(A/N: Prompt: Inventions.)

The sun was slowly making its way down the sky, slowly disappearing behind the sea and painting its orange, pink and light burgundy colors over the sky as if it was a canvas.

Dirt was kicked up as she strode through the village, nearing the place where people had told her, her Chief would be.

Last time she saw him, he had been standing beside the Alpha, fixing the saddle around his chest and neck, trying to figure out the broken piece of metal where he used to put his prosthetic.

That was earlier that day and the sun had been up for an hour or two. He has smiled at her as he took the saddle off of Toothless, walking into the brokkr [1]

After that, she had seen him doing his daily business. She had been in the Academy, teaching the younger kids the basics of dragon riding when he had visited them, a smile on his lips.

All of the kids had yelled his name, running up to him, asking him to tell the story of how he lost his left foot again.

He had only smiled, looking at Astrid before sitting down on the ground. She had joined them, letting two kids sit in her lap as well as in Hiccup's.

She didn't even listen to him. Her thoughts had wondered off on them. He would be such a great father. She wasn't expecting but, she knew that they would get married one day. If not soon, then at least in the future, they would. She knew that.

She wanted it.

She came back to her senses when the heat of the forge hit her as she entered. It was pleasantly warm because of the ending of Hāglimōnad [2] and the air was kind of chilly now that the evening came.

"Hiccup?" She asked out when she walked further into the forge. "Ey, he's in his room in the back," Gobber said and appeared behind a workbench behind a sleeping Grump.

"Thanks, Gobber," She said and started to walk to the back room before stopping again when Gobber said, "Ey, Astrid. I'm gonna go home now."

She nodded. "Good Night," before walking back to the end of the forge where he had his room.

Reaching it, she knocked on the doorframe to not scare him and then walked in, greeted by a happy smile. Her own lips tugged into a smile.

"Good evening, M'lady," He said and stood up, walking up to her. He placed his hands on her waist and pulled her in, leaning in close but not yet kissing her. "What are you doing here on such a nice evening?" He asked, his voice, low and husky.

His breath blew over her face and she leaned in slightly too, her nose touching his. "Visiting my Chief," She responded, in the same tone.

Smiling, he leaned in and pressed a sweet, soft and innocent kiss to her lips, lingering.

After pulling away, he gazed into her eyes and smiled widely. "Oh, no. That smile can only mean one thing. What did you do, Hiccup?" She asked, hands on her hips.

Hiccup pulled back with a happy exclaim and laughed. "I'll show you. You're gonna love it!" He said, his voice full of happiness. He took her hand and slowly led her out of the room and pulled her to a workbench.

There, on the table was a beautiful, double sided axe. "Wow, Hiccup. This is so beautiful!" Astrid said, raising her hand and ran her fingers along the shaft of the axe, over the beautiful cravings and the decorations.

All the while she did that, he had his hand on her back, just above the hem of her skirt, moving his thumb over the fabric, caressing her back.

"Who ordered this?" She asked and looked up at her boyfriend to see what he said. He smiled and looked at her. "No one," He said.

Her eyebrows furrowed and she looked back at the axe. "Then, why did you make it?" She asked, looking back at him for answers.

Hiccup didn't say anything. He just walked up behind her, wrapped his right arm around her and pulled her closer, running his left hand over the axe.

He placed his head on her shoulder and kissed her yaw.

"Hiccup?" She asked again.

"Hm?"

"Why did you make the axe if no one ordered it?" Astrid asked again and looked at him.

"Well, I made this because I hope this is enough to pursue your parents to let me take you away from them," Hiccup said, smiling like a fool.

Astrid stiffened. "Wait...you mean, you made that as a present for my Mundr?" [3] Astrid asked, turning around.

"Yes."

"Wow, keeping the tradition in something's, I see," She jokes and smiled at him, putting her hand on his chest and fiddling with the strap.

"You're not surprised?" He asked and placed his hands on her waist, pulling her in slowly. "I am, a little but, I was kind of expecting it. Wait, scratch that, I was kind of hoping you would ask me soon."

He just looked at her with a smile on his face before leaning in and pressing a kiss to her lips.

Astrid smiled into the kiss and slowly secured her arms around his torso and neck, keeping him there.

She kissed back and it slowly got heated. Not that she minded because nobody came by the forge at this time in the evening.

Slowly pulling away, he leaned her forehead against hers and squeezed his arms around her, bringing her incredibly close.

"I guess that's a, "Yes," from you?" Hiccup asked in a whisper. "Yes."

He didn't say anything after that but she left him smile. Hiccup pulled his head back and looked at her.

Her cheeks were flushed with a soft, pink color. Her lips were puffy after their kissing and her skin glowed slightly from the warmth. Her eyes were an incredibly beautiful shade of ocean blue and her thick lashes made her eyes pop.

Astrid just looked at him with the most loving eyes he had ever seen on her. "Divinely Beautiful," He whispered to her, a smile on his lips.

Astrid looked away in embarrassment and turned redder, smiling too.

How could he ever get so lucky to have her? He didn't know but he was glad he had her.

Leaning in, he pressed a small kiss to her cheek and with a smile, pulled her against him for a tight hug that he never wished would end.

(A/N: 1. Brokkr is Forge in Old Norse.
2. Hāglimōnad is October in Norse.
3. Mundr is like a proposal with with a gift for parents.

I feel like this writing challenge will only be Hiccstrid. Not that I mind. Does any of you?)

- Toothless_NightFury1.