My little Flower (HiccupxOC, part 1 of Grimborn Family AU)

Chapter 67 - Freya's blessing

Viggo's POV

Lilly stared at the closed door for a few more moments and I let myself slump into my armchair behind my desk, waiting for my little sister to turn her attention back to me. Releasing a deep breath she snapped out of her thoughts and turned to me with a bewildered expression on her face.

"I don't like her already. How dare she talk to you like that?" she said and crossed her arms.

I raised an eyebrow in amusement at Lilly's words and chuckled under my breath. "You don't need to worry about Eira, little flower. Leave it to me to deal with her. But tell me what was on your mind before we got interrupted?"
I gestured for her to sit down on the other side of my desk.

Lilly began to chew on her lower lip again as she moved towards the chair and I couldn't help but notice that something about her was different. Something in the way she walked had changed. It seemed her hips were swaying more when she moved and though her face was still so very young and innocent it seemed to have lost something of the little girl I was so accustomed to look at. I furrowed my brows and let my hand run over my beard as I watched her take a seat. Her hair was slightly tousled and her feet were bare as ever, something that was driving me crazy but no matter what I tried, she still won't like shoes. Maybe I will have made leather sandals for her, like the people used to wear in Rome.

Lilly stopped biting her lip, leaving it plump and red and started to play with her fingers in her lap while she stared at me. She seemed to be nervous. I shook my head slightly and smiled at her. "There's no need to be nervous around me Lilly. You know you can tell me anything." Lilly nodded and I could see her relax into the chair.

"Hiccup and I talked to Stoick and Valka in the Great Hall and..." she began and I simply nodded to encourage her to go on. "Did you know that Stoick and Valka wish to renew their wedding vow?"

I raised my eyebrows, this was obviously not the point but I decided not to push her. Not now when we just reconciled a few moments ago. So I said: "No I didn't know that, but it sounds like a wonderful idea to show their love for each other. At least they were separated for almost two decades."

Lilly nodded enthusiastically. "Yes it is. And so they asked me if I would like to come to Berk with them for the ceremony..." she turned her gaze away from me and continued in a lower voice. "...and to stay if I wish to live with them and Hiccup."

I inhaled deeply and let my fingers drum on the wooden surface of my desk. I already saw something like this coming. This was a precarious situation, I didn't want Lilly to leave but if I just said no in the first place, I would risk another fight with her and what would be worse, her running away. I inwardly groaned in annoyance of Stoick. Why on Odin's earth is he coming up with something like that now? He shouldn't put such ideas into my sister's head without talking to me first. I'm the chief and her only family after all. But my discussion with Stoick would have to wait. So I decided to keep my emotions to myself as I spoke up again.

"I do trust this will not take place in the near future, not as long as Drago is a threat to our tribes?"

Lilly stiffened but shook her head. "No it is not. Stoick knows this."

"Good. I will not risk that this madman lays hands on you again and as long as he's out there I just can't let you leave this island. Please try to understand, your safety is most important to me. When we will face peaceful days again, I will gladly join you on a journey to Berk for the ceremony, but I hope you will feel that this island here is your home. Our tribe needs you. Who but you could learn the people how to live in peace with dragons? There's still so much we need to do."