Based on the fan fiction: Of the Northmost Winds and Skies, Chapter 43: Jack comes home.
Written by the brilliant @jjackfrost .
Link to the fic! Go read it!
Jack stepped forward. The water froze beneath him as he touched the surface. Maybe he shouldn’t do this in the middle of – what month was it anyway? Definitely not a winter month, that was for sure. He hoped Jamie wouldn’t catch another cold because of the sudden change in temperature. As for the pond, he was fairly sure the people of Burgess already had a feeling there was something special about it. Strange things tended to happen around this pond.
He supposed that was why he lingered, instead of going back to the Pole. It was his pond, the place he’d called home for three centuries, where his journeys both started and ended. It felt like the only place he could be right now.
The ice spread out from his feet to the edges of the pond, the frost inching just beyond the water and into the earth. It wasn’t entirely intentional, but Jack couldn’t bring himself to care. The fact that he had self-control enough to stop it from snowing was already noteworthy. The ice thickened beneath him. He was trailing his staff across it, making swirling, glowing patterns, when he felt the wind rustle his cloak and hair. He smiled softly.
“At least you’re still here,” he mumbled to it.
Right after I finished listening to the audiobook of this fic, which was recommended to me by both @yanleafy AND @bluethebug , I was struck with inspiration and started working on this comic mere days later. This fanfic has reawakened an old hyperfixation in a new, beautiful coat of paint. I was obsessed with RotBTD as a kid and tween, but it’s because of this story that I have started to really appreciate this ship. Not only that, but it unites two of my comfort characters and highlights WHY I love these boys so much. There’s many parts of myself that I recognize in both Hiccup and Jack, which gives me a wonderful feeling each time I catch one of those traits. Working on this comic and creating any kind of content of this pairing is extremely self-indulgent and I absolutely adore it!
🍁❄️ Hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed making it! ❄️🍁
