Based on a post I made a couple weeks(?) ago, I guess this is like a Winged AU? Everyone here has wings, that's all you need to know. Well, only humans have wings, Toothless doesn't. He's a cat.

Please enjoy!

Hiccup couldn't really remember exactly what had happened, er...well, it was more he like didn't want to remember.

But of course he was going to remember anyway.

It was such a little thing, an everyday kind of incident.

(maybe probably no it wasn't yes it was it was it was it was)

He could still feel those stares from the other people in the store.

(stop staring why are you staring at me please stop staring)

He could feel his face burning and sweat was rolling down his neck to his back, making him feel that gross sticky feeling that only made things worse.

(ugh his hands were shaking again stop shaking stop shaking STOP SHAKING)

Knocking something over with a wing was normal. It happened to everyone at least once or twice. Sometimes the actual size of your wings would slip from your mind. It was completely normal.

But people still stared.

He saw them out of the corner of his eye.

They were looking right at him.

He was sure they were thinking something rather unpleasant of him too.

(stop thinking that you're not that interesting anyway why would they think anything about you don't be so conceited)

He didn't even break anything and he picked it up to put it back right where it was before. Even pushing it back a little so it wouldn't be so close to the edge of the shelf.

But the aisle had enough people standing around.

(stop laughing please stop laughing at me)

Hiccup felt sick.

He barely recalled paying for his things and rushing back to his house to put everything away.

(there was no need to rush out like that now everyone working there will tell their friends about that weirdo who ran out the store like he was crazy or something that's just great)

But he did remember flying straight to the little cove at the edge of town. The one place he knew he could be by himself without anyone bothering him.

Usually he'd bring Toothless with him, just to let the large black cat roll around and chase whatever flying insect that caught his eye.

But not right now, his mind was too fuzzy.

As much as he loved his best friend, Hiccup didn't think he'd be able to handle all that energy, even if the little brunet himself wasn't the one moving.

But back to the beginning.

Hiccup was sitting curled up against a large boulder, his wings, a pale-looking brown with speckles and splatters of white, wrapped around his form, shielding him from the sunlight.

(why are you so tense just relax stop thinking about it calm down already why do you have to overthink everything)

"Hiccup?"

He flinched.

"Hey, you alright?" There was a soft, slightly cold, touch against his feathers, gently smoothing them. Hiccup knew that touch anywhere.

He slowly shifted his wings apart, catching worried blue eyes looking over him.

"Hi, Jack," he managed to rasp.

The tall, white-haired boy smiled at him, one hand still stroking the edge of Hiccup's wing, "Bad day?"

Hiccup shrugged.

He opened his wings a little more, an unspoken invitation.

Jack stretched his own wings, large and white as fresh snow, tinged ice-blue at the tips, and sat down in front of the other boy an arm's length away, "You wanna talk about it?"

He shook his head, his voice wasn't willing to cooperate right now.

Jack moved a little closer, his wings spreading just a tad wider. Hiccup slowly tucked his wings behind him, familiar with what the older boy was trying to do. Jack opened his arms and Hiccup moved closer, practically sitting on the other boy's thighs, and wrapped his arms around Jack's neck, burying his face into a sweater-clad shoulder, breathing in the scent of mint and releasing a heavy sigh.

He felt Jack's arms wrap snugly around his waist and the soft whoosh of wings covering the both of them. A hand made itself known in his hair, gently brushing through perpetually messy brown strands.

Hiccup closed his eyes and let himself be lulled to sleep. Jack's even heartbeat was a soothing melody.

It was quiet here.