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Was trying out a new style and thought Dadcup was the perfect candidate!

-XOXOX-

Please, do not repost or misuse my art in any way.

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A little snippets from my Whumpcember day 7 fic, which is from another AU I've started. :')

A little bit of context, Hiccup comes home to find his very sickly son missing.

-XOXOX-

Oh Gods, the images and thoughts running rampant through his mind. He has already lost his father, his mother, his mentor, and at this point he’s not even sure if his wife is ever coming home. If he loses either of his kids, it may actually kill him.

Turning back around, he runs out of the door again. His heart pounding, his breath racing and his hands on Tiny’s little sister. Outside, the first thing he does is run straight into Snotlout. The friend he entrusted his son with.

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Fishlegs would be such a good choice, ironic because he's the healer of the group. They're going to have to heal the healer!

But my personal vote goes towards Hiccup, too. And in this case, that does also involve Toothless! 😭

(Imagine if the Dragon Riders had Vigi. 👀)

I know you like volcanoes and volcano whump and I was thinking of when the Dragon Riders experience all those earthquakes and mini-eruptions. What if at night when they're sleeping there is a particularly hefty earthquake and the Riders walk out to check the damage and sees that one of their huts is just gone and so is the Rider who slept there?

Hey, now, Mel.

I love it. It's so fucked. And so upsetting.

Especially for them.

On the basis of where the huts are, I nominate Fishlegs (it's on a seastack, apparently, checked an episode and a wiki, whoa), but man, wouldn't it be fucked if it was Hiccup (and Toothless)?

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Tiny (aka. Vigi) belongs to @howtodrawyourdragon and I will move mountains for this baby.

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@ashleybenlove

The Hard Way

Summary: Set during RttE. Hiccup goes into labor at the worst possible time; while he's captured by the enemy.

Warnings: Pregnancy, Childbirth, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse

Rating: Mature

Dead Dove: No

Words: 4 627

Fandom: How to Train Your Dragon

Characters: Hiccup, Toothless, Viggo, Johann, Krogan, Httyd OCs (Tiny)

Pairing: The OT6, Minor Vigcup

Author's Notes: Written as a request for a dear friend of mine, the last request I had yet to post. (Though I still have a few ideas of my own that I haven't posted yet.)

This was a lot of fun to write, but also a lot of effort to edit. Which is why it took me longer than two weeks to post. :') But it's here now.

Enjoy!

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Six Sentence Sunday of a Pregcup fic that I suddenly had the idea to write and am well past halfway through writing.

Warnings: Pregnancy, implied childbirth.

-XOXOX-

And the baby finally leaves him and lands safely in Fishlegs’ gentle hold.

For a moment, it’s black before his eyes and Astrid has to hold him back when he threatens to fall forward.

“Oh, what happened?” He asks when he comes to after that brief moment of unconsciousness.

“Don’t worry about it, you just passed out,” Astrid informs him and combs her fingers through his hair.

It’s meant to be reassuring, but all Hiccup feels is sick to his stomach. Like there is a long buried memory that he only vaguely remembers.

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The Trapper's Trap - Chapter 10

The Final Stretch

Summary: Originally written for The Butcher Bingo.

Set in a Modern AU. Once upon a time, Hiccup gave Dagur a chance after everything he'd done to him growing up. Only 19 years old, his life is turned upside down all over again and Hiccup wonders if he'll ever truly escape him.

Warnings: Pregnancy, C-section

Rating: Mature

Words: 4 561

Fandom: How to Train Your Dragon

Characters: Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, Stoick, Heather, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Httyd ocs (Tiny)

Pairing: Hiccstrid

Author's Notes: Here it is! Technically the final chapter of this fic! :')

I'm so happy that I got to write this entire thing in the span of a single week and that I was able to share it with you all here.

Also, please appreciate the HOURS of research I put into this thing! It was a lot! I went to bed with certain tabs and woke up to read them in bed, like almost a whole 24 hours were spend on just research alone. I even studied an actual case of a 20 weeks pregnant woman with a pelvic fracture that was a success story. Success story as in both her and her baby boy lived as most cases end in tragedy for the unborn baby and in general there really isn't a lot of data about pregnant people and these kinds of fractures suffered in pregnancy.

I'll be posting the epilogue later today, too. It feels kind of dumb to let that sit for another week.

Enjoy!

[howtowhumpyourhiccup]

Hallowtober Day 1

For The Family

Summary: Hallowtober 2024 Day 1.

Set in a Modern AU, Post-apocalypse AU. A tightknit family closed off from the rest of the dying world living in a cabin in the middle of nowhere? In an effort to provide for his family, Dagur lives up to the cliche when a stranger turns up on his front door.

Warnings: Cannibalism, Pregnancy, brief mention of zombies

Rating: Mature

Dead Dove: Yes

Words: 4 050

Prompts: Cannibalism

Fandom: How to Train Your Dragon

Characters: Hiccup, Dagur, Toothless, httyd ocs (Vigi Tiny)

Pairing: Dagcup

Author's Notes: Didn't really vibe with AI-less Whumptober's prompts this year, so I figured I wouldn't be particupating in any events. Until I came across someone's personal list for October and figured I could make my own. So I did and this is what I wrote for day 1.

I literally immediately fell in love with this version of Dagcup. I haven't written anything for them since, but I wouldn't be surprised if I did end up writing more for this one day.

Enjoy!

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Reunion At The Docks

Summary: Written for Day 8 of Augusnippets 2024 and July Break Bingo. Set in that Mer AU after "Watery Birth." While waiting for Eret to come home, Hiccup reunites with an friendly face.

Warnings: /

Rating: General

Words: 489

Prompts: Reunions, Found Family, Friends (Augusnippets), Missing someone who is no longer alive or presumed dead (July Break Bingo)

Fandom: How to Train Your Dragon

Characters: Hiccup, Astrid, Httyd ocs (Vigi)

Pairing: Eretcup

Author's Notes: Would've posted this yesterday, but the night before I had maybe an hour or two of sleep, so I decided to wait a day.

Enjoy!

Card and fic below the Keep reading.

-XOXOX-

Up and down the docks he paces, baby in a sling, though that doesn’t stop Hiccup from having his arms around his son. It’s been a challenge, taking care of a merchild outside of the ocean. Air isn’t the problem. In their true form, they have both lungs as well as gills, it’s a natural consequence of their double life. But something Hiccup never thought he would have to worry about is his child getting sick from dehydration.

He dehydrates, he gets a pair of legs. His son dehydrates, he could die. It takes at least a year before a merperson can walk on land. Even in the sling, his cute baby boy has all his fins, his webbed hands and tail on full display.

That is, if someone were to take a look inside. Which he doesn’t allow. The people of this town get a peek of his face to coo at and that is all they get.

Eret has had to tell him to stop hissing at people.

But Eret, he is currently his biggest concern. Their son, named Vigi, has recently been bathed and he’ll be okay for another hour or two. Meanwhile, his mate should’ve come back from his fishing trip by now. It’s getting late and he can feel the storm on the wind. He can feel it in his stump now, too.

Rippling in the water grabs his attention and he nears the edge to take a look. Down below, he spots a silhouette that he’s very familiar with; another merperson. He can’t help but smile.

Taking a look around, the last of the fishermen are finishing up with their boats. Beyond them, the docks are abandoned. It is very late. After the last one shoots him a look and a wave, which he’s learned to return, Hiccup sits down on the edge and a blond head that he knows pokes out of the water. It’s Astrid. She waited until it was safe, too.

Very sharp fangs greet him as she smiles brightly. Fangs he shares, that’s why he doesn’t smile too widely.

She’s happy, she can’t remember the last time she saw him. Before spotting him on the docks, she worried he’d been killed. But no, he hasn’t. And not only hasn’t he been killed, but he has a child!

Hiccup doesn’t waste a second, he takes his one month old out of his sling to present to Astrid, lowering him until he rests in her hands. Holding him securely, she coos at the infant, testing his fins across his body and at the end of his tail for strength. She’s happy with how sturdy they appear.

What a twist today was for her. Not only did she find out her childhood friend wasn’t dead this whole time, but he also has a child!

Hiccup watches them with a smile, hoping he can introduce her to his mate once he comes home.

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The Trapper's Trap - Chapter 11

Epilogue

Summary: Originally written for The Butcher Bingo.

Set in a Modern AU. Once upon a time, Hiccup gave Dagur a chance after everything he'd done to him growing up. Only 19 years old, his life is turned upside down all over again and Hiccup wonders if he'll ever truly escape him.

Warnings: /

Rating: Mature

Words: 1 178

Fandom: How to Train Your Dragon

Characters: Hiccup, httyd oc (Tiny)

Pairing: Hiccstrid

Author's Notes: AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! A whole week of work (including a full day of just research, lol) and 10 weeks of posting, here we are! At the epilogue! And I hope you enjoyed this journey as much as I did. ❤️

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Same anon (and anon because I'm scared), but it's my genuine belief that Hiccup should have a child with all the other dragon riders and even characters like Viggo, Dagur, Camicazi and even Eret as he's a good chief and a good chief carries on these lines 😁 ensuring the future of his island 😁

Hey, going on anon is totally valid! (Except for when it's used for hate like some users do.)

And haha, that is a good reason for loving Pregcup! Chieftains need to continue their line!

Personally, the appeal for me is that Hiccup is just so dad-shaped. (At least personality-wise) Or mom-shaped if you take a liking to the good old genderbend AU. I've also headcanoned for a long time that, out of all the Riders, he's the one who wants a family the most. (Headcanoning that Snotlout is the second most likeliest to want that.)

But also... He's the Dragon Master. And because his mother literally has this innate understanding of dragons despite not even raising Hiccup herself, I just also like to headcanon that it's in his blood, which means I like to headcanon that any kids coming from him would be born with that innate ability, too. Which means that, if anyone who is familiar with my most reoccuring Httyd OC, Tiny, has that as well.

It's very good material for all sorts of fic ideas, both whump and otherwise. I should delve in it more!

As for the Viggo, Eret, Dagur and the Dragon Riders things, literally why I've made it so that Tiny looks the most like Hiccup. So pretty much anyone can be his other dad, pretty much whoever I've decided to ship Hiccup with in a particular fic.

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Here's the song, lol.

I'm not sure what else to tell you about this, though. Hiccup went dark for reasons I don't know yet, he's way more in-tune with dragons than he is with other human beings and cares mostly about the well-being of them and his close loved ones.

The Dragon Riders are still a thing because I want them to be. Tiny is considered his heir to his throne as Dragon Master, but he's just much too kind-hearted for the harshness that it requires to go against the world for dragonkind. This is something Hiccup might be blind to.

I was listening to a metal cover of My Lullaby from TLK2 and thought of a Dark!Hiccup AU with Tiny.

Oh???? Tell me more.

Also, you can't just say that there's a metal cover of a song from The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride and NOT SHARE with the class, Mel!!!

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Hi! I haven’t posted about my boys in a little while. So here they are! Cuddled up together in front of a fire!

Tried to experiment a little and I quite like the end result. I’m trying to be more daring after not having drawn (at all) in literal months after I lost my joy for drawing to a want to make my art perfect, which really only worsened my art in the process. So I tried to worry less about how to make it perfect and focused more on the fun part of drawing. Which really is just the entire process of art without the need to focus on flaws.

I doodled, is what I’m saying. Doodles are artworks you did completely relaxed, right? So yeah, this is a doodle.

Accidentally ended up with a perspective I’ve never managed before, too! So that’s fun.

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Also….

Do not repost without getting my permission first, please.

Thank you.

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70 : Hiccup, Viggo, tiny

YYEEEEE, HERE IT IS! I had so much fun writing this one! And thank you for requesting the son! <3 <3 <3

Prompt: I’ll carry it.

Warning: implied/referenced threats of rape/non-con

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"I'll carry it."

Viggo's words make Hiccup halt in his tracks and Viggo, who is walking beside him, stops as well.

"Excuse me?" Hiccup asks, wearing an offended look.

Viggo either doesn't catch on or doesn't care to catch on to what offends him so. He raises an eyebrow.

"The boy. I imagine you must be tired, so perhaps, I can take over from you." He offers, referring to the baby boy, named Vigi, strapped to Hiccup's chest in a deeply red sling made of a soft cloth.

Maybe he thinks he's being helpful and overwhelmingly generous, but the lead Dragon Rider looks quite angry for someone who has been made such an offer. Brows low, his lips are pressed into a thin line and his jaw is tense.

The Hunters and Flyers around them stare, some attempting to do so subtly while others forego all subtlety and openly stare. The Dragon Riders aren't loved, but Hiccup and Viggo's interactions always spark some interest, even if it's just interesting gossip.

Besides, it's strange that Viggo would even offer to help him out. And with a baby, no less! This man has a bastard or two running around and not even them are given as much attention as Vigi here.

But then, Viggo has some strange affections for Hiccup, who is both the leader of the enemy and the first person he has ever shown such affection for.

"Am I supposed to know what that look is for?" Viggo asks, so he really hasn't figured it out.

"You called him an it." Hiccup tells him, offended on his young son's behalf. The boy turned three-months-old just a day or two ago.

Vigi looks up to Viggo, a curled-up fist in his mouth as he blinks curiously. At his age, he can't sit up yet and that's about as far as his knowledge of babies goes. But he's a lot more aware than last time Viggo saw him and noticeably bigger, too. That voluminous mess of red hair has thinned out significantly, however. Babies can bald, too, apparently, but Hiccup doesn't seem concerned with this.

"Yes, well, my bad." It's strange that Viggo would even admit to something being his fault and Hiccup raises an eyebrow in question this time. The other continues on.

The flat of a sword on his back pushes him forward, a wordless order to follow Viggo. While questioning the kind of audacity it would take to push someone holding a baby, Hiccup listens and follows after the former Hunter leader.

Viggo is taking him to his cell and he doesn't know where they put Toothless as they've been separated ever since their capture. Hiccup can't imagine how worried the Night Fury must be and hopes that he's okay.

With most of the Dragon Riders gone on a mission, Hiccup and Tiny should've still been protected by Toothless and all the other dragons on that island, namely the Night Terrors standing guard on their posts.

Though the Edge's dragons have always counted on the human-dragon duos to keep them safe, they've been returning the favor ever since Tiny's birth three months prior.

Their enemies must know because they waited until Hiccup and Toothless were away from the island to down them. And since the baby was with them at the time, the two hadn't put up much of a fight.

As a matter of fact, there hadn't been a battle at all. Some ballistas and a net flew and Toothless landed on the nearest island, a tiny one that could barely sustain any life.

The Edge was in the far, far distance on the horizon, they hadn't gone far from home on their leisure flight and were still in their own waters.

But considering their recently changed familial situation at the moment, the Dragon Riders are jumpier than usual. Hiccup hopes this means that they're well on their way already.

Hiccup doesn't believe any of these men necessarily capable of hurting an infant, but they've surprised him before and he isn't willing to find out if they'll surprise him again.

He's especially wary of Krogan, the man who seems to have a particularly sadistic side to him and whom Hiccup believes responsible for the state Garff was found in. The poor child was found nearly tortured to death.

Hiccup growls just thinking about it. And part of the bad taste it left them all with? This was a Deathson they've cared for before they found him a home with an adult individual. However brief their time together had been before Garff's adoption, they had all come to love him. Seeing him in that kind of state was horrible, they thought he was going to die.

So on his way, Hiccup holds his own son closer, Vigi laying his head on his collarbone. It's time for his nap anyway.

Garff is doing much, much better now and lives with them again on Dragon's Edge so long as his parent remains missing. But if something that unthinkable were to ever happen to Tiny... No, Hiccup would pretty much rather die than ever let it happen.

The boy has already been through too much as it is.

"We're here." As they reach the dragon cages that make for cells in their base, Hiccup is pulled from his thoughts by Viggo as he speaks. He opens the door and steps aside to let Hiccup in.

"Toothless!" But Hiccup doesn't quite go in yet, spotting his dragon muzzle in a different cage.

The Night Fury has already pressed himself against the metal, having heard his Rider's approaching voice and recognizable footsteps.

He croons, wondering if they're both unharmed.

"We're okay, Bud! We're-" Hiccup comes over, hand outstretched to touch his nose, but Viggo grabs him by the arm. There's a lot of manhandling done to someone very clearly holding an infant to his chest.

"Unless you want to risk harm coming to either one of you, I suggest going inside the cell." He tells Hiccup and Toothless' protest is instant.

"I'm still okay, Bud. We're both okay, don't you worry about us." Rider reassures Dragon and he quietens down, sagging in his cage. Hiccup lets himself be dragged away.

"You better hope that boy ends up smarter than you," Viggo mutters under his breath as he pulls Hiccup inside his cell and closes to then lock the door.

Due to their close proximity, Hiccup hears him.

"Wow, petty insults now, Viggo?" He asks while the door is locked and he can't figure out who Viggo has insulted more.

"It's merely an observation combined with a hope, Hiccup." He tells and Hiccup leans on the door, suddenly realizing the other hasn't referred to him as "my dear" once. And not just today, but ever since he's found out about Hiccup's son.

A peculiar thing...

"An observation?" But Hiccup moves that realization to the back of his mind and focuses on their conversation instead.

"The dragons on your island have become more proactive and without a doubt that has everything to do with the two of you. But instead of staying where it is safe, you took your infant son and ventured from your island." While Viggo elaborates, Hiccup rolls his eyes at that.

Vigi is his son and he's perfectly safe with Hiccup and Toothless in the sky. Besides, this way he's going to grow up used to being in the sky.

And what does Viggo know of childrearing? He has a bastard here and there, of this Hiccup is certain as well, but he cares little for them. Hiccup wonders if he even knows their names. Hiccup does.

"Now you've been captured, together with you infant, and instead of following along nicely, you talk back and try to run." Hiccup is taken aback by both of these "observations" that Viggo claims he has seen. Because how is correcting Viggo that his baby isn't an "it" talking back and when is checking up on Toothless trying to run away?

No, Viggo has been acting strange ever since he's been captured. It almost seems like he's been judging Hiccup on everything he does, says, or seems to be thinking. Even with the Riders, who he couldn't care less for, aren't as judged as Hiccup's been since his most recent capture.

If he were a friend or an ally, Hiccup would've just shrugged it off. Maybe it's because Viggo is an enemy that he has a hard time doing so, or maybe it's because his judging for Hiccup is so out of character of him, or maybe it's because some of these judgments have to do with his son. Because Viggo always has something to say either to him or about him, but nothing about things so trivial.

"But it would appear to me that making foolish decisions is simply something Hiccup Haddock does, isn't it?" Viggo states, his gaze going down to little Vigi and lingering.

Hiccup follows his eyes, looking down at his son, who now has a fistful of his dad's tunic and which he happily salivates. His little fist and the sleeve of his little tunic are both soaked.

Hiccup looks back up at Viggo and their eyes briefly meet before the latter turns and walks away.

Why was Viggo staring at his son like that? Did he just call him a mistake?

And then it all clicks in place, Hiccup makes another sudden realization. He's not really surprised by this one.

"You're jealous, aren't you?" He asks confidently and Viggo stops in his tracks.

Hiccup can't see his eyes widening, a crack appearing in his façade. When Viggo turns to face him, finds him leaning with an elbow on the door of the cage, the look of surprise is gone.

"Excuse me?" He asks.

"Viggo, Viggo Grimborn. I've taken you for many things, but a jealous man? No wait, I did take you for that, too." Hiccup is so confident that he allows himself to sass, which honestly doesn't take much.

The former Hunter chief approaches again, Hiccup's demeanor not changing a bit.

"And what exactly would I be jealous for?" He asks, almost challenging him to tell.

"For not being the one to father my son. You're angry that Vigi isn't yours." So Hiccup does and when Viggo growls lowly instead of denying it, he knows he's right.

"You've always looked down on my Riders and thought of them less than you while almost pretending like our confrontations alone were dates. Treated me like an equal, well, treated me like an equal most of the time. You've challenged me, played with me, tried to seduce me?" Hiccup makes a list.

"And then you found out about Vigi, figured out that only one of the Riders could've put him in me, and you don't like that it wasn't you, do you? As a matter of fact, I think you even hate it." He is so self-assured, so confident, in his belief that he's figured Viggo's strange behavior out. And maybe there's also a false sense of safety, the assumption that his foe wouldn't stoop as low as to harm him, not with Vigi with him.

Toothless has been listening in quietly, watching the two cautiously. He would've preferred Hiccup keep all of this to himself, but it's out now and he can only watch what will unfold before him now.

Because like stormclouds suddenly appearing on a sunny day does Viggo's expression darken. Clearly, he doesn't like being called out like this, especially when Hiccup is right.

Grabbing the bars, he leans closer to Hiccup, invading his personal space even through the cage. He stands so closely the younger man can feel his warm breath.

"Congratulations, you've figured me out once again." Viggo starts and that is only the beginning of what he has to say now. He looms over Hiccup threateningly.

"But, my Dear, do you also realize that, if I had known all along what you have underneath your clothes, that you would indeed be holding my son instead of whoever you let fuck you?" Viggo tells him, Hiccup's self-assurance melting like snow before the sun.

He stares at the larger man wordlessly, wide-eyed and mouth agape. It's been a while since anyone has made him feel this small.

"Let that sink in and think before you speak next time. You may not like what your reckless words can cause you to hear." Viggo warns him and Hiccup can't come up with a suitable response. He can no longer respond at all, too disturbed by what Viggo means to imply with his claim.

Hiccup successfully silenced and Toothless growling in warning through his muzzle, Viggo is satisfied. He turns and leaves again.

Ever since his defeat at the hands of Hiccup, Viggo was fully prepared to just let their war be.

He had enough, his empire was destroyed, his face scarred, and the sight in one of his eyes lost. It was time to admit his defeat and quietly stay out of Hiccup's way, he thought. That is, until Krogan and his Flyers found him.

But, indeed, if he had known Hiccup capable of having his heir, their war would've gone quite differently. Maybe it still would've ended in Hiccup's victory, but at least one minor detail would've been different.

Hiccup's firstborn would've been his. Of that, Viggo would've made sure.

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FEBUWHUMP DAY 15

Summary: Written for Febuwhump Day 15. Set in a Modern AU, post-apocalyptic world, because why not. My Httyd OC AU/Child OC AU/Tiny AU. Hiccup knew he was right to worry when Snotlout took so long to return with his son. When he finds them, he also finds a certain Night Fury.

Warning: /

Rating: Teen and Up/Mature

Characters: Hiccup, Toothless, Httyd OC(Vigi Tiny), Snotlout, Fishlegs, Astrid, Ruffnut, Tuffnut

Pairing: The OT6

Words: 5 864

Fandom: How To Train Your Dragon

Prompt: “Run. Don’t look back.”

Whumpee: Hiccup, Tiny

Author’s Notes: Yep, yep. It's the 28th of February and I'm posting Day 15 of all things.

Well, this month didn't at all turn out the way I wanted it to. I'm still going to post a few prompts, but I obviously won't be doing all of them this year.

Anyway, had some trouble figuring this one out, but it ended up being a lot of fun to write.

Constructive criticism is appreciated.

Enjoy!

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Comfortember Day 5: Father’s Cuddles

Summary: Written for Comfortember Day 5. Set during my Httyd child OC AU/my Tiny AU. Hiccup is called home from Chiefing when his son falls ill.

Rating: General

Characters: Hiccup, Toothless, Snotlout, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Fishlegs (mentioned), Astrid (mentioned)

Pairing: OT6

Words: 1 603

Fandom: How to Train Your Dragon

Prompt: “Cuddling”

Whumpee: Httyd child oc (Tiny)

Author’s Notes: I have a Httyd child OC and I saw the Comfortember prompts and I had the mighty need to combine the two. If I don't write purely self-indulgent stuff, then what even is the point of writing fanfiction?

Anyway, I had a lot of fun writing this one.

Here is my son. And pure fluff with a side of whump!

Constructive criticism is appreciated!

Enjoy!

Ao3

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It is with a hurry that Hiccup returns home early from a day of chiefing the village of Berk. It's only in the afternoon, but already he's finished up what he can with the knowledge that Astrid will take care of the rest. Eret is there to help her out if she needs a second pair of hands.

With a quick pace, he jogs up the steps towards his house with Toothless following close behind. He opens the front door to let himself in and a wave of warmth from the fire washes over him as he kicks the snow off his boot and prosthetic.

"Hey, little man, it's okay." Snotlout talks with a soft tone to someone small sitting on his lap and crying into his chest.

That someone is a young boy of only one and a half. Gone is the red hair and the blue eyes he was born with, instead replaced by the brown hair and green eyes he has now. Because of this, he looks even more like Hiccup than he already did.

Vigi, as he's called, is in Snotlout's arms as he cries, but his words of comfort don't quite comfort the boy. Ruffnut is there with them and so is Tuffnut, who's holding a cup of water.

"Oh hey, look who's here, Tiny!" Ruffnut calls him by the nickname the Riders have chosen for him as she points to Hiccup upon his entrance. Tiny lifts his head from Snotlout's chest and turns his tear-stained face towards the door.

"I'm here! I'm here." Hiccup says and closes the front entrance to keep the cold out while the fire in the pit keeps the warmth inside.

"Daddy!" Tiny cries and reaches for Hiccup, who picks him up from Snotlout's lap as he's handed over and holds him. Tiny's short arms wrap around his father's neck with a tight grip.

"Hey, Buddy, what's wrong?" Hiccup asks, but Vigi doesn't respond, instead sniffing on his shoulder and staining his chest piece with tears and snot like he'd stained Snotlout. At least he's already calming down from whatever has made him cry.

Toothless pads over to behind Hiccup and stands up on his two hind legs to coo at the boy.

Tiny gazes at the dragon with his sad face, but doesn't say anything to him.

"Can someone tell me what's wrong with him?" Hiccup asks and looks to the three Riders with him for an answer.

Hiccup knows his son has been off all day. He woke up too early, has barely eaten any breakfast, and isn't as energetic as he usually is. So when someone had been sent to come get him after he'd left these three to look after him, Hiccup wasn't surprised.

"I think his throat hurts, he's been drinking a lot and he can't sleep. Don't think he has a fever yet, though." Snotlout informs him. Astrid may still be a little iffy towards the three, but they do a good job with their son, despite popular opinion.

"Yeah, the poor little guy hasn't had his nap at all! He's been crying for the past ten minutes." Ruffnut tells Hiccup and approaches to rub Vigi's cheek. He's quiet now that he's in Hiccup's arms with the occasional sniff, but with how tightly he holds on, he's still far from being comforted.

"Okay," Hiccup mutters and presses his cheek against his son's forehead, hoping to get a feeling on his temperature. It's hotter than it should be. "Did someone send for Gothi?"

"Fishlegs did." Tuffnut answers.

So Fishlegs was home at some point to check up on the little guy, too. Which is understandable as he must be worried, if one of the six Riders knows, they all know. Astrid, too, has come by throughout the day.

"Okay, that's good. I'm going upstairs to bed with him, come get me when Gothi is here. Do it quietly, just in case I can get him to fall asleep." Hiccup tells them and the three nod before he turns to ascend the stairs to their loft. Naturally, Toothless follows them up.

Tiny is still wearing his nightwear, nobody dressed him for the day because they expected him to fall ill, so there's no need to change him before bed.

They reach the upper floor and Hiccup puts Tiny on his bed, the boy almost not letting go.

"It's okay, I'm just removing my boot and leg." Hiccup assures him when he sees him pull an expression like he's about to cry again.

Hiccup sits down on the edge next to him to do as he says and removes them. He removes his armor, too, leaving just his tunic and his trousers. Moving further up the bed, he sits with his back against the headboard, a pillow behind him.

"Come here, Vigi" Hiccup tells his son, arms out, and the boy doesn't waste a second before he crawls up onto his lap. With Hiccup wrapping his arms around him again, Tiny buries himself in his father's hold.

Toothless climbs up on the bed and settles at the foot end, tail hanging off the side and lying on the floor. Even now he rarely leaves Hiccup's side and that includes whenever he needs to retreat to somewhere quiet and peaceful with a sick child.

Though still upset and hurting, Tiny takes comfort in this embrace and listens to Hiccup's heartbeat. It's hard to miss with his ear against his parent's chest.

"Gothi will be here soon and when she does, she can tell us what's wrong and we can make the pain go away. You want to hear a story while we wait?" Those were two long sentences for someone Tiny's age, but he recognizes enough words to pick up on what Hiccup asks him and he nods quietly.

"You want to hear a story about your grandpa Stoick? I still have plenty of those, won't run out for at least the foreseeable future." Hiccup suggests and Tiny quietly nods again, hearing "story" and "grandpa" in the same sentence. His face is barely visible in Hiccup's hold.

Toothless watches his Rider expectantly. He's still wearing his saddle and prosthetic when it is clear he and Hiccup won't be taking to the sky today, but someone else can remove it for him later.

"Okay, let me think." Hiccup mutters as he racks his brain over a tale he can tell and sinks a little against the headboard, allowing Vigi to lie a little, so he won't need to sit up.

"I think I've got one. It's about your grandfather and how he met a dragon named Thornado." Hiccup doesn't plan on making the story too detailed or hard to follow, but what truly matters is that he keeps his son entertained until Gothi comes.

Toothless purrs approvingly. As much as he was on the receiving end of Stoick's sudden desire to have a dragon of his own, it is still a good tale to tell.

Barely five minutes pass and Hiccup stops as he gets to the part where the Thunderdrum is officially revealed. Soft snoring comes from the child lying on his chest, who has a stuffed nose.

After a few hours of struggling to sleep, he has finally dozed off and it's part of the reason why Snotlout, Ruff, and Tuff sent for him. It's simply because Vigi has an easier time falling asleep with Hiccup than anyone else on Berk, sometimes even Toothless. And that while the boy's first word after "ma!" was arguably "Oofess!"

Now all that remains is to wait for the village healer and then they can help the poor child treat his ailment.

There is creaking on the stairs and Hiccup looks over to find the three Riders who are still here.

"Is he sleeping?" Snotlout asks, whispering just in case, and Hiccup nods. It's a good thing, that means he can be a little rested before Gothi comes as she will surely have to examine him, something no child or adult really likes.

"Okay, good. We'll be downstairs if you need us." Snotlout tells him and passes the Thorston twins on the way down, minding the noise. Tiny has finally fallen asleep, it's better that they don't wake him up. Babies and toddlers sometimes have sharper ears than you'd expect.

"Bye, Teeny!"

"Bye, Tiny!" Tuff and Ruff each whisper softly and wave before they go down. They don't expect the toddler to return it, but you never know.

Hiccup shakes his head in amusement once they're out of sight.

And now all that is left for him to do is wait. Wait until Gothi comes with Fishlegs and quite possibly Astrid as well. That is, if she doesn't have a list of patients she needs to get through first before she can come to the Haddock Household. The weather is getting colder, which means many Berkians of all ages are bound to get sick.

That means Gothi could quite possibly take a few hours and that Hiccup will be here a little while with a sleeping toddler on his chest that he can't move.

"Hey Bud, can you grab me a book?" Hiccup requests and the Night Fury obliges, getting off the bed to grab the one. He doesn't need to struggle, there's one lying on top of a low bookshelf, which he knows Hiccup has been reading as of late, so he grabs that one.

Hiccup, meanwhile, turns his attention down at the snoring boy. He places a kiss on top of his head, right in that messy head of hair of his.