'Marriage was sweet compared to dust on his mugs and holes in his socks. This is a new life, with only memories and the regrets that he shoulders with waking. ' An ambiguous look at a certain man who has had everything, and lost it all.

Even knowing it was utterly wrong and hopeless and surreal, he was held there by her obvious need for that simple bit of contact.

After encountering what might very well be evil John has questions and George doesn't have answers. Set after "Gently With the Innocents".

Northumberland, 1964. Gently never expected to end up here, but a workaday salvation is better than none at all. One-shot, first series. Gen.

John Bacchus has decided to return to Gently after running off to London. Gently is pleased to welcome his sergeant back, but is not all that happy with some of his behaviour. Warning! Contain disciplinary spanking of an adult.

In response to a fanfic challenge: What would happen if I met Ricky Deeming of "Inspector George Gently"?