Jacked
Although he was constantly mocked for being skinny while growing up, it never actually bothered Hiccup. Plenty of other kids were skinny – like the twinss; he just happened to be an easy target. After meeting Toothless, Hiccup actually saw it as a good thing – Toothless probably wouldn't be nearly as fast if he had to lug around 400 stone of viking.
It was when he started courting Astrid that he became self-conscience of his, well, sparse figure. In fact, Hiccup could distinctly remember the moment he realized just how muscular she was compared to him – they were cuddling, with Astrid resting against his torso. Shoulders lined up, Hiccup first noticed how his were only slightly broader than hers. Of course, the next thing he noticed was how jacked her arms were compared to his. It was like branches compared to twigs. Hiccup really did admire those biceps, but if he felt that way about Astrid's muscles, then how did she feel about his lack of them?
The question bothered him more than he would have liked to admit – so Hiccup decided that he needed to build some muscles himself. The only problem was – how. It wasn't like Hiccup had managed to avoid physical work – as a blacksmith, he probably did more than anyone else. So clearly, he was missing something. So he decided to ask the most muscular man in the history of Berk for some advice: his dad.
AN next time, hiccup asks dad how to grow some burly biceps.
while I have the soapbox, can I just say, the captchas on this site are too hard for me.