This Changes Everything...

Not A Boy

(A/N: This might sound strange but I was looking at GIF's on Tumblr and came across this GIF set of Hiccup and his expressions from when he was 15 and now (20) and I noticed how much he grew up and...yeah. Just read to find out. This Author's Note is horribly long, fuck.)

The fire within the Club House slowly died down, reminding Astrid that it was well over midnight and that she should go to bed. How could she though? They left Dragon's Edge in the morning after a long year or two calling this place, their home.

The time they spent here, the effort they put into building this place after how they imagined it, the events that went down.

But, with Krogan and the Dragon Flyers already defeated, it was time to go back. They came out here to explore and help Johann and it turned out to be more than just exploring and helping.

Johann eventually turned on them but, with him out of the way how, things were as calm as they could be.

Astrid sighed as she watched the two Dragon Eye's on the table beside her. She looked at Hiccup'a remake of it for extra long. She had come so close to loosing him on so many occasions and still, he managed to get out with only a few cuts and bruises.

She's had her eye on him since the day he kidnapped her and dropped her off on a tree. It always got a laugh out of her these day thinking back on it. Ever since she was small, she had seen him walk around village carrying stuff for the forge. It fascinated her at how good he was at making things, - hence the Dragon Eye he made.

She had been so wrong about him and it still made her heart ache. She had said and done so many horrible things to him and, when she apologized the day he woke up after the Red Death, he had told her it was fine and that he understood why.

She had mistaken him and her mind had carved out this idea of him as a useless boy because that's what the village said.

She had been so wrong in so many ways because Hiccup was simply just the most amazing, sweet, caring and compassionate person she could ever imagine. And, when she thought she had figured him out, he came up with something even sweeter and better that just blew her away.

Hiccup was truly an amazing young man and she can't do anything other than thanking him for being the way he is.

She flipped the Dragon Eye in her hand and looked at the front. Hiccup had made a Night Fury themed Dragon Eye with Toothless' trademark colors; red and black.

Carefully putting the Dragon Eye down beside the other one, she lifted her head and looked over at Hiccup's hut. Wait, just a second ago, the light's hadn't been on. Did Toothless maybe light a fire to keep the hut warm? Or did Hiccup wake up? She really hoped for the latter; she wanted to see him so bad.

Carefully standing up, she walked around the stools scattered around the table and slowly made her way over to his hut, hoping he was awake. She didn't want to feel bad about waking him up if Toothless has lit the fire.

She kicked a pebble on the ground and it flew into his door. "Guð fjandinn," She cursed under her breath. [1]

"Hello?" Hiccup's voice was heard from inside the hut and she sighed in relief. At least she didn't wake him up. She knocked on his door when she reached him, chewing on her lip.

The odd footsteps she had grown accustomed to made her smile and the door opened before her. "Astrid? What are you- why are you up?" Hiccup asked.

She wanted to say something but, how could she. Her betrothed stood in front of her with nothing other than pants and a single sock. She cleared her throat and tried not to stare at him. "I-I couldn't sleep. Did I w-wake you up?" She asked, a stuttering mess.