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1. A Butterfly Flaps its Wings by ImperiumWife

   Fandoms: The Rookie (TV 2018)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   20 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Tim Bradford/Lucy Chen
   • Tim Bradford
   • Lucy Chen (The Rookie)
   • the rest of the crew makes appearances too
   • AU from 5x01
   • What if Chris wasn’t bleeding out on the couch
   • just that one little change
   • Accidental Pregnancy

   Summary

   “They say that if a butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazonian rain forest, it can change the weather half a world away.”

   What if Rosalind had left Chris in a car instead of on Lucy’s couch? Just one simple change can change the rest of their lives dramatically.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   22,442

   Chapters:

   12/?

   Comments:

   153

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   482

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