Cupid’s Arrow
This is a little something that I wrote for the Valentine’s Day secret santa 2019. I wrote this for @icannotjustify (who unfortunately doesn’t have a tumblr). kudos to @gaycrouton for helping me with the fic and for organising this amazing event.
Summary: When a Cupid is making people go mad with love near Valentine’s Day, Mulder and Scully decide to go investigate. With only one room, one bed and a couple of arrows, this will be a Valentine’s Day they won’t forget.
read it on ao3 | Rating: M | Word Count: 4,303
Savannah, Georgia, February 13th– 12:00 AM
Savannah was a charming small town, the architecture was beautiful, and the weather was warmer than DC during the winter, a perfect location for a romantic trip for Valentine’s day, she would have found. Only she was there following Mulder on a case. Apparently, there had been sightings of a cupid there and it was making people go crazy with desire which often resulted in tragic endings.
It was all a bunch of bullshit, if he’d asked her, they wouldn’t even have gone there, she would rather have stayed in Washington, at her apartment, watching rom coms and drinking hot chocolate. And yet, there she was, waiting for Mulder to see if there was a room in that motel, which happened to be the third one they’d stopped by that day since all the others were completely booked because of Valentine’s day and that being such a popular location for couples to spend the holiday.
Scully’s thoughts were suddenly interrupted when she heard Mulder tapping on the window of the car. He motioned for her to follow him. Scully grabbed her things from the trunk and went inside the hotel. There was an old lady tending to the reception, her nameplate read Gladys. The whole place looked more like an inn than the usual roadside motel they stayed at and Scully felt a little happier because of that.
“Well, what a lovely couple you are.” Gladys smiled, “Looking forward to spending Valentine’s Day here in Jackson, I see. Well, I can—"
“Oh, no, ma'am, we are not a couple.” Scully said, irritated at Mulder, who hadn’t said anything to correct the woman.
“Oh, forgive her, she’s still not used to it,” Mulder laughed it off a little nervously, “She prefers the term partners.”
Scully rolled her eyes, clearly irritated.
“Well, partners, whatever you kids are calling it these days.” The old lady smiled, “You’re quite lucky, this is the last room we have, and one of the best.”
Mulder grabbed Scully by the waist and pulled her closer to make it look like they really were a couple, “Thank you, ma’am, we’ll enjoy it very much.”
