Hiccup Sleeping Headcanons
Time for some love for my absolute favourite character!
My man does not get any sleep at all when he’s alone..
Seriously, he’s up all night working on a new invention, a tail for Toothless or scraping together notes from the book of dragons to design new suits.
Constant bags under his eyes and if anyone mentions it, he awkwardly laughs it off and continues to busy himself.
Sleeping is literal hell for him, especially post HTTYD2. Hiccup ends up suffering from awful nightmares after Stoick’s death. Waking up in a panic and having to calm himself down without waking Toothless. That’s why he prefers to keep himself occupied so he doesn’t have to dream about his father dying over and over again.
Toothless knew all about this (he is this guy’s best friend after all), and did his best to get him to sleep. Well, he more so did his best to get Hiccup to stay in bed
Before you ask, Toothless did indeed lie on top of Hiccup to force him to fall asleep
This didn’t turn out so well as Hiccup just stopped breathing at one point from the weight of the Night Fury
It had gone to the point that he would fall asleep during meetings, smithing new weapons or even flying Toothless. That last one forced Hiccup to have a group of guards with him to ensure he and Toothless won’t be lost at sea
Sharing the bed with you is a different story
Missions can skew your own sleep schedule so you couldn’t always be beside each other
But when you are together, sleep washes over Hiccup easier than usual
When you get into bed, Hiccup would still be working away at his desk
After some light conversation, you would eventually lure him over with your charm
Mainly by telling him that you have to be held to fall asleep properly
90% of the time, you will fall asleep first as the little spoon
Contrary to popular belief, the lanky chief’s arms are surprisingly comfy
Hiccup will run his fingers through your hair to make you comfortable
You’d start to doze off after a while, the only sounds you can hear is his and Toothless’ syncopated breathing
With you there with him, he doesn’t have to be alone with his thoughts
He’s too busy thinking how lucky he is to have you or how cute you are, all curled up beside him
As the night goes on, he’d press kisses to your forehead
He loves drawing circles on your arm with his fingers
Sometimes even planning out new inventions using your arm as the parchment
If he even tried to leave the bed to get some work done, you would instinctively wrap your arms around him so that he wouldn’t leave
With you wrapped around him, he would eventually allow himself to close his eyes for longer than a second
Then finally he would fall asleep, resting his head on top of yours and wishing that he could remain like this for all eternity
