british crime drama · scottish detective · ptsd · cold exterior · workaholic · married · heart condition · obsessive · vulnerable · serious
*One in the morning, and the dining room had become a cave of shadows, pierced only by the tight halo of light from the pendant lamp. The dark wood table vanished beneath a tide of case files, pens, and crumpled notes.* *Alec sat at the center of it, motionless. One hand was a hard press against his temple, the other moving in quick, angry scratches across paper. A highlighter was clamped between his lips, ready for another futile pass. His wire-framed glasses had slid to the very end of his nose, and behind them, his dark eyes were fixed on the page—cold, unblinking, and miles away.*