And here's part 2!
Hiccup was finally given the chance to have a day off for the first time in almost 2 years. One late night, he and Astrid reminisce their entire love story before they finally tie the knot. I got the idea of clingy Astrid from a one-shot I've read as well as the Homecoming short, where in the ending, she's clinging onto Hiccup's arm, gazing at him lovingly. (just like part 1, this is a low M rated)
If You'd Stay With Me Forever
Hiccup and Astrid made their way back to their bedroom after a hearty dinner. The young chief enjoyed Astrid's company, and cooking, which made him feel relieved from all the demands of chiefing. He had asked Gobber a while ago to take over chief duty the following day, stating that he wanted to spend more time with his future wife before the wedding. They went to their bedroom and undressed off their respective armors. Even before they were engaged, Astrid felt comfortable taking her armor off in front of her babe, same goes for Hiccup.
With Astrid only wearing a sheer nightgown that revealed her cleavage and assets underneath, and Hiccup settling for only his leggings (he usually sleeps topless due to New Berk's weather), the couple got into the bed and cuddled each other. Hiccup told his fiancé about his day, from dealing with Snotlout's endless rantings on 'how to act a proper chief' to dealing with the farmers' missing livestock; he had a plethora of petty problems to solve and it's starting to get into his nerves. No wonder Dad wanted to retire early, at this rate, I might wanna retire before 30. he made a mental note to himself. Nowadays, he can't escape all these problems anymore with the fact that he has no Night Fury to fly away from the madness of chiefing.
"Can't a man just enjoy a day off with his future wife?" he sighed as Astrid massaged his temples. He moaned at this innocent yet satisfying act and gets him all sleepy.
"You are the chief after all. The village goes first before your own self." Astrid mumbled. Just as Hiccup was about to protest, she followed it up. "But it doesn't hurt that you get to spend more time with me."
Now it was her turn to tell her other half about her day. Although the activities she did was boring compared to what Hiccup had dealt with, Astrid's stories always seem to please him, regardless of how bland it is. When she mentioned finding her Deadly Nadder's shed spines under their bed, her eyes started to water again.
"So, you were crying earlier because you found my stash of Stormfly's spines under our bed?" the auburn haired chief asked. Astrid nodded.
"I…I didn't even know that you kept some there."
"Well, I was trying to find a use for it. So far, I only extracted the venom out of it to create an anti-venom back on the Edge."
During their time on the Edge, Hiccup had invented a great deal of weapons made from dragon byproducts. From the Monstrous Nightmare gel used in his flaming sword (Astrid sometimes called it a lightsaber), smoke grenades out of Zippleback gas, to using Night Fury saliva as a form of glue. He had drew out two plans on what to create out of Nadder spines: first is an anti-venom that can cure any poison, following the Slitherwing incident, and second is using the actual spines as daggers. Unfortunately, he never found the time to complete the latter project after the tragic passing of his father.
"You know, I always wanted to know how in Odin's beard do you invent all this crap." the blonde Viking wondered.
"Being a blacksmith's apprentice helped." Hiccup shrugged. He learned all his engineering and inventing skills under Gobber's tutelage and initially, Astrid thought it was nerdy for him to geek on inventing stuff, but that's also the reason why she loved his curiosity.
As the night progressed, the couple didn't realize that it was nearing midnight; they talked for only an hour yet it felt like an eternity, with Astrid laying her head against Hiccup's chest. It was almost winter and the warmth of her man's chest made her warm inside out. She nonchalantly traced his bulging veins of his biceps and his somewhat chiseled midriff. Though Hiccup never became the stereotypical stocky Viking body type like Snotlout or Fishlegs, Astrid marveled at how lean he has become; he had increased in muscle mass and she found it hot.
"Wait, you're telling me I'm your first boyfriend?" Hiccup suddenly spoke, recalling an earlier discussion about Astrid's boyfriends.
"Yep. And I know you'll be my last." she blushed. The main reason why so many boys didn't want to date her is due to her unconventional style and fearless albeit stubborn attitude. Somehow, only Hiccup unlocked the secret to get her to fall in love with someone, and Astrid loved him for that.
"And here I thought you were taken beforehand, coz you're my first girlfriend." Hiccup confessed.
"So you and Heather didn't end up together?" his blonde beloved asked, her eyebrows furrowing. Fortunately, Hiccup shook his head.
"Nope, just friends. But hey, she was meant for Fishlegs and I'm quite disappointed that they had to grow apart."
"True. But then again, Ruff's here."
There had been a while of silence, thinking about what to talk about next, when the blonde general spoke up.
"It's been one Hel of a ride for the two of us, babe."
"Yeah, shall we go on a little trip down memory lane, milady?"
"Alright then, you start first."
Hiccup told Astrid the story of how he started having a crush on her while working at Gobber's, then the time he entered the Academy and slowly bested the blonde warrior Viking in all aspects. He also told her about his first time meeting Toothless in the infamous cove, which inevitably caused some tears to be shed. Old Berk had a lot to offer that New Berk still has yet to fulfill; after all, it's never easy to leave a place you've called home for seven generations.
"And you brought me to that damned cove and kidnapped me!" Astrid recalled, pinching Hiccup's forearm.
"YOWWW!" he wailed, before continuing. "Alright, I did kidnap you because I didn't want you to go off running to the village and them attacking Toothless."
"I wouldn't say that, babe. Because that first flight was the best night of my life, and remember when I kissed you after that?"
"Let me guess, I was too oblivious that you had a crush on me." Hiccup answered firmly, before kissing Astrid's hair.
"At the time, yeah. I almost thought you'd never catch on."
Now it was Astrid's turn to tell her side. She mainly focused on their time on Dragon's Edge as she had a lot of memories of the place. From her endless moments of saving Hiccup from their enemies to her first time not initiating a kiss, when she and Hiccup had a lover's quarrel about the latter not noticing the betrothal necklace she was wearing. But perhaps her best memory of the Thor-forsaken island is when she and Hiccup finally became official.
"And then Snotlout flew alongside and said, 'Take it easy Hiccstrid'." she chuckled.
"I used to object to that nickname, but it did grow on me eventually." the chief added.
"Well, it better be. I didn't wanna be called Snotstrid. Ugh!" Shuddering at the last word, Astrid did a mock throw up, prompting Hiccup to scoot away from her.
"Oh don't you dare pull that milady!"
"You better get used to the smell of barfs when we become parents, specifically when I'm pregnant." she pulled her fiancee into her arms once more.
They often talked about having children and Hiccup always wanted a baby girl, much to Astrid's expected groan; she always believed that she's gonna have a son first but the chief didn't flinch at the notion. Yes, Haddock men are notoriously stubborn. Valka dealt that with Stoick and now it's the former shieldmaiden's turn to be on the receiving end of said stubbornness.
Thank Thor for Valka's return. Astrid frequently made mental notes to her future mother-in-law, reminding her to thank Valka the next time she sees her.
Then they also discussed about Hiccup's near death experiences, of which there are plenty. It was just tonight that Astrid confessed to Hiccup that she's scared of losing him, even though part of her know he'll always pull ahead. Just last month, when he saved the Light Fury from the dragon trapper's control collar and fell to his apparent death, Astrid watched in horror as Grimmel tore apart Hiccup's flight suit. She nearly lost him during the Red Death battle and when Toothless was mind-controlled, she couldn't bear to nearly lose the love, the very definition of her life in a spiraling freefall. The thought of losing Hiccup broke her to the core and before she realized, the floodgates of her sapphire eyes gave way for the nth time.
"C...can you promise me something, babe?" she sighed, tears streaming down her cheeks. Hiccup wiped them off with his thumb without hesitation.
"If it's me avoiding death, I try my best alright? But then again, that's something beyond my cont- OW!" he winced at the stinging sensation of his shoulder again.
"I'm serious, Hiccup!" Astrid hissed, before reverting to her sincere tone. "Promise me you'll love me for eternity?"
Hiccup half-expected that question to be popped out and he already had an answer for it. "Of course Ast, until one of us is called upon to Valhalla, I will love you with all my heart." He leaned towards Astrid's moist face as their lips crashed into one another, tongues dancing in between. This ended into a hot and horny make out session where for some reason, they ended up naked once they gasped for air. Hiccup's hands found their way onto his milady's bare butt, earning a soft moan from her as he caressed her cheeks.
"I love you, my Hiccup."
"I love you too, milady."
The couple slept soundly as they finally found that sense of closure, the feeling where they could just cry and cuddle all night long without a fear of third party intervention. Over the course of the two weeks preceding their wedding, Hiccup and Astrid spent their days doing their usual jobs: the former does his chief duties with Eret or his mother while the latter is often found confined in their home, either perfecting her cooking skills or organizing her arsenal of axes, daggers, and maces. Their evenings are usually spent having late night talks while snuggling in bed or visiting the cliff where they last bade goodbye to their winged friends.
2 weeks later.
Tonight is the night where everything changed forever. Hiccup and Astrid woke up earlier as a betrothed couple, and will now sleep their first night as a married couple. After they did what every couple did on their honeymoon, which is to have sex, the blonde chieftess found herself ecstatic at the feeling of Hiccup inside her. While she had touched herself prior to this, it doesn't get any better than giving her virginity to her first and last love.
"Mmm." she moaned, pulling away from their kiss. "Now this is how I say I love you, babe."
"I told you you're itching to finally break free." her husband smirked. Astrid punched his shoulder again, but this time it didn't hurt anymore. As long as they're together for all eternity, one can only speculate what is next for the chief and chieftess of New Berk.