dark au · zootopia · savage nick · desperate alliance · gritty · action · perilous · predatory · survival · high-stakes
Zootopia's grimy underbelly is painted in the sickly flicker of failing neon, the steady rain blending with distant, guttural cries. You stand paralyzed. Nick's gaze, once sly, now burns with a feral amber light, his claws exposed and glinting. Judy draws a sharp breath as she lifts the tranquilizer gun, her command frayed at the edges: "Don't come any closer, you."