it's a stretch.

ahh sorry for the late response!! tbh I am someone who barely pays attention to men (this is why me loving mulder is a biiiig deal 😂) so it took me a minute. These might not be top 5 because I don't think I remember enough to make that call but they are the first 5 I chose...

Stonehenge Rocks, because look at this loser. Scully turns him around to find the love of her life proudly wearing a baseball cap that says "Stonehenge Rocks."

GREY T SHIRT MULDER!! Literally any of the times he's in a grey t shirt

the FBI jackets fkjdak;fj;akjfa

idk if i can say i like this but also. i do?

honestly the entire pilot but i love this one <3

Mulder: You haven’t run a toxicological yet? Pathologist: They should be finished shortly. Mulder: I’d be interested to see what you find. When will it be on file? Pathologist: Later this morning. Mulder: I’d like a copy as soon as possible, please. Pathologist: Oh, I’m sorry, you’ll have to go through regular military channels. Mulder: What do you mean, “military”? You’re not F.B.I.? Pathologist: Quantico is under military jurisdiction. There wasn’t an F.B.I. pathologist available this morning.

Yeah, well, he’s trying to find one, okay?? Help him out a little bit. I mean, look at his face.

His person is missing.

I was with Cassandra Spender when she disappeared. You sat with me while I was under hypnosis when I spoke of just these sorts of details. I have no doubt that what Cassandra could tell us would expose more than just what happened to her.

Scully's reaction to Pheobe Green. Scully's first dick joke "Oh is THAT what you were extending?"

Worm checking in Ice like they were trying to tear each other's clothes off.

Mulder wearing Scully's cross when she was missing. He didn't keep it safe, he wore it. On his body. Close to his anatomical heart.

The hug in Irresistible. The chin tip, the kiss on her head. That's a lot to comfort a "coworker."

The shower scene in Die Hand Die Verletzt. Mulder rolls his whole ass body over hers to protect her. While wet. And tied up.

"You never draw my bath" in Revelations. Not an appropriate thing to say to a coworker. Ever. But it's Mulder so it's ok.

Scully's reaction to Dr Bambi.

Scully's reaction to Detective White.

Mulder's observation about Scully's body in Quagmire.

When Mulder voices that he's turned on by Scully's ability to identify a P52 Mustang.

The penlight joke in the cut scene from Home. Is this canon? I count it.

Lying to Congress

Mulder's jealousy of Ed Jerse.

Mulder being the first person Scully calls when she gets her diagnosis. Her journal entries.

Scully not pulling away from Eddie Van Blundht when he tries to kiss her

The sleeping bag joke in Detour.

Mulder's proposal in Chinga.

Mulder asking if his "boyish agility" was turning her on.

The "you're my one in five billion" line is a lot to say to a "friend."

Scully's jealousy of Fowley.

The Hallway Scene.

Mulder kissing 1939 version of Scully then confessing love to 1998 version of Scully.

The ghosts saying Mulder and Scully have "intimacy through co-dependency." The ghosts are correct.

Scully's "switch has been flicked" monologue.

Everything Mulder says and does in Arcadia.

Scully's reaction to Karin Berquist.

Mulder's reaction to Phillip Padgett.

Philip Padgett observes that "Agent Scully is already in love." Not "Agent Scully *loves him*". Agent Scully is IN love.

"It's not a bad piece of ash huh?"

Scully's journal entries in Africa.

Egregiously long forehead kissing and lip brushing.

An extra toothbrush in Mulder's bathroom in Orison.

Messy hair and "he's had a rough night" in Sein und Zeit.

"Not in the widely understood definition of that term."

Dressing in Mulder's bathroom, leaving Mulder sleeping in the bed with no evidence of pyjamas on his body.

Hand Holding on a film set, going on a date using the bureau credit card.

Bed cuddling in Bellefleur. Wearing the same clothes the next morning as you were wearing when you went to your partner's motel room.

Asking your partner to have a child with you.

Having a child with your partner.

1. home depot wife <3

2. best thing to ever happen to maine

3. roswell-based pottery instructor

4. literally just what I wore in alaska every day

5. low-cut cardigans for reading about autopsies on a friday night

DANA KATHERINE SCULLY THAT MAN WOULD LITERALLY END THE WORLD FOR YOU OF COURSE HE'LL FATHER YOUR CHILDREN! AND HE'D DO IT THE NATURAL WAY TOO! HECK IF HE COULD HE'D CARRY THE BABY HIMSELF!

like the vulnerability and intimacy of asking that but also going through that process with Mulder like 🤌 AND THEN HE ISN'T EVEN THERE FOR LIKE SO MUCH OF THE PREGNANCY ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME.