I feel like if ellen (the mother of Scully’s godson s1e5 Jersey Devil, obviously a close friend who encourages her to go after Mulder literally in the FIFTH episode) had been in the series more, or Melissa for that matter, either Mulder and Scully’s relationship would’ve progressed 10x more quickly or we would’ve at least gotten a few “yeah i was telling ellen about y- about this case we’re working on.”
“Missy thinks you’re full of shit.” “And why does she thinks that” “well i was telling her about- never mind”
Ellen meeting Mulder with the “i’ve heard a lot about you.”
Or better yet Mulder greets Missy (if they hadn’t met for the first time during abduction arc) with “i’ve heard a lot about you” and Missy gives him the you’re-not-good-enough-for-my-baby-sister stare and responds with “Really? Because Dana’s told me absolutely nothing about you (lie).”
Just saying Scully needed more friends, Mulder got the gun men and Scully got be the only consistent female character for at least five season
Chapter Six of A Muse, A Myth, A Mortal is up!!
Scully reached for a retort but gasped as she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen. In a moment, Mulder was by her side, crouching next to the chair. “Scully, what’s wrong, do we need to go to the hospital?” Scully shook her head with a smile, tears brimming in her eyes, though she was not entirely sure of their origin. She reached for Mulder’s hand. She put it on her belly and covered it with her own where her bump was still yet to show, or maybe barely there. They waited like that a few moments before she felt it again and this time Mulder gasped. “Is that-” Scully nodded, “Is that normal?”