Alabaster Stones

[aloysiavirgata]

She hates the men for Emily, for long-lost Samantha Mulder, for her sister, and-most of all-for igniting this cold, consuming fire inside her. She feels a pang for the self-assured girl who went to Oregon, for her bad suits and worse hair. For all of the things she did not have to believe.

Scully smoothes her hand over the tangled blond bangs

Comments

[nehmet]

Quiet and powerful and haunting. Thank you.

[aloysiavirgata]

Oh, your icon. ♥

Thank you so much for your thoughts. I appreciate it.

[vegawriters]

WOW. This was heartbreaking and amazing all at once.

[aloysiavirgata]

It says things about the nature of this fandom that "heartbreaking" is such a compliment. *laugh*

I am much obliged.

[vegawriters]

It says things about the nature of this fandom that "heartbreaking" is such a compliment. *laugh*
It really does, doesn't it. LOL. But I think it takes a special caliber of fan and writer to stick with it all these years. :)

[trexphile]

I read it twice in a row. The first time, it felt like someone had punched me in the stomach. The second time, I cried.

I love it when a story can do this to me. Gorgeous work.

[aloysiavirgata]

Aw, thank you very much. I'm so glad you enjoyed my wretchedness. :D

[paigehunt]

Oh, this was gut-wrenchingly beautiful.

"She'd begged Mulder to plead her case at the hearing because Christ, he'd sold her on chasing down his fantasies for five years and assumed he could talk anyone into anything. There were wounds in his come-hither eyes that bled sincerity and she, by virtue of empirical study, had faith in their abilities. She noted that he referred to her as Miss Scully-not Doctor, not Special Agent-but made her into a feminine abstraction as he dropped his bombshell about how she had been violated. And she knew in that awful moment that on the most basic level, she wanted Emily because she was hers. Because she was owed. Because it wasn't fair for anyone else to take the reins of the girl's small and terrible life."

Powerful writing, the descriptions are exquisite - brava and it's wonderful to see you writing again.

[aloysiavirgata]

Many thanks to you for any number of reasons. I'm so glad you liked it, and I am so grateful to you for encouraging me to give it a go.

[sangria_lila]

Oh god, you make me appreciate just what a terrible arc Emily was. Previously I was just meh and chalked it down to Chris Carter being Chris Carter but oh, this hurts.

Fuck you, Chris Carter.

[aloysiavirgata]

That's...good, I think. *laugh*

Thank you, really. The Emily arc is so horrifying to me in ways that William isn't. William's story is heartwrenching but I at least feel like she had some control over her decisions. But here, nothing.

[sangria_lila]

Chris Carter just loves torturing Scully. Seriously, if it weren't for Gillian and David, I would have stopped watching the show at s3.