#the world is dangerous being vigilant is the price of admission (main verse)

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@morethanweseem send 🎁 for a starter using lyrics from a random song in my 2023 recapt top 100 playlist! || Speak Now ~ Taylor Swift

"Horrified looks from everyone in the room." Tim spoke as he looked at Lucy, trying to figure out exactly what had just happened. He was supposed to be marrying Ashely today, but instead he was just as surprised as everyone else (save Angela apparently) when Lucy actually stood up and objected to the wedding. "And yet I was only looking at you." He knew somewhere deep inside of him that it was never really going to work with Ashley. Yet he wanted to believe that it would, because he never thought that Lucy felt the same.

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@havenforged​

“Can you stop?” He didn’t really mean to snap, but this was a high pressure situation and he wasn’t really a fan of the constant reading out of facts. Pulling over, he let out a soft breath as he looked over at her. Taking the book that she was reading from in his hands, Tim threw it out the window. “This isn’t realy helping the situation.” 

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@misfitpuzzlepieces​

“People always talk about going out and finding something special-” Tim wasn’t really sure why he felt the need to say something, but he hadn’t been this happy in such a long time. “But maybe the truth is that we don’t have to look that hard.” Reaching down, he held onto her hand as he took a moment to remind himself that this was real. She was really his, and he was really hers. 

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@shefatales​ ||  ❝ can you pull over? like, now? ❞

Tim looked over at her for a moment, knitting his eyebrows together. He knew that if it weren’t important that she wouldn’t have said anything, they had been riding together long enough for him to know that. “You good, Boot?” He asked, concern in his voice. She was almost a P2 so he assumed that he could show her a little concern and compassion. Pulling the shop over, he cut off the engine and called it into dispatch that they were making a quick stop. 

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"It's not just to make themselves feel better, they just don't understand." He was there when people started finding out, some people giving him a pitying look, one even going so far as to ask him how he could let something like this happen. Isabel was a respected cop, and he was her husband, he was supposed to protect her. And he didn't. No, it was much easier to just shut down and push everyone out. So that's what he chose to do, throwing himself into training rookies to make sure that they didn't fall off the wagon. "Oh no, it'll be a cold day in hell before I ever sing karaoke. Even if I'm drunk." He raised an eyebrow at her, suddenly curious. "But with that kind of question, I assume that you are. Should I have my phone ready to record?"

"People like to do that, judge someone else because it makes them feel better about their own insecurites...to point out someone else's." Kate had no idea the circumstances but she aimed to do her best without prying. She'd never make him talk. Or anyone for that matter, unless they were a suspect she intended to press until they squirmed. Glancing at him, she came to a conclusion, Tim slowly began to remind her of her boss, Gibbs. The most minuscule ways possible that brought a slight grin to her face. She hid it by finishing off her drink and signaling the bartender for a second round, "Drunk it is. Just-your not the type of drunk that gets up and sings karaoke are you?" Kate undoubtingly was, and hopefully her soon to be drunk counter part could keep her from that embarrassment.

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@kwritemeastory gets a Taylor Swift starter - Sad Beautiful Tragic

"Right now I'm pretty sure all her demons look like me." He spoke with a shrug, assuming that talking about Lucy was going to distract them from the fact that they were going to try and pin everything on him. That there was a chance he could go down for something he didn't do. "I can't bother her with more of my drama right now."

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"It's too dangerous." Tim spoke as he held his hand up, stopping her from following him. "You need to stay here and tell me if you see anyone following me. I'm going to go in and clear the area."

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@kwritemeastory​

Tim hadn’t heard from Lucy in a few months, not since she went undercover as Nova. Harper had mentioned a couple of times that Lucy was doing well, and as far as he knew she was safe. He distracted himself with work, sports, and pretending that her not being there didn’t bother him at all. But when he heard a knock on his door in the middle of the night, Tim was shocked to see her standing on his doorstep. Carefully opening the door, Tim froze for a moment. “You’re here.” His voice was quiet, unsure if she was here as Lucy or Nova.

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Open starter || Tim Bradford

“It’s illegal to lie to a cop, you know that right?” 

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Open starter || Tim Bradford

“I am responsible for a life in jeopardy. And I will do whatever it takes to save that life. You don’t want to be the person standing in my way, so I suggest you move.” 

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@merveiilles​ gets a random Taylor Swift starter || Out Of The Woods

“Desperate people find faith.” Tim started, arms crossed over his chest as he looked around him. He had only been desperate a handful of times, but he didn’t enjoy reliving it either. 

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@tragicsongs​ gets a random starter

“I never throw up. I just tell my stomach to deal with it. My body is terrified of me.”

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@whistlersdaughter​

“Well done. That is if you were trying to disappoint me.”

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@spynerd​​ continued from here

Tim always had trust issues. It started with his father and then spread to the rest of his life, as if it were a poison that was wrapping itself around every aspect of his life and slowly taking it away from him. But he was different, Chuck was different. Always coming up behind him when he needed it, being someone he could count on. So when everything fell to pieces, Tim wasn't really sure how he was supposed to hold himself together after that.

Isabel was gone, she left him, and so he didn't have anyone to talk to about it. All he could do was handle his own thoughts and be alone with them. "You missed your chance to explain." He replied, even though he knew that he should be thankful. Chuck had come to his rescue, and as much as Tim wanted to believe that he had it under control. He knew that he really didn't.

"Trust isn't just given." His voice was harsh, pulling himself up off the ground. "I believe that you're on the same side of this, but I don't know what you want me to say otherwise."

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"Unfortunately for you, I don't really care if you think I'm like everyone else. Now are you going to tell me why you're here?"

open starter : caroline forbes

“What a surprise, you’re just like everyone else”.

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@protectxthem​ ||  “i’ve been hurt so i don’t trust.”

Tim didn’t do heart to heart, and he was semi decent at comfort. But hearing John admit something so different form his usual positive attitude, it was enough to make him curious. So Tim sat back at the table, everyone else having left for various reasons leaving him alone with the newest P2. He swallowed, not sure what he was going to say. Because Tim knew what that was like, to not trust people. He had been taught from a young age to not rely on anyone, he didn’t need anyone else. And then there was Isabel, the one person he let his walls down around. and she did nothing but break him. So yeah, he knew what it was like to not trust people. 

“What’s got you so down?” He asked, not sure if John was going to share it or skip past it.