Elspeth Carlisle, or 'Els' for short, a detective originally from Scotland moved to Broadchurch after a circumstance that personally affected her at her last job, which caused her to unofficially change her name from Elswyth to Elspeth.
She's been living in Broadchurch for almost a year now, and has grown extremely close with everyone there, especially Ellie Miller, and Beth Latimer, as well as their children.
Your life is going fine, your best friend is about to get her dream job, and nothing has beat the so far peaceful time you've been there, at least that is until a grumpy Scotsman reawakens past memories with him taking the DI position.
During the Trish Winterman rape investigation, things are starting to get interesting between Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller. What will come of their work partnership and personal relationship?
(This adds scenes and modifies a few scenes to Series 3. I think you'll need to have seen it to understand some of the quick blips from scenes in the show. It's all based around what I see to be major growth and change in Alec Hardy now that he's back in Broadchurch and relieved of the stress of Sandbrook. )
*Originally posted on AO3 in 2018-2019.