Stupid Love - Chapter Fourteen
Pairing: Hijack
Word Count: 4941
Warnings: Some language, mostly just fluff this chapter but some mentions of sex at the end
Toothless jumped into Hiccup's lap as he turned the wheel and pulled onto Main Street. Smiling, Hiccup looked down and laughed at the excited puppy staring right back up at him. He gently scratched behind the dog's ears, moving his other hand to the bottom of the steering wheel, but Toothless nudged at it, and Hiccup moved up his knee to steer instead. Toothless nudged at his hand again, and then nipped at his sleeve.
"Oh, you just want to play, huh?" Hiccup grinned.
That was when he remembered the toy he bought just the other day. He had stashed it in his room for the next time Jack stopped by with Toothless, but he wouldn't be able to give it to him now...or could he?
His apartment wasn't too far out of the way, so Jack wouldn't mind if he stopped for just a second, right? Hiccup glanced at the golden car trailing behind him in the rearview mirror before flipping on his turn signal and taking a left towards his place. Jack followed right behind him.
He put on the turn signal one last time and pulled into the lot in front of his apartment building.
He parked and stepped out of the car, and Toothless hopped out and ran over to the closest spot of grass.
Jack's car drove up behind his, the window already rolled down. Jack made a face, asking,
"Uhh, what are we doin'?"
Hiccup walked over to the puppy who was avidly sniffing the ground, shouting to Jack over his shoulder,
"I forgot, I bought Toothless a new toy yesterday and I wanted to go get it before we head out."
Jack sat back.
"Ohhh…" he responded, "You know, he's got plenty of toys already."
"Yes, but I bought this one," Hiccup told him, bending down to pat Toothless on the head.
"Oh, whatever," Jack scoffed, stepping out of his car and walking over to join him. "Here, I got this. Just get the stupid toy."
Hiccup looked up at him a moment before standing up and walking toward the entrance.
"I'll be right back," he said before he disappeared inside.
Jack bent down to scoop the puppy into his arms.
"Come on, little guy," he said, "I've got a plan."
He turned around, dashing over and carrying the dog right back to his car. He set Toothless in the passenger seat and climbed into the driver's side before pulling the door down. Now, he just had to wait.
Hiccup finally emerged from the building again, toy in hand. He glanced around before Toothless' head popped up from Jack's car window. Hiccup rolled his eyes.
"Really?" he laughed.
Jack pulled a face.
"It wasn't me! I swear! Twoey just jumped into my car! It wasn't like I could've told him no!" he exclaimed, reaching up only a moment to scratch at his neck.
Hiccup shook his head and walked over to his car again.
"Fine," he replied. "I'll just follow you out there, then."
"No, wait!" Jack shouted to him. Hiccup looked back.
"Just come with me!" Jack offered, sticking his head out of the window and motioning for Hiccup to come over. "I mean, uhh, it'll save you the trip and I can just bring you back later."
Hiccup eyed Jack a moment. Jack was obviously up to something, but he wasn't sure what. But if he was offering a free ride in his perfect car, he didn't really want to say no…
"...ehh, okay, I guess," he conceded, but turned back to his car. "Just let me lock my car up first."
Hiccup climbed back into his car and pulled it up to his garage door before getting out and opening it up. Pushing it up high enough to get his car in, he jumped back into the car and parked it inside the garage. He shut off the car, grabbed the dog toy, pocketed his phone, and shut the door behind him.
Jack smiled triumphantly and sat back in his seat, watching as Hiccup made his way back across the lot to his car.
"Haha, it worked," he cheered quietly, holding Twoey up on his lap. He made a fist and gently bumped Toothless' limp paw, making a ridiculous fist-bump of sorts.
Hiccup walked up and lifted the door, letting himself in. He sat down, barely closing the door before Toothless bounded over and hopped into his lap.
"Look what I go you, Toothless!" he called, holding up the stuffed toy in his hand. It was a plush, green dragon, with beady eyes and a crooked, sewn-on smile. Toothless instantly jumped up and chomped onto its tail.
"Yeah, you like that, don't you?" Hiccup laughed as Toothless began to tug on it, trying to get it away from him to chew on it some more.
Jack pulled the car into drive and circled back to the road. As Toothless finally snatched the toy away from Hiccup's hand, Jack jokingly scoffed, saying,
"He likes all the toys I got him better."
Hiccup just rolled his eyes, sitting back in the seat before replying,
"Quality's better than quantity, Jack."
Jack laughed, glancing over at Hiccup and then at the puppy again.
"You call that quality?" he remarked, "It looks like you got it at a thrift store or something!"
Hiccup crossed his arms, reaching over to pet Toothless.
"You're just jealous that Toothless likes me more than you-" But Toothless nipped at his hand, not wanting him to take the toy. "Ow!" Hiccup grumbled, pulling his hand back.
Jack snickered.
"Yep, you caught me," he replied, "totally jealous of you getting your hand bit off."
They soon arrived at Jack's house once again, and all three of them got out of the car. Toothless rushed to the front door as Hiccup and Jack made their way in at a leisurely pace.
Walking into the living room, Hiccup tossed his jacket on the couch and held up the dragon toy, looking around for the puppy.
"Oh, Toothless~" he sang, waiting for the dog to come running to him any second.
Just as he predicted, Toothless scampered in from the kitchen, his tongue flopping out of his mouth as he ran right up to Hiccup, jumping on his leg to try and reach the toy. Hiccup moved the toy around, and Toothless followed it, constantly trying to chomp onto its tail again with his teeth.
Jack walked around the corner, kneeling down in front of the TV.
"Hey, I just got that new zombie game," he remarked, glancing back at Hiccup. "You wanna play?"
Hiccup threw the toy across the room and plopped down on the floor next to Jack.
"I'm kinda playing with Toothless, in case you hadn't noticed," he replied.
Just as Jack turned away, Toothless rushed around the couch and dove right into Hiccup's lap, and Hiccup dramatically fell onto his back, laughing.
He glanced up and noticed the laundry basket full of dog toys-most of which were just the empty vessels of stuffed animals Toothless had gotten his paws on-and a grin came across his face. He scooted himself over to the basket, rifling around until he found a toy that still served its primary function. He pulled out a rubber ball and squeezed it. The shrill squeak made Toothless' ears perk up and he bounded over to try to take the ball from him. Jack turned around, having set up the Playstation, and groaned as he watched Toothless grab the ball from Hiccup's hand.
"Don't get those toys everywhere!" Jack whined, reaching over to grab the drool-covered dragon toy. "Maya spent twenty minutes yesterday getting 'em all picked up."
"You seriously make your maid pick up after Toothless?" Hiccup questioned, reaching over to snatch the dragon toy back from him.
"Well, I ain't gonna do it," Jack smirked.
Hiccup turned back and promptly picked up the basket of toys and dumped its contents on Jack's head. Jack glared at him, and Hiccup just laughed as Toothless barked and circled Jack, trying to pick up several toys at once and failing quickly.
"Oh, you are so gonna get it now," Jack taunted, pushing the turned-over basket out of the way.
"Oh, I'm so scared," Hiccup mocked, smirking. Jack crawled foward and immediately pushed Hiccup onto his back.
Just as Hiccup caugt hinself on his elbows, still laughing, Toothless growled, jumping in front of Hiccup and snarled as menacingly as a puppy can in Jack's direction.
Jack chuckled, leaning down to match Toothless' playful stance.
"You wanna go?" He teased the pup, "Huh? Ya feelin' lucky, punk?"
Toothless growled and charged at Jack. Before he could react, the puppy bit down on one of the drawstrings hanging from his hoodie and pulled on it. Jack reached up to pull it back, but Toothless growled again, chewing on the string a bit and pulling it again. Jack's hood shrank behind him and he laughed.
"Looks like Toothless' got you on a leash," Hiccup commented, sitting up.
Jack tugged on the string and smiled up at him, responding,
"Don't be jealous, Hic."
Hiccup laughed and held out the other toy, trying to get the puppy's attention.
"Toothless!" he called. "Hey, come here!"
Jack eyed him, but as Toothless looked back at Hiccup, he jumped forward, poking his wagging tail.
"Hey, come on," Jack shouted to him with a smile. "Twoey, over here!"
He picked up the squeaky ball and Toothless turned back to him as he squeezed it. Hiccup scooted forward.
"No, no, Toothless!" Hiccup tried again, but the puppy had rushed over to play with the drawstrings on Jack's hoodie again. Hiccup bit his lip before promptly throwing the dragon toy at Jack's face.
Jack playfully glared over at him,
"Hey, knock it off," he grumbled, pulling Toothless toward him almost-defensively.
"You knock it off, doofus," Hiccup shot back, crawling forward to pat at the ground in front of Toothless, grabbing the puppy's attention again.
He grinned, but Jack pushed him away as Toothless broke out of his hold and bounded over to Hiccup. Realizing he'd escaped, Jack flopped onto his stomach, reaching out to grab Toothless' good leg, but he hopped out of the way just in time. Jack's own leg swung up and whacked the TV stand.
"Agh," he groaned, flipped over onto his back to look over at his foot.
Hiccup took the distraction to start nailing Jack with random dog toys he found lying nearby. Jack flinched, holding up his hands to deflect the plush and rubber toys.
"No, not the hair!" he cried dramatically.
Hiccup stopped just to laugh out loud.
"Ha, you're such a dork," he told him, covering his mouth to keep from laughing again.
Jack rolled his eyes.
"Look who's talking," he teased, gazing up at him with a smirk.
Hiccup flicked him in the head and Jack winced, rubbing the spot and pulling a frown. He sat up and looked over up at the big TV in front of him.
"TV, power on," he stated and the screen flickered to life. He leaned forward and picked up the first controller he could find.
Toothless chewed on another of his toys, lying down by Hiccup.
Hiccup slowly reached over and pet the back of the pup's head.
"Hey…" Hiccup spoke up, blankly glancing around the room. "Where's that big duck toy you got him last week?"
Jack sat up against the coffee table, pulling the controller into his lap as the game menu showed up on the screen.
He kept his eyes on the TV as he replied,
"I lock all the big ones up in my room, why-?"
Hiccup sat up, getting to his feet right away. Jack turned in just enough time to see Hiccup step past him.
"Hey, wait-no, don't!" He reached out a hand to grab Hiccup's leg, and Hiccup stumbled, barely catching himself from falling on his face into the carpet.
"Asshole!" he shot at him before getting back up and running into the hallway.
"Seriously, Hic?" Jack complained, standing up to go after him.
Hiccup rushed down the hall and into the first room to the right.
"Alright, where are they?" he said to no one, scanning the room for the hidden dog toys. He briskly walked around the big bed and continued looking around. So far, all he saw was an empty room that had clearly been cleaned by a housemaid since Jack last used it.
Toothless circled Jack's feet as he attempted to run into his room, nearly tripping him.
"Ack, Twoey!" he whined, exasperated, and tried to step around him. "Come on!"
Hiccup turned around as Jack ran in, immediately shouting out,
"Sick 'em, boy!"
"Wha-" Jack stared down as Toothless instantly chomped onto his skinny jeans, pulling at them like he was the enemy. Jack glanced back up at Hiccup incredulously, remarking, "How did you even do that?"
Hiccup turned back, looking around the room again. His eyes landed on the closed double-doors near the large window.
"Aha! The closet!" he yelled, rushing over to open the door. He knelt down, wading through the dozens of small boxes stacked inside. In the corner, he found the large duck toy he was looking for.
"There it is!" he grinned, taking it out and holding it up and calling out, "Toothless, look what I got!"
Jack watched as the dog let go of his jeans and scampered over to Hiccup's side. Jack let himself fall onto his bed, simply remarking,
"No fair."
Hiccup laughed, tugging the toy back and forth as Toothless chomped on it, trying to find the squeaker. He let go a moment, and Toothless lugged the toy away. Hiccup glanced back at the closet, eyeing the boxes still sitting inside.
"Wait, what else you got stashed in here?" he wondered aloud.
Jack turned to look at him,
"Uhh…"
Hiccup pulled a flat box out, turning it over in his hands to find a bright blue logo printed on the side.
"...what is this stuff?" he asked. "Are these Flipeez?"
Jack grimaced and flipped over onto his stomach.
"Oh, yeah," he replied. "I got those about a month ago."
"They're still in the packaging…" Hiccup set the box down and looked back in the closet. "Is that a Perfect Polly? Glow Pets?"
Jack grinned, but Hiccup turned around, pulling out box after box of weird toys.
"Jack, why do you have all these?" Hiccup asked, confused.
"I don't know…" Jack told him, shrugging. "I like buying stuff off the TV."
Hiccup shook his head, staring down at the box apparently containing a Magic Bullet in his hands.
"You spend a lot of nights alone, huh?" he joked, throwing Jack a smirk over his shoulder.
"No!" Jack defended. "...I have Toothless now!"
Hiccup made a face and laughed.
"Well, that didn't sound weird at all," he scoffed sarcastically.
"Oh, my God, shut up," Jack glared at him.
"Ha, you have a thing for dogs now, Jack?" Hiccup joked, setting the box down.
"Bitches, Hiccup," Jack corrected with a smirk. "Just bitches."
Hiccup pet the back of Toothless' head as he laid next to him on Jack's bed. His eyes were focused ahead on the TV screen as Jack sat in front of the bed, playing the zombie game he was bragging about earlier. Jack's character ran along, shooting at the oddly-colored zombies on the screen. Hiccup glanced down at Toothless, who had started to inch forward to sniff at Jack's hair.
Hiccup smirked, getting an idea.
He pushed himself up on his elbows and picked Toothless up, dragging him forward and plopping him onto Jack's head.
Jack looked up, pausing his game for a moment just to send a quick glare up at Hiccup.
"Would you stop that?" he remarked, "You're gonna mess up my hair."
"You mean, it's meant to look like that?" Hiccup eyed him, holding back a laugh as he pulled Toothless back.
"Those hurtful words of yours, Hic, I swear," Jack shook his head and returned to his game. Toothless scooted his way out of Hiccup's hands, trying to lick at Jack's hair like before.
Jack swatted at him for a second, but Hiccup picked the puppy up again and placed him on Jack's head.
Jack stopped the game again, pushing his head up so Toothless would slide back onto the bed. He turned around, reaching up to smooth out his hair.
"Hey!" he pouted, "I said to stop it."
Hiccup held up his hands,
"Wasn't me," he defended, trying not to smile.
Jack narrowed his eyes and stood up.
"Alright, fine-" he threw himself onto the bed, bringing his controller with him.
Hiccup quickly pulled Toothless close to him.
"Hey, watch it!" he glared, hugging the puppy to his chest protectively. "You're gonna squish him."
"That'll teach him to screw with my hair," Jack replied, sticking his tongue out at the dog. Toothless burrowed into Hiccup's arms, and Hiccup shot a playful glare at Jack.
"Puppy killer," he jokingly remarked.
Jack let out a exaggerated gasp, turning back to him.
"Why would you say that?" he asked, mock-surprise all over his face.
Hiccup turned to the TV again, replying,
"It's probably true, I mean, you're already a dream killer."
Jack's face fell.
"I said I was sorry for that whole thing with the car…" he told him.
"It's not just a car, Jack," Hiccup sighed angrily. "I've always wanted a Kaiser Darrin, especially a '53 with those pocket doors…"
"Yeah, well," Jack looked back at the TV, unpausing his game, "then just wait 'til the guy keels over and pick up the car at the estate auction."
"If that's what it'll take," Hiccup replied, rolling his eyes. It wasn't like he hadn't considered that option already.
"Maybe I should've offered him four-hundred," Jack commented quietly, watching the menu pop up on the screen again with a frown.
"No, Jack," Hiccup grimaced. "Do you even know how much that car is worth?"
"...no," Jack absently replied. "But why does that matter?"
Hiccup turned onto his side, facing Jack.
"Ugh, seriously," he retorted, "the most anyone's ever paid for a mint-condition '53 Darrin was only three-hundred grand."
Hiccup reached down and scratched Toothless behind the ears, and Jack glanced over at him.
"What are you saying?" he asked, clearly confused.
"I'm saying Mildew probably thinks you're crazy," Hiccup replied, an unamused expression on his face as he glanced up at Jack and then back down at Toothless before adding, "I know I do."
"Ehh, makes no difference to me," Jack shrugged, returning to his game. "I got more money than I know what to do with, anyway."
Hiccup rolled his eyes.
"Well, if you ever feel like sharing, you have my number," he said. He crawled forward a bit on the bed and picked up the other controller off the floor. He then flipped over on his back as he turned the controller on and connected to the game.
Jack gave him a confused look.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
Hiccup smirked, selecting his character and pressing Start.
"It's called challenging myself," he replied matter-of-factly. "Maybe you should try it."
Jack glanced at the TV and then back at Hiccup before grinning.
"Okay, I will!" he told him, and turned over on his back, laughing as his elbow bumped Hiccup's head. Hiccup shoved him away.
"You're such an idiot," he said, looking over at Jack stuck his tongue out and pressed Start on his controller.
The game only lasted a minute before Jack's character died. He grumbled,
"This is stupid."
Hiccup laughed,
"You're stupid."
"I'm not used to being upside-down!" Jack complained, respawning his character but it died again quickly. "Gah! How do you even see like this?"
Hiccup rolled his eyes.
"You're playing upside-down, not blindfolded," he remarked.
Jack pushed himself back on the bed, trying to look at the
"Ughh," Jack whined, lifting his head to stare at the puppy. "Really, Twoey?"
The dog ignored him, chewing on the drawstrings emphatically.
"He really likes the strings on your hoodie," Hiccup smiled, leaning on his side again.
"Yeah, I've started to notice that," Jack replied, letting his head fall back onto the bed.
"Hope you like soggy, chewed-up drawstrings," Hiccup said, returning to the game.
"Don't have much of a choice here," Jack commented, motioning to Toothless as he continued to lay there.
Hiccup glanced back and just shook his head, laughing.
"Yeah, so…" Jack stared up at the ceiling, "My mom said it was a girl. Or, well, it was going to be, I mean."
Hiccup frowned, looking away from the movie playing on the television to give Jack a sympathetic look.
"That sucks…" he told him. "You coulda used a little sister to keep you in line."
Jack felt a small smile come to his face.
"Ha, yeah…probably."
Hiccup slowly pet Toothless' back as he gnawed at the toy between his paws. Hiccup sighed quietly before looking over at Jack's pensive expression.
"What do you think she would have looked like?" he asked. He bit his lip as the words escaped his mouth. He hadn't really meant to ask that.
Jack didn't seem to mind, though. He closed his eyes, the smile getting a bit bigger as he replied,
"I always imagined she would look just like my mom."
He turned his head, glancing over at Hiccup.
"You know, long brown hair, but with my dad's blue eyes. She would have been beautiful."
Hiccup paused, eyeing Jack a moment.
"Wait, is that what color your hair's supposed to be?" he asked. "Brown?"
"Haha, yeah," Jack smirked, "White's more interesting, though."
Hiccup matched his expression, replying,
"Well, I won't argue with that. It's definitely different."
Jack nodded.
"It gets the job done."
Hiccup scoffed,
"What job?" he joked. "Warding off women?"
Jack put a finger to his lips.
"Sshhh," he told him.
Hiccup furrowed his eyebrows.
"Hey-"
"No, I mean," Jack pointed down at the puppy under Hiccup's hand.
Hiccup glanced down to see the dog had gone still, sleeping soundly against the small toy in his paws.
"Oh," he breathed out.
"Yeah," Jack smiled softly.
"Geez, Jack," Hiccup smirked. "You bored him to sleep."
"Oh, cheap shot, jerk," Jack sulked, turning back to stare at the ceiling. "I'm over here, spilling my guts to you, and you use that to stab me in the heart."
"Yeah, well," Hiccup yawned, slumping down onto the bed. "You...uhh…"
Jack glanced back over at Hiccup's blank expression.
"What?" he asked.
"I can't think of anything to say," Hiccup replied absently.
"Justice~" Jack smirked, closing his eyes and pumping a fist into the air.
"I'm-I'll think of something," Hiccup told him, waving him off. "Just wait."
Jack grinned, watching as Hiccup crossed his arms over his chest and looking up at the ceiling before yawning again.
"Oh, I will," he told him, tilting his head back to watch the television screen. It looked like the movie was almost over, as Hercules was glowing a weird, golden color. Jack sighed and stared back up at the ceiling, like before.
Jack waited, but after another minute passed, he frowned before looking over at Hiccup again.
"Hiccup?" he asked, his voice coming out as a whisper.
As he stared over, he noticed the slow rise and fall of his chest. He smirked,
"Seriously, falling asleep on me now?" he shook his head. "That's just rude…"
But as the minutes passed, Jack kept glancing over at Hiccup. Something about this whole scenario seemed familiar to him, but Jack couldn't quite put his finger on it. He sat up, leaning on his elbow and watching as Hiccup's head lulled to the side and Toothless nuzzled into his side.
Had this happened before? Jack didn't think so, but the thought was nagging at him. When was the last time something like this had happened? It'd been nearly a year since he had a girl in his room-was that it? He shook his head, but kept digging. It'd been even longer since he had been this close to a sleeping guy, actually. In fact, that was all the way back in high school-no, eighth grade. Yeah, his first boyfriend…
Wait, that was it. Jack blinked. His old boyfriend, Jamie. The night before that stupid breakup, Jamie had come over to play video games and wound up falling asleep on the couch. Jack just sat there, watching him. That was the night he realized he had fallen in love with his boyfriend. The next day, he made the dumb decision of going against Jamie's wishes and practically announcing to the whole school that he loved his boyfriend. He didn't want to keep their relationship a secret, no matter how much Jamie wanted it to be one.
Jamie's friends had laughed at them. Jamie was all upset and pushed Jack away. He told him that Jack was lying, that he was crazy and had been stalking him and that he had no idea what Jack was talking about. Jack barely even understood what he meant when Jamie said he didn't want to see him again. Apparently, it meant "I'm breaking up with you" and was also meant to actually be taken seriously…
Jack wound up spending the remainder of the eighth grade trying to keep people from calling him gay. He could care less what the other kids thought, but the constant reminder of the day Jamie broke his heart pushed him to change his image, at whatever cost.
High school went by in a rush of chasing skirts and copying moves from television on literally any woman he could find. He must have slept with every female teacher, every girl in the student body, pretty much any woman he could find. He more than solidified his image as a player, namely one that was purely heterosexual. Even if he wanted to, he never spared a single glance at another guy, because he was never letting what happened in eighth grade ever happened to him again. He refused to be anything but straight right up to graduation.
Once he was out of school and ready to take on the real world, he took almost a whole week to relax and do nothing but hang out in his big, empty house. He only lasted four days before he drove to the nearest bar and picked up as many women as possible. It occurred to him that taking a break from one-night stands wasn't an option for him; he had to be with someone every night, or he'd likely go insane.
And he had no issues with that until he realized the one flaw in his plan about never sleeping with the same girl twice…
There were only so many women in the world. He went through dozens of bars, hundreds of online dating services, even took out an account with a couple escort services, but it wasn't enough.
Whatever natural charm he had seemed to lose its luster. Women started to say no, so he change things up a bit. He bleached his hair. It worked for a while, but then the problem came back. He picked up new hobbies. He tossed away the 'prospering college kid' title and started driving a fast car, but it wasn't enough.
He started staying up late for no reason, watching TV and ordering junk off of infomercials, but it wasn't enough.
Eventually, he realized that he felt best when he was at least on the prowl, attempting to pick up women in bars, even when they would almost always say no. Sometimes, he'd get lucky, but he usually went home alone. However, that was enough to keep him going, at least for a while.
And then, Hiccup showed up. Jack was used to jealous boyfriends, bodyguards coming over to throw him out, but this was different. Hiccup was smaller than he was, and maybe he took advantage of that. Okay, he definitely took advantage of that. Hiccup may have verbally objected to everything, but he still went along with it all.
And then Hiccup raced him in that Camaro, and then Hiccup liked the puppy, and then Hiccup just stuck around longer than any friend he'd ever had...and a whole lot longer than any woman had.
Jack returned to reality, hearing Toothless snore and shove his face into Hiccup's shirt. His eyes widened as he stared at the two of them.
"Oh, no."
The words escaped his lips so quietly.
No wonder this whole thing seemed so familiar. It was just like that night-the night he had fallen in love with Jamie.
Could he...really have fallen for Hiccup?
As terrifying as that thought was to him, maybe it was okay. Maybe that was his solution to all this…
Maybe the reason he's always trying to pick up chicks and take them home is because he just wants someone to spend time with. Maybe what he needed wasn't another one-night stand, but to fall in love...to find a companion.
But, did he really like Hiccup that way? Jack honestly had to think about it.
Maybe he did. Okay, maybe he really did. But, what was he supposed to do about it?
That was a really long chapter and the ending was written while a four-year-old was throwing dinosaurs at my keyboard every two letters, so if there are typos, you'll understand why. Sorry.