Lucy Chen's life with Chris is good. It's stable. It's exactly what she thinks she's supposed to want. But in the close confines of a late-night bar, with her team laughing and bickering around her, all she can think about is Tim Bradford. A reckless game of Truth or Dare, fueled by alcohol and unspoken tension, pushes every boundary. As secrets come tumbling out, Lucy and Tim are left with no choice but to confront the one truth they've both been running from.

On a board filled with traps, two sides wage a dangerous battle beneath the façade of a public alliance between nations. On one side stands Tim Bradford, the newest recruit of the U.S. Intelligence Department, though nothing about him screams rookie. At forty years old, he's been a cadet, a squad leader, a police officer, and a sergeant. Now, a hardened spy, thrown into a world where one wrong move means death. On the other, Lucy Chen - the trusted right hand of the most powerful Russian crime syndicate. A girl whose past everyone judges to know. And Tim's mission. There is no loyalty strong enough. No lie safe enough. Only one can survive. And falling in love might be the deadliest move of all. Buckle up. The game is about to begin. | i also post this on AO3 |

Tim Bradford wakes up after a brutal operation expecting nothing more than another morning of work. Instead, he finds Los Angeles empty. No traffic. No neighbors. No birds. Just silence stretching for miles. He thinks he's alone-until he meets Lucy Chen, barefoot in a bikini and raiding the precinct's booking room. She's been here for weeks, navigating the emptiness with stubborn optimism and just enough chaos to make his blood pressure spike. Thrown together by circumstance, Tim and Lucy carve out a strange new normal: shared meals, card games, late-night conversations, and the reluctant comfort of not being alone. The city may be deserted, but the pull between them is anything but quiet. The problem? Neither of them can explain what happened, why they're here, or how to get out. And the longer they're trapped, the harder it is to ignore that surviving the silence might mean facing feelings them both keep trying to deny.

what would of happened if Chris was never with lucy? what would of held them back after going under cover in Vegas? This is set beginning of season 5, will follow a similar time line to the show, but some things will be different for story telling purposes and for the fun of it. hope you all enjoy!

"Isn't your back hurting?" he asked. "I, uh..." Lucy looked like she didn't know what to say, confused, because really, she had just sucked his fingers, they were that close, and that's what he'd managed to ask her-if her back was hurting? Was he an idiot or a moron? Something in between, certainly. His smirk only grew as her fingers froze on his shirt, and right when she was about to remove them entirely, his hands reached up her legs to grab the high of her thighs-a fistful with fingers so large that he held half of her ass. Lucy was caught off guard, once again, and her shoulders trembled while he used the hold to bring her even closer, her knees going up to fit her hip against his, one of his hands surrounding her to hold her waist. Their faces were so close she was salivating, and she was sure he was too, so why the hell did they just stare at each other, impossibly close, their cores inches away, their eyes falling to each other's mouths before returning to their eyes-why wouldn't Tim Bradford just fucking kiss her? - In which Lucy and Tim are left behind at a bar after a night out with friends, and Lucy is just horny enough to push their flirting into a whole new level. Tim enables her.

Tim Bradford is a sargent for the LAPD, Lucy Chen works at the vet clinic. They meet at a coffee shop and then later keep on running into each other.

Before starting at her new job, Lucy Chen goes out with her roommates Tamara and Celina. A game of truth or dare leads Lucy to sleep with a man. Later finding out he is her new boss. They try to subside the feelings but the spark between the two is too strong. This story is fast paced so keep that in mind. If you like long slow burns this probably isnt for you. All spicy chapters labeled with *

What happens when Tim and Lucy reunite after 15 years?

Lucy Chen a 26 year old woman is about to start her rookie time along with her two best friends John Nolan and Jackson West at Mid Wilshire station. But Lucy has two huge secrets that not even her best friends know... Lucy Chen is not her real name. Chen is her mother's maiden name, that she used to apply to the academy, since she didn't want anyone making the connection. Because not only is she the daughter of lieutenant Wade Grey of Mid Wilshire, but she is also the wife of Mid Wilshire's sergeant Tim Bradford. And she wants to keep all this a secret so no one thinks she has gotten special treatment, she wants to prove herself. But this means keeping her secrets hidden...

Fresh off the high of Tim's unforgettable proposal, Tim Bradford and Lucy Chen's future shatters the night Lucy vanishes without a trace. Months of relentless hunting lead Tim to a horrifying discovery: Lucy is trapped deep inside a heavily fortified subterranean bunker, engineered by a ruthless adversary. When Tim and his team finally execute a brutal tactical breach, they race against a terrifying clock. Isolated under harsh red emergency lights, Lucy is pushed to her absolute physical limits, fighting a battle for survival that changes everything. Surrounded by a loyal team holding the line against impossible odds, Tim becomes her anchor in the dark. But even as the bunker's walls begin to crumble, one final, unhinged threat waits in the shadows to finish the job. Will the man who hunts monsters reach them in time, or will the dark keep them forever?