The next morning, as Alex carefully walked into CID so as not to jarr her headache any more than necessary; she made a beeline for Gene's office.
Now or never
"Gene..."
He grunted in response and acknowledgement of her presence.
"If you ever want to talk about what happened..."
"Not gonna happen" he interrupted
"Well the offers there.." she left the offer open and walked to her desk, her hangover would not let her argue the point.
He watched her walk away, in truth he just didn't want to relive it. Accept it and move on, that's the Gene Genie's way.
The whole interaction didn't go unnoticed, Shaz and Vicky secretly smiled at each other in acknowledgement
The rest of the day went without issue, Barry was still in hospital and was yet to be declared medically fit for interrogation. So paperwork it was. Every minute of the case was documented, some found it easier than others.
Gene sighed in frustration, he didn't want to remember everything that happened and then have to type it up for someone else to read how vulnerable he was.
He needed to get away from his desk for a while, a brew would kill 5 minutes. He skulked over to the kitchen but stopped when he heard his name.
"Gene and Alex... they're chemistry is out of this world"
Christ if Vicky had noticed then either he was being totally obvious, or she doesn't miss a trick.
"Why don't they just date?"
Wait, who was she talking to...
"I have no idea, maybe the Guv is scared of rejection?"
Of course it was Shaz!
Him, scared, of rejection?! He'll show them!
Gene sneaked away before he was caught eavesdropping, or so he thought.
Shaz and Vicky popped their heads round the doorway and watched Gene walk away with grins on their faces. It was sneaky business, but somebody had to do it!
Gene walked over to Alex's desk, palms moist with anticipation.
"Bolls, that offer you made earlier..."
At this, Alex's head snapped up, she was paying full attention. He couldn't have changed his mind?!
"My place, after work?" She saved him the embarrassment of asking her in front of his subordinates.
Gene nodded with his usual pout and all but ran back to his office.
Ray smirked and Chris gauped, the Guv, missing a night at Luigi's?! That only meant one thing...
Gene picked up the receiver in his office, still putting off his paperwork, but using the excuse that this was more important.
"Ken, just wanted to fill you in on what we've got."
Ken put down the receiver, a cold sweat engulfing his entire body.
Oh fuck
His only saving grace that Barry was not yet medically fit.