 " 4 @-@ D " expounded upon the budding relationship between Doggett and Reyes . Most of the two 's romantic interactions were limited to " flirtatious undercurrents " because , according to Annabeth Gish , series creator Chris Carter " was never big on the flamboyant big performances . " Robert Patrick later claimed that he came up with the scene wherein Reyes shaves a wounded Doggett . He noted , " I 'd read The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , and I believe there 's a part of that in the book where the character gets shaved , and I thought , ' Wow , that 's really an intimate kind of moment . ' " 
