Life As We Know It

Rated; M for Mature
Pairing; Hiccup & Toothless(Tallon)
Disclaimer; I do not own anything HTTYD-related. Everything belongs to its original creator.

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=Hiccup's POV=
(9/8/2019-6:00 am)
(Archipelago; Isle of Berk)
(Hooligan Village; Great Hall)

I really was happy for Toothless, that he got to see his family after eleven years apart and made up with his father. I couldn't lie, it hurt me a bit to basically be looking in the mirror of when my father said all those things to me when I got engaged to Toothless, only my father's words ended up being lies. Toothless's reactions showed that his father meant what he said, and that is why he was forgiven. The rest of the night in the hall was pretty quiet; I checked on everyone, and the storm. Around 10:15 pm, I finally decided to go to sleep with the promise from some friends and my in-laws now, that it was okay to rest because we'd be in here all night and nothing was going to happen. If it did, they'd wake me. I was grateful to have these people in my life. I know Toothless was up a little later on talking to his dad and siblings; guess they were talking about the abilities thing. I found it astounding, but it meant that the barrier never had anything to do with Toothless's transformations; it was just Toothless's natural born powers and wanting to be able to talk to me as I did with him. The barrier still changed dragons who cross though, this was proven with Sharpshot, so maybe Drake or the others could shed light on that later on.

About now, it's 6 am. I wanted to sleep in more; it had been a long time since I've had to sleep on a floor with only a sleep pad and blanket. My pillow was Toothless's arm after he came to bed around midnight. I didn't really sleep great, but I was Chief, and more than protecting the Hooligans…We had honored guests too, so I couldn't shirk my job duties to make sure everyone was good. I knew some were awake, so I should probably get up and see what's going on with the storm. Hopefully, it was lessening and we'd be getting out of the hall today. I really didn't want to stay another night. I didn't want to stay another hour, but we'd see when I finally check. I shifted a bit, finding Toothless's arms locked around my waist. I smiled some.

"Babe…Babe, let me up…I gotta check the storm, and use the bathroom…" I nudged against him slightly. Reluctantly, after groaning in defiance to release me, I felt his arms loosen as I got free and then kissed him gently on the lips before moving through the room to reach the restroom. It had been an idea I suggested a while back during a visit to install them all over the village; outhouses, or straight bathrooms where more than one person could go at a time with the privacy of stalls. It…Had actually been an idea I gave my dad and was surprised on my next visit to see he followed through on doing. Everyone liked it; easier to not have to go all the way home, or go in the woods, behind some bush or tree. I was trying to bring the modern to the Archipelago, at least a little of it to make life easier. Once I did my business; I returned to the hall, noticing who was awake and not yet. I silently got to the doors to open them a bit and look out. I was not happy with what I saw either.

Still storming and from what I could tell in the early morning light, which you couldn't hardly tell with the dark clouds and white out snowstorm, wouldn't be lightening up any time this morning, probably not even this afternoon. But I'd still watch it. Sometimes storms seemed awful, but then blew off after a couple hours. Grumbling for the current situation of how it looked at the moment, I closed the door and resealed it shut with the door barricade boards.

"How's it look?" I jumped at the sound of Toothless's voice behind me, I whipped around and panted from being scared.

"What have I told you about sneaking up on me like that? One of these days you'll give me a heart attack!" I scolded. Toothless chuckled a little and pulled me into a hug.

"Aw, I'm sorry, love." Toothless nuzzled my cheek as I sighed and hugged him back.

"It's still pretty bad. We're definitely in here until the storm lightens, stops, or moves off. I can't say right now; I can barely see dad's house right next to the hall. The temperature is dropping still, but all I can do is watch through the day and see what happens. For now…I'm gonna say we're in for the day, and possibly the night again too." I mumbled, showing my disdain about the information.

Toothless held me tightly still. "Come on, it won't be so bad. You could be stuck with just the tribe?" I glared at him. "Okay, okay…Just kidding, babe. Relax a little. Getting upset or angry only makes it worse. Just calm down and think on the bright side."

"Having a really hard time finding one after the past, like, nine weeks that we've been stuck here…So please…Point one out for me?" I asked.

"Well…You have me, and you'll always have me?" Toothless offered. I looked up into his eyes, my head had originally been between his neck and shoulder. I smiled a little and held him tighter as I closed my eyes, letting out a soft breath of contentment.

"And you're always exactly what I need, and want." I told him as he kissed my forehead then pushed me back a bit and caressed my cheek with his thumb.

"I promise everything is going to be okay, babe. We'll deal with this storm and the lock down together, as we've done everything else. A lock down doesn't have to be boring; we could make it fun. You're good at that, riling everyone up for a good time." Toothless reminded.

"I'll…Consider it. But right now, I just want to get through the morning…We'll see how things are around lunch or dinner. As good as you make me feel, I'm still pretty annoyed and hating this entire situation…" I admitted.

"I know, love. But we just have to make the best out of it. You look and sound tired…" Toothless mentioned.

"I am…I didn't sleep great last night, but I'm fine. I can just nap later when the boredom sets in and everyone does the same…I gotta get things going for now…" I sighed.

"I'll help. Where do we start?" Toothless inquired gently.

"Making sure everyone is okay, and getting breakfast going; I'll announce the storm status before everyone eats." I informed. Toothless nodded as we headed back to our spot and then got to work.

. . .

(2:00 pm)

The storm hasn't let up and it's so dark outside that you can hardly tell its daytime at all. The morning went fairly smoothly, no one was happy about the news but understood that we couldn't control the weather. Everyone woke up around 7:30 am, breakfast was ready at 8:30 am and I gave the announcement before everyone ate. The rest of the morning was everyone moseying around to make idle conversation with friends with me watching everything and making rounds to ensure everyone was okay, if there were concerns, or anyone was cold and needed something. It wasn't hard, but there was a lot. It kept me busy as I had more than just the Hooligan Tribe to care for; I also had the visiting Chieftains, their Heirs or Heiresses, and my modern group. So this had me on my feet until about 11:45 pm, and I had to get lunch on at 12 pm, so we could eat it for 1 pm. Lock down meals were not fancy or feast-like. It was all basic stuff that fed a lot. Mainly stew and bread. Fruit was the breakfast choice. It was all we could do as we needed to make it last for the time we're stuck in here.

Everyone was done with eating lunch now, the boredom was already starting to set in. The idle chatter was becoming sarcasm, nitpicking, and eventually I knew it would become arguing and elevate to fighting. It always did because as I remember my dad telling me that Vikings always had something to fight about; if it wasn't with dragons or enemies, it was with one another. I didn't need any fights breaking out as their source of entertainments, so I was silently debating if I should get some kind of music playing; that kept them busy a week ago. I didn't know, I wasn't really in the mood for all that extra when I had so much on my mind. I was sitting on mine and Toothless's makeshift bed watching everything closely. Toothless wasn't far away, but talking with his family and catching up with them after last decade or so. I sighed some and closed my eyes.

"Uncle Hiccup!" My eyes opened as I saw Emma, Keldan, and Colby standing before me. With them was Lilly, Lukas, Sigrid, Askel, and Hagen, but only the younger kids called me uncle. The rest would call be brother.

"Yes?" I replied to them softly. "Everything okay?"

"We're bored!" How did I know that was coming? I knew the adults wouldn't complain, but the kids would very vocally inform me that they wanted something to do during the lock down that was fun.

"Not much I can do, kiddos. Bad storm, can't leave the hall right now." I told them.

"But you know how to have fun…Play a game with us?" Emma hoped.

"Well, we can't play tag because there's no space here to be running around. How about hide and seek?" I suggested. Room full of people, kids hiding everywhere. That should keep them busy for a few rounds.

"Okay!" The kids cheered as I got up, already knowing I'd be counting first.

"Can we play too, Chief Hiccup?" Asked a young voice as I saw some of the village kids under ten approaching nervously.

"Sure, the more the merrier." I nodded. "Do you know how?" They shook their head. "One person counts to ten, the rest all hide. The person who counts looks around for everyone hidden. If you get found, you're out until the next round. If you stay hidden and the seeker gives up, you win. If the seeker finds everyone, they win." I explained.

"Sounds easy, and fun! Are you counting first?" one girl asked as I nodded to her.

"Since there are so many of you…I'll count to twenty. When you hear ready or not, here I come; I'll start searching for people." I informed.

"Alright!" The kids called as I crouched down a bit and covered my eyes with my hands, starting to count to twenty. I heard scurrying around and hushes for others to keep quiet or I'd hear where they were. I only laughed a bit and kept counting. The room seemed to be quiet and watching. No one really knew these games, so I guessed they were trying to watch the outcome.

. . .

(4:00 pm)

We played about five rounds. I was always the one person not found despite how many kids played. So I technically won every game. But it was ruled I lost two of them because Toothless ratted me out to the kids and hinted where I was hiding. One of my best tricks was hiding, so them finding me was impossible if not for the help. I was not happy with my lover for telling, but he said it wouldn't be any fun if I won every round against kids, so he evened it up a little. I guess I couldn't argue it. But now we were back to not doing anything; there was a limit on games we could play, but some of the kids left to take naps anyway and snack a bit. Toothless and I played a few rounds of war and slapjack with the deck of cards in my bag; easy for everyone to see that Toothless might be lovers, but we're extremely competitive with one another too. Everyone was back to being bored and starting to bicker again. The storm wasn't any better, still; I guess I saw and felt where the annoyance was coming from to be locked down. I usually didn't care growing up. I'd find a quiet corner to sit in and draw. I'd already done this for half an hour; I even tried napping, but couldn't sleep.

"Uncle Hiccup!" Brought me from my thoughts.

"I don't want to hear the words I'm Bored again." I replied.

"Okay…We're in need of fun and you're the best at it, so entertain us." Askel snickered.

I shot him an unamused glare. "First of all, you sound like Henrik. Secondly…Watch it, little brother…" Toothless stifled a laugh at how Askel basically reworded the I'm bored to something else. "You are not helping any."

"What, babe? Come on, that was pretty good. And he didn't say I'm bored…" Toothless stated. I crossed my arms over my chest at him. "Alright, alright…You win. I'm on your side. Move it along, kids. It's not Hiccup's job to be a playmate for you; he has the village to tend to."

"But he's the funnest!" Keldan pouted. Okay, how could I be mad at that? I sighed gently and gave a smile to the younger kids.

"What do you want to do?" I asked.

"Well….We were wondering if you'd sing?" Emma said. "Please?"

"I suppose I can do a few before dinner." I gave in.

"YAY!" The children cheered. Gods, what did I just agree to?

"S-So can you do anything from Frozen 2? We watched it on the ride to home before we got pushed back here." Lilly wondered.

"Bit on the high range, but yeah; I can." I nodded. "Let me guess…You want to hear them all, don't you?"

"No…Just Into The Unknown, Show Yourself, Next Right Thing, and maybe All Is Found…" Sigrid giggled.

"Oh, so all of them except Lost In The Woods." I rolled my eyes, but still smiled.

"Yep." the girls demanded.

"Alright, I'll do All Is Found before bed since it's a lullaby. But I'll do the other three, okay?" I offered.

"KAY!" The children suddenly all gathered again in a half circle around me.

"You up for this?' Toothless questioned.

"I'll be fine, baby." I nodded to him as he accepted the answer and relaxed. The room was already quiet, I guess everyone did enjoy when I sang. Oh well, guess it kind of felt like being in Norway again. All I saw was anticipation and smiles.

. . .

=Normal POV=

Hiccup decided to hook his computer up the projector again as it stayed all hooked up from the last party. His laptop had a full charge, and the generator still worked as it worked on gas, and a battery that was charged up on it when it used solar and lunar power.

"Okay, ready?" Hiccup asked the group of kids sitting before him. They nodded quickly as Hiccup got the music videos up for each song, and went to start the first one; Into The Unknown. Hiccup let it load and begin. On the cue for lyrics to come, he took a breath before beginning. "I can hear you, but I won't. Some look for trouble while others don't. There's a thousand reasons I should go about my day, and ignore your whispers, which I wish would go away. Oh. Oh…" The music began to pick up. It was Hiccup's voice over the original artists, just so everyone could hear it and him. "You're not a voice. You're just a ringing in my ear and if heard you, which I don't, I'm spoken for I fear. Everyone I've ever loved is here within these walls. I'm sorry secret siren but I'm blocking out your calls! I've had my adventure, I don't need something new. I'm afraid of what I'm risking if I follow you-!"

"Into the unknown! Into the unknown! Into the unknoooown!" Hiccup sang out. The music dropped again, lower and more gentle.

Hiccup took another breath. "What do you want? Because you've been keeping me awake. Are you here to distract me, so I make a big mistake?" A pause as he looked off to the side a bit and Toothless picked up that Hiccup was somewhat relating to the song itself about being stuck in a position where the person felt they'd just mess up. "Or are you someone out there who is a little bit like me…Who knows deep down, I'm not where I'm meant to be?..." Yeah, Hiccup definitely had personal feelings with the song. Sighing gently, Hiccup prepared to continue. "Every day is a little harder, as I feel my power grow…" Shockingly, Hiccup seemed to move his hands like Elsa did in the video, only his revealed fire in his palms as everyone's eyes widened. Hiccup didn't have powers, did he?! "Don't you know that part of me longs to go-!"

"Into the unknown! Into the unknown! Into the unknoooown!" The fire seemed to burst a bit in puffs or streams, but nothing that could do any damage. Toothless only chuckled because he already knew how Hiccup did it. "Oh-oh! Are you out there? Do you know me? Can you feel me? Can you show me?!" He sang, moving his arms and hands to give the fire display in a safe space. "Ah-Ah! Ah-Ah! Ah-Ah. Ah-AH! Where are you going, don't leave me alone…How do I follow you into the unknooooooooown!" The end of the song showed Hiccup in the same position as Elsa; head thrown back and arms out. His hands gave a burst of fire, sparking up like fireworks and then it went out after a moment.

Panting a little, Hiccup fixed his head and smiled. "What?"

"No one knows what to make of your fire powers." Toothless chuckled a bit. "Guess mating a dragon has it's perks, doesn't it?" He snickered. "I mean, besides the amazing se-,"

"TOOTHLESS RASERI!" Hiccup yelled, cutting him off. "If you finish that sentence, I swear to Odin…" He warned.

"What are you gonna do, Chief Hiccup? You can't beat me in a fight…" Toothless teased.

Hiccup folded his arms over his chest. "I'll…I'll train you to behave like a good dragon." He countered.

Toothless leaned in now, making Hiccup flinch at the suddenness of Toothless moving. "Oh, please great dragon master…Train me…" He said in a seductive voice that made Hiccup want to shiver, but he kept himself composed.

"I…You…Ugh, you're impossible you useless reptile. Why did I marry you again?" Hiccup mumbled.

"Because I'm adorable and you love me, you stubborn Viking." Toothless winked. "Also…We're mates…Not married yet. But you still have to live with me the rest of your life, because yanno…The whole Mating Bond thing that dad explained last week." Toothless shrugged with a smile.

"Adorable indeed. And yes I do love you…But could you keep our private affairs…Private?" Hiccup asked, not wanting to deal with anyone's looks or questions.

"As you wish, love." Toothless agreed, sneaking a kiss to his lips and effectively making him drop his guard and blush intently.

"For anyone wondering…No, Toothless and I mating did not give me the ability to manipulate fire…It's just another one of my inventions…" Hiccup clarified.

"Badass invention…" Brynjar grinned. "You can't even tell it's just for show…"

"That was the entire point." Hiccup said. "Now…Onto the next song?" He asked the kids, who nodded their heads wildly, still entranced by the fire Hiccup displayed.