Lucy Chen is a 27 year old 9-1-1- dispatcher. Lucy is one of four kids, two older siblings Lilia and Anthony and one younger sister Lola. And funnily enough she is the only single one. All her other siblings are either married, engaged or dating. Her mother Vanessa Chen makes sure Lucy doesn't forget her non existence love life. Lucy knows her mother means well, but it sometimes bugs her. Lucy loves her job, and she usually drowns herself to work to not return to the empty apartment. Another reminder that she is single. It's not that she would mind being single, but she can't help wondering if someday it will be her turn to meet someone either. So after one extremely hard day at work when she is back to her lonely apartment she decides "fuck it" and sings up to this blind date thing. How bad could it be? But what happens when a tall, blonde man shows up and Lucy finds herself falling for the guy she has known less than a month? And what if the guy has a secret he has kept from her? Tim Bradford is 31 and a cop. He loves his job, but there is one thing he loves even more, his 3 year old daughter Esmay. He is a single father and has always been, and even though he gets a lot of support from his best friends Nyla and Angela and his sister Genny, he can't feel but wonder if one day he could find someone to stay, to be a mother for Esmay. His best friends love being nose deep in his love life and one night he hears that they have singed him up to this blind date thing, and he has a date in an hour. He decides not to mention his daughter, this probably won't be anything and he doesn't want to spook the girl off on the first date. But what will happen when he finds himself falling for the dark haired girl that still doesn't know he is a father? And what will happen when Lucy does find out? Will she walk away from the only man that has ever made her feel like this, or will she become the mother Tim's daughter never had?

Lucy is an EMT/Firefighter in LAFD. Her boyfriend, Ryan, died one year ago on a call he responded to - she swore she would never date anyone whose job puts their life in jeopardy on the daily. Then she meets Tim Bradford - LAPD officer who keeps responding to the same calls as her; calm under pressure, steady under chaos. They click immediately but every time they get closer, Lucy pulls away.

When Lucy Chen and Tim Bradford get stuck working Christmas shift together, neither expects it to change anything. But as quiet streets, soft Christmas lights, and long hours in the shop stretch on, they start sharing the kind of personal stories that reveal more than either of them planned to. By the time New Year's Eve arrives, the tension between them is impossible to ignore-and as the countdown hits midnight, they have no choice but to face what's been building between them all along.

This is a story about the Bradford family (Tim, Lucy and Tamara), but especially the bond Tim and Tamara created through the years of Tim and Lucy's marriage. In this fictional story Lucy is 30, Tim is 36 and Tamara is 11 (she was 8 when they found her (she isn't their biological child but that didn't matter to Tim and Lucy)).

What if Lucy went home after Jackson's murder and broke down, and Tim found her?

What if Tim had kids with Isabel but she cheated His kids are 8 and 6 Tim is 35 Lucy is 25 Pretend

Lucy and Tim were secretly dating but what will happen when one of them gets hurt and everything will change

Tim and Lucy aren't dating. Tim has moved in with Lucy temporarily due to a medical condition where he needs constant watch. They stay in separate rooms, but are always next to eachother when not asleep. (Based around the end of season 3, but the kidnapping at Angela's wedding never happened) ⚠️sexual scenes, SA mentions, violence ⚠️

Lucy Chen lives a life far removed from flashing cameras and roaring engines. As a dedicated doctor, her world revolves around long shifts, quiet hospital corridors, and holding people together on their worst days. She prefers stability, privacy, and a life lived just out of the spotlight-something that has always been easy with her two best friends by her side. Jackson West is a globally famous race car driver with charisma to spare, a sharp sense of humor, and a heart that never forgets where he came from. Alongside him is Celina Juarez, a nurse with a fearless streak, dating fellow driver Miles Penn and thriving in the fast-paced overlap between medicine and motorsport. Through Jackson, Lucy is slowly pulled into a world she never planned to touch. That world belongs to Tim Bradford. Tim is one of the most successful race car drivers in the world-focused, disciplined, and relentlessly private despite his fame. He's surrounded by a tight-knit group of elite drivers, lifelong friendships, and a family that means everything to him, even when life on the track keeps him constantly moving. Fame has given him everything except the one thing he wants most: something real. When Jackson invites Lucy and Celina to one of his races, Lucy meets Tim for the first time. What begins as an easy friendship grows quietly-shared conversations, mutual respect, and a comfort neither of them expected. Tim brings Lucy along to events long before romance is ever on the table, and without trying, she becomes a familiar face in the press. Speculation explodes. Headlines blur truth and rumor. The spotlight tightens. As Lucy and Tim grow closer, they're forced to navigate the pressure of fame, the chaos of public attention, and the expectations that come with loving someone the world feels entitled to watch. Because some stories aren't about the finish line. They're about everything that happens while the world Just Keeps Watching ❤️🏁🚘

a fan fic based on if they got together still in lucy's rookie period. this is based at the start of season 2.