Okay, so here's a part 2 to the first story... Enjoy xx

Jack sat in the waiting room of the orthodontistry, flicking through a magazine and not really reading it. In the thirty minutes he'd been sat there, the receptionist had offered him a drink twice, to which he refused the first time, but gave in to a coffee on the second. He didn't really like coffee, but he didn't want the woman to ask again so he thought it'd be better to accept than make her feel awkward.

The three-quarters full cup sat on the arm of the sofa he was lounging on.

How long did it usually take to get braces put on? He'd spoken to Merida the week before about her experience to try and improve his knowledge of the subject, but that question didn't really pop up at all. It was just a bit of glue and some metal studs, right? Hardly a work of art. But they have to be put on pretty precisely, don't they?

Oh, what did Jack know-? He didn't mind how long it took so long as Hiccup was okay at the end of it all. Speaking of…

"Hey, excuse me," Jack stood up, abandoning the coffee, and walked to the front desk, "Would it be okay if I went to see the guy I came in with? Just to check how he's doing, I mean."

The woman looked confused for a second.

"He was pretty nervous this morning and I just wanna see if he's alright." Jack explained.

"Uh yes, that should be fine." She stood from her chair and joined him on the waiting room side of the desk, "Follow me. I'll take you to the right room."

Jack followed the woman, whose blond hair was in an incredibly tight bun at the back on her head. He could see it was putting strain on her eyebrows, pulling them sharply upwards. It had to be painful.

"It was Mr Haddock you were with, right?" she asked as they began to climb a staircase.

"Yeah." Jack looked down at his feet while he walked. How had Hiccup made it up all these stairs on his own in the shaking mess he was in when he'd left? He shook his head. Hiccup was going to be fine. He was going to get to the room and find Hiccup smiling and back to his normal, quirky self. It'd be fine.

"Well, this is the right floor. Just follow the corridor down there to room 3b, there should be a label on the door saying Dr Toothiana."

"Okay, thanks for showing me the way." Jack managed to call to the woman as she disappeared back down the staircase.

Right. Dr Toothiana. Wow… what an appropriate name, Jack thought. He knew Hiccup would've found it funny too.

The room was easy enough to find but when he got to the door, he stopped. There was a window in the door panel and through it, Jack saw his Hiccup, lying back in a chair with two people leaning over him. He couldn't see his face, but from what he could see by the way his hands were knotting together, he was clearly stressing out big time.

Not wanting to disturb the orthodontists, he waited until a moment when they were both stood up straight and went to knock on the door.

But he froze.

No. Hiccup was doing fine on his own. He wanted to show that he could be brave and independent and Jack knew he should respect his decision. Jack stood pondering what exactly he should do for a few minutes before heading back down the stairs to the waiting room.

…

Another thirty minutes passed, and Jack was beginning to worry when Hiccup came trudging down the steps, alone. Jack immediately rushed up to meet him and shocked him with a tight hug.

"Hey Hic, you okay?"

"Mmm Hmm, wasn't as bad as I was expecting at all" he sounded fine, despite a slight lisp, but Merida had warned him about that already so he wasn't surprised. "I gotta go book my next appointment now. And get some toothbrush stick thingies- can't remember what they're called."

"Alright. You do that. Want me to stay or shall I go grab the car and bring it out front?"

"Aw, go get the car, would you? I wanna get outta here as soon as, please." Jack was amazed at how calm Hiccup sounded, like nothing had happened. He was amazed at how different he looked as well.

Unfortunately, a downside to braces is that, for the first couple of weeks, they're extremely effective at highlighting which teeth aren't quite straight. The wire running across Hiccup's teeth was very bent and awkwardly moulded with kinks here and there. For Hiccup, the most noticeable bit was how the two metal brackets on his front teeth had been placed significantly lower than the others on his surrounding teeth. This was in effort to pull the front teeth up to be in line with the rest.

Jack went to go get the car. His black Peugeot 107. After passing his test last month, he'd bought a car immediately and took great pride in ferrying himself and his boyfriend around in it. As he waited for Hiccup to come out, he checked his own teeth in the rear view mirror. There were naturally straight and pretty damn white, which was something he always aimed for. His snow white teeth were another trademark to go with his matching hair.

Finally, Hiccup clambered into the passenger seat and they were off. Jack always had an auxiliary cable plugged in and Hiccup was choosing songs to play from his phone. Currently, his choice was Fall Out Boy's 'Mighty Fall'.

Both boys sang along and for a moment, both of them forgot about the new metal adorning Hiccup's face. In fact, they weren't really mentioned at all for the rest of the day, until after the two had finished their evening meal of takeaway pizza and were snuggled up on the sofa of Jack's house watching a scary movie.

It was at a scene of a girl walking around a (clearly haunted) house in the dark with a night vision camera. She walked into a room, a nursery of some kind and the door suddenly slammed shut behind her. Jack and Hiccup both jumped and laughed at their own reactions. The girl stood in the dark, breathing heavily. The night vision camera was picking up strange shapes beside her but she wasn't looking. The shadows were coming closer, closer, closer. They were right on top of her when suddenly-

"Ah- Ouch!" Hiccup moaned, and Jack jumped at the unexpected early jumpscare, and then again at the real one on the TV.

"What's up?" he asked, turning to face his boyfriend, while pausing the film at the same time. (He also, at this point, would turned some lights on, but they were all already on, since they were too scared to even attempt to watch a horror film with the lights off...)

"Teeth- hurt," he grumbled in response, and Jack knew that they were in for a long night...

Thanks for the review last time, aerinzephyr! Just knowing someone out there does like my writing really makes such a huge difference and motivates me sooooo much! This chapter was very relatable to me. That car is also my car... Fall Out boy is my favourite band... I love horror movies... I'm just living vicariously through these lovebirds now.

Anyways, hope you liked it and I probably won't continue this particular story for a while because I have so many more ideas up my sleeve that are more out-there and not so casual... Pls review if you can because your reviews are my only motivation to carry on really. Thanks xxx