Wrestling

Prompt: Based off of a picture from Tumblr and my love for Eret and Astrid's bromance! This is set two years after HTTYD 2, Eret bets Astrid that he beat her at arm wrestling.

I own nothing and I did change a lot of things from the picture, I just got this idea from said picture.

Eret isn't afraid to admit that he enjoys Astrid's company, not in 'He's going to throw her into a dragon stall and have hot crazy sex with her' way, but in a 'He enjoys her friendship'. Plus, he has been dating a girl for the past year, and Hiccup and Astrid have been going on seven years soon (they only got married two years ago, about six months after Eret joined the Hooligan clan.)

But one thing really can't stand about Astrid Hofferson-Haddock is her competiveness.

"What do you mean you could beat me in arm wrestling?" Astrid shouted, her seven month pregnant belly very noticeable.

"Astrid," Said Eret, holding hands with his girlfriend, Helga "Let's be reasonable. I was a dragon trapper for twenty some years, these arms could beat those… twigs, any day, anytime."

The table winces and Astrid stared at Eret, mouth opened.

"You shouldn't have said that…" whispered Hiccup, who sat in the chief's chair

"What?"

"Okay buddy, let's go." Astrid put her arm out in the proper arm wrestling technic
"Astrid… I'm not going to arm wrestle you." Stated Eret

"Why? Too afraid?" Asked Astrid

"No, I don't want to hurt you."

"Please, I'm pregnant, not dying!"

"I'll snap your arm in half. I'm not going to arm wrestle you, and that's final." Eret stood up and turned to leave when he heard

"Wuss."

Eret stopped mid step. He's been called a lot of things, but in all of his twenty seven years, he's never been called a wuss.

Eret turned his head and saw a shit-eating grin on Astrid's stupid face.

"What did you just call me?" He asked, voice dangerous that made the Great Hall go oddly quite. Everyone stared at them, and Astrid fed off of that

"You heard me Wuss." Smirked Astrid, crossing her arms over her chest. She was standing now, trying to look imitating, but with her pregnant belly, it didn't really work.

"Okay Haddock, it's on."

"On my count!" Snotlout had his hand on top of both theirs "Three, two, one!" Snotlout lifted his hand and the match started

"Astrid just don't hurt the baby…"

"SHUT UP HICCUP!" Half the Great Hall said in stereo, they only heard the same thing since Hiccup found out about the baby

Every Viking, man, woman and child were watching the match between the chiefs wife and the new comer (Even though Eret has been there for two years, he was still labeled a new comer).

"You know I can beat you." Said Astrid

"Astrid, I try not to be the voice of reason-" started Fishlegs

"Since when?" asked Tuff

Fishlegs chose to ignore that "But the chances of you beating Eret are incredibly low."

"Why's that Fishlegs?" Asked Astrid, struggling to push Eret's arm down

"Well, like Eret said earlier, he has bigger arms than you."

"What does that have to do with anything?" Astrid pushed his arm down a little more, but Eret pushed it right back

"More than you think."

"For a girl, you are freakishly strong." Eret said, voice wavering under his struggling

"Years of axe-throwing will do that to you."

"Years?" Eret's voice almost crack. Ruffnut visibly swooned.

"I was going to be a shieldmaiden."

"Now you're just a housewife."

Astrid glared "Not just a housewife!" Astrid pushed down on his hand, as hard as she could. Eret's eyes widened as his hand hit the table. "I win."

The crowd cheered and Eret just stared at Astrid with wide eyes.

"So," Smirked Astrid "Who's up for round two?"