Title: Caught in the act (or: Mulder, Scully and the Looney Tunes)(1/1)
Author: Tanja
E-mail address: tanyavoet@hotmail.com or xfshippers@writeme.com
Website: http:/www.angelfire.com/oh/xfshippers/index.html
Rating: PG, maybe a little R
Keywords: MSR, humor
Spoilers: none I can think of, unless you've never been in a Warner Bros 
store before *g*
Summary: Mulder walks into Scully's room one night and discovers a whole 
new side of his partner. Needless to say one thing leads to another. 

Disclaimer: Mulder, Scully and WB figures don't belong to me. I'm just 
using them in this story for fun. Please don't sue me for having some fun!

Author's notes: Sometimes inspiration for a new story seems to come at the 
weirdest times! Don't laugh, but this idea came when I was in one of the 
Warner Bros stores with my friend Traci, during my holiday in America. This 
story is for Traci, the idea was actually hers. Thanks for the idea, Traci 
and thanks for showing me around Washington, Philadelphia and New York, I 
had a wonderful time! It was great to finally meet you!

Joey thanks for beta reading!!!!!!

Caught in the act (or: Mulder, Scully and the Looney Tunes) (1/1)

It had been a long day for both of them. Actually, the whole week had been 
long and demanding. Skinner had sent them on a case in the middle of god 
knew where and to the dismay of both Mulder and Scully, it had taken a lot 
more time than they had expected (and hoped for) to solve the case. In the 
end they had managed to catch the bad guy and as soon as they were back at 
the hotel, Scully had called the airport to book the next flight home.

It must not have been her lucky day, because for some reason all flights to 
Washington were fully booked and they wouldn't be able to take a flight 
back home before tomorrow evening. Actually, she perfectly knew why they 
couldn't, after all who wouldn't want to get out of here?

With a sigh Scully hung up the phone and debated what she was going to do 
next. She decided that a nice warm bath might help to lighten her mood, 
after the week they had had a little relaxation wouldn't hurt! She walked 
to her suitcase, took out the towel/robe that she had once gotten from one 
of her friends, it had actually been meant as a joke. She had no idea why 
she had even brought it with her when she packed for the case, but it had 
ended up in her suitcase, so she might just as well use it now. She grabbed 
the matching slippers and made her way to the bathroom.

She already started to feel better the moment she stepped into the bath 
tub. Satisfied she lied down in the water, turned on her portable cd player 
and forgot about the rest of the world for a while.

At the same time Mulder was bored out of his mind in the room next to 
Scully's. He too was glad that the case was over, but at least it had given 
them something to do. He wondered if Scully had managed to book them on the 
next flight home, maybe he should check with her. Brightening with the idea 
of having an excuse to go to his partner's room, he got up from the bed and 
walked to the door that separated their rooms and opened it.

"Hey, Scully?" He called, before he walked into her room. He didn't get any 
reaction. "Scully?" He looked around, but didn't see her, he already 
started to panic when the door of the bathroom opened and his partner came 
out. She didn't immediately realize he was in the room, until she looked 
up. Her mouth opened and closed and went open again. She gaped at him in 
shock, she was sure she had locked the door before she took a bath, hadn't 
she?  

Mulder didn't say a word, he just stood there staring at her, his mouth 
wide open in shock. This had to be a joke, normally Scully was so …, well 
normal was the word he guessed. But he had never expected to see this side 
of her. So different, so … He couldn't seem to find the right word for it. 
It was just too weird. Suddenly realizing the absurdity of the whole 
situation he did in Scully's eyes the most inexcusable thing, he started to 
laugh. And once he started laughing, he didn't seem to be able to stop 
anymore either.

Looking at her partner, who obviously thought this was very funny, Scully 
came out of her shock. "Mulder!" She cried outraged.

But the same Mulder was still laughing too hard to be capable of saying 
anything right now. 

"Mulder, this isn't funny, get out!" Scully tried, without success. Mulder 
only laughed harder. She gave up and sank down on her bed, hoping that he 
would just stop laughing and go away. 

After a few minutes he finally stopped laughing, or at least tried. He 
almost started again when he saw her staring at him indignantly. She didn't 
seem to think that this was funny, but he couldn't help it, it was very 
funny to see his normally so straight and perfectly dressed partner coming 
out of the shower, wearing nothing more than a Tweety towel/robe, matching 
Sylvester slippers on her small feet. He could have imagined her wearing a 
lot of things, but just not this.

"I …, Scully, I … " He gasped, still laughing.

"Mulder, I don't know why you think this is so funny, but …" She said 
angry.

"I'm sorry, Scully. I didn't mean to laugh at you. It's just that this is 
…" He waved his hands in the air, trying to explain to her what he thought 
was so funny about all this.

"Is what?" She asked impatiently.

"A little different from what you normally wear?" He tried, cocking his 
head a little, a huge grin on his face.

"So? It's my own choice what I wear when I'm alone, isn't it? It's not my 
fault you walked in here unannounced!" She looked at him triumphantly, then 
realized that she had no idea why he had come to her room anyway. "What are 
you doing here anyway?"

"I erm …" In all the consternation Mulder had totally forgotten what he had 
come for in the first place. He looked at her and suddenly realized 
something completely different. The towel that Scully was wearing, was not 
only very funny, it was also very short. He tried his best not to stare, 
but he couldn't help it, the robe was really kind of short and therefore 
showing a large part of her legs.

"Mulder?" Scully was still waiting for his answer, her cheeks turned 
crimson when she realized that instead of laughing, he was now staring at 
her appreciatively. "Mulder!"

Oops, caught in the act. Mulder turned away guiltily, trying to focus on 
the question she had asked. "Oh I erm came here to ask you when we're 
leaving? Did you manage to get us on a flight for tomorrow morning?"

"No, I didn't. All flights were booked for tomorrow morning. We are leaving 
with the evening flight. Guess there are more people who want to get out of 
this place and I have to say I can't blame them." Suddenly she realized how 
comic the whole situation was. Poor Mulder, he had only come here to ask 
her when they were leaving. How was he supposed to know she would be 
walking around dressed like this? She started to laugh. 

Mulder looked at her confused. "Scully?"

"Yes, Mulder?" She said, grinning.

"Why are you laughing?"

"Because I just realized that this is kind of funny. I'm sorry, Mulder, you 
didn't do anything wrong. I guess I should have locked the door before I 
took a bath."

He grinned "Yeah, but then I wouldn't have known my partner turns into one 
of the Looney Tunes characters at night. Where did you get it anyway?"

She shrugged "Birthday joke from a friend, sometimes she has weird ideas of 
jokes."

"I think you, I erm mean it looks kind of cute." The comment left his mouth 
before he could stop himself.

"Cute?" She echoed, shocked because that was the last thing she had 
expected him to say. Though she had to admit, she did not dislike the idea 
that he thought she looked cute. 

"Erm … yeah, you know what Scully? I think it's time to go back to my own 
room now." He thought it better to leave, before he was going to say or do 
something he would really regret the next morning.

"No, wait!" Her small hand on his arm stopped him in the mid of his tracks.

"Scully?" He turned around, wondering what she wanted. When he looked at 
her, he knew. From being very funny the situation had changed into 
something completely different. Something of which he wasn't sure if they 
should stop it right here and now or go on with and see where they would 
end up. They were balancing on a very thin line, had been for a long time 
actually, without either of them ever realizing it until now. He wondered 
what would happen if they would stop balancing, which way would they go?

Scully didn't seem to know either, but it also looked like she didn't want 
or couldn't stop herself. "You think I'm cute?" She whispered. She told 
herself she shouldn't be asking this. She would regret asking the next 
morning, once she had found back her sanity. This was her partner for 
Christ sake! But she couldn't help it, she had to ask.

For a minute he didn't seem to know what to do next, then he decided he 
might as well be honest now. He had no idea where this was going, but until 
now he liked the way it was turning out. "Yes." He answered, his voice low, 
almost in a whisper.

"Oh." She paused for a moment, then. "Why?"

He shrugged "because you are, that's why."

"Cute enough to …?" She paused, not finishing what she really wanted to 
say. If she would, there would really be no way back.

Mulder leaned down on purpose, moving his face until he was only inches 
away from hers. "For what …?" He whispered teasingly.

Scully gave up, she was in over her head now anyway. She might as well go 
for all the way. "To do this." She said, before she moved in and kissed 
him. Her arms found their way around his neck and he deepened the kiss, in 
the mean time pulling her closer to him.

When they let go, he grinned and said. "Oh yeah, definitely. Hey Scully?"

"Yes?" She smiled, leaning against him.

"You think you could wear this outfit to work too?" He laughed. 
 
"Shut up Mulder, just kiss me." That was the last thing that was said for a 
long time.

THE END

Epilogue

She awoke because of the sun shining brightly outside. It took her a moment 
to realize where she was, then she sighed contented and a smile spread over 
her face. She looked down at Mulder, who was sleeping peacefully next to 
her. He suddenly seemed to notice she was looking, because he started to 
move and his eyes opened slowly, blinking against the bright sun.

"Hey beautiful." He whispered.

"Hi." She smiled back, then got distracted when the day light revealed 
something she hadn't seen last night.

"Mulder?"

"Yes?"

"I didn't know you were a Marvin the Martian fan?"

"Huh?" He asked, still half asleep. Not immediately realizing what she was 
talking about.

Scully just grinned and whispered "Nice boxers, Mulder."