Logically, she knows she took the one and only option she had. Just like she knows that there are only three circumstances where an officer should ever discharge their weapon; her situation had two of the three. Budney had just killed Bataglia, if he’d gotten away while armed anyone within his proximity would have been put in imminent danger. She had warned him to surrender more than once, instructing him to stop which he ignored. He continued to walk toward her, he raised his weapon at her ready to shoot.
Still, it doesn’t alleviate any of the guilt she’s carrying.
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6x04: Lucy waiting in the hospital room after the shooting.
Words: 3186, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
- Fandoms: The Rookie (TV 2018)
- Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
- Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Categories: F/M
- Characters: Lucy Chen (The Rookie), Tim Bradford, Wade Grey, Wesley Evers
- Relationships: Tim Bradford/Lucy Chen
- Additional Tags: 6x04, 6x04: Training Day, Inner Dialogue, Angst, Angst Angst Angst!!!!!, Basically Lucy trying not to spiral as she waits in the hospital room, Hurt, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Hurt/Comfort
