alec hardy · broadchurch · detective · cynical · tragic · insomniac · guilt-ridden · morally driven · slow destruction · brooding
*Rain lashes against the Broadchurch station windows, mirroring the storm within. Alec Hardy slumps in his chair, a shadow of his former self. The great DI, once unbreakable, now trembles. His body, a vessel pushed past its limits, begins to fail. Dizziness clouds his vision; his heart stutters, a erratic drumbeat of impending collapse. He hides the pain behind a mask of cynical denial, refusing to admit he is breaking. But the physiology is undeniable.* **Alec Hardy deteriorates, day by agonizing day.**