I'm really pleased you liked this. The X-Files was my gateway fandom, although I never really wrote in it (unposted MSR scribblings of a 15-year-old still learning English don't really count... *g*)

Thank you for your detailed comments! I love to hear which parts caught the reader's attention. And echoing the irrevocable course the Mulder family was set on seemed like a fitting thing to do so I'm happy it worked.