So two amazing artists @mellidraws and @syverlee made GORGEOUS figure skating AU art for Hiccstrid and I just⊠had to expand:
The ten year-old figure skater in me is screaming. And has now taken over. *cracks knuckles*
Astrid and Hiccup have gone to the same skating club since they were super young
Astridâs mom put her in skating lessons as soon as she could walk
Stoick owns the rink and Hiccup loves watching Astrid skate
The day she dress-rehearsed her first solo (at six), Hiccup brought her a single flower he found somewhere
Growing up, Hiccup picks up drawing and his favourite thing to sketch is Astrid but he just canât get the anatomy right
At 10, he starts practicing secretly by himself, to learn how the movements feel so he can improve his art, showing up at the rink after hours
Gobber catches him one day and decides heâs really good an makes him come up with a program for the Spring competition (Star 2 - Junior Category (These are Canadian categories))
Itâs a surprise to everyone when his name is called on the PA to skate. Even more so, when he wins second place
Astrid is there (competing at a higher level obvs) and gets defensive of her title bc if he improved so much in such a short period of time, heâd be caught up to her and maybe even pass her in no time
Thus commences the rivals dynamic
Anyway, they grow up competing against each other, even though theyâre always in separate categories (mens and womens), every new achievement is a bragging right.
The day Astrid lands her double axel is the day Hiccup tries for the double axel - double loop combo, despite only having ever landed the second jump 5 times. Theyâre constantly at odds with each other
UNTIL one day when theyâre sixteen and Gobber has had enough. He pulls them aside and starts ranting about how he canât take it anymore and shoves an Ice Dancing flyer in their faces
(for those who donât know, figure skating is solo and ice dancing is partner dancing)
Theyâd had danced some over the years but it was always because theyâd had to. They had passed all the other required dances at 14 from the waltz to the willow, to whatever the hardest one is (I wouldnât know, I stopped halfway) Now they just needed to overcome their rivalry and come up with an original program to compete in their neighbouring cityâs competition.
They win it like itâs nobodyâs business and Stoick sees lots of potential in them and has them start training more intensely
This is giving me ABSOLUTE Tessa and Scott vibes, but actually with romance because oh whoops⊠Astrid starts crushing on her partner. And Hiccup never got over his, but the competitiveness overtook it for a while
Now theyâre head over toe-picks for each other and heading into nationals
If anyone wants to use this, feel free to. If you do, tag me, because I would LOVE to read it. I might write it⊠but probs not⊠butâŠ
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