Thanks for all the great comments, please keep R&R! So, yeah...I did decide to change the fic's name. Sorry for any confusion! Please be aware that D.I Harrison Murphy was never ment to be a complete numpty, but he seem's to have gotten worse! Basically, he was been getting bullied by the CID lads, and he's had enough, so he's starting to act out, and his target seems to be Gene/Alex at the moment. I think I'll explore Murphy's background in a later chapter. Give the character a bit more depth than just a general pain up the arse :D As usual, no BETA, so ignore spelling mistakes!


"So what's the deal with you and that Murphy bloke?" Alex giggled

"D.I Harrison Murphy is a complete twat" Gene grumbled

"Gene!" Alex scolded "Don't be rude!"

"I ain't bein' rude, Bols, just 'onest" He shrugged "'E wer' pissin me off"

"So you decided to beat him to a pulp?" Alex exclaimed, "Even for you that's..."

"'E wer' takin' piss outta you, Alex" Gene told her "'E wer' touchin' yer stuff and askin' t'WPC's about yer. Didn't like it."

"He must have been provoked" Alex sighed

"Not by me" Gene admitted "By t'other CID lads. But, I ain't gonna stand by an' let my Bolly Knickers be talked about like tha"

"Gene..." Alex said, softly, "That is very sweet of you"

"Never" Gene scowled "Say me name and THAT in t'same sentence. Don't sound right"

"You'll never, ever change, will you?" Alex grinned "Though that doesn't mean I can't see what all the other swooning women see"

"Everyone loves a bit o' t'Gene Genie, Bolly" Gene smiled, "Even you"

"Yes" Alex agreed "Even me"

"Is that what yer are?" Gene asked "A swooning women?"

"I most definitely am not!" Alex protested

"So what wer' that back at t' Railway Arms then?" Gene questioned, frowning a little "You wanting ter stay with me an' all that"

"I do!" Alex admitted "Of course, if you don't want me to..."

"I never said tha, Alex" Gene said, seriously "But before yer wen' inter pub, yer...yano..."

"Oh!" Alex exclaimed "THAT..."

"Yer" Gene nodded, "Tha'"

"Well..." Alex began, clearing her throat awkwardly, "I guess I was just caught up in the moment"

"Oh" Gene said, looking down "Yer. Whatever. Fine"

"I didn't say that I wasn't..." Alex panicked, stumbling over her words as she tried to undo her last sentence

"No" He glared no emotion in his voice "s'fine, Alex. Why don't yer go sort yer desk out or sommat?" Gene shoved her shoulder, pushing her up off of his lap.

"Oh God!" Alex squeaked, as she stumbled upwards, "No! I didn't mean that I didn't..."

"Didn't what, Alex?" Gene demanded

"...Want it" Alex whispered, embarrassed. She looked up through her eyelashes, to see Gene's reaction, but he seemed to be frozen to the spot, looking at her with a mixture of confusion and heart break on his face.

"What?" Gene asked, as Alex turned pink

"I just thought you wouldn't want to mention it again" She admitted, "Being the Manc Lion and all that"

"Bolly..." Gene sighed

"You are just so unreadable! Nothing about you makes any sense to me!" She exclaimed "I can never figure you out. You're either yelling in my face or telling me stuff no one else should ever know! Everyone heeds your every order, but I KNOW you like it when I protest, and argue. There is nothing about you that I can work out. I am a psychologist but you...you...you are amazing and..."

"As much as I appreciate yer ramblings, Bols..." He interrupted

"...fascinating!" Alex completed her speech, and ignored Gene completely, "And also, I think from an outsiders view, you look pretty calm and collected, if facing issues with your health and temperament, but when you know you like I do..."

"Shut up!" Gene shouted, though not aggressively or indeed frightfully

"I beg your..." Alex began, but was promptly cut off by Gene crashing his lips against hers, and pulling her back onto his knee. She stood there shocked for a few seconds, but whilst sat on Gene's protecting lap, closed her eyes delicately and wrapped her arms around his neck. They broke off for breath, giving Alex a few moments to whisper the ending of her sentence, before continuing "...pardon"


"Where the hell are they?" Murphy shouted, walking back into CID having cleaned up the dried blood that had trickled all down his face

"In The Guv's office, sir" Kaitlin told him, nodding towards Gene's door, where a picture of his head stuck over a lions body hung. Murphy walked towards it and grabbed the door handle, snorting at the small piece of paper.

"The Manc Lion, indeed" He mocked, pushing on the door. It didn't move, so he began to shake it violently and knock loudly on the glass "Open up, Hunt!"


"Open the bloody door!" Murphy yelled, as the whole office vibrated.

Alex was sat happily on Gene, her legs over the arm of the chair, and her head resting softly on Gene's chest. He stroked her hair, as he had done before, but this time, he occasionally planted a small kiss on the top of her head.

"HUNT!"

Alex sighed and flung her legs back onto the floor, and stood up, angrily marching to the door and yanking it open as she flicked the lock.

"WHAT?" She shouted in his face, as Gene chuckled to himself in the corner.

"I want to see Hunt" He demanded

"That's DCI Hunt to you, inspector" Alex spat

"I'm sorry!" Murphy said, rudely, "I didn't realise you were in charge"

"No, I'm not!" She replied, sweetly, "but you can show some respect"

"I do show respect!" He shouted, "but just not for people like you"

"What's that supposed to mean?" She asked, completely outraged, as Gene stood up suddenly

"Let's just say you've got a bit of a reputation, inspector" He laughed, "Didn't realise the force employed hookers nowadays. Is that how you got to be an inspector? Slept your way to the top? I'd watch out, Mr. Hunt. She'll be after you next"

Anger rose inside of her, and without realising what she was doing, she felt her hand burn into his face, as she slapped him. Everyone stopped and turned around, seen their newest D.I hold their face in agony. Without thinking, Gene stormed past Alex, and grabbed him the scruff of the neck, and pinned him against the wall, which he seemed to be doing more and more of, these days.

"You EVER talk ter 'er like that again" Gene warned, feeling more protective over Alex than he had done anyone else before, "and I will personally see to it, that yer knackers are shoved in a very tight vice!" Alex walked back into the office, as Gene loosened his grip of Murphy, letting him cower away. Gene followed her and locked the door once again as it slammed shut. "Where wer we?"

"Round about...here" Alex grinned, stepping closer to him and pressing her lips against his. He pulled her even closer, and tilted his head, as her eyes flickered shut in delight.