Author's note:
8th of March - International Women's Day
Judy walked into the lobby of Precinct One, ready for another day of serving and protecting the citizens of Zootopia. Although, she didn't expect to see Clawhauser's desk buried under bundles of red roses. It was as if someone intended to drown the receptionist in a crimson garden. One small detail was a frame placed in front with something written in it.
She approached cautiously and scanned the wall of flowers to eventually find Benjamin behind it.
"Hey, Benji! What's up?"
"Oh, hey, Judy!" he waved at her with a big smile on his face. "If you're talking about flowers it's for the Female's Day. Bogo asked me to give a rose to every female officer in the precinct, as well as any female guests we have today."
"Wow! That's rather nice of him," she eyed the vast number of flowers again and this time she paid more attention to the decorated frame standing on the desk for everyone to see. There was a text inside, written on a sheet of paper.
"What's this?" she asked the cheetah.
"Oh! That's Nick's idea. I heard he wrote it himself."
The doe's ears perked up. "Really?" her interest piqued, Judy leaned forward to read it.
We find this hard
To form the right words
It is a struggle, so often fought
On this day though
We need to let them flow
.
How much you affect us
How much we adore you
Much has been said
Thousands of poems, songs and books
What else can we add?
.
Only our best wishes
Spoken from the heart
Please continue to be
What you are to us
.
Our beacons of light
Most glorious sight
Comfort for the heart
Souls of great might
.
We pledge our respect
And undying awe
If one were to be rude
We shall strike him hard
.
And to be bold
Your favor we ask
To grace us with your
Most beautiful smile
.
It was signed below.
Male Officers of Precinct One
"Well… this is…" she tried to find the right the right words.
Benjamin rested his several chins on his paws. "Most girls said something along the lines 'it's no Shakesbear, but it's kinda' sweet'," he chuckled. Then he picked one of the roses and offered it to Judy. "A flower for the lady?"
She accepted it with a smile. "Why thank you, sir."
Judy sniffed the flower as she headed for the bullpen for their routine designation of assignments. Nick still wasn't there, which was hardly surprising, as she was always earlier than him. But she didn't expect the sight on their desk when she hopped on the chair.
A single, violet rose with a small card pinned to it.
The doe quirked a brow and read the message on the card.
Not one calm night for me
Since I met the amethyst in those eyes
What is a fox to do
When he was so viciously robbed
And the girl responsible
Refuses to hand my heart back
Though I must confess
She can hold on to it
With all her might
Just as she was reading, the insides of her ears were gradually warming up and turning into a darker shade of pink. And she wasn't given time to wrap her mind around it, when a familiar voice called to her from beside the chair.
"Like it?"
Judy snapped her head towards the speaker to see a charming smile on her partner's muzzle. Nick took off his sunglasses and gazed upon her with affection she never saw before.
Certain that she was almost as red as the roses in the lobby, Judy adorned a shy smile.
"I love it…"
At this point, Nick's smile couldn't get any wider and he climbed onto the chair beside her to place a quick kiss on her forehead, sending a pleasant shiver through her body.
"If a certain bunny is interested, there could be much more than that in the future," he sent her a wink, searching her eyes for the answer
She replied with a smile of her own. "I'm sure that she'd be very interested."