A few years later in 2020...
What has happened since Gene made Alex his Mrs. Hunt? Well here's the result as Alex Hunt at 24 years old reveals a bit about her future plans with the Gene Genie and how they fell in love.
Gene has been fessing up with the candour of a con turning Queen's evidence: drugs as a younger teenager, shoplifting, the lot – oh, and the love thing, Gene grew up on a council estate in Salford. This stems from the fact he and his mum have been through a lot; he didn't want to be a no mark like his ex British Army grandfather who had worked for Greater Manchester Police after his National Service decades ago and eventually wound up suspended in 1983 for police corruption.
"Just the idea of your children going out and playing out and coming in when it's dark, that just doesn't happen nowadays." said DI Gene Hunt as he speaks of his 1990s to early 2000s childhood memories "I enjoyed acting at primary school, as any eight or nine-year-old might." around the X Factor, the Nintendo Gameboy Colour, Dick & Dom in Da Bungalow, playing with Pogs and MSN "We were just a bunch of kids having the best time, and doing this thing that we really enjoyed." it was there and then he decided to join the Greater Manchester Police Cadets when old enough "You're singing away and doing things that give you confidence." explained the 27 year old who was a skater scene emo kid back in the day. "But no, some of my 90s and early 2000s childhood was fantastic. It makes you quite bold, growing up. It makes you not afraid of anything. I loved it."
So it's a slight shock when you meet her to realise that the 24-year-old is the mother of three young children under 10, already married to 27 year old Detective Inspector Gene Hunt with brown eyes and a fine bone structure; police psychologist Alex was a Detective Constable by now. The flirtation between Alex and Gene Hunt (the man who calls her "Bollyknickers") was well and truly established both at home and in Greater Manchester Police; she had two children after Michelle Caroline who was now an inquisitive 7 year old with Alex's brunette hair, brown eyes and looked the spitting image of her mum when she was younger.
Maggie Hunt is five, just started Reception Year in Abbott Community Primary School with her father's sparky personality, blue eyes and dirty brunette hair; she supported Manchester City.
Ralph Hunt, at three can occasionally play with other children although he'll tantrum like his dad Gene Hunt at times; recognises some letters – particularly the letters in his own name, numbers and colours. He likes to try to draw with pencils/crayons, building with Lego Duplo or blocks and playing with his toy cars. He is the spitting image of Gene as a toddler and has his mum Alex's determined personality with her brown eyes and sandy blonde hair.
"I have a great relationship with mine and Gene's parents, and they have a brilliant relationship with all my children which, to their credit, is something they've made work so well and have been phenomenal with my children." Alex and Gene Hunt are used to making brave choices both as police officers, being husband and wife; but part of the problem is that directors in Greater Manchester Police make assumptions about her being one of the older parents as she already has three children at just twenty four, graduated from university and she has all sorts of plans for her career in 10 years time.
"I want our children to grow thinking, God, Mummy and Daddy did something interesting." said Alex Hunt talking to one of the new PCSOs "If people haven't seen you lately, and you have three children, then people make ageist remarks; I didn't want to start becoming a parent at 45 because I've seen my husband's mother in law with two toddlers and it is far too late." Alex Hunt revealed she wanted to be done before 30 with Gene Hunt "In our line of work that's unusual, but now my friends are having children, I'm like, mwah ha ha wait until the tantrums."
Alex is really glad that she is 24 and has got three children with Gene Hunt. They have got all sorts of plans in about 10 years' time including moving to London Metropolitan Police to improve a failing CID under special measures. Alex Clare Hunt takes her husband Gene to ride roller coasters at Thorpe Park in Surrey as a special Father's Day treat.
She is warm, self-deprecating and endearingly down-to-earth to contrast Gene's brashness, showed how good she was at rough, tough and wily in CID with her husband DI Gene Hunt's team in Greater Manchester Police. "First thing I would do is scrap all these targets. Any government official who said I had to meet these targets would be told to shove it. People want the streets sorted out - knife crime, disaffected youth - and going around giving parking tickets to hit targets isn't the way to do it."
Alex even plays the Tomb Raider video games and enjoys baking with their three children "I'm just at home, with the kids. Making cookies, or playing some Tomb Raider on the PlayStation probably."
This was a snippet I created about Gene Hunt and Alex being married, six years later from 2014 inspired from some of the Galex I read on here, this is my result.