"BILL SCULLY"
The Bill Scully POV series, re-edited to fit canon's timeline. [Ao3]
"Mr. Mulder, I Know Something About You"
The first time Bill heard the name Fox Mulder was the day after his sister and her partner were sucked almost dry and hospitalized in Washington State for nearly two weeks. One fuzzy, panicked call from Tara and one fuzzier, harried call from his mother sketched in the slim details: Dana was on the mend, she’d been investigating a missing loggers’ case with her partner--
“What 'partner'? She’s in the field?”
She had been, for months. He’d forgotten to ask at their father’s funeral, convinced that her height and lack of experience had kept her teaching at Quantico.
“Dana's mentioned him once before, I think. You know how tight-lipped she is about her life.”
“Mom, do I need to come home? Is she….”
“No, Bill. But I’ll call you if she takes a turn for the worse.”
So, Bill stayed on board; and Dana got better, and Tara celebrated over the phone, and Maggie remembered the name: Fox Mulder.
The second time Bill heard the name Fox Mulder were the days following his sister’s abduction.
His mother talked of little else-- with Dana’s captor dead, any possible leads had died with him. There was nothing now but faith and hope.
“But I know Fox will call as soon as he finds her.”
