A/N: Requested by naekilosy on tumblr as "the scene where April/Andy adopt Champion." Trying to keep the fluff going strong this week, y'know.

"Babe, why are we in an animal shelter?" April tapped her arm impatiently when Andy stopped the car in front of one of Pawnee's shelters. "You know they make me depressed."

"What did you say last night?" he was smiling so damn much and April didn't know why he wouldn't just tell her.

"That dogs are awesome and I wish we had a dog," she shrugged and then shot her eyes up to look at him. "Andy, no..."

"Yes," he nodded and dashed out of the car, running to the passenger side.

"Dude, we can't-"

"Why not? We've got money, kinda, and we've got a house," Andy slung his arm over her shoulder as they walked inside the shelter. "You actually like something, and it's animals. I love dogs because I feel a really weird, kinda like bond thing with them. It's like they get me."

"Weird," April smiled and nodded along with him.

"Is that a yes?"

"How is 'weird' a yes to you?" April arched her neck in confusion but was still smiling. "Whatever, we're here."

Andy pumped his fist in the air and they ended up looking at a dozen dogs. They were all dogs, though, so April really needed to have them out and run with them, have them lick her face, and see how much they farted to really know which dog was right for her. Every single one brought the same reaction from Andy, however.

"Babe, he's so adorable," he'd shout and crouch to stare at the dog in the little cage.

Sometimes the dog would snap at him, or crawl over to him. Either way, April wasn't pay much attention because she was walking towards the back of the pens. There were cats with missing eyes and dogs with really mangy fur back here. Somehow, those were even better to April. She had Andy who was a whole puppy in a human body, and these other dogs deserved some love too.

And that's when she saw him. He was in the back, sitting in the back corner of his cage.

"Hey," she crouched down and looked in the back at the dog with three legs and, if it was possible for a dog to look like this, a distant look in its eyes. "Hey, buddy."

Its ears perked up and looked over at April before moving back to sitting awkwardly. One of the volunteers followed her to the back and explained to April that no one's even bothered going back this far. Most of the "good" animals were kept up front so people got in and got out quickly.

"Andy, dude, come here," she waved him over before he got his face clawed by a cat staring viciously at him.

"Sure," he mumbled, looking over his shoulder. "What's up, you find a cool dog?"

"Look at him," she motioned with her head into the cage. "Isn't he awesome?"

"Isn't he... uh, where'd his other leg go?" Andy squinted in confusion and April stifled a laugh. "No, seriously babe. Shouldn't someone go looking-"

"They said he was in an accident and his owners didn't want him after his leg needed to go," she crouched again and held the little door of the cage, staring at him. "He looks so lonely. This is why I hate coming here."

"He doesn't have to be here, y'know," Andy grinned and joined her, nearly sitting on the floor.

"I'm sure he'd be great at other stuff," April agreed.

"We did come here to pick up a dog," he chuckled, "and I kinda expected something like this. There aren't too many dogs that talk about how into blood they are, though-"

"Wouldn't it be so awesome if there was?" April turned to look at him and Andy smiled, moving his head to kiss her quickly.

"You are so creepy, babe," he stood up and walked around until the employee from before returned with a clipboard in her hand.

"This one," April pointed to the dog in the cage when asked if they made a decision.

If that distant look was there before, and honestly how could it be this was a dog, when they led the animal out and Andy picked him up to put him in the car he started panting. It looked like smiling to April, and it was honestly the coolest thing ever. They had a dog now. A handicapped dog, who no one seemed to want, and he was going to make Ben so mad. This was maybe one of the best days of April's life, and Andy was just smiling the whole time too.

He's the best husband ever, and April doesn't hesitate to tell him that over and over again. He wasn't the kind of guy that openly shared a lot of stuff or made it seem like he understood what eighty percent of the English language meant, but he was the sort of person who listened to the dumb things April said at four in the morning and acted on them. That's what made him so freaking cool, on top of everything else.