The minutes they were alone, Molly turned to Charles hands on hips 'Boss, you have one fucking minute to tell me what the fuck is going on before I lamp you!'

Charles laughed out loud and walked towards her. He placed his hands on her shoulders and leaned down. 'Basically – what he said. They refused to accept my resignation.' He seems quite bemused by that. The look in his eyes as if he couldn't understand why.

'How did you end up here though? Why didn't you let me know? Could you not try to get a message to me? You would have known before I got on the plane!' Molly was getting louder and louder, getting more and more worked up.

'Here, sit down' Charles said as her pulled her over to the seats. He sat her down and perched on the seat next to her. He took her hand and interlinked their fingers. She seemed to settle with the touch of his hands. He looked up 'I never had time to get in touch before you flew out Molly. My CO was quite adamant about me not resigning my commission. I explained all my concerns about the last mission and he basically told me 'shit happens when you are at war'. I think he thought getting me back out here with the section would get me back on the horse as quickly as possible.'

'How did they find out about us though?' Molly asked quietly sounded worried.

'I told them…'

'What! Are you stupid? You could have been up on a charge!'

'I had to Molly. As soon as I realised they were serious about me coming back here I had to tell them. I could not have survived being here with you for the next 3 months and hide how I feel.'

'Really?' Molly said quietly. Sometimes still not believing he was hers and appeared to love her as much as she loved him.

'Yes you idiot. Are you saying you could have? Could you have hid your feelings? Could you have resisted my magnetic charm and personality?' teasing her with her own words back to her.

Molly snorted out a laugh.

'They needed someone here quickly Molls. After I told them about our relationship and they realised it was serious, they knew they had to make a decision. I was as shocked as you. It took ages to get this authorised and by the time I knew for definite it was going to happen, you were already on the way. I didn't mention it beforehand in case it didn't happen.'

'Will it really be alright?' Molly asked with a little more confidence.

'Yes it will. As long as we are sensible we will be together for the duration. On duty we are Boss Man and Dawes. Off duty….'

'We are Boss Man and Dawes' Molly interrupted laughingly.

'Indeed. Come on then, I don't know about you medics, but I have work to do' Charles stood pulling Molly to her feet. 'We'll talk later about how we tell the section OK?' Charles leaned down and gave Molly and very brief peck on her lips.

'Is that it? Is that bleeding it?' Molly challenged laughingly stretching up for more. She grabbed his vest and pulled him down.

Charles laughed and reached down to cup her face. He tipped her face up to him and looked at her intently. 'I love you Molly Dawes' he whispered as he placed his lips to hers, this time with more feeling and emotion than the fleeting peck a few moments earlier.

'I'll expect better than that later Boss' Molly looked up cheekily.

'Oh don't you worry Dawsey. We'll catch up later in private.'

'Promises, promises' Molly teased as she headed towards to door. She turned at the last minute and looked over her shoulder 'I am really happy now Boss Man.'

'Ditto Dawsey' Charles replied laughing. 'Now piss off. I've got work to do.'