As she turned away from Gene she froze, the dream suddenly flew through her mind, except this time she saw all of it. The man in bed with her, it wasn't Evan, it was….Gene. How could it be him, they spent half their time fighting and arguing, how could she dream about someone who had such a low appreciation for women. He was obnoxious, boorish, sexist, had such a superiority complex. But he was also caring, gentle, and sensitive, it just took a bit of effort to get that side out of him. But whenever he was in CID he would never let his guard down, he always had to he the gruff Manc Lion.

She turned round hoping and praying that he would still be stood there, but if he was what would she say, 'oh by the way Gene I have been having a recouring dream about you waking up in my bed' how bad would that sound. Perhaps it was for the best that he wasn't there when she turned round, it would give her time to think all this through, did she want to do something about this? Or did she just want to brush it under the rug and forget about it?

She made her way outside made up an excused to Evan and Donny saying she had a lot of work she had to do so couldn't go to the hospital with them. After waving them off she made her way to her apartment, she had a lot of thinking to do.

A few hours and a lot of used brain cells later she made her way down to Luiggi's. After walking through the door her eyed immediately went to the corner her and Gene normally sat at. It was empty. Where was he? He always came her after work, they all did, it was there salvation from the outside world. He must still be at CID probably in his office drinking himself into a stupor. She should probably go and check he is still in the land of the living, he didn't seem all that with it when she left earlier and she had to confront him about this dream, it was driving her insane. If she wasn't insane already.

As she walked through the station it was like a ghost town, there were a few uniformed offiecers wandering around here and there but apart from that I was deathly quiet. Making her way up to CID she eventually found herself standing outside the Manc Lions lair. She could understand why people called him the Manc Lion, but she though Caroline price was right when she said he was nothing but a pussycat, if you got him in the right mood. And that was the mood she was hoping to catch him in now.

Peering through the blinds she can see him sat back in his chair, feet up on the desk fast asleep. She should really go, it isn't fair to stay when he thinks he is all alone. But maybe that was the problem 'he was lonely.' Did the Gene Genie get lonely? Surely he must do from time to time.

As quite as she could manage she walked into his office and closed the door behind her. Walking round to his side of the desk her eyes run appraisingly over his figure. Ok he was no athlete but he was still strong and it felt safe being in his embrace. She can remember when they were stuck in the vault at Edgehampton and she had curled up to him when she thought they were going to die. She had never felt so safe and secure in his strong embrace.

Her eyes started there journey at his feet, those awfully boots, she couldn't stand them, but when you took it as a whole they seemed to suit him perfectly. Those long muscular legs, ok so he had a bit of a beer belly but it wasn't as bad as she thought it might be , considering the amount of alcohol he drank and the amount of cigarettes he smoked. His broad chest encasing a heart that she thought was capable of so much emotion, but it was always kept bottles up, perhaps he just needed someone who wasn't afraid to get close enough to uncover those emotions. Finally leading to his ruggedly handsome face, a slight bit of stubble starting to show, but that just made him all the more appealing. Upon the battle scared face sat a thick golden main, so similar to a male alpha lions main.

She could really have some fun with this, Gene being completely unaware of her actions. Her mind was running wild with ideas, she had to rein it in before she got to carried away and lost her chance. But if they were never going to say anything serious about the obvious attraction between them, then she would just have to let her action do the talking. Wouldn't she.

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Hope you all enjoyed the first chapter. He second will hopefully be following shortly. Please R & R, I would love to hear any comments good or bad ^_^