A story about the relationship between Gene Hunt and Alex Drake.

Summary: Alex ends up back home in 2008 with Molly, she gets herself better and then heads back to work. She's been promoted to DCI at the station and she lives a happy life with Molly. DCI Gene Hunt gets stabbed in the 1980s when chasing a suspect, he wakes in 2010.

DCI Alex Drake

Since coming back from the 1980s I have had another outlook on life. I have realised how precious life really is and I spend as much time as I can with Molly to make up for the time that I wasted. She went and stayed with Pete for a while after I first woke up so I could get better but she was only there for a couple months and then she came back to me. Every day we tell each other we love each other and we have such an amazing relationship now, not that we didn't before the accident but it's so much better now. Life was amazing here but I still missed the 1980s lot; Ray, Chris, Shaz… Gene. I thought about them pretty much every day, especially the day I got promoted to DCI from DI all I could think about was the one DCI I will never forget, DCI Gene Hunt.

God I missed him so much! I never thought I would miss him but when I first woke up in the hospital the first person I looked for was Gene but when I saw Molly I realised that I was home, Gene wasn't here. That kiss we shared when we said our goodbyes… I will never forget how soft his lips where and the grip he had on me, it was as if he never wanted to let go. I didn't want to let go for a while but I was back with Molly like I always wanted, it was bittersweet really if you think about it. I lost Gene, Shaz, Chris and Ray but I got my daughter back. I wish there was a way I could have all of them in my life at the same time but I knew it was impossible, I just dreamed about it.

I wake up sometimes in the morning after dreaming about working in a station with Chris, Shaz, Ray and Gene and them coming home at night to Molly after working with my friends. Sometimes in the dream me and Gene come home together to Molly, she adored him and me and Gene were a happy couple who were very much in love. I would never admit it to him but I loved Gene Hunt, I loved him and it pained me when I woke up and he wasn't here with me… I would do anything to have him and Molly in my life together, I know she would love him. They are both cheeky and I know he'll look after her which is what I want for her, there's no one better out there for me then Gene Hunt. He's the yin to my yang if you like.

This morning I woke up after having one of my dreams and I wanted nothing more then to go back to Gene Hunt in the 1980s but instead I got up, woke up Molly, made her some breakfast, got her ready for school, drove her to school, told her I loved her and watched her walk into the school before going to work. I went up to CID and into my office were I started on my paperwork, the whole time I was thinking of bloody DCI Gene Hunt… I just can't get him out of my mind. I logged onto my computer and searched his name and number, I looked at his file and looked at his picture. The picture of the young Gene Hunt and although he had the same gorgeous eyes.

The door knocked so I exited the page and called for whoever it was to come in. The door opened and DC Lee Taylor walked in the room "Ma'am there's a situation your needed for. A man is shouting and screaming at people, he seems confused and a little out of it. We asked if he had been drinking and he said 'of course I've been bloody drinking it's seven in the evening' his exact words were" Lee explained.

"Ok where is he?" I asked him.

"In the cells, you're the best person to speak to him" He told me.

"Ok. Do we have a name?" I asked.

"Gene Hunt he said" Lee said.

"Gene Hunt? Are you sure he said Gene Hunt?" I questioned.

"Yeah" He answered.

I got up from my desk and ran down to the cells, the cell opened and there he was. Gene Hunt was sat on the bench wearing those terrible snake skin boots, he turned to look at me and his eyes grew wide with shock "Bolls?" He questioned.

I couldn't stop the tears that fell from my eyes. I rushed into the cell and he stood up, he wrapped his arms around me and I wrapped my arms around him "Oh Gene…" I said and hugged him as tight as I could. Eventually we came apart from the hug "What are you doing here?" I asked him.

"Bolls I ain't got a clue what's going on" He told me.

"I know. Let me get you out of here and you can come back to my place and we'll talk, I'll tell them I'm not feeling well or something" I said to him.

After I got Gene out I told him how to get to my place and gave him the key and I left it half an hour before telling work that I wasn't feeling well and I was going home, I told them I would be taking a couple of days off and to call me if it's an absolute emergency. I went back home to see Gene sitting on my sofa with a glass of scotch "Am I in the future?" He asked.

"Technically you're in present day, the 80s was the past" I told him.

"You were telling the truth… about coming from the future and I said you lying. I'm sorry" He said.

"Don't worry about it" I told him.

"You got your daughter back?" He asked me.

"Yes" I said with a smile. I went over to the mantel piece and picked up a picture of Molly and handed it to Gene for him to look at "That's Molly" I told him.

"She's a beautiful kid" He told me, he handed the picture back and I put it back in it's place "I don't know why I'm here" He said.

"Neither do I. You're more then welcome to stay here with me and Molly as long as you like" I said to him and sat down next to him on the sofa "I will help you get home if that's what you want" I told him.

"What if I want to stay here with you? What if I was sent back to find you?" He questioned.

"I hope that's why you're here" I admitted.

"C'mon then Bolls, get me another drink and stop acting so bloody soppy" He told me and I smiled wide at him before taking the glass and standing him, he winked at me as I went into the kitchen and got him a large scotch. I went back into the living room and handed it to him "So what year am I in?" He asked.

"2010" I answered.

"Bloody hell… what have I missed?" He asked.

"Well… I don't even know where to begin" I said.

By two in the afternoon I had filled him in with the worlds major events that he had missed out on, for example, twin tower attacks and the war proceeding it, Nelson Mandela, end of the cold war, the two royal divorces, Dolly the sheep, technology (that was tricky), Eurostar, TV, Music, Celebrities, suicide bombers in London, hurricane Katrina, Barack Obama, water discovered on the moon… it was a very interesting day.

Gene wanted to come with me to collect Molly from school so I drove us to the school and I told him to wait in the car whilst I went to go and pick her up and explain to her "Hi sweetheart, good day?" I asked her.

"Yeah it was ok" She replied.

"Molly I've got a friend who's coming to stay for a while, his name's Gene Hunt and I think you'll like him very much" I told her.

"Why is he coming to stay?" She asked me.

"Because he has no where else to stay right now so I said he could stay with us" I told her and she seemed ok with that "You'll like him Molls, he's a good man" I told her.

We got to the car and Molly got into the back seeing as Gene was sitting in the passenger seat of the car "Hiya Molly" Gene said.

"Hi" She said quietly.

"Just because we have a guest Molly doesn't mean you can play up. You still have to do your homework and have your dinner before you go out with your friends and you still have to be back in by 8... It's a school night" I told her and I looked in the rear view mirror as she rolled her eyes at me.

"Have you known my mum long?" Molly asked Gene.

"Since the 80s" He answered and I shared a cheeky smile with Gene.

"Has she always been that bossy?" Molly asked.

"This is calm for her" He replied.

"Thanks" I said sarcastically.

When we got to the house Molly ran upstairs to get changed and within ten minutes she came back down with her homework ready to go "Mum I'm stuck!" She called out sitting down in the living room next to Gene.

"What are you stuck on?" I asked her.

"I have to write two double sided pages of A4 paper about segregation in the 50s but I don't know how to start" She told me.

"Gene knows all about that" I said with a smile and walked into the kitchen to make some dinner.

Gene and Molly had been really quiet whilst I had been making dinner so I went into the living room to see what they were up to, I leaned against the door frame as I listened to Gene tell Molly how policing was done in the 50s and what happened heard him acting things out to her, using voices and everything. Molly was watching in amazement and writing loads of things down in her notebook that she carries everywhere. It was quite a sight. I just went back into the kitchen and left them there.

Just as I was about to put dinner on the plates I heard large footsteps behind me, I turned to see Gene standing there "Hi" He said.

"Hi" I said and turned to face him.

"I wanted to speak to you about something…" He said but was cut off by Molly coming into the kitchen.

"Hurry up with dinner I want to go out!" She said.

"It's just coming" I told her.