A taboo love
Zootopia fanfiction
By Zero2o1o
Chapter one: are we more then partners
"Aaaaaawww" Nick Wilde cried slamming his forehead against the desk he sat behind his paperwork which he had put into a neat pile fell over "what's wrong Nick?" Wilde's partner Lt. Judy Hopps inquired at her own desk doing her own paperwork "it's this damn paperwork, how are we supposed to be out there protecting animals when we spend most of our time filling out this shit" the red fox complained lying his chin on his desk so he could look up into Judy's violet eyes which were staring into his green irises "it's part of the job Nick it's not like it is on tv where they spend all their time chasing bad guys and wooing females, this stuff we're doing is the life blood of the ZPD bet you wouldn't see those dimwits on Big City Cops doing paperwork" officer Hopps said with a smirk making fun of Nick's favorite tv show "they don't have to their to busy scoring" the former con artist replied realizing his wording was bad if not inappropriate "sorry whiskers I didn't mean it like that" the red fox quickly apologizing to the slender little grey rabbit "whatever you're a typical male only thinking with your other head" Lt. Hopps stated rolling her violet eyes and went back to her paperwork "that's a very sexes remark you know that Judy?" Officer Wilde told his partner who snorted at him her nose wrinkling in disgust "coming from you that doesn't mean much" Judy grumbled not bothering to look up at her partner "now now is that anyway to talk to you're partner?" the red fox slyly smiled not letting his partner's mean words get to him.
"Please you've talk to me like that all the time" the grey little rabbit snorted "oh come on I've never talked to you like that" Nick laughed earning yet another snort from his partner "yes you do you did it just the other day" Judy stated looking at the fox and jabbing one of her tiny fingers at Nick "what!?, no I didn't" officer Wilde responded scoffing at the accusation putting a paw over his heart "pffft keep telling yourself that" the violet eyed bunny commented rolling her eyes again "for a cute little bunny you sure are mean" Nick told his partner who shot him a furious glance "don't call me cute that's a discriminative statement" Judy snapped her ears falling back and her eyes narrowed "come on carrot you know I didn't mean anything by it" officer Wilde said to his partner using the nickname he had given her the day they met, Judy's long ears twitched and her pink nose wiggled telling Nick she was considering excepting his apology "how about I go to that bakery you like so much and buy those carrot cookies you love" Nick offered seeing his partner's ears perk up at the mention of the cookies "can you get me some chocolate cookies too?" Judy requested a little smile cracking her lips "only if you forgive me" officer Wilde told the grey rabbit who agreed to his condition "alright then I'll be back in a few minutes" Nick continued pushing his chair back hopping out of it as he did so "and get something to drink like strawberry/kiwi juice" Judy called to her partner who waved a paw as an ok.
Nick pushed the down button for the elevator tapping his foot as he waited "off on snack detail uh?" officer McHorn a heavy set rhino who had helped Nick and Judy with some of their more dangerous cases asked joining the small fox as he waited "yep Judy wants me to get her carrot cookies and juice like I'm some kind of assistant" Nick replied trying not to sound annoyed that he was doing this just to get back on his partner's good side "man for a cute little bunny she's kind of mean" the rhino said looking down at the little red fox that bearly reached his knees "don't let Judy hear you say that she'll really get pissed" officer Wilde warned the other male mammal who started chuckling "didn't expect Lt. Hopps would have such a short temper" McHorn commented the elevator opened and he and Nick entered it "don't judge a book by their covers" Nick told the rhino leaning against the elevator wall.
"Specially when it comes to my partner you and the rest of the department know that" the red fox continued having been one of the animals who had been taught by Judy not all rabbits were simple minded carrot farmers "there a no truer statement then that" the rhino officer agreed having been impressed by how determine the little slender grey bunny was even when no one believed in her.
More animals climbed into the elevator most were cops while others were cuffed criminals being transfer to their cells or were heading to his or her hearing at the nearby courthouse that was a block away "whoa watch it Powalski you almost stepped on my foot" Nick said to a bangle tiger who was trying to keep a wolf he had in custody still "then get out of the way" Powalski replied in irritation glancing down at the fox by his feet "yeah and how am I supposed to do that smart guy" the witty fox stated smugly jumping out of the way when Powalski tried to stomp him "Powalski I better not see you trying to stomp on you're coworker again or I'm going to chief Bogo" McHorn warned the tiger lifting Nick up and put him on his broad shoulders "and Nick stop irritating Powalski it's not his fault he's a asshole" the rhino said to Nick daring the bangle tiger to pick a fight with a mammal twice his size and three times as strong "at least I don't got a tiny dick" Powalski shot back smirking do to the fact he and McHorn were good friends and could make fun of one another " you're sister would say otherwise Powalski" the rhino laughed causing everyone in the elevator to burst out in laughter. The laughing quickly died when the elevator doors opened revealing chief Bogo his face grumpy as usual "sir" all the police officers greeted their superior officer "as you were" the cape buffalo told his officers as he climbed into the elevator "hey chief how's the family?" Nick asked his boss cheerfully who just grumbled something the fox couldn't hear "what's wrong chief didn't get you're morning coffee?" the first fox police officer asked sounding to friendly for the chief's liking "why aren't you at you're desk filling out that paperwork for the Big and Large store robbery?" Bogo said harshly turning to look at the red fox curious to know why Wilde was on officer McHorn's shoulder "Judy asked me to get some snacks and I'm on McHorn's shoulder cause Powalski almost stepped on me" Nick explained not wanting to get on the chief's bad side like he had done with mr. Big "how is your partnership with Lt. Hopps going?, you two seem to work well together" the chief inquired wanting to know how Nick felt about working beside a rabbit "it's going fine sir" the red fox answered telling his boss how he and Judy caught lots of criminals despite he being a predator and Judy prey "good very good I'm happy to see that you two are getting along well" Bogo stated nodding his head up and down.
The elevator reached the ground floor letting Nick enter the precinct lobby where officer Benjamin Clawhauser was showing some sheep his Gazelle app "I've actually met Gazelle when I went to her concert" the chubby cheetah told the sheep all of whom were jealous "yeah we're like BBFs now it's super cool" Clawhauser smiled rubbing his claws against his shirt "do you hangout with her when she's not on tour?" One of the sheep asked really thinking Clawhauser was friends with Gazelle "we haven't really gotten the chance what with her busy schedule and me being a cop it's hard to make time" the brown eyed cheetah lied but the sheep were stupid and gullible so they believed him "hey Clawhauser I'm going on a snack run you want anything?" Nick called to the fat cheetah who's ears shot up at the mention of sweets "oh yeah can you get me half a dozen chocolate covered donuts" Benjamin excitedly replied hopping in his chair that groaned under his weight "sure" officer Wilde told his friend telling him he'd be back in 30 minutes "I'll be right here" Clawhauser called after the fox as he exited the police station and out to the bright sun light of the day.
Judy's favorite bakery was six blocks from the ZDP station so the walk was farther for Nick who as a fox only stood at four feet "why didn't I take the car?" the fox thought as he put on his aviators sunglasses wishing he had grabbed the keys to his and Judy's patrol car "oh right she won't let me drive since the Garcia incident" Wilde remembered having crashed their car while chasing a gang a couple months earlier "it's not like I meant to hit the tree" the red fox complained having gotten a long and unpleasant yelling at by Judy when they got back to the police station. Nick was four blocks from the police station when he decided to stop and watch some kids playing in the park that was across the street two were wolves, one was a leopard and others were prey ranging from sheep, cape buffalos, camels and rabbits "life's a little bit messy, we all make mistakes, no matter what type of animal you are, change starts with you" Judy's voice sounded in Nick's head making him think back to how he treated her when they first met and how now he believe that he could help change how animals looked and thought of one another like his rabbit partner wanted to do, come to think of it Nick had spend more time thinking about Judy and not just because they were partners or friends instead of texting on his phone when he and Hopps won't doing anything he spent them studying the rabbit's face, her ears and cute little pick nose "what's the matter with you?" Nick told himself shaking his head and slapped his cheeks "she's a rabbit for fuck sake it's not like she thinks the same way" the green eyed fox said his feelings conflicting with one another "I could ask her, that's a horrible idea that would just make our partnership awkward and working together would just get harder" Nick stated convincing himself that for the good of his and Judy's partnership he wouldn't tell his partner about his feelings.
For the rest of the walk to the bakery Nick milled over his feelings for his partner and weather or not he should tell Judy "hello Officer Wilde how may I help you" Nick heard the voice of the bakery's owner greet him who looked surprised that he was in the shop "is everything ok?" the owner who was a moose cow asked when she saw the look on the first fox police officer's face "no it's nothing I was just thinking about a case me and officer Hopps are dealing with" Nick quickly lied seeing no reason to tell the bakery owner about how he felt for his partner and if she felt the same way "being a police officer must be hard" the baker smiled not bringing up the fact that Nick and Judy were a fox and rabbit "so what can I get you officer Wilde?" the bakery owner requested being told that he wanted some carrot and chocolate cookies along with half a dozen donuts "coming right up officer" the moose cow said cheerfully going about getting Judy's cookies and Clawhauser's donuts"oh and strawberry/kiwi juice" Nick spoke up remembering that his partner wanted a drink as well "of course" the baker answered telling one of her employees to get the juice, as Nick waited for his cookies and donut he couldn't help but look at a photo of Judy as she was sitting at her desk looking over a file his conflicting feelings boiling back up to the surface "what are you doing?, stop torturing yourself you stupid ass" the green eyed fox thought biting his bottom lip in frustration "a relationship between us would never work I'm a fucking predator and she's prey there's no way we could be together" officer Wilde frowned shutting off the phone screen and shoved it back into his pant's pocket "even if I wanted to have a relationship with Judy there's no way she want to be with a scum bag like me" Nick continued seeing no reason why his partner would date him specially with his checkered past.
With Judy's cookies and juice and Clawhauser's donuts in paw Nick started his walk back to the ZDP station all the while he let his thoughts for his partner run through his mind the pros and cons of them being together and weather or not the ZDP or Zootopia would allow them to be a couple.
The second Clawhauser saw Nick returning with his prizes the overweight cheetah squealed with joy "thank you thank you thank you" Benjamin cheered when Nick handed over the donuts and he opened the box "no problem buddy just don't eat them all to fast or you're get a stomachache" Wilde replied before heading back up stairs to Judy and his conflicting feelings for her "hold it together Nick at least till you get home" the fox told himself as he got into the elevator and hit the button for the floor his and Judy's desk were.
Lt. Hopps tapped the end of her pen on the desk top the pen's cap in between her teeth, Judy was reading up on a missing child case it was hard for Hopps to read these kinds of cases specially cause she knew finding the child would be hard to do even for the normal sized police officers that served in the ZPD "pfffft" the slender grey rabbit huffed leaning back in her chair shutting her violet eyes to block out the lights and gather her thoughts "you ok carrot?" Nick asked the sound of a paper bag being put on the desk could be heard along with a bottle "yeah it's this missing child case it makes no sense there's no clues telling us who took the kid or if the kid left on her own" Hopps answered not opening her eyes but she did rub the bridge of her nose "how was her home life?, was her family mean or abusive, did she have questionable friends?" Wilde questioned picking up the file off his partner's desk and began looking over it himself "if I didn't know better you're starting to sound like a legitimate police officer" Judy smiled turning her head and looked at Nick who's face was in the file "hey I'm just doing the job I'm being paid to do plus this kid could be in trouble and we should find her as soon as possible" Nick replied peaking over the top of the file to look at Judy "I think we should question the parents again just to make sure their story coincides with their testimony, I don't know why but the mom's story doesn't seem to add up I think she meant of been lying to cover for someone else" the red fox suggested shutting the file and put it back on the desk "what makes you say that?" Lt. Hopps smirked liking how her partner picked up on things no one else did "call it fox's intuition whiskers" the former con artist remarked grabbing Judy's bag of cookies and her juice wiggling them in the air as a lure.
The missing child's family lived on Outback Island so Judy and Nick had to take a boat to get there so by the time they got to the island it was nearly dark "hopefully the family is home" Judy stated putting the patrol car into park in front of a small hut "their car is in the driveway but we should call back up just in case who knows how the family will act seeing more cops" Nick said picking up the receiver to the car's radio and pushed down on the call button "station this is patrol car 1108 calling for back up at 147 Abel Tasman Court and Banksia Avenue" officer Wilde called letting go of the button and leaned back in his chair "roger that car 1108 sending back up e.t.a 10 minutes" the nearby police station replied after which Nick put the receiver back on the radio "so now what?" the red fox asked his partner who was now eating her cookies "ok so you have a plan" Nick continued folding his arms across his chest puffing out some air, after a while Nick's green eyes drifted over to his partner who was still enjoying her cookies and juice his conflicting feelings boiling back up to the surface again "stop it Nicholas she's to good for you" he told himself wanting something to take his attention away from his torturing thoughts "is something wrong Nick" Judy asked making Nick realize he had been banging his head against the car window "it's nothing" the fox lied mentally punching himself for revealing that something was bugging him "come on Nick we've spend 11 hours a day together for the last five months you can't hide secrets from me" Lt. Hopps snapped not liking the fact her partner was hiding things from her "I told you it's nothing Judy just drop it" Wilde shouted his ears flatting against his head in shame for yelling "Nick please tell me what's the matter?" the rabbit said this time her voice was softer and more caring. Nick ran through the pros and cons of telling Judy how he felt once more but his natural instincts to keep his vulnerability under wrap was breaking free again and he couldn't let that happen not now not while they were searching for the missing child "I'll….tell you later right now we have a job we need to do" Nick said putting on the best fake smile he could muster "I'm gonna hold you to that Nick" Lt. Hopps replied holding her paw out which Nick shook in a form of agreement "sure carrot after this I'll tell you what's bothering me" the sly fox agreed having bought some time to figure out how he felt.
Two more police officers showed up as Wilde and Hopps's back up "you guys stay back a bit we don't want to scare the family" Nick told the two other cops one being a bear and the other was a tiger "hello this is the ZPD please open up" Judy said knocking on the front door of the hut "why do we have to wait back here?" the white tiger asked crossing his arms over his chest "cause the family are kangaroos are seeing two predators standing at their door meant scare them" Nick answered looking back at the predators while standing next to his partner.
A female kangaroo opened the front door she was six times as tall as Judy and Nick and she looked around to see who knocked on the front door "down here mrs. Kimbrell hello it's me officer Hopps again I'm sorry for coming so late but I have a few more questions about Amy's disappearance" Lt. Hopps said waving to the kangaroo who looked downward at her "no it's alright I'll answer any question I can if it helps find my little girl" Mrs. Kimbrell replied offering the four police officers to come in "who the hell is at the fucking door" a drunk male voice slurred the smell of alcohol heavy in the air this caused Judy's nose to wrinkle at the putrid smell "it's the police hon" Mrs. Kimbrell told her husband clearly embarrassed that her husband was intoxicated while their daughter was missing "fuck the police" Mr. Kimbrell shouted from a armchair beer bottles were surrounding his chair "you need to stop our daughter is still missing you dumb drunk" Mrs. Kimbrell yelled which started a argument between the couple "sir I want you to go to another room now" Judy ordered the male kangaroo with the authority of being a police officer "why don't you make me rabbit" Mr. Kimbrell told Hopps threat lining his voice and cause the slender grey bunny to step back and reach for her gun "sir do as she said now or I'll arrest you for threatening a ZPD officer" the bear warned the male kangaroo reaching for his own firearm "fuck you pig" Mr. Kimbrell screamed at the bear giving all the ZPD officers the middle finger, the male kangaroo took a step toward Judy his fist half raised but before he could bring his fist down he let out a scream of pain his body twisting and riving "aahhhh" Mr. Kimbrell sighed falling on his side revealing officer Wild holding his stunned gun out aimed at Mr. Kimbrell's back "you ok carrot?" Nick asked his partner flashing her a charming smile "I'm alright thanks Nick" Lt. Hopps answered returning the smile and for a belief second in Judy's violet flashed a look of not just appreciation but something else as well.
Before Mr. Kimbrell could get back to his feet he was cuffed and dragged out of the hut by Judy and Nick's back up allowing the two to asked their questions finding out that the daughter had been taken by some of Mr. Kimbrell's more unsavory business associates cause Mrs. Kimbrell was wanting a divorce and this was unacceptable to the male kangaroo "don't worry we're gonna make your husband tell us where you're daughter is" Judy promised as she and Nick left the Kimbrell house "thank you thank you so much" Mrs. Kimbrell almost cried bending down to hug Judy and Nick "think nothing of it" the slender grey rabbit smiled trying her best to return the hug "come on carrot lets go find that missing kid" officer Wilde told his partner as he and Judy would let out of Mrs. Kimbrell's hug "I think it would be best if we call in swat, the guys who have Amy could be heavily armed" the rabbit frowned knowing when it was best to call in the big guns "good thinking…partner" Nick started he wanted to call Judy honey but he caught himself in time "I have my moments" Lt. Hopps smirked not having picked up on Nick pause in his sentence.
Nick was allowed to drive on the way back to their station while Judy went over the notes she had taken while they questioned Mrs. Kimbrell "you think swat can get this kid without any big issues?" the red fox asked letting himself study his partner's face for a half a second before looking back at the road "they should but we won't know till we heard from the detectives who are questioning Mr. Kimbrell, till then it's all up in the air" Judy replied not taking her violet eyes away from her notebook "all we do now is wait" Nick stated stopping at a stop light and plug in his cell pone opening his music.
Well, my friends, the time has come
To raise the roof and have some fun
Throw away the work to be done
Let the music play on
(play on, play on)
Immediately Judy's long ears twitched and turned to the sound of the up beat tones filling the car causing her to cock her head to look at the red fox who's paw was tapping along to the music.
Everbody sing, everybody dance
Lose yourself in wild romance
We're going to party
Karamu, fiesta, forever
Come on and sing along!
We're going to party
Karamu, fiesta, forever
Come onand sing along!
We're going to party
Karamu, fiesta, forever
Come on and sing along!
"What in the world is that you're listening too?" the little grey rabbit asked knowing she had heard it before but she couldn't remember where "this?, this Ms. Hopps is the great and amazing Lionel Richie" Nick smirked looking side long at his partner.
All night long! (all night)
All night long! (all night)
All night long! (all night)
Lt. Hopps burst out in laughter dropping her notebook so she could hold her sides "and what's so funny?" officer Wilde asked pursing his lips together to keep himself from saying something mean "it's nothing" Judy laughed doubling over knocking her notebook off the seat.
People dancing all in the street
See the rhythm all in their feet
Life is good wild and sweet
Let the music play on
(play on, play on)
Feel it in your heart
And feel it in your soul
Let the music take control
We're going to party
Liming, fiesta, forever
Come on and sing my song!
Nick Wilde scowled at Judy he didn't like how his partner was laughing at Lionel Richie "I don't laugh at you're taste in music so there's no reason to laugh at mine" the green eyed fox frowned giving Judy the same kind of angry look she would give him whenever he did the same thing to make her mad.
All night long! (all night)
All night long! (all night)
All night long! (all night)
All night long! (all night)
Yeah, once you get started
You can't sit down
Come join the fun
It's a merry go round
Everyone's dancing
Their troubles away
Come join our party
See how we play!
Oh, yes
We're going to have a party!
A couple versus passed before either cop said anything "sorry Nick but it's hard to think someone as young as you would like a music author as old fashion as Lionel Richie" Judy apologized but not without giggling a little more "yeah I've always been kind of a old rocker in a young man's body you can thank my dad for that" Nick smiled telling the little bunny about how when he was a kit his father would play old rock 'n' roll like Styx, Bon Jovi, Rolling Stones and other great bands whenever he couldn't sleep.
All night long! (all night)
All night long! (all night)
All night long! (all night)
All night long!
When Nick thought about his dad he recalled something his old man had told him when Nick was having issues showing his feelings " a friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you" Nick's father's voice echoed in his head causing him to think about how he felt for Judy.
Everyone you meet
They're jamming in the street
All night long!
Yeah, I said, everyone you meet
They're jamming in the street
All night long!
Yeah, I said, everyone you meet
They're jamming in the street
All night long!
Feel good! feel good!
A deep sigh escaped Nick's muzzle he finally decided that if he was going to tell Judy how he felt for her he'd do it now, so he pulled into the first rest stop he saw putting the car into park and shut the car off "Judy what do you feel when you think of me?" the red fox inquired staring right into Judy's violet eyes "what are you talking about how I feel when I think of you?" Lt. Hopps said with confusion unsure what her partner was asking, Nick put his face in the palms of his paws running them down his face sighing once again "what I'm trying to say is Judy I think I've fallen for you I can't stop thinking about you I'm scared that if you're hurt I'll do something so horrible that there be no way for me to repent for the retribution I'd seeked on your behalf…just just forget" Nick told his partner but when he tried to take back what he said Judy put a finger on his lips to silence him "that's something you can't exactly take back Nick and to tell you the truth I rather you didn't" Hopps said her finger tracing Nick's lips "so where do we go from here?" the red fox asked taking the paw that had been touching his lips into his own "I'm not sure we be the first predator/prey couple so the best thing to do is keep it secret till we can figure out weather or not to tell our parents and the ZPD" Judy commented looking into Nick's green eyes "yeah how do you go about telling you're parents that your dating the animal our ancestors use to eat" officer Wilde said trying to decided if he would tell his family at all that he was going to date a rabbit.
For a long time the two just stared into each other's eyes the sounds of grasshoppers filled the night air, for a moment Nick looked as if he was going to say something but no words came out and Judy was chewing her bottom lip contemplating who should make the first move "I've said my piece it's only fair you say yours" Nick stated as he moved his fingers feeling how soft Judy's grey fur was "for the last few weeks I've been fighting and trying to figure out how I felt about you Nick. You're my best friend, you're my partner, I owe you my life a hundred times over and now you tell me you love me what took you so damn long?" the slender grey rabbit said squeezing her partner's paw a little harder as tears formed in the corner of her violet eyes "that's a good question carrot and I don't really have a excuse to tell you the truth" officer Wilde frowned kind of wishing he had realized how he felt before day "you're….a asshole you…...big…stupid…asshole" Judy started to sob cursing for the first time in their history as partners "I am aren't I" Nick agreed leaning forward and kissed Judy on the lips before trying to pull away but Hopps grabbed him by the cheeks to keep his lips against her's.
Over the next couple weeks Judy and Nick kept their relationship on the down low only showing their true feelings for one another when they were in either of their apartments where no one could see them "I can't believe no one has figured out that something is going on between us" Judy commented her head was lying on Nick's lap while the red fox's feet were propped on the coffee table both of them were watching tv "I'm not surprised we're small fish in a very big pond whisker" Wilde chuckled he was wearing his usual lime yellow button up shirt and black tie even though his new girlfriend had told him he needed to start wearing something other then that ugly lime yellow shirt "but we got all that press coverage during and after the savage predator case?" the slender grey bunny stated turning onto her back so she could look up at Nick "that was six months ago now everyone cares about is the fact Gazelle is getting married" Wilde replied feeling sorry for Clawhauser who had been crying for the last week after he heard the news "we've done other big things too like last month we broke up the drug smuggling ring that was being ran out on the south side of Sahara Square?, we made some really big busts on that case" Judy said getting irritated at the fact that Nick seemed to have a answer to her question "the ZPD makes busts like that all the time carrot our bust isn't any different" the clever fox replied lightly laughing when his girlfriend's little pink nose wrinkled and her lips curled into a thin line "hahahaha I'm sorry but when you're angry your so damn cute" Nick laughed this made Judy blush her cheeks turning a bright pink "stop laughing at me" Lt. Hopps frowned narrowing her violet eyes.
Nick laughing fit lasted for a solid minute all the while his rabbit girlfriend frowned sitting up and crossed her arms looking at her tv "come on carrot it's not my fault you're so damn adorable" the fox police officer told his girlfriend laughing as hard as he could "ok ok I'm sorry I really am sorry Judy" Nick apologized when he saw that Judy wasn't having as much fun as he was "you better be Nicholas" the first rabbit cop scowled flopping back onto Nick's lap making herself comfortable again "who are you my mother?, no one calls me by my full name except her" the fox said reaching for the remote to see what else was on.
After a minute of channel surfing Nick stopped on a channel that was playing Footloose "sweet this movie is awesome" the red fox smiled dropping the remote and place a paw around his girlfriend "you really like this movie?" Judy asked looking up at her boyfriend in surprise "of course it has a great sound track and it has the ultimate bromance between Kevin Bacon and Chris Penn's characters" Wilde stated making Judy laugh at his comment "and what's so damn funny about two males having a strictly platonic relationship?" Nick asked condescendingly his ears flattening against his head and his muzzle turned into a frown "I don't have a problem with to guys's close friendship it's the fact you use the word bromance to describe it" Judy remarked figuring her boyfriend had a bromance with his former con artist partner and best friend Finnick another fox Judy had thought was Nick's son when she had first met her partner "oh ok sorry for snapping at you" Wilde apologized his head drooping ashamed that he had yelled at his girlfriend for no reason "you don't need to apologize" the little grey rabbit cooed reaching up and stroke her boyfriend's cheek.
The couple moved closer to each other for a kiss but they were interrupted when there was a knock on Judy's apartment door "hey Judy it's mom and dad open up" Judy's father Stu Hopps said knocking again which made Judy sit up quickly hitting the bottom of Nick's chin who let out a yelp of pain "cheese and sprinkle it's my parents" the little grey bunny panicked looking at the door then to the red fox who was rubbing his chin "ow ow ow ow ow so it's you're parents doesn't mean you have to break my chin" Nick whined with his girlfriend still panicking in the seat next to him "of course I should panic my parents are at my door, my fox boyfriend is sitting right next to me and there's no where I can hide you" Lt. Hopps complained wishing she had a closet "no I'm not your fox boyfriend I'm your fox partner who came to talk about a case we've been working on the past couple weeks" officer Wilde corrected using that quick wit he had been known for "I could kiss you you know that" Judy smiled giving Nick a quick peck on the lips before hopping off her couch and went to answer the door.
Stu and Bonnie Hopps hugged their daughter the moment she opened her front door over joyed to see their child who had done so much even though she was only 24 years old "what are you guys doing here in Zootopia?" Judy asked returning her parents's hug "what we can't come see our little girl" Stu smiled tightening his hug "I don't mind you guys coming to see me but I would of liked a call so I could clean my apartment" Lt. Hopps replied the real reason she wanted them to call so that she didn't have to hide her predator boyfriend from them "I told your father that but he wanted to surprise you" Bonnie told her daughter giving her husband a disproving frown "hey nothing wrong with family dropping in right Judy" Nick stated coming up behind his girlfriend and pulled all three rabbits into a hug "mom dad you remember my partner officer Nick Wilde?" the slender grey rabbit said wishing her boyfriend had stayed on the couch "hello officer Wilde how are you?" Mrs. Hopps greeted the fox once he had let her and her family out of his hug "come on Mrs. Hopps you can just call me Nick there's no need for you to be so formal" Nick told the older female rabbit taking a few steps back to allow Judy's parents into her apartment "So Judy Nick you two must be offly busy being the two smallest cops in the ZPD uh?" Mr. Hopps inquired taking a seat on the couch where his daughter had been lying on Nick's lap no more then a minute earlier "it has it's moments Mr. Hopps" Nick said shrugging his shoulders a bit "well good thing you two have some big animals to back you up otherwise I'd have a heart attack worrying" Bonnie commented sitting next to her husband one of her paws over her heart "mom stop worrying me and Nick can handle ourselves" Judy told her mother moving her hips to one side while at the same time she put her paws on them reminding Nick of the time his girlfriend had hustled him into helping her when they first butt heads "man I never realize how hot she was standing in that pose" the first fox police officer thought chewing on his lips but made sure Judy's parents didn't see him doing this.
"I know you can hon but it's my job as you're mother to worry about you're safety" Mrs. Hopps replied sincerely even though she had 275 other children to worry about as well "don't you worry Mrs. Hopps I'm always watching Judy's back when we're out on patrol" Nick insured the mother rabbit giving his partner a playful smile which she returned "are you two dating?" Bonnie asked knowing the fond look Judy and Nick were giving each other all to well "wait what?" Stu gasped looking to his wife to his daughter then to the red fox "are you two dating?, and don't lie to me" the older female grey rabbit asked again wanting the truth, Judy's ears dropped her violet eyes went right to the floor telling Bonnie Hopps it was true her daughter was dating a predator who's ancestors use to hunt and eat rabbits "how long?" Bonnie asked not giving the predator/prey couple any time to make up anymore lies "we've been dating for two weeks" Nick answered stepping froward to protect Judy from her parents's anger "have you?" Stu inquired not having to say it for the couple to understand what he meant "of course we haven't I can't believe you think I would do something like that with a guy I've only started dating" Judy stated angrily her paws balling into fists "I know you wouldn't Judy but we had to know" Mrs. Hopps told her little girl believing her when she said that she hadn't had sex with Nick "not that I have had sex with Nick but if I did it would be none of you're business who I decide to sleep with" the young Hopps remarked taking Nick's paw into her own "Judith Kathryn Hopps that's no way to speak to your mother and me" Stu snapped getting to his feet but Nick stepped in front of Judy blocking her from her father "I'm sure Judy didn't mean any disrespect Mr. Hopps but if you think I'm gonna let you harm her you better think twice about it" officer Wilde told the middle aged brown male rabbit willing to do anything to protect his girlfriend and partner.
"Nick my husband would never raise a hand to Judy but I do appreciate the fact you'll so willing to step forward to protect her" Bonnie smiled pulling on Stu's belt so he fell back on the couch where he frowned and folded his arms "I don't think dad could take me now that I've had police training" Judy commented moving back to Nick's side "oh stop it Stu don't be mad cause our daughter has a boyfriend who just so happens to be a fox" Mrs. Hopps scorned her husband pushing him on the arm "I'm not mad she has a predator for a boyfriend I'm just not ready to see my little Judy grow up" Stu said looking up at his daughter who let go of her boyfriend's paw and kneeled at her father's feet "I had to grow up sometime daddy" Judy smiled lying her head on her father's lap and looked up at him with the same violet eyes as his wife "I know but why couldn't you stay my baby girl for a while longer?" Mr. Hopps cooed stroking his daughter's ears.
Judy looked so much like her mother all though she did share a few facial features with Stu but not many he didn't mind he still loved his daughter "have you two kissed?" Mr. Hopps asked Judy who's head turned bright red from the question "dad!" Lt. Hopps gasped lifting her head to look at her father "I'll take that as a yes" Stu smirked chuckling as his daughter frowned her nose wrinkling "Judy you don't need to be embarrassed me and you're father kissed a lot when we were dating" Bonnie stated but Judy kept blushing and frowning "come on whisker let me see a smile" Nick persisted tickling the female grey rabbit's side till she started laughing "stop it….Nick" Lt. Hopps laughed trying to free herself but her partner proved to be to strong for the little rabbit "what's the magic word?" Nick grinned continuing his tickle torture which had his girlfriend on the floor laughing "please….I….can't breathe" Judy laughed trying to breathed but she was laughing much to hard to do so "come on Judy you can do better then that" the red fox said but he was sent backward when Judy put her foot on his chest and pushed him away "what the hell Judy I was only tickling you you didn't have to boot me halfway across the room" Nick complained sitting up and rubbed the back of his head to get rid of the pain "I told you to stop didn't I?" the rabbit police officer said once she had caught her breath"so you decide to vault you're boyfriend into the air?, did you do that to any other guys you dated?" Wilde replied not as angry as he should have been "the last boyfriend I had was three years ago and we were only together for just over a year then I dumped him cause he kept telling me to give up on wanting to be a cop that and I caught him cheating on me" Judy answered telling her current boyfriend about how she broke her old boyfriend's nose the moment she caught him red pawed ass naked with another female rabbit "now I understand the saying hell has no fury like a female's scorn" officer Wilde remarked not holding it against his girlfriend for what she did to her ex.
"I remember that you cried for a long time after the break up" Bonnie said sympathizing with how her daughter felt "if I recall Adam skipped town cause you're brothers went looking for him to make him pay for cheating on you" Stu put in his light brown eyes shifting over to Nick giving the red fox a warning "dad don't threaten my boyfriend if I can trust Nick with my life I can trust him not to cheat on me" Judy told her father coming to Nick's defense "I wasn't threatening him I was just letting Nick know that you're brothers are very protective" Mr. Hopps grinned his eyes never moving from the fox dating his daughter "it sounds like you're letting Nick know you have some animals to hunt him down and hurt him if he does something you don't like" Bonnie told her husband giving him a warning look to leave Nick alone "ok ok so you got me" the middle aged male rabbit replied holding his paws up in defeat "can you blame a dad for wanting to protect his daughter" Mr. Hopps continued shrugging his shoulders "I appreciate the jester dad but I really don't need protection" Lt. Hopps said reminding her parents about her ZDP training.
Mr. and Mrs. Hopps decided they wanted to take the first predator/prey couple out to dinner but Nick told them he would meet them at the restaurant so that it looked like he just ran into them by complete accident so not to raise any suspicion.
To make the cover believable Judy put on her ZDP uniform and left for a restaurant that served both predators and preys "there's a offly lot of cops here Judy" Stu commented as he, his wife and daughter walked into the restaurant which was full of Zootopia's finest "yeah this restaurant is where most of the ZPD eat" Lt. Hopps replied waving to some of the cops as she and her parents went to find a table "oh it makes sense why you wanted to come here" Mrs. Hopps smiled seeing that her daughter was more cleverer then she use to be back in Bunnyburrow "yep" Judy grinned sitting at a table and checked the time on her cellphone to see how long till Nick showed up. Right on queue Nick came into the restaurant 15 minutes after Judy and her parents did he too was wearing his ZDP uniform and his aviator sunglasses "yo carrot you didn't tell me you're mom and dad were coming to town?, I thought we told each other everything?" the sly fox said introducing himself to his partner's parents then joined them "they just dropped by they wanted to surprise me" Judy played along telling Nick her parent's names "it's nice to meet you officer Wilde" Bonnie said shaking Nick's paw "you can just call me Nick Mrs. Hopps" the fox police officer told his partner's mother. The two couples ate dinner while they did this Judy told her partners about some of the busts she and Nick had made over the last few months and how they had rescued a little kangaroo girl who had been kidnapped by some of her father's criminal associates "I'm so proud of you sweetie" Bonnie said as she ate a salad "thanks mom but the riot on the warehouse was pulled off by the ZPD swat team" Lt. Hopps explained not taking the credit for the hard and dangerous work the swat team did.
The next day Judy picked Nick up in their patrol car only she wasn't alone "partner why are you're parents in the back of our car?" the fox asked when he saw his girlfriend's mom and dad in the back seat "I talk to chief Bogo and he approved a ride along" Lt. Hopps explained her parents waving in the back "oh fantastic" Wilde thought climbing into the passenger side seat and buckled up "so today gonna be a easy day then?" Nick said aloud actually liking the idea of not having to work very hard "I didn't say anything like that Nick" Judy replied wagging a finger in her partner's face telling him that their day was going to be just like it always was "damnit that sucks" the red fox frowned lying his head against the window.
Judy introduced her parents to Clawhauser before taking them up to the floor where her and Nick's desk were then she took them to the bull pin "ok everyone shut up" chief Bogo said as he came into the bull pin "this is Stu and Bonnie Hopps and yes their Lt. Hopps's parents their riding along with their daughter and Wilde" the cape buffalo continued handing out assignments to the other cops "Hopps Wilde there was a break in at a limo driving service in Tundra Town see what you can find out then report back don't go show boating just because mommy and daddy are here" Bogo told the slender grey rabbit who worked for him "yes sir" Judy replied giving her superior officer a salute then hopped out of her chair.
"$50 says the limo driving service we're going to check out belongs to our favorite mobster Mr. Big" Nick commented as he, Judy and her parents all walked into the ZPD's garage "Judy why do you know a mobster?" Bonnie asked curious to know why her daughter was friends with a well known criminal "I only met Mr. Big cause the genius over here sold him a very expensive rug made out the butt fur of a skunk" Judy explained shoving a paw at her partner "which was buried with his mother" Nick said finishing his girlfriend's sentence clearly not proud of what he had done "what in the world made you think that was a good idea?" Stu inquired amazed someone would be so retarded to pull such a stupid scam on the most dangerous animal in Zootopia "ok so it wasn't one of my better ideas" Wilde omitted owning Judy his life cause she had saved Mr. Big's daughter just before her wedding "that was the stupidest idea anyone could of think of" Judy frowned glad her boyfriend had given up his con artist life to become a police officer.
To no one surprise Nick had been right the limo service was the same one he and Judy had snuck into during the savage predator case when they were looking for Mr. Emmitt Otterton who at the time was thought to be missing "I don't think it would be a good idea for me to go in how about I stay in the car, that way Mr. Big doesn't turn me into a rug" officer Wilde suggested sinking in his chair so no polar bear who worked at the limo service saw him "stop worrying Nick I talked to Mr. Big and he said all is forgiven" Judy told her boyfriend reminding him that she was Mr. Big's grandchild's godmother "yeah the last animal Mr. Big said that to ended up in several pieces and dropped off in all parts of Zootopia" the red fox frowned having heard of Mr. Big doing worse things "come on Nick nothing like that will happen" Lt. Hopps insisted killing the cars ignition and unbuckled "you're lucky Mr. Big actually likes you" the green eyed fox mumbled to himself following his partner out of the car and to the front gate "is there something I can help you with?" a polar bear wearing a black track suit asked looking down at the four small animals approaching him "hello I'm Lt. Judy Hopps from the ZPD I'm here to investigate the break in that occurred here last night" the slender grey rabbit replied showing the polar bear her badge to prove she really was a cop "yeah sure come on in" the polar bear stated signaling another polar bear to open the front gate.
Judy searched all the limos in the parking lots being sure not to miss a thing "Nick Nick come here I found something" Judy called from the third to last limo "what did you find partner?" the fox asked climbing into the limo with his girlfriend "recognize this fur?" Lt. Hopps smiled holding up bundle of what looked like weasel fur with a pair of tweezers "yep I only know one weasel dumb and crazy enough to try to rob Mr. Big" Nick agreed after looking at the fur for a minute "Duke Weaselton" the couple announced together looking into each other's eyes before leaning forward and shared a kiss "should we come back?" Stu asked causing the couple to break apart and stare at the opened limo door where Judy's mom and dad stood "mom dad get out of here we're working!" Judy shouted her cheeks turning red from the total embarrassment "so this is how you two work eh?" Stu smirked only adding to his daughter's embarrassment "it's not like that dad" the 24 year old female rabbit said with a start her face only getting redder "really cause it looks like you two were making out" Bonnie giggled trying not to burst out laughing "will you two go back to the car?" Judy ordered wishing her parents hadn't came along with her and Nick "we would but then we would end up with more grandkids" Mr. Hopps joked unable to stop himself from laughing "oh my god dad stop you're embarrassing me in front of Nick!" Judy screamed getting the attention of a polar bear who was a couple limos away but he didn't come over to see what was going on "Mr. Hopps if you don't want to walk back to you're hotel I think it would be best if you and you're wife go back to the patrol car" Nick suggested to his girlfriend's parents seeing that Judy was getting really mad and he needed to calm her down so they could get back to work.
"Ok Nick we're go" Bonnie agreed grabbing her husband by his shirt collar and pulled him in the direction of the patrol car, once he was sure Bonnie and Stu were out of ear shot Nick wrapped his arms around Judy in a protective hug "you shouldn't be mad at you're parents they just want to make sure you don't end up having kids with a bad guy like me" the fox cooed figuring Bonnie and Stu knew about his shady past "stop it Nick your not a bad guy and my dad was just being a jerk" Judy replied burying her face in her boyfriend's chest "really isn't that why you love me?" officer Wilde joked tightening his hug "I don't go for the bad boy thing Nick I love you cause you believed in me when no one else would" Judy smirked looking up into her boyfriend's green eyes "and I always will" Nick smiled kissing Judy passionately to prove that he would be by her side no matter what.
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