Humble Beginnings
(A/N Before you ask, no, I will not be doing only Zootopia fanfics. You are also a Tiger at around the age of 21. By the way, this will eventually turn into a lemon.)
It had been about 2-3 weeks since the "animals gone savage" case had been solved. Everyone was relieved at the fact that no one would be turning savage anytime soon. You had celebrated as well, but to a lesser extent, mainly because of your landlord being so strict. Anyway, you were on your way to the Zootopia City Jail (prison?). Most people would wonder why you're going there of all places, but you understood perfectly. You were going there to bail someone out. Who might that be? The former mayor of Zootopia. Leodore Lionheart.
After seeing the video that led to his arrest, most people thought of him as some greedy jerk. But, you were different. You didn't think much of his arrest at first, but when you looked back at it, you saw something. You saw remorse. You have this sort of, "ability", to tell someone's emotions, just by looking in their eyes. This is no "superpower", more like a social skill. Anyway, when you looked at these videos again, you saw that he genuinely was panicking about the situation. You knew these emotions were real.
(Time Skip)
You had just finished signing the proper documents for his release forms. You were spending almost all of your life savings on this, but you knew it was the right thing to do. You were waiting for about a half an hour since you had signed the papers. Eventually, he came out, accompanied by two guards. He looked, a lot different. His mane, which was usually groomed to near perfection, was scraggly and unkempt. He had a few cuts on his face, and his eyes weren't bright, but looked dull. But that makes sense, that would happen to anyone who was stuck in jail for 1 ½ months (I'm guessing at how much time he could've been in there). When he saw that it wasn't someone he knew, he had a puzzled, yet still relieved look on his face. You knew this was the start of something VERY big.