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At 35,000 feet, everything makes sense to Tim. It's on the ground where things get complicated, like his stalled divorce, his fear of starting over, and the flight attendant with chestnut-brown eyes who makes him forget all his troubles. Lucy believes in taking chances, even on emotionally unavailable pilots who can't even ask for her number. Sometimes the best things find you when you least expect them, and sometimes they leave their number on your post-flight paperwork and dare you to be brave.
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23 Jul 2026
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”What happens undercover, stays undercover. Right?”
After the brutal murder of Jackson West and the kidnapping of Angela Lopez, Lucy Chen breaks down in the quiet sanctuary of Tim Bradford’s apartment. In the shadows of shared trauma and absolute exhaustion, a line is crossed. A sudden, explosive kiss that changes everything—before the tactical radio violently tears them back to reality.
Agreed to sweep it under the rug for the sake of her career and his command, they build fortresses of professional distance. They try to hide behind new relationships and the rigid routine of Mid-Wilshire. But from the dangerous streets of Las Vegas to the suffocating close quarters of Shop 7, the universe refuses to let them run. Because you can cross every line to escape the dark, but some ghosts are already waiting for you at home.
A mature, deep-dive Chenford canon divergence fanfiction. Heavy angst, burning sexual tension, and a very slow burn.
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- Part 1 of The Spaces In Between
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22 Jul 2026
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“To the end of the world,” Lucy murmurs, and she doesn’t know if it’s the look in his eyes, the desperation of the moment, or the knowledge that the world might be ending and they may never get another chance that propels them forward.
Tim smirks, her heart thunders in her chest, and she takes a single step closer to him.
“Whenever that may be,” he says, and then he’s raising the glass to his lips and taking a long swig. Lucy mirrors the movement and then licks her lips, the tequila burning down her throat as Tim stares at her, his own lips wet with the whiskey he’s clutching in his hand.
“Tim,” she breathes, because despite the fact that he hasn’t let her be afraid yet, she is a little bit.
“Lucy,” he murmurs.
She doesn’t know who moves first, just that, later, it keeps her up at night.
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Chenford hooks up during the missile threat and there are consequences.
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- Part 1 of we have only today
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21 Jul 2026
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Tim knows Lucy's taste. Even when she changes it.
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She was buried in the corner, her weapon aimed straight at him, a sly smile curving one corner of her lips.
He surrendered, removing the strap of his paintball gun and offering it to her in supplication. She took it from him, but she yanked when he didn’t expect it, toppling him over and into her lap, and suddenly the world was just her lips and her skin and her eyelashes fluttering against his cheeks like butterflies, and citrus - citrus everywhere.
Thorsen had found them then, and in his disgust at Lucy’s betrayal, shot the two of them.
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- Part 5 of Chenford Week 2023 by Silverskull
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19 Jul 2026
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Tim and Lucy go on their well-deserved honeymoon in France and continue their journey of healing... and start thinking about their future.
Chenford Week 2026
Prompt: Chenford in the wild
___It feels different.
Lucy didn’t expect it to, and why would she? All they did in the end was sign a legal contract. An unromantic way of looking at it, maybe, but the truth. The document in question has since been filed, and the State of California now considers them married: Tim is her husband, and she is his wife.Series
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18 Jul 2026
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After a car accident, Tim wakes up with no memory of the past four years — mentally stuck back when Lucy was still just his rookie.
Meanwhile Lucy is forced to grieve a relationship that technically still exists… but only for her.
But Tim slowly realizes that even without the memories, something in him still feels drawn to her.
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Tim loses his memory from season five to season two. For Lucy they are in a relationship, living together. For Tim, they are T.O and boot again.
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17 Jul 2026
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It’s been a slow process, coming to the realisation that the world feels different now, that even the smallest things have taken on a brighter hue beneath Lucy’s touch.
Tim doesn’t know how it took him so long to catch on—these days, he swears it’s impossible to miss the effect she’s had on him. He notices it everywhere, in everything, and he wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Tim sees the world differently now that Lucy’s all the way in his life.[Chenford Week 2026 — Day 3: All Things Lucy]
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- Part 3 of onlyalifetime's Chenford Week 2026
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17 Jul 2026
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A Post 7x08 one shot
Officer Chen, I’m switching you to a higher dose of oxygen.”
That immediately has Tim on high alert, his own mask forgotten as he sits up and pays closer attention. Lucy glances at Tim briefly, the concern evident on her face as the nurse helps her with the nasal cannula.
“Okay, this needs to stay on for at least another 4 hours. Your lab tests came back normal, but your blood oxygen levels were much lower than we expected and we just want to err on the side of caution for both you and the baby.”
Baby?
Tim’s world stops at those words. Lucy’s pregnant?
“I’m not pregnant!” Lucy stutters out as she sits up, she looks from her vitals monitor then back to the nurse, her eyes never once flickering over to Tim. “There is no baby!
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Except that she is, aka their night on Valentine’s have some more ramifications.
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14 Jul 2026
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every dead-end street led you straight to me by little_angry_kitten18
Fandoms: The Rookie (TV 2018)
15 Mar 2025
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He feels like his soul will be looking for her in every single lifetime after this one too. Will be looking for the way she’s touching him. The way she’s talking to him. For her laughs and smiles.
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Tim’s brain reseting to factory settings every time he sees Lucy in a dress.
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12 Jul 2026
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Takes place after episode 7x08. POV from their nurse in the hospital.
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Lucy shook her head, not quite meeting Angela's eye.
"What?"
At this point, Jaime had no reason to linger in the room, but she was curious, so she busied herself with the computer so she could listen in.
"The reason he's not recovering as quickly is because he was protecting me. He took the brunt of the smoke inhalation," she said quietly.
"Of course he did. He's an idiot, but he still loves you," she said fondly.
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Tim's night shift nurse takes an interest in the story that is Lucy and Tim!
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11 Jul 2026
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Lulled In These Flowers By Dances And Delights by VandaOrchid88
Fandoms: The Rookie (TV 2018)
29 Apr 2026
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After a night of fake dating in "I Know A Bank Where the Wild Thyme Blows", which turned into a one-night stand, which turned into realising there are feelings, which ended with Tim asking Lucy out on a real date... this is the following day from Tim's POV: coming to terms that he's had feelings for Lucy for a while, planning and then taking her on that date, so basically entering their secret dating era—while still training his new rookie.
(And I know this is a crappy summary.)Reading "Thyme" is recommended as there are some call-backs, but I think you can follow the plot even if you don't.
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- Part 2 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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10 Jul 2026
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I Know A Bank Where the Wild Thyme Blows by VandaOrchid88 for SlySidekick
Fandoms: The Rookie (TV 2018)
17 Oct 2025
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Chenford Fan Fiction Bingo 2025: fake dating / one night stand
Lucy and Jackson are out for trivia night when she runs into her cheating ex. In order to help her, Jackson ropes in Tim to pretend to be her boyfriend...
“It’s the cutest story.”
Mark’s head swivels to Jackson.
“They locked eyes on her first day, and then they were literally inseparable. Love at first sight.”
Well, at least one of them is having fun with this. And, again, not exactly a lie. They did lock eyes on her first day and they were inseparable afterwards except for the odd shift apart. As for the love at first sight part…
Yeah, no.
Tim’s body twitches, and Lucy realises, with some surprise, that he’s trying not to laugh. Right, so everyone’s having fun now except her.Series
- Part 1 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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08 Jul 2026
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His mornings have felt empty for the last few months but as the sunlight creeps in, Tim Bradford is very happy with the change to his morning routine
8x03 spec fic kinda
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08 Jul 2026
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This Is Our Place, We Make The Rules by TheSassyWitchOfTheNortheast
Fandoms: The Rookie (TV 2018)
18 Jan 2026
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Lucy and Tim’s night goes a little differently than she planned. But it’s still perfect.
Post 8x02
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- Part 3 of Season 8
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08 Jul 2026
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Lucy and Tim wake up after the events of 08x01 and everything is soft and bright.
Spoilers for that episode.
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07 Jul 2026
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lucy notices tim doesn’t use pet names. she thinks it means something.
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- Part 2 of anonymously chenford
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06 Jul 2026
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She took a breath, squared herself. “Okay. Stay put. Do not open this door unless I’m the one on the other side. I’ll go… prep them.”
“Prep them?” Tim repeated. “How exactly do you prep someone to meet their younger selves?”
Angela’s smile went crooked. “Carefully.”
She reached for the door panel, paused, and looked back at them. For the first time since they’d appeared in the parking lot, her expression was unguarded. Warm. Fond. A little amazed.
“For what it’s worth,” she said quietly, “you turn out okay. Both of you.” Her gaze flicked between them, lingering just a beat longer than necessary. “Better than okay.”
Lucy’s chest squeezed. “Do we… stay friends?” she asked. It felt ridiculous, but the question tumbled out anyway.
Angela’s eyes softened. “Oh, honey,” she said. “You have no idea.”
S1 Chenford meets (speculative) S8 Chenford AU (Fluff, Crack & Angst) x
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05 Jul 2026
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"I promise you, I would definitely remember if you had ever sat me down and told me exactly when you realized you were in love with your former rookie."
When a few innocent rounds of tequila lead to Mid-Wilshire’s finest debating the relationship timeline of their favourite Sergeant and Watch Commander, Lucy realizes something important: she and Tim have never actually talked about it.
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A night of bar gossip forces Lucy to confront the age-old question regarding her and her Watch Commander fiancé:
Who Fell First And Who Fell Harder?
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05 Jul 2026
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Suddenly the guys hand clamped around Lucy’s arm as she tried to turn away. And that was all it took.
Tim was out of his seat in less than a second, hurrying towards the bar.
“Tim what-“, Angela said as he abruptly pushed out of his seat.
Tim didn’t hear her. His only focus being Lucy and getting her away from that bastard.
“Get your hands off her. Now.” Tim growled as soon as he reached them.
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05 Jul 2026
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After Tamara's death, Lucy copes the only way she knows how—by calling her old phone number and leaving voicemails for the sister she lost.
What she doesn't know is that the number has been reassigned.
Tim Bradford keeps receiving messages that were never meant for him. But one voicemail becomes another, and before long he finds himself falling for the woman behind the voice before they've ever met. When their lives finally collide, the connection between them feels effortless—but it's built on the secret that he's been listening to her voicemails all along, and revealing it could cost him Lucy's love.
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04 Jul 2026