so i was watching the episode big man on berk of rtte and got this idea, and i totally couldn't help myself so here we are. this is a kinda spin off from come back for us, but instead rosaline was born at the beginning of race to the edge and stayed with them on the edge and south looks after her when the go on missions
hiccup is 19
i'm in my hut with south and our daughter, rosaline, just sitting on the bed, sout is behind my with her legs wrapped around my waist, her chin on my shoulder, with me holding rosaline on my knee. our conversation is interrupted by fishlegs just walking in, sneezing like it's nobody's business. i frown and south untangles herself from me. we walk down to him. i'm holding rosaline on my hip
"fishlegs, are you alright?" south asks. he shrugs
"i have *achoo* no clue *sniff*" south walks up to him and gently places her hand on his cheek, frowning
"well you have a fever, minor face flushes... red eyes... could be... no... ah, yes." she seems to confirm something to herself, before walking away.
"south? wanna say what's up?" i ask, shifting rosaline to my other hip, she grips my wrist
"he's allergic to something. he's having a reaction." she explains. i nod.
"hmm. what should we do?"
"we need to get him to gothi. i don't have the things i'd need here. i can treat his flushes, but that's it. gothi can properly cure him" i nod. south did lots of training with gothi when she found out she was pregnant, as she said she wanted to be prepared for anything. i assemble the other riders
"okay guys, fishlegs here is sick, so we gotta go back to berk" snotlout groans
"ugh, can't south just treat him?" i roll my eyes
"no snotlout, she can't. she doesn't have the things here" i state the obvious. south sends me a small look
"i can speak for myself, babe" she scoffs. i grin
"oh, i don't doubt that. you're taking rosaline?" she nods.
"yeah, you have to control toothless" i nod, handing rosaline to her after giving her a small kiss.
"i love you" i murmur to her. she smiles lightly
"i love you too, fishbone" i chuckle and swiftly kiss her before climbing onto toothless. the flight is uneventful, only having to stop once because rosaline needed to be fed. of course, snotlout complained
"why can't she feed the damn thing in the air?" i stiffen
"snotlout, don't call my child 'that thing', she's a human. and also, i'm not entirely sure you know what south has to do in order to feed rosaline. ask your mother when we get back" i galre. snotlout wilts under my gaze and nods. south emerges from the bushes and nods.
"she good?"
"yep, out like a light. let's get back up" we all take off and fly the rest of the way to berk. when we get there, we go straight to gothi. in the end, fishlegs get's hypnotised and snotlout babbles on about creating the perfect viking. then, gothi snaps him out of it. he stands up straight and cracks his back and knuckles. south is behind me, slowly rocking the now awake rosaline
"er... fishlegs?" i ask. he looks at me with a scornful expression
"fishlegs? who is fishlegs? my name is thor bonecrusher!" he announces, shoving past me and snotlout, south quickly moves out of the way.
"um..." i look over at gothi, who looks irate at the fact that 'thor bonecrusher' just broke her staff. then, fishlegs... sorry... thor bonecrusher looks over at south, and gives a leery smile.
"ah, and who would this pretty little thing be" he saunters over and grabs south who's stood stiff and scared. he trails his nose alone her jaw and i grit my teeth
"fish- sorry, thor bonecrusher. you better leave her alone, cause that's my wife" i says stiffly. he looks me up and gives a scornful laugh
"not for long. and what of the child? i could be her daddy, not this... runt" i stiffen up and south squeezes her eyes shut, i can tell she's really scared.
"no thank you" south whispers, clutching rosaline close. i practically growl, feeling a paternal instincts kick in and i know right here, right now i could kick his ass.
"back. down" i narrow my eyes. he just shrugs and steps back.
"fine, she'll come to me when she wants a real man, not some... skinny, one legged viking" i walk over to south and gently wrap my arms around her. she leans into me.
"it's okay. if he tries anything, i'll put him on his ass" i murmur to her. she manages a small smile.
"language, my love" she whispers. making my smile and gently kiss her cheek. we follow thor bonecrusher down the street, where he ends up doing a bunch of crazy stuff, like saving a baby, saving a house on fire then knocking snotlout out. which, to be honest, was quite funny. he then decided he needs a weapon, so he walks to the forge. he grabs my fathers axe from gobbers hands.
"um, ...thor..., you might not want to take that. stoick isn't the kind of chief who likes to share his things" i say. he gets in my face, making me cringe
"neither am i" he grins and backs away, facing south.
"and you, woman. have you picked a real man yet?" he purrs. i wrap my arm around her waist and pull her close as her grip of rosaline tightens a little
"yes" she says clearly. he gives a grin and walks up, but she holds her hand up.
"but not you" to make a point, she cranes her head up and kisses me full on the lips. fishlegs just sneers and walks away to the great hall.
"sorry about him" i tell her after she pulls away.
"why?"
"i... don't know, i just felt like i had to apologise" i say, scratching the back of my head. she smiles
"no need. it's fine. c'mon, let's go to our house. maybe it's not been completely eaten by moths" she shivers. she really hates moths.
"sure" we head in. it's a little dusty, but otherwise very clean. she sets south down in the small crib and toothless lights a fire. i sit down in the chair and she sits on my lap, snuggling into me. we sit there for a while, just enjoying each others company. then, the door slams open.
"hiccup! south!" astrid runs it. we look up at her. south doesn't bother to move from where she's sat.
"let me guess, it's thor" i say sarcastically.
"and snotlout. you're not gonna believe where they're headed" she says. i sigh and scoot south off my lap.
"stay here and look afte rosaline" i tell her. she nods and kisses my cheek. i walk out with astrid, beginning to run to the plaza where toothless is getting fish. as i pass, a villiager says "he's going to tame the scouldron?" i look back and say
"he's going to get killed by the scouldron" before mounting toothless and flying off towards the sea. astrid makes a few comments on the way, before we find them. fishlegs is hauling the scouldron about, and snotlout is in the water
"guys! snotlouts in the water! astrid, ruff and tuff, get snotlout. i'm going after fishlegs" i tell them. they nod and begin to look for him, and i go to fishlegs who is on top of the scouldron which is trying to throw him off. i follow them in and out of the water, until i can't see him anymore.
"what the-" i'm cut off as the scouldron flies right in front of me, fishlegs still on it's back. i fly as close as i can
"jump over!" i yell.
"retreat? in my moment of glory? never!" he yells defiantly, holding on for all his might. the scouldron blasts at me and toothless, who quickly dives back to avoid the hit. suddenly, the scouldron manages to buck fishlegs off, who grabs onto it's tail. he yells at it, and it roars back. then, meatlug emerges from the storm, and smacks into the scouldron that was about to fire at fishlegs
"yes meatlug!" i cheer, until the scouldron begins to chase her.
"no meatlug!" i yell, flying after them. i see fishlegs run up the dragons back, stopping at the base of it's neck. then, he sticks his arm out and keeps running, jumping onto metlugs back. i fly up to see fishlegs is back to his normal self. astrid and the twins manage to catch the scouldron in a net, and relocate it.
"oh, i'm so sorry girl. i don't know what happened to me, i just wasn't myself" fishlegs hugs meatlug, who licks him.
"how did i..." he says, suddenly confused. i fly next to him
"long story, i'll explain later" he nods and we fly off after the others. we soon arrive back on berk, where everyone, including south, is waiting. everyone groans and walks off when they realise fishlegs is his normal self. i go up to south
"hello fishbone" she grins. i roll my eyes
"hello mrs haddock" i tease back.
"ach, still can't get used to that" she grins. i chuckle
"neither can i" i gently kiss her. rosaline coos indiginanlty at us, obviosuly wanting attention. i scoop her out of souths arms and twirl her around, making her giggle
"and you too!" i smother kisses along her face, and she giggles more. me and south head back to our house. we are headed back to the edge tomorrow, so we decided to have a nice queit night in. currently, we're sat on the floor near the fire on a bunch of furs. rosaline is fed up and asleep, so me and south are cuddling. then, there is a gentle knock on the door. i stand up and open it, revealing fishlegs. i'm not wearing any of my armour, favouring just my long sleeved red shirt and leggings.
"hey um, hiccup? gobber told me i should straighten a few things out with you and south" he says sheepishly. i nod and let him in. south is now sat up, looking at him
"fishlegs, what's up?" she asks. i sit back down beside her and gesture him to sit across from us. he does
"i just wanted to make a few things clear. gobber told me what i said and did while i... wasn't myself. i just wanted to make sure you know i didn't mean it" south smiles sympathetically.
"it's okay, fish. you didn't know what you were doing. i'll admit, it scared me, but i know you're not really like that" he looks down
"yeah... i hope you know i don't like you like that, you're a great girl, but you have hiccup, and rosaline. you guys are happy and i could only ever hope i find something like what you two have. i don't want to be rosalines father, just an uncle if you don't mind" i grin and pat his shoulder
"of course you're her uncle. you're my best friend, fish. thor bonecrusher was just an idiot" i chuckle. fishlegs gives a sideways grin
"gobber told me that you threatened to south that you'd put me on my ass if i tried anything. would you actually be able to?" he asks. i shrug
"2 things. one, i didn't threaten to put you on your ass, i threatened to put bonecrusher on his ass, and second, bonecrusher was being very... suggestive towards my wife and child. when i heard you say you wanted to be rosalines father, my paternal instincts kicked in. it's never a good idea to mess with someone's kid who has overprotective parents" i tell him. he nods
"i'll... remember that. thanks guys" he smiles and stands up, before leaving. me and south resume the position we were in before, and i feel south's breaths even out against my neck, and i follow suit, falling asleep with my wife in my arms.