How You Doing Insane Gang!

Trust me in saying that this is not the last "in world" story. I still have an idea for a story that isn't a modern AU. This takes place after the Slitherwing episode.

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"Why do you do that?" Hiccup asked Astrid after they retired to his hut at the end of the day.

"Do what?" She crossed her arms in return.

"You almost died," he stressed.

Astrid sat on his bed, slowly taking off her armor. Her hand that she punched the Slitherwing was still weak along with the rest of her body.

"Hiccup, I had to save Stormfly."

He paced in front of her, methodically running his hands through his already frazzled hair. "She wasn't even poisoned!"

"Yeah, this time but what if she was?" "There is no way in hell I was just to standby and watch my dragon die." She answered him defensively.

"I had to hear it from Fishlegs how they weren't sure if they made enough of the antidote for you and Stormfly." He ranted.

Astrid scoffed, leaning back on her side of the bed, "You're just mad because you weren't there."

Hiccup stopped pacing, he stood with his back turned facing her. She could see his back muscles tensing without his armor.

"You're right, I wasn't there, I was dealing with the dragon hunters with Snotlout." "I trusted you to hold down the others, not go on a martyr mission."

"Fuck you, you know if it was Toothless you would have done the same thing."

Hiccup barked out a laugh, turning around to face her. "No, I wouldn't have and you're only saying that because you know you're wrong."

Studying her face, he noted how pale she still was from the ordeal. "I can't do my job as a leader if all I'm worried about is whether or not you're going to try to get yourself killed."

Astrid sat up, making a show of wanting to leave his hut. "I'm a warrior Hiccup, you're asking me to give up a part of me."

"I'm asking you to stop being so reckless!" "This time it's for Stormfly, next time it could be for me."

"Of course I would sacrifice myself for you!"

Hiccup threw his hands in the air, "I have everyone in this damn tribe willing to sacrifice everything for me and for once I want you to be selfish!"

Astrid stood up, getting right in his face. "From a young age, I was trained as a warrior and one of those jobs was to be prepared to lay my life down for my chief, right now it's Stoick but soon it'll be you. Hell! you're already leading us right now!"

"I don't want anyone to die under my leadership." He whispered while squeezing his eyes shut.

Astrid let out a shuttering sigh. "Us warriors are honored to die for the right cause, including to those that we love."

Hiccup took a fraction of a step closer. "If it's going to be like this then I would sacrifice everything to keep you safe."

Their noses were brushing together when Hiccup continued. "This is a two-way path, don't make it seem so one-sided."

Astrid leaned in for the kiss before wrapping her arms around his waist.

"I'm sorry I scared you." She said softly.

Hiccup's breath was shaky. "It's okay, I need to trust that you can take care of yourself and promise me that you won't take unnecessary risks."

She groaned his name and buried herself deeper into his neck. "This is the price we pay in war, I don't think I can promise that."

She felt his hold on her tighten. "Astrid..."

"If I have to promise it has to be the same for you too."

A beat past. "Okay."

Astrid let go of her breath she didn't know she was holding. The feeling made Hiccup's skin tingle and send a shiver down his spine. She pulled her head up, already missing the loss of heat.

She let her hands crawl up his sides until they were placed around the back of his neck.

"Good, then we're in agreement."

Astrid brought him into a passionate kiss which he happily reciprocated, smiling into it. Without disconnecting, she led him to bed and not even stopping when her back hit the mattress.

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