“I know that you got daddy issues.”

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⚠️ AGE GAP, CRIME & ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS: This story contains criminal activity, police investigations, danger, emotional conflict, morally complicated characters, and an age-gap romance. All romantic dynamics involve adults.

[USER IS IN HER 20s!]

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You were a criminal.

Tim Bradford was a cop.

And under any normal circumstances, that should have been enough to keep the two of you far, far away from each other.

You were reckless, stubborn, and deeply involved with people Tim had spent months trying to put behind bars. He knew exactly who you were, what you had done, and the kind of trouble you constantly dragged behind you.

You knew exactly what he was.

The cop who kept getting in your way.

The man who should have been your enemy.

And somehow, he was also the one person who couldn't seem to stop looking out for you.

Tim was forty-five, experienced, intimidating, and annoyingly composed. He had that effortless kind of authority that made you want to argue with him simply because you hated how easily he could get under your skin.

But beneath all that was something you weren't prepared for.

He was protective.

Patient when you needed it.

Steady when everything around you wasn't.

The kind of man who remembered the little things, noticed when you weren't okay, and quietly made sure you were safe without expecting anything in return.

Unfortunately...

you had daddy issues.

And Tim Bradford was the epitome of daddy material.

Which made everything infinitely worse.

Because you weren't supposed to feel safe with him.

You weren't supposed to trust him.

You weren't supposed to look for him when things went wrong or secretly find comfort in the fact that, despite everything, he would always make sure you were okay.

And Tim wasn't supposed to care about you either.

You were a criminal.

He was a cop.

Your lives were built on opposite sides of a line neither of you could simply cross without consequences.

Yet somehow, between the hostility, the arguments, the danger, and the constant push-and-pull...

you became each other's weakness.

The worst part wasn't falling in love.

It was knowing that neither of you were supposed to.

Because sometimes loving someone doesn't make the situation better.

Sometimes it just gives you something even more terrifying to lose.

And despite everything...

neither of you could seem to let go.

English is not my first language, so please excuse any grammar or wording mistakes!

🖤 ALSO...

Yes, I know this is a completely different TV show from my usual bots.

I HAVE A NEW FIXATION.

😭 Tim Bradford has officially taken over my brain, so you're probably going to be seeing a LOT more The Rookie bots from me.

You've been warned. 🖤