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Hey pugsandshit, lol nice username if you really like pugs...they are sweet and they are cuddlers if you find yourself alone at times...but no I'm just hitting you up because I'm a Pug Lover myself but it seems you already have a guy here? Only curious, I understand you don't know me but couldn't help myself seeing that username, which we immediately have that in common....ok, just had to text you to see if you'd like to chat if Mr knightsandcrest isn't a significant other? I honestly don't know, this is why I'm hitting you up cause I'd like to just chat with you if you have ANY interest in getting to know who I am, I promise you I'm harmless and I just like to make friends with people I have stuff in common with, you know? Ok till.....
I'm trying to get to know this lady I'm guessing since it seems, well it just looks as if its a woman. Does anybody know how her, he? I myself know of pugs and they can keep you company when you have none at times....
“The idea of always wanting to be the victim in circumstances where you have been offended is a common human trait. Each person wants to be viewed as the aggrieved party.”
— Stephen Richards, The Pain You Feel Today Is The Strength You Feel Tomorrow
Summary: Written for the Fandom-Free Maritime May Bingo.
Toothless felt Hiccup leave, but he felt his return as well. And all he wants now is to reunite with his human.
Warnings: Major Character Death Mention
Rating: Mature
Words: 463
Prompt: Soulmate AU
Fandom: How to Train Your Dragon
Characters: Hiccup, Toothless
Pairing: /
Author's Notes: Eyyyy, what's this? My 400th work on Ao3!!!
I thought it fitting to return to this AU that was my 100th work back in 2020. :)
Enjoy!
-XOXOX-
Even before he knew what a soulmate truly was, Toothless knew he had found his. He knew it was Hiccup. He could never pinpoint the exact reason why, he felt like he made several realizations throughout their life together.
One day, he felt him leave.
Humans with their short lifespans, they were never meant to stick around for as long as dragons can, who can all live thousands of years. That is, if disease, starvation or a battle doesn’t take them out. Toothless had always known. And yet, when he stayed relatively the same and Hiccup aged- albeit a little slower than most- he was still caught off guard when his human got sick and didn’t get better again.
He was surrounded by his loved ones. His wife, Astrid, their children, Zephyr and Nuffink, their grandchildren, their friends and Toothless and his offspring. He was the first of the Dragon Riders to go. Astrid would follow soon after.
Toothless didn’t have that kind of luck, his draconic lifespan forced him to keep going. Even though, what the others saw as Hiccup taking his final breath, felt to him like half of him was being violently ripped away.
For a long time, he was inconsollable. He couldn’t even stay on the island anymore, given the sturdiest prosthesis Hiccup’s grandson managed to conjure up and leaving for the Hidden World with the promise that he would return for routine maintenance.
He didn’t.
It broke.
His last physical connection to his soulmate was severed and Toothless forgot entirely who he was and what he left behind.
After all, at least a thousand years must’ve passed since he last saw the Earth’s surface. The one thing that stayed with him throughout time was Hiccup. His name, his face, his voice, his mannerisms, his personality, his everything. It remained as clear to him as the day they first met lifetimes ago.
And then, just like he felt him leave…
He felt him return.
The Night Fury couldn’t explain exactly how he knew. It was as if there’d been a shift. Unseen, but clearly felt. His heart felt as though it could beat again, it pounded within his ribcage and called for the one whose death felt like his own.
Since his prosthetic tailfin broke, his physique had changed. His wings withered, despite his best efforts to keep using them. And he became broader, his muscles growing for a more terrestrial existence. Despite his age, he became even more of a threat, lest he be seen as weak and easy pickings.
He traveled towards one of the entrances of the Hidden World that didn’t require a swim through the ocean and climbed his way back up to the surface.
