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

65; After Party

Hayden was pretty impressed with himself for giving the speech he did but that wasn't all he had planned tonight, he promised Theo the speech would be clean, he never said the videos would be. That's right, Hayden spoke to the original Strike One families to get access to his former friend's videos of their times in Afghanistan and Iraq the first time in order to show that they all knew how to have a good time when they weren't fighting. Hayden had been working on it for a week and now that he'd given the nice speech, it was time to show Theo and everyone there why they were the best of friends and Strike One was an elite group of soldiers and friends. Hayden broke from the hug as he grinned now. "Well now, I think it's time for a little trip down memory lane my friend," Theo's eyes widened now.

"You swore the speech was clean!" Theo exclaimed.

"And I never break a promise, however..." Hayden smirked as Theo gulped, "I never said the video was,"

"You didn't..." Theo started, Hayden looked to Dylan and Ethan rolled in a big TV from the closet as Hayden pulled a DVD from his suit jacket, "You did-you dirty mother fucker..." Theo mumbled.

"Yes I did...I got all the times from the first two tours on DVD when we were chilling in the barracks," Hayden told him as he held Theo back while Dylan popped it in as it started. Hayden got Theo a beer, himself one two as they sat down next to one another while the DVD began. "Fair warning, this is ALL us screwin around on off time between BCT, Afghanistan, and Iraq the first time."

It began with a camera rolling on the bus from behind Hayden's seat, a few watching could see his auburn hair before it had been shaved. They saw Theo move near Hayden now: Hayden woke up to someone shaking him, and he groggily opened his eyes to see a young man about his age sitting beside him with a smile. "Hey, we're about to arrive at the camp. Thought I'd wake you." Theo offered.

"Thanks..." Hayden replied sitting up and cracking his neck then rubbing his eyes, once opened he saw a hand out to him.

"Theodore Holgerson. Theo for short," he introduced himself. Hayden shook his hand.

"Hayden 'Hiccup' Haddock, and for the love of Odin-don't ask about the middle name..." Hayden smiled back at him. The bus jolted to a halt and the engine turned off then everyone on the bus got up and prepared to get off...but a man in uniform got on first.

"Alright, you maggots! You are to file off this bus, grab your bag and report to the main building directly ahead of you. There is to be no talking! Now move out! Hustle, Hustle, Hustle!" the man ordered as he stepped back and sure enough they all filed off, grabbed their bags and hustled as fast as they could to the main building.

A few people laughed, Hayden wasn't joking when he said it was tough and started as soon as they arrived. The shot changed to them getting to the barrack, a phone clearly set up at the edge of someone's bed showed the shots of Hayden getting scolded by the Drill Sergeant: The DS stopped right in front of Hayden and took a deep breath, "What is your name, maggot!?"

"Hayden Haddock, Drill Sergeant." he had replied respectfully.

"I don't like my barracks out of place and your blanket is out of place! Do you like mess maggot!?" he screamed as they saw Hayden clench his fist tightly as if to punch DS Ramirez but he held back firmly.

"No, Drill Sergeant!" Hayden yelled back.

"Drop and give me twenty-five, Haddock!" He yelled again as Hayden got down and forced himself to do the push ups. When he had finished, he stood back in position.

"It won't happen again, Drill Sergeant!" Hayden stated firmly. The DS eyed him again then backed up.

"It best not." DS Ramirez huffed and walked away to keep inspecting. Theo glanced Hayden's way and apologized for moving the blanket by accident by saying 'I am so sorry...', Hayden shrugged it off as both cringed when another soldier got yelled at for having their shirt un-tucked.

"Man I'm glad you weren't that much of a jerk to us..." Ethan remarked. The next few scenes were all pranks, a few Hayden and Oivind played on Theo by making him freak out thinking it was a war drill. And of course the good old fashioned ones where there was shaving cream in the palm-only for Theo to smack himself in the face with it while Hayden and the rest of the barrack just laughed their asses off: "You assholes are all gonna get it!"Theo had yelled at them.

"Oh relax, Holgerson, it's just a little fun..."Oivind had chuckled at him, soon Theo just started laughing too as Hayden handed him a towel to wipe it off with.

The next scenes moved to them being in Afghanistan when they met Ritka, Lennox, and Tarelto. Everyone saw how close the boys were on tour, the last one where they were actually all together. Theo actually began to cry a little seeing them all, Hayden fought back his tears, these videos had all been shot by Anderson when he laughed it up watching the boys wrestle around and play pranks on one another. Hayden handed Theo a tissue and rubbed his back, "I miss 'em too bro..." Hayden said to him. The best thing they got to see is when Theo got Hayden back with the shaving cream: it happened when Hayden was exhausted and had crashed on his bed: "WAKE UP, SERGEANT! WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!" Theo yelled, as Hayden smacked himself right in the face while the guys were hooting and hollering that they'd gotten Hayden back finally.

"Oh you fuckers are so dead!" Hayden growled as he jumped off the bad and tackled Theo down, then went for the others while Anderson just giggled like a fool still recording until Hayden turned his attention on him too.

"N-now Haddock...let's calm down-it was just a joke..." Anderson pleaded backing up.

"Run..." Hayden warned, Anderson yelled in fear-tossing the phone to someone else and ran for it as Hayden went after him, caught him and tied him up with Ritka, Lennox, Matthews, Tarelto, and Theo. Hayden tied them in a circle with rope and smirked a little. "You're right, you are under attack-so how you gonna get free with no weapons and no back up and a very hostile soldier who has grenades, guns, knives, and a dragon?" he asked them.

"Pray for mercy from our Sergeant?" Matthews asked.

"Nope you're gonna sit there because you just became my hostages. Unless...someone wants to give up whose idea it was?" Hayden asked.

"It was Ritka!" the group yelled as Ritka paled-gulping.

"Really, you guys gave him up-just like that? Shit, I'd hate being a hostage with you jerks...you'd get my ass killed." Hayden remarked.

Hayden and Theo couldn't help but laugh together, definitely good times. The video went a good twenty minutes, showing the last scenes before Ritka's death occurred in Iraq, another time where they all just laughed it up telling jokes or messing around. There was even a scene where Theo had fallen asleep with Matthew leaning on him. The boys carefully carried them back to the barracks and laid them down, then woke them up in the worst way by using an app to give off gunfire. Matthews screamed like a girl and held onto Theo-then both of them screamed and pushed away from one another. The final thing to show was a small slide show of pictures from Basic with just Theo, Oivind, and Hayden-next was Iraq pictures of just the six guys, then it moved to all the ones in Afghanistan of all of them getting their picture taken after a mission, even Anderson was in that one. It was the last picture on the slide: all of them groups together, kneeling in full gear with their full gear with their guns leaning on their shoulders-all smiling. It cut to one more video piece: "Take a knee boys, you've earned this break for sure. The elite unit of the Winged Defenders Company! You boys are undefeated so you're all going on two week leave!" said Major White from behind the camera. The guys just cheered, ten long months and they finally got leave.

"Hey, before we leave...just wanna say that you guys are friggen awesome and I love you all. Best friends I've ever had," Theo said to them.

"Same goes for me," Matthews nodded.

"Ain't nothing gonna take us down," Tarelto added nodding in agreement.

"Defenders of the Archipelago," Lennox grinned beginning their standard words of wisdom motto now.

"With our guns at the ready..." the others began as well.

"We'll protect what we love together and remain brothers forever!" they all said together with their fists in the air.

"Love you all to. Now lets get home so we can come back and win this shit together. One three guys," Hayden commanded as they all put their hands in. "One. Two. Three..."

"STRIKE ONE!" they all cheered together and hugged tightly.

The DVD froze on that shot of all of them smiling and hugged, everyone could see how much they meant to one another. Theo was actually crying as Hayden hugged him. "They will always be a part of us, Theo...This is my gift to you, memory lane of the original Strike One. Don't worry, I got a copy back home too." Hayden told him.

"You dick...you're the best bro, thank you." Theo said as he wiped his eyes. "Alright, time to liven this party up!" Theo called out. The lights came on and sure enough with the music going, they were partying. It was only around 6:45pm and when parents with children had left the boys just grinned while Hayden pulled out it laptop, opened iTunes and got the secret playlist up that Theo and him created which was filled with songs not suitable for children. Hayden grabbed the mic as he tapped it again.

"Alright assholes, this wedding just went from family friendly to adults only. You don't like it, you got about ten seconds to clear out. We gonna show you how we party military style. Strike One, fall in-cept you, Jasmine and Heather, just the boys!" Hayden called out. Ethan, Dylan, Theo, and Hayden got lined up on the dance floor as they huddled then broke off all heading to the bathrooms, about five minutes later they all came out dressed in their BDU's and line up as Hayden got them all a beer first then stood the center.

"Oh Gods what are they doing?" Avery face-palmed slightly with a sigh.

"Let them be, it's been a while since they could just let loose and have some fun." Olivia giggled as Avery nodded and they just watched as the music began, they heard the music that started they just watched the boys instantly move in sync to the dance-go figure it was the Cotton Eyed Joe, and they did it with the beers in their hands too without spilling a drop. The guests clapped along watching the boys dance, it was pretty interesting and they were pretty good too. After doing that they moved in doing the Cupid Shuffle, Electric Slide, and the Cha-Cha Slide.

"Never thought they'd be so good at it." Rachel laughed with Avery.

"Right? Woo! Come on boys, show us some more!" Heather cheered.

"You want more eh? Should we give them a show?" Hayden asked the three beside him.

"Let's do it!" They cheered.

"Alright ladies, you want more? I don't think you do! Let's hear it!" Hayden called out to them. They cheered louder, practically screamed out having all moved towards the front row. "That's more like it," Hayden chuckled as he switched the song. "Let's hit boys, grab your girls." Hayden told them, they nodded as they went over to their girls: Avery, Olivia, Camille, and Rachel as they pulled them up then dragged over their chairs and set them up backs to back and then let the girls sit down.

The music changed to "If You Want It To Be Good Girl(Get Yourself A Bad Boy)" by the Backstreet boys and the boys did a lot more than dance with moves they didn't think their men could do-they sang too, switching off on who sang which parts while pretty much acting like strippers. At some point they they'd removed their coats and undershirts leaving them shirtless. The girls were completely beside themselves at the scene-who knew right? Avery was incredibly surprised, Hayden definitely knew how to rock his hips without moving his upper half at all. Needless to say that Avery was very turned on by Hayden's entire display of dancing for her. At the end after about five minutes, the guys carefully sat on their girl's laps-stradding them and kissing them before backing up and high-fiving one another.

Hayden pulled his shirt back on like the others had as they stood with their arms crossed over their chests while the room was cheering loudly-except the men who had no idea what to make of what they just saw. "What the hell babe...no idea you could move like that..." Avery giggled as she wrapped her arms around his neck-his hands on her waist as the music turned a little lighter for slow dancing now.

"I'm just full of surprises, Mi'lady..." Hayden chuckled as he kissed her lightly was moving with her on the dance floor.

"So...can I spend the night at your place?" Avery asked lightly, Hayden nodded to her. "Will you put the gun on the nightstand or something because I don't know about sleeping with it under the pillow..." she inquired softly.

"I'll put it away," he replied to her softly, she smiled and leaned up to kiss him again as they continued to dance together: it was fun to think that in four months they'd be doing this with him in full dress and Avery in a white dress herself for their wedding. Hayden noticed Theo sneaking towards his laptop and glared, "Touch that computer and I'll kick your ass wedding day or not..." he warned slowly.

"Oh come on, I just want to change the song since you're dancing..." Theo mumbled.

"One song change..." Hayden sighed turning his attention back to his fiance. Theo beamed and changed the song, as it began Hayden almost slapped Theo for it.

"Never heard that one before...is it new?" Avery asked curiously.

"Yep. Hayden wrote it after you guys broke up because he was absolutely miserable the entire two months," Ethan chuckled.

"I'm gonna kick all your asses tonight, I swear to the Gods..." Hayden warned them.

"It doesn't have lyrics..." Olivia pointed out now.

"You'd have to have Hayden sing it," Theo stuck his tongue out.

"Would you?" Avery asked looking Hayden softly now, he sighed, how could he tell her no?

"Fine," he sighed heavily as Avery went to sit down back at the table as Hayden grabbed the microphone and close his eyes as Theo restarted it and then they moved off to the side, "It's not that I can't live without you, it's just that I don't even want to try. Every night I dream about you, ever since the day we said goodbye...If I wasn't such a fool-right now I'd be holding you. There's nothin' that I wouldn't do...Baby if I only knew!" Hayden began calmly as he kept his eyes on Avery.

"The words to say. The road to take. To find a way back to your heart. What can I do, to get to you-and find a way back to your heart," Hayden saw her smile lightly at him.

"I don't know how it got so crazy-but I'll do anything to set things right. 'Cause your love is so amazing! Baby you're the best thing in my life. Let me prove my love is real-and made you feel the way I feel. I promise I would give the world, if only you would tell me girl!" Hayden's voice was amazing to her and Gods if she didn't think he was incredible before, she loved him with her everything and would never let him go. Avery honestly had no idea that Hayden suffered without her as much as she did without him when they'd broken up during his second tour in Afghanistan. Heather reached into her purse and pulled out a tissue for Avery since she was beginning to cry.

"The words to say. The road to take. To find a way back to your heart. What can I do, to get to you-and find a way back to your heart," Hayden now moved closer to her as he pulled her up to him by her hand and wrapped his free arm around her waist as she had her arms on his shoulders while staring into his eyes with a light smile as they moved slowly to the rhythm of the music playing.

"Give me one more chance, to give my love to you. 'Cause no one on this earth loves you like I do...Tell me," his tone became softer but still able to be heard, "The words to say. The road to take. To find a way back to your heart. What can I do, to get to you-and find a way back to your heart!" Hayden held that note longer as Avery just smiled wide.

"I turn back time, to make you mine-and find a way back to your heart! I beg and plead-fall to my knees, to find a way back to your heart! The words to say. The road to take. To find a way back to your heart. What can I do, to get to you-and find a way back to your heart...Back to your heart," He finished softly lowering the mic as he leaned in and kissed her deeply as the room clapped for the performance.

The kiss broke as the two stared at one another-both smiling. "I love you, Hayden," she said softly.

"I love you more, Avery," Hayden replied as he put the mic down and lead her off the dance floor so they could sit down. Most of the rest of the night was everyone dancing between fast and slow songs, then cake was done as people began to leave around 9pm or so. Theo and Olivia were getting ready to leave too-in order to enjoy their weekend together and Olivia's parents were going to be watching Alyssa for them. Theo approached Hayden now with a smile.

"Hayden..." Theo said putting his hand out for a shake, "Thanks for everything today, and tonight. Seriously...this wedding was amazing thanks to you. You're my best friend and I love ya to death bro," he said softly. Hayden rolled his eyes as he took Theo's hand and pulled him in for a hug as the two patted one anothers backs.

"Yeah yeah, don't get all mushy on me now. Go enjoy the weekend with your wife, see ya on Monday." Hayden told him as the two separated from their hug and both smiled, "You're my best friend too bro...glad I still have you," he said quietly. Theo nodded as he led his wife out and they were gone. Hayden looked at Avery now, "Ready?" he asked her.

"I am." Avery said in response. Camille smiled as she put her hands on Jasmine's shoulders.

"Why don't you sleep over at mine and Avery's place, I don't think you're going to want to be home tonight." Camille told her, she nodded to Camille. Hayden led Avery out as they got on Toothless and took off for the Hayden's apartment. Upon arriving-Toothless went right to his stable to lay down and go to sleep as Hayden unlocked the door and walked inside after she had.

"So, you really wrote that song when we were broken up, did you?" she asked as he tossed his keys, wallet, and phone on the living room table.

"Yeah, I hated doing it babe but I just felt like you deserved more." Hayden admitted.

"You, Hayden Haddock, are more than enough." Avery said sitting beside him now and leaning her head on his shoulder, Hayden turned his head, lifted her chin and kissed her deeply-she melted right into it as it got deeper, without warning Hayden picked her up and carried down down the hall to his room. Hayden broke the kiss after setting her down on his bed while he reached under the pillow and put the gun in a box at the top of his closet after taking the clip out just so it didn't accidentally go off. Hayden took off his tags and hung them off the switch on the bedside lamp before taking off his boots, shirt, and pants-leaving him in just his boxers as Avery went to reach for the zipper on her dress but Hayden stopped her as he smiled.

"Let me," he said as she blushed a little and nodded as she turned-moving her hair so he could pull the zipper down and the dress fell loose and off her shoulders. When it was out of the way, Hayden climbed over her as the passionate kisses instantly resumed. It didn't matter that the wedding was over now, Hayden and Avery were going to have their own little after party together-thank Thor it was just them in the apartment tonight thanks to Camille figuring out what was going to happen and had Jasmine stay with her for the night. Everyone knows where hot and fiery kisses go when you're incredibly turned on. They were gonna party all night-a party for two, just them.