Lucy Chen and Tim Bradford fell in love with eachother at the age of fifteen. They both had complicated lives at home and found peace with eachother. And on Tim's sixteenth birthday their relationship took a step that would change their lives forever. That night was the night they both felt safest in their entire lives and one thing lead to another. About a month later Lucy found out she was pregnant and she tried her best to hide it from her parents for two months but her body started changing so she broke down and told them. She thought they would be supportive and help her through it but instead they started yelling. After a few days of arguing, they agreed to let her keep it so for the next six months Lucy hid her pregnancy from everyone except her parents and Tim. But when she gave birth, her parents kept Tim out of the loop and didn't tell Lucy their plan. They had put Lucy's baby up for adoption and we're taking Lucy and moving to D.C. For years Lucy completely ignored her parents presence and their relationship shattered, especially since they refused to tell her anything about her daughter or let her contact Tim. For years Tim thought Lucy had chosen to keep him from his daughter and that resulted in his permanent horrible mood. Even after ten years he was constantly scowling and earned the nickname grumpy cop when he joined the LAPD. He only ever smiled around his friends, Mom and sister, but even then it was always like he was forcing it. Until Lucy transferred to his station from D.C. Over the next five years they got back together, got married and had a daughter who they named Addy and that grumpy cop nickname disappeared. They were still looking for their first born daughter but refused to let it consume them. Until they arrested a group of kids and find out the truth about the fifteen year old girl. Ellie Rose.

Lucy Chen has spent months rebuilding a quiet, safe life for herself and her 8-year-old son, hoping their past would stay far behind them. When their boys become best friends at school, she slowly grows close to Tim Bradford, another single parent who understands loss in his own way. Their connection feels easy and warm, giving Lucy a sense of hope she hasn't felt in years. But everything shatters when someone she thought she'd escaped returns, threatening the fragile peace she's created. As her world crumbles, Tim becomes the one steady place she can turn to, and together they begin to discover what it truly means to build a family.

Tim Bradford is a 28-year-old widower. He is the father of three beautiful children. His oldest daughter is 13 years old, her name is Olivia Bradford. Then he has a son who is 5 years old, Matthew, and the youngest is only 3 years old, Chloe. They lost their beloved mother, and Tim lost the love of his life. Tim is a sergeant with the LAPD. Until now, they had a nanny whom the children had known since they were little... but unfortunately, she had to resign. And now Tim is looking for a new one... sadly, so far without success. Lucy Chen is a 24-year-old young woman. She loves children! That's why she started working as a nanny! She always wished to work in a kindergarten, but unfortunately, she hasn't been accepted anywhere yet... She has already worked as a nanny for one family, but because they had to move, she had to leave. Lucy has a boyfriend, Chris, and they are happy together... or at least that's what it seems like. Will someone bring Tim's heartbeat back to life? T: Tim L: Lucy O: Olivia M: Matthew C: Chloe Ch: Chris A: Angela

One Day She Stops Being Your Rookie What would happen if Season 1 Tim Bradford and Lucy Chen came face-to-face with the people they'd become years later? A rookie who thinks her Training Officer barely tolerates her. A TO who is convinced he'll never look at his rookie as anything more. And across from them? An older Tim and Lucy-engaged, living together, and somehow completely in love. For Lucy, it's equal parts shocking and embarrassing. For Tim, it's a full-blown nightmare. As the younger versions struggle to comprehend the future sitting across from them, they're forced to watch years of growth, friendship, and feelings they haven't even begun to understand unfold right before their eyes. The future doesn't care what they think is impossible. Filled with humor, nostalgia, and plenty of Chenford chaos, this story follows two versions of Tim and Lucy as they discover just how far they've come..and just how much was there from the very beginning. After all, one day she stops being his rookie. And one day he becomes so much more than her Training Officer. ❤️

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 |

After a messy divorce from his ex-wife Isabel-brought on by her spiraling drug addiction-Tim Bradford finds himself raising two young children on his own. A newborn who won't stop crying and a toddler who won't speak or smile. Exhausted, overwhelmed, and at the edge of breaking, Tim doesn't know what else to do. That is until Detectives Angela Lopez and Nyla Harper recommends someone-Dr. Lucy Chen, a warm-hearted child psychologist with a gentle way of unlocking even the most closed-off hearts. As Lucy starts working with Tim's daughter and soothing the cries of the newborn with ease, Tim finds himself watching her more and more. And maybe-just maybe-he starts to believe that healing is possible. For him. For his kids. For all of them

He wasn't supposed to notice her. Not like this. Not in the way that makes his hands twitch and his mind spiral. Tim Bradford doesn't believe in love. He believes in control. Precision. Clean kills and quiet exits. But the night he walks into that bar and sees her-Lucy, all bright eyes and bruised past-something in him fractures. Something he can't put back. She's not his type. Too soft. Too curious. Too perfect to ruin... And too dangerous not to. But obsession has a pulse. And his is beating for her. As Lucy gets closer to the truth-and to him-lines blur between protector and predator, romance and ruin. And in the end, someone's blood will spill. Will it be hers? Or someone who gets in his way? - 18+|| ‼️

Tim Bradford and Lucy Chen were once Hollywoods favourite couple, known for their chemistry in their acting and modeling gigs in the early 2000s. Everyone loved them, no matter what Age or Gender, but they wanted different things. Tim wanted to take a step back from the limelight and settle down with Lucy, but she wanted to keep going for a few more years and eventually settle down. They constantly argued about what they wanted to do, so at the ages of 20 and 25, in 2010, they broke up. 8 years after their fateful breakup, Tim Bradford is working as a sergeant and the watch commander of Mid-Wilshire Police Station. He has completely set aside his past and only a select few in the station know about it, but one thing he can't set aside is Lucy Chen, the only girl he has ever truly loved. One thing Tim doesn't know is Lucy finally stepped down from her acting and modelling career a little over a year ago as she's wasn't getting as many jobs. As the true adrenaline junkie she is she tried to find a fast pace job that she can get with her qualifications, and she found her way to the police academy. She made two amazing friends and got assigned to North Hollywood Police Station. Shortly after becoming a P2 she transfered to Mid-Wilshire where she finds out the watch commander is her ex boyfriend that she will always be a little in love with. Tim Bradford. And what she definitely didn't expect is that they are both asked to go to Milan for a modelling reunion and they both agree without the other knowing.

She has the world at her feet-sold-out arenas, flashing lights, a life millions dream of. From the outside, everything looks perfect. But on tour, the cracks begin to show. What she believed was behind her slowly returns, until control slips away and her body forces her to stop. Three weeks in the hospital bring her face to face with silence, vulnerability, and the reality she's been avoiding. It's there, in the most ordinary place, that she meets a little girl with a story of her own-one shaped by uncertainty, loss, and the ache of not belonging anywhere. As healing begins, their lives intertwine in unexpected ways. What starts as survival becomes connection. What feels like an ending becomes the start of something entirely new.

Four LAPD officers' spouses - a patrol sergeant, a lawyer, and a social worker - find themselves in a very bad situation on a very ordinary Tuesday morning. Sarcasm, stubbornness, and an extremely ill-advised amount of talking ensue.