She Kissed Him
Dana Doggett
Author: Dana Doggett
Feedback: danad...@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.danadoggett.com/
Date: June 4, 2011
Distribution: Serenity of X, Always On Your Side. All others please
ask.
Rating: PG
Category: Follmer/Reyes, drabble
Timeline: "Nothing Important Happened Today 1"
Word Count: 623
Beta: Little Albatross
Summary: Both Monica and Brad want more this time around.
Author's Note: I don't like using character last names when I write.
This is a response to
the Awareness Month 2011 FRR NIHT Drabble Challenge at Serenity of X
(details of the
challenge are provided after the end of the story).
Disclaimer: I do not own "The X-Files", Monica Reyes or Brad Follmer.
They belong to
20th Century Fox Broadcasting, and Ten-Thirteen Productions. They are
used here
without permission for entertainment purposes only.
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This time she kissed him. Brad was surprised that Monica was the one
to lean into this
kiss, especially after her reaction to his lips on hers earlier today
in his office. Now here,
outside the bar she had invited him to meet her at, leaning back on
the door of his car, her
lips were on his.
Her kiss is just how he remembered it: genteel. Despite being the one
to ask him to shut
his office door up in New York, her manner of pleasuring him had
always been
respectful, even shy. Yes, shy, even with a video camera rolling on
more than one
occasion. She wasn't like any of the other women he had been with. She
was special, one-
of-a-kind, someone he never should have let go.
And here she is kissing him. He doesn't stop to ask her to clarify his
confusion from
earlier in the day. He had wanted to pick up where they left off two
years ago. He
understands now that she wants more than just an office romance from
him. Kissing her
now he's sure he's ready for the real thing. No more secret rendez-
vous on his office desk,
no more lunch hours stolen at crappy motels, no more speaking in code
in front of others
about what they had done to each other. This time she wants it to be
serious. It's in her
kiss and it was in her reaction to his kiss this morning. This time he
wants it to be serious
too.
Monica pulls away from his lips and fixes her gaze upon his lips. He
sees sadness in her
eyes, and he knows she is worried that maybe this is goodbye. He
firmly touches her
face, causing her to look up into his eyes.
"I'll do everything in my power to keep you up here in Washington,
assigned to the X-
Files. I'm an Assistant Director at headquarters, I have strings I can
pull for you,
Monica." He assures her with a smile.
She says nothing and nods her head. She touches his hand that rests on
her face. She
closes her eyes.
"I should go, Brad. I'm sure with everything John is pulling out of
his magic hat that it'll
be another early morning."
"Should I provide you with another morning wakeup call?"
"Why call when you could roll over, wrap your arm around me and
sprinkle the back of
my neck with kisses? That was always more pleasant than a telephone
call."
Brad is surprised again.
"Are you inviting me to spend the night?"
He unsuccessfully tries to hide his delight.
"That's up to you." She winks and starts to walk away from him, toward
her rental car.
"You're FBI, Brad, you can follow me back to my hotel if you don't
lose me in traffic."
Brad watches her get into her car with a grin on his face. Yes, he can
follow her, he
worked several surveillance cases when he was in Los Angeles years
ago. Easy as
flipping a pancake. Then it dawns on him that she's pulling out into
traffic now. He races
around to the driver side of his car and gets in. He stumbles with his
keys to start the
engine. He looks up to see her car, but it's gone. For a split second
he curses himself, then
remembers that he used his status at the FBI to access her credit card
information to track
down her hotel this morning. He could easily log onto the internet and
search her hotel
and find directions.
Brad pulls out into traffic and uses his cell phone to call Danny at
the FBI to ask him to
pull up directions to the hotel Monica is staying at. This is one
second chance that he will
not miss out on.
END
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NIHT1/NIHT2 Follmer/Reyes Drabble Challenge
Due: Saturday, June 4th
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Word Count Requirements: 500 words or less
In this FRR Drabble Challenge, write a missing scene between Follmer
and Reyes, or a
thought process of either (or both) of the characters about their
feelings for each other at
this point in season 9. Explore ideas that are new to you about this
relationship (you can
use the episode discussion with other members to help inspire you), if
you can try to
present something new and unique to their relationship that may not
have been thought of
before.