This plays out in season 2-3 after Lucy was kidnapped by Caleb. Lucy has been struggling a lot with mental health since the kidnapping, and has nightmares all the time. She often has panic attacks as well, especially after a long day at work. No one knows that Lucy's struggling. She's to scared that she'll get judged if she tells anyone so she just keeps it too herself. But when the nightmares starts to get worse and her panic attacks come more frequently which drains her. She loses her spark she's no longer the happy and talkative person she used to be. TW! $elf h@rm, E@ting d!sorder, 0verdose, Pan!c attacks

Lucy finds herself holding the dead man's switch of a bomb, but when Tim gets on the scene, he panics and is willing to do anything he can to save her life. But just in case they don't make it out alive, he admits something to her he wants her to know. Title is lyrics from "I Don't Want to Lose You" by REO Speedwagon *Found this in my drafts and tried make it current canon compliant.

Sorry this is a chenpez story not chenfored

chenpez oneshot ↓ ✰ Lucy Chen had always prided herself on being majorly self-aware. Therapy, self-reflection, journaling, she did it all. Except none of that prepared her for the moment she realised she was falling in love with her co-worker and closes friend, Angela Lopez. ✰ COPIED AND PASTED FROM MY AO3 ACCOUNT: n0ceur ! (Lucy and Angela content in 2025? In this economy??? It would've been cool if they twisted the narrative on us and made them a couple in the actual show... still, doesn't mean we can't fantasise, right?)

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You don't protect someone by breaking them. After Tim breaks up with Lucy to "protect her" from the fallout of the Ray Watkins case, she volunteers for an undercover assignment - needing distance from the heartbreak and wanting to prove herself. She goes deep, posing as one of Ray's couriers in a distribution ring that she believes is separate from his core network. But when Ray personally visits the warehouse she's working in and recognizes her from his brief encounter during his threats to Tim, everything unravels. At the same time, Tim-still leading Metro-is gearing up for a raid on a warehouse tied to the same operation. When he realizes Lucy is inside, everything stops. The plan. The chain of command. His sense of control. He has to find a way to save her without blowing the mission - or losing her again.

A weekend away for a police conference forces Tim and Lucy to confront more than just new tactical strategies. What begins as professional tension slowly unravels into something neither of them saw coming - complicated, charged, and impossible to ignore. Some lines blur. Others break. And nothing feels the same after.

This is a tender story about Tim Bradford and Lucy Chen that explores the quiet moments when professional boundaries blur into something deeper. Set against the backdrop of vulnerability and care, it captures the delicate shift from partnership to something more personal, focusing on the small gestures and unspoken feelings that reveal true connection. The story beautifully portrays how sometimes the most meaningful relationships develop not through grand gestures, but through simple acts of being there for someone when they need it most.

This takes place after 6x04. Lucy finally breaks and tells Nyla and Angela how she feels.

What should have been a routine operation turns into chaos, leaving Officer Lucy Chen at odds with her team. Accusations fly, trust shatters, and Lucy finds herself increasingly isolated. But beneath her silence lies a truth far darker than anyone suspects-a truth that could tear them apart if it ever comes to light. As tensions rise, Lucy must navigate the storm while battling her own breaking point. [Lucy lives alone. Jackson's dead. Tamara doesn't exist, sorry. Lucy and Nolan are p2's. But I didn't include Celina, or Bailey. This is Lucy focused, with lots of trauma and drama Lucy and Tim]