When a small-town softball season brings police officer Lucy Chen face-to-face with her daughter's new coach, Tim Bradford, neither expects their lives to collide beyond the field. But when Tim's volatile ex resurfaces, Lucy finds herself drawn into his world, protecting him and his team from more than just bad plays. What starts as friendly banter and sideline teamwork slowly burns into something deeper - kisses they don't talk about, nights they can't forget, and a connection they can't deny. As the years pass, from Mia's first game to the couple's quiet, reflective later life, Tim and Lucy weather love, family, and change together. Heartwarming, dramatic, and filled with the kind of slow-burn romance that lasts a lifetime, this is their story - from first glance to forever.

When Tim Bradford's wife walked out, he was left to raise their pre-teen daughter alone-clueless about hormones, meltdowns, and first periods. Enter Lucy: his steady, sharp, and unexpectedly essential friend. She became his go-to for everything he couldn't handle-pads, patience, and perspective. Now, with parenting turning personal, Tim's starting to wonder if their bond is more than friendship... or if it always was.

tim has a newborn baby in Lucy's rookie year. He's a single dad because Isabel ran away from the hospital as soon as his little boy was born. Lucy sees that he's tired a lot and seems to be struggling, he's good at hiding it around other people but Lucy sees right through him in her first week what will happen will Lucy find and help him?

.After a devastating explosion rips through Mid-Wilshire Station on Valentine's Day, the team is left fighting for their lives in the burning wreckage. As fire spreads and alarms scream, Lucy and Celina are the first to wake-pulling officers from the flames while Tim lies trapped beneath his desk and Miles is unconscious upstairs, surrounded by fire. In the aftermath, the station is reduced to ashes, several officers are hospitalized, and emotions run just as high as the physical injuries. Tim and Lucy cling to each other in the parking lot as the place where they met burns to the ground. Angela and Grey bring the bomber to justice. Celina refuses to leave Miles' side. Families gather. Decisions are made. From smoke-filled hallways to hospital rooms to the long road of rebuilding, this one-shot explores survival, love, and what it means to come back stronger-together.

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.

Existe uma regra não escrita no LAPD: se alguém ligar depois das três da manhã, é melhor que seja questão de vida ou morte. Então, quando Lucy Chen se pega discando para Tim Bradford no meio da noite após um pesadelo, ela espera silêncio, não que ele atenda no primeiro toque. A ligação é curta. Tranquila. Segura. E, sem querer, inicia algo que nenhum dos dois consegue parar. O que começa como uma tábua de salvação em noites insones vira um ritual que nenhum deles deseja quebrar. Cada chamada os aproxima mais - silêncios compartilhados, confissões sussurradas na escuridão e sentimentos que nenhum deles consegue admitir à luz do dia. Mas quando um chamado perigoso em serviço quase destrói tudo, Tim e Lucy são forçados a encarar o que vem crescendo entre eles - não com palavras murmuradas no sono, mas de olhos abertos, corações acelerados e sem mais desculpas. Porque, depois de tantas ligações às três da manhã, os dois começam a perceber... Talvez nunca tenha sido sobre o horário. Talvez sempre tenha sido sobre um ao outro. | Também publico essa história na minha conta do AO3 |

Tim Bradford is a training officer at the LAPD, who gets a new rookie, Lucy Chen. Instantly Tim and Lucy realize, that there's something between them. They both have to hide their feelings towards each other because it would be strictly forbidden to act on them. But what happens when some things are more important than any rules?

"I'm sorry, I didn't even know-" Tim attempted to tell her, hurriedly and panicked. Lucy silenced him with a finger on his lips, "You know I'm here for you, and him. Always." After Tim and Isabel's divorce, they went no contact. She'd gone to rehab, he'd become a Sergeant. What happens when a 7 year old catalyst comes into play? How does this fair for Lucy and her relationship with Tim?

Lucy and Tim hook up before they know each other and now Tim is the father of Lucy's child.

Depois de anos enfrentando perigos nas ruas de Los Angeles, Lucy Chen e Tim Bradford finalmente começam a construir algo que nunca aprenderam a priorizar: uma família. Entre plantões, medos e promessas silenciosas, eles descobrem que amor também é escolher ficar. Enquanto o passado ainda deixa marcas, os dois aprendem juntos o que significa ter um lar, apoiar um ao outro e sonhar com um futuro que vai muito além do distintivo. Porque, no fim, a maior missão deles será proteger o que estão construindo juntos. **** espero que vocês gostem da fic e por favor comentem nos capítulos pra mim saber a opinião de vocês obrigadaaa!! 🤍