(A/N: Set the night after the dragons leave.)

He pulled aside the curtain to his tent and was met with a cold and dark space where his best friend once used to rest and wait for him.

The day had been long and after being awake and fighting for non-stop for almost two days straight, Hiccup was relieved to finally see his bed.

Dread settled into his nerves though as he lit a candle and turned towards the heap of pillows and blankets.

With Grimmel defeated and the dragons gone, everyone had a new kind of life ahead of them. It was weird. When Toothless used to be around, he didn't really think much of it. Taking a glance at his buddy and smiling at the reptile sleeping contently had eased his worries but now...all he was met with was darkness and no snoring beast who'd chew his prosthetic.

Sighing, Hiccup sat down on his bed and pulled the long since upgraded Book Of Dragons into his lap and flipped open the Night Fury page.

Starting to read through it for the millionth time, a small smile tugged it's way into his lips at the memories of Toothless being silly instead of being the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself.

Although, now that he thought about it, that "trick" Toothless had done before really had proved that there was so much more to discover. He made sure to remember to write that down and make a new page for the Light Fury.

He raised his hand and traced his fingers along the drawings of Toothless he'd made before, slightly smudging them. His hand jerked back and his sighed, watching a small doodle of the black creature in the paper.

"I know how you feel," came a soft and all too familiar voice from the entrance to the tent. Oh, how glad he was to see her. "Yeah, I think everyone does," He replied, petting the place beside him.

Astrid unfolded her arms and slowly walked up to him, sitting down and leaning herself against him. Hiccup smiled softly, wrapping a tired arm around her small frame as they looked at the book.

Humming, Astrid reached forward and flipped the pages, knowing it was exactly four pages before the Night Fury.

"I miss her too, you know," She said, scraping a small piece of dirt of the page under a Deadly Nadder drawing. "I know," Hiccup replied, pulling back and burying his face into the blonde hair behind her ear.

Astrid exhaled, long and deep as she reached after his hand on the book. No words exchanged, they stayed there, Hiccup occasionally pressing a kiss or two to her hair and Astrid's thumb caressing the back of his hand.

Noticing him slowly starting to slack beside her, she rolled her shoulders and he murmured something inaudibly. "You're tired," She pointed out, her eyes droopy too. Hiccup hummed and she had to shrug him off of her to get him to finally start undressing for bed.

Having much less armor to get off of her, she started fixing the bed and make it cosy for both of them.

Astrid halted when she felt strong arms wrap around her. Hiccup held her close and laid his head on her shoulder, not want to let her go.

"You know I love you, right?" He asked softly, voice tired and deep. His breath on her neck made shivers travel up and down her back.

"Of course I do. Why would you even ask such a thing?" She asked, turning her head to look at him. "I feel like I don't say it enough," He replied, tightening his embrace.

Astrid didn't say anything. Trying to slowly pry his arms off of her, she turned around to look at him properly.

Placing her hand on his cheek, she raised her other hand to brush her fingers through his hair. "You are. And I know you love me. You know I'm not a huge fan of these romantic stuff because that's how I was raised but, I love you too. You're too big of a part of my life to forget that you love me," She said, eyes traveling over his face to register his emotion.

Hiccup could only pull her against him, close his eyes and press kisses against her cheek and lips.

No word could ever describe the love he felt for the blonde woman in his arms and if he had to sit down and make one up, he would but knew it was impossible because she was just too amazing.

Pulling back, Astrid stepped back and tugged on his arm, motioning for him to settle into bed.

Obeying, - he was too tired to fight her determination - he scooted over to make room for her and waited until she finished undressing the armor she had on.

Settling into the bed beside him with her leggings and shirt on, she barely even had time to get comfortable before a young man suddenly threw himself over her and settled into her chest, arm around her stomach.

Astrid laughed at him softly, wiggling into a comfortable half-sit-half-laying position and resting her arms on his back and head.

Having slept with each other like that a dozen times before, Astrid had never actually seen him throw himself into her chest to cuddle.

She guessed the emotional exhaustion really got to him.

Hiccup moved his head and settled down on her chest comfortably, head in between her breasts. Being together for so long, they really had no need to be embarrassed, - plus, with their wedding coming up, Hiccup was preparing himself for this happening every night.

Astrid hummed, brushing her fingers through his hair, happy he hadn't gotten hurt from earlier and was slowly falling asleep on her chest.

Hiccups suddenly opened his eyes and looked at her. Astrid furrowed her brows at him before he reached for her hand on his head and grabbed it.

Moving it towards his mouth, he kissed her hand multiple times before murmuring, "I can't wait until we're married," and then settling down again.

All she could do was to smile and caress his cheek with her pointer, - since he still held it against his mouth - and wonder how she didn't realize that dorky fifteen year old back then was such an amazing human being that she lived with every fiber in her.

(A/N: Some quality, downtime Hiccstrid. Excuse me if it's messy, it's 2:40 AM and I can't sleep, - almost did though while writing this oops.)

- Toothless_NightFury1.