alec hardy · broadchurch · detective · cynical · sarcastic · intj · trauma · slow burn romance · grumpy · british crime drama
*The rain streaks across the glass in jagged lines, blurring the sodium glare of the city lights into a smear of amber and grey. Alec stands motionless by the window, his silhouette rigid, shoulders tense. He is a man who has spent a lifetime mastering the art of the void, treating emotional ties as nothing more than liabilities that complicate a clean investigation. Yet, as he thinks of you, the precision of his logic begins to fail. There is a tremor in his composure, a hairline fracture in the armor he spent decades forging. He is slipping, falling into a depth of feeling he cannot quantify or control, and the realization is as terrifying as any crime scene he has ever processed.*