Hiccup's breath hitched when he saw her; she was walking along with the gang, her axe in hand and hips swaying with confidence. He was busy in the forge sharpening weapons for any oncoming dragon attacks. Not that he'd be participating in any of those if Gobber had anything to do with it.
Her golden hair shone in the fading sunlight and her smile made his heart skip a beat. He was so distracted in all her glory that he forgot about his previous task.
"Ow!" he cursed, dropping the sword and clutching his hand, slightly red from coming into contact with the Lathe.
"I should have seen that coming" he muttered sarcastically, picking up the sword and resuming his work. He hopedthey hadn't heard him, especially Snotlout.
As usual, the Gods were not on his side.
"What'd you do this time Hiccup?" Snotlout teased, walking into the forge with the others.
"Snotlout" Hiccup greeted, his eyes focused on the task at hand; and hoping he'd go away soon and not ridicule him further.
"Oh, I'm surprised! you haven't damaged much then" Snotlout said, walking round the forge and earning a snicker from the others, except Astrid, Astrid never laughed at his attempts to publically shame Hiccup.
Astrid…
"I just slipped is all, I'm actually quite busy if you hadn't noticed, all these weapons to sharpen and so little time, you never know when another dragon attack could arise, so if you could jus-"
"Are you telling me to leave?" Snotlout asked, poison dripping from his voice, he made his way over to Hiccup and grabbed his shirt and brought him toward him, Hiccup gulped
Oh gods…
"Uh…" Hiccup moved his head back as Snotlout brought his fist toward Hiccup's face threateningly.
"Leave him Snotlout, he's not worth it"
The sound of her voice made his heart melt, Snotlout huffed in frustration and dropped Hiccup back in place, giving Hiccup an "I'm watching you" gesture, before walking out of the forge with the others following.
Except her
Hiccup didn't notice at first, checking if all of his limbs were intact before noticing she was still in the room, it surprised him greatly. He thought the best option was not to stare awkwardly and continue with his work.
"You alright?" She asked him. He went to pick up the sword yet again from the floor, nearly stumbling at the sound of her voice. He turned to look at her, meeting her gaze.
"Uh, yeah. Thanks, by the way" Hiccup replied, wiping his sweaty palms subtly on his shirt. Astrid took her axe and rested it upon her right shoulder, before tucking a loose strand of her blonde hair from her fringe behind her left ear and turning her attention toward the floor "Don't mention it"
Then she turned around and left the forge, leaving Hiccup to comprehend what just happened.