Hiccstrid Forever: Hiccstrid Oneshots

So Hard

It was dark over Berk. The stars twinkled in the moonless night's sky. All houses were quiet but one. The lights were lit in one room and there was much happening. The chieftess was giving birth that night.

Several of Berk's women were attending her as she struggled through labor and every minute, ever present was her husband, the young chief.

"Ohhhhhhh." Astrid moaned as another contraction caused her muscles to tighten in her body's effort to send a baby into the world.

"Just hold on Astrid. Not much longer and you'll be ready to push." Said Valka helping the laboring mother get on her hands and knees.

Astrid's face tightened as she held her breath in pain.

"Don't hold your breath sweetheart." Hiccup said softly. "Breath Astrid, you're almost done. You're doing great sweetheart." His hand ran up and down her back as she rocked forward and backward and side to side.

"Mmmmmmmmmm." Astrid moaned again.

"How's she doing Mom?" Hiccup asked his mother after he gave Astrid a kiss on the head.

"I think things will go a lot faster when her water breaks." Valka answered rubbing Astrid's shoulder.

"Ahahahah!" Astrid cried. "Oh it hurts!  Oh somebody help me!"

Hiccup picked her up in his arms and held her close. "Shhhhhhh. It's okay Astrid. It's okay, you're almost there. Oh I'm sorry sweetheart! I'm so sorry! I know it hurts. But you've just got to keep going. For the baby Astrid... And for me."

Another contraction came and Astrid tensed up again. Hiccup ran his hand up and down her belly and kissed her brow. He wrapped his chief cape around her to warm her and make her perhaps a little more comfortable. He whispered in her ear "I'm here Astrid. I love you."

This went on without change for a few more hours. They changed positions every now and then but nothing progressed any further.

Then it happened. A really heavy contraction hit. "Aaaaaaahaaaah!" She cried in pain and she began to sob. "I can't do this anymore! I'm getting nowhere! When is this baby ever gonna come? I just want my baby!"

Hiccup bowed his head and wept. His head fell forward and rested on Astrid's belly. But suddenly, he felt a very slight change as if some pressure had let off. Astrid was panting and when he looked up she reached out her arm pleadingly as if to say, "Hold me."

"Oh yes Astrid, you're doing fine! Your baby's coming soon!' said Valka and just then Hiccup realized that there was amniotic fluid pouring out of her body.

"Oh that's good baby!" He cried holding her in his arms. "That's my good girl Astrid!"

Things progressed on from there rather quickly. Contractions came quicker and they became harder and soon enough, the young mother was ready to bring her baby into the world.

"How's she doing Mom?" Hiccup asked as Valka took another look at the young chieftess.

"Oh she's ready son!" Valka said. "Ruffnut, get me some towels. Hiccup, you get the swaddlings over there and hold onto them. Hiccup obeyed and holding onto the swaddlings, he got down next to Astrid who was now on her knees panting. He put one hand on her back to brace her and with another he gently rubbed her belly.

"Alright Astrid, with the next one I want you to start pushing." Valka instructed. Astrid nodded her head and a split second later it began.

"You've got this Astrid." Hiccup whispered in her ear, "Push." He encouraged. Perhaps there was outside encouragement from the ladies around her, but mostly, if not entirely, Astrid just listened to Hiccup, and the more he told her to push as he did in tandem with Valka, the harder she pushed and soon enough she began to feel her baby slowly emerging from her body. "Oh that's it Astrid!" Hiccup whispered, "that's my good girl! Just a few more. I can see our baby Astrid!"

"Aaaaaaahaaaah!" She cried loudly. Hiccup held onto her tightly and a moment later there was a tiny baby between her knees in a little bloody puddle amid besmirched rags.

Hiccup felt like the wind had just been knocked out of him. The world was a blur to him and the only thing in focus was this tiny creature called his child. He seized to child in his hands and he immediately began sobbing. He hugged the baby tight to his chest and kissed it's messy head.

"Oh my precious child! Oh sweet baby it's all right! Your Daddy's here, your Mama's here. You're okay sweet baby!" He looked down and saw it was a girl. "Oh my sweet baby girl! Daddy loves you so much!"

He looked to Astrid who was sobbing on his shoulder. "It's done Astrid! She's here! You did it my love! You brought our precious little girl into the world! I'm so proud of you Astrid! Here," he said carefully handing Astrid her baby. "Here my love, here is your baby."

"Oh! Oh my sweet baby!" Astrid sobbed. "Mama's here! Oh Mama loves you so much" and she closed her eyes and laid back holding her baby skin to skin. "Shhhhhhh! Oh precious it's okay! Hiccup is it?..." She asked looking expectantly at him for his answer. Hiccup said through a quivering voice, "It's a girl!"

The women in the room ooed and awed over the sweet little family of three as they cuddled together in a puddle of tears completely oblivious to anyone else's presence. A few moments later they left.

Hiccup held his wife who was now wrapped in a blanket and looked sweetly down on his tiny daughter.

"I love you my precious girls." He whispered gently rubbing his child's fuzzy head.

"Oh Hiccup." Astrid moaned exhausted. "I'm so happy."

The baby cooed and wiggled in their arms and they were completely enamoured of their precious baby.

"What will we name her?" Hiccup asked.

"I don't know." Astrid said looking intently at her daughter's face. "What are your thoughts?"

Hiccup smiled. "I have always wanted a daughter. I have wanted a little girl to raise for a long time." Astrid's eyes brimmed with tears. "And I..." Hiccup continued, his own eyes filling with tears. "And I kind of had a name picked out for a long time."

"And what was it?" Astrid asked.

"Zephyr." Hiccup answered. "I knew I would name my little girl Zephyr."

"Then Zephyr is her name." Astrid said through sniffles.

"Here Astrid," Hiccup said taking little Zephyr in his arms. "I'll clean her up. You get some rest okay." And he kissed her. She laid back and relaxed and Hiccup took his daughter to clean her up. He gently bounced her as he took her over to the warm water they had prepared.

He gently put her in the water and she looked up at him for the first time. "Oh hi sweetheart! You gonna look up at Daddy? I love you Zephyr! Daddy loves you!" He gently bathed her washing the amniotic residue off her soft baby skin. Her little cut umbilical cord poked up out of her tiny little belly button. Her little chest heaved as she was getting used to the air still. Hiccup picked her up and kissed her.

"I love you, my precious treasure!"