Everybody loved Officer Judy Hopps. That was a universal fact. Who wouldn't love a bunny like Judy Hopps?

Even McHorn, the grumpiest rhino you'd ever seen, liked Judy Hopps at least to some degree. Nick once saw the senior officer handed a rabbit-sized fork to Judy at the last office winter party when the aforementioned rabbit could not find any decent sized utensil.

The first time Nick Wilde told Judy he loved her went something like this, "You kinda gave meaning to my life, I guess." To be fair, he was not entirely sober when he said that.

He had such a good day that turned into a good night and he and his partner went out with the boys at work for a few bottles after shift. Judy had one and he got three and they stayed up until about midnight before heading back to his place, where he insisted she stayed because it was late already.

They stayed up even later because she got hungry and there was pie in his fridge. Also, there was beer and the next day was a day off for them. So he grabbed two for them each and they huddled on his couch with rerun of Game of Horns playing on his secondhand TV.

They weren't really paying attention to the show but started talking (and giggling) about other stuff like... To be honest, he doesn't quite remember what they were talking about but Judy was still too perky for a tipsy bunny and he was feeling a pleasant buzz from the tips of his ears down to the ends of his tail.

He was a mellow drunk with a faulty head-to-mouth filter and she must have been asking him something personal and ardent and so Judy-like, all determined and compassionate and cute-no, cuddly! Because Judy doesn't like to be called cute even though she's the cutest thing to ever walk on this earth. Ever.

Practically telling her he loved her made the tips of her ears bloom red and her face all twitchy and bristling. It only made the cute factor go up by 200% that he could not help himself but lean on her (because he still could not quite hug her like he wanted to) until they both fell over on the couch and that's how he drifted off.

Judy wiggled out of his arm after a few minutes and draped a blanket over him. He may have felt her paw on his cheek a moment later and something warm pressed to his muzzle.

He dreamed of twitchy pink noses and lavender dresses that night.

Notes:

This is as fluffy as a bunny.