love love love (i want your love)

[meelsie_love78]

So, it's Valentine's Day. I was planning to get all creative and do a picspam of every ship I've ever been into, but... yeah. Not going to happen. Instead, I'll quote Scully. Because there's really no way I can go wrong with that, right?

"Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last -
are frequently the ones that are

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[meelsie_love78]

That's pretty much exactly as I see Alex's parents - her mom as this passionate Italian-ish firebrand - which, as you hinted, is exactly where Alex gets it from - and her dad as the wise, calmer, rational intellectual type - like Tony (and Dumbledore). Which I realise is totally stereotypical but what the hey, it's my random backstory and I'm sticking with it!

I definitely think Tony would get along smashingly with Alex's dad. I've always seen her dad as this old soldier who is really bookish and well-read (hence Alex's random philosophical quotings), and I can totally see he and Tony talking books. And I'm completely certain that a fatherly speech would have to be made, even if it's just a rather subtle 'you make my daughter very happy' line tossed out over Scotch one evening. To which Tony would of course blush and be slightly perplexed in response *joins you on squeeful tangient*

Maybe the tennis shoes thing might work, I'm not sure. But never mind - I'm certain none of my colleagues would be interested in an 'I'd die for you' bond either. I'm also certain I wouldn't want them to (well, except for that one cute lawyer...named HELEN...)

No wonder your mind exploded
Yep, yep, uh huh. Tell me about it *wipes bits of melty fangirl brain from screen* Just picture it - they'd glare and glare and glare at each other, before violently leaping into each other's arms and snogging to an almost painful extent. While Tony and Mulder stand in the background, wide-eyed, disturbed and probably a little turned on. EPIC is certainly the word.

[mammothluv]

Yes, stick with it! If you can't cling fiercely to your own random backstory, what can you cling to?

Oh, I love Alex's bookish soldier Dad! I can imagine him having never liked the ex and being suspicious of Tony before meeting him but then being quite pleased that Alex has obviously ended up with someone who will love her as much as she deserves. SQUEEEE!!! *is a little ashamed of mushiness but embraces it anyhow*

You know, now that you mention it, there's no one at my work I'd really want a lifelong bond with either. Eight hours a day with these people is really enough for me. But you, you have a CUTE LAWYER NAMED HELEN. Does she give death glares? If so, put on some high heeled boots and start giving that lady sex-eyes!

I'm quite attached to the idea of this X-Files/WitB crossover now. Alex/Scully - I ship it! And...imagine all the trouble Mulder and Tony could get into together whilst the ladies were off snogging (that is if the pervs didn't stand there and watch the whole time.)

[meelsie_love78]

Alex's bookish former soldier dad is AMAZING. I wish he was my dad. But anyway...

My thoughts on her dad and Tony are a little bit different to yours - I can see both her dad and her (in my imagination) brother being extremely fond of Tony before they've even met him, purely because he's obviously had such a good influence emotionally on Alex. I can see her dad and brother being concerned in the past about Alex's reaction to her divorce - I can see her throwing around the old 'never going down that bloody path again' lines and being at least on the surface very skeptical in general about love, and then when Tony comes along and she falls (secretly) head over boots, her family might be very thankful indeed that Tony has inspired Alex to give up on her 'giving up on love' mentality. Or something. It's all a bit of a mushy cotton candy mess in my head, as I'm sure you can tell!

Yeah, my workplace is definitely devoid of Scully's and/or Alex's. Even Helen the cute lawyer is a stretch - she's not THAT cute, she's so horribly straight and not nearly snarky enough. I'm clutching at straws, you know. Anything to keep me entertained when I should be working.

Mulder and Tony would be hilarious together! I tend to think they'd have some mutual dislike going on to begin with - they're so similar that I think it would grate on both of them - but once they'd bonded over some esoteric psychological theory or other I think they'd become BFFs forever more. I can see them both wearing expressions of perfect innocence and denying fiercely having ever gazed at their respective partners.

Plus, Tony could offer to carry around Mulder's sunflower seeds in his blue plastic bag.

(This conversation is making me realise I really desperately need a good XF icon.)

[mammothluv]

*gasp* You mean my imaginary family has contradicted your imaginary family? *panics for a moment before realizing it's okay because they both adore Tony*
It's all a bit of a mushy cotton candy mess in my head, as I'm sure you can tell!
*happily consumes some of your delightfully mushy cotton candy* I do love the idea of Alex's family noticing the change in her even before they've met Tony. I can see them commenting that she seems happier and asking if it's because of someone she's seeing and her vehemently denying it whilst being unable to hide her goofy 'yes, I'm totally in love' grin.

she's not THAT cute, she's so horribly straight and not nearly snarky enough
How dare she? Doesn't she know you need entertainment and distraction? I really don't think she's putting enough effort in. *gives Helen a disappointed look*

Plus, Tony could offer to carry around Mulder's sunflower seeds in his blue plastic bag.
Somehow this is the cutest image ever and I shall cling to it fiercely.

[meelsie_love78]

Our imaginary Fielding families can happily coexist, I'm sure! The more well-adjusted people hanging around Tony the better, I think.

Can't you just see Alex's dad being all gruffly fond of Tony and bonding with him over books and their fascination with brilliant, surprising, fiery women? And poor Alex being all blushy and embarrassed to find them gossiping together all day long *suffocates under weight of fluff*

Ha, I'll take your advice and given Helen a disappointed look tomorrow when I see her. It just shows how much of a fangirly geek I am, that pretty much 87% of why I'm slightly crushing on her is because her name is Helen. I'm secretly hoping one day I'll go onto her office and she'll somehow have transformed magically into the Helen.

Tony and Mulder would be so adorable together than Alex and Scully wouldn't even be capable of doing their signature exasperated eye rolls and weary sighs...

[mammothluv]

Oh, yes! I can see Alex being embarrassed to find Tony and her Dad gossiping together but also finding quite a few reasons to roll her eyes at them and how geeky they are together. It would be lovely!

I will keep my fingers crossed for your work Helen to one day turn into THE Helen. In the meantime I will continue to give her long distance disappointed looks to match your in person disappointed looks. It's just not right to have a hot/awesome woman's name and not live up to her hot/awesome standards.

[meelsie_love78]

Alex would secretly LOVE it if she stumbled upon Tony and her dad having an evening bonding/gossip session over Scotch in her kitchen!

Well, thank you for your long-distance bitchy glares at my work Helen; I'm sure it will make all the difference! Although I did have a couple of lovely moments of girlish glee today when she told me I was 'utterly brilliant at writing legalese' and that I was her 'favourite harem girl' (I'm one of a number of staff working directly for her.) It's kind of sad and pathetic, as Alex would say, just how much of a ridiculous little thrill I get from these snippets of gorgeousness from her!

[mammothluv]

I suppose I can lay off the bitchy glares for a bit if Helen is going to do lovely things like call you her favorite harem girl. She'd better keep the compliments up though or it's nothing but long distance nasty looks from me again!

(In somewhat related news, the relatively attractive woman who works upstairs from my office wore vaguely whorish black boots today and it made me thing of Alex both because of how high the heels were and the vaguely slutty nature of the whole ensemble. And I do mean vaguely slutty in the nicest way possible. I think Alex would've been proud.)

[meelsie_love78]

I’m sure she’ll appreciate the lack of bitchy glares from you, although now that I think about it, maybe it was feeling the bitchy glares that prompted her to be so sweet to me… maybe you should keep them up, just in case. If you don’t mind, of course.

Isn’t it sad that we have to settle for ‘relatively attractive’ in our workmates and perving options? Why can’t we have ‘supremely beautiful’ colleagues; why is the best we can hope for only ever ‘relatively attractive’? Life is so unfair. Anyway, it’s still very awesome indeed that your equivalent of my office Helen wore Alex-style whore-boots! What a lovely treat for you. Unfortunately, as it’s summer here, there aren’t any whore-boots anywhere to be seen. I can’t wait for winter.