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• Beneath The Magnolia Sky by SafePlaceToHide

  Fandoms: The Rookie (TV 2018)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  25 Sep 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Tim Bradford/Lucy Chen
  • Angela Lopez
  • Jackson West
  • Nyla Harper
  • Chris Sanford
  • Elijah Stone
  • Vanessa Chen
  • Patrick Chen
  • Original Characters
  • Alternate Universe - Historical
  • Slow Burn
  • Forbidden Love
  • Age Difference
  • war veteran Tim Bradford
  • plantation life and reconstruction era
  • Protective Tim Bradford
  • Strong Lucy Chen (The Rookie)
  • Implied Sexual Content

  Summary

  In the summer of 1876, 19 year old Lucy Chen meets Timothy Bradford, a haunted war veteran sent to oversee her family’s struggling plantation. Amid stolen glances, whispered secrets, and lingering touches, a slow-burning attraction grows—one that defies society, expectations, and the shadows of the past.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,364

  Chapters:

  2/15

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  22

  Bookmarks:

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