#gimme protective spikey boi that stabs anyone who looks at his human wrong

[drkineildwicks]

A thought:

HTTYD AU where Hiccup shoots down a Deathgripper instead of a Night Fury

Hiccup names it Tuskless because he wasn’t aware of the whole retractable tusks thing

Tuskless did break a tusk in the crash so it still counts

Tuskless is also going I got downed by this thing and instead of killing me it wants to feed me and give me skritches?  I like this pack where do I sign up?

Hiccup has to keep a knitted sock/mitten on his stinger because if Tuskless were allowed to solve every problem with violence there would be issues

It takes a long time for Tuskless to stop giving the other riders and Stoick the stink-eye and if it were up to him Mildew and Alvin would have been dragon-chow way early

Is torn on Dagur because on one claw threat to pack alpha and on the other I vibe with this energy

Drago doesn’t get a chance to try his stunt because Tuskless agrees with Soick on this yes Hiccup I understand your feelings but the evidence says otherwise time to choose violence

Hiccup is mad at him for a long while afterwards until more of what Drago was doing comes to light

The Hidden World is less of finding tail the Hidden World because sometime in the RTTE era they stumble across a pack of Deathgrippers

Tuskless convinces them that Hiccup is a Good Alpha and suddenly Hiccup is very popular

Grimmel, instead of hearing of a Night Fury he missed (because one guy wiping out an entire species is bs) he hears of someone else controlling a pack of Deathgrippers and goes wtf no that’s illegal I trademarked that

Is Confused when he meets Hiccup and his Deathgrippers because how are you controlling them???

Hiccup: Uhhhh feed them?  Give them scritches?  Play fetch with them a lot they like that

They rescue a bunch of dragons from Grimmel’s allies and decide to escort one (the Light Fury) back to its territory because apparently Grimmel really wanted this one

Hidden World?  Other dragon sanctuary? IDK but I feel there should be a Fury meeting, specifically with Toothless

Toothless and Tuskless start arguing about who gets to be Hiccup’s best friend especially after the whole thing with Grimmel is taken care of

Hiccup is bemused but happy to be in high demand

Alternatively:

Hiccup as the Feral Dragon Boi AU but raised by Deathgrippers specifically