A Complete Turnaround
Rated; M
Pairing; HiccupXAstrid
Disclaimer; I do not own anything HTTYD related. Everything belongs to its original creator.
Everything And More
=Normal POV=
{Saturday, January 24, 2026-8:45 am}
(Berk; Haddock Manor)
Astrid still couldn't believe how Hiccup planned the gender reveal back in October; he had his military buds get blue smoke bombs for him, Stormfly, and Toothless to shoot at in the air. Astrid should have figured that Hiccup would do something like that , but yet; she didn't, so it was a big surprise. Explained later on that he never fired anything off; it was just a blank. Toothless and Stormfly made the smoke bombs explode; he just wanted to add to the moment. However, the overall goal was achieved. Hiccup and Astrid learned together that they were having a baby boy in February. Runa was over the moon to have a little brother; she asked what the name would be as Hiccup and Astrid told everyone that they hadn't picked names yet. Following the reveal; the shower shut down early because Astrid was tired and beginning to feel sick again. Everyone helped clean up; then left shortly after around 6 pm. By 8:30 pm, Runa was in bed as Hiccup and Astrid ended up making love for an hour before falling asleep too.
The months passed by bringing them to Christmas where Hiccup's big gift to Astrid was revealing to her the finished master suite. It had been in the works since a few days after the shower and reveal. Hiccup and Astrid stayed in Astrid's old room while Runa got the one next to Stoick and Valka's. The room looked spectacular when Hiccup finally let her inside to see it. Hiccup and Astrid had their bedroom where the Sitting Room was; it held the king-sized bed, two nightstands, and two dressers. Hiccup even had a small cradle in there along with two chairs and a small table near the book corner. There was still a spot on the wall with a small sink, coffee pot, and microwave. Hiccup made sure that Astrid and himself would have access to making bottles upstairs and through the night. The former master bedroom was now a full living room. The bathroom remained the same.
Hiccup's old art room was now a play area for Runa's toys. The baby and Runa had the back room which used to be Runa's nursery. Hiccup had a wall put in to make one room into two; Runa had a door to her room, and after hiccup shrunk the walk-in closet a bit, he added a door which brought them into the baby's room. So, everything worked out as Hiccup promised Astrid it would, and he even let her design the baby's nursery her way. All he did was move things around to the way she wanted it to be. The New Year had come and gone; they were in 2026 now. Eret and Ruffnut were married; that happened on October 31st, 2025. Yes, Halloween was the date chosen. It was an afternoon wedding so that anyone with kids could still take them out for the night portion. Snotlout proposed to Minden on Christmas Eve, and Minden told Snotlout she was four weeks pregnant. So that was fun. Minden got pregnant in November, so she's due for August 2026. And their wedding is set for January 2027.
Heather and Fishlegs are getting ready to tie the knot on February 15th, the day after Valentines Day. Dagur and Mala are expecting another baby; she got announced the pregnancy at Eret and Ruff's wedding when Dagur was on her about why she wasn't drinking with him. Mala is due for June 2026. Other than that, not much else was going on. Everyone was working and living their lives. Today, was a Saturday; the second to last weekend of the month. Hiccup was away at Drill Weekend; three days of training; it happened every month except for Annual Training, which was two weeks of training once every year, but the dates for that always changed. Hiccup left the house yesterday morning at 4:30 am to reach the base for 5 am, and Astrid likely wouldn't hear from him until after 9 pm. But it sucked more that she couldn't see him until Sunday night.
Astrid was not feeling well today; she had some pains that were spread out and been unable to get comfortable all night. Hiccup told her that he would find a way out of Drill, but Astrid insisted he go in and she would call if something was wrong. Stoick and Valka were off at work. Gobber was doing something, and the staff was busy as always. Astrid and Runa were left to hang out and spend some mother and daughter time together.
"Mommy, what can we do now?" Runa asked.
"What would you like to do, Roo?" Astrid smiled at her.
Runa looked up, thinking. "Can we go outside and build a snowman?"
"Sure, baby girl," Astrid nodded. "Go get your snow things," Runa rushed off to grab them as Astrid pulled herself up and off the couch, but was instantly overcome with pain; it made her double over and hold her stomach. Astrid hadn't felt pain like this since her miscarriage, and she was scared something was wrong with the baby. "A-Ah!" Astrid dropped to her knees.
"Mommy!" Runa said quickly, dropping her snow gear and hurrying to Astrid. "Mommy, what's wrong?!"
"J-Just a little pain sweetie…" Astrid tried to assure her daughter, but she winced again.
"Mommy, I'm scared!" Runa cried.
"No, no. It's okay, baby…Don't cry. Ssh…" Astrid told Runa. "Listen…Mommy needs your help. Can you get Mommy's phone on the couch over there?" Runa grabbed it and brought it to Astrid. "Good girl. Okay, now I need you to press the side button, and slide your finger across the bottom," Runa did so.
"Okay, what now, Mommy?" Runa asked. Astrid panted, holding her stomach still and not answering her. Runa lifted the phone. "Fwigga. Call My Hic," she said firmly.
"Calling My Hic," the voice responded.
. . .
(Archia Isle Military Base)
The Commanding Officer's voice telling them about their training exercise when he was cut off abruptly when a cell phone rang. "All phones should be on vibrate!" he yelled. "Who's is it?" he asked. Everyone checked their phones.
"I-It's mine, sir," Hiccup replied nervously.
"Who is calling you?" the man inquired.
"My wife," Hiccup confessed.
"No phones," the man said. "But I know she's eight months pregnant, so go ahead and answer it. You know the rules, though," Hiccup sighed to himself. The rule was that all calls went on speakerphone, so the CO knew that the soldiers were talking to who they said they were. Hiccup tapped the icon and put it on speaker.
"What's up, Milady? I'm a little-," Hiccup started.
"DADDY!" came a little girl's voice. Hiccup's eyes widened a bit.
"Roo? Baby girl, what are you doing with your mother's phone?" Hiccup asked. "Where is she?"
"Daddy, you need to come home!" Runa stated.
"You know Daddy is training; I can't just come home," Hiccup rubbed his head. "Where is Mommy?" he asked again.
"But Daddy; it's a mergcy!" Runa cried. Mergcy? Emergency? Is that what she meant? Had something happened to Astrid?
"Runa. Runa, what's a mergcy? Do you mean an emergency? Where someone is in trouble or hurt and needs help?" Hiccup questioned.
"It's okay, Mommy. I cawed Daddy…I get him home," Runa said.
"RUNA OLIVIA HADDOCK!" Hiccup said firmly. "Where is your mother?"
"Mama in pain, Daddy. She on fwor holding her belly," Runa replied, still crying.
"Runa. Runa; I need you to calm down and do something for me, okay? I need you to press the speaker button that Daddy always taps when we call Nana and Papa for you to sleep over. Can you do that for me?" Hiccup asked.
"Okay…" Runa trailed off. "Okay, I pushed it…"
"Good girl. Astrid? Astrid, can you hear me?" Hiccup asked.
"Yeah…Ow…" Astrid whimpered.
"What's going on? What's Runa talking about?" Hiccup inquired.
"I-It just happened, Hiccup. R-Roo and I were gonna go build a snowman outside, and it just hit me. It hurts so much; I can't…get off the floor…" Astrid cried.
"Daddy, come home; I'm scared…" Runa wailed.
"Haddock, go. Your wife needs you; just let me know what's going on," the CO ordered.
"Sir, yes sir," Hiccup stood up and saluted him. Hiccup put his middle and thumb fingers to the corners of his mouth and gave a loud whistle. "TOOTHLESS!" he called. The Night Fury gave a return roar as Hiccup knew he was on his way over. "Babe?"
"I-I'm here…" Astrid replied panting.
"I'll be home in fifteen at best," Hiccup assured.
"Hiccup…I-I'm scared…" Astrid confessed.
"I know…I know; I am too…How bad is the pain?" Hiccup asked as Toothless was running over to him.
"R-Remember the day you told me what Olivia said labor pains felt like…That bad," Astrid hissed in pain again.
"A-Are you telling me you think you're in labor?" Hiccup questioned as Toothless came beside him; Hiccup threw his leg over the saddle and opened the tail. "Y-You're four weeks early!"
"HICCUP! I DON'T KNOW! I'VE NEVER HAD A BABY BEFORE! All I know is that this pain is almost constant, I can't get up, and I ne-," she stopped. "Shit…Hi-Hiccup…I-I need you…Like now…"
"Astrid…What just happened?" Hiccup asked. No answer. "Astrid!"
"Hiccup…Hurry; m-my water just broke…" Astrid winced.
"Give me five minutes," Hiccup stated.
"You'll never get there that fast!" one of his platoon members stated.
"I don't know if you've noticed, but I have a Night Fury…And he flies at speeds that break the sound barrier," Hiccup remarked. "Toothless, top speed!" the Night Fury launched into the sky; then the two dove down towards the ground and curved last second to heading straight for Berk. There was a loud whistle heard, and the Mach Cone appeared.
"Damn that dragon is fast…" the CO blinked.
. . .
{9 am}
(Berk; Haddock Manor)
At breakneck speed; Toothless got Hiccup to Haddock Manor in four minutes. The dragon came to a skidding halt upon landing as Hiccup jumped off and rushed into the house.
"Astrid! Astrid, where are you?" Hiccup called out. Astrid heard him calling for her.
"Ru-Runa…Go to the top of the stairs and tell Daddy we're upstairs…" Astrid told her. Runa nodded and hurried to the stairs.
"Daddy! Daddy; we're up here!" Runa called. Hiccup panted, hurrying to the stairs and running up them. Runa led Hiccup right to Astrid who was on her knees, holding onto the couch.
"Ast…" Hiccup got beside her. "How far apart are the pains?" he asked.
"I-I don't know. Maybe five minutes or less?" Astrid whimpered as she leaned against her husband.
"Oh, man…We need to get to a hospital…Now," Hiccup said as he looked around. "It'll take too long to get an ambulance up here, and it's not safe to fly you at those speeds to Archian General…Goddamnit!"
"Da-Daddy…Is Mommy going to be okay?" Runa sobbed.
"Yes, baby. She will; I promise. Your…Brother is just giving her a hard time," Hiccup tried to explain the best he could. Hiccup was torn at what to do here; he needed to get Astrid to the hospital because she was very much in active labor. "Let's get downstairs; I'll call an ambulance…I can't risk flying you on Toothless or Stormfly…" Hiccup picked Astrid up carefully and carried her out of the room and to the elevator. Runa followed quickly. Once downstairs, Hiccup brought Astrid to the Great Room to lay on the couch while he dialed 911.
"Dispatch. What's your emergency?"
"Hi, this is Hiccup Haddock, and my wife is in labor. I don't have a car, unsafe to go by a dragon, and she's four weeks early," Hiccup explained.
"Has her water broken?"
"Yes, about seven minutes ago. A-And her pains are three minutes apart," Hiccup said as he'd been watching them since he arrived and knew he'd need to know. Also, he was worried while he leaned over to kiss Astrid's forehead. "Ssh; it's okay…Everything is going to be fine, babe," he tried to soothe her.
"Mr. Haddock; I'm sending an ambulance to you. Now, I'm going to transfer them to you, and they can walk you through what to do in preparation for when they arrive. Your wife may be too far along in her labor to be moved to a hospital, so emergency services will likely get you ready for a home birth,"
Hiccup paled a bit. Oh, he didn't need this! "Okay," he responded. Like he had much choice.
"Mr. Haddock?" came a different voice.
"I'm here," Hiccup replied.
"Alright. Dispatch filled me on on the situation. We're still twenty minutes out from Raven Point Hills, so here's what I need you to do,"
Hiccup knew he was nowhere near ready for this, but he was all Astrid had right now, and she needed him. Hiccup had to pull it together for his wife. "I'm ready," Hiccup responded firmly.
. . .
{9:30 am}
Hiccup had Runa sit on the far couch first, and told her that she needed to stay right there while he helped Mommy. Runa agreed and just sat there, still worried and scared. Hiccup had to rush around to boil water, get a ribbon of some sort, sterilize a pair of scissors, get at least eight towels, make Astrid comfortable, and he thankfully had help from the staff. However, when it came to the point that Hiccup had to removed Astrid's pants to see if the baby was crowning; he asked all staff to leave and just keep Runa occupied.
Astrid cried out in pain again. "Astrid, listen to me. I know you're tired, I know it hurts…But you need to push!"
"I can't!" Astrid sobbed. "I'm scared!"
"Yes, you can. You didn't think you could learn to fight either, but you did, because you believed in yourself. You always find your strength when you need it most. Now is one of those times. I know you're scared, I am too. But it's time to push. You got this, and I'm right here with you. Come on, babe. Remember, fear into strength. Our son is ready to meet us, so let's bring him into the world together, like we do everything else," Hiccup stated.
"Okay…" Astrid replied.
"Alright. Come on now…Legs on my shoulders, hold my hand and push! Give it all you have and push!" Hiccup told her. Astrid did so, wincing. Hiccup put his hand towards hers as she gripped it tightly. Astrid closed her eyes tightly and pushed hard.
"AH!" Astrid screamed.
"That's it. That's it, babe! Come on; you got this. Take a few breaths, and do it again," Hiccup encouraged.
Astrid panted. "Hi-Hiccup…I love you,"
"I love you too," Hiccup leaned forward and kissed her deeply. Astrid took a breath and pushed hard again. After a few seconds, the head was out. "The head is out. Halfway there, Love. Come on," he urged. Astrid pushed again three more times. "He's out! He's out, babe," he announced. A loud cry filled the room as Hiccup quickly wrapped the newborn up and did everything that he remembered happening after Runa came out. He grabbed the sucker to clean the nose and mouth, then tied off the cord and cut it. Hiccup wrapped the child better and gave him a light wash down with a semi-damp cloth.
"I-is he okay?" Astrid asked.
"Seems to be…Breathing alright, crying, pink…" Hiccup listed off. Astrid delivered the placenta and Hiccup left all that alone as he was holding the baby.
"C-Can I hold him?" Astrid asked, trying to sit up more. Hiccup helped her up against the couch while still on the floor. Astrid adjusted her arms and took their son from Hiccup; the baby began to cry less and eventually stopped.
"Ambulance should be here soon; they said to try to feed him if he takes to breastfeeding," Hiccup told her. Astrid had Hiccup help her adjust the shirt, and their son latched on right away and began to feed. Hiccup and Astrid shared a kiss.
"I don't know where I'd be without you, Hiccup…Thank you, for everything…And this…" Astrid said softly.
"We've been through a lot, and we can get through anything together. There will always be a Hiccup and Astrid, babe," Hiccup reminded; they kissed again as the ambulance people arrived and were led inside by one of the maids.
The female looked over Astrid and the baby as Hiccup gave the male all the information such as how the birth went and what time their son was born. "Everything looks good, but should still go to the hospital to make sure," the female informed. Not arguing, Hiccup and Astrid loaded into the back of the ambulance with Runa in Hiccup's lap.
. . .
{4:30 pm}
After about seven hours at the hospital, Astrid and the baby were both cleared to go home. The doctors had to take the baby to be checked out, tested for things, do his hand and footprints, be measured and weighed. Astrid had to be examined, and Hiccup got stuck filling out all the paperwork and explaining things to the doctors about the original due date and everything. It was so crazy that Hiccup forgot to text anyone and let them know; he didn't even have his phone; it was in Toothless's saddle bag. Astrid's was at home on the floor in Master Suite living room. Finally, they were released to go home as the baby was fine even though he was born four weeks early; he was perfectly healthy.
Hiccup was holding the baby while Runa sat with her mother on the ride back to Berk. It would be interesting because Astrid remembered everyone was going to come over tonight to sit with her and keep her company while Hiccup was away at training. Wouldn't this be interesting? Reaching Berk by 4:50 pm, the ambulance parked out front just as everyone else was arriving.
"Um…What's going on?" Stoick asked. One of the paramedics opened the back as Hiccup climbed out holding a wrapped baby, and then Astrid came out holding Runa. Everyone's eyes widened.
"YOU HAD THE BABY!?" they yelled.
"First off, the baby is sleeping, so hush. Secondly, yes. If you come inside…I'll explain…" Hiccup stated. "Thanks, guys," he said to the paramedics.
"Any time, Sergeant Haddock," the male saluted. "Next time you see my little brother, Private Danielson, tell him I said hi. And it was a pleasure to be of service to you. Thank you for your service to our home," he offered his hand.
"Thank you for your support," Hiccup replied with a nod as he shook the man's hand. The ambulance left as Hiccup helped Astrid inside while the rest followed. Returning to the Great Room, Hiccup saw everything had been cleaned up, and he had Astrid sit down, and then he handed the baby to her to hold as he took over holding Runa. "Find a seat," he motioned. Everyone sat down as he took a breath. "Short version…I got a call at training around 8:50 am from Astrid. She told me she was in pain and her water broke, so I rushed home. Got here, contractions were about four minutes apart, called the ambulance, and Astrid gave birth here by 9:30 am. We went to the hospital to get checked out, all good, and here we are again,"
"Okay…Longer explanation?" Gobber asked.
"I cawed Daddy when Mommy was on da fwor; he came home, den Mommy had baby in here and Daddy helped get my brofher out," Runa giggled.
"Basically," Hiccup stated.
"Wait…Y-You delivered the baby?" Heather asked.
"Kind of didn't have a choice. Astrid's water had broken, contractions were constant, she was about eight centimeters dilated, and the ambulance wasn't gonna get here in time. So yes, Heather; I delivered the baby," Hiccup informed as everyone blinked; he sighed and began to tell them everything. By 5:10 pm, he had finished. "And that's it,"
"Odin above, son…" Stoick blinked. "But the baby is okay?"
"He is," Hiccup nodded. "Born this morning at 9:36 am measuring eighteen and a half inches and weighing in at five point ninety-one pounds. Breaths and breastfeeds fine, so they let us come back home after seven hours there," he enlightened.
"Good work, laddie. Probably saved the day with how fast you acted," Gobber smiled.
"I may have delivered the baby, but Runa is the hero today. When Astrid was in so much pain she couldn't move or talk, Runa knew to use Frigga to call me from Astrid's phone by knowing what Astrid has me labeled in the phone as. Had it not been for that; I might not have made it home in time before something happened to him," Hiccup motioned to the baby.
"So does him have a name?" Dagur asked.
Astrid handed the baby to Hiccup as he moved the blanket a bit and showed the baby to everyone. "I'd like for you all to meet mine and Astrid's son and Runa's little brother, Colden Hofferson-Haddock…Named after Astrid's father,"
. . .
{7:45 pm}
After everyone had some time to swoon over the baby and talk about the crazy day; they left to give Hiccup and Astrid time with their daughter, Runa, and new son, Colden. Upstairs, Runa was fast asleep on one of the couches in the Master Suite living room while Astrid had just finished feeding Colden. Hiccup changed him and then set him in the rolling bassinet. While Hiccup did all this, Astrid couldn't help but think about everything. Finally, Hiccup came to sit next to her.
"You look upset, what's wrong?" Hiccup asked.
"Oh, no; I'm alright, babe. I'm just thinking about everything that's happened over the years," Astrid admitted.
"Meaning?" Hiccup arched a brow as Astrid leaned against him.
"How we made it back to one another after everything. I mean; Senior Year changed everything for us. I just…And I know it sounds corny or whatever, but…I can't help but think of how my life turned out because of that last year in school," Astrid explained. "You and I were basically enemies, but then…I lost everything. My parents, my home…Everything. And my stupidness over the years when I got popular even cost me my real friends…And you,"
"Astrid…" Hiccup started.
"But then…Because of you; everything changed," Astrid continued as Hiccup's eyes widened a bit. "Even though I abandoned you and our friendship; mistreated and bullied you…You never stopped caring about me. You gave me a job, a place to stay, a shoulder to cry on…You became my bodyguard and put your life on the line for me countless times. You did all that when for three years…I was awful to you. All because you never gave up on me, because you loved me…Everything changed. And sitting here now after just giving birth to our son, knowing we're married, and that I'm Runa's stepmother…Hiccup; I just can't explain it. The only way I can is that I lost everything, but then I got it all back because of you. I met you, best friends, enemies, became homeless, got a job, you and me back to friends, lovers, husband and wife, a mother…My life did a complete turnaround, Hiccup, because of you,"
Hiccup didn't know what to say, instead; he just kissed her deeply. Afterward; Hiccup smiled as he put his left hand over her left hand and leaving it, so their rings were showing. "You and me, Astrid. Always has been, always will be," Hiccup reminded. "I love you, Astrid Haddock,"
"I love you too, Hiccup Haddock. Thank you for giving me everything I could ever want, hope for, and more," Astrid linked her hand to his.
"Thank you for giving me the same," Hiccup replied as they kissed again knowing that they'd always have one another as they continued to move into the future together.
*Author's Note; Well, here we are folks! This is the last chapter of A Complete Turnaround, and I hope everyone enjoyed reading it as I did writing it. And I'm proud to say that this story is now my longest fanfiction of all forty-eight of them. Unintentional had the lead at eighty-chapters until I decided to write this one; it was supposed to stop at seventy-six, but I decided to push it all the way to when Hiccup and Astrid have their first child together. So yay me. Anyway, next on the list is finishing Living The Dream! Be on the lookout for those chapters coming in a few days. As always, thank you for the continued support and your loyalty! -Nightstar.*