#hardymiller

[greensteve]

something I think about A Lot is how perfectly they set up hardy/miller to work perfectly as a couple and horribly as a couple. miller has a lot of similarities to tess (dark curly hair, not afraid to put hardy in his place, detective sergeants) whereas hardy is so different from joe (hair vs bald, beard versus clean shaven, superior officer vs stay at home dad, tall vs short). like how perfect!! does miller being like tess make her perfect for hardy or terrible for him? does hardy being so different from joe make him a terrible fit for miller or her perfect rebound? I wish this had been explored more in the show

[czesca]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Broadchurch Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Alec Hardy & Ellie Miller, Alec Hardy/Ellie Miller, but they are like. on the cusp. they're fascinating to me Characters: Alec Hardy, Ellie Miller (Broadchurch) Additional Tags: Minor Character Death, Discussion of Death, discussion of illness, tea (but no biscuits), Hurt/Comfort, Angst Summary:

Armed with a pot of jasmine tea and a prized piece of art for good measure and good luck (Daisy Henchard-Hardy (b. 1997), Mug For Dad, 2005, acrylic on ceramic), Ellie taps on Hardy's door and doesn’t wait for him to call her in. Head in his hands, he’s still staring down at that little piece of paper, shoulders slumped and fancy shirt creasing with his poor posture.

It might have been a tea-and-biscuits level situation.

Ellie tries to offer Hardy comfort in a trying time. She might need some, too.

[greensteve]

what if hardymiller called each other Al and El,,, why is no one talking about this.. no one knows them like I do.

[alexbluebell]

Chapter 6 : "Almost free" - When the Walls Fall

A week of waiting. Held-back glances. Burning desires. When they’re finally alone, everything Alec has been holding back begins to crack.

“His last clear thought was that he finally understood he was exactly where he belonged. And the dam broke.”

📖 emotional slow burn 🖤 restrained desire / emotional tension 🖤 post–S3 Alec Hardy / Ellie Miller 🖤 non-graphic sex / mutual vulnerability

🖤penultimate chapter !

👉 Read on AO3

[alexbluebell]

When the Walls Fall

Alec Hardy is terrified of his emotions.

Not because they are weak, but because they are too vast.

They crack the barriers he built just to keep standing.

Ellie Miller is desire. She is love.

Not the kind that traps, the kind that lets you move forward without armor.

-> from my Hardy/Miller fic

[alexbluebell]

Chapter 3 — What He Refused to Admit

A Broadchurch fanfiction

Alec is determined to keep things under control. To apologise. To protect what still exists between them at work. But Ellie asks a question he never meant to answer. One that forces him to look at his return to Broadchurch, and to finally admit it wasn’t only about Daisy.

“He didn’t know what he was feeling. Or rather, he was feeling things he hurried to bury deep inside himself.”

🕯 post–Season 3 🕯 slow burn / emotional honesty 🕯 quiet intimacy 🕯 difficult conversations 🕯 Alec Hardy / Ellie Miller

📖 Final Chapter 3 coming soon on AO3 !