Sorry this update has taken forever and ever x


On Saturday morning Alec came over to the cottage to see Taylor and when he rang the doorbell, was met by her Labrador barking the place down, and the clear sound of two men laughing at something just behind the door. A second later it opened and he saw Ollie with a smirk on his face

'Alright Hardy? Back again?'

Alec frowned 'what's that supposed to mean?'

Ollie laughed 'I saw you leave the other morning, and you've been looking distinctly less grumpy over the last few days. Tay's been walking round with a smile for the last few weeks so at least we know you're not a total dick. Wanna come in?'

Alec half rolled his eyes and came in, seeing another man just beyond the door, with Taylor's son Flynn on his shoulders.

Alec halted suddenly, seeing the physical similarity between the man and Flynn, and feeling horror-stricken at the possibility that it could have been the father James.

The man grinned 'Hi, I'm Taylor's brother, Cooper'

Alec visibly relaxed and they shook hands 'Alec'. Cooper was in his forties, a large gap between the siblings but physically they looked fairly similar. He had the same lightly tanned skin and light eyes; he had short dark hair and stubble along his jawline. He was attractive and Alec idly thought about how attract their parents must be to have made kids like that.

'Taylor is in the kitchen if you're looking for her'. Alec nodded as Flynn held his hand out with a grin 'high five?'. He laughed and high-fived the little boy, silently thankful for the fact her son didn't hate him.

Ollie, Cooper and Flynn remained at the front of the house as Alec moved through to the back where the kitchen was. It was a beautifully sunny day and Taylor was humming along to the radio as she was washing some strawberries.

Alec grinned, watching her from the doorway for a few seconds before moving behind her and wrapping his arms around her middle. She clearly knew exactly who it was, putting the fruit down and nuzzling into him as he kissed behind her ear.

'Good Morning'

Taylor smiled and turned around in Alec's arms, their bodies close together as he leant down and kissed her lightly. Taylor kissed him back and wound her own arms around him, smiling widely.

'It is now'

Alec laughed lightly and kissed her again, and they were interrupted by a cough from the doorway and broke apart quickly, seeing Copper standing there with an enormous smirk on his face and a raised eyebrow.

'Ollie had to leave, told me to say bye to you. He got a call about an article or something, I don't know. He said he'll call you or pop in later. Flynn's in the playroom'

Taylor nodded, blushing at her brothers smirking expression at having seen his sister kissing Alec. 'I'll go and check on him'

Cooper was still trying to supress his smile as Taylor moved past him, looking far less amused.

When it was just the two of them Cooper sat down on the other side of the breakfast bar and nodded to Alec 'I'm only taking the piss to annoy her because she's my sister. I haven't actually got a problem with you two together, she's been in a really good mood for the last few weeks. She said you've helped take her mind off everything with James, which I'm genuinely grateful for. She's a lot younger than me and my only sister, I live at the other side of the country and I can't be there for her… I'm glad she's got you'

'Well I'm not planning on going anywhere'

Alec looked surprised at his own words and took a moment to realise what he had just said. 'Um, anyway… Did Taylor tell you about Miller coming over today?'

Cooper nodded, picking at the strawberries 'yeah, I only came down yesterday but she filled me in on the case. Horrible business, I'm just grateful she wasn't in the area when it happened, Taylor would've been too worried about Flynn. Is Ellie Miller back to do paperwork for the trial?'

'Yes'

'Against her husband? That's got to be pretty shit. I've been a barrister for years, but I've never had anything like this case, thank god'

Two hours later Ellie Miller arrived at Taylor's cottage, looking better than the last time she had been in Broadchurch, probably helped by the fact it had been a while now since Joe had been discovered as the murderer. Taylor had invited her to come into her house before she had to go to the Police Station- and give even more statements and fill out even more paperwork- because it was fairly out of the way from the town, and she wouldn't be forced under public scrutiny.

Ellie looked over Taylor and Alec, noting how close they were to each other; Alec's hand resting on her arm lightly, standing slightly behind her.

'Miler, how are you doing?'

She sighed 'better. The kids are with my mother'

Taylor hugged her 'come in, my brother has put the kettle on. I have to go check on one of the cat's next door, I'll be fifteen minutes tops'

When Taylor came back she was glad to hear talking coming from the living room, quickly shutting the door behind her.

As she moved through the house Taylor heard voices coming from Flynn's playroom and put her head around the door, blinking in surprise when she saw that Alec was sitting cross-legged on the floor with Flynn, helping him with a puzzle.

'need some help from a child did you Hardy?'

He looked up with amusement 'little guy didn't want to leave the puzzle and those two are making me sick'

Taylor cocked her head to the side, questioning him. 'I think your brother fancies Miller, thought I was gonna throw up with all that gazing longingly. Christ'

Taylor laughed, assuring herself that Alec was completely wrong about Cooper and Ellie. She rounded into the doorway and saw them sitting on the sofa.

Cooper kissed Ellie on the cheek, a little smile on his face 'good to meet you Ellie'

Taylor sensed Alec behind her and they glanced at each other, a faint look of amusement on their faces, not missing the way their friend and her brother were looking at each other as they talked.

Alec nudged Taylor and they walked into her kitchen, starting to make sandwiches 'so, you're the youngest in your family then?'

She nodded, looking through the fridge 'yeah, I've got two older brothers, we've got different mum's though, Cooper and Will are full brothers, our Dad got remarried later to my mum and they had me- hence the age difference'

Alec nodded, smirking slightly when Ellie laughed at something in the next room 'he cares about you, that's nice to have, even if he is trying to get into Miller's knickers'

Taylor screwed her face up 'please, please don't ever say that again, ugh'

Alec smiled and kissed her neck lightly, both of them completely unaware that there was someone sitting on a bench not far along the cliff top road, watching the little cottage intently.

He'd been sat there for over two hours, keeping a distance enough that no one in the house would have noticed him watching.

James didn't care if any of them saw him. Cooper hadn't told him where Taylor was but he had found her by himself. He didn't know who the other man was that was there, but it didn't matter.

He wouldn't let anyone get in the way.


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thought you'd like miller having some action going on

Let me know what you think and what you want to see x