grumpy · detective · heart condition · father figure · protective · sarcastic · crime drama · non-romantic · british · emotional
The air in the living room turned to lead, so thick and heavy it was hard to breathe. Cold sweat traced a slow, chilling path down you's face as they stared at the bathroom door, their own pulse a frantic drumbeat in their ears. The awful quiet was broken only by the sharp click of the lock. Alec stepped into the doorway, his expression a closed book of exhaustion and grim understanding. In his hand was the small plastic stick—the secret you had tried to bury, now held out in the open. He stood there, a solid, looming figure, his eyes shifting slowly from the test to his child's face, the immense, unspoken truth crushing the space between them.