she's as beautiful as the day he lost her

a/n: i am only updating out of schedule because i have a question to ask you lovely people

when the live action comes out, do you guys want me to the live action as a book too? or not?? i might change it completely and make y/n just a normal viking with her quirks but i might still do it. if people want it. so yes or no??

anyways, this chapter was so soft, UGH

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i was silent screaming the whole time UGH

listen to for the dancing and dreaming whilst you read this

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warning: heart warning fluff

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authors pov

03:49 PM. THE DRAGON NEST

y/n sits on her side as hiccup stands up. the both of them, looking out to the nest. and they see the multitude of dragons flying inside it. 

"are you certain it is right for us to look for drago?" y/n questions, looking up at hiccup. "even though, your mother is stated that is wrong for us to do so?"

midnight and toothless are behind their riders, midnight cooing as the baby dragons fly over to them both. a red baby nadder flies over to y/n, settling on her head as more follow. 

"umbagon, iksan talking lēda ñuha valzȳrys," y/n says to them, them flying away and annoying toothless. but midnight loves nuzzling them. 

hiccup raises his eyebrows as he looks down at y/n, who's looking forward. she said husband. not lover. not boyfriend. she said husband. does he react to that? does she want him to? gods. 

"nyke pendagon īlon should rȳ least sylugon," he says to her, y/n standing up. "but i know we can't wait around here for drago to come and attack this place. we've got to find him first,"

"i stand with you," y/n smiles, hiccup sighing out with a smile. 

"how did i get so lucky?" he mumbles, his green eyes looking at y/n. y/n makes a face of thought. how exactly did their relationship start?

"i am under the assumption that it was because you've never killed a dragon," she smiles, hiccup letting out a laugh. 

toothless growls at the baby dragons, them flying away as midnight whines at him. she was playing with them. 

"let's go, guys," hiccup says before a hand covers his mouth. y/n reaches for moonlight as midnight and toothless growl, before relaxing as they notice that it's stoick...it's stoick?!

"easy now," stoick says, putting his hands up at midnight and toothless. y/n puts moonlight back in its holder, giving stoick an awkward smile. 

"ah...stoick," she smiles. oh seven hells. 

"are you kidding me?" hiccup says, getting out of his father's grip with a struggle and standing next to y/n. why does his dad always seem to embarrass him whenever he's infront of his girlfriend? "how did you get in here?"

"the same way we're getting all of you out," stoick says, giving hiccup his mask. y/n didn't even notice him loosing that.

"'we'?" hiccup repeats with frantic eyes, before noticing gobber. 

"all clear!" gobber calls from a rocky side passage, waving them over. "hey, lass!"

"hello, gobber," y/n smiles.

"toothless, midnight, come," he says, grabbing hiccup's arm and dragging him behind as y/n follows with her hands behind her back. y/n and hiccup both make eye contact. wait a moment. 

"stoick, there is something we must discuss with you," y/n says as they walk into the tight cave opening. hiccup points his hand out, y/n taking as she hates these small spaces. 

"yeah, yeah, tell me on the way," stoick replies, not actually paying attention to the urgency in her tone. 

"well, this isn't an on-the-way sort of update, actually," hiccup stammers, as his father lets go of him, his voice higher from nerves.

"i've heard enough." stoick firmly says, dismissing them both.

"this is more of the earth-shattering development variety!" hiccup says, getting over a rock before turning around and helping y/n over that same rock. midnight and toothless both follow their riders with curious eyes.

"yeah, just add it to the pile," stoick muttering, grunting as he squeezes himself out of a tight space.

"no, i do not think so," y/n says. "this is a different type of update,"

"yeah, i uh-uh," hiccup squeezes between the rocks before rushing after his father. "dad, unlike most surprises we-i...we...m-mostly me spring upon you," toothless goes to squeeze between the space but his head gets stuck. he furrows his non existent eyebrows before midnight chitters at him. he moves backwards, tilting his head at her as she tilts her head to get through the narrow. she turns her head back at toothless who grumbles, following her lead. she's not that smart. "this one you'll like, we promise,"

"the most you must do is receive it with an opened mind," y/n states, everyone pauses as they see gobber frozen ahead. 

"uh..." gobber turns around, looking at stoick. "you might want to take this one," he pats stoick's shoulder before sitting on a rock. 

"huh?" stoick says, watching gobber before shaking his head and reaching for his weapon. 

"oh boy," gobber mutters. 

"stoick, you need not do that-" y/n starts, hiccup speaking as well. 

"oh, uh, dad." hiccup says. "could you put the sword away, please?" stoick walks into an icy open before gasping as his eyes dilate. valka stands high, her staff in her hand. 

hiccup, y/n and gobber peak from behind stoick as the chief drops his sword and removes his helmet. 

valka swallows thickly, her voice shaking as she speaks. y/n and hiccup both look at each other, not sure what is going to happen. 

"i know what you're going to say, stoick," she starts. "how could i have done this?" she sighs softly, regaining her composer as she continues. "stayed away all these years...why didn't i come back to you? to our son? well..." stoick starts to approach her slowly, valka taking in a breath. "what sign did I have that you could change, stoick? that anyone on berk could?" stoick continues approaching her, dragons coming out to protect her, sensing her distress. but they're there because y/n is asking them to do so, subconsciously. y/n does not know it yet, but she will control the dragons. "i pleaded so many times to stop the fighting, to find another answer, but did any of you listen?"

"this is why i never married," gobber comments to the two humans, their dragons behind them. gobber pausing, deciding to say something else. "this and...one other reason," y/n looks at gobber, connecting the dots. she smiles at him, there was a reason why her auntie from her father's side never married. she is going to assume that it is the same reason. gobber smiles back at her. 

"i know that i left you to raise hiccup alone," valka says, holding her staff horizontally in front of her. "but i thought he would be better off without me, and i was wrong," valka starts to tear up as stoick gets closer. "i see that now, but..." valka gasps as she backs into the wall, stoick now a mere two steps from her. "oh, stop being so stoic, stoick! go on, shout, scream, say something!"

stoick places his large calloused hand on her cheek, making her blink rapidly and stare into his green eyes. 

"you're as beautiful as the day i lost you," stoick states softly. valka's eyes widen at stoick's words before they shut, a tear escaping as her grip loosens on her staff behind her. stoick slowly raises her chin up carefully, leaning down and slowly pressing his lips against her own, valka only hesitating for a moment before reciprocating the loving kiss. he pulls away after a moment, smiling softly at her as she looks up at him with love. something that never faded all those years apart. 

y/n smiles as she watches to the two. she fiddles with her rings, hiccup taking her hand. they look at each other before y/n leans into him as they watch his parents. this is the love they have. this is the love that they will fight for. until the end of their life. 

the dragons around the older couple rumble softly, backing away when they no longer sense valka's fears or see any sign of danger. toothless tilts his head at the couple with a happy chitter, midnight smiling and purring as she watches them. she wants this too.

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"mom, you'd never even recognize it," hiccup smiles as he talks in excitement. stoick, valka and y/n are preparing the fish as he walks over to get some more fish from a basket. "where we used to make weapons, we now build saddles, wing-slings, we-we even fix dragon teeth!" toothless tries to get into the basket to eat some fish but hiccup shuts it on his nose, making the dragon snort. midnight laughs, shaking her head then her whole body. toothless is so weird. and why does he like fish so much? 

y/n looks around. where is charles? did something happen to him? is he dead?

"i am sure it is different from what you can remember," y/n comments, going over to the basket and giving a fish to toothless. he rumbles, devouring it one gulp. 

"you-you wouldn't believe how much everything's changed!" hiccup agrees as he walks with y/n towards valka and stoick.

"aye, your son and y/n have changed berk for the better," stoick grins, taking the fish from hiccup and setting it on the board in front of valka. and he knows when they become chief and chieftess, berk will thrive even more. valka smiles, turning as she carries the fish on a board. "i think we did well with this one, val," stoick says, winking at hiccup.  

"thanks dad-" stoick puts his hand on valka's shoulders, making the older woman gasp and jerk, dropping the fish from the group. y/n gives her a sympathetic smile and goes to pick it up but cloudjumper eats it all, before toothless could even get one. toothless sniffs the ground before looking up at cloud jumper. midnight lets out a small growl at cloudjumper who regurgitates some fish for toothless. midnight might not like fish, but toothless can have as much as he wants. even though he is weird for liking it. 

"do not worry yourself," y/n says to valka. "it was an accident; they occur often,"

"i will admit that i am out of practice," valka chuckles dryly as stoick cuts up more fish. 

"i got it," he says with a chuckle. "i got it," he puts it on the tray, valka giving him a weak smile. "well, you know i didn't marry you for your cooking," y/n puts her hands out, taking the tray from valka as hiccup looks at her lovingly. she passes it to gobber, boots clicking heard on the stony floor. 

"she is not the best cook," charles says, walking into the room. stoick and gobber, look at each other, ready to fight. 

"we need not harm him," y/n says, putting her hands out at both of them. "you are aware of the dance of the dragons, this is the son of alicent hightower. charles hightower,"

"my queen," charles says, bowing his head towards her. 

"he is also quite daft so do not pay him any mind," y/n says quickly. "hightower, this is the chief of berk, stoick the vast," charles looks at stoick, nodding his head. stoick looks at charles strangely but does the same. "and this is gobber," gobber waves, mouth wide open. 

"i am glad to make your acquaintance," charles says, turning his head to look at both of them. valka's husband...are they still romantic with one another? "valka, please do not cook anything,"

"i am trying to get it right this time," she says, giving out a dry laugh. 

"i tried to assist you for fortnights," charles comments, making valka even more embarrassed. "your meatballs are not edible,"

"i've still got a few knocking around in here," gobber laughs, patting his stomach as he lies again his dragon. 

"once you move back in with all your dragons," hiccup starts, motioning to his mother. "drago wouldn't stand a chance. everything will be okay!" valka takes a slim ceramic, walking over to trickling clean water from the clear crystals. 

"slow down, son. it's a lot to take in," stoick softly instructs, putting a hand on his son's shoulder. they both look at valka, who pauses, putting the ceramic under the water.

y/n puts her hand out to hiccup, who walks over to her, and sits down next to her. he wraps a hand around her hips, the both of them snuggling against midnight. a gentle whistle echoes through the room, charles sitting down next to gobber. valka freezes with a gasp, moving the ceramic away from the trickling water slightly. 

"oh, i love this one!" gobber sighs wistfully, grinning with a nod as he waves his finger to the tune.

y/n tilts her head to look at hiccup for an explanation but he is a clueless as she is. 

stoick continues whistling, approaching valka and gently grabbing the ceramic as it just slips from her grasp. he sets it on the stone next to them, smiling.

"remember our song, val?" a song? y/n's heart warms. a song. "i'll swim and sail on savage seas..." stoick softly sings, making her exhale quietly. "with ne'er a fear of drowning..." hiccup watches his parents with a smile, quickly glancing at y/n before looking at them once more. "and gladly ride the waves of life...if you will marry me," with valka not responding or singing back, he begins to feel disheartened. but he can't give up. he loves her. and he's just got her back after twenty years. he caresses her cheek with the back of his knuckles. he turns her face towards him with a smile. "no scorching sun, nor freezing cold, will stop-"

"will stop me on my jour-" gobber sings loudly, rising from his seat and then pausing as everyone is looking at him. even the dragons. even charles. he swiftly sits down at y/n's glare. "ney...sorry,"

stoick gives gobber a glare before turning his attention back to his wife. 

"if you will promise me your heart..." he gently takes her small hand in his, holding it close to his heart as she remains facing forward. stoick waits for a moment for her to say her line. "and love..."

stoick watches her with a glimmer of hope as valka's blue eyes remain shut, her face angled toward the ground away from him as she sighs quietly. is she not going to join him? is she not going to sing with him? y/n looks between the two, then looks at hiccup. is that the end? does the song go on? stoick releases her hand, ready to walk but she sings.

"...and love me for eternity," valka sings, finishing off the lyrics. stoick looks at her, eyes dilatated. he watches as she walks past him, continuing to the song on. their song. "my dearest one, my darling dear, your mighty words astound me..." she pauses, raising her hand with her fist closed as stoick joins her doing the same. "but i've no need of mighty deeds when i feel your arms around me!" they start to dance, muscle memory kicking in for when they did this dance first, when they got married.

stoick lets out a hearty laugh as the dancing and singing continues. 

"but i would bring you rings of gold!" stoick sings as valka laughs. "i'd even sing you poetry!" valka cheers as stoick bows, and she jumps over his leg.

"oh, would you?"

"and i would keep you from all harm!" stoick proudly continues with an overjoyed smile, his eyes shining and full of life and joy. "if you would stay besides me!"

hiccup looks at y/n who's smiling at clapping along. noticing his eyes on her, y/n turns to look at him. 

"dance with me?" he asks with a crooked grin. 

"i...i do not know how to dance," y/n says. "i will embarrass you and-"

"you could never embarrass me," hiccup smiles, standing up. he puts his hand out to her, midnight nudging y/n with her paw. y/n turns, giving midnight a look before getting up and taking his hand. 

"i have no use for rings of gold!" valka sings, noticing y/n and hiccup. "i care not for your poetry! i only want your hand to hold!" her and stoick hold out their hands out to the younger couple, letting them join into their dance.

"i only want you near me!" stoick sings. y/n laughs as they twist and turn and dance together as a four.

"to love, to kiss, to sweetly hold!" charles rocks his head to the beat as gobber starts to tap dance, charles looking at him weirdly. "for the dancing and the dreaming! through all life's sorrows and delights, i'll keep your love inside me!"

hiccup spins around, the girl letting out a sound of happiness. 

"i'll swim and sail the savage seas, with ne'er a fear of drowning! and gladly ride the waves of life..." stoick and valka sing together, spinning around. hiccup spins y/n one last time, dipping her as the song ends. "...if you will marry me!"

stoick raises valka in the air by her waist, making her giggle as he laughs. gobber holds the final note as charles hums. he is a good singer.

"meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-" toothless whines, trying to cover his ears with his paws as midnight chitters. "i'm so going-i'm done," gobber finishes, midnight chittering in relief. 

"you are a good singer," charles tells him, gobber smiling. 

"thank you, lad," gobber nudges him. "you have good taste,"

"i thought you couldn't dance?" hiccup asks y/n, partly out of breath. 

"i cannot not," y/n says, looking at him, her pupils more dilated. "i suppose i am more possible in doing things when you are there with me,"

hiccup pulls y/n into a hug, y/n laughing as she hugs him back with the same amount of strength. 

valka tightly hugs stoick, making him chuckle and hug her back before pulling away reluctantly as she chuckles.

"i thought i would have to die before we could have that dance again," he breathes out softly.

"no need for drastic measures," valka shakes her head with a grin as stoick kneels.

"for you, my dear..." valka looks down at him with wide eyes as he smiles, looking at her. "anything," hiccup and y/n both separate, noticing the older couple. "will you come home, val?" stoick asks softly. "will you be my wife once again?"

toothless purrs, nudging valka into stoick and she falls right into his arms. hiccup joins them, running toothless' head as he looks at his parents with a smile. 

"we can be a family!" stoick continues as he rises, throwing an arm around hiccup and grabbing her hand in his free one. "what do you say?"

valka goes to speak but is stooped when as toothless peeks his head up at her. she chuckles, petting his head. she looks between them with tearful eyes, nodding.

"yes,"

hiccup gasps with a wide smile, jumping as gobber wraps his arms around him and toothless. charles watches. he will never be apart of this family. and that is okay. 

midnight chitters, her eyes turning into splits. and y/n notices immediately. 

"skoros iksis jāre va?"

"great! me and y/n will do the cooking," gobber says, making everyone laugh. 

valka and stoick laugh, hiccup's smile unending as stoick pulls away from him.

"thank odin, you and y/n didn't listen to me, son," stoick says, taking valka's arm. "we never would have found each other,"

the group jumps as midnight snarls, lowering herself to the ground. toothless sniffs the air, his eyes wide as he lets out a growl. 

"toothless?"

"midnight, skoros iksis jāre va?" y/n asks before stopping as the dragons in the nest, start to shriek, flying past the opening gap of valka's and charles' living space.

"what's happening?"