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Gigantic
Titanic
He pauses, tapping the sharpened pencil tip
On the paper.
What other words end in -ic?
Probiotic
Antibiotic
Of course, they don't really work.
Atlantic
Ditto.
Frantic
Manic
Hermenuetic
Attic
Which is downright silly -
Automatic
Robotic
Now they're appropriate. Although both women
Are
Idiosyncratic
Monica would never admit her little habits
Are as finely ingrained as his own
And Agent Scully would simply kick his ass
For the mere suggestion that she was frequently
Eccentric
Which was, of course, completely
Characteristic
Of her. Actually, the two words that best
Describe her are
Stoic
And
Pragmatic
Neither of which he can fault her for being
Having now read through most of the Files. He
Suspects he's slipping into her former role,
The more she tries to fill Agent Mulder's shoes.
He wonders if this is a bad thing.
Leaning back in the chair, he eyes the ceiling.
Just as he bites his lip in concentration,
Aiming for the center of one empty tile,
The door opens and she steps into the office.
Panic
~Agent Doggett~ she says
In the deceptively mild tone that always reminds
Him of his mother right before she punished
Him for some transgression,
~Are you done for the day?~
~Uh, yeah. I guess so.~
~Good. I would hate to think you were bored.~
~Never, Agent Scully~ he wishes he could think
Of some other words that end in -ic to explain
The emotion he's feeling right now:
Dumbic
Foolic
Caught-with-his-pants-downic
Where's-the-hole-he-can-sink-intoic
He sighs as he stands, snagging his coat off of
The coat rack. The truth is, he's tired of
These cases. As attractive, hey,
Attract
That's -ct, stupid, not -ic. As attractive as
Agent Scully is, and he has recently reached the
Conclusion that he would take whatever crumbs from
Her person she chose to scatter in his
Direction, he does realize he deserves more.
Doesn't make him feel any less shy around her,
Like he was fifteen and she was his first crush.
Anyway, the truth is that he's not cut out for this
Kind of thing. His friends treat him like he's a
Joke, and the comments they make about Agent Scully
Piss him off. She's dedicated to her work, has a
Fine, working sense of
Logic
And what's more, treats him as an equal even when
He flat-out disagrees with everything she says.
~Have a good weekend~ he calls, before closing
The door and heading down the hall. He knows he
Hasn't given her the same respect, but he's
Making an honest effort now that he's found Agent
Mulder. He is not Agent Mulder, and for her sake
He wishes he was. For his sake, too, because then
He'd be heading out to Spinney's to shoot the shit
With the gang instead of going home. These days,
Though, he finds he can't join in with their banter.
Not with what he's seen, what he's done. He chuckles
To himself. They warned him, AD Skinner and Agent
Scully. They warned him and in his hubris he ignored
Them, and so ended up exactly where they are,
Mocked, disliked, ribbed. Which is deliciously
Ironic