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1. I tried so hard and got so far but in the end it doesn't even matter by moosewinchester83

   Fandoms: Broadchurch  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   30 Sep 2024

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Alec Hardy/Ellie Miller
   • Alec Hardy
   • Ellie Miller (Broadchurch)
   • Alec Hardy Needs A Hug
   • Alec Hardy & Ellie Miller Are Best Friends
   • Alec Hardy Whump
   • Alec Hardy Gets A Hug
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Child Abuse
   • Past Character Death
   • Autistic Alec Hardy

   Summary

   A few years after the ending of season three, Hardy and Miller get called to a house where a little boy who is autistic is being abused. Hardy deals with the situation in a different way than Ellie had imagined, and this gives her some thinking time. When he calls her later that night, sobbing, she wonders if maybe the job hit him a little too hard.

   Or, alternatively, just some Hardy whump. A job hits him a little too close to home. He has a breakdown but Ellie manages to help him.

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   English

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