[ a/n; Set 5; suggestions, reviews, theme ideas, ect., always welcome! ]

Set Number: 5
Pairing/POV: Mixed, mostly Hiccup's POV, Astrid/Hiccup/Toothless

Bubbles:Really; all he had wanted to do was give Toothless a bath. The dragon gone rolling in his favourite grass patches after a rainstorm, was caked in mud, and would give Stoick a heart attack if he got into the house. But, as Hiccup learned when yanked abruptly by one grumpy Night Fury into the soapy basin he had set out for the purpose, bathtime was apparently an activity for two.

Be A Man: Everyone gave him the same response when he importuned the help of his friends on the topic of proposing to Astrid. Well, being a man was quickly beginning to sound much less appealing. He was extremely confident that facing a stampede of Monstrous Nightmares- with his hands tied being his back, and with no clothes on for protection- was a considerably less terrifying concept.

Stone: Viking boys liked to play catch with cloth-and-burlap balls, wrapped in sturdy, supple leather.

It turns out that dragons, Hiccup learned the hard way, apparently liked to play catch with house-sized boulders.

Illusion: At times, it struck him that she was too beautiful, surely, to really be... real. He would gaze at her in awe,wondering when the hallucination would fade. Then she would catch him staring, punch him, and prove to him that clearly, she was no illusion.

Food: Yes, it was touching, in a way, how Toothless always wanted to share his meals with Hiccup. But honestly, Hiccup thought as he looked at the oily, slimy, and probably permanent spot on his thigh, where Toothless had deposited a half-digested fish head only minutes earlier.

He was starting to run out of usable pants.