I just can't say goodnight ☀️

WELL WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT

so gonna be honest up front, it’s partially inspired by an old episode of monk as well as ‘blindsided’ from httyd lol

here’s what I’ve got so far: takes place post-zootopia 2, at the maximum six months later. team hopps and wilde are on patrol one afternoon, bantering like usual, pining like teenagers, and are interrupted when they get a call on their scanner to check in on some rather noisy disturbances happening in a piece of town they’re not far from.

they arrive at the location, could be a house or an establishment, I’m not sure of that part yet. but wherever it is, they walk in as a murderer is leaving. judy goes after the perpetrator before nick can stop or catch up with her, nothing incredibly new there; the guy trips her up, disarms her, and blinds her, most likely with some kind of spray (again, I need to work through the details further). she can’t see nick when he is finally able to reach her, and understandably she’s in a panic, but he gets her to a hospital where she’s eventually told there is a non-zero chance she’ll never see again.

the whole story from there (not very long. ten chapters, maybe?) is about how judy’s being given time off from the force because she literally can’t work without functioning eyes, and of course if she’s not out there saving the city, judy feels like she’s failing. nick valiantly offers to stay by her side and help take care of her where he’s able, especially when it’s obvious her mental health is taking a nosedive as a result of her being benched. cue the sappiness of nick pretty much abandoning his job in order to bring her meals and drive her wherever she needs to go and help her learn how to accommodate for her new disability, all while he is yearning, trying to make it evident he’s got feelings for her since it’s still difficult for him to come right out and say it, and judy’s too wrapped up in her fear that she’s just destroyed her policing dreams to notice (at first). also, she’s almost entirely convinced nick’s definition of “partners” doesn’t align with hers, so she’s burying her own feelings as she persuades herself nick is being kind purely because he’s a good man, not that he could ever love her in return (dumb bunny).

part of the story would be focused on the mystery of finding the murderer who blinded her, but the majority is about nick growing through his issues with vulnerability as he goes above and beyond for his bunny, and judy coming to fully understand that her self-worth isn’t entirely dependent upon her job or her dreams, she’s still a person whether or not she’s a cop, and she’s not weak or underestimated by the one who cares about her the most. basically take their big talk on the weather wall at the end of z2 and we’d go deeper into those themes, while making it clear they’ve already experienced a great deal of growth. the fic would lean more on being hurt/comfort and character exploration, there’d just be some plot in there, as well.

Tenna art by @9Aaaalt29 on twt

"wait wait wait we can talk about this! Don't turn me into bread!"

Blue is at the top of the tent because they know the only one who can reach them there is Caine

Oh, what such an authoritarian childhood did to Nick…

Oh yes, Judy's first few months in the palace were absolute misery, I won't lie to you