Yggdrasil
the tree has many branches

Thank you all for your lovely reviews, faves, and follows! These are going to be one-shots, so I don't know if they're going to be turned into multi-chaptered fanfics (for my sanity maybe not).

Also, I'm like 99.99% I might be the only one that willingly combines Korean Dramas and HTTYD... My sense of reason must have evaporated after that romantic apology clip they gave us...

Warnings: cheesy themes; if you've seen Kdramas then you know; possible grammatical mistakes

Disclaimer: How to Train Your Dragon series is a property of Cressida Cowell and Dreamworks.

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world 01

korean drama: swdbs!au

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Henry first met Astrid on a Monday morning.

He had run off a meeting after his dad oh-so-kindly had burst in and demanded why his company's stocks had fallen half a digit. Heather had been kind enough to stall his dad as he made his escape. He made a mental note to give her a raise; he wasn't paying her enough to deal with the Haddock drama.

So there he was, running from his crazy dad when he stumbled upon a situation. Some asshole had parked a truck in the middle of a road and he was harassing the driver of a preschool bus that wanted to pass. Not only that but there was a pretty blonde trying to help but it was in vain.

Had he been buff and muscley and mountain-sized like his dad, he'd have gone there and beaten the asshole up. Seeing as he was a talking fishbone whose only advantage was his high IQ and crafty hands, he called the police.

"Ah, yes? I'd like to call a disturbance. There's this asshole that is harassing an old man and a young lady? Yes, please come quickly."

What happened next had him almost call them back and tell them not to bother coming.

"You know, I really hate bullies." The pretty blonde had said and then hurled the asshole up in the air. Literally.

Henry watched with a slacked jaw as she then proceeded to beat up the rest of the asshole's comrades. One was slapped so hard five teeth flew out of his mouth. Another one she kicked in the chest and he crashed back to a car ten meters away. The last one got a special treat when she grabbed his hand and pulled him towards her. Needless to say, his shoulder was dislocated and several ribs were broken when she flung him to the truck that skidded just enough for the bus to pass.

The preschoolers were rioting while Henry was watching like an idiot. The blonde simply winked at the children got on her bike and left.

Vaguely he noted he was in love.

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Next time he saw her was a Friday.

The day had been stressful and Heather told him to go and get wasted. He was pretty sure secretaries weren't supposed to tell their boss to get wasted. He was certain his dad's didn't. Then again his dad had a heart problem.

So he went to a dingy bar and drank his work problems, his dad's endless nagging for grandchildren, and the recently developed death threats away. Two refills later he finally noticed the barwoman.

"You."

She had raised a brow and he almost blushed at how he spoke. Bare with him, he didn't hold his liquor well. "Do I know you?"

He had leaned forward conspicuously, "I saw you on Monday. You flung a man in the air."

Needless to say at the end of her shift he was flung into the wall of the back alley, and not in a sexy way. "Who are you? What do you want?"

Henry had never seen a more beautiful sight, "You are so pretty." He was slapped for his trouble, thankfully no teeth were removed.

"And you are drunk. Now explain yourself."

And so he did, as much as he could, seeing as he was piss drunk. Next morning he found himself thrown over his couch with a post-it note slapped in his forehead. It had a number on it, saying to call to arrange an appointment when he was sober.

And so Astrid Hofferson became Henry Haddock's bodyguard.

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"Why didn't you ever learn to fight?"

Two months in the job and they were thick as thieves. There hadn't been any attempts on his life, excluding the one where four girls attacked to take his underwear.

"Why do they even want your underwear?"

"I sound extremely like the actor, Jay Baruchel, but he doesn't look anything special as well, so I don't understand it either. But thanks for the vote of confidence."

Astrid deemed it ridiculous he didn't know how to throw a proper punch. He had to remind her repeatedly that proper punches didn't propel people twenty feet up the air.

"Have you seen me? I have, like, one foot."

She rolled her eyes and pulled her gloves on, "So? Sass can't always save you from a fight."

"Has helped me enough over the years. Also, that's why I have you? Learning to fight defeats the purpose of having an Astrid."

He said and lunged towards her. He was on his back five seconds later. But he didn't give up; their sparing matches always started like that. She was kicking his ass and ending with her still kicking his ass. The only difference was he always lasted longer. Two hours later he was face up groaning on the mat.

"Come on. You have to stretch before your muscles lock up."

"No. I'm tired. Let me be."

Astrid rolled her eyes, "I've seen you pull five days with no sleep and no coffee just to finish a project. You are never tired."

"How about you kick your ass then? Didn't know being Magni's descendant gave you super endurance as well." Henry whined as he flung an arm over his eyes. Astrid merely rolled her eyes fondly.

"Come on, you drama que–AH!"

He laughed triumphantly; he had bidden his time and with a swift tug he, Henry Horrendous Haddock, Third of his Name, had brought the mighty Astrid Marie Hofferson, direct Descendant and Champion of Norse God Magni, down. And it was glorious.

For about three seconds.

Just as he was about to correct her –Drama King, not Queen– she wrapped her legs around his middle and rolled them over. Smugly she pinned him down, while he groaned yet again on the mat.

"Nope. Still mine."

She said and grinned while he tried to ignore the flush climbing up his neck. She kept looking at him and grinning as she sat on his stomach and pushed him down when he tried to get up.

"Y-You said–my m-muscles…"

"In a minute. I want to enjoy this." Her grin grew as she leaned down and teased, "Besides what muscles?"

He tried to ignore the fact that his ears were burning. "I have m-muscles you know."

"Your brain doesn't count, babe." She bit her lip when he sputtered, "You look so adorable when you blush."

Henry threw his head back on the mat and groaned. His face was ready to explode. "I-Is it always going to be l-like this? Because I–"

It took a while for his brain to register the fact that Astrid was kissing him. When she pulled back he knew from her smirk he had a stupid stupefied look on his face.

"–I can totally get used to it."

Astrid chuckled and pecked him one last time before getting up, "You'd better. Now get up, we have work to do."

She left him there, whining on the mat with a red face, as she sauntered away to the stands.

"Tease."

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Whoever is invested in Korean Drama like myself already knows, but for those who like and/or are curious, you should check this one out. It's called Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, and it's hilarious and cheesy and cringey, so there're my warnings. It's about this CEO of a company that is being threatened so after he sees the female lead being a modern Wonder Woman, he hires her as his bodyguard and hilarious hell breaks loose. It has the most amazing bromance and both males leads' sexuality is questioned at some point.

Like, if you like cheesy and idiotic rom-coms, this is your thing.