May or may not be angsty. Suppose it depends on your point of view.

I also feel like readers might have missed something last chapter, but even so you'll probably get it eventually.

-HTTYD-

Though the topic wasn't broached again, Hiccup couldn't forget it.

When Valka kissed him, touched him. When she clutched at his body as they were intimate. When she slept in his bed. When she held their son.

She was considering leaving them.

Leo adored his mother so; Hiccup could never replace her. Sometimes all that settled him was Valka singing, and he fell asleep more readily in his mothers arms than his fathers. She nursed him, cultivated that powerful, visible bond between them. Hiccup wanted to demand to know how she could dare think of leaving it all, but he didn't dare ask for fear of only scaring her away and hastening the departure.

Hiccup didn't know how she expected him to cope. Valka knew she'd broken his heart, found him a mess of sadness and pain when she turned up six months pregnant. He wasn't sure he could do it again.

And yet he would have to. Because Leo would need him, and while he doubted his capabilities with regard to being a single father, Hiccup would do his best to never let his son down. The little boy gurgling in his arms - two months old and due his tiny not-quite-operation in a week - was just learning to laugh. He smiled often, and could even turn and lift his head a little.

Hiccup was happy to let his son develop at his own pace, but Nadia insisted that mini Magni meeting his milestones was important - given his... parentage, there was an obvious concern for developmental delays. Sat out in the garden, Hiccup was laid on his stomach facing his son on a blanket. He could watch Leo forever, light breeze blowing through his messy hair and big eyes starting to shimmer green more often than not.

"Well aren't you two just adorable?"

Nadia's shadow fell across them, Leo turning to the voice and Hiccup could have sworn he frowned that it wasn't Valka. She knelt down and turned the babe onto his back gently, examining the progress of his legs and pushing gently to see how his muscles developed. Little Magni started fussing, wanting back on his front.

"Fussy critter."

Hiccup chuckled, reached out to touch his boys cheek. Leo smiled, wiggled an arm to reach for Hiccup's hand.

"He knows what he likes. It's a Hofferson thing."

He sat up, lifted Leo up and cradled him. He was still undersized for his age, but his cheeks were rounding and he had a soft little belly. All in all, Leo was doing exceptionally well. Hiccup loved him so much he couldn't believe it, the tiny gummy smile focused up at him a miracle in itself. Toothless padded over to investigate, plopping down on the blanket and snuffling at Magni.

"Hey buddy. I know you're more bark than bite but no licks remember?"

Toothless was so well behaved that only a sulky whimper gave away that he disliked not being able to play with the tiny baby. Hiccup rewarded the good behaviour with treats and affection. He looked up and saw Valka watching them, though for some season she couldn't meet his eye. Hiccup turned his attentions back to Leo, rather than risk getting anxious which would affect both Toothless and the baby.

"I think someone needs changing, can you pick him up for me Nadia?"

"Sure."

She lifted Leo so Hiccup could kneel and push himself up - standing was a full body effort from the ground as he was lacking one ankle joint entirely. He rubbed his stiff knee, then reached out for his son again. Hiccup was a dab hand at changing his son now, no small feat with how much Leo was wriggling his legs - he hated the casts more and more each week.

They were working though. If Leo had clothes on and bootees over his casted feet, the position of his feet was almost 'normal' in appearance. Hiccup was glad his treatment was working, dared to hope more and more that the boy would be able to walk one day. Taping up the fresh nappy, he popped the babygro back on and lifted the baby back up.

"All better little guy."

He fussed and fidgeted in Hiccup's arms, turning when he heard Valka's voice, whimpered in that way that said he would start crying soon. Hiccup handed the baby across to Valka, who could always tell when Leo was hungry. Given her line of work and knowing Valka a while, Nadia wasn't in any way surprised by Valka openly nursing the boy and continued their conversation like nothing had happened.

They talked like any friends, reminiscing about their adventures and Hiccup had to leave the room. He didn't want to think about her leaving for more jaunts.

"I'm gonna take a nap, Leo was up half the night."

"Are you alright Hiccup?"

Valka frowned slightly as she asked, but Hiccup simply nodded.

"Just tired."

He left the women and Leo to it, crawled beneath his bedcovers after taking off his leg. It was sore still from some gruelling physio the day before, but Paul said his gait was improving and Hiccup struggled less climbing stairs and scaling small hills. He didn't really intend to sleep, but at least he couldn't hear Valka talk longingly of her life in the wild.

The bed smelled like her, soft and floral. Hiccup's fingers tightened in the sheet as he remembered Valka beneath him, atop him - her stomach was all but healed and so her flexibility was coming back - and the way they kissed and groped. Their heated exchanges never cooled, the burn of genetic sexual attraction keeping the desire heightened.

"Hiccup?"

He turned, saw Valka at the door. He sat up, watched her cross the room to fold her long legs up on the bed as she sat next to him.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, just tired. Where's Leo?"

"Napping. Nadia is watching him" Valka reached out, touched his face with her gentle fingers "my beautiful boy."

Hiccup leant in to her touch, pressed his lips to the inside of her wrist. Valka smiled, thumb sliding across his cheek softly. She leant closer, kissed him. It was always very difficult to stop kissing her, Valka's mouth an addiction Hiccup never wanted to give up. She slid a hand into his hair, pressed closer against him and gasped against his mouth when Hiccup splayed his fingers across her lower back.

"M'ready."

She whispered hotly, tugging at Hiccup's t-shirt. He knew what Valka meant; they'd not had sex yet, had to wait until she felt physically healed and emotionally ready. Hiccup felt her hands on his stomach, raising goosebumps despite the heat of his skin. It took monumental efforts to stop, shake his head despite her whine of protest.

"I can't. Not with someone else here."

Valka sighed, not making any move to get off of him but he reckoned she accepted his words. Understood Hiccup's reclusive obsession with privacy. Nadia coming to check on Valka and Leo's health and wellbeing was one thing, her knowing about their relationship making the whole thing a little easier on his fearful anxiety.

But to be intimate with her where someone could hear them... that was too much for Hiccup. She kissed him again, then slowly peeled herself away with a few heavy breaths. Her flushed cheeks and trembling hands were a sign of heightened arousal, Valka still eyeing the skin exposed by his rucked up t-shirt. Hiccup pushed it down slightly self-consciously, felt his cock pulse in annoyance at the denial of satisfaction.

"I understand."

"Thank you."

Gods, he wanted her. Hiccup wanted to crawl inside her skin and beg her never to leave him, to have her so irrevocably changed as she had done to him. He didn't understand how Valka could want this, but then there was every chance she didn't feel as strongly as he did. Oh, she obviously felt quite strongly - you didn't have sex with your son on a whim - but Hiccup was the one devastated and scared.

Valka was the one considering simply returning to life before Hiccup. Even without the feelings between them, Hiccup didn't know how she could think of leaving Leo. When she came back pregnant, Valka had been insistent she couldn't go through losing another child as she had Hiccup.

Maybe she was thinking of visiting. Not that Hiccup would prefer that, but at least Leo would know his mother. Thinking like that inevitably led Hiccup to wondering about the future; what would they tell him anyway? No child wanted to know their parents were mother and son, to know they were a product of incest. That word had an instinctual affront to it, despite the fact Hiccup didn't see what he and Valka did as wrong.

But their little boy might.

And there was Astrid. In his gut, Hiccup knew she would eventually find something out. Well, if Valka stayed that was. He supposed feasibly, if she was gone Hiccup could just raise Leo as his big brother as there was far less risk of he and Valka being discovered if they weren't actually together any longer.

That wasn't what he wanted though. Hiccup couldn't imagine not being a father now, but he wantwd to be a dad with Valka. They'd made that baby together, and he wanted them to raise him together too.

"I should go back out there, so I'm not tempted. You enjoy your nap."

Valka slid from the bed, gaze still intense on him until she left the room. Hiccup flopped back on the bed with a groan, blood pumping hot and fast through his veins. He'd not sleep, but it would be terribly suspect if he went back out immediately. Biting his lip to silence any sounds, Hiccup reached for his insistent erection and stroked himself. He got the feeling it wouldn't be long until he was cornered and fucked, and he didn't want to embarrass himself by going off too fast.

His mental stimulation was her. Surrounded by her scent, her touch still burning on his skin and the heat still surging through his body. Valka's soft moans rang in his ears, the feel of her slender curves against his narrow lines fresh in his mind.

With a low groan, Hiccup felt himself spill and barely managed to grab the discarded towel next to the bed and contain the mess. Using wet wipes from the pile of nappy change stuff, he cleaned himself up and laid back on the bed suddenly exhausted. That wasn't unusual for him, he often got tired out over-thinking and his anxiety and depression both commonly caused fatigue.

The nap was short, but revitalizing enough and when Hiccup went back out, he found Valka cuddling Leo to her chest almost framed by her half-buttoned shirt. Nadia was packing her doctor-y things up, waved in Hiccup's direction as she stood.

"I'll see you day after tomorrow, to see how his last cast change went?'

Hiccup nodded, yawning slightly into his hand.

"Sure."

"Thank you Nadia, I know you must give up much of your free time to keep an eye on little Magni."

Waving off Valka's concerns, Nadia smiled.

"He's a sweetie, it's no trouble. I recommend you start climbing the stairs more often to ensure your abdominal muscles start to strengthen again, since I reckon you've not seen your own bed for a while" Hiccup knew that was somewhat aimed at him "but otherwise I'm content you are essentially healed yourself."

After she left, Hiccup reached to stroke Leo's hair.

"I'm going to go make dinner."

"Alright love. Come on little one, lets go keep daddy company."

The baby liked the kitchen. Whether it was the smells of cooking or the airy, window-lit space, Hiccup didn't know but he often smiled when in there. Still, he liked having his son around so Hiccup had no complaints.

As they ate, Hiccup knew that Valka was waiting for Leo to go down as much as he was, anticipation heavy between them as she fed their son, sang him to sleep. Hiccup's original intention had been for them to take the baby monitor, use Valka's bed since Leo was down in his crib for the night.

They didn't make it that far.

Valka all but threw him to the sofa, crawled on top of him to kiss, suck, bite his lips. Hiccup only turned them to slow her, wary of Valka's lust overriding her sense of care for her body. With him on top of her, Valka parted her legs to let him fall between them, whimpered in need when his erection pressed between her thighs despite their clothes being a solid barrier.

"Gods Hiccup, I want you."

She tugged at his shirt, fumbled at his zipper. Hiccup was less frantic but as eager in removing her underwear, their mostly-dressed rutting all there was patience for. With some slight readjusting, Hiccup was easily pressing inside her and they both hastened to muffle groans against each others bodies. Hiccup hadn't realised how badly they both needed it until now, Valka's fingers twisting in the fabric of his t-shirt as she trembled.

"Y-you ok? Did I hurt you?"

She shook her head, shifting beneath Hiccup and bucking her hips in a push for him to move. Getting her pregnant and knowing he fathered a child with his own mother hadn't once made Hiccup reconsider this, the utterly perfect feeling of their bodies connecting.

He was clumsy and out of practice, rhythm shaky at best but Valka wasn't complaining a bit. She moaned against his neck, tugged his hair until their mouths clashed again as she gasped. Hiccup felt like he'd burn in her arms, blood pumping hotter when she bit at his throat and sucked a bruise. Risky and ridiculously visible but Hiccup couldn't fight the pleasure it brought.

Valka was molten, soaked in arousal and ready for him from the start, arms tight around Hiccup as though he would even consider moving away from the sweaty tangle of limbs they currently were. She cursed and rocked and whined his name, having to be more constrained now with their sounds lest they wake their son. Hiccup missed her vocalisations, but he adored the feel of her moans vibrating into his neck.

Her thighs tightened on his hips, nails digging into his scalp and shoulder. Valka arched and her head rolled back, hand moving to clutch the back of the sofa as she bucked against him. Every time she moved that way it threatened his stamina, pushed his control even thinner. Her every moan and gasp was intoxicating, filled his gut with heavy pleasure that had him teetering at the edge of climax way too fast. He wanted it to last, to draw it out in case tonight had to last him almost another year. Maybe forever.

"I'm close baby, d-don't stop!"

Hiccup didn't know why her calling him that sent lightning down his spine, only that it did. Almost like her acknowledging that he had once been her baby turned him on. Oh, he was so sick and he couldn't find it in him to care. Only to enjoy the fact she was as twisted as he. She had to be, to be there too.

Feeling the pulse in his groin spike, Hiccup kissed Valka to keep their cries quieted and reached beneath her pushed up skirt to stroke her hot, swollen clit. Valka curled into his body, crushed his t-shirt between her fingers, her teeth as she came beneath him with a muffled about of pleasure. She was exquisite in the throes of climax, flushed and beautiful as he succumbed to the spasming muscles that took him to bliss alongside her.

They rocked together through the aftershocks, only stopping when Hiccup started to soften inside her. Valka stroked his sweaty face, kissed his jaw. He panted heavily, months of weight and waiting seeming to lift as they pulled apart only for Valka to crawl into his arms still shaky, probably as overwhelmed as he at the intensity inspired between them.

"I'm sorry for making a mess of your sofa."

Hiccup couldn't help chuckling; she was right but somehow it wasn't what he expected to hear.

"It'll clean. I can always blame little Magni if Astrid asks why the cushion covers are in the wash."

Taking turns cleaning up in the bathroom, the two went to bed early - Leo really had kept them up half the night fussing about his casts and kicking his legs, and the heady climax had left them both somewhat drained. Valka enveloped herself in his embrace again, head pressed under his jaw so her warm breaths tickled at his neck now and then.

Hiccup stripped the soiled sofa cushions first thing next day, tossing them into the wash to go while the three humans and Toothless headed out for a walk. Leo gurgled happily in the sunshine, drooled in the grass they sat down in.

"Are you going to go back to the Adoptees group next week?"

Valka quizzed as they sat while Toothless ran around, smiling as Hiccup lifted the boy in his arms up to kiss his forehead. It made little Magni smile, all gums and drool still but heart-warming.

"I don't know. I don't like leaving the two of you."

He realised his error in words a split-second later - if Valka was worried he put his life on hold for her, that wouldn't help his case any. Her mouth frowned slightly, but the expression smoothed out as she reached to take Leo as they began getting ready to head back - grey clouds were encroaching and the babe was too small for rainstorms just yet.

"I know love, but we'll manage just fine."

"I don't doubt that. It's just tough to leave him."

"I agree."

Hiccup should have asked her then, how she could even be considering it. But the thought made his heart catch in his chest, the abject fear of her answer almost paralyzing him on the spot. So he didn't ask. He just whistled to Toothless so he could clip his lead back on.

"Come on bud."

-HTTYD-

I was so demotivated today but got there eventually!