leave_no_trace
Fandoms
- Dept. Q (TV) (5)
Recent works
-
Tags
Summary
Twelve years in Scotland and Akram has built something that looks like stability. It's enough. Most days.
A collection of vignettes about fatherhood and family; work, consequential disagreements and restraint; and the slow, patient business of choosing to love someone who keeps trying to run.
-
Tags
Summary
After three and a half disastrous press conferences in only nine months, Moira decides the best way to fix Carl’s image - and punish him - is to hand him over to a lifestyle journalist. Carl is not amused.
-
Five Times Carl Morck Was Yay Close to Getting Some (and One Time He Finally Did) by leave_no_trace
Fandoms: Dept. Q (TV)
28 Oct 2025
Tags
Summary
What it says in the title
-
Tags
Summary
Carl finds himself drawn to Akram, though he can’t name what he feels. Akram is an honest man but can’t afford to be truthful. Constant vigilance leaves little time for drama anyway: a mysterious break-in and a cold case without any suspects send them north. Moira would prefer they investigated insurance fraud. Well, they carry on – sorting through evidence, half-truths, and the awkward business of falling in love.
-
Tags
Summary
Carl Morck is a brilliant detective with an attitude problem. Rose and Hardy have a simple solution: get him laid. The trouble is, Carl only seems interested in the enigmatic barista down the street – a man who makes the perfect coffee, unnervingly sharp observations, and a tremendous effort to keep everyone at arm’s length. Between cold cases, hot coffee and all the things that lie between, Carl might just find more than he bargained for.
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
He hadn’t noticed that he’d lost the gloves until it was too late.
Bookmarked by leave_no_trace
23 Feb 2026
-
Family Meal by thirdbird (codswallop) for BlueAndPink, swimmingfox
Fandoms: Dept. Q (TV)
31 Dec 2025
Tags
Summary
Akram attempts to casually break the news to his daughters about his relationship with Carl over cheddar-and-pickle sandwiches. It doesn't go as well as he'd hoped.
Series
- Part 3 of Akram at Home
Bookmarked by leave_no_trace
01 Jan 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Carl lies in his hospital bed and thinks, stop it.
Bookmarked by leave_no_trace
02 Jul 2025
-
Carl Morck's Big Gay Awakening by nobodylookatmethanks (cryoboyfriends)
Fandoms: Dept. Q (TV)
30 Jun 2025
Tags
Summary
The five times Akram flustered Carl, and the one time Carl returned the favor.
Bookmarked by leave_no_trace
30 Jun 2025
-
Tags
Summary
Mike's last three days of indentured servitude to Louis (and whoever Louis farms him out to) are spent in the service of an elderly lawyer named Jack, who poached him from a partner and knows more than he's letting on.
Bookmarked by leave_no_trace
17 May 2025