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Title: Rise of the Big Hero 7 – Jack Frost and the Guardians
Fandom: Disney/DreamWorks
Disclaimer: All rights concerning the movies reserved to DreamWorks/Disney respectively. 'Guardians of Childhood' is property of William Joyce. 'How To Train Your Dragon' is property of Cressida Cowell. This fanfiction on the other hand is entirely mine. No money is made with this, though reviews are more than welcomed.
Warnings: m/m, superhero AU (Big Hero 6-verse), family feels, fluff, pining, hurt/comfort, [more tags to follow later], explicit intercourse, anal, oral
Main Pairing: Hiccup/Jack
Side Pairings: Jamie/Hiro, Merida/Moana, Atali/Ruffnut, Fishlegs/Heather, Eret/Astrid, Snotlout/Minden, Dagur/Mala, Flynn/Rapunzel, Stoick/Cass, Nick/Toothiana
DreamWorks Characters: Jackson Overland | Jack Frost, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Toothless, Stoick the Vast, Gobber the Belch, Nicholas Saint North, Toothiana, Mary Overland, Sophie Bennett, Jamie Bennett, Fishlegs Ingerman, Snotlout Jorgenson, Tuffnut Thorston, Ruffnut Thorston, Astrid Hofferson, Heather, Dagur, Mala, Atali, Minden, Eret Eretson
Disney Characters: Merida DunBroch, Moana Waialiki, Rapunzel Corona, Eugene Fitzherbert | Flynn Rider, Hiro Hamada Cass Hamada, Baymax, Fred Frederickson IV | Fredzilla, GoGo Tamago, Honey Lemon, Wasabi No-Ginger, Tadashi Hamada
Summary: Cass Hamada and Stoick Haddock are married, Hiccup grows up with his stepbrothers Tadashi and Hiro. When Tadashi dies, the Big Hero 7 rise, but they don't remain the only superheroes in San Fransokyo – because Jack Frost, a well-known and respected elemental metahuman superhero and his team – apparently relocated to San Fransokyo. Jackson Overland is the nephew of Nick St. North, a great inventor and the replacement for Professor Callaghan at SFIT.
Rise of the Big Hero 7
Jack Frost and the Guardians
Chapter 3: Professor Nicholas Saint North of SFIT
Jack was sitting on his bed, one leg drawn close and his arm resting on his knee, a thoughtful expression on his face. That, in Eugene's experience, never meant something good. He frowned as he approached his roommate, throwing one last look behind himself at the girls. Merida and Rapunzel had been chatting, though when they entered the room and saw the look on Jack's face, they also paused. All three of them knew that broody was not Jack's go-to expression; something was up. The girls exchanged a look while Eugene sat down next to Jack.
"He—ey, buddy. What's with the face?", asked Eugene slowly.
"What are your plans after graduation?", asked Jack thoughtfully, tilting his head.
"...Huh?", grunted Eugene a bit surprised. "Somehow, I was expecting an answer of... world-endangering proportions, not... you know, regular stuff."
"Mother thinks I should get a Master's degree. Only the best and all", huffed Merida.
She wasn't studying her passion anyway; business. So she could one day take over the family business. Elinor DunBroch ruled DunBroch Industries like a regal queen her kingdom and she expected the same of her daughter and heiress; to know everything and face all situations with calm concentration and a solution. With the glare on her face did Merida sit down on Eugene's bed. They were all short of graduation, in the middle of writing their Bachelor's thesis.
"The family's moving", stated Jack softly, biting his lip. "Nick got an offer from SFIT."
"Wait!", yelped Rapunzel excitedly. "The San Fransokyo Institute of Technology?!"
"Ye—ep", nodded Jack. "Turns out he has some... connections to San Fransokyo. He studied there himself. You know I only moved to New York to stay close to them, so..."
"So you'd be able to continue protecting them, yes", confirmed Eugene. "So you're... moving?"
"Been thinking about doing my Master's somewhere else anyway and San Fransokyo Art Institute is one of the most renowned art schools in the states", replied Jack with a shrug. "It'd actually be an educational upgrade for me, I guess. And I know Punzel wouldn't have a problem getting in either."
Rapunzel blushed and smiled, brushing her hair behind her ear. "I... I guess... Wait. You want us to come with you? To San Fransokyo? That's on the other side of-"
"Yes, I know", sighed Jack before he shrugged. "I know I'm asking a lot there... You guys don't have to uproot your lives. But New York's not... really been my pace anyway and it's not like there's a lot of supervillains here. The police can handle it. I feel like the city wouldn't lose anything if we'd move... and... and I'd like to keep fighting crime with you. I can go back to being a solo-act, but-"
"No way we're gonna leave ya, snowball", snorted Merida and threw a pillow at him.
"Oh, don't look at me. I'm just signing up for random courses for fun anyway", shrugged Eugene. "I can totally do that in San Fransokyo too. I'm good to go. But you guys would have to get into the schools, don't cha? Don't you have to like meet deadlines or whatever?"
"Nick and the family are moving there soon, next week or so. I figured, we meet our deadlines, follow after graduation in a couple months", replied Jack with a shrug and smirk.
"You knew we'd say yes, didn't you?", chuckled Eugene and shook his head.
"We're a team", shrugged Jack. "I'd be willing to let you go if you wanted to, but I know you guys grew just as fond of me as I am of you. No denying it."
"Don't get sappy, frostbite", grunted Merida and rolled her eyes.
/break\
Jamie grinned softly to himself as he watched the two girls. Sophie and Mary were talking a mile an hour as they ate their ice-cream. The St. Norths had moved to San Fransokyo a week ago and despite that, as well as having stayed in contact ever since the Bennetts had moved to San Fransokyo, the two girls didn't seem able to stop talking. Though Jamie was kind of happy to see Mary again too. She had grown up quite a lot since he had last seen her.
"Did Jack tell you already?", asked Mary all of a sudden, turning to Jamie.
"Tell me... what?", asked Jamie confused. "We haven't talked in... two weeks, I think? Exams for me, Bachelor thesis for him. Kept us busy. What's going on, Mary?"
"Mh... I don't wanna ruin the surprise if it's a surprise", frowned the brunette girl.
"No—o, you gotta tell him, Mar", complained Sophie excitedly.
"Okay, okay", laughed Mary. "So, since we moved here, he's been considering to get his Master's degree in San Fransokyo. After all, he only stayed in New York to be close to the family."
Jamie's eyes widened at that. "Wait. Jack's going to move here? Really?"
Mary got her phone out and showed Jamie a couple drawings. "Jack sent them to me. First ones for his portfolio. He's going to apply to SFAI."
"...Wow", whispered Jamie stunned. "That's... awesome. If you'd excuse me, I have to guilt-trip my best friend for not telling me about this himself."
"No worries, I'll ate your cake, Jamie", chimed Sophie and stole her brother's plate.
Jamie glared at her but he already got his phone out and left the Lucky Cat Café to make his call in peace. It took only moments for the call to connect; Jack was always fast to pick up, expecting an emergency of some sorts. Jamie rolled his eyes fondly at that.
"You're moving to San Fransokyo and you're not even telling me yourself."
"Ah. Jamie. Hey. Uhm. Ye—eah. I had to... you know, sort stuff out first. With the team and the new, future college. Also still busy with my Bachelor's... Sorry, I just forgot."
"It's okay", sighed Jamie and shook his head. "How's it coming along anyway?"
"Good. I'm really happy with the art and thanks for helping me with the story."
Jack's Bachelor's project was a children's book. Jamie had helped him come up with the story; he had always had a writer's heart. A story of the Guardians of Childhood, Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, Sandman and Santa Claus coming together to save the world. Jamie had already seen some of the finished illustrations and they were beautiful. Jack had gone with some inspiration from real life; the Tooth Fairy looked like his aunt Toothiana but with feathers and wings while Santa Claus looked just like uncle Nick but with a more Chirstmas-y theme.
"But you're not just moving here for your family, are you?", asked Jamie suspiciously.
"No. Also for you, of course", replied Jack and Jamie could hear the grin.
"Not what I'm talking about", hummed Jamie and looked around. "You saw the news about Big Hero 7 too. Those five people and their big round robot taking down this insane dude..."
"...Might have heard about it", confirmed Jack.
There were a few superheroes throughout the US by now, beyond the Guardians. And Jack liked to snoop into new heroes whenever they popped up. These ones? They had just appeared out of nowhere and had seemed more than just disorganized for the majority of the battle. Unlike with others though, it hadn't been some minor criminals. They had been facing a super-villain causing a black hole that could have easily destroyed far more than just the city. This wasn't small-scale. It needed something better than a bunch of uncoordinated newbies.
"You're worried where there's one super-villain there'll be more", mused Jamie softly. "And you're worried we will be in danger here, so you're moving your team to San Fransokyo."
"You know me too well, Jamie", grinned Jack amused.
"I was the first to believe in you, as a hero. Of course I know you, Jack", replied Jamie. "I'm looking forward to having you here. I'll keep an eye out on Big Hero 7 and on your sister."
"I know I can count on you, Jamie. Thanks."
Jamie sighed and pocketed his phone again after hanging up. He startled a little when someone ran into him. The taller, older brunette paused to look at Jamie like a startled deer for a second.
"Sorry. I'm in a hurry, I didn't see you there", apologized the other.
"You're the owner's son", observed Jamie after thinking for a moment. "It's okay."
"Yeah. Hiccup Haddock. Come inside, you get a free cupcake as an apology."
"No, that's not necessary! You just bumped into me", argued Jamie.
"Nonsense. My mom raised me right. Come now", huffed Hiccup.
"We—ell, my mom raised me right too so it'd be rude to decline the cupcake", mused Jamie.
"Good", laughed Hiccup.
Jamie had seen him around a lot, sometimes as a waiter and sometimes behind a counter. He always had a flock of people around himself, mostly pretty girls. Which wasn't a surprise; the guy was handsome. Tall, broad-shouldered with messy, longish hair with small braids, freckles painting his cheeks and eyes a piercing emerald. Well. If someone was into that. Besides, the guy was old. Like, twenty or something – around Jack's age. Jamie, personally, found his little brother far more interesting. About Jamie's age but apparently a genius (he attended SFIT, Jamie saw the school's logo a lot on hoodies) and he had a cute tooth-gap and fluffy-looking black hair and the cutest smile and... maybe he was the reason that this café had become Jamie's favorite hang-out.
"Now, what kind of cupcake do you want?", asked Hiccup as he got behind the counter.
"Uhm...", drawled Jamie, looking a little lost as he scanned the delicious looking treats.
"My brother Hiro made the blueberry cupcakes this morning", drawled Hiccup with a mischievous smile on his lips. "If, you know, you were wondering..."
"W... W... What?", squeaked Jamie and looked up.
The grin on Hiccup's lips reminded him of Jack whenever Jack was pulling a prank. "You've been hanging out here three days a week at least. And don't think I haven't noticed that doe-eyed expression with which you look after Hiro, you know? Now, blueberry muffin?"
With the brightest blush on his cheeks did Jamie nod reluctantly. "Uhm... Yes. I mean does... uh..."
"Hiro doesn't know", chuckled Hiccup. "I don't think he's even giving dating half a thought. Dad thinks it's because he's only fourteen, I think it's because robots are more interesting than anything else and someone special would have to spell it out to catch his attention, you know."
Jamie nodded sharply as he accepted his muffin, still blushing like the strawberries on the cake next to them. Ducking his head, he carried his plate back to Sophie and Mary, who suspiciously enough stopped whispering to look at him slyly. He groaned and buried his face in his hands.
"Don't tell me, Hiccup noticed your cru—ush on his bro—other too", chimed Sophie teasingly.
"You used to be such a sweet child. When did you turn into this?", grumbled Jamie.
Sophie smiled innocently and shrugged before stealing a blueberry from Jamie's plate.
/break\
Between actually having college classes to focus on, helping out in the Lucky Cat Café to lighten Cass' load and now also superheroing under the name of Big Hero 7, Hiccup was stretched thin. To put it lightly. He knew there were shortcomings on all ends. He had cut back on his shifts at the café, telling Cass that he needed to focus more on his studies. She, of course, understood that. And while that bought Hiccup some time, he still had too much to do training and actively being a hero and also trying to keep up with his studies. This was ridiculous. Where did all those villains come from? Globby and the others – actual villains with powers and craziness. And how did Krei continue getting dragged into the middle of everything? He wasn't even an actual villain! He just kept getting robbed and threatened by them. Billionaires, always a pain when superheroes were involved apparently, even when they themselves didn't properly get involved with it.
"Hiccup? Are you alright?", asked Honey Lemon with that concerned, soft look on her face.
Hiccup smiled thinly as he looked at her. He had just collapsed face-first on the couch in the common lab. Hiro was in their private lab – the lab Tadashi and Hiccup used to share, had been allowed to share due to the nature of their robotic AI projects. Only that Hiro was ignoring every single comment Hiccup made about Hiro having to finish his class work. That grew frustrating at one point – Hiccup did his best trying to make Hiro focus on college, but Hiro prioritized being a hero over building his future and there was only so much Hiccup could do.
"Just exhausted", sighed Hiccup. "Worked late on the project for Gobber's class..."
"You shouldn't overwork yourself", threw GoGo in.
"Thanks for the input", grunted Hiccup and rolled onto his back. "Taken into consideration."
"You heard that Professor Granville hired a replacement for Professor Callaghan?", asked Wasabi.
He rolled over on his chair, looking at Hiccup expectantly. "Replacement...? Well. I guess... it's been a few weeks now. It... It figures they'd... Damn, it's still so strange to think that the professor we trusted so much... betrayed us like that..."
"Who's the replacement?", asked Honey Lemon curiously.
"Professor Nicholas Saint North", replied Wasabi. "A genius in robotics, actually used to be huge news but ten years ago, he kind of vanished from the scientific world because his niece and her husband died and he took in their kids... That is so... sad..."
Wasabi sniffed softly while Hiccup sat up with a frown. "I remember Nick Saint North. I used to admire him a lot as a kid, because he did mainly channel his genius into creating those fantastic, insane toys. And he'll teach here? His assistants used to be robots – but they looked like yetis. It's why I wanted to create Toothless. A mythic animal, with emotions and own thinking but made of metal. He inspired and shaped me so much. Oh, I can't believe-"
"Ah. There's the family resemblance to Hiro", whispered GoGo amused. "That's..."
The same starry-eyed expression Hiro had when he had first learned that Professor Callaghan was teaching at SFIT. The thought crossed all their minds in that moment. Hiccup wondered briefly if maybe that was it. Perhaps that was why Hiro wasn't focusing on classes at all, continuously put it on the back-burner. Because the real reason why he had come to SFIT – Tadashi and Professor Callaghan – was gone. Tadashi was dead and Professor Callaghan had killed him. Hiccup took a stuttering breath as he ran his fingers through his hair. He still felt so lost. He was trying his best to be there for Hiro, heck he had become a superhero to be there for Hiro and be able to protect him, yet half the time was still like talking to a wall. He had no idea how to comfort Hiro about Tadashi, or how to get him invested in his school career. When Hiro had first walked into the lab, the sparkle in his eyes, for the first time Hiro looked like he had actually found something to challenge him. The kid was too brilliant, he was always bored – it was what had made him turn to bot-fighting in the first place. But somehow, that initial spark had died with Tadashi...
"Maybe Nick Saint North can reign it", whispered Hiccup to himself.
/break\
It was a miracle to actually make Hiro attend classes these days. He had skipped some, to focus on improving their suits, trying to figure out the Big Bad behind it all. But Hiccup had bugged him about this. Had told him to go, meet the new professor. This was the robotics class that Doctor Callaghan was supposed to teach. They had finally found a replacement. Well, let's hope that he was not a super-villain too. Hiro looked unimpressed as he sat in his chair.
The man who entered the room with flourish was... not what he would have expected. He was large, in statue very similar to their dad. Huge, broad – not just overweight kind of broad but also strong and muscular kind. His hair was snow-white and his eyes were a piercing blue.
"Welcome to class! This is Advanced Robotics and I am your new teacher, Professor Saint North, but please call me Nick", announced the large, jolly man. "I'm aware we are running weeks late with the beginning of this course, but I think that you all know of the special... circumstances around that. Now, since we have already lost so much time, let's get started."
He clapped one and a giant... yeti... walked into the room. The students started whispering.
"This is my assistant Phil. Do not worry, he is not a real yeti. He is a self-sufficient robot, running on an advanced AI program I designed", stated Nick. "If any of you have things to tell me or hand in, you can give them to Phil if you do not find me."
Hiro perked up as he watched the yeti in awe. All he could think was that Tadashi would love this. The design was so... adorable. Fluffy. But the movement was fluent and considerate of his surroundings. Phil tilted his head before he went to stand in the corner.
/break\
"How you liking your new room now that you're all set, M?"
Mary shrugged and looked around before turning her phone to slowly show it. "It's good, I guess. Bigger than my old room. But... I mean, I love that I go to school with Soph again and that I can just... drop by and see her again... it's just that... everybody else... all my other friends and you..."
"I told you, I'm coming to San Fransokyo", interrupted Jack on the other end of the video-call. "After I finish my Bachelor's. The guys and I are already looking for a flat."
"So you're not moving in with us?", asked Mary a little put out. "Well, good. You always took way too long in the bathroom anyway, it'd totally ruin my schedule."
Jack chuckled softly at that and shook his head. "Merida, Eugene, Punzel and I are going to get a place together. Split between the four of us, we might be able to effort something..."
"Well, if you don't find something, we do have that guestroom", replied Mary.
"How generous of you", grinned Jack. "How's uncle Nick liking SFIT?"
"Good, I think", hummed Mary thoughtfully. "He already has a pet-student."
"Already? He's only been working there for what, two weeks now?", asked Jack amused.
"Ye—ep", chimed Mary, kicking her legs back and forth.
"Well. Don't be like that. Talk to me. I need a distra—action", groaned Jack. "Been working on the thesis part, aka the boring part, of my Bachelor and I'm having an art-block on my portfolio. I'm ten paintings in and my brain just... died. Go on, entertain me, M."
"His name is Hiccup – yeah, don't ask me, all those nerds go by super weird nicknames like Honey Lemon and Fishlegs", huffed Mary amused. "It's like some kind of tradition?"
"Okay. Weird. But fun", laughed Jack.
"So, this Hiccup, he specializes in robotics. He made this amazing robot – it's a dragon! His name is Toothless and he is super adorable with the big eyes and nice smile and he can even fly. He's an AI like Phil and the other yetis, but far less advanced. Think less of a human and more of a... cat. I met him a couple times when bringing uncle Nick his lunch and Toothless is super cuddly and adorable. Apparently, Hiccup intentionally programmed him with the movements and characteristics of a cat because they have a cat at home? It's super cool."
"A dragon, huh?", echoed Jack thoughtfully. "That... does sound pretty cool."
"Uhu. And Hiccup's family owns a café. I was really surprised the first time I saw Hiccup in class when I went to see uncle Nick, because I had seen him at the café a lot already. It's Jamie and Sophie's favorite place and it had awesome food. Best cake I ever ate."
"Mh, sounds like you have to take me there when I move", suggested Jack.
"Sure, if you're paying", grinned Mary.
"I'm a poor college student!", gasped Jack offended.
"I'm a poor high school student so there's that", chimed Mary cheerfully.
Author's note: Next chapter, first meeting between Hiccup and Jack! And the Guardians and Big Hero 7! Let's see what they think about each other! ;)