Skinner's Briefs

New chapters on AO3! Dancing in the Moonlight (39763 words) by prChung Chapters: 12/? Fandom: The X-Files Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dana Scully/Walter Skinner Characters: Dana Scully, Fox Mulder, Walter Skinner, Original Characters Additional Tags: An X-File Case, Supernatural Elements, Romance, Humor, Peril, Were-Creatures, Investigations Series: Part 5 of Complimentary Mints Chapter Summary: Everything is brushing up against revelation— romantic, psychological, and literal danger— and the gravity is palpable. Under a harvest moon, truths begin to surface. Mulder grapples with the collapse of myth into something colder, more human, while Scully is swept into a night that feels disarmingly like fate, guided by Skinner’s steady presence and unexpected grace. Between candlelight, music, and distant gunshots, the line blurs between romance and reckoning— between what’s lost, and what might still be found.

New chapters available on AO3!  Dancing in the Moonlight (34873 words) by prChung Chapters: 11/? Fandom: The X-Files Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dana Scully/Walter Skinner Characters: Dana Scully, Fox Mulder, Walter Skinner, Original Characters Additional Tags: An X-File Case, Supernatural Elements, Romance, Humor, Peril, Were-Creatures, Investigations Series: Part 5 of Complimentary Mints Chapter Summary: As Aspen’s mysteries tighten their grip, quiet moments hint at deeper truths. Mulder chases leads with trademark abandon, Scully grounds the investigation in reason, and Skinner’s past resurfaces with unexpected weight. As personal lines blur, the truth inches closer—and it doesn’t want to stay buried.

It's the 90s, but why not go to an 80s themed club? Surprises are around every corner and lurking in every ally for poor Walter Skinner. Get ready for abject inappropriate behavior. Smoking Man laying down some dance moves, and some surprise cameos... The X-Couple (8250 series words) by prChung Chapters: 4/? Fandom: The X-Files Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dana Scully/Walter Skinner, Skinner - Relationship Characters: Walter Skinner, Dana Scully, Fox Mulder, Cigarette Smoking Man (X-Files) Additional Tags: Alien Bounty Hunter Series: Part 1 of The X-Couple Episode Summary: When Cancer Man insists on planning a night out, Skinner braces for disaster—and rightly so. A suspiciously clean apartment, two dates with dubious origins, and a club scene straight out of a fever dream leave Skinner questioning every decision that’s brought him to this moment. Dating, as it turns out, may be more dangerous than any X-file.

Everything Changes (33497 words) by prChung Chapters: 11/11 Fandom: The X-Files Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Dana Scully/Walter Skinner Characters: Walter Skinner, Dana Scully, Fox Mulder, The Lone Gunmen, Marita, Orig - Character, Alex Krycek Additional Tags: Suspense, Science Fiction, Alien Abduction, Government Conspiracy, Angst, Native American Character(s) Chapter Summary: Trapped beneath a mountain of ruin, Skinner begins a solitary descent through the dark—while Scully races against time to find him. What they uncover deep below the New Mexico desert may finally bring them answers… but at a cost neither of them is prepared to pay. In the end, revelations echo louder than proof, and history may only be revised by those left standing.

Synopsis by guest writer Jose Chung (written prior to his apparent death at the hands of the Nostradamus Nutball): Now, grab your Stetsons, conspiracy cowboys, 'cause we're moseying on over to Elmo, Wyoming. Here, amidst the questionable barbeque and dazzling fireworks of the 4th of July festivities, we find Agent Scully embroiled in a situation more perplexing than a malfunctioning weather balloon. In strides Sheriff Lawrence Durokoff, a man carved from the same government-issue granite as Assistant Director Skinner, only with a grin brighter than a chrome bumper on a brand-new pickup truck. Was it a case of cloning gone wrong? Or perhaps long-lost twins separated by, well, let's just say a misplaced birth certificate (we can delve into government conspiracies all day, but identical twins are a stretch even for this jaded scribe). The truth, as always, is stranger than the wildest fan fiction. The undeniable spark between Scully and Sheriff Durokoff has tongues wagging abo...

After discovering Scully's badge case on the river bank, near a deserted car riddled with bullets, Mulder launches an urgent search with the limited resources of the county Sheriff's department. Meanwhile, Scully and Skinner, find themselves stranded in the Wyoming wilderness and bickering with their unbearable prisoner in tow. Tension crackles between Scully and Skinner (fueled by Bernstein's not-so-subtle nudges about their dynamic), a spark of unspoken attraction flickers between them. Notes follow the story.  " Far Afield " Part V of "The Spider and the FBI" by PR Chung   Albany County, Wyoming Albany Country Sheriff's Dept. Air Patrol 6:56 p.m.   * "...Won'cha com' ta' my house..." *   "Yeah, it's getting pretty late for those fellas," the sheriff's deputy shouted over the shear blast of noise that was not only from the thrashing and pounding of the helicopter, but the blast of Buddy Holly singing Bo Diddl...