(The Rookie) Tim Bradford broke Lucy Chen's heart long before he realized he'd shattered his own. Months of distance, misunderstandings, and one near‑fatal shooting force them to confront everything they tried to bury. Through recovery, honesty, and choosing each other again and again, they overcome every obstacle - finding their way back to a love that's softer, stronger, and finally theirs.

Lucy Chen, a gorgeous, young, kind ER nurse, with an overbearing, yet loving family, has been single for years, never thinking she needed someone or wanted someone. She's had a few short-term relationships since high school, but she never felt that spark with any of them. Her family has been trying to set her up since she was 20, but every single date never had a sequel. As the youngest of 5 kids, she had always been behind her older siblings; Aria, Tyler, Rose and Reese, but all her siblings were at least engaged by 28, but Lucy is 27 and never even had a serious relationship. Her parents, Vanessa and Patrick Chen, have always told her that when she finds "the one," she would know. Then Lucy meets Tim Bradford at a mutual friends birthday party and they just...click. •♥︎-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♡-♥︎• Tim Bradford is a sergeant and the watch commander at Mid-Wilshire Police Station. He recently got divorced from his wife, Isabel after she got addicted to drugs, and his best friend, Angela Lopez, has been trying to set him up again. During Tim's marriage, he hated everything about it, not because she was controlling, not because she cheated, not because he and Isabel argued constantly, all though the latter two were true, its because he never truly loved her. The only good thing Tim got from his marriage was his son, Oliver, who he got full custody of when the divorce was final. Tim has avoided dating since the divorce, not wanting to make Ollie think he was replacing his mother. Even if Isabel was a horrible person, she was still the mother of his child. But when Tim meets Lucy Chen at his friend Bailey's birthday party and actually feels... something, he decided to ask her out on a date. Despite feeling something, Tim doesn't expect their relationship to go anywhere, so he doesn't tell Lucy about Ollie. But over time, Tim realises he's falling for her...hard. And now he's in love with a girl who doesn

Tim and Lucy aren't sure what they're looking for when they walk into the shelter, never expecting how quickly one special dog might change everything.

Lucy Chen is off to undercover school and Tim misses her more than he wants to admit. He knows he said they should be apart but one little text wouldn't hurt, right? Canon through 5x02 but then I just start making things up.

(The Rookie) After a near‑fatal incident, Tim Bradford wakes with no memory of the last five years - including the fact that he's married to Lucy Chen. To him, she's still just a rookie he barely knew. To her, he's the man she built a life with. As they navigate the painful distance between memory and love, Tim must rediscover the woman he once chose, and Lucy must learn how to hold on without holding too tight.

FANFIC ABOUT ROOKIE: Lucy Chen and Tim Bradford are a recently married couple when something or someone... unexpected comes up. As they both work together, nearing their new and exciting upcoming chapter, they have to endure new circumstances and horrific things happening to them... Can they survive it all, both their relationship and their lives? TW: tiny amount of smut, torture, gruesome stuff idk. But it's gonna be good (hopefully)...

Based on The Rookie. What if Lucy Chen got attached to Tim after he saved her in 2x11?

"Lucy Chen twenty-four, has already lived several lives. After her ex-boyfriend Kai William walked away when she became pregnant, she left Los Angeles behind to rebuild herself in New York earning her detective shield while raising her daughter on her own. Now, four years later, she's returning to LA for the first time, carrying both her past and her four-year-old daughter, Ivy, back with her. Tim Bradford thirty-six, has mastered control over his squad, his emotions, and the walls he's built since his divorce. Letting anyone close again isn't part of the plan. As their professional paths collide, both are forced to confront past choices, present responsibilities, and the quiet pull of something neither is looking for. All while a small, sharp-eyed four-year-old watches closely, determined to protect her mom's heart as much as her own."

I'm still recovering from episode 18 of season 8 of The Rookie, the season finale and a very traumatic cliffhanger. This story directly follows the events at the end of the episode and writing it will help me get over the trauma and wait for season 9.

For two years, everything seemed perfect. A shared home. The same uniform. The same future. Tim and Lucy. What connected them was more than love-it was trust and the belief that shared goals are strong enough to withstand any challenge. Until one decision changes everything. When Lucy becomes unintentionally pregnant, she makes a choice that feels unavoidable to her. Her career is just beginning, her future within reach-and she is not ready to give it up. For Tim, however, the unborn life is already real. Hope. A future. Something he cannot let go of. What follows is an argument. A battle between love and conviction. Between the right to decide over one's own body and the desire for a shared future. Even though they still love each other, it is no longer enough. The separation comes without many words, but with final consequences. New cities. New relationships. New roles. And yet something remains unresolved. Guilt. Loss. Unfinished feelings. Months later, it is the next step in their careers that forces them back together-at Mid-Wilshire. Professional. Controlled. Distant. But when a joint undercover assignment forces them into close proximity, those boundaries begin to falter. Old wounds reopen. Feelings that never disappeared demand their place once more. They know they are going too far. They know they are breaking promises they made to others. They know that sometimes love is not enough to forgive. And yet they find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into something they once believed they had lost. Because what if you can't escape love? What if some decisions destroy everything-except what you feel for each other?