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Semi-participating in Qvember—so prompts will be out of order, but posted on the correct day, since I've only done a few that I liked. All Carl/Reader because I gotta do my fandom duty. :3
Prompts by qvember on tumblr.
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This is the collection of my written (short-)stories for the Qvember 2025. Yay!
I will update everyday, as i was so enthusiastic, that i started writing in september. There is whole lot of hurt/comfort, found family and team as family, but i also tried to go outside of my comfort zone as a writer. So i also tried my hand at romance and smut, as well as more violent themes. Although the last one only in one story.
As i know that that is not for everyone, i marked the slash chapters already in the chapter titles. More detailed trigger warnings, if needed, will be in the chapter notes before the respective chapters.
That way you all can read safely what you like and easily skip what you dont. :)
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"‘So, Akram…?’ Carl raised his eyebrows, shoulders and hands in the universally recognised gesture for ta-dah.
‘I don’t give a fuck who you’re shagging…’ Hardy repeated, ‘except for when it’s Akram.’"~~~
It's hard trying to pursue a closed-door thing with Edinburgh's most guarded man. This is somehow a surprise to Carl Morck. A slightly time-wimey picture of a failing relationship from (a not really-) end to its beginning and everywhere in between.
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Carl Morck lived. His daemon changed. Now he works the cold cases in the basement of the police station, trying to understand the stranger that lives inside his own skin.
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A selection of Qvember prompts with Carl Morck x Reader (semi-participating, only a handful of days, sorry!)
Prompts by qvember on tumblr
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“I fell asleep for one fucking second, okay? Just one second. Fucking nothing, you know how it is.”
“Aye.”
Sure, he knows. He's seen a lot of fucking nothing, of missed seconds when he was working traffic and had to announce to families that their loved one fell asleep and would never open their eyes again.
Hardy comes to see Carl at the hospital after a car accident. (Part of a series but can be read on its own)
(Qvember Day 13: Sleep deprived)
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- Part 2 of Soldier On
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A dangerously sleep-deprived Carl is no match for James Hardy, Nap Enforcer.
(Qvember Day 13: Sleep Deprived)
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Fucking hilarious joke from Hardy, saying Carl will take the dog. Even more hilarious on Moira's part, holding him to an agreement he didn't even make. Everyone at work is, apparently, conspiring against him.
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There is an obvious conclusion to be reached here. Why would two people, one of whom is downright cantankerous at the best of times, both seem more relaxed after spending time in each other’s company? What would make that same cantankerous person flash the other person a look she can only describe as soft as he walks away?
Or five times Rose suspected there was more to Carl and Hardy’s partnership than work, and one time she called them on it.
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After everything that happened at the ice-cream parlour, and Jasper's subsequent panic attack and spiralling, Carl is still learning how to be someone Jasper can trust. The two of them, along with Martin, have found a fragile rhythm — shared meals, awkward silences, small moments of calm — until Vic suddenly returns to Edinburgh claiming she wants to be “home more.”
Her reappearance pulls old wounds wide open. Jasper’s torn between wanting his mum back and remembering every time she left; Carl’s just trying to keep the pieces together and protect the boy who’s already been hurt enough.
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One failed sleepover and a rain-soaked night. One dinner. One step forward, two steps back — and a reminder that family isn’t about who leaves, but who stays.
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- Part 2 of Instant Protective Dad Mode Activated™
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QVember prompt Day 11 - Animals/Pets. In which 10 year old Jasper wants more responsibility, and Carl agrees. Thus begins their first adventure as father and son. Very, very pre-series.
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“Akram.”
Akram stopped midway through the sentence Carl had just interrupted. “Yes, Carl?”
“Why the fuck are there cats everywhere?”
A very normal work debrief takes an unexpected turn. Or two.
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Rose comments on Hardy and Carl's relationship.
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- Part 4 of Dept. Q
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Carl/Hardy first kiss ft trans Carl.
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- Part 3 of Dept. Q
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For Day 8 of Qvember - 'Out of the Blue'
The first time Hardy holds Carl's hand, and a few times after.
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- Part 2 of Dept. Q
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It's been a year since he started showing up in Carl’s life, with all that competence, and kindness, and smartness, and whatever else the fuck he has going on, and Carl is definitely not encouraging it because if Akram gets any better at anything, it might be Carl’s end. It's been a year, so it should be around twelve notebooks, right? Thirteen, maybe, because they've had many cases.
It looks like a lot more, today.
(Qvember Day 10: Notebooks)
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What if Carl came home hurting more and Jasper asked Rachel to stay overnight?
...& other whumpy stories of Carl and his closest people showing some love to him
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Fic for the Qvember day 5 prompt: 'What are you wearing?'
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- Part 1 of Dept. Q
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3 times Carl broke the rules before the end of his first day in Edinburgh (+1 time it was Hardy’s turn)
(Qvember Day 8: Break every rule)
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Carl almost made it out of the flat unnoticed—coat on, keys in hand—until Rose had frowned, mid-yawn, eyes narrowing at the collar of his shirt.
“What's that on your neck?” she’d asked.
“Get in the car.”
It wasn’t the first close call he’d had since whatever this thing between them had started, but still, it was the last thing he needed this morning.
Qvember day 7: close call.