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Genny and Tim Bradford spent their entire childhoods living next door to Lucy Chen. As neighbors and best friends, they grew and changed together. However, there was one constant despite all the change: no matter how much time had past, or how different their lives had become, or even how much Lucy tried to fight it, she had feelings for Tim, and through the years, those feelings grew from a little crush to overwhelming love.
Title is lyrics from “Smash Into You” by Beyoncé.
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06 Apr 2026
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At 35,000 feet, everything makes sense to Tim. It's on the ground where things get complicated, like his stalled divorce, his fear of starting over, and the flight attendant with chestnut-brown eyes who makes him forget all his troubles. Lucy believes in taking chances, even on emotionally unavailable pilots who can't even ask for her number. Sometimes the best things find you when you least expect them, and sometimes they leave their number on your post-flight paperwork and dare you to be brave.
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06 Apr 2026
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"Unless it is?" She must have some kind of short circuit in her brain. Because she hears his words. They reach her ear. And are sent on from there to her brain. In a fraction of a hundredth. But something must be going wrong with the processing. "Unless it is?" That would mean ... no he couldn't have said that. "Unless it is?" That look. Those steel blue eyes. The question she sees in them. Has he blinked at all in the last few seconds? Lucy say something. And she tries to think. But she can't think. Because her brain has a lapse. Not one of those blackouts you might have in an exam. "Unless it is?" No, it's not a blackout. Say something, Lucy. But she can't say anything. Because her brain has obviously switched to stand-by mode. Because it would mean ... no it can't be. "Unless it is?"
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A story about Lucy and Tim's secret dating era. The entire story includes what we see in the series and what happens in between. The evolution of feelings from that nervous question about a first date to the mutual trust that we see just a few episodes later. From nobody knows anything until suddenly everyone knows Chenford is a thing.
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06 Apr 2026
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Senior football star Tim Bradford is struggling to keep his grades up, and the only person available to tutor him is sophomore honor student Lucy Chen. Stiff, stubborn, and carrying more than his fair share of home troubles, Tim isn’t exactly open to help—but Lucy doesn’t back down. Between tutoring sessions, high school drama, and family chaos, the two begin to navigate trust, respect, and the unspoken tension between them.
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- Part 1 of Dear Lucy... Love Tim
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06 Apr 2026
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Dumped in the woods with no memory of how they got there and stripped of everything, Tim and Lucy have one goal: survive long enough to find their way home. But when weeks pass with no rescue, survival stops being the only new thing they're learning to navigate.
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06 Apr 2026