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1. Unheld, Unholy by LoveintheWind

   Fandoms: The Rookie (TV 2018)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   26 May 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Tim Bradford/Lucy Chen
   • Tim Bradford
   • Lucy Chen (The Rookie)
   • Isabel Bradford
   • John Nolan (The Rookie)
   • Wade Grey
   • Angela Lopez
   • Talia Bishop
   • Pre-Relationship
   • Past Isabel Bradford/Tim Bradford
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Self-Harm
   • Touch-Starved
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Parental Wade Grey
   • Non-Sexual Submission
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Serious Injuries
   • Not Medically Accurate
   • Timeline What Timeline
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Canon typical drug use
   • Hurt Tim Bradford
   • not friendly to isabel bradford
   • Part 1

   Summary

   Everyone knew that Tim Bradford was a grumpy hardass.

   Not everyone had to spend 12+ hours a day with him as a direct supervisor capable of getting them fired.

   Everyone knew that Bradford was in a foul mood today.

   Not everyone had to figure out why.

   Touch-starved, Lucy thought. That’s what her therapist would call it. The kind of man who’d die for people, but didn’t think he was allowed to need them.
   ==
   Tim is touchstarved, Lucy Notices

   This was previously posted as the first 11 chapters of "the Off Switch", due to series restructuring it is now being posted as it's own work.

   Series

   • Part 2 of A Field Guide to Loving Someone Who’s Been Shot At

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   58,216

   Chapters:

   15/15

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