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Hurt (Astrid POV)

Request by @rttelover. Ooft my heart writing this :(

Astrid couldn't remember why they were arguing.
Oh right.
Astrid told Hiccup that she needed him to spend more time with her.
Hiccup said he'll try.
The next day he spent the day with Toothless.
Astrid stormed into his house, furious.
She said all Hiccup cared about was his dragon.
Hiccup disagreed, slightly annoyed.
Back and forth.
Back and forth.
"YOU NEVER SPEND TIME WITH ME!" Astrid hissed.
"IM SORRY IM CHIEF!" Hiccup snapped back.
Astrid didn't even know how it escalated from there.
"You're a burden! My plate is already full, I don't need you added on to it!" Hiccup told her, and she remembered her chest throb but continued to stay strong.
She recalled these words escaping her hot mouth.
"I wish Toothless never existed!"
She remembered the furious green fire that blazed unnervingly hot before his hand was raised and-
Smack.
Astrid held her right cheek, crouched down on the floor, eyes widened in shock, an angry red mark fitting the size of Hiccup Haddocks hand slowly surfacing on her face, a sting slowly making itself obvious. Astrid was too shocked to even process what just happened.
He slapped her.
"I wish you never existed." Hiccup spat.
Astrid choked down a sob and placed a hand on her mouth, stopping herself from crying. She left instantly, calling for Stormfly, throwing herself on the Nadder, crying, because Hiccup wished her dead.
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Astrid sat on the cliff of Itchy Armpit, her legs dangling on the side, nothing underneath her for meters.
She sighed and scooted closer to the ledge, now half her thighs only on the grassy surface. She could feel the gravity slowly pulling her down.
She felt guilt beyond her body could take. She shouldn't have said she wished Toothless didn't exist. That was disrespectful on all means and it was unforgivable. Toothless and Hiccup did nothing wrong, it was Astrid.
Astrid sighed again and pressed her arms down to lift her body and see scooted herself further-only her buttocks ( lol so awkward to write that XD) on the ledge and the rest being sucked down into the beneath.
She looked down. Death dealing angles of sharp rocks. One push, and all she'd feel is the cold darkness. Stormfly would fly back alone and none would be the wiser.
To Hiccup, she was a burden. She didn't want to be. She loved Hiccup too much, of it meant she had to go. Permanently.
She looked out into the orange island that weaved together. She felt the winds in her face and closed her eyes.
One push...
"ASTRID!" A hoarse and frantic voice called behind her.
She whizzed around and faced the person she least wanted to see.
His face was tear stricken, skin as white and a ghost and the most aghast face she had ever seen on him.
Her cheek started to hurt again.
Toothless was behind Hiccup, and if Toothless could express such a expression, he looked almost scared, confused.
"Don't." Hiccup whispered brokenly. He held his hand out. "Please, don't."
Tears started to well up in her eyes and everything became a warm blur.
"I'm a burden." Astrid whimpered, squeezing her eyes shut, her tears spilling over.
"No! NO!" Hiccup cried desperately, dying for her to believe him. He inched forward slowly, Toothless keeping on guard in case he had to catch her if she did the unthinkable...
"Astrid, Milady, you're not a burden and will never be one." Another step, and Astrid tensed. Hiccup instantly stood still.
"You're the opposite. You've lifted burdens off my shoulders. Chiefing, my father, war, everything, Astrid, you've been there for me for everything..." Hiccup took a tentative step towards the edge. He was a meter away got her and Astrid was dangerously close to falling over...
He noticed an angry red mark of his anger.
He hit her.
Hiccup broke with guilt and remorse.
"I'm sorry." He sobbed, dropping to his knees, holding his face in his hands. "I'm sorry...I swore to the gods I would never hurt you, and I did, I'm so sorry, you know I would never mean it, Astrid, I love you too much..."
Astrid started to cry, too, because it really hurt, it did, physically and mentally, but there was no meaning behind it. Hiccup was angry, Astrid couldn't blame him. That slap meant nothing, Astrid knew Hiccup would never hit her intentionally. Never.
Hiccup pulled his head out of his hands and looked at Astrid with teary eyes. He extended his arms and Astrid crawled to him and threw herself on him, wrapping her arms around his neck and buried her face in his neck, she couldn't not forgive him.
Hiccup let out a sob and hugged her so tightly it almost hurt but she didn't care, their contact was the only thing she could possibly think about it.
They sat there, crying. But they were in each other's arms. And they would be okay.
Toothless cooed and circled them, sitting around their body that created one and wrapped his tail and wings around the ball, protecting them at whatever costs.
"Were you going to?" Hiccup asked quietly after they both calmed down.
"I really don't know." Astrid said meekly, wiping her swollen eyes.
Hiccup feathered his fingertips on her right cheek and gently nuzzled it with his nose before pressing his lips to the red skin.
It felt nice.
"I know you didn't mean it." Astrid assured, subconsciously twisting his braids around her fingers.
"I really don't, you know I would NEVER hurt you. Ever." Hiccup presses a kiss to her shoulder.
"I love you so much, Astrid."
"You have no idea, Hiccup."
They slept, in each other's arms, Toothless and Stormfly beside.
Because that's what couples do. Forgive mistakes and make each other stronger.

Oompf, sorry if it sucks.
Still working on you guy's prompts!
Like I said, I might be only able to get one out a day or two at the max because of my new electronics limit.
-Alia