Molly almost tripped over her white dress waving frantically at the ribbon-adorned bright red Quattro drawing slowly away from the church, her flowers forgotten on the grass as she mouthed "Love you both!" at the car's neatly-moulded rear end as it vanished down the lane. Shaz was wiping tears behind her, Chris trying to hold them in and Ray cursing as Mandy Skelton stepped on his foot in her killer heels, hissing, "Damn yer, yer bastard, cry!"

Ray's reply was (thankfully) lost in the crowd of people heading back into the church, collecting belongings after waving the happy couple off into the sunset for a honeymoon. Nothing too special, it had seemed on first glance- but then Molly had found out that they were going to the Highlands for four days of pure pleasure, each other and the mountains their only company. She smiled to the trees surrounding the road as she remembered what her mother had said: "When I first arrived here, there was nothing I wouldn't have done to avoid having to spend more than a day in the presence of Gene Hunt. Now I can think of nothing better."

"Molls?"

Molly turned to see Shaz standing behind her, her eye make-up smudged everywhere as she beckoned Molly back inside the church. Neither Gene nor Alex were religious, but since the church's only real religious symbols were a couple of stained-glass windows, being out in the middle of nowhere, it radiated romance rather than Christ and they had decided it was perfect.

"Chris'll get the car. You got your stuff?"

Molly nodded, smiling. Shaz and Chris had volunteered to look after her for two days, and then she would be in the capable hands of Mandy Skelton once again. She turned to stare at the road again, imagining her mother's happy laugh and Gene's broad smile in the Quattro as it bounced along the roads, gleeful as a child in a sandpit.

"They'll 'ave a great time, Molls," Shaz said happily, directing the young girl inside the church to go out the front entrance towards the car park. The skid marks from Gene's handbrake turn were still etched firmly into the gravel; Molly had to stop herself laughing as Chris tried to copy his Guv and ended up stalling the car.

"Baby, you 'ad to 'ave three goes at your licence, take it one step at a time," Shaz sighed indulgently, slipping in and choosing to ignore Chris' scowl. Molly got into the back, sniggering.

"Yer got everythin', Molls?" Chris called back, catching Molly's eye in the rear-view mirror, his blue and green gaze smiling as he chose to let Shaz's remark go. Molly nodded.

"It's all in the boot."

Chris accelerated out of the car park, blocking Ray's way out and giving him a smirk as Ray beeped loudly and several people laughed. Molly sat back, watching the trees going by and thinking of the picture her mother had shown her of the cottage she'd booked as a surprise for Gene, knowing that he was having difficulty finding anywhere. It had looked so perfect, so rugged and determined and sweet- in a nutshell, perfect for rugged Gene and determined Alex and a sweet honeymoon.

Mandy Skelton passed by in her ancient Volvo, waving with the biggest grin possible on her face to her son and sending both Shaz and Molly into fits of laughter as Chris complained loudly about being overtaken by his mother.

"Here we are," Alex said softly as the Quattro drew up outside the small mountain cottage and Gene opened his door, his brightly polished snakeskin boots crunching on the stones as he walked round the car to pick Alex up in both arms, kissing her cheek gently as he eased the door closed with his foot and dropped the keys onto her stomach for her to lock the car. Alex laughed, wrapping her arms round his neck, pulling him down for a proper kiss and entangling her hands in his mane of blond hair, murmuring her love for him against his skin, feeling his desire for her literally growing, just beneath his belt.

"Oh shit," he groaned as his trousers began to protest, Alex laughing as he hurriedly headed into the house, slamming the door behind him and scouting through to find the bedroom, managing to discover every other room in the house- including the utility room and the cloakroom- before finding the small bedroom, secluded right at the back of the house.

"Guess the journey ends 'ere, eh, Bolls?" he murmured, dropping her onto the bed carefully and easing himself on to straddle her, pressing his lips against hers once again, feeling her responding eagerly. Her fingers found his tie, a bright aqua blue to bring out his eyes, slipping it over his head and rucking up his hair, pulling the knot apart as it threatened to split their mouths embracing. With his messy hair and his burning desire apparent in his eyes, his smart suit and the gleaming ring on his finger, he had never looked better to Alex.

"Oh no, it's only just beginning," she whispered to him, finding his shirt buttons just as he discovered the hook on her dress, fingers scrabbling to free smooth flesh to the air as they lost themselves in each other, forgetting the rest of the world, their only thoughts of bliss.

And then they were flying, in a universe of warm skin and tangled limbs and lips pressing gently to their partners, fingers stroking, bodies sliding, miraculous sensations building and building to a divine climax as they gasped each others' names, the miracles exploding in their bodies as they lay together, complete, replete with joy.

Gene felt her fingers stealing into his through the haze of bliss, wrapping his hand in hers as she brought it up to her face, kissing each knuckle in turn, feeling his body press against hers as he turned slightly to feel her flesh against his.

"Christ, Bolly, yer never fail ter amaze me," he murmured into her shoulder, kissing her bare flesh, all the way down to her belly button, pausing halfway to savour a certain spot before carrying on. She gasped, wriggling under his attentions, her hand sliding down to stroke the baby-soft hairs at the nape of his neck.

"And I'm beginning to wonder if all those boasts about you being a legendary lover were true after all," she teased, pulling him back up to kiss him. He drew back, pretending to look insulted.

"Only now? Looks like I need ter up my game," he grinned, reaching down to feel her warm flesh once again, sliding his hand south until it found what it wanted. Alex gave a little gasp.

"Oh, Gene... oh, you're filthy!" she giggled as he paid special attention to that area, leaning down to inspect it and bobbing his head back up, his eyes darkened with lust once again.

"An' yer love it," he laughed, ducking back down to carry on with what he was doing as she gasped, laughing out loud at the sensations.

"Don't you dare stop... oh God, I love you, Gene..."

Molly sat down on the little armchair in her room, looking out of the window at the 80s landscape of London, smiling as Shaz brought in a cup of tea for her and sat down next to her, putting an arm round her.

"They'll be 'avin' a great time. Not to put you off your tea, Molls."

Molly laughed.

"I can deal with it. I found Mum's slightly torn knickers behind the sofa once."

"OK, now I don' need to know!" Shaz gasped, sending Molly into giggles. They sat in companionable silence for a while, cradling their tea, looking out of the window.

"Thanks for taking me in, Shaz," Molly said eventually, turning to watch the young woman as she smiled. "I didn't want Mum and Dad to be worrying about me while they were away."

"That's OK," Shaz said, giving Molly a one-armed hug. Chris came in with his own tea, muttering something about leaving a video somewhere to Shaz and receiving an eye-roll.

"It's on the sofa, baby. In plain sight."

Chris muttered something along the lines of "oh, right, I knew that" before beating a hasty retreat. Shaz and Molly exchanged glances and giggled.

Whatever these two days at Chris and Shaz's were going to be like, they weren't going to be uneventful.

A/N: I hope you like it! Please please please review- if I don't get enough reviews, I'll take this one down. Thanks for reading, though! Jazzola :)