![]() ![]() Judy had scooted closer to get a better angle while he slurped noodles, and then she’d stayed there, effectively pinning his tail behind her in the groove between the cushions. This time it was while they sat on his couch in her apartment on a Thursday night, eating the last of the old takeout and watching their favorite almost-over-the-top superhero movie on his phone, propped on his knees.Īnd it might have been totally innocent when it started. That one he was pretty sure she did intentionally whenever he caught her eye she would twitch and cut it out. Pull him a little bit closer, or splay her fingers so the bushy fur would comb through them. It brushed her legs more often in line, and swayed where she could see in the mornings before they left the apartments they wound up sharing, and found its way into her lap on occasion when they watched movies or traffic or the night sky. More than a little bit intimate.Īnd so Nick let his tail develop that mind of its own. They had started down this - whatever it was, this really close friends path - early on. And he liked the attention, if he was honest. He’d spent more time than was proper for a fox to watch a bunny like that, too. Not that he was in any position to judge. No one had spent quite this much time staring at his tail. In all those years of hustling and cons he’d typically kept the mark’s focus on his expression, or on his animated paws. Nick fancied himself somewhere closer to attractive than anonymous, yes, but this felt somehow different. Sometimes she would let him take the lead during parking duty, or fall a step or two behind on foot patrol, or would stand just a little too close behind him in lines. She could get a lot of things past a lot of mammals, but when it came to all the little cues of nonverbal communication, Nick had even more experience.Īnd it still took him a while to catch on to how much time she spent watching him. Nick almost didn’t notice at first, which was surprising, given the complete absence of subtlety Judy Hopps usually employed. There are probably some typos in here I’ll try to catch them all before this goes up on AO3. If you care about the continuity stuff I do, this adheres to my timeline and is set somewhere between Perspective and Blind Spots. Note: little bit suggestive, lotta bit obnoxious.
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