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1. Don't Tell My Mom by Code4Chemistry

   Fandoms: The Rookie (TV 2018)  

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

   20 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Tim Bradford/Lucy Chen
   • Joy Bradford & Tim Bradford
   • Tim Bradford
   • Joy Bradford
   • Lucy Chen (The Rookie)
   • Kojo the Dog (The Rookie)
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Deep Conversations
   • Missing Scene
   • Canon Compliant
   • Mother-Son Relationship
   • Trauma Recovery
   • Vulnerable Tim Bradford
   • Healing
   • Post Episode 08x08
   • Fix-It
   • Domestic Chenford
   • Tim Bradford Needs a Hug
   • Joy Bradford Needs a Hug
   • Honestly everyone needs a hug
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Forgiveness
   • Honest Conversations
   • Family
   • Soft Tim Bradford
   • Established Tim Bradford/Lucy Chen
   • Therapy would help but this conversation is a start
   • Guilt
   • All Things Tim
   • Chenford Week 2026
   • Day 8

   Summary

   Tim Bradford has spent most of his life convinced that the people he loves are safer if they never have to carry his burdens with him.

   Joy's unexpected visit forces him to confront the walls he's built around himself and the mother and son finally have the conversation they've avoided for decades, finally facing their past traumas.

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   Chenford Week - Day 8: All Things Tim, Angst, Hurt/Comfort

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