WildeHopps Headcanons
1. Nick and Judy act completely platonic and casual in front of their co-workers and friends and what-have-you, but when alone at his place or hers, their mannerisms are a bit more domestic, i.e. Judy will tighten or loosen his tie for him upon entering through the doorway, and Nick will wordlessly hand her one of his t-shirts to put on during sleepovers so that she doesn’t have to remain in her uniform.
2. They never fall asleep at said sleepovers, at least not intentionally. They always attempt to pull an all-nighter by playing video games or binge-watching crime shows. Once in a blue moon, however, they’ll wind up nodding off while sitting side by side on the couch, and Judy will lean her head against his side in her sleep. In the mornings, whoever wakes up first will nervously slide away from the other and breathe a sigh in relief that the other one didn’t wake up to catch the moment.
3. Judy knows all of Nick’s favorite coffee orders by heart, and she always makes him wait in the police cruiser so that she can enjoy the satisfaction of getting him his coffee and then watching him nod appreciatively after he takes the first sip. Silently reminding him in this tiny way that she KNOWS him makes her feel happy in a way she can’t quite understand. Nick, for his part, never allows himself to get used to this feeling of being catered to in such a sweet way, for the fear that one day she’ll stop caring to do it. But she never does stop.
4. Paperwork is a tedious task, and Nick despises it. However, one evening when Judy’s caught up with a hard case and hasn’t had enough sleep, with the bags underneath her eyes to show for it, he convinces her to go home early to rest, and then gets started on doing her mountain of paperwork for her. The next morning when she arrives to catch up on it, she finds Nick sleeping on her desk, with everything finished. When Nick rouses from his slumber twenty minutes later, he finds the carrot pen on the desk by his arms. It hadn’t been there while he was working all night. Curiously, he picks it up and presses the button, and hears Judy’s recorded voice stating, “Nicholas Wilde is the greatest friend in the history of friends, and I love him.” He smiles, and replays it quite a few times before making his own recording: “Carrots is a sap. But, what the heck. I love her too.” He leaves the pen at her desk where she’ll find it, before making his way toward the break room where the coffee pot awaits.
5. Nick and Judy are appointed to go undercover at a gala in Sahara Square, and they are required to dress up for the occasion. Nick swallows thickly when Judy shows up wearing a strapless floor-length glittery violet gown, the color of her eyes. Judy gives him a once-over as well; he is in a black suit and tie for the occasion. They keep sending little furtive glances toward each other’s way when they’re sure the other one isn’t looking. At one point, Nick tells her to lean in for a selfie, with the explanation that they’ll keep up their cover well if they pretend to be self-absorbed. In reality, he just wants to be able to remember what she looked like in that dress. He spends many nights in bed staring at that picture, studying her features and sweeping his eyes over her bare shoulders and sparkly apparel. Eventually, he crops himself out of the picture, so that it’s just her to focus on. He clicks the heart button on the bottom of the screen, and that photo becomes the only one in his “favorites” folder.
6. Nick gets sick with a fever one weekend, and Judy drags him to the hospital. Refusing to be left behind in the waiting room, she ends up sitting in the corner of the medical room as the doctor checks Nick all over. At one point, the armadillo doctor looks to Judy and says, “Your boyfriend needs a prescription filled for the flu.” Both Nick and Judy proceed to sputter, embarrassed, trying to explain that they are simply just friends. The doctor then raises an eyebrow and asks why Judy insisted on being in the room to act as his care-giver. Judy ends up exclaiming in frustration, “Well, SOMEBODY has to look out for the guy, right? It might as well be me until some girl comes along!” Nick quips, “Hey, ‘the guy’ is right here, you know.” But internally, his heart has swelled up to three times its size, because Judy has confirmed that she’ll take care of him unless and until he starts dating someone, and having no desire to be with anyone who isn’t her, he realizes at this moment that he can have her around to look out for him forever. As soon as this understanding dawns on him, he finally starts to get used to the idea that she’s simply going to be around to do these things in his life: get him coffee, force him to go to the doctor, etc. It’s a heartwarming feeling, one that grips him; not that he’d ever vocalize it.
7. Their first kiss is a complete accident. They are in the middle of one of their all-nighters, at Nick’s place, on the couch, and Judy has just won a match against him in a video game. Judy turns her head up excitedly toward him with her lips puckered in a self-satisfied, mocking expression and Nick has an eyebrow cocked and turns to look at her, teasing words ready to be uttered, when their noses bump and their lips touch. Both of their eyes are open, and then widen in alarm, and Nick withdraws from the contact immediately. They stare at each other in panic. The video game proceeds to start a rematch, and Judy jerks her attention back to the screen, then nervously back to Nick. Nick swallows, and with a bashful expression, picks up the game controller and gestures toward the screen questioningly. She slowly, shyly smiles back at him, picks up her own controller again, and they continue on with their game, the kiss ignored… but not forgotten.
8. Judy’s phone dies one night while she’s in the middle of MuzzleTime with her mother, so she asks Nick, who is sitting by her side eating takeout, for his phone. He hands it to her unthinkingly, and she tries to call her mother, but to no avail. Since she’s got the phone in her paw anyway, feeling sentimental, she decides to click on his photo album. She notices her face on the “favorites” folder, and becoming curious, clicks on the folder to find the one photo from the gala. She realizes that Nick has cropped the photo so that it’s just her in it, and at that point, Nick asks, “Hey, what are you looking at?”- and then realizes what it is exactly that she’s looking at. He gulps. She stares at him with wide eyes. He coughs out a strange laugh, then rips the phone out of her paws, shoving it back into his pocket. “You bunnies, so darn curious,” he mutters, trying desperately to ignore the heat emanating from his neck, refusing to keep eye contact with her. She remains silent, chewing on her bottom lip, with warmth flooding to her own cheeks. It is at this point that both of them know. Nick is in love with Judy.
9. Their second kiss is no accident. It is a week later, and they are in the police cruiser. They are stationed at the corner of the third block north of Tundratown’s entrance. As of late, speeders have been tearing through the icy district. They are waiting at their post, waiting for signs of crime, when suddenly Nick says casually, “Once we’re done here, I’ll get us our coffee. God knows how much we’ll need it after we’re done with this cold place.” Judy responds with, “No, I’ll get the coffee. I always get the coffee.” Nick shrugs and says, “I know. Which is why I’m offering for once. You deserve to get treated once in a while, you know. Let a guy treat you, Carrots.” She crosses her arms and replies, “But I like being the one who does that stuff. I LIKE getting the coffee, Nick.” And then he responds, with the most neutral expression and as casually as possible: “Yeah, I know. But I like YOU, soo…” His voice trails off, his paw drops to his lap, and there is bone-dead silence. A smile slowly grows on Judy’s face, and he casts his eyes over to her in anxiety, beginning to question in panic whether he should have been so forthright, when she suddenly reaches out, grabs him by the tie, pulls him over to her side of the car, grabs his cheek with one paw, and crushes her lips to his. This time, their eyes close, and this time, the kiss lasts for a very long time. It’s a good thing no crime ends up occurring in their corner of the district that day, because the two of them wind up very, very preoccupied.
10. Nick can’t get enough of Judy once they are officially a couple. Much to her surprise, he is a very touchy-feely guy. He always likes to hold her paw when she isn’t busy doing something, and when they sit down, he makes sure that their legs are touching. From then on, whenever they have all-nighters and movie nights, his paws always wander to her body sometime in the middle of the night to pick her up and place her on his lap. He likes to rest his chin on the top of her head, and stroke her sides while she sits in his arms. He is also a nuzzler. He plants kisses on her at the most random times, and then always straightens himself back to his casual demeanor, but it’s the warmth in his eyes that gives him away and shows his affection. Judy thoroughly enjoys how physical he likes to be with her, and makes it known by stroking the fur on the nape of his neck whenever they’re alone. Sometimes when she does this, he lets himself show his undoing by seizing her lips roughly and making soft little moans, tugging at the hem of her shirt. And sometimes, when he does this, she allows the touching to go further, the kissing to become faster and harder, and the clothes to be discarded and forgotten. All in all, it’s a wonderful life to be in love with one’s own partner and best friend, and the two bask in all the moments of intimacy they finally get to share after so many months of holding back and acting platonic.
