Philes’ Xmas Advent Calendar Prompt Day 9: skiing. Tagging @txf-prompt-box @today-in-fic and @only-txf-fanart

The Lone Gunmen appears in this story! Kinda. Set early season.

The Injured Troll

The two of them were catching up with paperwork in the office when Mulder’s cell phone rang. He glances at it slightly confused with the unknown number that popped on the small horizontal screen, before flipping it open.

“Mulder,” he answers after the third ring. Scully hears him sigh as he leans back on his chair, “Oh, well if it is my three favorite stooges. What can I do for you?” A pause. “What!?” Another pause as he listens to whatever is said on the phone. Scully’s curiosity piqued, she stops filling out her batch of paperwork at her work station as she turns to watch Mulder lean forward on his desk, grab a notepad, and start to scribble down whatever was dictated to him with a smile on his face. He taps the pen restlessly on his desk as the one-sided conversation continues, until finally, he says with a smirk, “Alright, I’ll swing by after work with the goods. Tell Frohike he’s a huge baby once he wakes up.” He ends the phone call and looks up grinning at Scully.

“That was Langley. You’ll never believe this.”

“Try me.”

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