The Edge

Pairing; Toothless X Hiccup

Setting; Modern AU

Rating; M for Mature

Disclaimer; I do not own the HTTYD or any of the music that is used. Everything belongs to its original creator/artist!

7: Agreement Over

=Harvey's POV=

[Thursday, January 26th, 2012-Harvey's Apartment-7 pm]

It's been about two weeks since I found Trayden getting pummeled at the delivery entrance, then lied to help him get a job. Yeah, I felt a little bad about lying to Andrew, but I could feel that Trayden just wanted to get back on his feet. After that morning, I got Trayden three waist aprons and Dragon's Cove t-shirts. I told Trayden he could wear jeans as long as they were blue and had no holes in them. I brought Trayden upstairs to my apartment and told him he could stay with me. Trayden promised he would pay me back somehow and would only stay until he had some money to get a cheap hotel room or something. I told him not to worry about it, kindness was in my nature. Most of that morning, I showed Trayden around my place and said he could use the couch because it pulled out into a bed. I went on to sit him down and explain how the job worked. Trayden said he was nervous because he'd never had a job before and I said he'd be okay, that he had me there to help him.

I ended up and going out and getting him a pack of disposable razors, can of shaving cream, a deodorant stick, a hairbrush, comb, and new toothbrush. It wasn't like it cost me a lot, I went to the dollar store. I told Trayden he could pay me back later on. The remainder of the day, we ended up talking after he took a shower and shaved. I learned a lot about his past; that mother neglected him, and his father abused him. When the father discovered Trayden was bisexual, he kicked Trayden out and then for the last four years, Trayden has been trying to get back on his feet and find a job because he wanted to work. However, because he was homeless, no one gave him a chance. I suppose I sensed that and that's why I lied to Andrew about who Trayden was to me. Hey, it wasn't a complete lie. I told Trayden before Andrew arrived that I was his friend, and I was. I couldn't imagine what Trayden was going through, but having a friend might help him feel a bit better. So, I was happy to be that friend.

Later that day, we went back down to the bar so Trayden could get his paperwork filled out and then set him up in the timeclock system. Thankfully, Trayden had his ID, birth certificate, and social security card. Continuing into the night, I had Trayden with me while I worked. Andrew put me in charge of training him. I took the lead to show up him he would be doing it. From 4 to 7 pm, it was kind of calm and then started getting busier. I told Trayden not to panic because this was the best time. At the end of the night, I split my tips with him because he had been helping me with my tables by carrying drinks or food. Trayden was polite to all the customers, and could keep up with me; Tray definitely earned half the tips made that night. I was sure the total number had been $160, so we both got $80 out of it. Trayden was surprised I shared with him because he remembered what Andrew said about whatever tips the server made, they kept.

I explained that because he worked alongside me, he earned half of what was made and that's why I split the tips in half. On Saturday, I took the lead for a bit and then let Trayden do a few on his own with me watching to see how he did. Trayden did everything he was supposed to, and then I backed off to do a couple songs on stage while Trayden worked. Sunday was the last day he was my trainee; it would have been Saturday, but Sunday, we got slammed, and Andy thought it might not be a good idea to leave him by himself, which was all right by me. Sunday was bad, and I was glad to be off today, of course, Tray was out opening a bank account, getting a cell phone, and a few other things since we helped open the bar this morning when one of the openers called out being sick. I made Tray a key to the apartment; told him if he needed anything after he moved to come see me and the door was always open.

It was 7 pm now, I was bored, and Tray was still out. I wasn't sure when he'd be back, but he said not to wait up for him, and he'd text me when he was on his way; I'd given him my number before he left in case he needed a ride or something. I wonder what Ashley was up to tonight, it's been a while since we did anything together. I reached for my mobile and found her contact ID, then called her.

"Hey, Harvey," Ashley greeted.

"Hey. What are you doing right now?" I asked her. If we wanted a casual conversation, we would text. However, if either of us wanted to hook up, we called and got right to the point.

"Homework, about to take a break from it before I get a headache. You?" Ashley replied.

"Nothing. I'm bored, and it's my off night. Wanna come over and have sex? Gives you a break and cures my boredom?" I questioned.

"I'll be there in fifteen minutes," Ashley answered.

"Door is unlocked," I informed.

"Got it," Ashley said, and then the call ended. As I said, we had no shame in the fact we hooked up to have sex. We weren't hurting anybody by doing it, moreover because no one knew. I put my phone down and relaxed on the couch.

[Fifteen Minutes Later]

I heard footsteps coming up the stairs and opened my eyes to glance at the door, it opened revealing Ashley standing there with a smile on her face as she took her coat off. Ashley was wearing a long sleeve, deep V-cut red shirt, black leggings, light brown, fur-laced snow boots, which she took off after coming in and closing the door.

"Hey," I greeted.

"Hey, yourself. We only have time for a quickie, the homework I was doing is part of my midterm," Ashley said. I stood up and approached with a grin as she did the same. I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her roughly, she breathed out after I backed her against the door and reached with my hand to flip the lock. My kisses moved to her neck, and she moaned while putting her hands on my shoulders. "Ah, Harvey," she bit her bottom lip.

~HarveyXAshley Lemon; Start~

=Normal POV=

Harvey wasted no time moving his hands to Ashley's breasts and massaging them even though she still had her shirt and bra on, Ashley moaned out as Harvey kissed her again, and she returned it. Harvey hooked his arms under her legs and lifted her up, so her legs were around his waist, Ashley squealed at the action but smiled nevertheless. Harvey kissed her again as she locked her arms around his shoulders and kissed him back.

"Bedroom?" Harvey asked, and Ashley nodded to him. Harvey carried her right to his room, then used his foot to shut the door as he collapsed on the bed with her under him.

"Wow, never seen you this eager before," Ashley remarked as he slid shirt up along with her bra, then placed his hands on her breasts and massaged them again, Ashley moaned out.

"It's been a stressful week with work," Harvey admitted.

"Same here with school. I guess it's a good thing we have this arrangement then; we use each other for stress relief," Ashley giggled as Harvey got lower and licked at left nipple while rolling the right between his fingers. Ashley bucked her hips into Harvey's.

"I was pretty sure that's what friends with benefits do, Ash. Agree to be friends with sexual aspects included because neither of us like anybody but still want to get off now and then," Harvey stated as Ashley reached for his shirt and pulled it up and over his head, then down his arms before tossing it to the side carelessly. Harvey hooked his fingers on her leggings and pulled them down with Ashley's underwear until they were off her body. Harvey stood up as Ashley sat up on the edge of the bed and unhooked the buckle on his waist, then unbuttoned his jeans and pulled the zipper down. Ashley yanked his pants and boxers down in one motion as Harvey climbed out of them when they were at his ankles.

"Just a quickie, Harvey," Ashley reminded. "Heather thinks I went out to get something to eat,"

"Yeah, yeah. I know, Ash," Harvey replied as he reached into his nightstand drawer and grabbed one of the condoms from the box; he tore off the top of the wrapper and pulled it out, then placed it over his hardened length. Harvey pulled Ashley closer to him and rolled her over onto her stomach as she propped herself up on her hands and knees. Harvey held himself and kept one hand on her hips as he pushed in slowly. Once he was in all the way, he placed a kiss on the middle of her back. "I'm assuming you want it hard and fast?"

"You know what I like," Ashley challenged. Harvey shook his head with a smile as he gripped her hips and started thrusting hard, deep, and fast into her. "Ah, Gods, yes!" she moaned out.

"You're lucky this place is sound-proofed, and the bar is too loud for anyone to hear you," Harvey told her. Ashley didn't respond at all other than moaning. Harvey kept his thrusts the way she loved them; fast and hard but it would both bring them to orgasm quicker. After all, it was only supposed to be a quick fuck between them so Ashley could get back before Heather started wondering what took Ashley so much time to grab a bite to eat, and then return to the University-especially because the Heather knew you didn't need to leave campus to get food. If Heather showed up in the cafeteria, Ashley wouldn't be there.

"Mm, Harvey! Don't stop," Ashley told him.

"You know I won't," Harvey responded. The first ten minutes was spent with both of them in the doggy style position, and then Harvey pulled out and flipped Ashley onto her back while pushing her knees to her chest by holding her thighs. "You ready?" he panted as he felt his release draw closer.

"I…am. F-Fuck, it's so good," Ashley breathed slowly. The two of them had been going at it for twenty minutes and were ready to cum. Ashley's walls tightened around Harvey's cock as both of them released moments later. Harvey let go of Ashley's legs as he laid on top of her, kissing her lips once as they rode out their orgasms. Harvey pulled out and tossed the condom in the garbage can, then let Ashley clean herself off before he did him.

~HarveyXAshley Lemon; End~

After the two of them got dressed, Harvey opened his bedroom door as the two were smiling and laughing a bit as he led her to the door where she got her boots back on, then put her purse strap over her shoulder while digging out her keys.

"So, I'll call you or vice-versa?" Harvey asked.

"Like always. Thanks, Harv. It was fun, as always," Ashley kissed his cheek as she unlocked the door, opening it, then started down the stairs as Harvey just shook his head and closed the door, then went to sit on the couch. Harvey checked his phone to see a text from the number; 298-014-9092. Harvey opened the screen and read it over to find it was from Trayden; Hey, finally got the cell activated. Here's the #. Be there in 15! -Tray. Harvey checked the time stamp and saw that Tray sent that message ten minutes ago, so thankfully he and Ashley finished, and she had left because Tray would be back in about five minutes. Harvey decided to take a shower after replying with; K. I'm hittin' the shower -Harv. After sending it, Harvey put his phone face down and then move to the bathroom for a shower.

[A Month Later; Sunday, February 14th, 2012]

It was another day that Harvey was bored, at least until work started at 4 pm. Trayden was now living in a motel room two blocks down and across the street for $45 a night. It wasn't much, but it had a bathroom, dresser, bed, refrigerator, and microwave. Trayden's mail came to Harvey's apartment, it was just easier since they saw one another at work, and Harvey could give it to him then. Sometimes, Harvey had Tray over so they could hang out; they had become good friends in the last month. However, today's all over silence was just annoying since it was Valentines Day and a lot of couples were going out, or the singles would be at the bar hoping to get lucky. Harvey considered calling Ashley over for a little fun. Shockingly, as he went to phone her, a call came through from Ashley to him.

"Well, isn't that perfect timing," he mentioned to himself as he answered the phone and placed it to his ear. "You know, I was just about to call and ask if you wanted to hook up,"Harvey chuckled. However, he didn't hear her laughing back.

"I'm not in the mood, Harv," Ashley's quick response came. Harvey stopped now, why was she being so snappy?

"Well, alright then. Um, was there a reason you called if it wasn't to hook up?" Harvey asked.

"Can I come over?" Ashley inquired. Okay, Harvey was confused.

"Uh, I thought you just said you didn't want to?" Harvey replied.

"I said I wasn't in the mood to do what we usually do, but can I still come over? I need to talk to you, and I prefer that it not be done over the phone," Ashley remarked.

"Um, sure. Yeah, you can come over. Doors unlocked," Harvey said.

"Good. I'll be there in ten," After that, Ashley ended the call before Harvey could respond, which left him puzzled and perhaps a bit worried. Ten minutes passed as the door opened and Ashley walked in, and then closed the door behind her. Right away, Harvey could tell that something was wrong.

"Hey, what's going on? Is everything okay?" Harvey asked her. Ashley sighed as she sat down beside him, fidgeting with her fingers and not making eye contact. Harvey saw her bit her bottom lip, then take a deep breath before looking at him.

"Harvey, we might have a problem," Ashley said.

"Define problem? Does someone know we've been hooking up to get off?" Harvey inquired as he figured that could be their only issue, especially if it were one of their friends.

"Problem as in my period is late," Ashley informed. "It was due yesterday,"

"Ash, why are you worried about that? I use condoms, and you have your birth control," Harvey reminded.

"You condom broke when we had sex on the 26th of January, Harvey. You told me that when you took the trash out and saw it was leaking. We laughed because we made a joke that it's a good thing I have the IUD in my arm," Ashley said.

"Not seeing the problem," Harvey pointed out.

"Harvey, I went to the doctors yesterday, when I was supposed to get my period, so they could put a new IUD in. However, the nurse informed me that my birth control insert date was wrong and it expired at the beginning of January," Ashley stated as Harvey's eyes widened a little. "I get my period on time every month, Harv. You know I do. Do you fucking see why it's a problem now? My period is late, Harvey after we had unprotected sex!" Ashley got upset at him and then started crying.

Harvey understood what she was worried about now; being pregnant. Harvey didn't know how to take the news that Ashley might be pregnant with his child because of a condom failure and the doctors marking Ashley's birth control date wrong, making her think she was protected when she wasn't. If Ashley was pregnant, everyone would want to know who the father was; him, and then they'd want to know how it happened because no one knew they were having sex. Harvey didn't know what to do, he was now just as worried as she was.

"Okay, okay, just relax, Ashley. Maybe it's nothing. Have you taken a pregnancy test? I mean the body changes all the time and perhaps your period is just changing a bit. I don't know, I didn't pay much attention in health class, to be frank," Harvey tried to soothe her. Ashley sniffled a few times as Harvey got a tissue from the box.

"I-I'm sorry. I didn't…mean to yell at you, I'm just worried about this," Ashley said with her hands on her lap after blowing her nose. "I haven't taken a pregnancy test, I wanted to talk to you first so you'd know what was going on,"

"Well, I appreciate that, but for the love of Thor, don't give me a heart attack unless you know for sure. Either way, let's calm down and figure this out. My condom broke, your birth control was expired. That doesn't mean you got knocked up. There are…millions of reasons why your period could be late; medical something or other, maybe you're stressed out at school? I don't know, but how about we just relax and give it a few days alright. You're only one day late, if it hits five, you can take a test and then we'll go from there, okay?" Harvey suggested while rubbing her back.

"All right, I'll give it a few more days. Just promise me that if it is something, you'll be with me for it?" Ashley asked him.

"Of course, I will. Why don't you head back to the University and get some rest, okay? Storm called out sick, and I'm doing her shift for her, so I gotta get showered up and ready for work anyway. If your period doesn't come by Monday, let me know, and we'll take the next step," Harvey told her. Ashley nodded as she leaned her head on his shoulder and took a deep breath.

"Thanks for being so understanding, Harvey," Ashley said.

"That's why we're best friends," Harvey smiled. Ashley kissed his cheek and then got up, exiting the apartment. Harvey flopped back on the couch; now until he heard from Ashley, he had to worry about her being pregnant with his child. Gods help him.

[Three Days Later]

It was now Saturday the 16th, and Harvey was preparing to leave for work when he got a knock on his door. Confused as to who it could be, Harvey walked over and opened it to see Ashley standing there.

"Hey, I'm, uh, about to go downstairs to work. Is…everything okay?" Harvey asked her.

"I got it," Ashley told him quietly. It took Harvey a minute to figure out that Ashley meant she got her period. "Came this morning," she added.

"That's…great. So, you're not pregnant, and we don't have to worry," Harvey said with a smile. "Though, you could have called and told me all this, so…what's with the visit?" he inquired.

"Harvey, I'm backing out of our agreement to be friends with benefits. And it's nothing you did, but we said we'd stop if either one of us ended up liking someone else and wanted a relationship. Zack Holt, that guy I was into last year, well, he asked me to be his girlfriend and…I said yes after realizing I wasn't pregnant. I really like him, and I want to see where it goes. I-If that's…okay?" Ashley informed.

Harvey was a bit surprised by her words, and yet he couldn't be upset. That was their agreement; to hook up and get off whether by foreplay or sex until one of them started liking someone else and wanted to pursue a relationship. Ashley wanted this Zack guy, and how could Harvey stand in the way of that, especially if it turned out to be something that went somewhere. Harvey smiled at her.

"It's fine with me, Ash. I'm not mad, and I hope things work out for you. If not, well, you can always have me again," Harvey laughed a little and Ashley smiled. The two of them hugged then stepped away from one another.

"I will keep that in mind, Harvey. And thank you for being such a good friend to me," Ashley said with a hand on his cheek.

"It's what I do, Milady," Harvey shrugged as she giggled; that was something he always said to her as they were growing up. "Be safe, alright? If you need anything, or he hurts you, let me know, and I'll whip his ass," he reminded. Ashley nodded as she kissed his cheek. "Go on now, I gotta get to work," he motioned.

"Have a good night, Harvey. See you around," Ashley said as she turned and headed down the stairs. Harvey closed the door to finish getting his things ready to leave. Harvey didn't mind that she broke the arrangement, it was part of their deal to let the other one know about changes in their feelings and relationship status. Harvey couldn't be upset about it, he wanted her to be happy. And Harvey knew that if the roles were reversed, Ashley would want the same for him too. Harvey smiled and grabbed his wallet, keys, and cell phone. After that, he left his apartment and went down the stairs to get to work knowing that Ashley was moving on in her life, so he should too now that the arrangement was over.