Canon Character Based Lists

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Pregnancy Based Lists

Pregnant Scully Pregnancy stories (she's pregnant with Mulder's child unless otherwise noted), broken down by when during the series Scully was pregnant Last updated April 2020	Pregnant Reyes Reyes expecting her own bundle of joy, usually with Doggett Last updated March 2018
Pregnant Others Someone other than Scully or Reyes is expecting a baby Last updated July 2021	That Darn Fetus What happened to the fetus shown in "Emily"? Last updated June 2014
Telling Mulder Mulder finds out something important...	Lamaze Class Grab a pillow and a partner
Births It's time! Last updated October 2020

Family Life Lists

Married With Children Mulder and Scully have officially tied the knot and have kids. (+ engagement subcategory) Last updated May 2020	Playing House Mulder and Scully, unmarried with children Last updated March 2014	Non-Canon Kids Any offspring of characters who are not Emily, William, Luke Doggett, or Matthew Scully Last updated January 2021
Lil' Brother William William has biological or adopted older siblings Last updated April 2018	Big Brother William William has younger siblings Last updated May 2020	Doggett/Reyes Kids Usually set after "The Truth," Doggett and Reyes start a family Last updated December 2018
Any Other Name After Requiem Scully has a baby not named William Last updated January 2021	Twins or more! Twins, triplets, quads etc Last updated July 2021	Big Families The average family has 2.4 children. These families have 4 or more Last updated May 2020
Agents Adopt Someone adopts a child or children Last updated February 2019	Stepkids When marriage means taking on parenthood too Last updated March 2021	Slash & families Gay characters experience parenthood Last updated April 2018
Halloween & Kids Family and casefile stories set at Halloween Last updated October 2020	Christmas & Kids Family and casefile stories set at Christmas Last updated December 2020	Other Holidays Not Christmas or Halloween Last updated February 2020
Young Relatives Nieces, nephews, and much younger siblings Last updated November 2018	Babysitting Babysitter reporting for duty Last updated April 2018	Family Vacations Kids, sunscreen, mittens, everything you'd expect on a family vacation Last updated June 2019
Birthdays Put on your party hats Last updated April 2018	Bedtime Stories Someone tells a child a bedtime story Last updated April 2018	School Days pre-K to first year of college Last updated July 2016
Post-IWTB fics These fics are set after the second movie's credits have rolled Last updated December 2018	Reboot/Season 10-11 Fics Last updated March 2020

Looking Ahead (or Backwards) Lists

Get Will Back! William reunited with Mulder and Scully, broken down by how old he was (1-6 or 7+) Last updated August 2021	Grandpa Mulder and Grandma Scully Usually set in the future, Mulder and Scully have grandchildren Last updated January 2018
Teens Teenage characters of all sorts Last updated February 2019	Pre-XF Childhoods Stories from when the characters were young Last updated May 2020

AU Themes Lists

Keeping William Fics set late into or after season nine that don't result in William being put up for adoption Last updated December 2018	Alternate Returns Mulder returns in a non-canon fashion (and Scully still has his child) Last updated January 2021
AU After Requiem fics that break from canon after "Requiem" Last updated February 2019	AU After Existence fics that break from canon after "Existence" Last updated August 2019
Aunt Melissa Scully's children know their aunt Last updated February 2021	Aunt Samantha Mulder's children know their aunt Last updated February 2021

Less Light-Hearted Lists

Mulder, Single Dad Mulder raises children on his own Last updated March 2018	Life After Mulder Scully and her child(ren) move on after Mulder's death or disappearance Last updated January 2018
Had Kids With Others Kids that aren't from M/S or D/R pairings Last updated May 2020	Should Have Told You Characters belatedly discover that they're parents (babies made the old-fashioned way only) Last updated July 2019
Adoption Angst Mulder and/or Scully dealing with William's adoption Last updated January 2019	The Empty Cradle Miscarriages and otherwise lost children Last updated April 2018
48 Hours Fics set between "Existence" and Mulder's departure in "Nothing Important Happened Today I" Last updated May 2019	Kidnapped Fics with ransom notes
William Van De Kamp William, living with his adopted family Last updated December 2018	Dreams of Children Visions of children, who might have been or are yet to come Last updated January 2021

Scifi Based Lists

Other Emilys Mulder and Scully discover that there are other lab created children Last updated July 2019	Post-Col Childhoods Child characters experiencing invasion and colonization Last updated May 2020
Casefile Kids Unrelated children who are involved in cases Last updated August 2019	Little Ghosts Ghosts of children and teenagers Last updated December 2020
Back To The Future Someone's offspring time travels to met them. Last updated February 2021	Inhuman Parent(s) Remember the rumor that the baby was only half human? The rumor was right. Last updated May 2020
Abnormal Aging Rapid aging, second childhoods, and suspended animation	Cloned Children Children who were cloned from someone else

Everything Else

Challengefics fics produced by The Nursery Files challenges Last updated June 2016	Crossovers crossovers between The X-Files and assorted tv shows, movies and books Last updated February 2019
Fic Pairs A list of fics at The Nursery Files and their one each sequels Last updated April 2020	Series A list of all the series housed at The Nursery Files Last updated April 2018