Title: I won't
Author: Humbug
Category: MSR
Rating: PG
Spoilers: none
Summary: Mulder, Scully and some little light-heated fun
Archive: Anywhere but please ask first.
Author's comment: What can I say? I just love M/S banter!
Email me: Humbug1122@vmail.virgin.com

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I won't
By Humbug
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"I was not pulling a face!"

"You did! You sort of did this," Scully stopped mid-stride in the
corridor of her apartment block and tried to imitate the odd
expression that Mulder had made a few hours earlier.

"I did not!" Mulder cried through his laughter. "I don't even know how
to make my eyes do that!" He placed the baseball cap upon her head,
blushing slightly and turned to look at the bat in his hand. Scully
pulled the cap down and grinned back as they began walking again.

They had spent much of the afternoon in the park practising their
baseball, being surrounded by kids and ended up playing a game. And
now, since they'd left, all they had done was argue playfully like
teenagers.

"How do you make your eyes do that?!" Mulder suddenly asked as they
rounded the corner towards her door.

"I don't know-"

"And your little 'roly eye' thing you do whenever I say something
remarkably intelligent?" Scully scoffed and gently whacked him on the
arm with the baseball glove. "Hey!"

"Intelligent, Mulder?" She raised her eyebrows. "Don't you mean
insane?"

A moment passed as they both stared at each other, willing the other
to break. Scully bit her bottom lip in attempt to stop the laughter,
but it was no good. The laughter came rolling out uncontrollably and
she brought a hand up to cover her mouth.

"Right! That's it!" Mulder dropped the bat on the floor and
immediately began tickling Scully. Letting out a yelp, she squirmed in
his grasp, the cap falling off of her head and onto the floor.

"Stop it! Mulder stop it!" She banged her fists against his arms and
back but her inane giggles took away all her strength and she was left
defenceless against Mulder's muscular frame.

"Never!" Mulder cried. He reached around her waist, picking her up
from the ground and thrust her over his shoulder.

"Mulder!" Scully cried. But she'd given up fighting him and just went
with it, her raucous laughter echoing down the hall as he ran to her
door.  "Mulder, put me down!" Mulder froze. His feet rooted to the
spot as the smile on his face changed to shock. "Mulder?" Scully
called out. Her laughter had subsided; Mulder's sudden action quelling
it for now, but a smile was clearly detectable in her voice as she
spoke.

He lowered her to the ground almost mechanically, her feet standing
before his and her eyes glued to his. Mulder swallowed, unable to
answer the silent question in her eyes and placing his hands on her
shoulders, span her round to see exactly what he saw before him. There
staring back at her, were another pair of equally shocked eyes.

Scully suddenly felt incredibly conscious of herself leaning back
against Mulder and stood up straight, his hands also dropping from her
shoulders and down to his sides. They both coughed, simultaneously
clearing their throats - they had some explaining to do.

"We were just...."

"...Just...." Mulder jabbed his thumb back behind him as if it would
give some sort of explanation. Oddly enough Scully did the same.

"...Playing..."

"Baseball." Mulder mumbled finally. Clearing his throat obviously was
never going to make a difference.

Maggie just smiled and nodded. "I see. Would you mind if I steal my
daughter for a few moments?" She asked looking solely at Mulder.

"No," Mulder shook his head and he forced out the words. "No, you go
ahead.  I'll just..." He pointed a finger back at the baseball cap and
bat discarded upon the floor further down the corridor, and began
walking back.

With cheeks as bright as her hair, Scully unlocked her front door and
let her and her mother in.

"Dana?" Maggie said just as Mulder was out of earshot. Scully looked
up into her mother's eyes, too embarrassed to reply. "Don't ever tell
me that you and Fox are just friends." Though her voice was clear and
strong, there was no mistaking the smile on her lips.

Scully shook her head, almost in disbelief - she should have known
that she couldn't keep the truth from her mother for long. A grin
broke across her face and she gave her mom a big warm hug. "I wont."