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1. we're on top of the world by everyoneloveslucy

   Fandoms: The Rookie (TV 2018)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Other
   • Work in Progress

   31 May 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Tim Bradford/Lucy Chen
   • Lucy Chen (The Rookie)
   • Tim Bradford
   • Heath Everett
   • Original Characters
   • Angela Lopez
   • John Nolan (The Rookie)
   • Nyla Harper
   • Celina Juarez
   • Wade Grey
   • Torture
   • Implied/Referenced Torture
   • Blood Drinking
   • Dehydration
   • positional torture
   • suffocation
   • References to Episode: s02e11 Day of Death (The Rookie)
   • The Rookie (2018) Season 9 Speculation
   • Psychological Torture
   • Aftermath of Torture
   • BAMF Lucy Chen (The Rookie)
   • Quasi Major Character Death
   • Inaccurate Police Procedure (Rookie 2018)
   • Medical Inaccuracies
   • Hurt Lucy Chen (The Rookie)
   • Hurt Tim Bradford

   Summary

   **ON HIATUS UNTIL SEASON 9 AIRS**

   What purpose has love, if not to be known and felt in the darkest of places?

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   A wholly self-indulgent spec fic for Season 9 of The Rookie.

   Title taken from the song “On Top Of The World” by Run Baby Run

   Series

   • Part 4 of fics from the rookie universe

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   4,621

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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   Bookmarks:

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