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10 httyd fics with no romantic pairings
*note: mind the tags. most of these fics are whump and hurt/comfort and some involve sensitive subject matter*
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1. Abandon Hope Who Enters Here (everyone who enters here) by JaggedEmeraldsOfGold
13,201 words | 2/2 chapters | Rated T | Gen | Part 2 of is this the place we used to love?
Eret had spoken about the mindless cruelty of Drago’s base and soldiers, but there’s nothing like seeing it in front of her to make it really, really sink in. She’d wanted to empathize, but she doesn’t think she really understood.
Astrid leans her head back until it hits the wall behind her, and blinks up at the ceiling.
It’s going to be a long three days.
Or: Instead of facing the Monstrous Nightmare in the Kill Ring, Hiccup packs up and leaves Berk on Toothless, defeating the Red Death on his own as he goes. Six years later, Hiccup has royally fucked up– Hiccup has severely underestimated Drago, and now Hiccup is cramped, tired, hungry, without his prosthetic, and he really, really, really misses Toothless.
Imagine his surprise (read: complete and utter dread) when he wakes up one day to see absolutely none other than Astrid Hofferson, Snotlout Jorgenson, Fishlegs Ingerman, and Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorston sitting in the cell across from him.
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2. Bad Blood by RainDragon28
19,365 words | 13/13 chapters | Rated K+ | fanfiction.net
Family on the Edge: what-if. Dagur never breaks out in time to stop the Dragon Riders from engaging Viggo's shipyard. When the Riders realize it is a trap, they attempt to withdraw. But Heather refuses to believe Dagur, leading to both her and Hiccup's capture. And just when they think things can't get any worse, the story takes a turn that leaves them both fighting for survival.
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3. Deep Scars by mushroomwizzard157
2,341 words | 1/1 chapters | rated T | No Category
Dagur's trying his best to gain the Riders' trust after leaving Viggo's employ. Things take a sharp downturn after a traumatic flashback while sparring leads to Dagur badly injuring Hiccup.
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4. Doubt Comes In by Emachinescat
1,491 words | 1/1 chapters | Rated T | Gen | Part 21 of AILESS Whumptober 2025
Alvin torments Hiccup on the voyage to Outcast Island, mercilessly preying on his greatest fears and vulnerabilities. A whumpier take on Hiccup's kidnapping in "We Are Family Part 1."
Written for AILESS Whumptober Day 21: "You really think they're gonna look for you?"
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5. How to Protect a Dragon Conquerer by Jayalaw
32,441 words | 25/25 chapters | rated T | fanfiction.net
When Alvin the Treacherous puts a bounty on Hiccup's head, too many Outcasts and Vikings want to get this Dragon Trainer. Hiccup needs to learn how to defend himself as Alvin's influence tightens around Berk.With Toothless out of commission and his killer instinct awakened in danger, Hiccup doesn't know if he'll come out of the ordeal intact. Set before "Heather Report,"
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6. No Less a Viking by Emachinescat
2,139 words | 1/1 chapters | rated G | Gen | Part 2 of AILESS Whumptober 2025
A few months after losing his leg, Hiccup finally breaks. Gobber is there to pick up the pieces.
Written for AI-Less Whumptober Day 2: Amputation
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7. the line between Naïveté and Hopefulness (is almost invisible) by JaggedEmeraldsOfGold
34,409 words | 1/1 chapter | rated T | Gen | Part 1 of is this the place we used to love?
She laughs lightly, lilting. “Hiccup,” she says, then– “well, I suppose you were just a babe,” and she reaches up slowly, taking off her mask. Her mouth lifts slightly in a quiet sort of smile.
“I’m your mother,” she tells him.
Hiccup laughs, for lack of anything better to do.
Then he realizes she’s serious.
Or: Instead of facing the Monstrous Nightmare in the Kill Ring, Hiccup packs up and leaves Berk on Toothless, defeating the Red Death on his own as he goes. Four years later, he turns his attention to dragonkind’s biggest threat: Drago Bludvist. In search of allies, information, or anything at all that could give them an upper hand against Drago, Hiccup and Toothless head north.
What they find instead is one Valka ex-Haddock.
Their reunion, it’s safe to say, doesn’t go quite as smoothly as it might have in a certain movie."
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8. Tug of War by Emachinescat
2,720 words | 1/1 chapters | rated G | Gen | Part 14 of AILESS Whumptober 2025
Hiccup's experiences with getting knocked out and waking up throughout his personal bounty hunter hell. A series of missing scenes from Midnight Scrum.
Written for AILESS Whumptober Day 14: Unconsciousness
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9. What the Boss Don't Know, the Boss Won't Mind by Emachinescat
2,519 words | 1/1 chapters | rated T | Gen | Part 2 of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Hurt
Ryker and his men decide to have some fun with Hiccup while Viggo is away on business, despite his orders to leave their prisoner alone. So when their fun spirals out of control and Hiccup nearly dies as a result, Viggo is far from pleased.
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10. When the Fire Fades by StarishlyBerry
4,905 words | 1/1 chapters | rated G | Gen
It was supposed to be a simple mission. But when the plan changes, Hiccup doesn’t see it coming — and by the time anyone realizes the truth, it’s already too late. Now silence hangs over the Edge, and the Riders are left with one terrifying question: What happens when the one who always saves them… needs saving?