Post Httyd 3

Hiccup sat on the cliff, close to where the great hall would be looking out over the sea. The day had been busy. Setting up where things would go. It was slower without the dragons but the villagers had gotten a lot started with the dragons in the days before. Hiccup looked down over the village. Most of the people were cooking dinner, as the sun setting. He still couldn't believe that all this was on his shoulders. Feeling like his dad could come and place his hand on his shoulder, to give him words of wisdom. So when a hand did land on his shoulder he jumped a little. However this hand belonged to the gorgeous blonde warrior that had held his heart for most of his life.

"You doing ok?" she asked as she sat down beside him. Her head on his shoulder.

"I'm doing ok."

"Mhmm."

"Ok well I haven't really had time to think about it all. All day has been planning, gathering and delegating. You know all the stuff I've dreamed of doing and enjoyed this last year." He said sarcastically, " I've been thinking about my dad a lot lately."

"What about?"

"Just some the things he taught me, that I didn't even realize. Like when I was five or six I had gotten up to get a glass of water and found him crying. He caught me before I could go back up to bed and I asked him if he was going to get us a new mom. He told me that he didn't want another, mom was the only one for him." He kissed her head, " Dad told me that loving someone also means accepting loss."

"I'm going to miss them. I got so used to having Stormfly around. Especially in battle, I mean I didn't rely on her as much as others depended on their dragons in a fight but…"

"I know." He pulled her closer. "You'll have your work cut out for you General."

"So do you Chief."

"That still sounds so weird. There was a part of me that thought my dad would live long enough for me to get the exploration out of my system. I knew I wouldn't avoid it forever." He sighed, " You know Gobber told me when Dad was taken by Dagur that he'd had a rough time when he took over the tribe. When you told me you were going the Berk Guard, I thought about that. I actually was going to ask my dad to start training me that say Johan appeared and told us about Dagur's escape."

Astrid jerked up, "What!?"

"You told me to start thinking about the future."

"I'm just trying to make sure I heard you right. You.. the king of avoiding, actually were going to volunteer to be chief in training?"

"Yeah, everyone had their thing. I figured since there wasn't anyone to go with and we had been everywhere in reasonable flight, my chances of new discoveries were done. I might as well settle and learn from my dad. Get the chance he didn't have by having the guidance of the chief before. Sometimes I wish we hadn't gone to the Edge; though we did learn a lot."

"We did. Actually it was a perfect learning experience for where we are now actually."

"How is that?"

"You didn't have your dad to lean on while you got everyone to build the most effective base. You got everyone what they wanted in a way that benefited everyone…. including yourself."

"How is that?"

"You put my hut close to yours for one and don't tell me it was just for planning purposes." She laughed as he rubbed the back of his neck. "That had me wondering for weeks if you'd gotten the courage to make a move."

"Yeah well… speaking of homes." He looked at her, " I was thinking of putting mine… well ours here. That is if you still want to marry me."

"Hiccup, you know I love you. I was just…..trying to keep somethings the same I guess. I mean when we got engaged we were exploring, fighting dragon hunters and there was just time. When we got back to Berk, everyone expected a wedding date but for the most part you were out doing something. Then Drago came into the picture and I screwed up. Then you had to figure out how to run everything, grieve and get to know your mom. I had to figure out my role and I still really don't know it besides what I've always done."

He pulled her onto his lap, "You are the strong, beautiful, amazing, shield maiden I've been in love with most of my life. As far as our relationship goes the only difference is that we get to live together. We will always be a team. Instead of The Edge we will be running this together." He kissed her, "You didn't screw up. I did. But," He cut her off with another kiss before she could cut him off "That's not something we can change. We can only move forward."

"You sounded like your dad there."

"It does happen occasionally."

"I think this is a perfect spot for our home. I want our room facing this way, looking over the sky."

"Anything milady requires."

"Eret already got started on your father's statue in front of the great hall."

"Good." He paused thinking for a bit, "Let's get married there. As soon as we are secure and ready for winter."

"That's a lot of work. I don't know if there will be enough time."

"Our people can do it, especially with everyone already listening to Gobber's predictions."

"What predictions?" she asked with a cautious tone.

"You know maybe I shouldn't tell you till Gobber has handed the blacksmithing off to someone else."

Narrowing her eyes at him she punched his shoulder, "Hiccup Haddock you tell me right now."

"Nope." He lifted her up and unceremoniously dropped her on the ground. Quickly getting up and running for the forest. He heard her gasp followed by her battle cry before he heard her footsteps. He hurried further in and ducked left behind some trees, ducking low until she was close. She was just about to pass him when he moved in behind her. Placing a hand over her mouth and around her arms he whispered, "I think we both have enough bruises from today. Think you could hold off on the violence?" She nodded, so he slowly moved his hand away from her mouth. He pulled her with him back into the thick trees. Placing her against a tree he kissed her, as her arms wrapped around his shoulders, bringing him closer. She melted into him, giving him the control on how far this would go. He grabbed behind her knees lifting her up and she placed her legs around his waist. He pulled away a little only to be pulled back in by her hand on his neck. He chuckled.

"This is funny?" She breathed.

"Just laughing because your proving Gobber right."

Her eyes widened and she shoved him away. " You are thinking about GOBBER." She punched him in the stomach, "I'm going home." She turned and stomped off threw the trees.

"You don't want to know what he is spreading around already?" He smirked as she stopped. He had peaked her curiosity and it had broken through her anger. She glared over her shoulder at him.

"What is he saying?"

"You sure you want to know?"

"Hiccup if you keep teasing me your shoulder will be the least of your problems."

Hiccup put up his hands, "He says that you will be all over me once we are married," he paused watching the emotions play across her face, "Meaning there will be an heir soon."

That did it.

She took off threw the woods screaming, "GOBBER!"