Knowle Rohrer and Shannon McMahon, the X Files' late-season immortals, are a more recent addition to my long list of interests. Given the fact that they have no shared airtime to speak of, this may seem an unlikely interest. But I've found myself more and more fascinated by their shared history and antecedents in the show's mythology, and by what they must make of themselves, their relationship to human beings, and each other. I do feel that there's a lot of richness in these characters, both separately and together, and I hope that you enjoy these tales as much as I do.


Vignettes


Before
Tiny 155-word vignette, Shannon POV.

Evolution
Short, angsty R-rated post-col vignette. As the lights go out over a dying world, the spark of human life lives on.

Don't Stop Swaying
Post-episode, NIHT II, PG13 vignette. She can live with the changes in the wind, she thinks, as long as she keeps on swaying.

Hybrid Kisses
Pre-X Files, PG vignette. Good friends. Good wine. The night before the change.

The Hubris Of Theodora
Post-episode, The Truth, PG vignette. "She was Theodora. He was her Justinian, pure of heart, but weak of mind and spirit." A post-modern legend.

Down With The Marked
Post-episode, NIHT II, PG vignette. "He doesn't love her - not the way the humans mean it. But he's marked with her, and she with him."



Companion Stories


Caro de carne mea
NC17 pre-XF vignette. Eight years after the change, Shannon finally learns the identity of her counterpart. "It occurs to you that it was an act of war, an assault waged on loneliness and need." Companion story to Like Glowing Embers.
Like Glowing Embers
R-rated pre-XF vignette. "You're a stranger. And yet you know me better than anyone." Follows Caro de carne mea.


Eschaton 1 2 3 4
R-rated long story/novella, Knowle/Shannon backstory. You don't have to be mortal to love. You don't have to be human to feel. See also Act Of Contrition.
Act Of Contrition
R-rated vignette, Eschaton missing scene. She always comes back.



Long Stories


Eschaton 1 2 3 4
R-rated long story/novella, Knowle/Shannon backstory. You don't have to be mortal to love. You don't have to be human to feel. See also Act Of Contrition (companion vignette/missing scene).