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Some ghosts don't stay buried. Some show up at your door with a smile and a story and a reason to stay. Isabel has been clean for three years. She has a case, a cause, a family that needs justice. She has every reason to be here and no reason to leave.
Lucy has an ultrasound in her bag and a secret in her heart. She has eight weeks of hope and fear and a husband who doesn't know yet.
And Isabel has a way of looking at Tim that makes Lucy's skin crawl.
Some visitors come with baggage. This one came with a key.
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22 May 2026
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Somewhere through the blurry haze, there’s someone calling her name. It's distant, a familiar voice, layered beneath a metallic clanging that slices through her aching skull.
As she’s pulled from her chair, Lucy knows she should fight back, but she can’t—her body feels like dead weight. She’s dragged until her torso hits a solid edge.
The world refuses to come into enough focus to make sense of anything, but she still hears that voice, and holds onto it like it's an anchor. It's hoarse, desperate, terrified, it’s—
Tim. Oh, God, it’s Tim.
She’s barely managed to pull the pieces together before her head is plunged underwater.
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What if the man who came to Tim’s door wasn’t just passing on a message? What if he was dangerous, and Tim and Lucy ended up in harm’s way? A kidnapped!Chenford 714 canon divergence.Bookmarked by arhlu18
22 May 2026
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Five weeks after Tim breaks up with her, Lucy finds herself staring at a positive pregnancy test.
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20 May 2026
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Echoes of fear course through her veins as the memory plays on loop like it’s stored on a broken DVD. Watching Tim throw himself into the wrecked car right as its engine ignited. The weight of the explosion that followed.
Picking up her pace, Lucy pushes through the back door, sidestepping a couple of officers trying to duck in from the rain, and squints against the water lashing down. He's heading towards his truck.
Standing there in the pouring rain, completely helpless, Lucy looked on in horror, convinced she’d just watched the love of her life die.
The reminder of just how dangerous the conditions had been reignites the fire, the agony she’d felt a few hours ago as she’d watched the moment unfold in slow motion, and Lucy forgoes trying to close the gap between them, instead calling out across the lot.
“What the hell were you thinking?!”
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Tim does something reckless on a call and Lucy is upset.[Chenford Week 2025 — Day 1: Weather, Fight/Argument]
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- Part 1 of onlyalifetime's Chenford Week 2025
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21 Apr 2026
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“Miles said you seemed to know the woman,” Lucy says, placing a hand over his.
Tim pauses.
Know is a strong word. One that he isn’t sure applies here.
He knew her, once. A long time ago. She cooked him dinner and bought him and Genny ice cream in the park and silently handed him ice packs when his bruises looked particularly bad. He kissed her cheek after she dropped him off at football practice and promised her it was okay as she drove him to the emergency room with a broken rib—even listened when she suggested he tell them he’d tripped down the stairs.
But nothing good lasts in a house like that.
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Tim encounters a familiar face on a call, and soon realises he's going to have to confront the past he thought he'd made peace with.Bookmarked by arhlu18
21 Apr 2026