Jack could have sworn he felt a stab of pain spread through his chest. He glanced over at Rapunzel who sat next to him in an unbalanced, wooden lawn chair. The two were newly weds, and he could still see her in that beautiful gown. But that wasn't what hurt him. Nobody had gotten hurt, in fact they sat across from a beaming Hiccup and Merida. He felt guilty for feeling hurt, but the guilt seemed to encourage the pain, luring it around his heart like a wreath.
"Congratulations!" Rapunzel said, her voice cheery and joyful. She seriously was congratulating them. But he couldn't get his voice to unclog from his throat. I can't help Rapunzel in that way. He slapped on a fake smile, and his gaze shifted to Brianna. Brianna was around a year old, but she already had thick hair. It was brown like her father, but extremely curly like her mother. The child let out a playful squeal as she crawled into the grass. Jack looked away from the child, saddened by her presence.
He had left the guardians to marry her, which had surprised her but not himself. His love for Rapunzel was strong. So naturally, the words that North had warned him of struck him at this very moment.
"We aren't going to stop you," North murmured, gesturing to himself and the other guardians, "But be warned that as a spirit you can't grow with her, have children with her, or give her the pleasure that humans can."
The pain of the memory overwhelmed him, but he just shoved it aside. This was a great moment for Hiccup and Merida, and he needed to be a friend and congratulate them.
"Yeah," He said at last, "Congrats. She looks just like you, Hiccup." Just too bad I won't have a little girl that looks just like me.