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1. Hold Still - Part 2 of The time it Takes by Alexbluebell

   Fandoms: Broadchurch  

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

   20 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Alec Hardy/Ellie Miller
   • Alec Hardy
   • Ellie Miller (Broadchurch)
   • Fred Miller (Broadchurch)
   • Tom Miller (Broadchurch)
   • Post Season 2
   • Slow Burn
   • Emotional Intimacy
   • soft angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Pining
   • Repressed Feelings
   • almost touching
   • Feelings Not Spoken Aloud
   • quiet moments
   • Non-Graphic Sexual Content

   Summary

   After the trial, Alec was supposed to leave. He was supposed to move on.
   But he stays.
   Between exhaustion, doubt, and fragile hope, he turns back to Ellie, carried by everything they never truly left behind.
   Between silences, tender gestures, and bodies that remember before words, they learn to find each other again. Slowly, without urgency, without promises too big to keep.
   Just with the quiet desire to believe once more.

   Series

   • Part 2 of The times it takes

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   17,484

   Chapters:

   4/4

   Comments:

   4

   Kudos:

   4

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   202