Title: Attic Distraction 
Author: OKayVal 
Author Email: okayval@yahoo.com 
Status: NEW - Standalone 
Size: 4k 
Rating: PG-13 
Archive at Gossamer: Yes to Gossamer/Ephemeral 
Category: Vignette , Romance, Humor 
Pairings: Mulder/Scully 
Spoilers: None 
Summary: Sequel to Compromise. Give and take and discovery. 
Disclaimer: Not mine. You know the drill.
Archive:  Honored; just tell me where.

Written for Haven's "Talk to Me Again" Challenge (elements at the
end); thanks, these are fun!

Thanks as ever to Tali for taking time from her own stories to
speed-beta!

**

"Sometimes I close my eyes and just pretend
That I'm back in the attic and I'm back in his arms
I can feel it tonight..."

--Ellen Foley, "Boys in the Attic"-- 

***

"OK, Scully, where do we start?"

"Good question, Mulder. Now I know why my mom was pestering me.
This attic is a mess."

"No worse than my father's basement, and I had to clean that out
by myself."

"Well, I'm glad you're here to help me---Mulder, what are you
doing?  Stop that!"

"I told you that this would be a great place to make out, so I
figured we could start there."

"Hands off.  We have work to do."

"Spoilsport.  You just wait, Scully."

"You want a place to start?  I think some of my things are over
there, in that dresser."

"Are there old clothes in there?"

"Probably."

"I hope that includes old lingerie, Scully. I want to find
something black and diaphanous for you to slip into."

"Sorry to disappoint you, Mulder, but if there are any of my old
nightgowns in there, they're probably flannel."

"You sure know how to burst a guy's bubble, Scully."

"You'll survive.  Why don't I start going through the dresser and
you can see what's in that box over there."

"Nice try, Scully, but you know you won't be able to keep me out
of your drawers...hey! What did you just throw at me?"

"I found what you wanted -one of my old nightgowns.  Maybe I'll
start wearing it to bed."

"Scully, if you wear this to bed, I may just go back to sleeping
on my couch."

"Good, then I won't have to listen to you snoring anymore."

"Admit it, you'd miss my snoring."

"Nobody within a two-mile radius could miss your snoring, Mulder.
Speaking of couches, that one I was talking about is over in the
corner."

"That thing? It's monstrous. That would never fit in my
apartment."

"It would if you got rid of some of your stuff."

"I thought the whole point of this afternoon was to get rid of
your stuff, Scully, not mine."

"Well, your apartment could use some cleaning, too."

"Don't change the subject. Today is all about you, Scully, and
when you will start taking your clothes off for me."

"Now you're the one changing the subject, Mulder.  What's in that
box?"

"Books. Do you want me to sort them for you?"

"Please."

***

"Mulder, I'm almost done with these dresser drawers.  Are you
just going to sit there and read all day?" 

"Are we on some sort of schedule?"

"No, but my mom really wants this stuff out of here and we
haven't even touched those boxes in the back."

"Relax, Scully. I'm here to help you. But there's time to get
down and dirty, too."

"Dirty being the operative word, Mulder. . .Mulder, did you hear
me?"

"Hey Scully, look what I found in this old textbook.  Roses.
There are four of them pressed between the pages."

"Let me see. Oh my."

"Who gave them to you?  You know how jealous I get. . . Scully? 
What's the matter?"

"Those roses were from my father. He gave them to me when I got
accepted to medical school.I--I'd forgotten all about them."

"Oh, Scully. Are you OK?"

"I'm fine, Mulder. It's a nice memory. Thank you for finding
this."

"Maybe you could frame them."

"No, I think I'm going to keep them in the book, just as they
are."

"For a scientist, you're pretty sentimental, Scully, you know
that?"

"I guess I am, Mulder."

"I'm sorry I never got to meet your father."

"Well right now I don't think he'd be very happy to meet you."

"Why do you say that?"

"Because you're up here in his attic putting the moves on his
daughter."

"I'm just standing here with my arms around you, what's wrong
with that?"

"Yes, but your hands are on my ass, Mulder."

"But you like them there, don't you?"

"You know I do."

"Now that's more like it, Scully.  Why don't we take a break and
go test out that couch.  Maybe you can convince me to take it
home."

"Why Mulder, I didn't realize you were so easy!"  

"If you let me take your shirt off, you'll see how easy I am."

"Like this?"

"Oh god.  Yes."

"I think I just figured out how to get this attic cleaned in
record time, Mulder."

Finis

Challenge elements:

600 words or less
Must be dialogue
Use the following words:
roses
monstrous
schedule
snoring
diaphanous

Feedback welcomed.  It's all good!




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