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Hiccup:

We sat at the base of a large tree. Astrid was cuddled up to me and we made out. We had kissed plenty of times before, but this time felt different somehow. It was like every other time they had kissed there was a slight connection that flickered between them, but now it had roared up into something had never felt before. Suddenly Astrid pulled away. "Hiccup?" she asked. "Yes?" I answered with q quizzical look on my face. "We're together now. Got it?" she said. I was a little taken back. Not by what she said, but how she said it.

The look in her eyes enveloped his thoughts, like two sapphires, drawing him in. It was like she had told him a secret, something that she wasn't sure of, not because she didn't want it, but because of how it might hurt her. I smiled at how important I was to her. I had never felt so cherished by anyone. My father loved me, anyone could see that now, but I felt like this sort of love was something truly special. "I couldn't think of anything better, milady…" he said with a smirk.

Astrid:

I always detested the thought of pet names. "Baby", "babe" "darling" "sweetie", she hated the idea of being a wife who was just stereotypical arm candy, but something about "milady" made her feel… special. It gave her a strong feeling of security, because something about it was just so… Hiccup. It was so unique and quirky and perfect. I didn't want to, and I scolded myself again for it, but I giggled a bit "Milady?" I asked. "Problem?" he replied. "No, but had you already planned out what you would call me?" I laughed. "Oh haha very funny. No, as a matter of fact I hadn't, but something about 'milady' just rolls of the tong so easily when I'm using it to describe you" he said "Milady, Milady, Milady" He began to say in different voices. I couldn't help but giggle again at how dorky he was. What an idiot I am. Giggling like a little girl, when I was supposed to be a warrior. "Why do you do that?" He said. "Do what?" I asked. "Scold yourself. It's like you're being mad at yourself for being happy, like you think it shows weakness, but it doesn't, it's anything but." He said. I was shocked.

How did he know? It was like he could see inside her, see exactly how she felt, and why she felt it, like she could tell him her secrets, but she didn't need to, because he could already tell.

Hiccup:

I could still tell she wasn't convinced, and I wasn't sure how to tell her that she was wrong, no one had ever done it before so the odds weren't in my favour, but then a moment of brilliance struck me. "Astrid, close your eyes" I ordered her. "What? Why? Hiccup what are you-" "just close them." I said. She did, and I continued. "I want you to imagine how you saw Toothless before I tamed him, I want you to think about when he struck the village, how he reacted when you found us." I told her. "Okay, done" she said. "How did you see him?" I asked. "Powerful, terrifying, quick, unstoppable. Just like everyone else, but I still don't understa-" "Now open your eyes and look over there" I said, pointing to a small field.

Astrid:

I had no idea what he was going on about, but as soon as I turned around it hit me. Toothless was running around in long grass, making loads of butterfly's launch up, flowing through the air. It was a beautiful sight. The black dragon rolled on his back and rolled around with his big Toothless grin on his face. "Astrid, if that big dope can convince everyone who encounters him that he's a ruthless killing machine, then you can act however you want and still remain as tough as an ox." Something welled up inside me. Something I'd never felt before, something that I vowed I'd never let out, something I was determined to keep to myself.

At first I thought there was no way, that I would never let it happen, but then as I looked up at him, with those forest green eyes looking down on me, and I began to cry. I cried so hard I could feel the tears flowing down my face. I didn't even know what about, but it was such a relief. A relief that I could cry and be weak, and yet feel completely safe in the knowledge that no matter what I did Hiccup would never see me any differently.

Hiccup:

I held her close. I'd never seen Astrid cry before, but when she finished I pulled her close and kissed her forehead. "Hiccup… thank you…" she whispered. "Anytime… milady" I whispered back.

The ride home was spent mostly in silence, but it wasn't awkward or anything, it was just that they didn't have anything they needed to say. They were both overjoyed at how their little venture had worked, and everything was covered in blissful silence as the wind flowed through their hair, and there was no sense in ruining it. It stayed like that until they approached the edge, as they began to descend towards their little hide away they were startled to say the least when a thunderdrum shot up between them.

They whirled round to see it flying off as Snotlout, Fishlegs and the twins raced past after the beast. "Back to the chaos then?" Astrid joked as they looked at each other. "Shall we?" Hiccup said. "Sure, if you can keep up!" Astrid called over her shoulder as she took off after them. "What do you recon bud? Wanna show them why the nightfury is the top of the speed scale?" Hiccup asked Toothless. Toothless gave him his toothless grin and they shot off after the jet black thunder drum. "Care to fill us in?" I yelled to fishlegs who was struggling to keep up. "Snotlout decided that we needed to catch a thunderdrum to make the weapon extra deadly!" Snotlout yelled.

"You've finished it already?!" I asked, shocked that they could get anything done with the twins around. "Weeeell… no. we realised that we need a forge to make it, but we don't-" "Have a forge or a smith on the edge?" I finished. "Yeah. Looks like that's our construction project for now, but first we have to catch the thunder drum!" he called. I was about to order toothless to shoot a plasma blast to drive it lower, but before I could something else struck the dragon. It plummeted down, caught in a net, as I watched a few warships close in on the place where the dragon was going to land. I saw the crest on one of the ships and sharp shiver ran down my spine. Dagur….