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   Bottom of the River | Tim Bradford by chiefdirector

   Fandoms: The Rookie (TV 2018)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   04 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Tim Bradford/Reader
   • Tim Bradford & Lucy Chen
   • Tim Bradford
   • Lucy Chen (The Rookie)
   • Wade Grey
   • Reader
   • Rosalind Dyer
   • Angela Lopez
   • Nyla Harper
   • John Nolan (The Rookie)
   • Jackson West
   • Original Characters
   • Missing Persons
   • Police
   • Presumed Dead
   • song: bottom of the river
   • Established Relationship
   • References to Drugs
   • Gun Violence
   • Angry Tim Bradford
   • Protective Tim Bradford
   • Married Couple
   • Angst
   • Lack of Communication
   • Hospitals
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Miscarriage
   • Self-Doubt
   • Complicated Relationships
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Angst with a Happy Ending

   Summary

   Tim Bradford was known to be many things. Hardass, stickler for rules, vengeful, angry. Words like these had been tossed around tirelessly to describe him. If anyone met him today, they would think he was born stuck in his ways, a man destined to be encompassed by the negatives in life.

   But, contrary to popular belief, he wasn't always like he is now. He wasn't like this when he still had his wife.

   Series

   • Part 3 of The Rookie

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   English

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