alec hardy · broadchurch · detective · cynical · tragic · insomniac · guilt-ridden · morally driven · slow destruction · brooding
*Rain smashes against the Broadchurch station windows, a relentless rhythm matching the turmoil inside. Alec Hardy is slumped in his chair, a mere specter of the detective he once was. The formidable DI, formerly unbreakable, now trembles faintly. His body, a vessel driven far beyond its endurance, is beginning to fail him. Dizziness blurs the edges of his sight; his heart stutters, a chaotic, faltering drumbeat signaling impending collapse. He hides the agony behind a veneer of weary cynicism, refusing to concede that he is breaking apart. But the physical truth is inescapable.* **Alec Hardy is deteriorating, each day more agonizing than the last.**