It's You And Me, Always

First Times

*two years later. They're 23 now and Dustin's 3*

(Quick character update: Astrid stopped working as a waitress, but she's still working for the diner. She helps settle orders and all that jazz. Hiccup decided that he wanted to get a "real job", so he started doing guitar lessons for kids)

Hiccup's POV:
These past two years with Astrid have been incredible, but it's just getting started. We found out that Astrid was pregnant. We're both so incredibly happy, and our parents, even more so. Ever since we got married My Dad, Gobber, Martha, and Barnaby have been asking us when we'd be giving them grandkids. Me and Astrid would avoid that question each time it was asked. It's not like we didn't want kids or anything, we were just waiting for the right time. 

Anyway, She's now 9 months pregnant with our first child, and due anytime now. Isn't that crazy? Who would've thought fishbone me would score the most beautiful girl ever? And have a child with her?? Crazy. Anyway, I lay in bed staring at the ceiling feeling like everything's right with the world.

"Hiccup?" I hear a voice whisper softly

"Mornin' Milady" I say, and lean over to kiss her forehead

"Baby was kicking all night" She groaned, as I placed my hand on her stomach

"Aw, man. Why don't you try to get some sleep now?" I suggest, while helping her sit up

"No use. I'm already up" She sighs, then we both head downstairs for breakfast

I made pancakes while Astrid was talking to the baby, explaining everything I was doing.
"And now Daddy's going to set the plates, baby. We're both very excited to meet you, little one" She said as I came over to the table, setting the plates down. I went to grab some cups when I heard her gasp

"Astrid? What is it?' I ask rushing to her side

"I- I think my water broke" She said, placing her hand under her belly

"Y-Your what-" I ask

"My water, Hiccup! The baby's coming! When I said we were excited to meet you, I didn't mean now!" She says, grabbing onto my hand

"The baby?! Now?! What do we-" I started to panic

"Let's go to the hospital. Grab the bag we packed" She said, closing her eyes because of a contraction. I run up the stairs and grab the hospital bag we had packed a few days ago. Toothless and Stormfly were looking at us curiously, wondering why we were suddenly rushing.

"Astrid's giving birth!" I say to them, even though I know they don't understand a word I say. I run back down and we rush to the car.

"Stay in there for a little while longer baby" Astrid said, rubbing her belly

We arrive at the hospital and Astrid is put in a room. Nurses check in on her every five minutes, checking how much she's dilated. Right now she's 6cm dilated. The nurses say she can start pushing once she reaches 9cm. Seeing my wife in pain like that, and me not being able to do anything, broke my heart. I stroked her hair, whispering assuring words to her, telling her how strong she was, and that any second now we'd be holding our child.

"Ma'am you can start pushing now" The nurse says, and Astrid holds on to my arm as she starts to push with all her might

"ARGHHHHHH" Her face was covered in sweat and strands of her hair were sticking to her forehead. I wiped her sweat off with my free hand, as she gripped hard onto the other.

"C'mon Astrid. You can do this" I say

"We see the head. Keep going" The nurse said

"Almost there, Milady!" I whisper in her ear.

"ARGHH" She let out one more shout, then the room was filled with the tiny cries of our child

"Would you like to hold your daughter?" The nurse asks, after cleaning the baby up, and wrapping it

"Daughter? We have a girl..." Astrid said softly, as the nurse placed her in my arms

"We have a little girl, Astrid" I say looking at my daughters' little face. She had my auburn hair, and Astrid's blue eyes.

"Look she has your eyes, Milady" I say, handing our daughter to Astrid

"She's beautiful.....what are we gonna call you?" Astrid said, staring at our daughter, when suddenly a soft breeze came in the room from the windows, and Astrid's face lit up. "Zephyr" she said

"Zephyr? Why?" I ask curious

"It means gentle breeze. I read about it in this book about old viking names" She explained

"I love it. Zephyr Haddock" I say, testing the name out, while looking at our child. It was perfect. I sat with Astrid in the bed, both of us just admiring our daughter. Zephyr fell asleep in Astrid's arms, and I placed my arm around Astrid.

"Hiccup, I just realized. We never called our parents about Zephyr" Astrid said suddenly

"Oh Thor, you're right." I say, carefully getting out of the bed.

"I'll call them right now" I head outside of the room and inform them about what just happened. Literally 10 minutes after the call, my Dad, and the Hoffersons were at the hospital.

"Oh, where is the little one!" Martha asked excitedly, and I lead them to the room where Astrid was staying in. They all admired little Zephyr and took turns holding her in their arms.

*a week later*

(A/N: I think imma stick to the narrators POV for a while bc it's quite fun lol)

Narrator's POV: 
After a long week in the hospital, the Haddocks were finally allowed to go home. Now, the first time bringing your child home should be a wonderful thing right? Well, it was supposed to be for the couple, but alas they ran into a couple of problems. First, their car refused to start, so they had to ask Jacob to drop them home. Second, they had forgotten about their pets, who were staying with Stoick. Jacob quickly dropped them home, then rushed off to get Toothless and Stormfly.

"Well, welcome home my little Zephyr" Astrid said, holding the sleeping child in her hands. Hiccup plopped all their bags down, and walked over to his wife and daughter.

"Let's show you your room, princess" Hiccup said, excitedly running up the stairs, with Astrid following behind, laughing at how excited he was

"You're gonna have dada wrapped around your little finger, won't ya?" She whispered to Zephyr, who smiled in her sleep.

Hiccup spent a good amount of Astrid's pregnancy fixing the baby nursery. He painted the walls forest green, and crafted a dragon mobile with night furies, deadly nadders, and many others above the crib, hoping that when his child grows up, they'd share the same love for dragons Hiccup had as a child. 

"Voila! This is your room! Dada worked hard on it" Hiccup explained, and Astrid handed Zephyr to him. He started to tell her how he painted the walls, and how he chose each piece of décor. He walked around the room explaining everything to Zephyr. Astrid chuckled at the sight and thought to herself, she's gonna be exactly like her dad. That night after putting Zephyr to sleep, Hiccup and Astrid lay in bed, both facing each other, while holding hands.

"I still can't believe we have a child, Astrid" Hiccup said, staring at his wife

"Me either, babe. It's honestly quite wild seeing how far we've gotten. I mean just 3 years ago we started dating, and now we have a kid" Astrid replied, then sighed contentedly

"I can't wait to have many other first times with you, and Zephyr. I mean the first word she'd say, the first time we all go to the park together, the first time I'd sing with Zephyr, and so on. Aren't you excited, Milady?" His forest green eyes sparkled as he talked

"As long as I get to share these precious first times with you, knucklehead" She replied, then leaned closer to kiss him. Their moment was interrupted by a cry not so far away

"I'll get her, you get some rest, honey" Hiccup said before getting out of bed to put Zephyr back to sleep