Lucy Chen spent her life trying to forget a night that changed everything and the consequences that came with it. Years later, as a rookie police officer, she is forced to face the past in ways she never imagined. Her training officer, Tim Bradford, seems like the last person she could ever connect with... until a troubled teenager full of attitude crosses their path and turns everything upside down.

What if the events of 4x17 happened differently? After Chris started humming Dream a Little Dream of Me, Lucy's trauma was brought back to the surface. Will her vulnerability finally allow her to tell a certain sergeant how she feels? I don't own any of these characters. They're all from the show The Rookie.

When Lucy falls in love with a little girl named Fiona that she meets on a call, she wants to foster her, but it would be difficult to get approved as a foster parent as a single woman, so she asks Tim to marry her on paper despite the tension between them after sharing a kiss "for work". Tim agrees for Fiona's sake, but their marriage of convenience quickly gives way to more. Canon divergent after 4x22

Lucy Chen is an accomplished matchmaker, but her newest client, Tim Bradford, proves to be stubborn and reluctant towards her services. A bet, a dog, an algorithm, a few dates, and some non-dates might help them both find their match. Title includes lyrics from "One and Only" by Adele.

Tim and Lucy undercover - dark at first Throughout this story, readers will encounter mature and potentially disturbing themes including, but not limited to, age abuse, psychological terror, and torture. Please be aware that content may become more intense as the story progresses. Reader discretion is advised for all instalments. This is my first story . Please be free to comment. I hope you enjoy it.... Cover image is not mine.

A story of hurt, love rediscovered, forgiveness earned, and family found

Five years ago, Lucy Chen slept with a stranger at a bar. On Monday morning, he introduced himself as Officer Tim Bradford, her new TO. What followed was a history of bad timing and worse choices: stolen nights, broken vows, Isabel's return, Lucy's silence - and a secret that drove them apart. By the time Lucy transferred out of Mid-Wilshire, she swore she'd never look back. Now, she's a sergeant at Hollywood. A single mom. And she hasn't seen Tim in half a decade. Until a joint LAPD project forces them into the same room again. Until the memories they buried refuse to stay buried. Until the people they are now have to face everything the people they were left behind. Enemies. Lovers. Strangers. Partners. Some mistakes don't fade. Some of them grow - into scars, into secrets, into children with eyes too familiar to ignore. | the 1st (out of 3) book of this fanfiction has been publish! you can find it under the same title "Where Dahlias Bloom" on Kindle Store for the ebook version, or at the Amazon store/website for the printed version! |

What happens between Lucy and Tim after Lucy becomes sergeant? How do they navigate toward this new path of love angst and desire?

Sergeant Tim Bradford runs the LAPD's covert Supernatural Crimes Division (SCD) with cold, absolute control. To the LAPD, he's a veteran cop obsessed with ritual killings and occult crime. In truth, he is Azrael Black, the ancient Lord of the Black Veil, a vampire sovereign tasked with enforcing the terrifying silence between worlds. Bradford uses the SCD as his instrument, keeping the city safe from rogue supernaturals while hiding his own lethal secret. His carefully calculated existence shatters with the arrival of Detective Lucy Chen. She's intelligent, bright, empathetic, and sees the world without illusion. When she's recruited into the SCD, Black discovers a dangerous anomaly: she's the only human whose mind resists the pervasive magic designed to keep the truth hidden. Her unexplained immunity makes her an invaluable asset, and a terrifying liability. For the first time in centuries, Black is rattled with a desire to feel human again. Lucy's proximity is an unbearable risk, yet her presence is a stark pull he can't fight-she sees the man, not the monster. As a new threat from the supernatural world surfaces, threatening to break the fragile peace within the Coven of the Veil, Lucy and Tim are forced to work together. Their shared affinity for darkness ignites an attraction that is as desperate as it is forbidden. Every touch risks violation of the very laws Azrael put in place; every shared glance risks exposing his real identity and shattering the Veil forever. He is the law of the night. She is the light he cannot afford to claim.