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“Lucy,” he said gently.
Her brow furrowed.
She looked at him the way someone looks at a stranger who has walked into the wrong room, her eyes searching his face without recognition, without familiarity, without even the faintest flicker of comfort. There was no softening in her expression, no easing of tension in her shoulders, no quiet relief that usually came whenever she saw him after a bad call. Instead, her gaze stayed guarded and uncertain, as if she were trying to understand why this unfamiliar man was standing so close to her hospital bed, speaking to her in a voice that sounded far too intimate for someone she didn’t know.
Then she spoke, her voice hoarse from screaming and disuse, fragile but steady enough to carry across the short distance between them.
“Who are you?”
-the immediate aftermath of season 8 episode 10 but Lucy suffers through a severe concussion—one that leads to her forgetting...
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07 May 2026
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Lucy Chen is a witch burdened with a generational curse that prevents anyone from loving her past the next full moon. To protect her heart from any more pain, she casts a spell on herself so that she can never fall in love again. Unfortunately, that heart binding spell proves to be no match for the feelings that Lucy starts to develop for Officer Tim Bradford. If only she wasn’t cursed, she’d be thrilled by the way she’s falling in love with him.
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20 Apr 2026
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Chenford AU
Lucy thought she knew what forever was supposed to look like — until the night she’s asked to choose it.
This is a story about almosts. About the wrong timing, the right person, and the things you don’t call cheating until it’s too late.
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“That’s all this is. Everything feels heavier after a few too many.
Lucy has always laughed when Tim got too close. Always shoved him off with an eye roll, called him dramatic, told him to knock it off. He’d sling an arm around her shoulders, pick her up without warning, invade her space just to hear her protest. It had always been easy. Predictable. Automatic. The two of them orbiting each other without ever thinking about it.”
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11 Apr 2026
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*COMPLETED*
When Tim meets Lucy, the new server at a local bar, he is intrigued by her and feels they’ve made a connection. However, he can’t seem to figure out why she keeps him at a distance.
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17 Mar 2026
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It's 1999, and the last thing 27-year-old Lieutenant Tim Bradford remembers is stepping on a landmine in Afghanistan after breaking up with his girlfriend. When he wakes up, it's to a world he no longer recognizes. Over 80% of the population is dead...
... ish.
He always thought Zombies were just a plot device for cheesy, apocalyptic young adult novels, but the reality is much more terrifying and bloody.
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06 Dec 2025