(this story takes place following the nick and eddie arc, the next two chapters of that comic will start development soon.)

It's a cold rainy night, a slight smell of motor oil and petrichor blow through the windows of Nick's inner city apartment. Snack in hand, he sits down on his bed taking a moment to think about what he'd like to do with his night. Usually right about now he'd be talking with Eddie, but his parents have been on his ass about bedtime since his grades have been slipping slightly.

Bored and lonely, he opens his laptop. He navigates to his chat software only to have his heart immediately sink.

Nick was something of a public figure after his brief time on the force, working with judy to put an end to the night howler situation. He's found himself having to balance a public image, and living with the curse of loving those whom he's forbidden to.
For the past few years rumors have been slowly spreading through the underground cub circles of Zootopia about him. Most of these rumors have been flat out lies, but there's a select few that truly do have merit. No one knows anything about Eddie, and he prayed it would stay that way. 
Thankfully for nick, rumors are just rumors, and despite suspicions no one could prove anything even if they tried. 

The situation he currently finds himself in is last thing he ever expected to happen. 
One of his old 'friends' from back when he was cub apparently still had his phone number, and they'd just made an account.

Nick gets a message.
hoss: "oh shit hey dude! been a while, huh? do ya still remember me?"
hoss: "nice name btw haha, i love it."

Nick's always panicking on some level, but now it's going into overdrive. This is the account he needed no one to ever know about. He's kicking himself and debating how to respond. 
Should he lie? Should he play dumb? 
This is the account he talks with other.. cub enthusiasts on.
This account is the main way he chats with Eddie. 
Yeah, he should probably just delete his account and dodge this conversation.

hoss: "so uh i heard some rumors dude."

Nick's heart skips a beat, and he clicks the chat.

BigFox69: "hey man uh long time no see yeah what rumors?"
hoss: "hah that got your attention, how's your night going?"
BigFox69: "?? yeah it's going great but what is this? are you threatening me?"
hoss: ".. no? shit if i wanted to threaten you dude i'd just do that. I wanted to apologize for what happened all those years ago but if you don't wanna talk that's fine"
BigFox69: "sorry man you just scared me is all. i've been doing okay thanks."
hoss: "based on that response i'm gonna guess the rumors aren't exactly fake."
BigFox69: "what do you mean? what rumors?"
hoss: "i haven't used this software before, is it secure?"
BigFox69: "secure for what?"
hoss: "shit man, i know it's late but wanna get a coffee? you're still in zootopia right?"

Nick's shaking. He can tell this guy knows SOMETHING about him but he's not presenting himself as a threat. Coffee is the last thing on his mind right about now but perhaps meeting in person would solve some of the trust issues. Plus, if he's attacked he's always prepared he thinks to himself, glancing over at his gun.

BigFox69: "Yeah man, I guess I could go for some coffee right about now. Got anywhere in mind?"
hoss: "I was hoping you'd say that! Let's meet at ██████████!" 
BigFox69: "Sounds good, I'll be there in 30 mins or so."

Nick gets dressed and heads for the door. He gets in his car, knowing full well this could be his last night. During the drive his mind is racing, he wants to go back home but the last thing he wants to do is piss hoss off. He pulls up to the caffè, there's only one other car in the front parking lot. It's rusted slightly but it looks fairly unassuming otherwise. A tall horse steps out of the car when nick's about to walk in. His coat was a light brown, with a blond mane and accents. He smiles at Nick and waves to him. "Hey man, wanna come chat in my car or yours?"

Nick freezes for a moment. "M-my car."

"Sure! one second man." says hoss, he pokes his head back into his car and says something nick can't quite make out. 

The back door opens and nick's paw instinctively reaches for his gun, not drawing it. A foal pops out of the back door wearing a scout hat, but otherwise normal attire.

"I'd like to introduce you to my Jake" hoss says to nick "why dontcha say hi to him bud?" 
"hi!" says Jake, a little too excited.

Despite Nick's best efforts, he blushes. "Heya Jake, nice to meet you!"
Nick's confused, yet slightly relieved. Nick looks up to hoss and tells him "I'm sorry I don't.. I don't exactly remember your name man. It's just been so long."

"Gotcha, it's cool. I'm Alex." Memories of that night rush back to nick, he tries his best to contain himself, which he thankfully manages to.

Alex and Jake walk over to nicks car, and they all get in. Both Alex and his son get in the back, while nick sits in the driver seat. Jake's enjoying the skittles he poured into his pocket back at home. 

"Should.. Jake be here for this?" asks nick. "Definitely!" replies Alex.

"The rumors, I take it they're true man?" asks Alex. 
Nick's face goes red again. "What rumors? I don't know what you mean."

"Then why'd you come out here? Something tells me you know what I mean dude and it's cool." Alex gives nick a knowing, but reassuring look. "I'm like you, most of the dads over at the scouts are as well." 

"W-what? I'm not a-.. I'm not into cubs if that's what you're implying." 

"Eddie is Jake's friend, Nick."

Nick's eyes go wide and he digs his claws into the steering wheel staring straight forward.
"What are you trying to say?"

"Look back dude." says Alex. Nick slowly looks back and Jake gives Alex a kiss on the lips. Not one of those little pecks either, Nick watched Alex's tongue slide into Jake's mouth. Nick manages to stammer out "W-what? what are you-" before it clicks. He can clearly see the outline of Jake's boner through his shorts. 

"Thanks for the skittle, bud" says Alex, laughing after he broke the kiss. "Yeah we're cool with that kind of stuff man. Most of the people at the scouts are. Like I said earlier I wanted to apologize for what we did to you as a cub, and I wanted to offer to let you join us again."

"Holy fuck" says Nick. "Holy fucking shit you're serious? You know about Eddie?"
"Yep! Like I said though man, Jake's friends with him and the topic of loving grownups came up in one of their conversations. Please do watch your language though, I really don't need him repeating those words at school." says Alex. Jake quickly responds "HEY I know LOTS of swear words! I know fuck, I know bitch, I know slut, I know-" "Okay! Okay okay i get it sorry Jake." says Alex through laughter.

"So what do you say Nick? Wanna join the troop? Just because you don't technically have a cub of your own doesn't mean you can't be one of the dads."

"I.. wow. Yeah I'm interested of course! It's just...
Is it safe? How many people are there?" asks Nick.

"Well five of the dads are in on it and I completely trust them, if there were going to be issues they'd have come up long ago in my opinion. There's two dads who we aren't sure of, but we can just tell them you're a good friend." replies Alex.

"Okay, wow. Yeah man I'm down. When do you guys meet?" asks nick, his face still red, not fully believing that this isn't a dream.

Alex replies "Twice a week, usually in about an hour from now. We call em 'dad nights'. They're always fun."

Nick's confused "It's 11pm already, isn't that a bit late for a scout meet?"

Alex, seeing the confusion replies "Oh man, you have no idea. It's not like a normal scout meet at all. Wanna follow me there?"

"Yeah of course man, see ya there." says Nick. "Alright, see ya there!" says Alex, hopping out of the car with his son closely following. "bye nick!" 


Nick's heart is still racing, is this for real? If he was a cop there's no way he'd just.. kiss a cub like that, right? 

Nick's following Alex's car, the scenery starts looking familiar again as he approaches the building. He remembered that building all too well, though all the lights were now off.

Finally Alex pulls into the parking lot, and nick follows suit. Jake runs up to the door and lets himself in. Alex walks up to Nick's car. "You gonna be okay man? I know this is probably a lot."

"I.. think so. I think I'll be okay, let's do this."

Nick follows Alex into the building, and they're greeted by another horse who's keeping guard. "So this is the guy? ..Aren't you that fox?"

All Nick can think to say is "Yeah". Alex backs him up and starts talking with the horse. Nick can hear the voices of cubs and adults coming from the basement, along with some pleasant music.

"Alright man, here's the rules. No recording, any recording done will be with the whole groups consent, and the files don't leave here. You don't do anything to anyone without their consent. If we catch you talking about any of this to anyone outside of the group, especially cops, you will be killed. Is that clear?" Says the guard.

"Of course." Says Nick, starting to understand exactly how real this is.

"Go ahead then, and have fun!" Says the guard again. Nick and Alex walk into the basement.

There's at least 6 cubs hanging around, two are over by the water cooler getting drinks, and one's sitting on the steps playing a game on his phone. Nick and Alex were the only people in the room wearing clothing. Alex starts to strip without even thinking, while nick's frozen in place. 

"Oh shit I uh.. I forgot to mention this didn't I?" Says Alex.
"YEAH" says Nick, barely able to stand up. "Yeah you forgot to mention that."

"You can still leave if you don't want to be here, but don't forget the last rule." Says Alex cautiously. 

Nick's shaking, but he starts to unbutton his shirt. "W-why would I leave?"

Nick's fully naked now, trying and failing to hide his boner from all these people. A fox notices him and whistles seductively, before walking over. He calls his son over as well.

"Nice to meet you! You're Nick Wilde, right?" 
"Yep!"
"I'm Mike, and this is.." he trails off, glancing to his son. "Hi mister, I'm Pete!" says The foxes' son with a cheerful grin.

"I like your fur can we have sex?" says Pete. Mike quickly says "Sorry we don't get a lot of new people here, and he's usually pretty eager."

Nick's in disbelief, but says yes to the foxes. "That's the spirit!" Says mike, excitedly. "Ever had anyone fuck you before? How about you let him top ya?"
All nick can do is nod. He gets on all fours and presents his rear to the cub, who quickly grabs his butt and shoves his tongue in. Nick jumps a bit, but quickly relaxes succumbing to the new feelings. Nick can feel everyone's eyes on him as the cub excitedly mounts him and starts pounding before Mike tells Pete "You should probably go easy on him, he's new."

Nick quietly says that he shouldn't go easy on him, and so Pete takes it as a challenge.