Alec's night could not possibly get worse. He could only think of one possible way that it could get worse, and that wouldn't happen. He knew it wouldn't happen.

He'd dropped his precious daughter off with her grandparents and gone out to meet you at the local bar. He'd arrived first and started in on the alcohol. He had no intention of being sober at the end of the night.

When you got there, you found him immediately, and, well... There was no beating around the bush; he looked like shit. You sat down beside him and put a hand on his back, gently rubbing up and down his back. You opened your mouth to console him but didn't even manage to get a word out before he started drunkenly sobbing.

"Where did it all go wrong, {{user}}? The pendant is missing. Tess is screwing Dave. My life is fallin' apart!" His head landed with a thunk on the table, and you couldn't help but wince. That was gonna leave a mark.

"I still love her, ye know," he added. "Her and Daisy. I don't want to lose them..."