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Mulder’s computer was calling to him.

He and Scully were talking on the phone as they ate in their apartments. It had been a long and thankless day poring over hundreds of letters from a suspected serial killer— him studying the word choice and handwriting, her studying the variations in papers, inks and residues. One of those cases where the sheer amount of information caused overwhelm. Now it was 10 pm and as much as he loved talking to Scully, he had some steam to blow off. There were certain things he couldn’t ask her for a hand with after all. It would be inappropriate given their professional relationship and friendship. Once they’d finally said good night after some theatrical yawns from her, he opened up his favorite chatroom to get the closest thing he could to action lately. He drummed his fingers on the desk as the webpage took an eternity to load. He was already growing hard at the thought of talking to his online friend.

She was on. His second favorite person to talk to after his best friend Scully. Mommykathy. They’d hit it off in a forum devoted to bratty subs finding soft dommes for gentle taming. He’d always had a subby, kinky side, but the damage a variety of domineering women had left on him, starting with his mother, meant that he wanted something soft and lighthearted and healing instead of cruel. It was a hard balance to strike, but Mommykathy was wonderful. She was firm, yet loving, and made him feel so at home.

They’d been talking for a few months pretty consistently. Starting off with some raunchy flirty messages, then moving on to entire weekend afternoons in the chatroom, role playing all of her elaborate ideas on chastising and taking care of her bratty boy. Sometimes they’d message about life in general too and there was something so comforting and familiar about her. He felt like he had known her for years. He’d saved a lot of money on porn the last few months, as her fantasies and instructions for how she wanted him to touch himself took over the sexual aspect of his life. $2.99 a minute for phone sex with a woman with a bad fake English accent, or the shadows of a beaded side room in a video store held no allure when he could dive in with Mommykathy.

BrattyBoy1961: fuck yeah! You’re here :D *\o/* (me throwing confetti)

Mommykathy: language. My boy doesn’t speak to me that way

BrattyBoy1961: Im sorry >_< but i missed u all day and am excited

Mommykathy: it’s okay honey. mommy’s sorry she wasnt on. I had to work late

BrattyBoy1961: i just logged on too so it’s ok. You work a lot huh ;_;

Mommykathy: yeah my coworker and i spent all day together working

Brat1061: the 1 u think is hot?

Mommykathy: so hot. Being around him makes me wet

BrattyBoy1961: im jealous :c

Mommykathy: awww no need for my sweet boy to be jealous. You know you’re my number 1. All day I’ve just wanted to play with u! The hornier I got, the more I thought about my brat

BrattyBoy1961: yeah? 0.o

Mommykathy: yeah ;)

Mommykathy: besides

BrattyBoy1961: besides?

Mommykathy: I can’t tell him I think he’s hot. He doesn’t think of me in that way. He likes tall brunettes. He treats me like a sister

BrattyBoy1961: well he’s an idiot if he can’t see the amazing woman right in front of him

Mommykathy: what about your coworker? The one u think is beautiful. Have u told her?

BrattyBoy1961: no way! She’s so far out of my league. Besides Im happy w u mk

Mommykathy: but we haven’t even met

BrattyBoy1961: I don’t need to meet u 2 know how perfect u r

Mommykathy: maybe ur homework this week should be 2 tell her u think she’s pretty

BrattyBoy1961: she’ll think im creepy :( nobody at work likes me except for her and I don’t wanna ruin things.

Mommykathy: maybe Ill deny u an orgasm until u at least give her one compliment even if it’s just on her work or clothes or something

BrattyBoy1961: please dont :(

Mommykathy: but its good practice for u 2 talk to people. So the no orgasm is a nice incentive

BrattyBoy1961: i will cry >_<

Mommykathy: y

BrattyBoy1961: She already acts like im super annoying & yells @ me sometimes

Mommykathy: but u said she likes u?

BrattyBoy1961: she likes me more than others do, but I still annoy her. I annoy every1 no matter what I do mommy

Mommykathy: I would never make you feel that way.

BrattyBoy1961: It’s my fault for being annoying.

Mommykathy: no sweetie it’s not. she shouldn’t yell at my boy >:[ they’re all morons if they can’t see how wonderful and sweet you can be. Especially her.

BrattyBoy1961: pls don’t make me

Mommykathy: ok ok I won’t make u talk to her baby. Especially if she will yell @ u

BrattyBoy1961: thank u mommy ^_^

Mommykathy: your little faces are always so expressive

BrattyBoy1961: my friend likes computers & taught me all these cool ways to type faces

Mommykathy: very inventive & very good for communicating with mommy

Mommykathy: what do you say we take the edge off tonight

BrattyBoy1961: yes please

Mommykathy: and by that i mean im gonna tease u until u can’t take anymore

BrattyBoy1961: yes mommy. But i have a confession :( you might be mad at me

Mommykathy: now, what have we talked about? Mommy adores you and is never mad, even when I wish you would make different decisions

BrattyBoy1961: but i touched myself last night w/out u

Mommykathy: so no orgasm tonight

BrattyBoy1961: please?

Mommykathy; the rules are rules for a reason

BrattyBoy1961: ok :c no orgasm

Mommykathy: get that nice lotion and strip for me

Mulder ran to the bathroom so fast he tripped over his own feet, but was naked and back in his desk chair as quickly as he could manage.

BrattyBoy1961: done

Mommykathy: good boy

Mulder sighed at that. His favorite compliment. It made every act of defiance all the sweeter.

BrattyBoy1961: may i start

Mommykathy: u may. Slowly. But u gotta type one handed & tell me how it feels

BrattyBoy1961: Aren’t you gonna spank me for disobeying

Mommykathy: No. I don’t like spanking u

BrattyBoy1961: But how will I learn

Mommykathy: U will learn when you want to be good more than u want 2 b bad. Now

Mommykathy: Start slow

He complied

Mommykathy: Tell me how it feels

BrattyBoy1961: It’s soft. Every stroke is making my eyes roll back

Mommykathy: don’t let it feel too good. No orgasm remember

BrattyBoy1961: I’m going slow so I can’t come like u said :]

Mommykathy: Perfect

Mommykathy: I’m gonna touch myself 2

BrattyBoy1961: I wish I could do it for you :c so alk u had 2 do was relax aftert such a long dau

Mommykathy: That’s a lot of words to type one handed ;)

BrattyBoy1961: im notivatef ;)

Mommykathy: someone is struggling to type huh

BrattyBoy1961: yea mom,y

Mommykathy: Tell me if you get close

BrattyBoy1961: close

Mommykathy: stop

BrattyBoy1961 :( ok

Mommykathy: take a deep breath

BrattyBoy1961: I want more

Mommykathy: start slow and tell me what you’d want to do to me.

BrattyBoy1961: I wamt 2 make u cone

BrattyBoy1961: u know what I wanma say, hard 2 type

Mommykathy: ur so funny. Yes I know. Why don’t you type with 2 hands to tell me what u would do 2 me

BrattyBoy1961: undress u. Carry u 2 my couch. Kiss ur pussy until u come

Mommykathy: that sounds so good

BrattyBoy1961: then I’d want u 2 ride me until u came again

Mommykathy: y don’t u start again and I’ll do the talking for you

Mommykathy: im better at typing one handed than u anyway lol

Mommykathy: I would go crazy on top of u. Sliding around you faster and faster

BrattyBoy1961: close

Mommykathy: stop

BrattyBoy1961: this feels so good

Mommykathy: on the edge?

BrattyBoy1961: yes mommy

Mommykathy: ready?

BrattyBoy1961: yes mommy

Mommykathy: go

Mommykathy: I’m there with u now. Do u see me?

BrattyBoy1961: Yes ur beautiful

Mommykathy: I’m getting naked now

Mommykathy: (. Y .)

BrattyBoy1961: Drooling °o° keyboard is wet now from drool. I think I’m gonna faint. Ur so beautiful

Mommykathy: Are you at your desk.

BrattyBoy1961: Yes

Mommykathy: I walk towards you and sit on your lap, facing you. 8===D —> (*) Now you’re inside me. Do you feel me.

BrattyBoy1961: Yes. Ur so soft. Like silk

Mommykathy: You fit perfectly in me. Now I’m rocking around you and it’s perfect

BrattyBoy1961: so perfect

BrattyBoy1961: Mommy Im gonna

Mommykathy: don’t

Mommykathy: did you cum

BrattyBoy1961: no

Mommykathy: Don’t lie

BrattyBoy1961: just leaked. I will never lie to u

Mommykathy: ok

Mommykathy: good boy. ^_^

Mommykathy: I learned that one from u

BrattyBoy1961: ^_^

BrattyBoy1961: I need to stop for now. 2 close. Don’t want 2 cum

Mommykathy: You’re so well disciplined lately.

BrattyBoy1961: Anything for you.

Mommykathy: I supposed I’ve finally tamed my little brat ;)

Mommykathy: How do u type a kiss again

BrattyBoy1961: I think it’s :-*

BrattyBoy1961: Like your lips are puckered into a *

Mommykathy: :-* for your forehead :-* your lips :-* your dick

BrattyBoy1961: thank u mommy

Mommykathy: is there anything else you want to do tonight

He typed

What’s your real name?

He backspaced. She’d want to know his, and he’d have to make up something less stupid than Fox. No one ever believed a grown man could have such a stupid name. Maybe Marty. That was his phone sex pseudonym. In any case, her name was probably Kathy. Obvious now that he thought about it. He typed again.

I really want to see what you look like.

He held down the back space.

I really want to hear your voice.

He held down the backspace again.

BrattyBoy1961: I’m happy for now

Mommykathy: I guess you probably are still curious about what I look like

BrattyBoy1961: well i can’t say im not curious about u… like I said the other day…

Mommykathy: i guess im supposed to send you a pic now…

BrattyBoy1961: only if u want. I can send u 1 2

Mommykathy: im nervous. I don’t like how I look naked.

BrattyBoy1961: why not?

Mommykathy: I’m short and wish I wasn’t so heavy :( My boobs are kind of small 2

BrattyBoy1961: I’m sure ur beautiful. Anyway

BrattyBoy1961: it doesn’t need to be a nude. Just a pic of ur face?

She didn’t reply

BrattyBoy1961: i can send u one first and then u can decide if u want to send me one if u like my face

Mommykathy: no

BrattyBoy1961: no? U don’t want to know what I look like? :c

Mommykathy: im curious about u but it wouldn’t be right for u to send me one and me not to reciprocate

BrattyBoy1961: it’s ok. We don’t have to exchange pics

Mommykathy: thank u

BrattyBoy1961: Maybe u wouldn’t like my face anyway

Mommykathy: y not baby

BrattyBoy1961: I wish I could get plastic surgery first (I have a big nose)

Mommykathy: No plastic surgery! I love big noses :) they’re sexy

BrattyBoy1961: yeah :) ?

Mommykathy: Yes. My coworker is rather well endowed in that department and somedays all I can think about is his nose against my clit while he slides his tongue inside of me.

Mommykathy: I’m sure ur so handsome with your nose. Promise mommy no nose job! >:-[

BrattyBoy1961: ok. No nose job :^)

BrattyBoy1961: ur already so beautiful to me I don’t need to see u.

Mommykathy: awww youre always so sweet to me

BrattyBoy1961: you take such good care of me. Unlike my first mommy— the evil one

Mommykathy: i hate P and how she hurt you. Deliberately hurting my boy? Fuck her

BrattyBoy1961: my real mom hated me. still does. So i wanted a different one. Met evil mommy (p) in college. P would hurt me for fun. She burned me once and i have a literal scar. U would never. Then my next mommy D was mean 2 but not as bad as P. But that’s why I want a nice mommy like you.

Mommykathy: well im nice 2 u but not anyone else. mommy is gonna get those bitches one day

BrattyBoy1961: but then u would go to jail :( and who would take care of me

Mommykathy: i know how to not get caught. Especially when it’s for a loved one

BrattyBoy1961: love??? 0.0

Mommykathy: love

BrattyBoy1961: I think I love u 2

Mommykathy: you know you’re my first subby boy

BrattyBoy1961: I know. And youre so good at being a mommy that Im surprised

Mommykathy: b4 u i dated older men who wanted me to sub. I tried but being a mommy is better

BrattyBoy1961: b4 u women wanted me to dom them because im tall. But i like being your little one

Mommykathy: i want to snuggle you and play with your hair until you fall asleep in my arms

BrattyBoy1961: id like that. Maybe I would sleep thru the night finally

Mommykathy: has my little pet had a hard time sleeping

BrattyBoy1961: so hard, mommy

Mommykathy: tell me just how hard…

After the haze of round two, where she’d consented to letting him give himself an orgasm, Mulder sat there catching his breath

They sat without messaging for a while and it was nice to know she was just on the other side of the screen. Kinda like cyberspooning after their cybersex. After a while, they said goodnight and he laid down on his couch, pretending the pillow he clutched to his chest was her.

Chapter Text

Mulder was half asleep the next day at work. He let Skinner’s words wash over him at their typical Wednesday meeting as he sat next to a seemingly equally disinterested Scully, struggling to hold on to more than one word at a time. He finally followed Scully out of their meeting and the two made for the cafeteria.

“Did you sleep alright, Mulder?”

“Yeah, just took me a while to go to bed. What do you say we get a cup of coffee? You look a little drained yourself.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Aw, Scully, I didn’t mean it like that. But you could hardly keep your eyes open when we were talking to Skinner.”

“I guess I can’t argue with that. It took me a while to fall asleep last night too.”

He bought Scully her coffee and salad, and himself a sandwich. She muttered something about getting lunch next time and he shrugged her off. He liked getting to take care of her in that small way, one of the only gestures she seemed to accept from him.

After they ate, she said she was going to her office to get caught up on her email, but that she would meet him back in his office in about half an hour. Mulder’s stomach was turning at how stupid he’d been by insinuating she looked tired. He knew better than that, and really hadn’t meant anything by it, nor had he realized how stupid and offensive it sounded until it was out of his mouth. Things had kind of smoothed over in the course of eating lunch together, or so he hoped. Scully could be hard to read. He hoped she wasn’t holding it against him like she did the time with the desk.

He opened up his computer and decided to log on to the chatroom, just to read over MK’s messages from the night before to remember that he wasn’t annoying and terrible in the eyes of every person alive. Just most of them.

When he opened the chat window, he saw that she was active.

BrattyBoy1961: hey

Mommykathy: y r u on? Don’t u have work?

BrattyBoy1961: Could say the same about u

Mommykathy: Ok ok I logged on at work. I had a feeling

BrattyBoy1961: that’s crazy. I just logged on to reread your messages and cheer up. I said a stupid thing again and feel bad.

Mommykathy: oh, im sure it wasn’t that bad. Maybe I can be there with you now

BrattyBoy1961: yeah id like it if u were here

Mommykathy: how about I bring u lunch

BrattyBoy1961: ok mommy

Mommykathy: I come into ur office

Mommykathy: I sit on ur lap

BrattyBoy1961: I’m getting so hard

Mommykathy: I feed u

BrattyBoy1961: What’s for lunch

Mommykathy: salad

BrattyBoy1961: ew

Mommykathy: don’t talk back

BrattyBoy1961: but I want 2 eat u for lunch

Mommykathy: I can b dessert if u finish ur salad

BrattyBoy1961: I let you feed me. I swallow every last gross leaf

Mommykathy: I love how ur bulge feels against my ass

Mommykathy: now that ur done, u give me head on ur desk. Good thing im not wearing panties.

BrattyBoy1961: I can taste u.

BrattyBoy1961: I think I’m gonna jizz in my pants

Mommykathy: go to the bathroom and edge for me

BrattyBoy1961: at work???

Mommykathy: do u want 2 use ur safeword?

Mulder hesitated, fingers poised over the keys. This was a terrible idea.

BrattyBoy1961: No mommy

Mommykathy: 3 edges no orgasm. I’ll log off for right now to get back to work but log on tonight and tell me how you did.

Mulder closed the site and grabbed his blazer off the back of his chair, holding it over the inconvenient bulge in his pants. He was walking so fast that he almost literally ran into Scully in the hallway. She looked agitated, and flushed.

“You okay?” He asked.

“Gotta….” She trailed off and pointed towards the women’s restroom.

“Right. Me too.”

They were at an impasse, her blocking his way to the men’s restroom, and him blocking her way to the women’s. He stepped to the right to get around her, but she stepped to her left at the same time. He laughed and stepped to his left, while she stepped to her right in tandem. He grabbed her arms gently in his and maneuvered her so they swapped places. He continued high tailing it to the men’s room, self-conscious that she had probably seen his erection.

In the stall, he got to work. He wasn’t exactly proud of what was happening. This may have been a new low. But the bathroom was blissfully empty. He made a pact with himself that he would stop if someone else walked in. Tell MK that was too far, even for him. But in the meantime…

He reached the first edge too fast and sat in that weird mix of disappointment and bliss for a good 20 seconds before continuing. The second edge came even faster, and after just 15 seconds, he started in on the third edge thinking, although he was trying not to, of how Scully’s blouse had felt under his fingertips, of the whiff of her perfume as he’d spun her around, of her eyes on the bulge in his pants.

He came without warning and pulled away as fast as he could, but it was too late. The muscles contracted almost painfully hard, but he felt no euphoric bliss of an orgasm. He was left in the cruel light of the basement bathroom. He clumsily cleaned himself off with some toilet paper and splashed water on his face before going back to his office.

He found Scully there, sitting on his desk, going through a file.

“You alright? You were gone a while, Mulder.”

“Stomach a little upset, is all.”

“Do you want to go home?”

“No. It’s not that bad. Besides, we should get a move on analyzing these letters before Skinner can yell at us again. Are you ok? You look a little flushed.”

“I’m fine.”

…

He took a shower once he got home from work, but then immediately logged on to tell her how it had gone. He could see she’d logged on as well.

BrattyBoy1961: Hi mommy. Sorry I didn’t log on fast enough. I had to shower.

Mommykathy: It’s okay. How did it go

BrattyBoy1961: I came

Mommykathy: bratty boy…

BrattyBoy1961: It was an accident. I tried to stop it but it was too late :c

Mommykathy: how did it feel

BrattyBoy1961: I didn’t feel anything. when I tried to stop I ruined it

BrattyBoy1961: Does it count as breaking ur rule if it didn’t feel good?

Mommykathy: it does….

Mommykathy: but it’s ok…

Mommykathy: I think this is a good sign. U know u need permission don’t u? In order 2 enjoy.

Mommykathy: I bet u need a bath after such a long day and such a disappointing orgasm

BrattyBoy1961: yes please

Mommykathy: Let’s go to a nice bathroom. I’ll draw u a bath with lots of bubbles

BrattyBoy1961: I think the tub is big enough if u want to bathe 2

Mommykathy: I think I will… I’m so sticky and sweaty. I rubbed one out in the work bathroom while u did

BrattyBoy1961: just when I thought u couldn’t be sexier

Mommykathy: The water is so warm and nice. Im scrubbing you down with my loofah. Does that feel good

Mulder let his head lull from side to side, feeling the warmth and the caressing as though MK was in the room with him.

BrattyBoy1961: so good. I rub your feet mommy

Mommykathy: awwww, ur so sweet

They continued like that for a while, enjoying filling in details on their bath together for each other.

BrattyBoy1961: Im gonna cry

Mommykathy: bb no

Mommykathy: y

BrattyBoy1961: I feel so good w u

BrattyBoy1961: Ive never felt so safe

Mommykathy: Now im gonna cry. Lets get out of the bath and lay down

Mulder and whoever it was he was talking to went through the steps of Mommykathy and BrattyBoy getting ready for bed. Then they set together in silence until a new message came through.

Mommykathy: I changed my mind about what I said last night

BrattyBoy1961: u don’t love me? >_<

Mommykathy: no of course i do. But about u seeing me

BrattyBoy1961: pics?????

Mommykathy: no.

BrattyBoy1961: ?

Mommykathy: But i want to meet u. In real life. I travel a lot for work so maybe when im near you we can meet

BrattyBoy1961: yeah?? Where do u live

Mommykathy: DC area

BrattyBoy1961: no way. :o Me too

Mommykathy: what about Friday

Mulder typed in the address of an upscale bar downtown, the kind with a nice hotel up above for if meeting in person went well.

BrattyBoy1961: will there work? At 8?

Mommykathy: yes, sweetie.

BrattyBoy1961: I have a gift 4 u

Mommykathy: a gift?

BrattyBoy1961: @>---,---

BrattyBoy1961: Its a rose.

Mommykathy: Awww, my sweet boy. I <3 it. & u

Mommykathy: Ive got to go to bed. Long day

BrattyBoy1961: Me too. Tired =_=

Mommykathy: =_= exactly

BrattyBoy1961: Talk tomorrow?

BrattyBoy1961: I’ll bring u a rose :)

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Mulder popped another breath mint in to be on the safe side. He’d brushed a few times since he’d had onions for lunch but he was feeling a little paranoid and channeling his nervous energy into a fixation on breath mints. Mommykathy hadn’t logged on since Wednesday. He wondered if she was going to stand him up…

Now that it was Friday night he was getting a little nervous. He had told Mommykathy he didn’t care what she looked like, and it was true that he felt love for her despite not knowing that. Maybe she wasn’t conventionally attractive and that was why she hadn’t wanted to send him a picture. But beauty was in the eye of the beholder and he felt like he had already seen into her soul. Her body was incidental. But did his secret hope that she be conventionally attractive mean he was shallow? He wasn’t sure.

Then again. There was always Langly’s dark jokes about there being no women on the internet. He didn’t think that was the case with Mommykathy, but he supposed if he ran into a fellow bricked up lonely guy at the bar tonight, he could just let him down easy and invite him to the next D&D round at the Gunmen’s.

He fixed his hair again in the mirror, resisted the urge to spray on more cologne, and left for the bar.

He had to park a while away and walk a few blocks. He clutched a single rose awkwardly to his chest. He figured this was better than a virtual one. He hoped she wouldn’t laugh. Wouldn’t be mean like Diana or Phoebe.

He also had three ambitious condoms in his pocket for if meeting in person went really well.

He scanned the bar looking for a woman sitting on her own and found one. She was facing away from him but he would recognize the back of her head anywhere. She wore a very revealing slinky black dress, her hair pinned up with a large, pearl covered barrette. She was raising a martini to her lips.

“Hey.”

Scully jumped and turned to look at him but her face fell. He was clearly not who she was hoping to see.

“You look lovely.”

He’d be able to update Mommykathy that he had successfully complimented his beautiful coworker. She’d definitely reward him for that.

“Thank you,” she said looking down, like he had caught her doing something she wasn’t supposed to be doing.

He pulled out the stool next to her, figuring he could pass the time with her until his date showed, but Scully put the hand holding her clutch out to stop him.

“Look, Mulder. I don’t mean to be rude but I’m meeting a friend here and if he sees me with you he might get the wrong idea.”

His stomach turned with an odd mix of joy and jealousy. He was happy for her but he also didn’t like the idea of her dating. Then again he was also on a date with someone else so he didn’t have a leg to stand on to be territorial over someone who was just a friend at the end of the day.

“Oh. You’ve got a hot date?”

“Don’t tease.”

“I’ll get out of your hair, if…”

“If?”

“You tell me the lucky guy’s name.”

Scully looked uncomfortable.

“It is so embarrassing but I met him online of all places. So I only know his raunchy screen name. I… don’t even know what he looks like. So as you can imagine I am pretty nervous. I’d really prefer to be alone right now and not talk to you about him.”

“Hey, don’t worry. I’ll go find a booth. If he tries anything untoward just holler and I’ll be right here to rough him up. Actually waiting for my own date to show up, funnily enough.”

Scully very obviously didn’t believe him.

“You? You have a date?”

She saw the rose in his hand and her brow furrowed.

“I’m serious. I met her online too. What are the odds we’d both be here for a blind date at the same ti—”

Her eyes grew wide with realization as he gasped.

“Um… Mom… Mommykathy?”

“BrattyBoy1961?” She answered by way of a question.

He nodded and Scully went red. Mulder smiled awkwardly as she closed her eyes in mortification.

“Kathy… Katherine is your middle name.”

“1961 is your birth year. Oh my god, Mulder. I told you… everything! Literally everything. I told you about my crush on you!”

“I’m your hot coworker?”

Scully nodded looking like she was on the verge of tears.

“The one whose huge schnoz you want against your—”

Scully made a cutting motion across her neck with one hand and motioned towards the bartender, telling Mulder in no uncertain terms to shut the fuck up in hearing distance of other people.

“So when we ran into each other going to the bathroom on Wednesday we were both off to…” Mulder trailed off with a jerk off motion.

“Mulder!” Scully was absolutely mortified at the topic of conversation, whereas Mulder found the whole prospect fascinating.

“Sorry! I guess we shouldn’t talk about this in public. But… I don’t want you to feel embarrassed. You did nothing wrong. If you can recall, I told you about my crush on my beautiful coworker too. Who is you by the way. So we’re even.”

“Not just the crush. I told you fantasies. Detailed, explicit, kinky stuff. Domme stuff.”

“So did I. You know all about my mommy issues now.”

“Yeah but that’s alright for you. You’re—”

“Spooky?”

“Right. I’m… normal.”

Mulder tried not to show that her saying that stung.

“We met in a kinky chatroom. Maybe you’re more like me than you thought. When the lights are off and the doors are closed.”

“I feel like we should talk a little bit more about what I said and put it in context. But I don’t want to do that in public.”

“Okay. Your place or mine? Or a neutral location? Hotel room upstairs? Office?”

“Hotel.”

“Okay. Let me pay for your drink at least.”

She tipped back her martini in one gulp as Mulder flagged down the bartender to pay.

Upstairs, in the hotel room, Scully sat on the bed as he sat in the chair facing the bed. Her barrette and clutch were discarded on the bedside table and her strappy heels were by the door.

“So… you’re a dommy mommy huh?”

Scully turned scarlet.

“I don’t know about that.”

“Well you’ve been moonlighting as one in my inbox for a few months.”

“I…”

“Scully, the psychology behind sexual fantasies is very interesting and complicated. For a lot of women, people too, but we’re talking about you and therefore your gender type… Fantasy can be a safe place to explore something you wouldn’t want to do in real life. If that’s what we were doing in that chatroom, that’s okay. And on the other hand, to quote Oscar Wilde, ‘Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.’ Which is to say, if there’s a part of you that wants to be that woman… that’s beautiful too.”

Scully nodded, fiddling with the rose petals gently.

“What ever you want… it’s okay to want. To let yourself want,” he continued.

She slid her fingers gently between the innermost petals of the rose.

“I’m a little surprised,” he continued. “That you were interested in exploring that. If anything I thought you would be otherwise inclined. Looking for a daddy rather than looking to be a mommy.”

“Normally, I am otherwise inclined. But something about that website made me want to try something new. And then I found BrattyBoy1961— you, that is— and something about it was just so easy. But I don’t know if that makes me a domme.”

“Domme-curious perhaps?”

“Perhaps. I think I was just… saying things. Trying it on. If I’m letting you down—”

“You could never let me down. Wanna know something, my curious little domme? I told my beautiful coworker I thought she looked lovely. Thought I would tell you since you wanted me to compliment her.”

Scully smiled shyly

“You did? Good job.”

“Scully… I didn’t think it was possible for me to feel even closer to you. But now you know everything.”

“I do, don’t I? And I guess you know everything about me too, but as far as doming— That was just talk. I couldn’t actually…”

“Will you talk to me a little more? Not necessarily fantasies. Just whatever you want to tell me, I’m right here .”

“Okay. Can I play with your hair while we talk?”

He lay down on the bed and put his head in her lap.

“You didn’t tell me as me all that went on with Phoebe. She’s P isn’t she?”

“Some stuff about her— the sex stuff, the darker stuff— isn’t something you tell your best friend.”

“But you told Mommy about P.”

“Yeah. So she— you— would tell me it wasn’t my fault.”

“And D… who’s D?”

“D was my ex Diana. You haven’t met her and I hope you never do.”

“So it turns out the two women I hate most in the world, Phoebe and P, are actually one woman.”

“Quite a timesaver.”

“Well it turns out both of the men I find extremely sexy are the same too.”

“Two-for-one deals left and right tonight. My beautiful best friend and my amazing domme-curious goddess are the same too!”

They sat like that for a while.

“Scully… you really think you’re heavy?”

“I’m kind of squat.”

“And that’s why you just eat yogurt some days?”

Scully squeaked in assent.

“You’re tiny. Don’t let society tell you you need to lose weight.”

“You’re one to talk. Mr. Nose Job.”

“Can you blame me?”

“You’re so handsome. Leave your nose alone! Mulder…”

“Hmm?”

“Do you really think your mom hates you?”

“I don’t. I don’t think she hates me. I know she does.”

“Honey… I’m so sorry.”

“It’s okay. I’m grown. It’s time I stop letting it bother me.”

“And you think I think you’re annoying?”

“Scully, of course I do. Have you noticed how you talk to me?”

“But I don’t yell at you!” She objected, raising her voice. “You told her— me— that I yell at you! And I don’t.”

“Yes, you do.”

“I feel like an ass.”

“It’s okay, Scully. I’m used to it. Do you want to go home or keep hanging out here and talking?”

“Maybe we could… have sex?” she whispered.

His eyes shot open but he tried to play it cool.

“Yeah?”

“But. Normal sex.”

“What’s that?”

“Mulder.”

“No. I’m being serious.”

He sat up and looked at her.

“I wonder what makes people normal or not and what makes what types of sex socially acceptable or not. Maybe you can explain more what you mean by normal sex.”

“No power play. Just two people meeting on equal terms.”

“If we understand kink to be a term referring to unconventional sexual practice, perhaps equality in a heterosexual partnership is the kinkiest of all.”

“You’re such a nerd.”

“I’m serious.”

“Kiss me.”

He leaned into her and pressed his lips against hers. She opened her mouth for him and he slid his tongue between her lips. He had her sighing and pulling him close when he pulled away for a second. He stood and pulled her to her feet with him. The rose fell out of her hand and on to the floor.

“Can I eat you out? Put my nose to good work?”

She nodded shyly.

He unzipped her dress and admired how the fabric slid off her body. She shimmied out of her panties and bra and lay back down with her legs open for him.

“You really are as beautiful as I thought you would be, Scully.”

The room was full of only the sounds of his lips on her skin. He paused. There were some pretty important sounds missing, namely the sounds a woman made when aroused.

He sat up and looked at her.

Scully was rigid with her eyes screwed shut like she was getting some awful medical procedure done rather than getting head.

“Scully, are you…”

She opened her eyes and shifted on the bed, closing her legs.

“Sorry. I’m just really nervous.”

“It’s alright. Let’s stop for right now.”

“But we have to.”

“What do you mean have to?”

“I’ve led you on for months and now that we’re here in person we’re supposed to—”

“Fuck ‘supposed to.’ There’s no such thing in bed. Anyone who tells you otherwise is an ass.”

“But I love you. And when you’re in love, you’re supposed—”

“No ‘supposed!’ I love you too. I am not going to make you do anything you don’t want to do.”

Scully deflated and squirmed her way under the hotel room sheets. She stared up at the ceiling grinding her teeth.

“I don’t know how I pictured things would go in person with BrattyBoy1961. Maybe I thought I’d have transformed over night into some confident sex goddess. The goddess he— you— thought I was.”

“Scully… are you crying?”

“This was a lot easier through a screen with fake names, Mulder!”

“It was for me too. Why do you think I went to that chatroom and not a bar?”

“I’m damaged goods, Mulder. I’m bad at sex. I’m always uncomfortable and stiff and take forever to orgasm, if I can at all, and can’t even look the other person in the eye. Which is why I thought if it was fake and virtual I could do it. But it became real. I fell in love. And now we’re here and I can’t do it.”

“Scully…” he held out his palm to her, the one with the scar Phoebe had given him. “You wanna talk damage? I’m literally scarred. There’s nothing at all the matter with you.”

“But I do want to have sex with you. I told you the truth when I said I found you hot. When I messaged you all the things I wanted to do to you before I even knew you were you. I’m just not ready.”

“And that’s fine. You don’t have to be ready tonight. Or ever. We can keep it to online role play if that would be better for you. Or, we can stop doing all of it.”

“We should do something though. What was a fantasy you liked talking about that we can try instead of sex?”

“Honestly? My favorite was picturing falling asleep in your arms.”

“That I can do!” she said triumphantly.

He stripped down to his underwear and got underneath the sheets with her, while she picked the rest of the pins out of her hair. They kissed good night and he felt his entire body turn to soup in her arms as she left a series of lipstick smudges on his nose. They laid down together with her as the big spoon. He sighed so deeply at the feeling of her bare skin against his that his back popped.

“How does that feel, my little one?” she whispered in his ear.

“So good, Mommy.”

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He awoke to her breath tickling the back of his neck and smiled. He sat up, careful to disturb her as little as possible and looked around the swanky hotel room for a room service menu. She stirred as he got up to walk to the dresser on the other side of the room.

“Where are you going?”

“Just gonna buy us some breakfast. I won’t leave.”

He sat back on the bed with her, letting her nibble on his neck while he ordered them bagels and cream cheese. Her hands were wandering along his stomach and thighs, making ordering over the phone very difficult to do without sighing.

With the food on its way, they laid back down together, mostly just doing some light kissing. He wanted to take things further. His body was certainly picking up on a lot of queues and Scully seemed more relaxed and excited than she had the night before, but he didn’t want to take things too far and make her panic again, so he just held her lightly, caressing her back, enjoying how their naked bodies felt pressed against each other.

A knock at the door delivering their breakfast interrupted them and it was with regret that Mulder left Scully sighing to put on a robe and tip the delivery guy.

Mulder sat the tray of bagels and coffee on the little table near the dresser and pulled out a chair for Scully, but she pouted at how far away he was instead of joining him.

“Scully… come here and have a few bites.”

“I had an idea before we eat.”

“Oh?”

“I want to…”

“Yeah?”

“Maybe it’s embarrassing…”

“What did we talk about last night? It’s okay to want. Just tell me.”

“I thought you could… feed off of me?”

“Like eat the bagel off of you?”

“No, like suck on my breasts… It’s weird. Never mind.”

“Not weird. A very typical fantasy about a very erotic area of the body. I will gladly do it.”

“Yeah?”

He took off the robe and approached her where she lay in the bed. She was looking a little shy and intimidated again.

“We can stop whenever you want.”

“Alright, Mulder.”

He got under the covers with her again and kissed at her neck, lowering his face along her chest until he could lightly peck at her right nipple. She whimpered at that.

“Good?”

“I… I want more.”

“Yes, ma’am. Or, Mommy, I should say.”

He kissed her nipple again, sliding it between his lips. Her back arched at that and her nails dug into his back.

“Exactly. Mul… Mulder, that’s exactly it.”

He began to suck and she cried out.

“You ok?”

“Don’t stop!”

He alternated between flicking her nipple with his tongue and sucking on it as she writhed and moaned. She dug her nails harder into his back and Mulder found himself wondering how she ever could have thought she was bad in bed.

“Mulder… will you… put your fingers inside me?”

He fiddled briefly with what might have been her clit— he couldn’t really tell without looking and was following her command not to abandon her nipple.

“Skip that. Inside.”

He nodded along her breast, pulling her nipple in his lips as he moved. He slid one finger insider her, then two, and felt for her clit with his thumb. Her thighs shuddered on either side of his forearm and her hands left his back to twist into the sheets.

“Right there. Good boy.”

Praise did what it always did when it left the mouth of a beautiful woman. It went straight to his dick and gave him ideas but he pushed those aside to give Scully the best finger fuck he could pull off. He kept things gentle for her until she asked for more and then he began to piston his hand in and out just a little more forcefully. One of her hands came up to cradle his head.

“Curl?” She asked and when he curled his fingers, her feet came off the bed and her legs hooked around his back.

He took his free hand up to her other nipple and began to roll it under his thumb as she cried out again. She propped herself up a little bit and began to whisper into his hair.

“Yes. Please don’t stop, okay? Please, Mulder.”

He hummed in assent against her nipple and her hips started to buck as she fucked his hand. She was positively shuddering, nails digging into his scalp and back, hips twitching, moaning and Mulder had never felt so blissfully turned on in his life at how gorgeous someone else could be when aroused. He wanted this moment to last forever, but Scully was getting more and more excited. He switched his mouth over to her other nipple and that was what tipped her over the edge, after the gentlest of touches with his tongue. She squeaked as though surprised, tensing up and squeezing the life out of him, and then relaxed completely underneath him, letting out a very guttural moan.

“You alright?”

She nodded.

“Better than alright. I’ve… that’s the first time in years I’ve come with another person.”

“Well, I’m very glad I could be of service.”

He pulled his hand out of her, already missing how she felt around him.

“Mulder? You did well. Good… good boy.”

“Hey, you were the one with the hard job.”

“No. I just lied there and let you—”

“And let me. And let yourself enjoy. And from what you said last night, that can be difficult for you. I just followed your instructions.”

“What can I do for you? To get you off?”

“Getting to service a mommy like you is more than enough for me this morning. Almost as good as coming myself.”

“You’re sure you don’t need sex?” She eyed the tent in his underwear somewhat nervously, and he was pretty sure she was offering out of obligation. He wanted his first time inside her to be when she was raw with need for him, and not because she felt like that was what she was supposed to do with him.

“I have a better idea for what to try next.”

“Yeah?”

“Sit naked on my lap while we feed each other?”

“Okay.”

He excused himself to wash his hands and when he came back, Scully was doing the absolute sexiest thing a woman could do the morning after— donning his button down. She walked over with the rose in her hands, which had completely disappeared inside the sleeves of his shirts, even as bunched up as the sleeves were. She reached up and tucked the rose behind his ear.

He sat at the little table and she joined him on his lap and they each had a few bites of a bagel, washed down with a little coffee. Eating like this was hard. They kept kissing instead of focusing on what they were supposed to be doing.

“Well… it’s almost check-out time. I guess we’ll have to say goodbye for now,” Mulder said, with some regret.

“You could… come over. After we leave here.”

“Yeah? You wanna keep going?”

“Yeah. And besides…” She smiled, but it wasn’t shy this time. Her eyes were bright and bold. “We have a little time and it’s my turn to offer an idea.”

“Your wish is my command.”

She hoped up and went to the bathroom, popping her head back out and beckoning him with a finger.

“Tub is too small for both of us. But we can shower together.”

Mulder let the rest of the bagel drop onto the plate and followed her into the bathroom.