Haddock Family One-shots

Still Here

"Okay." Was all she said. She walked away.

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Astrid was trying not to start crying again remembering the memory. Zephyr had fallen asleep in her lap and Astrid picked her up and went upstairs. She put Zephyr back to bed. Astrid closed her daughters door and walked to her bedroom.

She hadn't slept in her own bed since the last time Hiccup was with her. She usually slept with one of the kids or downstairs on the couch. She grabbed the handle and it was cold to the touch. She sighed and opened the door.

It was cold and dark. Something ominous about the room. Astrid saw one of the candles in the hall and grabbed it. She walked in leaving the door open. She slowly changed into her nightgown that had also been laying on the bed since she had changed out of it the morning before Hiccup's death.

The room was left the same. Some of her clothes on the floor and some of Hiccups laying over his chair at his desk that was full of his notes and drawings. Drawings of Toothless and Stormfly and their family we're pinned to the wall for him to look at while he worked.

Astrid sat on her side of the bed. She laid down and turned on her side to look at the empty space beside her. She thought back to the last night she had with her husband. They had brought up the thought of having a third child. It had been something talked about before, but kind of got forgotten about until that night.

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Hiccup had come home early and spent time with the kids, even put them to bed before joining Astrid on the couch in front of the fire. She had moved closer to him and he welcomed her into his arms with a smile. Planting a kiss on her head. She smiled. They stayed silent for a few minutes before Hiccup asked her.

"Do you want another kid?" Hiccup had said. Astrid sat up and looked at him a little surprised.

"That was out of nowhere." She said to her husband. Hiccup smirked at her.
"I've just been thinking of it more lately. But only if you want too." He said to her. Astrid smiled at him.

"I've been thinking about it too. Nuffink is six now. We waited longer than planned." She told him. Hiccup smiled at her before kissing her.

"It'll be a boy." Hiccup told her. Astrid laughed.

"I'm not pregnant yet." She told him.

"Well let's change that." He told her smirking. Astrid blushed kissing him.

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She grabbed his pillow pulling it to her and hugging it and smelling his scent and cried herself silently to sleep.

It was the next morning and Astrid woke up and noticed a blanket on her that she didn't remember putting on herself. She could tell by the light that it was probably mid-morning. She sat up and looked around the room. She heard the kids awake downstairs and got up and headed down the stairs.

She heard someone in the kitchen and saw Valka making something. Valka heard the steps and turned around to see Astrid.

"Good morning, I figured I'd come by today." Valka told her. Astrid tried to smile at her but it disappeared quickly. She sat down at the table and Valka gave her some tea. Astrid looked over at the kids and they were playing together.

There was only a couple of people that walked into their house whenever. Valka was one of them as well as Heather. Sometimes even Gobber.

"The village?" Astrid asked quietly.

"Gobber and Heather are taking care of things. You need rest too you know." Valka told her. Valka could tell Astrid was in rough shape. She had dark circles under her eyes from the lack of sleep. Her hair wasn't done the usual way, Astrid was lucky if she got her hair in a braid most of the time now. She looked pale and all the light she usually had was gone from her. Valka knew she was being strong for the kids and that running the village was a distraction for her. She even looked thinner then usual. Valka was worried about her.