Exhumation
by JET
eviljesemie@yahoo.com

Disclaimers: Not mine.  ::sniff::
Spoilers: No later than S4.  
155 Words, Missing scene.

February 2002

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She watches him, and waits.

Deteriorated stones, water, air and death: the dirt around the bones felt
warm, alive.  The forests are filled with girls and ghosts.  He has
scrubbed at his knuckles, the creases in his palms, the skin between his
fingers where stains remain, matching hers.

He opens the evidence bag and removes the filthy cloth. 

"Scully," he whispers.  Help me, he said.  The sorrow sticks in her
throat.  In his eyes is something neither of them will name.

He blinks, looks away.

"Do you think it's..." he starts, voice raw.

"We need to wait for the tests."

The child has been buried years and will never heal.

He shivers.     

A tear slips down her jaw and he reaches for her.  She meets him halfway,
her breath catching.  "Scully," he says and his eyelashes are wet and she
closes her fingers around his and her thumb gently strokes the heart in
his hands.

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end

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Because, you know, what's happier around Valentine's Day than a story
about disappeared siblings, discovered graves and unrequited love? 
::cough::

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