Title: I fell for him

Author: f.f. lindy

Date: 7/23/01

Spoilers: tiny one for Tooms, but nothing that would really spoil anything

Rated: G

Thanks: This one is for Lindsay, who caught me up on 6 years worth of missed time during one mile Mondays and bonus Tuesdays, for Allison that listened to 6 years worth of x-files trivia, and for my brother Tom who threatened to give me a birthday beating if I didn't watch the season 7 premiere with him.

Authors notes: I wrote this while watching the x-files movie one night. It's something I think needs to be said.

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Even though he shows up at my apartment at 3 in the morning and tells me to follow him. Even though he tells me things I could never believe, and almost every day finds a reason to question my beliefs, just as I question his theories. Even though no one in the bureau thinks that he will ever amount to anything, they make fun of him, and for that they make fun of me. Even though with four-inch heels I barely reach his nose, and he'll never let me forget it. Even though there wasn't an iced tea in that bag. I fell for him.

I fell for his humor, even when it is directed towards me. I fell for his good looks, for his intelligence, for his individuality. I fell for his courage, even when everything was on the line, and for his unending determination. I fell for the way that he could comfort me, the way that no one else ever could, and the way that he saved my life time and time again. I fell for the way he treated me like an equal, even though I was sent to debunk all he stood for. I fell for the way he fell for m, the way that without ever telling me verbally, I couldn't help but know that we could never last as any less than what we have become.

I fell for him, and no there is not going back. Now I am hooked on him forever and will never be able to want only his friendship. I want all of him. I want a friend, a partner, a lover. I fell for him. I fell in love.