Single Word Prompts (X-Files)

Conclusion

AN: This takes place after IWTB. alternate title: The Fall Of Mulder And Scully

He promised her he'd be waiting when she got back. Sure enough, she came home to find him standing in the yard, suitcases in hand. She smiled a broken smile.

"Let's go."

They got into the car and drove. They drove until they were in the middle of nowhere. It was peaceful, where no one knew their names, where no one was out to get them; where no one was there to remind them of the horrible truths of their pasts. They were finally free from their troubles. Still, it was hard work, starting over like that. But after every tiring day, they came home to each other. No matter how hard it was, they always had each other.

Or so they thought.

Gradually, the darkness that they had tried so hard to elude started to catch up with them. Or perhaps, it had been living inside them all along. Perhaps, what they had been trying so hard to escape from was... each other.

They both realized what was happening. They both knew what they had to do. But neither of them wanted to say it. They thought that if they ignored it, it would go away.

But it didn't.

And on one faithful day, she promised him she'd be waiting when he got back. Sure enough, he came home to find her standing in the yard, suitcase in hand. He smiled a broken smile.

"Let's go."

They got into the car and drove. They drove until they got to the train station. He watched her walk onto the platform. He didn't want to look at her, he didn't want to watch her go. But he couldn't tear his eyes away. They were both hoping that this was all a nightmare.

But it wasn't.

She turned to face him, tears streaming down her face, and he held her close, breathing in the scent of her perfume.

"I won't forget you."
"Me neither."

Their soft whimpers were suddenly cut off by the rushing sound of the train. She looked into his eyes one last time and turned around again. He watched her step onto the train, pull up her luggage, hoping that she would come back.

But she didn't.

He thought she was gone for good when she poked her head out the window and smiled at him. He smiled back through his tears, even though he felt like dying, and blew her a kiss. He could've sworn she mouthed the words: "I love you." But before he could say it back, she was speeding away from him at 60 miles per hour. And as he watched his one true love grow more and more distant, he thought to himself:

There it is.
All I've ever wanted.
All I've ever loved.
And I let it get away.
This is it.
This is the end.

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AN: I'm so sorry for all the feels. I actually had an alternate ending but I couldn't bring myself to do it... If you are curious though, there it is. You've been warned. vvvvvv

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He promised her he'd be waiting when she got back. Sure enough, she came home to find him standing in the yard, suitcases in hand. She smiled a broken smile.

"Let's go."

They got into the car and drove. They drove until they were in the middle of nowhere. It was peaceful, where no one knew their names, where no one was out to get them; where no one was there to remind them of the horrible truths of their pasts. They were finally free from their troubles. Still, it was hard work, starting over like that. But after every tiring day, they came home to each other. No matter how hard it was, they always had each other.

Or so they thought.

Gradually, the darkness that they had tried so hard to elude started to catch up with them. Or perhaps, it had been living inside them all along. Perhaps, what they had been trying so hard to escape from was... each other.

They both realized what was happening. They both knew what they had to do. But neither of them wanted to say it. They thought that if they ignored it, it would go away.

But it didn't.

And on one faithful day, she promised him she'd be waiting when he got back.

But she wasn't.