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M E R I C C U P // Modern AU

Merida Dunbroch x Hiccup Horrendous Haddock iii

Hiccup thinks he knows Merida, until she started stealing his food.

See, they’ve been together for so long that the two of them couldn’t imagine life without the other being there. Even if it was just being in the background. Their lives are so intertwined together that it became second nature for them to be together. They think they know the other like the back of their hand, until Hiccup got his driver’s license.

“Anything you want from McDonald’s?” He asked his best friend.

“Nah, I’m not hungry.” She shrugged her shoulders.

And so Hiccup made the mistake of ordering only for himself. As soon as he gave the paper bag for Merida to hold so he could drive out of the drive thru and head back to their part of the town, that was when he first learned that maybe he doesn’t know her as much as he thought. Half of his french fries were gone, and his drink was almost finished. Thank god he asked for his food before she could start on his hamburger.

“Mer, what the hell?” He groaned at the sight of his food almost gone.

“They were calling to me. What was I supposed to do, ignore them?” She argued.

The second time she stole his food was in their diner. The very diner they’ve been going to ever since they were kids. Hiccup still remembers when Merida was insistent on treating him for his birthday and how she ordered the whole menu for them. With the way she was, sometimes even he forgets how rich her family is.

“I’ll have a milkshake, with extra cherry please.” He ordered as the waitress jotted it down.

“And you, Merida?” She asked with that chirpy voice of hers.

“I’m good, I’m just here to study.”

“Oh, that’s rare.”

“Hey!”

“That’s what I’ve been saying too.” Hiccup teased Merida as the waitress left.

And, again, Hiccup made the mistake of leaving his milkshake with Merida when he went to the restroom. As soon as he got back, his milkshake was almost gone with the way Merida was sipping it like no tomorrow.

“Mer!” He cried out.

“Couldn’t help it.”

“What, it was calling to you too?”

At that, she grinned. “Nah, I just wanted to.”

After that, Hiccup learned his lesson to not make it a third time’s the charm, and always ordered food for Merida. Even if she was insistent that she didn’t want it.

find this on spanish here! ¡toca acá para leerlo en español!

(A/N) english is not my first language and this is actually the second time i'm posting my writing translated, so keep that in mind.

just rebel mericcup let's say.

word count: 954

September is almost upon us and you know what that means ... MERICCUP MONTH!! Who's excited?? There will only be four prompts this year as, unfortunately, I did not give as much thought into the prompts this year due to the limited amount of time I have (plus, probably dealing a bit with depression, thinking maybe seasonal depression, so cannot wait for autumn to get here), but, the sky's the limit!! If you just want to revisit old prompts you never got around to, or finish that piece you didn't for previous years, this is the time to do it!! Let's breathe some life back into this fandom!! And remember, have fun!! So, without further ado, the prompts ...

Week 1 - Movies Week 2 - Music Week 3 - Fairy Tales Week 4 - AUs

M E R I C C U P // Brave Dragon

Merida Dunbroch x Hiccup Horrendous Haddock iii

Legends tell of a mystical creature far more dangerous than human kind has ever seen. A dragon is what they call them. The fierce beasts that ruled the sky and brought chaos and havoc wherever they went. However, it’s been years since they’ve last roamed the earth. And slowly, the legends turned into fairy tales, and fairy tales turned into bedtime stories to scare children in the night.

Everyone moved on and, eventually, forgot about them. Everyone except for Hiccup, the blacksmith, and Merida, the princess of Dunbroch. Having been fascinated of dragons ever since they were young, the two have been gathering as much information as they can get about the mystical creature that is believed to be long gone. However, they believe otherwise.

They set off on a forbidden journey after running away from everything they knew just to prove that dragons do exist, that dragons are still out there somewhere, perhaps hibernating from the world (Hiccup’s theory). But when tragedy strikes and the two are separated, Hiccup finds himself lost and alone in a forest rumored to be cursed.

There, he finds himself face to face with the very creature he and Merida have been searching for.

M E R I C C U P // Harry Potter AU

Merida Dunbroch x Hiccup Horrendous Haddock iii

Merida and Hiccup think that it’s going to be another school year with nothing much happening. Only this time, they made plans, or rather, a bucket list of what to do. Anything really to keep them occupied and have fun amongst the sea of essays and assignments. After all, it’s just another year with the same routine, right?

Wrong.

When the famous Jack Frost, the boy who lived, entered Hogwarts, nothing was ever the same anymore. Thrown into a world of adventures, dangers that lurk just around the corner, and a war brewing right underneath everyone’s noses, Merida and Hiccup must do what they can to survive each year until everything ends.

After all, they weren’t the type to let something like the final battle at Hogwarts stop them in their tracks.

M E R I C C U P // College AU

Merida Dunbroch x Hiccup Horrendous Haddock iii

“Making you happy makes me happy.”

Hiccup’s words echoed around the sunlit room. Their apartment was currently a shade of orange thanks to the sunset on the horizon. And while it made everything feel warm, that wasn’t why Merida felt that way all over.

It was his words that sent a wave of warmth throughout her body. It was surprising, and yet welcoming with a sense of familiarity nonetheless. Almost as if it’s been happening a while and she only noticed it in full bloom now.

They were bickering in the living room moments ago, their homework and projects forgotten on the coffee table. Merida was insisting that she can fix things up just fine without his help, but Hiccup still wanted to offer it nonetheless. And that was when he said his line. That all so warming line, it made Merida speechless.

Hiccup stared at her like she was someone important, and she didn’t know what to do now that she was aware of it. So, instead of brushing it off with a joke, she followed her heart and said the one thing that she truly felt as well.

“Making you happy makes me happy too.”

M E R I C C U P // Brave Dragon

Merida Dunbroch x Hiccup Horrendous Haddock iii

Merida and Hiccup have been sharing fairytales for almost their whole lives. They’d parade through town and venture through the forest, pretending they were a part of it while looking for their happily ever after. Sometimes it was the scones they’d buy at the bakery at the end of the day, and sometimes it was Hiccup’s bed they’d fall into after a long day.

Now grown up into young adults, the two didn’t have as much time as before to hang out together. What with Merida and her princess duties, and Hiccup with his blacksmith duties. Slowly, they were drifting apart, and Merida didn’t like it. She wanted things to go back as they once were, and this led her to the forest where a witch greeted her.

“Make your wish, and I’ll make it come true. But beware for there is always a price in exchange.”

After making her wish, everything went exactly the way Merida wanted. Except, as the days go by, the more Hiccup’s memories of them slowly fades away. Even everyone else as well, almost as if Merida was being erased from existence. And now she must find a way to break her wish as she races against time before it’s too late.

M E R I C C U P // Mess is Mine

Merida Dunbroch x Hiccup Horrendous Haddock iii

“When you’re in love with someone, you take on the whole package. It’s messy, but the mess of life is the good thing. The special thing about relationships is taking on the good and the bad and the messy aspects.” - Vance Joy

Hiccup read the mini description underneath the lyrics again. 

Vance Joy’s words echoed in his head as a certain someone popped up and played memories of them together. Her loud laugh that shakes the whole room, her unruly hair that gets caught up in between his fingers every time he tries to brush it, and her blast of freckles that looked like stars captured on her skin.

It was like she made it her intention to leave her trail of mess wherever she went. May it be in Hiccup’s room when she wants to borrow some comics, or in the playground as she plays along with all the kids running up to her in excitement. Whether she knew it or not, she always left a mark that screamed she was here. That she lived in the moment with her wild heart and her unpredictable next moves.

Sometimes, Hiccup found it surprising that someone as loud and free as her was with him. At times, they were opposites with her heading into the problem straight on, while he’d step back and calculate the best move. But there were also times when they were the same, most especially when it involved exploring the world (and who gets to grab the french fries first).

“Whatcha reading?” Merida plopped down beside Hiccup on the couch.

“Just. Something.” Hiccup tried to shield his cellphone screen. “You’ll find it boring, I guarantee it.”

“That’s a bold assumption. Lemme see it for myself!”

After a few mishaps with lots of tickling and screaming, and maybe even threatening to destroy a gundam seed model, Merida finally had his cellphone in her hand. She expected something nerdy like his homework, or maybe even a thorough step by step on how to raise a cat (he recently adopted one and named him Toothless), but instead she found herself looking at the lyrics of “Mess is Mine” by Vance Joy.

“Funny, I just found this song yesterday and thought of you.” Merida chuckled as she tossed back his cellphone to him.

“You- you thought of me?” Hiccup asked, unsure if he heard it right.

“Yeah. Why do you sound surprised?”

“Because I thought of you too.”

They stared at each other, until they broke into a grin. They then spent the rest of the afternoon teasing each other (”Does this make you think of me too, dragon boy?”) and sharing music as they blasted them on the speakers.