As she slept she was dropped into a war zone, alone. "Hiccup! Hiccup where are you!" She shrieked, dodging flames and flying weapons "Hiccup!" Tears were streaming down her face. she slipped in the quickly forming mud as it started to rain, Stoic came racing at her, weapon raised. It was then her eyes illuminated, and she became fully aware of the Whispering Death behind her, both lunged for the attack and she was caught in the middle. Trinity let out a blood curdling scream as she jolted awake. "Whoa whoa Trin! Hey it's okay!" She heard as her eyes opened. She found that Hiccup was holding her tightly, stroking her hair with one hand and scratching her back with the other. "You're alright it's okay…..it's okay.." Hiccup said calmly in her ear in an attempt to console her. She clutched onto him, as she sobbed into his shoulder. After about five minutes she was only lightly wheezing
"H-Hiccup." She couldn't tell if it w as only a nightmare, or if it was a premonition.
"Shhh…everything's gonna be alright. I'm here, I'll keep you safe.." Hiccup said as he rocked her back and forth gently.
"What happened, hun?" Hiccup asked concernedly when he loosened his grip, making Trinity look up at him. She shook her head and looked at him with dull, tear-stained blue gray eyes.
"war," her voice was hoarse "death, pain. It was horrible Hiccup." She swallowed "terrifying…"
"Baby it was only a dream. You're safe and sound under Toothless's wing and in my arms. Nothing can hurt you." He said as he wiped the tears from her eyes. "Now go back to sleep baby…you're gonna be perfectly fine. I'll keep ya safe." He said before leaning in, gently kissing her puffy eyelids. She sniffled a bit and dried her face before yawning. She curled as close to Hiccup as she could, letting his body heat and the protective feeling his soul gave off lul her back to sleep. Trinity would whimper from time to time, but she didn't wake up screaming.
In fear of her waking up screaming again, Hiccup remained awake for the rest of the night.
He wasn't awake for long, only about five hours, but in those five hours his mind did everything but shut up. When Toothless lifted his wing to let Dawn's light shine through, Hiccup's eyes were horridly bloodshot and swollen; a result of him not blinking as he thought about everything bad that could possibly happen today. His eyes felt like they were soaked in acid as he blinked, a common symptom of a dry eye. He let out an exhausted yawn as the burning in his eyes slowly began to subside. Trin whined as she moved and looked at Hiccup, with his puffy eyes. "I'm sorry for waking you up last night.."
"There's no need to,-" Hiccup said while he put his fists against his spine and leaned back to pop his back, only to have his ribs inflict a great amount of pain upon him. "Ah!…ap-pologize." He said as he straightened his back out. He rubbed his eyes for a moment, trying to focus on Trinity. "You couldn't help it." He said as he blinked repeatedly at her, causing the corners of his eyes to tear up. She got up and looked at him with sad eyes. Trin gently rubbed his sides before raising her hands and taking his pain again
"take it easy Hicc. when we get home we'll go to my place, get you settled in, tend to wounds, then we can just cuddle together and start a new life." She smiled lightly.
"I look forward to it." Hiccup said warmly. He sighed as he embraced Trinity.
He stared off into the sunrise as tears streamed down his face. He wasn't sad, it was just a reaction to his eyes being open for five hours with very scarce blinking.
Trinity laid her head on his chest and listened to his heart. "Just imagine it. Maybe one day we'll have a good life, and a family." Her cheeks tinted pink as she spoke. 'A family? Wait…. does she plan on settling down with me?!' Hiccup exclaimed inside his head, making him close his eyes and smile.
"I'd like that." Hiccup admitted. "Really, I would." She sighed happily as they watched the sunrise. Their peace was interrupted when Toothless nudged them.
"Fuck off Toothless, were enjoying the sunrise." Hiccup said groggily as he ran his fingertips through Trinity's hair. Trinity giggled lightly as Hiccup snarked at Toothless.
"Mhmm" she loved the feeling of his fingers in her hair. She started to hum as she held onto him, hoping that this wouldn't end, the the feeling of dread from going back to Berk unnerved her. Hiccup sighed deeply through his nose. "We'll head out when the sun has been out long enough to heat our skin." Hiccup said warmly as he looked at his fingers that were flowing through her hair. She sighed and reluctantly agreed
"…okay" she nuzzled her face into the crook of his neck "but I really don't want this to end…"
"Who says it will?" Hiccup asked her curiously, trying to be optimistic. "We'll go back to Berk, and if everything's fine we'll start anew at your place. If everything's not fine, I'll fight off whatever's there and then we'll start anew. Over my dead body will it end." Tears pricked her eyes at the thought of something going awry between here and there. Her hands trailed up to the back of his neck, and pulled him to her in a very passionate kiss, tears flowing down her cheeks now.
"Please, no matter what, we have to stay together." She connected their lips once more.
"Trin, stop worrying." Hiccup said when their lips severed. "We'll be alright. I won't let you get hurt, I promise."