I'VE FINALLY MANAGED TO DO THIS REQUEST OH ITS ABOUT TIME. And it think, all it took was a night where I was so stressed out that I just couldn't sleep hahahha *cries*

Y'all better like this cause if you don't I'll…probably just cry on the things you love and it'll be a mild irritation.

ENJOY!

Gathered around on one of the largest of the mossy sea stack that littered Berk's water, the teens and their dragons sat, finding excuses to not to go back to training on that hot afternoon. The dragons growled and chattered amongst themselves as they all chopped on a small pile of fish Fishlegs had brought for them.

Astrid stretched out her legs with a groan as she looked upwards, watching a few sea birds fly by as she pushed her hair out of her face. The others sat on the other side of the stack, talking about something Astrid had grown bored of listening to and was instead glancing around tiredly at the dragons that sat around them.

She was considering going back home, seeing as their lesson wasn't going anywhere as Hiccup was gushing over something dragon related with Fishlegs. But the more she through about it the more the idea grew less interesting and she sighed, looking down at her boots as she knocked them together. It was starting to occur to her that things were slowing down to a point where everything was reparative and dreary and Astrid did not like that at all.

She wasn't exactly sure why everyday life was growing tiresome; many it was the lack of threats lately, or the same lessons every single day or possibly because all she seem to do now was train, fly and sleep. Train, fly and sleep. Train, fly and sleep. While all the adults complained about the dragons but never doing anything about it.

Something moved in the corner of her eye and Astrid turned her head to see Hookfang snapping his jaw towards Belch&Balf, who clicked their teeth and spat gas at in warning, backing away. Astrid rolled her eyes and looked towards Snotlout, who laid on his back with his hands crossed beneath his head "Might want to stop your dragon Snotlout".

With a scoff, Snotlout peeked one eye open to peer at the blonde, twisting the stem of grass that stuck between his teeth before glancing up at his dragon. He shrugged and let his eyes close once more "It's fine, babe".

"Clearly" Astrid rolled her eyes as she ignored the comment. She looked back over to the two dragon as they began to bicker with each other; Hookfang snapping his teeth their way while Belch sent a spark his way. Astrid turned her head to the rest of the group; the twins were fighting among themselves and Fishlegs had pulled out the new dragon manual and he and Hiccup were flicking through the pages while Snotlout was being…Snotlout.

Astrid turned to her own dragon, who was sitting beside Meatlug and Toothless, finding no interest in what was happening around them besides Toothless, who meant the blonde's eyes and raised his ears in her direction.

Astrid smiled in his direction and jerked her head towards the Nightmare and Zippleback, mouthing "Do you want to help me out?".

The Night Fury grumbled something before he snarled towards the two ticked off dragons, sending them both a glare as they turned his way and backed down. Astrid smiled warmly towards Toothless, who returned it, before leaning back to lean against the balls of her palms. It was peaceful for a moment, everyone to focus on their own things to notice the glares the Zippleback and Nightmare sent each other before Hookfang swiped one of the double-headed dragon's fish, causing the Zippleback to snarl. Barf grabbed the opposite end of the fish and tugged it back as Belch snapped sparks towards Hookfang.

As the dragons fought over the fish, Belch&Balf backed up, tail swinging wildly behind them as the stepped closer to Astrid. The blonde leaped up when the dragon's tail barely missed her head before she turned and glared at the twins and Snotlout "Are you guys not going to do anything?".

"What?" Tuffnut twisted his head around to Astrid before being tackled by his sister, making Snotlout laugh as he watched them from his spot.

Astrid huffed angrily and missed the split tail swing and slam into her back. Astrid yelp as she was thrown forward from the force towards the edge of the stack. Astrid was sure she was going to fall; easily hit the sharp ledges that stuck out from the stack and into the sea in a matter of seconds.

Suddenly something clamped on the back of her tunic and she was lifted the second her feet left the edge. Astrid gasped when she was dropped back onto solid ground and spun around to come face to face with Toothless.

"Woah Astrid are you okay?" Ruffnut asked, fist frozen mid-air above her twin's face, causing the other teens and dragons look over to her.

Astrid glanced her way before she nodded and smiled up at the black dragon, rubbing his nose "Yeah, thanks to Toothless".

Toothless purred softly and pressed his nose against her palm, eyes closing. Hiccup turned away from the book he was engrossed in and smiled "Good thing Tooth is always keeping an eye out for ya".

Astrid hummed in agreement, scratching the dragon's chin before the dragon's eyes opened, blinked at her, and quickly darted off back towards his spot next to Meatlug and Stormfly.

Standing up, Hiccup brushed off his leggings and looked over at his friend's "I think we can call it a day, don't you think guys?".

Everyone agreed quickly before scrambling to their dragon's as Astrid sighed in relief and smiled at Toothless as he stared at her before climbing onto Stormfly's back, following the other's home.

(….)

Oh she was beautiful in his eyes.

When he first saw the Vikings it was during the raids; they taught him that they were dangerous and should never been approached. But when he meet Hiccup, he learnt that not all humans are bad, they can do bad things, but humans can do good things too. But Astrid! She taught him how beautiful Vikings could be; she showed him the true power she had while looking like the Valkyries he had heard so much about.

He had never expected to feel this way, he expected to live his life without anyone to love after he realized he was the only Night Fury; sure there were other different dragons, but never in his wildest dreams did he think he would fall for a human.

But the moment he saw the girl there was something, despite the anger he felt towards her for hurting his friend, something in his heart was pulled, something he always felt when around her. It wasn't until recently did he realize that whatever he was feeling was not physical. Sure, the spot between his legs would tighten when he accidently stumbled upon her bathing whist looking for Hiccup that once time but whenever he thought about her hair, her eyes, her smile, his heart would leap.

So the dragon found himself in love with his rider's ex-girlfriend and couldn't resist on staring at her whenever he could; making sure she was okay, safe or just to see her.

Oh yes, he was in love. And he was going to do something about it.

(…)

Her almost death made Astrid pause and think, missing out on her afternoon training as she sat in her bedroom and untangled her salty-wind swept hair with her nimble fingers. She considered how she should thank the dragon, feeling it was the least she could do after all those times he had saved her. Maybe a fish would work?

Her mother called her down for dinner and Astrid quickly eat the fatty mutton stew she was given before asking for the biggest cod they had, remembering how much the Night Fury loved the taste.

Afterwards, she took her axe in hand, messily braided her hair back up, and practiced her swinging until the late hours. She didn't know why she picked such a late time to visit the dragon, but she knew it was probably because she would never live it down if Hiccup saw her feeding his dragon his favorite fish.

With the cod in hand, Astrid strolled through the empty village to the chieftain's house, quickly spotting the black mass that was curled on top of the roof as she bounced up the hill to the house.

As quietly as should could, the blonde stepped towards the house, peered up as the dragon before calling his name softly a few times before Toothless finally stirred and turned to looked over his shoulder towards the figure. The dragon's eyes flashed once he recognized her and swallowed, worrying digging his claws into the shackles of the roof before leaping down to the waiting girl.

Astrid stepped forward and smiled before taking the cod from behind her back, offering it towards Toothless as she brushed her fringe behind her ears and glanced away "I just wanted to say thank you…you know, for saving me…and not just for today, but for all those other times too" she trailed off a little as she looked back to the dragon and sighed and held the fish up higher "Thank you Toothless".

Said dragon stared at her in surprise before looking down at the fish then back to her, a smile slowly appearing on his cheeks as he leaned forward and grabbed the fish in between his teeth and swallowed it whole. Astrid was taken back slightly when the dragon did not stop there as he leaned forward to lick Astrid's fingers slowly, purring at the flavors of his favorite fish that was left on her fingers.

Astrid stared at her hand awkwardly when the dragon pulled back before cracking a smile and shrugged it off. She then shuffled on her feet and said "Sorry for waking you up".

Toothless grunted and smiled at her, staring at the girl that made his heart jump before slowly creeping forward to press his lips against her cheek, nipping at her skin ever so gently; a dragon's way of kissing. Astrid tensed slowly, cheeks burned at the affection the dragon had just shown her before shuffled a step back, rubbed the back on her neck, and gave a small smile and whispered "You're welcome" before quickly spinning around and jogging away; face red and heart pounding.

The dragon stay where he was, sighing happily at the realization that the girl did not protest, but instead seemed flattered by his somewhat kiss and leaped back onto his spot on the rook. He circled around once before dropping down into a ball, smiling to himself as he buried his face into his forearms.

I don't even ship this ship what I accepted this request but now my shipper heart is telling me to sHIP IT.

Annnyways, this is for Lesboss, who requested AstridxToothless fic with a pretty detailed plot. I had to work out a few loop holes and stuff but I think I've got a solid story! Gold star for me and my lack of creativity!

Next chapter will be posted soon cause I gotta start getting things out of the way before my final GCSES -~-

Please review, takes a second but means a lot!

~LMDR