hey guys, just so you know, this is a little bit of fluff between our two main characters Shadow and Hiccup. this is meant to show how their relationship is progressing, and therefore add more tension when things get more heated between rivals.

Shadow carried Hiccup all the way back to his cabin and up to his room. All the way there, she kept asking if he was ok or was in pain, but the stubborn bastard refused to show he was in any pain at all, despite it being clearly evident on his face. His skin was flushed and he was sweating, but he kept pushing himself on.

Finally, when he crashed down onto his bed, he let out a pained moan and clutched his leg. Hiccup lay there for a few minutes, waiting for the agony to subside before he even thought about moving. He forced himself to sit up and put his legs over the edge of the bed to see how bad it was.

Shadow knelt down on the floor in front of him to see what kind of damage there was to his leg, but Hiccup refused to let her see, claiming it was already hideous.

The humanoid dragon just looked at him deadpan. "Hiccup, I have seen many grotesque things in my life, trust me, your leg isn't going to look bad to me or make me think less of you. Just let me take a look at it."

Finally relenting, he let her take hold of the prosthetic and pull it off, then roll the leg of his pants up so she could see the injury.

It looked bad, but she had definitely seen worse. The prosthetic he was using wasn't really designed for comfort like his main one, it was just for functionality, so therefore because of it, the skin on his leg was red and irritated, and there were a few cuts and it was bleeding.

Shadow quickly stood up and went over to his small wash basin in the corner, and grabbed a cloth and wet it in the basin. She then returned to her spot on the floor, her wings scraping against the floorboards, and her tail laying limp behind her. With her clawed hand, she gently held his leg still while she used the other to wipe away the dirt and blood.

Hiccup groaned every time she touched his leg, it was incredibly painful, but after a while it lessened. Shadow looked up at him as she tended to his leg, and asked if he had any other cuts anywhere else on his body. He looked over himself to check. His armour had a few puncture marks in it from her claws, which pierced all the way through. When he told her this, she told him to take if off so she could get to it next.

Reluctantly, he pulled his armour and undershirt off in front of her. For a few agonizingly long moments the two of them just stared at each other. Shadow's eyes flickered over him with interest, while Hiccup saw her eyes darken slightly. Tearing her gaze away, she went back to tending his leg.

Her hands massaged the amputated leg to rid him of any pain, and in response he couldn't stop himself from making small sounds, indicting he was enjoying it. She liked hearing those sounds from him, and experimented on him, seeing what kind of reactions she could get from what.

Hiccup was like putty in her claws, and eagerly responded to her touch, especially when her hands started to wander further and further up his leg, onto his thigh.

But some part of his brain refused to allow her to do as she pleased, as his blood heated at her touch he desperately held himself back with everything he had.

"Shadow… Should you really do this to me?" he breathed. Shadow's hand stopped where it was, inching further towards his inner thigh. Her silver eyes looked at his curiously, with hints of her wanting to continue.

"Now that there is another one of your kind here… shouldn't you be with him?" he timidly asked.

Shadow sat up on her knees so she was almost level with his face, half standing in between his knees.

"Hiccup, why would I drop you simply because Phantom showed up? We used to be close, yes, but that was over a century ago. A hundred years can change a person, and I don't know how much he has changed since I last knew him."

As she spoke, her hands started moving again, her claws scraping against the material of his pants.

"A Black Moon's life is like a very long river. In the time it takes to get to the end, many things happen, but not all of them stay the same over that time. Like a ripple in water, sometimes it affects us, but in time it goes away. A few little ripples can't change the tide. Phantom did affect my life greatly, but since he had been gone, it's like the tide has returned to normal. But now… with you, the tide is changing again."

Her hands started moving closer to his hips, and rubbing over his inner thighs. She took a heavy breath and looked deep into his eyes, searching for something almost. He gazed back into hers like they were a pool of molten silver or steel.

"Every time you have affected my life, it leaves a ripple in the river, and even after these two short years, you have changed my life greatly."

Her gorgeous silver eyes roamed over him, taking in all the blemishes on his skin, some left because of her. The whip mark left from Dagur because she couldn't save him soon enough to be spared from that fate. The small claw marks she only just gave him when pushing him out the way of those logs, saving his life. And the bite mark on his collarbone she gave him, marking him as hers.

Those silver eyes darkened again with desire, her hands roamed over him up his legs and onto his hips. She tugged him forward, and he moved with her willingly, sliding off the bed and onto the floor with her. She pulled him forward until he was sitting in her lap, her larger size looming over him.

"You, my River-Tide, are who I want to be with now. If you will have me."

Hiccup didn't hesitate, and seized her lips with his. His blood was racing, and he just couldn't deny himself any longer. His lips moved against hers, and his teeth pulled on her lower lip with a groan.

He wrapped his legs around her body underneath her wings, and arched his back as her claws raked down his skin. Their tongues danced together and their teeth clashed, occasionally biting down on the others tongue or lip. Breathless, they broke apart, their chests heaving.

"You know what… I quite like the sound of River-Tide."