5 months have passed and The Bradford's have been married about 8 months. Good days, hard days, tame days at work, insane days at work and everything in between. Lucy tossed and turned in bed And felt the bedsheets beside her only to feel no Tim

Lucy's pov:

I sat up in bed and started hearing him in the living room.

Tim) "C'mon!... You got this! 42 seconds left! Yes!? Yes!!.. no!"

I smiled to myself, he's so cute. Wait? Why is the game on? It's still early. I glanced at the clock and read..

12:48pm

12:48PM??!!

I jump out of bed with the comforter on me and run to the living room

Lucy) "WHY! Why didn't you wake me?!?"

Tim looks over at me with a grin

Tim) "Good morning to you too! Sorry I just figured you should get as much sleep as you can"

Lucy) "But.. but now I'm gonna have a hard time waking up early tomorrow for work....Thank you though."

Tim brushed the comforter off and put his hands on my shoulders His face was so close to mine and I couldn't stop getting butterflies.

I cleared my throat

Lucy) ".. Officer Bradford.. you're gonna miss the last few seconds of football season.."

Tim put one hand on my back

Tim) "And?.."

He kissed me. How did I become his? I'm so blessed. He loves me so much. more than his football games. I chuckle to myself.

I open up my eyes

Tim) "Hungry?"

I nod

Lucy) "Fred's diner?"

Tim) "What?? How did you know what I was thinking!"

Lucy) "Mhm" ——————————————————

⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ • There is some sensitive content coming up. Mentions of abuse, neglect etc. I am in no way supporting it. Sometimes these things just have to be talked about and worked through to know you're not alone and maybe this will help others. If you'd rather skip this next part, you can. Thanks! ——————————————————

After dinner Tim decided to make a suggestion

Tim's pov:

It was time. I felt so bad for not telling her sooner. I'd been seeing a therapist every now and then and I definitely think it's helped some.

I told her I wanted to take her to one of our favorite places.

The picnic bench/seat overlooking LA and the sunsets. The place where she let out her emotions when she was dealing with not being pregnant.

We sat down and she ran her finger through a piece of my hair.

Lucy) "I know Tim. It's okay. If you are ready to tell me and want to I'm not going anywhere. But if you don't want to, I respect it."

I held her arm.

Tim) "Thank you. But I'm ready. Whether I like it or not. It happened. And it's part of my life. I'm just glad Emmett is gone and not gonna hurt either of us or anyone else again.."

We sat across from each other on the bench

Tim) "That week... Was the hardest thing I've had to go through... The first day wasn't too bad, he only gave us one meal but he mainly left us alone. Gosh I felt so alone Lucy-... So alone."

Lucy held my hand with a sad look

Tim) "Uhm.. day 2 was hard... H-he'd hit us..."

Lucy's pov:

I hate this. I hate this. I hate this.

How could a human be this terrible. If only I could say a few things to Emmett..

Tim) "... He'd make us eat.. Disgusting..things... He'd threaten to kill us in disturbing ways everyday... He'd say he killed you.."

He started to choke up and the tears started flowing

Tim) "The night terrors were unbearable Luce... Day 4 or 5...I started to hallucinate... Seeing versions of you shot, in the barrel, in the hospital...."

I grabbed the side of his face

Lucy) "It... it's okay... You don't have to share what you don't want to..."

Tim) "The closest I've ever felt to death... I was going crazy every day, all day... Started losing weight... He'd put us in a walk in freezer and not let us out for hours.... All of this while I had no idea where you were or if you were okay... It was the most helpless I've ever felt..."

Every thing he said happened to him made my blood boil

Tim) "But there was Ben.. he was the only one in the group who keep speaking truth to me and told me we were gonna be okay... Except I wish the "we" part in that saying would've been true."

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I pull him into a deep hug while he sat there still crying.

Lucy) "Timothy... I am truly and deeply sorry. I promise you are safe here with me. Thank you. Thank you for sharing."

Tim nodded

Tim) "I'm s-sorry it took me so long to talk more about it..."

I shook my head And wiped his tears

Lucy) "What kind of wife would I be if I pushed you to tell me everything when you weren't ready..."

Tim) "I'm so in love with you."

He kissed and I returned it.

I smiled

Lucy) "I'm even in love with the mean, grumpy TO in the beginning. believe it or not."

Tim) "Oh? You mean the bratty me?"

He chuckled and I playfully hit him

Lucy) "Nooo"

Tim) "Hmmm..the nosey Hot shot brunette rookie.."

Tim) "I love all versions of you?"

Lucy) "Oh Really?"

Tim) "Why wouldn't I?" ——————————————————

Tim's pov:

Lucy) "Will you love the Mom version of me?"

Tim) "I mean of course, when the time comes"

Lucy) "Well...time does fly fast"

What

No

My jaw drops

Lucy's eyes start welling up

Tim) "Luce!? Are you serious!?"

She nods excitingly

Lucy) "I'm pregnant Tim... We're gonna be parents..."

I pick her up and spin her around

Tim) "seriously?!"

She nods again

Lucy) "I took a test earlier today..."

Tim) "Oh my goshHhHH I can't wait. What are the odds?!"

Lucy) "10% apparently"

Lucy laughs

Tim) "We get to have our 10% Lucy..." ——————————————————

We go back to the house, still super excited.

I go to the kitchen to start making dessert while Tim is looking at photos or something

Lucy) "the test said about 2 weeks but we'll know for sure at the appointment in a week or 2. I do have to admit, as excited as I am...I have a hint a fear..... What are you looking at Babe?"

I walk over to him in the living room and see him looking at our wedding album... And looking at a specific picture from after we got married and we went into a church to take more pictures..



Tim and Lucy Bradford's wedding

Lucy) "I've always loved that picture.."

I sat beside him and I look up to see a tear falls from his cheek I grabbed his hand and put it on my stomach

Tim grinned

Tim) "we're having a baby Luce! Our miracle baby.."

Lucy) "And they are gonna have the best Dad.."