Here are some recommendations for when you need a quickie. They aren't all fun and games, though--some are pretty intense. Good writers can pack a lot into a very small amount of space, and I think all the suggestions listed here show that very well.
| In Alphabetical Order by Title of Work | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title of Work | Author | Summary | Rating/Size | Date Added |
| 7 Minutes | Romy | The FBI is riven by the two factions: those who believe, and those who don't believe...in Mulder and Scully's romantic relationship. Told from Pendrell's point of view. | PG. 5K. | November 1, 1999 |
| Abject | PD | Scully is everyone's caretaker, isn't she? (I have always personally felt that Skinner was in love with Scully himself, and this was a great Skinner envy fic - the MSR is obvious while Skinner himself is still a good guy.) PD's FanFic | PG-13. 11K. | October 16, 1999 |
| All The Places | Ambress | Scully comes to get Mulder out of the funny farm, and he gets to experience the spectrum of her thoughts. The best use of musical allusions that I've read. | PG-13. 18K. | July 26, 1999 |
| Almost **A great sequel can be found in Long Story Recs |
Laine | A MulderAngst piece post-Tithonus. | R. 16K. | July 19, 1999 |
| Beacon | Dreamshaper | An Other POV story after the events of SUZ. | PG-13. 20K. | February 16, 2000. |
| Bedside Manner | Jo-Ann Lassiter | A greasy meal causes no "end" of problems for Mulder while he and Scully drive through Virginia on a case. | PG-13. 26K. | November 1, 1999 |
| The Big It | MD1016 | A therapy session with Special Agent Fox Mulder. | PG. 15K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Black Light | Madeleine Partous | Scully fights back--her thoughts after Gethsemane. | PG. 8K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Blue Christmas | Plausible Deniability | 'Tis the night before Christmas, and Scully's holiday is turning out a little differently than she expected. Plausible Deniability's FanFic | NC-17. 27K. | August 13, 1999. |
| Bouncing Bedsprings | Carol Gritton | Mulder and Scully as seen through the eyes of a neighbour. | PG. 4K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Cacophony | Scullysfan | Sometimes, silence is the loudest sound one will ever hear. | PG-13. 19K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Dividends | Suzanne Schramm | A late night conversation as Mulder and Scully take stock on the last six years. | PG-13. 27K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Doctoring Mulder | A. Baxter | What happens during all the nights that Mulder returns to Scully after running off? | PG. 4K. | July 28, 1999. |
| Don't | Lydia Bower | What do you do when you start to lose control? | PG. 7K. | July 19, 1999 |
| Eddies In the Continuum | Brandon D. Ray | Post-Dreamland I & II. Scully writes a letter to herself and to Mulder...truly beautiful piece. | PG. 10K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Every Mother's Child | Jill Selby | A mother remembers. | PG. 8K. | July 27, 1999. |
| Falling | Suzanne Schramm | A dream becomes reality for Scully. | PG. 8K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Foreshadowing | Brandon D. Ray | Sometimes the ability to see the future isn't all it's cracked up to be. Fowley POV. | PG. 12K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Healing | Trixie | Bill Scully's thoughts during a missing scene from Emily. Trixie's FanFic | PG. 10K. | July 25, 1999. |
| If I Should Dare; This Is What I'd Say To You | Toniann | Sometimes it takes a third person to push two people into admitting their feelings for each other (especially if one of the two is Fox Mulder). The first is Mulder's POV, the second Scully's. Toniann's FanFic | PG. 17K; 24K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| If I Were You | Isahunter | Scully gives Mulder some advice for holding on to love. Isahunter's FanFic | PG. 11K. | February 16, 2000. |
| The Last Word | Alicia K. | Mulder and Scully have an argument, whereupon Scully rushes out to a club alone, and of course Mulder can't be having any of that... | R. 22K. | July 25, 1999. |
| Like Runes Written On The Night Sky | Shalimar | Oh God. All Mulder wants is for Scully to be happy. And all I want to do is cry. Shalimar's FanFic | R. 11K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Lucky Man | Meredith | Post-Tithonus. This is one of my favorite post-episode stories. The guilty are often not as they appear. | R. 22K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Lux | Liz Owens | Mulder discovers that Scully has gone for a follow-up with her oncologist and that he's been left out of the loop. Some serious soul-searching and a date with José Cuervo follow. Oh, the love! | PG. 28K. | July 13, 1999. |
| Lux Aeterna | Alicia K. | Scully wants to talk about her impending death...which of course Mulder can't handle. Very sweet and sad. | PG. 11K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| March 5, 1993 | Brandon D. Ray | He comes to her when she sleeps...some loves transcend time. | PG. 8K. | July 28, 1999. |
| My Body Knows Your Touch | Stephanie Kaiser | Scully's thoughts and fears. | PG-13. 6K. | July 19, 1999 |
| My Lover | Deenalynn | One of the dynamic duo has a small soliloquy about the other. Can you guess which? | PG. 4K. | July 19, 1999 |
| Ominous | Louise Marin | Mulder and Scully share a bed and a prophecy. Louise Marin's FanFic | PG-13. 18K. | July 28, 1999 |
| One Time | Finn | How significant are moments in time? | NC-17. 21K. | December 21, 1999 |
| Opsis | Punk Maneuverability | Apocalypse doesn't always mean the end of the world. Punk Maneuverability's FanFic | PG. 24K. | July 29, 1999 |
| Origin Of the Species | MystPhile | What if the creature that is Diana Fowley was nothing but a monster created by drugs, petulance, and a momentary need to have something, anything, willing to believe? MystPhile's FanFic | R. 19K. | August 10, 1999. |
| Over The Line | shannono | There's a thin line between passion and rape--has Mulder crossed it? shannono's FanFic | R. 18K. | July 25, 1999. |
| The Painters And The Painted | Molly Grue | An artist's impression of Mulder and Scully's relationship. | PG. 15K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Perchance To Sleep I and II | Queen of Mush | After Emily's funeral, Scully takes comfort in Mulder's comforting embrace in her brother's house. Sweet. Queen Of Mush's FanFic | PG. 17K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Practice | Alelou | Scully decides she needs practice before she can tell Mulder something important. Alelou's FanFic | PG-13. 16K. | September 24, 1999. |
| A Real Man; A Real Woman **A smutty sequel to these two works called "A Real Love" can be found in Smut Recs |
Isahunter | Scully reflects on Mulder. Mulder reflects on Scully. | PG-13. 25K. | July 15, 1999. |
| Redhead Dancing Girl; Talking To Walls; Quite So New | SisterZooey | GirlyScully. We all know it's in there and it's so damn **nice** to bring it out. / Scully's a nosy little thing. / Scully wakes up and - AHH! - There's a man in the bed! What ever shall she do? | PG-13, PG-13, NC-17. 14K, 20K, 22K. | January 14, 2000. |
| Restless | MCA | Mulder and Scully's thoughts during a late night together. MCA's FanFic | NC-17. 23K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| The Rosebud Conspiracy | Anne Haynes | Happy Valentine's Day, X-Files style... Anne Haynes' General FanFic | PG. 14K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Seaside | Alloway | Pondering her mortality, Scully takes a lover at a cottage by the sea...(don't worry, it's Mulder) | R. 20K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Shades Of Green | Suzanna Post | During a child homicide case, Mulder and Scully have aconversation in color. Suzanna Post's FanFic | PG. 9K. | July 26, 1999. |
| Significant Moments: First Impressions | Bridget | The Lone Gunmen's first impressions of Mulder's new partner and Mulder's reaction to her. | PG. 11K. | July 16, 1999. |
| Significant Moments: Third Wheel | Bridget | Krycek realizes that Scully is more of a problem than he was told. | PG. 7K. | July 15, 1999. |
| Silhouettes | Gwendolyn | An old colleague of Scully's profiles her and her relationship with Mulder. Third person POV. Gwendolyn's FanFic | PG-13. 15K. | July 20, 1999 |
| A Slight Miscalculation **This is the first of the "Making It Personal" series. |
Brandon D. Ray | Scully and Diana play a little one-up while Mulder is in the looney bin. Great post-Biogenesis fic. | PG. 12K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Sonnet: Home-talk | Anne Haynes | Mulder and Scully reflections after the episode Home in which they discussed children and their own genetics... Anne Haynes' Sonnet FanFic | PG-13. 18K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Sonnet: A Separable Spite | Anne Haynes | Some reflections after the episode Pusher. | PG. 10K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Sonnet: Shadows, Rumors, Doubts | Anne Haynes | Mulder and Scully have some beautiful angst after Kitsunegari in which Mulder believes for a few horrifying moments that Scully has shot herself. | PG. 23K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Sonnet: Sleep Is Sweeter | Anne Haynes | This is a SONNET story that takes place in the middle of Jose Chung's "From Outer Space." | R. 16K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Ode to Paula Graves: "Sleep Is Sweeter" (Aftermath) | Madeleine Partous | The speculation continues... | NC-17. 17K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| The Spy Who Loved Them | BamaX/Lynne Carter | Walter Skinner gets an eyeful. And an earful. And a mindful. And a heartful. | R. 25K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Still Life | Mystphile | WHAT IF. . . Scully had never ventured to the FBI basement, never met Mulder. | R. 20K. | September 29, 1999. |
| Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening | Trixie | The last line of the Robert Frost poem of the same name, quantified through Mulder's eyes. This is one of the few character death pieces I can stomach. Really beautiful. | PG-13. 17K. | August 10, 1999. |
| Supposition | Laura Blaurosen | Mulder has ScullyAngst and consequently pleasures himself. | NC-17. 16K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Thank You For Shopping At K-Mart | Brandon D. Ray | Tara and Bill Scully bump into Mulder and Scully at K-Mart, shopping for their Arcadia marriage... | PG. 18K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| Topical Paradise | Livia Balaban | Mulder's staring again, and Scully assumes, well, almost everything. Livia Balaban's FanFic | PG-13. 19K. | October 16, 1999. |
| Travelers | Susanne Barringer | Miles and miles of an endless journey. | PG. 6K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
| View From The Nose | Anne Haynes | And you thought they were ordinary glasses... | PG-13. 3K. | July 9, 1999. |
| Voices | Lilith | Mulder thinks in Scully's voice now... Lilith's FanFic | PG-13. 8K. | July 21, 1999. |
| Wallpaper **Warning: Not for all MSRers |
Annie Sewell-Jennings | Scully attempts to redeem herself and Mulder. This piece is rather post-apocalyptic and dark; not for some people. Annie Sewell-Jennings' FanFic | PG-13. 28K. | July 29, 1999 |
| When Devils Tell the Truth **Warning: This is Scully/Krycek! |
Jennifer Stoy | Was ever woman in this humor wooed? Was ever woman in this humor won? (This is the only Sc/K I've ever been able to even slightly accept, so if you're in the mood for something a little dark by way of MSR, this is it. At its heart it's just dripping with MSR...but there is the Sc/K to deal with. You've been warned.) | R. 18K. | October 14, 1999 |
| Words On The Wire | Karen Rasch | A sexy little conversation between our two favorite F.B.I. agents, who have already gotten physically involved by the time this phone conversation takes place. | PG-13. 19K. | Prior to July 8, 1999. |
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