Heyyyy so here's another fic. This one's from Hiccup's pov, and is placed in high school. Reviews welcome, dudes.
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock was going to be late.
Crap crap crap crap crap oh crap am I dead- His thoughts were running around in his skull like horses on a track. Only, kinda messier. If he was late for his first class of the day, then his teacher was definitely not going to be happy. Of course, this morning, he had told his father he would just walk to school. His high school wasn't all that far after all. But he had also said he would feed Toothless this morning.
Anyone with half a brain knew that was the impossible task. Toothless was very picky about his food and ow it was served.
But nooooooo, Hiccup had to be the good child and the good older brother that day. He cursed quietly under his breath, his stomach grumbling from lack of an actual breakfast. Oh, this stupid prosthetic leg, damn everything. He stumbled (again) and quickly regained himself, trying to go even faster. He sped (sort of) around the corner, and the school building came into sight. There were still people walking in! He paused for a moment to regain his breath and straighten his glasses. Then, he ran for the gates as if the apocalypse was behind him.
Half way through the gate, victory in his somewhat impaired sights, Hiccup tripped. He flat-out fell right on his face, his prosthetic leg slipping right out from under him, his book filled arms helpless to do anything to stop gravity. His backpack didn't help one bit, either. Hiccup just lay there for a moment, giving up on getting to class in time. Heck, he thought, I'll be lucky if my glasses aren't broken…
"Woah! Are you okay, dude? That was a heck of a fall."
Scratch that, I have no luck. Whatsoever. He would recognize that voice anywhere. Looking up through his (thankfully unbroken) smudged glasses, his worst fears were confirmed.
Jack Overland was looming over him, holding his hand out to help him up.
There was a crooked smile on his perfect face. The autumn sun, which had been hiding all morning, peeked out just then, so his whiter than white hair glowed in the sunlight. His eyes, his prettier than ice blue eyes, were crinkled in that crooked smile of his. Hiccup refused to let himself go any further down that path. (Not that it did anything.) He sat himself up, with a great bit of difficulty, mind you, and reached around himself for his books. Seeing this, Jack went to help him, handing him the last two. He took Jack's proffered hand gingerly, carefully pulling himself up. Hiccup dropped the hand, pretending to dust off his pants again. He then answered Jack's earlier question.
"I'm fine, just checking on gravity again. Sometimes I forget to check, so when I finally do, it can be rather bad." He waved his hand in the air, then brushed off his jacket. Jack let out a small laugh, entertained by Hiccup's blatant sarcasm.
"Well, you'd better be sure to check it each night then. Wouldn't want a fall like than again." The first bell started to ring, snapping them both to attention. "Damn, better hurry. You sure you're fine?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks, by the way." Jack nodded, gave a smile that could make ice bergs melt, then ran off to class. As soon as he got out of earshot, Hiccup started after him.
"Expect for my dignity." He added, with a huge sigh.