What if Wesley was Lucy brother. Lucy already met someone before the beginning of summer and had no clue this person knew Tim. How many people would come back from Lucy's past?

During an LAPD awards night, Lucy and Tim get stuck together at the same table. They make a pact to survive the night by drinking through it. As the alcohol loosens their guard:Lucy admits she used to hate how much Tim got under her skin.Tim confesses that watching Lucy date other people drove him crazy. They both realise the attraction has always been there.Later, when the party winds down, they end up back at Tim's place after sharing a ride. The emotional tension that's been building for years finally snaps.

Tim Bradford doesn't believe in distractions - which is exactly why Sergeant Lucy Chen is becoming one. She transfers in polished, composed, and entirely unimpressed by his reputation, meeting every dry remark with a steadier one of her own. He doesn't go easy on people, but he doesn't go hard on her either, and that line between professional and personal starts to blur in the quiet moments - shared patrol cars, lingering eye contact, the kind of teasing that sounds harmless until it isn't. She carries herself like someone who has more waiting for her than just the job, and Tim tells himself he doesn't need to know what that is. He just needs to remember she's his partner - and nothing else.

This is a Chenford story. This timeline follows from the moment tim decides yeah I wanna propose, to a little after the wedding.

Tim and Lucy are married from the very beginning - but no one knows. Partners on patrol, partners in life, they navigate love, danger, and duty while keeping their biggest truth hidden in plain sight. ! This story WILL have smut so this is your warning !

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A vacation story but tim and lucy HATE eachother...or does tim

They learned that love didn't always announce itself loudly. Sometimes it lived in the quiet, between long days and heavier silences, in the way hands found each other without asking, in the careful lift of a weight no one else noticed. To the world, they were friends, steady, professional, composed. But behind closed doors and half-lit rooms, love looked like rest. Like food waiting at the end of exhaustion. Like someone knowing when to hold on, and when to let go. It was in the moments no one applauded. The slow ones. The ones that stayed. This wasn't a love of grand declarations. It was built on showing up, again and again. Always.

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Lucy Chen and Tim Bradford have been dancing around each other for years-partners, friends, and secretly, something more. But life, timing, and Lucy's lingering relationship with Chris keep them apart. Exhausted, conflicted, and on the edge of change, Lucy struggles to figure out what she really wants, while Tim wrestles with his growing feelings and career ambitions. One night, after years of restraint, everything shifts. Suddenly, the careful balance they've maintained feels impossible to keep. As emotions spill over, desire and love collide, and both must confront what they've been avoiding for so long. Full of slow-burn tension, quiet confessions, and heartfelt moments, It Was Never Meant to Happen Like This is a story about timing, choices, and the unexpected ways life can push two people together-whether they're ready or not. ***DISCLAIMER - I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE ROOKIE - THIS IS A FANFIC 'WHAT IF' STORY - FICTIONAL*** ***I ONLY OWN THE CHARACTERS "ELLA RAE" AND "MAYA GRACE"***