Jack lighted on an icy branch, watching Hiccup from behind as he gathered wood for the fires at home in Berk. The winter sprite smiled fondly. Scooping up a loose handful of snow, he sculpted it into a snowball and with a flick of his wrist, tossed it at the dragonrider's head. it hit it's mark and Hiccup dropped his armful of sticks. When the brunette turned around, face full of annoyance, Jack swept him an elaborate but very sarcastic bow. "The hero of Berk! The great dragonrider. I'm honoured." Hiccup sighed. "don't be like that. I'm not a hero." "Then I don't see why you can't come see me more often." Jack had made his point and Hiccup had no answer. "Jack..." he crossed his arms. "You know that no one else in Berk sees you the way you really look and I'm sure you remember what they'd do to me if they realised that i was in a relationship with what we consider to be a GOD." Jack nodded sheepishly. "But still... can't you find a way to get down here more often?" Hiccup retorted, his voice becoming agitated. "Oh, right, and what am I supposed to say? 'sorry dad, i can't go to the ceremony because I'm meeting Jokul Frosti, that's right, the god, to make out in the woods.'" Jack looked away, embarrassed at Hiccup's blatant description of their activities. "That's not all we do..." the other boy shrugged. "I know, but that's what would get me exiled, or maybe even killed." This time it was Jack who had nothing to say. For lack of a proper response, he called up a cool breeze and rode over Hiccup's head, flipping in midair to hang suspended by his knees from a snowy branch directly in front of the dragonrider. A lock of Jack's snow white hair tickled Hiccup's nose, and they were almost eye-level. Jack smirked, and Hiccup's heart beat picked up a little. "I'm sorry for being so selfish," the winter spirit said, managing to sound both earnest and sarcastic. "I know you're busy."Jack pecked Hiccup on the nose, his chapped lips barely brushing the upturned feature. His close proximity made Hiccup's freckled face flush red. The smells associated with winter, a strange crisp scent mingled with evergreens, followed the white haired spirit and Hiccup breathed it in deeply. Jack flipped right side up and landed mere inches away from Hiccup, and the dragonrider pulled him in for a close hug. Jack's frigid skin didn't bother Hiccup anymore. He'd grown accustomed to it. He rested his head on Jack's shoulder, savouring another stolen moment with the boy.
Suddenly a blonde girl came tromping down the hill towards them. Hiccup gasped quietly and whispered in the pale ear, "Astrid's coming. Gotta go. See you later." he kissed jack lightly and hurried to gather his scattered firewood. "Hiccup? What's taking you so long?" Astrid stood with her hand on her hip, one eyebrow raised. "Uhh, nothing Astrid. I dropped the firewood." "Whatever." Astrid shook her light hair. "we need you for the Gronkle training session." "y-yeah." Hiccup rushed up the hill, hurrying to draw Astrid's attention away from where jack stood, just on the off chance that she were to see him and wonder. Jack smiled and watched Hiccup bound up the hill. Leaning on his staff, he grinned and whispered at the boy's receding back, 'i love you.'