"Time In a Bottle" for an_honest_cop

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save everyday
Til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

Standing on a rooftop over London, Alex closes her eyes and breathes in the deep, familiar air of the city. ( Something inside of her stills, and when she opens her eyes, her gaze casts to the ground so far beneath her. )

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Cut for spoilers for the end of Life on Mars
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Muse: Alex Drake, Ashes to Ashes
Prompt: for the song meme: "Time in a Bottle" by Roger Whittaker
Verse: Open and Canon Verses
Word Count: 473

for just_fck_me... I've been watching you all night...

“I've been watching you all night...” He slid into the empty seat next to her, blue eyes boring into her, undressing her beneath his gaze.

She tilted her head at him, brown curls spilling over her shoulder. “You should have said something earlier.”

“Well, I just thought, since-”

“Oi! You!”

The man from the bar jumped from his seat to a standing position in one swift move, like a teenager who just got caught getting to second base in the backseat of a car by his girlfriend's father. Which was probably very akin to what had just occurred.

After all, there were unspoken rules in Luigi's. And one of those happened to be, no bloke was allowed to flirt with DI Alex Drake while she was in the presence of the most esteemed DCI Gene Hunt. ( Or sometimes, even when she wasn't. )

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Cut for adult language and themes.
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Muse: Alex Drake
Prompt: 19.5 [STARTING POINT] I've been watching you all night...
Verse: Open Verse
Word Count: 1299