#petrow

No joking. While Alex does hold a similar morale compass like Tonks, she is way more open and flexible with people. Put in short, she doesn’t give much on First Impressions. So, first impressions, exist, right? But what do they actually tell? Not much, right? So, Alex gives much more on getting to actually know a person and have an opinion then, not right from the start. So she’ll be open and friendly with everybody, will give everyone a potential leap of faith and see if they will live up to that.

Will does easily without any problems. And unlike Tonks, who will get along with Will but will not feel super close to him due to being very different, Alex has no problems making friends with people who are different to her, and I see them become close friends over time potentially.

Bear does prove to be a Good Guy, and while Alex sticks with the strict rules of who can and cannot join the club, she still easily is willing to see Bear as someone who can do fucking good to the world. She knows from first hand experience that making mistakes in the past and coming from a troubled background doesn’t mean your path is over, so she’ll do her best to help Bear find his way to do that good. I think those two can become real buddies, they share the same rough on the outside super soft on the inside personality.

Sebastian? Well well well. Well. I don’t see Alex as harsh with him as Tonks is, but she will probably always stay somewhat distanced. Sebastian surely is no Bad Guy, so there’s no reason to reject him. And when he’s close to Bear, he has to be a somewhat good guy on some level, or so Alex dearly hopes, so she will go on and try to see what kind of person he is. But I don’t see them ever become close, because they are very different and I’m not sure either of them would be willing to actually make friends with the other, because they don’t seem very interested in the other’s world. (What do you think about that??) So Alex will stay friendly (but never hold back with her opinion when the situation needs it) and be able to do small talk and stuff when on a party or anything where both of them are, but she probably won’t seek out Sebastian’s company and she will always be 5% suspicuous and have an eye on him around the club and all. Because while leap of faith is cool, she won’t blindly fall for it and would be more than able and willing to tell Sebastian he is not welcome should the situation ever need it. (Oh man, I fear I’m doing Sebastian very wrong here. xD)

And Petrow? :D Lets do two routes here.

If Alex was to meet/run into Petrow back in her youth in Russia? She would probably pretty much despise him. Who is he? What does he do? Isn’t he somewhat shady? Morally questionable? He would probably be someone she would give a wide berth (einen großen Bogen machen), especially because her bad experience with the miliz and on the first impression he might fall into a similar category for her.

If Alex was to run into Petrow as an adult in the US or in Russia when she’s there? Completely different story. Like I said, she doesn’t give much on first impressions and she is much more morally flexible the older she gets. So if she gets the chance she would really enjoy just sitting down with Petrow for some tea or coffee or have a walk and talk about things. What is his connection with Yuri? What was/is his role in Piter and around? What DOES he actually do? But most of all his connection with Yuri and just talking about “the old times”. And I think she would really get along well with Petrow’s nature. He seems very russian, rouch on the outside (she doesn’t even care if he’s also rough on the inside), with edges, not giving a shit, having strong opinions, not needing many words and all? She could totally bond with him over their shared russian background. Under other circumstances they would maybe not find much to bond over, but both being away from “home” and in places that are just very different than growing up in Russia? Then the shared heritage is enough to bond over, and they might even realize they share more than they think. And it’s easy to get along because for once it’s not about the club and no gatekeeping neccessary, they can just talk about Russia and how things changed there since the fall of the USSR and all. They can even share some mean laughters about some not so nice jokes and drink some bad american vodka together. :D

And those two routes can even be combined: they could have run into each other in Alex teens and then decades later meet again in Piter by accident or anything. It would actually be very cool and we could definitely write that! :D