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Alec Hardy does not like bars. Well, really, he doesn't like people, and people are in bars, lots of people, and he's never comfortable enough to let his guard down in order to enjoy himself. He's seen too much and trusts too little. Yet, here he is, in a bar in Weymouth, with loud music and people and attractive women.
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04 Jul 2026
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Claire called him ‘Alec.’
He doesn’t like being called Alec, Ellie thought to herself. She looked over at him, at how he immediately curled in, shoulders hunched, arms brought forward to cross protectively over his chest. She tried to catch his eye, but Hardy resolutely did not look back at her, eyes fixed on Claire.
Something was very wrong. She just couldn’t put her finger on it quite yet.
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or: the emancipation of one Alec Hardy
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04 Jul 2026
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“So, you’re not from around here?”
The Scot shakes his head with a furrow in his brow, surprised she didn’t realize that sooner.
“Hm, I guess that’s why you didn’t look familiar.” She deduces (A real Sherlock, he thinks sarcastically).
“Didn’t your mum tell you not to talk to strangers?” The furrowed brow lingers on his face.
“Yes, but it’s hard to be a stranger around here with how small of a town it is.” She shrugs. “Unless someone like you comes along.”(A young Scot visits Broadchurch on holiday and meets a strange girl who might make the trip worth it – in other words, a holiday meetcute.)
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03 Jul 2026
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In which Billy Hargrove has people on his side. What would have happened if a few people had decided to take a closer look at Billy and see that what he needed was a little help. With lots of found family and Neil bashing.
Also the Upside Down is conveniently forgotten and never really mentioned after the first chapter. I am well aware of the gaping plot hole, and I have chosen to ignore it.
A hand landed on his window sill and Billy cursed at himself for flinching. Hopper peered down at him, giving Billy and the car a once-over, an eyebrow raising at the smell of alcohol. “You know how fast you were going son?”
Billy’s done this dance before, knows the question is hypothetical and that there’s nothing he can say to convince the cop otherwise. So he smirked, the corners of his mouth pulling at the bruise on his jaw. “Real damn fast I hope.”
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03 Jul 2026
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Strange Bedfellows by orphan_account, ravenclawsquill
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
16 Oct 2016
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When Harry encounters a frail and fidgety Draco Malfoy at the Ministry, he just knows something is wrong and he’s determined to get to the bottom of it.
A story about Deadly Nightshade, crippling insomnia, excellent wine … and finding what you need in the strangest of circumstances.
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03 Jul 2026
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When Aziraphale has an extremely confusing encounter at a village, it leads him to the realization that his adversary is in trouble. Can he find Crowley and help him?
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03 Jul 2026
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Ineffable Loonies by gotta_migraine
Fandoms: Broadchurch, Takin' Over the Asylum, Gallowglass (TV 1993), Masters of Sex, Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Doctor Who (2005)
05 Sep 2024
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Campbell is sitting in a subway for the night when he notices something ... Strange.
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- Part 2 of Campbell and his loonie friends
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28 Jun 2026
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Jim Hopper, Chief of Police, just had a defenseless teenager convinced he was about to die.
Joyce is going to kill him.
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- Part 2 of rotten to the core
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20 Jun 2026
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All Hopper wanted to do was go home and relax, but he got a noise complaint about a car blasting music at the quarry. So instead of going home, he finds himself at the quarry with an extremely drunk Billy Hargrove. A drunk Billy Hargrove who just happens to have bruises and welts covering his back.
Or, Billy talks a lot when he's drunk and doesn't realize that Hopper and Joyce basically made him confess that he gets abused at home or that he ended up at the Chief of Police's house where is his given a safe place to sleep for the night and possibly a place to stay for longer.
Or, Billy gets invited to his first sleepover at Hop's cabin with Jim and Joyce and is overjoyed. They will show him what true love looks like and decide that he is never going back to Cherry Lane again.
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15 Jun 2026
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“Get out of the car,” Hopper says, finally, and Billy blows air out hard, breaking open the thin scabbing on his lip again.
He fumbles with the door, climbs out and stands there, his feet hot and sweating inside his sneakers. It’s awful, Hopper is looking at him with something like pity, enough silent sadness to infuriate him, and Billy can’t figure out how to get past this moment - and then. He doesn’t need to, because everything changes.
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11 Jun 2026
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Just a bunch of drabbles and ficlets from some prompts. Hardy is pretty much the main character, even in the one he's barely in.
1. misc fluff stuff
2. misc whump stuff
3. Hardy and Tess pre-canon where Hardy sucks at relaxing
4. Does Alec Hardy hate fruit?
5. Well, it started out as a nice afternoon until Hardy got kicked in the balls.
6. concussion
7. Okay, now whump him again (medically, of course)
8. spontaneous pneumothorax
9. post-canon Hardy being sad about Daisy moving away, and Miller being a friend
10. stomach bugBookmarked by Readingreading009
11 Jun 2026
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A different take on alecs encounters with lee and ricky.
Now with Mark And joe!
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11 Jun 2026
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Alec is sick, but goes to work anyway, Ellie won't have it. If you like them bickering there will be plenty.
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11 Jun 2026
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Ellie watched the events unfold as if they happened in slow motion, with her eyes wide, frozen to the spot and unable to help. She saw Alec’s body suddenly lurch forward, his arms grasping at thin air and flailing almost like a bird’s wings before all six foot something of him crashed violently to the ground.
...A visit to the pub does not quite go to plan for Alec...
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Just a short OS perfect for NYE - enjoy and Happy New Year!Bookmarked by Readingreading009
11 Jun 2026
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Alec is doing fine. Really, he is. He is on a path to healing from what happened. Some days are still harder than others, though, and he only wishes it wasn’t so. Thankfully, he isn’t alone in his journey and there is always someone looking out for him.
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- Part 2 of Diaries
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11 Jun 2026
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Billy knows Jim’s been looking forward to properly introducing him and Joyce. Billy still tries to tell him he’s feeling sick.
When that doesn’t work, he figures he’ll just have to power through. It’s just a dinner. He’s done it before. He can do it again.
It’ll be fine.
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- Part 20 of Whumptober 2022
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10 Jun 2026
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Joyce Byers, The Mother of the Lost by Invaderdumbass
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Aug 2022
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Joyce Byers was an enigma to Billy Hargrove. He didn’t understand her one damn bit. Why would this mother with her hands already full with two boys of her own, while also parenting a super-powered little girl, wanna take in a stray like him?
the knowing gaze she gave him, made him feel like she knew. That he really didn’t need to explain. The sheer understanding in her stare sent a shiver down his spine and quieted any words that were trying to fall from his lips.
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Joyce Byers' love competes against the tallest tsunamis and the strongest tornadoes. She's a mother through and through, blood or not.
(TEMP ON HOLD: Not finished)
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- Part 2 of I wish the world was softer
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09 Jun 2026
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Sitting in a seat that was so soft made his mouth go slack with exhaustion. It was all he could do to keep his eyes open and stare blearily at the smudged lights outside the window as Ellie drove. He asked himself why he even needed to look out on these miserable sights and why he couldn't just turn his mind inward and rest. He'd seen them a thousand times before. You're not a child, Hardy. Stay awake. Sleeping will hold you fast in its claws. Sleeping will destroy you.
Alec, in an attempt to avoid his nightmares, has been keeping himself awake. Ellie, being a mother and his best friend, is not about to let that slide. Featuring the closeness they SHOULD have had in the series. Set post-s3 in the weeks after.
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08 Jun 2026
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Hardy faces a medical dismissal, but he may be the only one who can figure out the tangled mess of the past coming after his replacement, assuming his heart and the PTSD don't kill him first.
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- Part 3 of Valley of the Shadow
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08 Jun 2026
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It's spring in Broadchurch. Everything blossoms, as does Ellie Miller's and Alec Hardy's relationship.
They are in the middle of exploring their feelings for each other, when a new case comes along. A young woman is missing and her disappearance leads them into the life of Broadchurch’s high society. Pressured by the parents, our detectives go to work immediately but will they tackle the case and their new evolving relationship at once? They both have to find out that the truth about missing Lilian Evans is more dangerous than everyone might have thought when Hardy also suddenly goes missing without a trace.
Will Miller find him in time?
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08 Jun 2026