Judy never found a real lead on the Emmitt Otterton case. Forty-eight hours later, she turned in her badge and left Zootopia, unaware of the mess it was about to fall into. And then six months later, a red fox she'd only met twice stumbles back into her life, living proof that Zootopia was not the same city she'd left it as. And as for predators... now their existence was punishment. or: if Judy had failed the case and Bellwether had her way with the predators in Zootopia.

When two important days in Nick and Judy's lives match up, they begin to realize that maybe... it was possible that everything in their lives happened for a reason. That everything that happened, between the good and the bad, was just putting them one step closer to finding each other. And while neither of them knew it then: She was running towards him. He was waiting for her. (aka: you see a post, make a headcanon, and then proceed to write a whole oneshot about it)

(oneshot. spoilers for zootopia 2 ahead!) Nick rebuilds the broken carrot pen and then proceeds to not only struggle on what to record in it, but also begin to... realize some things about how he feels for Judy. #1 in "zootopia2" (1/19/2026)

(zootopia 2 oneshot) The "getting ready to infiltrate the gala" scene, but we get a little more introspection, a lot more WildeHopps, and the "Nick first seeing Judy in the dress" reaction we were deprived of.