’s return marks the beginning of a painful and complex reckoning.
The world he knew has changed—his work has moved on without him, and Scully, now seven months pregnant, stands before him both familiar and achingly distant. Haunted by PTSD and unable to process the trauma of his abduction, Mulder retreats inward, struggling to find his place in a life that no longer feels like his own.
For Scully, his return is a miracle shadowed by heartbreak. She is overjoyed he's alive, but his emotional distance deepens the loneliness she endured during his disappearance. As both grapple with grief, change, and unspoken fears, they must learn to navigate this new chapter together—where patience, healing, and love will be their only way back to each other.
Note: This reimagining of Season 8, offers an alternative path in which Mulder’s emotional distance is explored with greater nuance—granting him the space to confront his trauma and better understand the weight of his experiences. At the same time, it allows Scully to articulate her own heartache and find validation in the profound grief she endured during his abduction, presumed death, and eventual return.
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07 May 2025
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Mulder is back from the dead. Scully hoped this would be the end of her grief, that everything would be okay. But nothing is ever quite that simple, and navigating their way into the future is still no easy task.
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09 Apr 2025
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Plagued by dreams that give him only bits and pieces of his birth mother's life from day to day, William Scully III is thrust into direct contact with her by chance. Now he has to decide if he should reveal to her just who he really is or hide behind a false name and identity to get to know his birth parents. Little does he know that this, like so many things in his life, won't be that easy.
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16 Feb 2025
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Part three of the "pocket guts" trilogy. Mulder and Scully have a lot to do to fix their relationship before it even begins.
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- Part 3 of tend the wound
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17 Dec 2024
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something so tender (i can't explain) by incalculablepower
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
11 Feb 2023
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Is this the moment?
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