Symphony of Shadows HTTYD Hiccstrid

76. Need

A/N: Hi everyone!! This is a *very* spicy (cough, cough, sex) chapter with in depth descriptions so if you're not comfortable with that please skip it:) Hope you enjoy! Next chapter will tentatively be out next Friday!

His back ached from their exhausting flight. It should've taken longer to reach their new island, but with favorable winds and both of them flying like mad, they made it.

"So, what do you think?"

Hiccup took off his helmet and shook his hair out. It always got frizzy when he flew. When he glanced over at Astrid, her eyes were almost glazed over he didn't even know if she was thinking. But she caught herself and shook herself out of her stupor.

"Oh, um, island?"

Hiccup nodded slowly.

"Yeah..."

She flushed a deep scarlet. A beautiful rosiness set into her cheeks.

Was she blushing?

Her soft lips parted as her tongue swept across to wet them. Desire tingled down his spine as he watched her eyes flicker down to his mouth then back up to meet his heated gaze. Astrid took off her own helmet and her beautiful hair was second only to the Sun in its radiance.

Her eyes shone with love and he knew that his reflected the same emotion.

"I love wherever you take me. I don't care where I am as long as I'm with you."

The words sent a warm rush to his chest, and he felt every beat of his heart across his body. He wanted nothing more than to touch Astrid. To kiss her and pull her in close enough that they became indistinguishable from one another. In this moment, he wanted nothing more. Astrid sauntered over and looped her arms around his neck. Every inch of her skin against his felt like it was on fire.

But he didn't want to douse the fire between them. No, he wanted to fuel it until the flames consumed them both.

He crushed his lips against hers and was met with enthusiastic hands that trailed down his chest to his belt that connected his armor.

Astrid said breathily, "Take it off."

Hiccup gazed at her for a moment in awe. There she stood, all rosy cheeks and wild hair. An untamable expression in her eyes. Her patience grew thin.

"Fine, I'll do it myself."

She undid the notch and his bottom armor came undone. When she began to loosen his chest armor, he held her hands and placed a soft kiss on her forehead.

"What are we in a rush for, honey?"

Astrid gazed up at him and he watched the burning flame turn into something softer. An ember of emotion lay underneath.

"I want you. I don't want to wait any longer. But if you don't want to-"

Oh. OH. She meant...

"I want to. I want you. You're all I've ever wanted. But I don't want you to make this decision in the heat of the moment."

Stormfly and Toothless looked at each other, realizing their riders had completely forgotten about them and where about to mate. They both quickly agreed that neither of them wished to witness it and scurried into the tree line. Toothless let out a soft roar as a warning to any nearby dragons to steer clear of the area.

Took them long enough, the Night Fury thought.

Meanwhile, Astrid's eyes narrowed into slits.

"I'm capable of making my own decisions, Hiccup."