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it is 9pm, tim’s shift finally ended so he heads over to the locker room and grabs all his things, on his way out, lucy spots him as he looks unsettled, she rushes over to him.
“you okay babe?” lucy said softly, “uh yeah..yeah just caught me off guard” he chuckled, trying to play it off. he’s been clearly thinking of something, but god he doesn't even seem to remember it. “i was just heading to the car, need a ride?” she offered but he didn't know if he had a ride or not, did he come with her to their shifts? did he need the ride or not? “no don't worry about me im fine thank you” she looked at him confused but nodded and left.
he patted himself down searching for the car keys, shit he forgot his keys, or did he? lucy pulled up to the front of the station, where he was currently standing “you know im not sure if you remember i dropped you off today, come in babe.” dammit, he did remember that came with lucy tonight, he hopped in and hoped she wouldn't question it just yet or at all. “so umm, are you sure everything is okay, you're never this lost i mean first you forget your phone, then forgot about roll call, and now you forgot im dropping you off, i want to make sure you’re actually fine” she questioned him as she stops for the red light, “yeah no im totally fine just yesterday’s night shift is messing with me today” he was clearly trying to play it off, but it made it worse, “tim, you know you can tell me anything, you didn’t have a night shift yesterday, we slept in the same bed” lucy was really starting to worry by this point, “you know what, we will talk tomorrow im really tired right now” he did sound really tired so she just let him go for the night, but it didn't mean that he wasn’t getting questioned tomorrow.
lucy pulled over in front of tim’s house, he sat still for a second, he knew his dad was over to visit him, he also knew genny was there which did make him better, “alright, you sure you don’t want me to come down with you?” she gently offered, “yeah i’m good, wouldn’t want to make you suffer down there, that guy is a total ass you don’t want to interact with him” he scoffed as he threw a smirk on his face and left the car “thanks for the ride, see you tomorrow if i ever make it out, goodnight” he let out a chuckle, lucy laughed and responded with “alright hoping you do, night babe”
tim stood in front of the front door as lucy’s car drove away, he kinda wished she had stayed, but she didn’t because he refused she’d do that for him. after three mintues he rung the doorbell, thankfully genny answered, “heyyy how was tonight’s shift-“ their dad instantly cut her off “where is all the vodka and good stuff” both of them were confused and disgusted as he would seriously ask that, tim’s history with alcohol and his dad in general wasn’t great, tim responded with “ive been sober for 13 years now, not a single drop after going on patrol”, harry looked at him like tim was joking “yeah yeah jokes aside where is it” tim looked confused and genny knew he didn’t want to talk more after that, “dad…tim just came home atleast say hi, and by the way he did stop drinking you just haven’t been in touch to know that” she said trying to defend tim as if it would work, “i don’t care about what he does and what he doesn’t do, just give me my alcohol and i’ll leave you alone”, harry was starting to piss everyone off, “i really thought this was a good idea, if you really want alcohol leave my house and get it yourself, im not trying to relive my 12 year old trauma” tim was starting to tear up because he knows this conversation isn’t going too well, “trauma? i just made your faggot ass tougher!” genny looked at harry as if he was being serious “dad-“,
tim’s heart dropped at that point, “no. NO, you don’t get to use your actions as an excuse for ANYTHING and i mean anything, i was 12! that’s rape and you should be rotting in jail for it.”
tim grabbed all his stuff as genny tried to convince him to stay, “tim, please just stay-“ she was really trying to get him to stay, but his father went too far, “no genny NO, were you not with us? did you not hear what he said? i’m out of here i don’t care, thanks for trying but i really can’t”, he had all his stuff and grabbed the keys from the dresser and stormed out as his dad yelled at him to come back.
after he had left, genny tried calling him several times but gave up after realizing be wasn’t gonna answer. she really did feel bad, she knew their dad had no right to bring up his trauma like that, especially one he had caused. At this point tim was gone, he was debating whether he should go to lucy’s for the night or just stay in the car outside the station. he ended up choosing the station because he really didn’t want to tell lucy his trauma, he didn’t want to worry her she already had enough on her plate, especially since she was planning on taking the sergeant’s exam.
tim woke up to the bright sunlight on his face, he checked the time and sighed because he realized that he had to go in for his shift. he left the car with his things, just his work bag, and entered. there he saw angela, she saw his tired and exhausted face and went up to him. “how did yesterday go with your-“ she didn’t get to finish and tim instantly interrupted, “great”, she was confused as she didn’t even get to finish her sentence, “sure can tell by the look on your face” she patted his back and left. tim straight up sighed and went to the locker room.
as he entered, he saw someone knew, someone very unfamiliar, so he went up to scare him thinking it was a new rookie. “HEY BOOT-“ he regretted those words instantly as he saw a very charming man turn around, shit why did tim think he was hot? ryan: what’s a boot? tim: seriously? a rookie, a boot is a…a rookie. ryan: oh alright i guess i’m your boot then? tim blushed a little what the fuck , tim bradford doesnt blush for boys, at least the beating from his dad at 14 years old taught him that. tim cleared his throat, “what the hell did you say to me?” ryan looked back at him confused, “am i not your boot? i mean i swear lieutenant grey said bradfo-“, tim was about to yell so hard, he didn’t not yell he just did it in a lower voice, “it’s sir to you, now get your ass to roll call whatever your name is” he said as he read ryan’s name tag, “chen?” he read off of ryan’s shirt. ryan: yeah.. ryan chen, we met before? tim: lucy doesnt have siblings, who are you? ryan: lucy works here? oh yeah no she doesn’t i’m her cousin, dad’s side. tim left the locker room, did he seriously fall for another one of his rookies? well he can’t get with this one for sure.