They call Tim Bradford a fortress in uniform-sharp edges, strict rules, no way in. At Mid-Wilshire, everyone assumes he's riding Lucy Chen hard because she's a rookie who needs to be humbled. What they don't see are the fractures Lucy hides beneath the badge. She's cornered, exhausted, and running out of ways to keep the pieces from falling apart. When the truth finally surfaces, it doesn't just test policy-it tests loyalty. And Tim must decide whether he'll remain the unbreakable wall everyone expects... or step across the line to protect the one person who slipped past his defenses against all odds. !This book WILL contain smut so this is your warning!

Tim Bradford thought he already knew exhaustion, heartbreak, and responsibility-until he became a single dad to a five year old girl still asking why mommy doesn't come home anymore. Starting pre-k was supposed to be simple. Drop her off. Pick her up. Repeat. Then she met Miss Chen. Warm, patient, and somehow able to get his daughter to smile on the very first day, Lucy Chen slowly becomes the one person both Bradford girls can't stop talking about. And for the first time in years, Tim starts wondering if maybe broken things can heal.

Chenford being secretly married

She knows better than to let him touch her. But behind closed doors, better doesn't matter. It's the way he pulls her close like she already belongs there. The way her breath breaks when his mouth finds her skin. The way she forgets her own name when he says it low enough. No one sees what happens in the dark. And she'd rather die than admit how much she needs it.

background- Lucy is a single mom with an 5 year old. The father is some random dude who she met at an high school party they both were really drunk. Lucy just finished the accademi and is starting as an new rookie at the LAPD.

After an almost fatal crash, Tim Bradford starts dreaming about Lucy Chen - vivid, intimate moments that feel too real to forget. But as those dreams begin to echo in waking life, Tim realizes he's not just falling for her. He's remembering her. And some memories feel like warnings.

In which Lucy and Tim go on a long-term undercover assignment...as a married couple...after their breakup. It goes as well as you'd expect. Post S6 finale Chenford fic. - "Why'd you volunteer, Tim?" Lucy asks quietly. It's the question that's been plaguing her for the past two days, ever since she saw his name on the list. There's a lot of things that Tim hates, but she's pretty sure undercover work might be at the forefront. Yet, he had volunteered to do a long-term op, posing as her husband. She knows he's trying to pay everything back to her-small doses, he had said. But... This is a lot. This isn't just some small dose. This is just about as big as a dose that anything could be. "Because," Tim starts heavily, "I'll always have your back. As long as you'll let me."

Tim Bradford and Lucy Chen have been inseparable for as long as they can remember. Best friends to everyone else, they share a bond no one else sees. But as life grows heavier, their connection begins to change - a quiet closeness that neither fully understands, built in late-night talks, shared silences, and the act of staying when things get hard. ! This book WILL have smut so this is your warning !

Everyone in Mid-Wilshire knows Officer Tim Bradford is a wall-hard, unyielding, and impossible to climb. They think he's breaking Officer Lucy Chen because she's a "hot shot" rookie. They don't know that Lucy is already breaking. Between a boyfriend who is slowly stealing her light and a secret night with her TO that could end both their careers, Lucy is starving for a way out. When the truth finally bleeds through her uniform, Tim has to decide: follow the rules he lives by, or burn the world down to save the one person who finally saw behind his wall.

When Lucy Chen, a sharp and ambitious defense attorney, and Tim Bradford, a no-nonsense LAPD patrol sergeant, discover they've been signed up for LA's hottest new dating show without their consent, they're less than thrilled-especially when they realize they already know each other from their professional run-ins in court and on cases. Forced into close quarters with cameras rolling 24/7, the by-the-book cop and the passionate lawyer who've spent years professionally sparring must navigate ridiculous dating challenges, eliminate other contestants, and somehow convince producers (and themselves) that they're actually compatible. Between their clashing worldviews, undeniable chemistry, and the mounting pressure to either couple up or get voted off, the line between what's real and what's for the cameras begins to blur. But when the competition heats up and real feelings start creeping in, both Tim and Lucy have to decide: are they willing to cross the borderline between professional adversaries and something more-or will they walk away before anyone gets hurt?