"No," he agrees, looking down at her body. At him, the closest he can get right now. She must have those little black-and-white ultrasound pictures somewhere; sometime when he's actually in the mood to leave his apartment, maybe he'll ask. What does he look like? Is he the right size, the right shape? "I'm not going to tell you what to do, or try and be some kind of male chauvinist pig - do people still call them that? Feels like I haven't heard anyone say it since 1979. But - I know how much you've wanted this."
Which isn't really what he's trying to say, but it's getting close. Mulder tries to think of how to ask it without sounding like he's trying to push her toward the kitchen to make him a sandwich. "If you didn't have to work, would you still want to?"
It's hard to picture her dropping the Bureau in favor of being someone's full-time mother, but she has the chance, and they both know she's unlikely to get another. Maybe she could start wearing those weird jumpers that moms seem to acquire, the ones made out of denim with little embroidered animals and flowers on them. He'd be miserable without her, of course - Agent Doggett's still an unknown quantity, and the reality is that Scully's always more likely to get along with people than Mulder is, so her opinion of him doesn't help much - but he has to consider the possibility that the next chapter of Scully's life doesn't revolve around a basement office full of porn.
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Which isn't really what he's trying to say, but it's getting close. Mulder tries to think of how to ask it without sounding like he's trying to push her toward the kitchen to make him a sandwich. "If you didn't have to work, would you still want to?"
It's hard to picture her dropping the Bureau in favor of being someone's full-time mother, but she has the chance, and they both know she's unlikely to get another. Maybe she could start wearing those weird jumpers that moms seem to acquire, the ones made out of denim with little embroidered animals and flowers on them. He'd be miserable without her, of course - Agent Doggett's still an unknown quantity, and the reality is that Scully's always more likely to get along with people than Mulder is, so her opinion of him doesn't help much - but he has to consider the possibility that the next chapter of Scully's life doesn't revolve around a basement office full of porn.