Quiet Battle

Quiet Battles is a heartfelt, emotionally rich Chenford story that follows Tim Bradford and Lucy Chen as they navigate the silent wars waged within. When Lucy returns from a night shift to find Tim shaken and distant after a nightmare, she senses his pain-pain he refuses to admit. As Tim responds to a harrowing call involving child abuse, he's forced to confront his own traumatic past, seeing himself in the eyes of the boy he saves.

Though he tries to hide the emotional toll, Lucy is there-pulling him into a quiet corner of the precinct, offering him a rare kind of comfort: a long, grounding hug that chips away at the walls he's built.

As Tim's PTSD resurfaces in the form of vivid nightmares, Lucy becomes his anchor, guiding him out of the darkness with her calming voice and unwavering support. Through whispered reassurances and late-night embraces, the two find healing in each other-proving that the bravest battles are the ones fought silently, and that love often begins with simply being there when the nightmares return.