After the Night

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Listing Series

• Sleepless Night by Alexbluebell

  Fandoms: Broadchurch  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  21 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Alec Hardy/Ellie Miller
  • Alec Hardy
  • Ellie Miller (Broadchurch)
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Slow Burn
  • Mutual Pining
  • In Character
  • heart condition
  • Panic Attack
  • Caretaking
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • Soft Smut
  • Emotional Sex
  • First Time
  • Hurt Alec Hardy
  • protective ellie miller
  • Soft Ending

  Summary

  After a case that brings back old nightmares, Alec Hardy is exhausted and pretends he’s fine.
  When his heart gives out in the middle of the night, Ellie Miller refuses to believe his lies and comes to his place.
  One night of panic, comfort… and a turning point neither of them saw coming.

  Series

  • Part 1 of After the Night

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  6,616

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  4

  Kudos:

  33

  Bookmarks:

  1

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