Hiccup found it weird – and morbidly funny – how he somewhat wished he had woken up to the freezing cold and wetness of the cave Toothless had dragged him in rather than his own bed. It wasn't because he wanted to die, nothing like that, but it was because being in his bed meant that he was brought home, and Astrid sitting next to him meant that she was probably the one who found him which meant that he was most likely going to be yelled, scolded and punched by his girlfriend for being stupid enough to get caught in a storm. This was proven to be right, when the thing she said was-

"You stupid son of a Troll!" pacing, Astrid was scolding at the ground, than at Hiccup, than back at the ground "I can't believe you didn't listen to me!"

Hiccup propped himself up by his elbows, leaning against his headboard as he found he had very little energy to sit up "In my defensive" he spoke in his sore voice "The storm didn't actually hit Berk whenwe flew out".

"That does not matter!" Astrid swung around to glare at him, one finger raised and pointing at him sternly like a mother would do to her child "You completely ignored all voice of reason and went of searching for that Gronkle even though we had to fall back!".

Expecting him to apologized, Astrid was taken back when Hiccup paused before asking "What happened to the Gronkle?".

The blonde's hand dropped before she scoffed in disbelief "Seriously? You're more worried about the Gronkle?".

"Well I'm fine and so is Toothless" Hiccup gestured one hand towards his dragon, who was watching to two back and forth with an amused smirk "Besides, we risk our butts to go bring back Meatlug's kid home, I want to know if he was okay".

"Typical" With a roll of her eyes, Astrid strolled back over to Hiccup's beck, resting one hand on the bedstead and the other on her hip "He's fine, the twins found him an hour after the storm hit; a little shaken up but we brought him back to the great hall. No harm done".

"Well that's good, I didn't want mine and Toothless near death experience to not be worth it" Hiccup chuckled, sarcasm clean on his sore voice.

With a chuckle, Astrid moved to sit at the foot of the bed, resting a hand on Hiccup's good leg "You really scared us you know" she said softly, squeezing his leg a little.

Shifting a little under her eyes, Hiccup rubbed the back of his head with the arm that wasn't stiffly bandaged, mindful of the healing cut on his head "Sorry Astrid, didn't mean to scare you…guys".

The corners of Astrid lips pulled back in a small smile, slowly rubbing Hiccup's leg as she looked down "How're you feeling?".

"Better than after the Red Death" Hiccup shrugged "But still worse than when I got hit by lightning".

Hiccup wasn't shocked when he got a punch on the arm, but that didn't stop it from hurting "That's not funny Hiccup" Astrid glared "I swear you have a thing for dying".

"Yeah" Hiccup chuckled quietly "But I haven't died yet" he grinned.

Astrid, once again, rolled her eyes before shuffling up the bed to grasp Hiccup's good hand, fingers slipping in between his as she looked up at him "Just…try and be more safe, please".

"I will…unless it involve dragons of course" Hiccup shrugged, once again being sarcastic and, one again, was punched, this time letting out a pathetic whine.

"I'm serious Hiccup" Astrid grabbed his hand again "At least take me with you when you do something stupid".

"'Couse Astrid" Hiccup said with a tiny shrug, wincing as a shot of pain ran through his shoulder "Everything for you M'lady"

Astrid nodded and leaned forward, cupping his cheek with her hand as she gently pecked his slip lips and smiled "I have to help Snotlout with melting the harbor before Trader Johann gets here with the new supplies".

Standing up, Astrid picked up her fur hood from the chair by Hiccup's bedside and tied it around her neck "You okay on your own?".

Hiccup nodded as he watched Astrid pull on her thick, fingerless gloves and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Turning around to Toothless, Astrid crouched down and stroked his head, avoiding the scraps and cuts that dotted his skin "You better make sure he stays in bed, okay? And if you do there's a nice big cod with your name on it when I get back".

Hiccup scoffed, complaining that he was being treated like a child as Toothless purred, eyes squinting as he nodded. Astrid smiled and scratched his chin, leaning forwards a little to whisper out of Hiccup's range "Thank you for keeping him safe Toothless".

The dragon nudged her cheek with a coo, making the girl smile before she stood up, hands on hips as she looked from Toothless to Hiccup "I'll be back later".

Hiccup bided her good bye along with a small wave while Toothless chirped. Once the blonde had left the bedroom, Hiccup sighed and slumped against the headboard of his bed, rubbing his head tiredly "She's right Bud, like always; we really have to be more careful".

With a snort, Toothless rolled his eyes and shook his head; Hiccup watched him for a silent moment before speaking up again "How's your leg Bud?".

Twisting around a little, Toothless showed Hiccup his injured arm, which was wrapped in thick bandages and held in place with heavy splits. The dragon chirped and sniffed it before looking back up to smile at Hiccup, who smiled back "Glad you're healing Toothless, especially since you risk yourself to save me".

Toothless shrugged his good shoulder with his smile still present before leaning his head back down onto his stone bed, blinking at Hiccup with a slight tilted head.

"I'm doing okay" Hiccup reassured the dragon's silent worries "Thought my ribs are still killing me and my head won't stop pounding".

Cooing in sympathy, Toothless grunted and turned his head against the rock bed, grunting again as he patted the thing with his healing tail.

Understanding, Hiccup nodded "Yeah, I think I'll go back to sleep, maybe then I can wake up to no headache and perfectly healed ribs eh?".

Toothless rolled his eyes playfully as Hiccup shuffled slowly down into his bed awkwardly, laying on his back as he tilted his head to smile at Toothless "Thanks again Bud, don't know what I would do without you".

The dragon purred in response and laid his head back down, smiling at Hiccup as his human closed his eyes and fell asleep before following suit, enjoying the warmth and peacefulness of being back in their room.

Sorry I'm updating this so late, it's almost 12am here but I live in the middle east so that means nOTHING.

This was so fun to write X3 I'm really getting into Hicstrid (they are cute bbs ~)

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