Story and Art: Whitecaps
Title: Whitecaps
Author: commodorecliche (x_carnivale_x)
Artist: nostalgia-in-starlight
Pairings/Characters: Chris/Zach, platonic Karl & Zach, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Simon Pegg, Alice Eve
Rating: Mature
Tags/Warnings: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Thriller/Suspense, Horror, Murder Mystery, Detective AU, Moderate Gore, Strangers to Lovers (implied), Ocean/Coastal, mentions of death (of non-main characters)
Word Count: 35,814 (oh god this was a beast.....)
Summary: Zachary Quinto is a homicide detective living in the entirely not-picturesque, but otherwise quiet coastal town of Lithica. When he gets wind of a string of seemingly unrelated deaths occurring along an abandoned, rocky stretch of coastline, he figures this will be like every other investigation. But after five deaths in the span of a single month, and no leads, suspects, or links except for the things that have been taken from the victims, Zach and his partner, Karl, have hit a dead end. But an odd encounter with reclusive local author, Chris Pine, leaves Zach wondering if there might be more to these deaths, and more to Chris pine, than he originally expected. He certainly hadn't meant to get attached along the way either.
A/N: Wowowow, this thing turned into such a monster. I'm not entirely sure how happy I am with how this came out, and now that it's posted, I'm looking through it for like the millionth time, to make sure there aren't any weird errors or typos, so bear with me. I'm a bit nervous about it, so I'm really looking forward to any feedback y'all might have. Thanks so much!
Link to Story: AO3
Link to Art: nostalgia-in-starlight