Unintentional Hero
Author: Nightstar Fury of Nightstar Productions
Rated: M for a variety of things that will happen
Pairing: Hiccup/Astrid
Disclaimer: I do not own HTTYD
43; Went Too Far
The night was pretty calm after Hayden talked to his unofficial niece and nephew: as so named by Anderson and his wife now. Hayden didn't mind, it was kind of nice to be called an uncle-even if they were calling him Uncle Hiccup instead of Uncle Hayden, they were adorable so he didn't knock it. The dinner he ended up making was something called foil wraps: food cut up and cooked all together in a foil wrap, cooked for thirty minutes on an open flame. It was amazing with melted cheese in it and most impressive too, they had no idea Hayden was so creative in meals. Hayden and Anderson both drank two beers so by Avery's count: Hayden had six beers in the last few hours since leaving the pool and it was only a guess to how many shots he'd had but given he was giggling up a storm and laughing, she had to assume he was drunk by now. She'd only had a beer so far, she was keeping an eye on him: she didn't know if she liked how much he was drinking lately.
It seemed to of picked up a lot since the day of the picnic after Ritka died, he only took one shot that day but admitted that all the guys had gone out and gotten shit-faced at the bar-after sneaking off base, which she'd been lucky enough to see live now of Hayden singing while drunk and he was fantastic at it. Regardless she was worried for him: his temper kicked up at random and it was all linked to people calling him a hero. He was one: he ended the war with Afghanistan and sent home thousands of soldiers. Why wasn't he proud of that? Right now it was only about 8:30pm and everyone was having a good time. "Harry, I think it's time to get the kids to sleep." Maria said putting a hand on her husband's shoulder lightly.
"But we're not tired..." Brenna yawned.
"Oh I think you are, little missy." Anderson chuckled going over to to pick Brenna up while Maria got Liam into her arms.
"Can we get a bedtime story first?" Liam mumbled tiredly.
"Don't I always give one?" Anderson said.
"Can Uncle Hiccup tell it this time?" Liam asked, Anderson looked towards Hayden who nodded and got up.
"I'll follow back to your site, unless you want me to tell them here and you can carry 'em back?" Hayden offered.
"Well I think you've had more than me so maybe you tell it here so I don't have to worry if you black out while walking." Anderson stated.
"Trust me, Anderson...I'm fine but hey, your call," Hayden shrugged while he leaned back in the camping chair finishing his seventh beer now while both kids were placed in his lap and leaned against him with another yawn. "I just going to assume that you want a Dragon Rider Hero one?" the two young children nodded as the rest of the group came to sit around and listen again.
"Will you tell one of the first time that the Dragon Riding Hero saved his team in war?" Brenna asked, Hayden flinched almost and didn't talk at first. Anderson knew why, Hayden's first time saving his team was when he shot the kid.
"Kids how about...one where the Dragon Riding Hero...um..." Anderson was stuck.
"It's okay, Anderson...I got this." Hayden offered a small smile, "It was four years ago, right after he'd met his dragon and bonded with him. He aced all his soldier training and got a really big promotion but that same day of his graduation, he was sent off to war. Six months in, there was a big fight when he was with his unit. It was six men including himself, his dragon had to stay behind though so the team could remain hidden and stealthy. The mission was fine but then there was a loud explosion that made them all hit the ground," Hayden started.
"Was everyone okay?" Liam asked now.
"Everyone was okay, just someone got knocked unconscious. They all took cover when the enemies started firing their weapons, it was chaotic and loud but the dragon rider didn't panic: he saved his friend who was knocked out and had been laying in the middle of the gunfire. He called his base to get them out, when it came, everyone rushed to get in the chopper and get away. But an enemy came out and tried to shoot the rider's friend in the back so he jumped out and hit the guy, then got shot in the arm. He was scared, he'd never been shot before and it hurt him bad. The two soldiers fought until finally the dragon rider hit the enemy so hard in the face it knocked him out and the rider was able to meet up with his team and got them all out safely." Hayden explained.
Sure it was a lie, but he didn't care. He wouldn't destroy their vision, he couldn't. "Was the rider okay after he got hurt?" Brenna asked lightly.
"He was because his friends helped him and he recovered." Hayden nodded.
"Have you ever done something like that, Uncle Hiccup? Saved your whole team, Daddy says you always save your team even if you get hurt. Have you ever been shot before?" Brenna asked.
"More times than I can count and yes, I've saved my team a lot of times, it's my job to protect them." Hayden answered.
"But have you ever gotten hurt saving a friend? Like the dragon rider in the story?" Both kids asked together now. Hayden sighed closing his eyes.
"Yes...A very, very good friend of mine..." Hayden said remembering when he saved Tarelto-who had been unconscious after the explosion, and then Matthews-who he saved from being shot. Anderson came over and took the kids.
"And that's enough for one night kids. We're here all week, I'm sure if you be good than Uncle Hiccup will tell you more stories about the dragon rider hero another night. I've heard they are really close," Anderson stated lightly as the kids nodded. "Thank Uncle Hiccup for the story..."
"Thank you, Uncle Hiccup! You're the best!" The two kids said as they were carried off by Anderson and Maria beside him back to their campsite. Hayden stood up checking his watch, it was closer to 9pm now.
"Hayden, are you okay?" Avery asked softly.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Hayden smiled lightly. Avery kissed him now as he pulled her into his lap and continued it, her cheeks flushed with a blush but didn't stop. They kept up the making out until Anderson returned fifteen minutes later and blinked at the sight before him.
"Wife said I could hang until quiet hours." Anderson mentioned, Hayden broke the kiss with Avery and motioned for him to come sit down around the fire. "Brought the the guitar, thought we could do some songs. Why don't you lead off, Haddock. You're always good with that shit," Anderson offered it to him.
"I don't sing." Hayden remarked.
"Bull. Theo showed me the video when you and the others snuck off base, should'a called me. Would'a joined in." Anderson chuckled out softly.
"Please Hayden, I love your voice..." Avery said with gentle eyes.
"Fine," Hayden sat up as Avery got off him while he took the guitar carefully and set it up on his knee while trying to think of something to use.
"Hey, how about the one you wrote? The one after the first tour ended?" Theo suggested.
"Not really campfire worthy, kind'a depressing, Theo..." Hayden mentioned.
"So what, got a better idea?" Theo offered now.
"I suppose not. Alright then..." Hayden began to play the notes as his eyes closed. (Insert song: I Just Came Back From A War by Daryl Worley), when he finished the song he just sighed.
"You wrote that?" Ethan asked.
"Yep, after the first tour when I was stationed at Fort Dreki..." Hayden nodded, he checked his watch then handed the guitar back to Anderson as he got up-he finished the rest of his beer, and tossed the bottle into the garbage. "I'm going to bed." he stated firmly then kissed Avery's forehead and entered the camper.
"Feeling like I should talk to him..." Anderson mentioned.
"I got it, Anderson. Thank you though." Avery smiled as she went into the camper after him.
(Inside the RV)
Avery checked the the bed area and didn't see him there, she noticed the bathroom door was shut and assumed he was in there. Avery grabbed two bottles of beer from the fridge and set them up on the small camper table, after a minute-Hayden came out of the bathroom and looked at her. "You tired too?" Hayden asked her.
"I know you're not tired, Hayden. It's not even 9:30pm yet but I could tell you wanted to break away from the group to sit in here and think by yourself. Thought I'd offer you some company, maybe you tell me what's wrong over a beer?" Avery offered lightly to him, motioning to the seat on the couch beside her.
"I've had eight beers, and two shots. You sure a ninth beer is a good idea?" Hayden inquired.
"It's not like we're driving anywhere tonight, come on. Talk to me." Avery smiled. Hayden shrugged as he sat down beside her and cracked both tops off of their beers and took a long drink from his-Avery just sipped a little from hers.
"I'm not a hero, Avery...And I'm sick of being called one..." Hayden sighed.
"You ended the war babe, that's pretty big." Avery tried.
"Because I was beyond enraged when you got stabbed for my sake...The gave up because they don't wanna deal with Alpha Toothless or that many dragons again..." Hayden closed his eyes. "It doesn't make me a hero."
"The more you say you aren't the more it makes you one because denying something that is true makes you humble. You know deep down, it feels good to know that war is over and you're home now." Avery said putting her hand on his shoulder as he looked over at her. "Let them call them what they believe you are and you just be you, regular old Hayden Haddock." Avery added gently.
"I'm not sure I know who he is anymore...I'm not who I used to be, Avery," Hayden looked away from her as he stood up to walk away but she grabbed his hand and stood up with him to stop him.
"Then I'll tell you. Hayden Haddock is a kind, caring, gentle man with a heart of gold. He's loyal, selfless, courageous, strong, smart-although a sarcastic little shit sometimes, and above all...he's got a smile that sets my heart, body, and soul on fire. And if you had changed at all, then you wouldn't be able to make me this happy. You're still you, Hayden. And I still love you as much as the day I kissed your cheek before you left that day," Avery leaned in and kissed him softly.
"I love you too." Hayden said as he deepened the kiss more with her, she melted into it as his arms wrapped around her figure-pulling her close to him as their tongues began a battle for dominance.
(So, lemon warning below)
Hayden felt his body set ablaze during the kiss, his hands roamed her body until he reached the bottom of her shirt and pulled it up and over her head-she didn't fight him as the kiss continued while he got his own off and pressed their bodies closer together. Hayden lifted her up as her arms wrapped around his neck, her legs around his waist as he pressed her back against the camper wall then continued moving until they reached their bed where he laid her down and kept himself on top of her. Hayden deepened the kisses more passionately, fierce, and rough but he didn't hear any complaints from her so he kept going. Hayden lifted her slightly to get her bra off, once the article of clothing was removed-he tossed it carelessly out of his way and his hands rested on her breasts to massage them while his kissed moved to her neck-this made her moan out of course.
"Hayden!" She gasped when she felt his hand unbutton her pants and then pull down the zipper to loosen then. Hayden broke the kiss long enough to pull her pants and underwear down to get the clothes from her body. Avery leaned up to get his lips again as she unbuckled his belt, then unbuttoned the pants and pulled his zipper down to remove his pants from him-now both of them were naked. Hayden's hand slipped down her smooth body to her womanhood and massaged it up and down before teasing her clit to get louder moans from her. Afterwards he slid two fingers within her core and began to finger her fast, her moaning and breathing became erratic. While in the middle of this, Hayden moved his head between her legs to eat her out and lick at her clit which drove Avery mad with pleasure. "Gods, yes..." She moaned out.
He didn't stop, he removed his fingers and moved back up to kiss her-while Avery's hand moved lower to stroke his hardened length making him groan and pant. No more than five minutes later, both lost in pleasure, lust, and complete intoxication-Hayden was over her with her legs spread apart while his length was positioned at her entrance. Hayden kissed her deeply as he pushed fast and deep inside her, Avery cringed hard while her nails dug into his arms. Hayden hissed as he sat back on his knees and lifted her legs up with his arms and began thrusting hard and fast within her, her whimpers returned to moans and he began as well. Hayden's thrusts were deep, fast, hard and Avery didn't care. Neither of them did. The bed sheets were a mess, all over the place-as were the pillows.
There was no time keeping of their drunken stupor sex, it was just a few position changes, and a lot of moaning and panting. At some point, neither could hold on anymore as Hayden was about to finish and so was Avery. He was laying over her using his arms as an anchor to keep his thrusts the ways she seemed to be enjoying them. Her nails dug into his back hard leading scratch marks-and some slightly bleeding as she arched and moaned out loudly, Hayden gave only a few powerful thrusts before he groaned out in pleasure and released within her core. Hayden lowered himself more to lay there, he kissed her before pulling out and laying beside her. Both laid there, panting a few minutes then blackness took over.
(End lemon)
When the lights of morning crept into the camper windows of their room she began to wake her up. She had a splitting headache, felt sick to her stomach, and was completely naked and sore as shit. She brought a hand to her head as she opened her eyes and looked at herself. She was naked. Completely naked. Anytime her and Hayden messed around she usually always put a shirt and underwear in. Glancing over to her sleeping boyfriend, he was still naked too. Something wasn't right here. Both of them always remembered to get dressed before going to sleep, did they mess around last night? Last thing she remembered was talking to him, then it was nothing but a blur. Avery rubbed her eyes as she looked around more clearly: clothes, theirs specifically were strewn about haphazardly around the room. She saw Hayden's back and saw the scratches there, the marks on his arms too. Had she done that? What...the hell had they done last night?
She saw Hayden knocked out peacefully still, she checked his watch which showed her the time was 10am. It was that late already? She was sore and looked over her body slowly until she reached between her legs and realized how sore that was and moving the blanket she gasped with wide eyes. There was blood. There was...blood between her legs, and on the sheets. She wasn't due for her period, it was always irregular too but regardless. She hadn't had any symptoms of getting her period. She tried to think back: they had been drinking, talking, then they started kissing-he took her shirt off, then his own, they hit the bed and it was a blur from there. She began to pant with worry as it became more clear that they might have had sex. Nervous and scared, she reached over and put her hand on his shoulder. "Hay-Hayden?..." She asked. He didn't make a sound so she shook him harder. "Hayden! Hayden, wake up..." Avery said to him.
Slowly Hayden moved a bit as he groaned and turned his head to see her sitting there, "What is it babe? It's only," he checked his watched, "10am...Shit, it's ten already?" now he saw her worried face and pushed himself up more, "Avery, what's wrong?"
"Hayden...what...happened last night?" Avery asked.
"Campfire, drinking-a lot of it, talking to you and...crashing here on bed? I don't know, kind of a blur to me babe. Why?" Hayden asked now.
"Because we're both naked...you're back is covered in scratches. I'm...really sore down there," She motioned to her womanhood as Hayden's eyes began to widen, "and there's dried blood between my legs and...on the sheets. I didn't...get my period..." Avery whimpered a bit as Hayden sat straight up in bed now.
"Avery," He began slowly, "Just what the hell are you saying to me right now?" he asked.
"Hayden I-I think we had sex last night when we were drunk..." Avery replied, Hayden's eyes went wider at the words. He'd feared that would be the answer and now it was. Nothing else made sense, they couldn't remember what happened after talking over a beer. He couldn't even find words to speak at the moment, he got out of bed-slipped on his boxers and pants, located a shirt and left the bedroom area in a hurry. Hayden made it outside to see all their friends already up, dressed and relaxing.
"Hey hey, there he is. Finally wake up from your wild night?" Dylan asked. Wild night?
"You two started going at it around 9:45pm, don't think it stopped til 12:30am. Camille stayed in the RV with us, Seth and Theo slept in the tent with TJ and Felix." Ethan chuckled. Hayden gripped his head, so he did have sex with her when they were wasted. Hayden rushed over to Toothless and got on his back.
"Dude, what's wrong?" TJ asked.
"Camille, Jasmine, Rachel, Heather...go make sure Avery is okay..." Hayden said before taking off. He needed to get out of there, he needed to think but he wanted to yell out that he was a fucking idiot for letting it happen. He got drunk, and slept with Avery: the two of them had full blown sex last night while drunk and neither of them could remember a damn thing. Hayden reached Anderson's site and got off Toothless rushing to the pop-up camper set up there, he knocked on the door quickly. Maria answered the door with a smile and saw Hayden there, looking terrified and out of breath.
"Hayden dear, what's wrong?" Maria asked.
"I need...to see Harry, please..." Hayden asked, she nodded stepping aside to let him in. Anderson was already up and beside him.
"Kids, let's go outside and see Toothless...If that's okay with you, Hayden." Maria asked, Hayden just nodded as she left with the two kids.
"Hayden, what's the matter?" Anderson asked quickly.
"I did something really stupid and I didn't know where else to go..." Hayden admitted.
"What...did you do?" Anderson said leading him to the couch to sit down.
"I slept with Avery." Hayden said.
"Don't you sleep with her every-," Anderson started.
"No, Anderson. I SLEPT with her. I had sex with her while we were both drunk out of our minds and I can't remember a thing! I just got woken up to being told we were both naked, she was sore, and there was blood between her legs-and not because of a period. What the fuck do I do...I didn't...want this to happen. I didn't want to have sex with her until we were ready, and certainly not while wasted..." Hayden held his head in frustration, just about on the brink of tears too.
"Hayden, listen to me. I know what happened is upsetting, and scares you but you can't take back what happened. How's Avery taking it?" Anderson asked.
"I don't know...as soon as she said the words 'we had sex last night' I was gone on Toothless. I just...freaked out and...I don't even know if I can face her after this..." Hayden said with his head on the table.
Anderson sighed, "Was it protected?"
"It was drunk sex, Anderson...What the hell do you think? No, it wasn't. Why the fuck do you think I'm freaking out this bad? Gods, what if I got her pregnant..." Hayden buried his face in his hands. Anderson patted his shoulder now.
"I know this isn't going to be what you want to hear, but you need to hear it. I understand you're scared and worried, probably mad at yourself but you have to think who else is a factor in this: Avery. She woke up just as scared and shocked as you did, and you left her there while you escaped to me. It was drunk sex, both of you were drunk and it happened. You can't take it back now. But what you do need to do is go back there and talk to her about it. Drunk sex can be incredibly long and rough, and I can tell from your arms that she did a number on you but did you check to make sure you didn't hurt her?" Hayden's eyes widened.
"Oh Gods...I'm such an idiot!" Hayden said.
"Go talk to her, make sure she is alright and then sit down and talk about things. You'll probably start recalling things as you wake up more and talk about it. And if you're worried she's pregnant, have her take a test in a few weeks. Then you'll know for sure. But you can't hide out here, it's like war brother...You can't run from it, hide from it, you have to face it. And if you're freaking out this bad, imagine how she feels right now with you taking off. She probably blames herself...Go back and talk to her okay? I'm sure it will work out." Anderson told him.
"I hope you're right..." Hayden said as he took a few more minutes to get himself back together, Anderson was right. He bailed on Avery and that wasn't fair to her. Hayden exited the camper and got back on Toothless then took to the sky getting back to his site, the others just stared confused or in shock. Hayden ignored it as he made his way to the RV door and walked inside seeing the girls with Avery at the table. "Can you give us a few minutes?" They nodded and left the RV, leaving only Hayden and Avery there looking at one another. Hayden took a deep breath and moved closer to her, he just prayed this talk went okay. That's all he wanted right now, was to get through this talk and have things be okay again.
