I just want to take a bit to explain this collection of one-shots. I have many ideas, some very incomplete, which will not do very good stories, also sometimes my lack of time or motivation makes story chapters... bad, which I don't like. So for now, I'm gonna stick to one-shots.

These one-shots though can be used as story prompts for your own stories, if you really like a concept I wrote about here, be sure to use it, just let me know so I can go read it! (would also love to be mentioned but obviously not mandatory). Also, if you have an idea and would like me to write a one shot on it, I'm all down for it!

I will post this one-shots sporadically, so the time between two might be alot or none at all.

So moving on to the actual story, I've had this idea for a while now, and sorry if the plot seems kinda rushed, but it turned pretty much how I wanted it to. I hope you all enjoy it.

- "Running After You" -

Hiccup closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Then, he started running, you could hear his metal peg leg clicking agaisnt the concrete road inside the park, some amputees hide their prosthetics, not Hiccup, he didnt cover it with his pant leg, for him it wasn't a sad reminder of an accident, it was a proof of his evolution.

1 year before, he had been in tragic car accident, his father, who had been driving, was left unharmed, but Hiccup suffered major damage, losing part of his left leg and entering into a month long coma. After he woke up he insisted on starting to try and walk as soon as possible, 3 months later he was walking out of the hospital with a new metal leg.

His physiotherapist advised him to jog for at least 6 months, to help his recovery, Hiccup did so, Saturday and Sunday he came to run. At first he hated it. So much. But as he did it more and got better at it, he started liking, so much so, that even after the recommended 6 months, he didnt stop, he kept coming to jog. It had been 8 months since he left the hospital.

As Hiccup crossed Raven Point bridge the second reason he had kept jogging came into view. A beautiful blonde girl, her golden hair tied into a pony tail, blue sports bra and matching sweatpants. As she came closer he looked at the blue eyes he had fallen in love with. She smiled at him and nodded, and he did the same.

Unfortunately he had never been able to catch her after her run, for the last 8 months he had tried, and nothing.

That day Hiccup felt inspired, strong, so, he ran not one, not two, but three extra laps. When he finally sat down in a park bench, he was dripping sweat, and his legs- Err leg and a half, were very sore. He didn't mind though, he was used to it.

The young runner almost fell out of the bench as a golden shadow dropped down besides him, it was her. Hiccup couldn't help but stare, she was even more beautiful up close.

"Hi." She said smilling, she too, was dripping of sweat, taking deep breaths, the sight was more beautiful than Hiccup would like to admit, so much so that his cheeks turned even redder.

"Hi." Was his short answer, still baffled by the goddess in front of him.

"Sorry if I scared you, I'm Astrid." She smiled a little wider and extended her hand. Hiccup seemed to snap out of it and shook her hand.

"Henry, but you can call me Hiccup." She laughed as he said that. And Odin did he love that sound.

"Why Hiccup?" She asked as she stopped laughing and he couldnt help but smile.

"Well, let's just say kids won't pay attention to a bunny on show and tell if the kid showcasing it is hiccuping 20 times a minute... and yes... they counted..." He grinned, he was surpised at how calm he was, must be the exhaustion.

"I've seen you here for the past few months, good to finally meet you." She said, "You ran more today, usually when I sit down here at the end of my run there isnt anyone else around."

"Yeah" Hiccup laughed a little and was about to say something when her phone rang.

"Sorry," she said grabbing her phone "Its my boyfriend, give me just a second." She got up to answer, and just like that, Hiccup's dreams were shattered. After sadness, came self-hate, of course she had a boyfriend, she was too gorgeous not to. And then, realization, had he been jogging recently simply because he wanted to see her?

As that thought crossed his mind Astrid sat down besides him, "Sorry about that, where were we?" She asked smilling.

Hiccup couldn't take it, her smile made him happy, which just joined the swirl of emotions he was already feeling. "I'm sorry, I have to go." With that he got up and left, his metal foot clicking against the concrete.

Astrid stared after him, bewildered and wondering what happened.

Astrid ran across the park, she hadn't seen Hiccup in two weeks, had she done something to upset him? She didn't really understand why it bothered her so much that she might have, she didn't even know the guy.

As she ran on a large hill that led into the park, she heard a whimper and stopped in her tracks. It came from behind a bush. She was a dog lover, having saved a beautiful German shepherd who she adopted and named Stormfly, she assumed it was another dog, she did not, however, expect to push the bushes apart and see Hiccup lying on the ground, his face full of mud, cuts, and tears.

"Oh my god Hiccup!" She rushed to him, he was crying. She looked him over, he didnt have his peg leg, and his legs were full of cuts and bruses. She took a deep breath, she was Astrid Hofferson and she was gonna help him.

She grabbed him bridal style, it wasnt hard, she was strong and he was kinda scrawny. As she heaved him up she heard him say "Astrid...", but she shushed him, "Save your energy."

She sat him down on a bench and was about to call 911 when Hiccup's muddy hand stopped her, and she looked at him, a plea in his green eyes told her not to.

She sighed and stored her phone, grabbed her tiny emergency kit from her fanny pack, it didn't have much but she was able desinfect most of the cuts and clean most of the mud. In the mean time Hiccup had passed out.

When she was done, she let him rest and went over to try and figure out what happened, she looked at the bottom of the hill, it wasn't far but it wasn't a short drop either. There were marks on the grass, as if someone had rolled down, she slowly followed them.

At the bottom she found Hiccup's fanny pack with his own tiny med kit, and Hiccup's metal peg leg, bent at an usable angle. And then it hit her. He crawled all the way up from there... She had to admit she was impressed.

She climbed back up, and sat besides Hiccup, who woke up a few minutes later. "Ow..." his whole body hurt, his hand instinctively went to his cut leg. It was then he seemed to notice that he was no longer full of mud, and he was in a bench, then he remembered his savior, Astrid.

He looked to his left where she was looking at him, a worried expression on her face that made him want to hug her and comfort her. "You ok?" She asked.

"Yeah," he said trying to hide the phantom pain but he winced has he said so.

"You know, you're a terrible liar, you're clearly in pain, what hurts?." She said affirmatively.

"My leg." He said, nodding towards his amputeed leg, clutching it with his hand.

"Hiccup... you know your leg is not there right...?" she said, looking at him worried.

"Yeah... its called phantom pain." He said rubbing his missing leg, at her confused look he answered "My leg hurts like.. like it was still there. Not much we can do about it though."

"What CAN we do?"

"Uh... massaging it usually helps, but I'll do it."

Astrid was gonna insist on helping but realized it was probably extermely personal to have someone touch your amputeed limb.

"What happened Hiccup?" She asked, looking at him worried and laying her hand on his shoulder, which did more to soothe the pain than any painkiller ever would.

"I was running, my leg slipped and I fell down." He explained simply.

"And you crawled all the way back up?"

"Well yeah, how would I see the view from down there?" He replied snarkly, grinning. She smiled, happy to see his sense of humor hadn't changed and gave him a little punch, which she immediately regretted when he flinched.

"Oh my god Hiccup I'm so sorry!" He laughed and told her not to worry about it, she smiled of relief and then remembered his plea not to call 911. "Hiccup... why didnt you want me to call 911?"

Hiccup sighed, "I dont want my dad finding out about this, ever since my accident, he's been a little over protective, and if i tell him about this, he'll lock me at home and I wont be able to run anymore " and I won't see you again "and I don't want that."

Astrid nodded, she understood what it was to have overprotective parents. She looked down at her lap, suddenly she felt arms wrap around her.

"Thank you for saving me." He whispered into her neck.

She smiled and hugged him back, "That's what friends are for." She felt him hug her tighter and her smile widened.

Hiccup had reached the conclusion, after a two week hiatus of jogging, that despite Astrid being a big reason for why he kept running, his love for the sport was also a major one. So he decided to keep going to the park. It was on the day he returned he fell.

The accident turned out to be god sent, as it brought him and his savior, Astrid, alot closer. They started meeting after their jogs alot more frequently, and they spoke about a ton of stuff. Ocasionally even running together.

It felt really good for Hiccup to have someone other than his black retriever named Toothless. But it was bittersweet, the more they spoke, the more he liked her, and he knew he couldn't have her.

A few weeks after the accident they met at their bench after their runs, Astrid was waiting when he arrived. She was talking on the phone and smiled at him when he approached. He sat besides her, looking over at top of the trees, trying not to eavesdrop on their conversation, it was hard not to listen though, since she was sitting right besides him.

"Lunch out sounds great babe. I'll meet you there? Ok it's a plan, I'll see you then", with that she hung up and turned towards Hiccup, "Hi"

The auburn aired boy laughed, "Hi. So, lunch out? Sorry couldn't help but over hear."

Astrid smiled, "Yeah. You want to come with us? I think you'll like Eret."

"No, no, I'd be the third wheel." He laughed a little, but inside he was hurting, yet curious to know more about this guy who had won Astrid's affection, "So, his name is Eret?"

"Yeah, I know it's not the most usual name, but you can't comment on that!" She said laughing and giving him a tiny punch. "But in all seriousness, he's really cool and nice, he's a personal trainer."

Hiccup smiled, but it was forced, "I'm happy to hea-" pain shot up trough his leg, and he couldn't help but grab onto it, "Fuck!" He quickly unstrapped his peg leg and massaged his scalp.

He didn't even noticed Astrid running to go get a hot cloth at the park's coffee shop. When she returned, she hovered the cloth over his scalp and looked into his eyes, a request for permission. He had never let anyone other than doctors and his dad to touch his scalp... it was the ultimate sign of trust for him, and when he thought about it, even though he hadn't known for that long he trusted her, and so, he nodded.

She massaged his scalp with the hot cloth for a bit, always looking over to him, inspecting his face for pain, after a bit the pain subcided and he re-attached his fake leg.

"Thank you. Now you'll never get rid of me." He jokingly said, he liked her answer more than he should.

"I'm rather ok with that." She smiled, she had never felt so close emotionally with someone, and she could honestly say that Hiccup, despite not know him for a long time, meant more to her than she was willing to let her self admit.

They bid their farewells and went on with their lives. Astrid hated to admit that during her date with Eret, all she wanted was Hiccup to be there.

One day during Hiccup's jog he began to hear thuds coming from the trees, he stopped, and listened carefully, when he heard a shout, and recognized it as Astrid's, he ran towards the sound.

All he could think about as he ran through the bushes, was that he hoped she wasn't hurt, he reached a small clearing, in it was Astrid, punching the living hell out of a tree and mumbling angrily. He was almost afraid to approach her. Almost.

He came up behind her, and asked, "Astrid…?"

She turned around, fist cocked, her eyes red from tears but with an expression of pure anger. "What!?"

Hiccup took a step back, startled, but tripped, that seemed to snap Astrid to her sense has she kneeled besides him a softer look on her face "I'm sorry Hiccup, you Ok?"

Hiccup smiled, "Yeah, but you don't seem to be." He gestured towards her bloody knuckles, he grabbed a small bandage from his fanny pack and looked at her, "Can I?" She nodded and he proceeded to wrap it around her knuckles, as he did, he asked "So what did the tree do this time?"

Astrid, smiled a little bit her soft look was quickly replaced by a sad and angry one, "He slept with another girl. So we broke up."

Hiccup thought he'd be excited, Astrid was single, but he was sad, he was sad because he knew how much Astrid had cared for the other man, and he didn't like seeing her like that. He finished wrapping her knuckles and gave her an enormous hug, which she returned.

"I know it's none of my business but… if he cheated on you, he didn't deserve you. "

"Maybe I was the one who didn't deserve him" it was then Hiccup saw a secret part of the amazing, strong girl he had come to know, a part few, if any, saw. Her insecure side.

"No, you didn't deserve him", Astrid looked at him shocked for a moment, "You deserve someone so much better, someone who appreciates you and does not cheat on you. You are Astrid fucking Hofferson, and don't let anyone tell you that's not awesome." Astrid grinned, her sadness almost gone and that strong look that Hiccup had learned to love back in her eyes

She hugged him, tighter this time, and Hiccup squeezed her just as much, happy his friend was happy. His best friend.

Hiccup raced after Astrid, her laugh echoing through the trees as she ran away from him. A few weeks had passed since she and Eret had broken up, he had come to her house drunk one night but nothing happened.

Hiccup and Astrid were best friends, they now jogged together, instead of just meeting afterwards, they tried to spend as much time together as they could. And Hiccup was sure of one thing, he wanted to be more than her friend.

She laughed and looked back just as Hiccup caught up with her and tackled her, both rolling onto the grass, laughing as they play-fought.

Astrid was happy, happier than she had been in a while, and it was because of this boy, this scrawny, green eyed, auburn haired boy. It was as she rolled on the grass with him she realized she wanted Hiccup to be there, and not just as her friend.

As they came to a halt, she was laying on the ground, Hiccup hovering over her, they were both panting and smiling, looking into each other's eyes. God she wanted him to kiss her, and he wanted to kiss her, so much, but he was afraid she didn't feel the same way. He didn't know just how important he was to Astrid.

Fuck it her mind finally said, she grabbed the back of his head and pulled him into a deep kiss.

He did now.