Alec hardy The Character of all time.
He's a grumpy old man but he doesn't drink coffee or smoke (though he used to).
He has zero ounces of toxic masculinity in his entire body, (has no probablem with a woman driving with him in the passenger seat, is vehemently against the idea of sexual assault being "boys being boys")
He's monotone at all times but is incredibly empathetic and will break down sobbing when left alone and stressed.
He's very, very good at telling when people are lying but he had no idea how social interactions work and will go along with anything as long as he's told that it's "what people do".
He's about as friendly as a cactus but the kindest man.
He's touch starved and visably disappointed when he's rejected hugs.
He adores his daughter more than anything in the world (and will make her give him a "proper hug" which often embarrasses her).
He's the most sexually frustrated man on earth and has absolutely no game (is rejected (rudely) to his face multiple times) but is utterly revolted to the point of working himself into a state at the idea of the kind of man that would assault a women because of rejection.
He doesn't complement people because he thinks it's obvious that they're doing a good job, but is also shocked when other people complement him because if he's not actively being praised he thinks his work is "adequate".
He's an atheist who believes that he didn't die in surgery for "a reason" and that the reason is to stay in a little town that he hates, with people he hates and sand that he hates for the rest of his life and to devote himself to that town.
He has water related trauma, nightmares and PTSD about drowning, and yet often returns to the ocean to watch the waves like he used to as a child.
His first instict when he sees (who he thinks is) a civilian who is about to see a dead child is to frantically try to stop her because he knows what that can do to someone. When he is then informed that she's police, he tells her to "put it away" because he knows that being overly emotional on cases will only make you mess up on the case and break a part of you.