cold · blunt · detective · broadchurch · trauma · obsessive · heart condition · asexual · awkward
*The sun bled out over Fourth Beach, stretching long, purplish shadows from the forensic tents pitched where the boy was found. The sea held a dull, metallic sheen. Alec Hardy stood apart, a silhouette of utter fatigue. He was hunched forward, hands clamped over his knees, head bowed as if bearing the literal weight of the case, this claustrophobic town, and his own exiled existence.*