#scourgeofberk

❝You have your people,❞ Harmony said softly in reply, as if that summed up everything. ( and maybe it did. ) ❝I know.❞ Her nails dug into the scales of his armor nonetheless.

Harmony understood that Hiccup was an important figure, both to his home of Berk and many individuals beyond it. An entire world depended on him. For Harmony, who had been cast out of her tribe long ago, the thought of such a responsibility was staggering.

A bitterness welled up in her then, and she pressed herself tighter to him. Hiccup had so much to bear in his life already — what right did she have to add to it ? speaking about how she was in pain and missed him when he was bound to protect an entire village ...

Were she a better woman, perhaps she would have been ashamed of the desperation that was painted across her face as she lifted it to kiss him. Harmony's hands slid upwards until they reached his neck. She used her fingers to guide him down to her ; standing on the tips of her boots could only erase some of the distance. Harmony broke away when her chest felt like it was going to burst from lack of air, though she remained close. Unshed tears glittered on her eyes.

— from @scourgeofberk, unprompted.

It was unfair how easily Hiccup found the spot that turned his body soft, and even more unfair how Toothless seemed to lose all control of his muscles as soon as Hiccup rubbed the spot that made his leg move.

He squawked indignantly-- this was no way for a Night Fury to behave!-- but inevitably felt the rumble in his throat that always started when he was getting scratched. Hiccup's hand rubbed his nose and Toothless was purring, and he knew that all attempts at looking dignified were lost.

And... all right, maybe it was humiliating. But Toothless tried to comfort himself with the reminder that no-one else visited their little grotto but Astrid, and that meant none of the other dragons would see how easily Hiccup turned him into mush.

When finally he was released, Toothless wasted no time dragging his tongue up Hiccup's whole face. Humans didn't appreciate moisture like dragons did, but Toothless didn't care; he went all the way until Hiccup's bangs were sticking up with spit, then huffed warm air in his face in satisfaction with his revenge.