Requested by @mltfndm_penguin (me).

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"—Shhh, shhh... It's okay, it's okay... Everything's alright baby, everything's fine."

Scully muttered softly, shushing and trying to calm her baby down. Scully had been trying to have a child for quite some time now, and somehow, it finally had happened. She knew about all the difficulties becoming a mother represented, but she still chose to become one. She wanted this. And she loved her baby.

But when she found herself unable to calm her child down, she was... Not prepared for that. She knew how they cried, the sleepless nights weren't something she hadn't heard of. But it still felt bad, to hear her baby crying and being unable to help, to do anything. She rocked the child gently on her arms, she paced around, hummed lullabies, shushed her... She tried and tried, but calming her baby down seemed like an impossible task.

"—You hungry, love?"

She knew asking directly to a baby was... Pretty useless, to be honest. But she still tried. After all, maybe it wasn't about a dirty diaper, or tiredness. Maybe all her little child needed was to be fed again. And then gently pat the burps out... After that, they could sleep. Baby in crib and Scully in her bed.