Title: VCR Woes

Author: Evil_Little_Dog

Rating: K+

Disclaimer: This is a derivative work, and, as such, I make absolutely no money writing this. Darn the luck.

Summary: The VCR isn't working.

As Dana walked into the office, she noticed two things – the lights were out, and Mulder was hunched over the television screen. "Please tell me you're not watching porn on the government's time."

Mulder turned to blink at her, his eyes owlish behind the lenses of his glasses. "No. No! I don't do that when someone might." He gestured at her, and the door, and gave a lopsided shrug.

"Uh huh." Dana folded her arms. "So, what are you watching?"

"I was," Mulder emphasized the verb, "watching a program that someone sent me anonymously."

"In a brown paper wrapper?" Dana pushed the door closed behind her, coming farther into the office.

"No." Shooting her a dark glare, Mulder sat down heavily in his chair, smacking the television. "Well, yes to the brown wrapper, but it wasn't. Not that kind of video, Scully."

"So what, then? Alien autopsies? Cattle mutilations? A sighting of the chupacabra or Bigfoot?"

Mulder tightened his mouth. "Actually, vampires."

"Vampires, again?" Dana sighed.

The television screen showed snow instead of Mulder's video. He slapped the screen again, making the snow glitch. "What is wrong with this thing? It was playing fine until you got here."

"I guess you need a believer to make the video work," Dana said. "I'm going to get some coffee. I'll get some for you while you work on the machine." By the time she'd gotten out the office door, Mulder was frantically punching the buttons on the VCR player. Rolling her eyes, she thought this was going to be a long morning.

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