TIM BRADFORD AND LUCY CHEN The Rookie 5x20: “S.T.R.”  

THIS COSTUME SCREAMS A CHENFORD PROPOSAL ON THE LAST EPISODE OF SEASON 6!😭

Happy international women's day to the amazing women of TheRookie & us all! 💜 Let’s pledge to channel their strength, resilience & power—on & off screen—into our lives too! ✨🫶

Eric graced us with this video!!! He looks so good in this video!!!😍 I can't keep calm, I want Feb 20, 2024 now!!!!!😭

Tim so meant it when he said, "Lucy is different."😍

Lucy is nothing like any of his exes. In the past, we have seen him struggle to give gifts to his exes. But with Lucy his heart just knows her so well that it becomes easy and he chooses the perfect gift for her.🥹🥰

I just checked and my twitter TL is filled with people asking for a Chenford break up! Had to get out of there or else I would have had an anxiety attack!😭

I mean why do people want to see their favourite characters in pain? Don't we have enough pain in our real lives? Why to project these harsh realities of life on two characters we all love?😒

I have said it before and will say it again. I don't want Chenford to break up. There are many shows where their 'will they won't they' couple got together and stayed together without breaking up an example of this is Jim and Pam from The Office.

I would request The Rookie showrunners to not break Chenford up in any case. Let them handle their shit together as a team as they have proved they do the best, way many times.🙏

Saying all this. I would also like to add that all are entitled to have their own thoughts/opinions and would like to apologise beforehand if I am anyhow disrespecting anyone's thoughts and views.

Finally wrote my Chenford proposal fic. Hopefully you all will like it.😊

Chenford + friends with benefits

Hi Anon! Hope you will like this. This is my first time writing a Tumblr prompt. I tried to do this prompt justice, and hopefully, you will like it.

"Babe, let's watch Friends with Benefits, a 2011 rom-com. This is one of my guilty pleasure movies," Lucy says as she curls up on her couch and covers herself with a quilt. It was her third day following her last UC assignment. After her and Tim’s much-needed sincere conversation, a long bath, and a 24-hour long sleep, Lucy finally feels like herself. Sergeant Grey has given Tim and her a week off, and they've spent the last one and a half days having their desired sexy time all over the apartment as Tamara is on a weeklong study tour with her classmates. As much as Lucy adores Tamara, she needed this week alone with Tim, especially after such an adrenaline-charged week.

Tim appears from the kitchen, holding a bowl of popcorn, and kisses Lucy on the forehead before settling down next to her. This causes her to melt into his gentle kiss. She scoots towards him and rests her head on his shoulder as he takes his seat next to her." He quips, "Yeah, we'll have to make do with it since you have already watched the new season of Top Chef without me, and that too after you made me promise not to watch it alone." She swats his chest and squeals "no" as she raises her head from his shoulder. She looks incredibly cute doing so. Too irresistible for him, who is still in a haze after their mid-evening sexy time. So, he simply puts the bowl of popcorn on the table and takes her face in between his palms, kissing her passionately. It is filthy and has the potential to turn into another couch sex session, but Lucy stops and says, "Babe, nah, I wanna watch this movie now, and later we can continue this in the bedroom after dinner. Furthermore, this caramel popcorn smells too good to waste. So, Bradford, keep your mouth and hands to yourself." Tim takes a breath and makes an effort to school himself, but he holds onto her nonetheless, drawing her even closer.

Lucy looks up into Tim's eyes and asks in a fake stern voice, "So, are we watching this movie or what?" while still in Tim's embrace. He says, "Yeah, yeah, play your movie," making a conscious effort to focus on something other than her large, exquisite brown eyes. She smiles and presses play, wrapping Tim and herself in the quilt as she snuggles next to him, and Tim wraps his arms around her shoulder. They become engrossed in the film once it begins. She observes that the film appears to have succeeded in eliciting some laughs from Tim. He laughs throughout the scene as he watches Mila Kunis' Jamie and Justin Timberlake's Dylan negotiate the terms of their arrangement before having sex. During the flash mob scene, she also notices Tim rolling his eyes at the screen. But as the credits start to roll, a smile spreads across his face.

"So, did you like the movie?", Lucy grins and inquires. "You call this a movie! Really? We just squandered an hour and 48 minutes of our lives watching this when we could have watched classics like It Happened One Night or Breakfast at Tiffany's," Tim says with mock disdain. This, however, does not fool her, as she remarks, "Huh, stop lying, Grandpa; you know I can read you. Right? And we've already seen those movies, and we like them, but you liked this as well," she said, raising an eyebrow and tickling his side. He finally gives up and lets out a hearty chuckle before saying, "Okay, okay, okay. I agree that it was not nearly as bad as I had anticipated, and I had a good time. However, it might have just been you; perhaps your adorable popcorn chewing made the movie bearable."

They've been dating for almost nine months, and yet a single compliment from Tim still makes her cheeks flush like a rose. She then scrunches her nose in a cat-like manner and gazes into his eyes. She gently pushes Tim away as he is about to pull her in for another round of couch make-out and says, "Neah. We'll watch No Strings Attached now. Okay, time for some trivia: Did you know that this movie and Friends with Benefits were both released in the same year and essentially share the same plot? Additionally, the No Strings Attached actor Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis from Friends with Benefits are married in real life. Another interesting fact: In real life, these two began as friends with benefits and fell in love within months. Exactly like in the movie!"

Tim scoffs and says, "Fools, they already did these two movies and still tried something stupid like this. Seriously, actors are just dumb people." Lucy furrows her brow and mocks, "Tim, by your logic, no one but the cops are intelligent. Isn’t it?" Tim says, "Damn straight," in an earnest voice and straight face. Lucy titters and exclaims, "Babe, you're hopeless!"

"Okay, tell me, do you think we could have ever been friends with benefits?" Lucy asks before Tim can respond. "Nope," Tim says, popping his P. "So, you're saying that if we weren't in this relationship and were both single, and I offered you to be my friend with benefits, you would have declined?" she inquires, a little perplexed. Tim nods and shakes his head, signaling ‘yes’. "You found me attractive before we started dating, right?", with a perplexed look on her face, she asks as she turns entirely to face Tim."I mean, yeah, of course, you did. The way you ogled at me at Lopez-Evers' first wedding! You did lust for me, didn't you?" she continues, speaking more to herself than to Tim. “Okay, to answer your questions chronologically: First, yes, I did find you attractive even then. To be completely honest, I liked you before it would have been appropriate for me to. Second, come on, I was just checking you out respectfully. The third and most importantly I have never merely lusted after you. And that's why I'd never been your friend with benefits," he replies, pressing his lips together in a line to hide a smile.

Lucy's now puzzled, so she stands up and asks, "So let me get this straight: you were attracted to me, and that's why you didn't want to fuck me? How does it add up, Sergeant Bradford? Could you please elaborate? Sir, just enlighten me with your seer wisdom." She continues after recalling what John had said to her after their first run-in with the Feds about Tim's hook-up with a CIA agent: "And don't you dare pretend as if it were some moral code or something, because I know about your little hook-up with Katie Hall during your army days." "Nolan and his big mouth!" Tim mutters under his breath. "Huh, what did you think just because you sent me back under the guise of assisting Lopez? I won’t get to know. We still diss our TOs. And when I say ‘still," I mean "STILL NOW." Lucy almost yells the last part with a combined expression of mischief and exasperation on her face.

Tim extends his hands and tugs Lucy into his lap on the couch, and in a very serene voice, he says, "Officer Lucy Chen, this Sergeant of yours was always awestruck by your enchanting presence. And no, it has nothing to do with my morals or honor; instead, it is entirely about you. I knew after our first hug that if I touched you intimately, there would be no going back. If we had crossed the line, I would have made sure that you were mine and mine alone, so I could never have remained just your friend who occasionally fucks you. I've always known that once I touched you, I'd kill anyone who even considered doing so. Lucy Chen: I had fallen in love with you long before I realized it."

Lucy looks up into his eyes, tears welling up in her own. They have both been aware of this since their first failed date, if not earlier, but they haven't had the courage to acknowledge it out loud yet. She doesn’t know how to respond because Tim proclaimed it with such nonchalance. So, she closes her eyes, cups Tim's face in her palms, and kisses him while stuttering, "I... I... love you too, Tim." As she opens her eyes, she drags a deep breath, and through her sobs, she declares in a whisper, "God, I'm not sure from exactly when, but maybe from the day I woke up with you reading Teen Rebel by my hospital bed," against his lips.

Tim gets up from the couch with Lucy wrapped around him, lifting her along as if she were a weightless bundle of clothes, and says with all the love in his voice, "Lucy, you have bewitched this hardass TO of yours since the day you set foot in my chaotic life. You brought me peace and stability. Baby, you made me a better person. And now I can't imagine going a single day without having you by my side." Tim then kisses her cheeks, wiping her tears away, and whispers, "Baby, now if you'll let me, I'd like to show you just how much I love you. Would you please allow me to worship you?" As the heat rises in her lower belly and her cheeks begin to flush, Lucy nods and gestures 'yes.' As Tim carries her into the bedroom, she thinks about how she never imagined that watching a mediocre rom-com would lead to a love confession. However, she simply closes her eyes and thanks the universe that it finally happened.

Chenford + Lucy's apartment

I will never get over the fact that Tim went from not crossing the threshold of Lucy's apartment to possessing a key of his own for the same.🥹😍

PS: They have such beautiful scenes in her apartment. Domestic Chenford in Lucy's apartment is just 🤌

Tim comes to terms with Lucy's pregnancy after their appointment with her new OB/GYN.

This is my April installment of this fic. I hope a few of you are still reading. If so, then thanks a lot guys. It means a lot to me.🫶🤗

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