I'll update WTWGM on Tuesday (If I'm not totally lazy.) But here's something to chew on.
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"Now, where, oh where could my little princess be?" Hiccup scratched his head, thinking out loud.
Giggling echoed in the house.
"Is she under the stairs?" He looked. "Nope. Is she behind the curtain?" He pulled it aside. "Hmm…I wonder where she is!"
There was a knock on the door, before Gobber and Valka came in. "Aye, morning lad. Haven't seen you today yet. Been out?"
"No," replied the chief. "I'm looking for Kori." He grinned.
Gobber stared at him and Valka bit her lip.
"Should—Should I go get Astrid?" She asked.
"Oh! No no no!" Hiccup waved them off, continuing in his frivolities. "We do this all the time. It's just a game!"
"I see." Valka stated, skeptically.
"Wanna help?" Her son urged.
Gobber nudged her and she nodded. "Alright, let's see if we can't find the little flower."
"I'll see you two later." Gobber nodded, before heading out the door.
Valka feigned looking around the house, while her son called out to his daughter. "I'm gonna get you! I'm gonna find you!" He sounded so happy.
It broke her heart.
Minutes passed before Astrid burst into the house. "Hiccup!" She cried.
"Oh! Hello, Milady." He smiled before resuming his task.
"He's doing it again." Valka whispered.
"Darling," the chief called. "Any idea where Kori might be? She's hiding awfully well this round."
Astrid held a shaking hand to her lips. "Sweetheart…"
Valka rested a comforting hand on the mother's shoulder. "I'll leave you two alone," she said before she too left.
Hiccup opened the cupboards in the kitchen and looked inside, happily humming to himself.
Astrid watched for a while in silence, before stating, "You aren't going to find her. Not here."
Slowly, he closed the doors and stood, looking at her with bloodshot eyes of sleepless nights. "I know." He whispered. "But it makes it easier."
She walked over to her husband and rested her arms around his waist.
"Every day, I miss her more and more. This is—just my way of coping."
She kissed his chin. "I know, but you worry me. That's all."
"I'm sorry." He rested his head on hers. "One day, we're going to find her. Someone will find evidence. They'll slip up. Koriandre will come home."
Astrid nodded against his chest. "She's brave, like her papa."
"And she's ruthless, like her mama."
"So then, chief of the hooligans." She patted his shoulders. "The quicker you do today's duties, the quicker you can get out there, and look for yourself."
Hiccup kissed his wife warmly, and deeply. "I will find her," he promised. "And I will bring our daughter home."
There is a part two to this.