Alec and Rose had been living in the mansion for too long, he decided. Alright, it had only been a few months, but living with his future in laws was not what he had in mind at his age. Jackie Tyler was a force of nature and even with them staying in their private suite of rooms in the large mansion, there was very little privacy.

They were still trying to decide where they were going to live and set themselves up as private investigators. It was taking a while because as soon as they started seriously discussing it, the aforementioned future mother in law would interrupt them with wedding plans.

At the moment, however, all of those things were put on hold. Rose needed him now. Her pregnancy was just starting to show, but she insisted on holding the wedding later. It was the second day of June and they stood together on the beach. There were no high cliffs, and to their knowledge, no children had ever been discovered murdered here. They were not in Broadchurch now. They were in Norway. One year had passed since the death of Doctor John Tyler and Rose was here to pay her respects to her lost husband.

Alec stood back as his fiancée walked to the water's edge, watching for any sign that she needed him.

As Rose looked out at the windswept waves, she whispered, "Hello, Doctor. So much has happened since you've gone. It's not perfect, but life probably never is for long. I won't wish for perfect, because every time I think I've found it, something happens to take it away. So, I'm happy with pretty gosh darn good right now. Alec is wonderful to me. We're getting married soon and I'm pregnant as you can see. I miss you, my Doctor, but I'll be alright."

She walked back into Alec's arms and cried quietly as he held her and rubbed her back soothingly. They stood for a long time on the beach before Rose nodded and wiped her face. She took his hand and they walked back to the car again.

"I'm sorry that I insisted on waiting until next month for the wedding, Alec," Rose said quietly as he drove them back to the bed and breakfast where they were staying.

"Hey, I understand why you did. We are together whether we're married or not, love. As long as I'm with you, that's all that matters," he replied and squeezed her hand supportively.

They stayed in Norway for a few days, enjoying the change of scenery as well as the privacy compared to life at the Tyler mansion. But life demanded that they return to it and they were back in London all too soon.

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"You don't have to come with me, you know," Rose told him, nervously wringing her hands.

"Of course I want to come with you," Alec argued. "Why would you think that I wouldn't want to come with you?"

"Well, it's sort of like girl stuff, you know," she mumbled.

"It's the first chance to see our wee baby, love. I'm not going to miss that," he insisted and carried her bag as they walked to the car. He opened the passenger door for her before climbing into the driver's seat. Since his surgery, he was happy to be allowed to drive again and knew that as the baby grew, it would be more and more difficult for Rose to reach the pedals in the car without being squashed against the steering wheel.

"Why are you so nervous, love?" he asked her as he glanced over to see that she was still fidgeting.

"I just... What if something is wrong? What if..?" Rose babbled.

"Sweetheart, nothing is wrong with our baby. Or with you. Stop worrying," he assured her.

"Ok," she answered, though the tremble in her voice said that she wasn't likely to really stop worrying for quite some time.

They pulled up to the little clinic where the ultrasound would be performed and Alec helped her out of the car. They were a little bit early for their appointment and he had to hold Rose's hands firmly to keep her from chewing on her nails or tearing up the various brochures into little pieces.

Alec couldn't help but think about when he had done this before Daisy was born. He and his ex-wife had been happy together then, but those days were long since over. Still, Daisy was happy to visit with them often and liked Rose quite a bit. So, he wasn't worried about the relationship between his oldest daughter and the woman who would soon be her step mother.

He was pulled from his thoughts by a woman calling Rose in for the ultrasound. A few minutes later, they were seeing the first images on the screen. Something about it though looked different from the way he remembered.

"Congratulations, you two, you're having twins," the technician told them.

"What?" Alec gasped and promptly fainted out of his chair onto the floor.

Rose looked back up to the technician from her fiancé on the floor and asked, "Boys or girls?"

"Hard to say from the way they're positioned. Should we get him some water or something?" she answered.

"What?" Alec mumbled as he struggled to get back up after a moment.

"Nah, I think he'll be alright," Rose said, finally calming down after all of the tension she'd felt all day.

"Did... Did you say twins?" Alec asked, suddenly pacing the room.

"Yes, sir. And here you are, babies' first picture," she replied as she handed a little black and white printout to Rose.

"Thank you," Rose cooed as she looked at the grainy image.

"Yes, yes! Thank you. Thank you very much!" Alec called after the woman leaving the room so that Rose could clean up and put all of her clothing back in place over her belly.

Rose just smiled at him as he helped her back to the car, suddenly jumping around her like she was made of glass. The tables were quite turned from when they'd arrived and he was insisting that she stop worrying.

"You know, Alec, you really need to stop worrying," she said teasingly.

"But Rose, twins!" he nearly shouted as he drove them back to the mansion.

"It's a good thing, yeah?" she questioned, hoping that his nerves were just excitement.

"Of course it is! It's bloody brilliant!" he responded adamantly. "I just don't understand how you can be so calm now! After all of your worrying earlier, now you're completely fine."

"I don't know. It's like I could tell that there was something that felt, I dunno, different than I thought it should. Now, I know they're fine and maybe it was because there's two or something. Or maybe it's just the reassurance of being able to see them?" she suggested.

Alec smiled at her and squeezed her hand. "You are magnificent, love."

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Rose's dress was a light cream colour with an empire waist to camouflage her slight baby bump, lace overlay, and stopped around mid-calf. She had little matching ballet flats and her hair was pinned up with a few loose curls.

Pete and Jackie both walked her through the backyard of the mansion toward where Alec was waiting. In the many folding chairs that surrounded them, she saw all of her friends from Broadchurch as well as those from Torchwood. Many of those had also been at her wedding to the Doctor, years ago, but they had supported her after his death and were more than happy to see her happy and moving on.

Alec wore a blue-green kilt, white shirt, shirt black jacket, and a black bow tie. Rose thought he looked absolutely delicious in his formal Scottish attire. She couldn't wait to find out just what he was or wasn't wearing underneath it.

The ceremony was short, but still managed to have most of the women in tears with the sweet sincerity of it all. They exchanged rings of braided white gold and he kissed her soundly to the hollering applause of their friends and family.

When they returned from their honeymoon, they would be moving into their own house, but for the moment, they focused their attention on each other and their trip to Spain.

"I love you, Alec," she told him, gazing into his eyes as the zeppelin made its way to their destination.

"And I, you, my beautiful wife," he responded with a smile. He had been almost as broken as her when they met in Broadchurch. But they were both healing together and their future looked bright.