MONTHS LATER . . .

"They've been in there for hours...what if something went wrong? Oh, what if something's going wrong as we speak? IT shouldn't take this long, it's not...it's not supposed to, is it? Someone tell me, because I have no idea and I am really freaking out here. Oh Thor, what if-"

"Hiccup, you need to stop freaking out."

"FREAKING OUT!? I'M NOT FREAKING OUT! ARE YOU FREAKING OUT!? NO!"

"Calm down, please."

"THIS IS CALM! I AM CALM! I AM BEING PERFECTLY CALM! I AM THE KING OF CALM!"

"You're really not, son."

Hiccup paced back and forth in front of his mother in the main room of their house, wringing his hands together, a constant worry plaguing his mind. Astrid was in childbirth, and all he could do is pace, voice his worries out loud, or worry himself to the point where he was sick.

"Sorry," he said. "I'm just...I...I'm worried."

"I know you are," Valka said. "You know, your father was panicked when you were born. You remind me of him, Hiccup. And then, he was overly protective of me and you afterwards." Valka smiled.

"I can see that," Hiccup said, picturing the image of his mind. "But it really doesn't make me feel any better." Toothless bumped him from behind, cooing worriedly, and Hiccup rubbed the dragon's head. "How long does it take?"

"It depends," Valka said.

As if on cue, the door of the loft was swung open, followed by footsteps. Hiccup's head whipped in the direction, and he raced forward as the healer walked down the stairs.

"Well?" Hiccup asked. He had hoped for his voice to come out as harsh and demanding, but instead, it came out as a worried croak. "What is it?"

The healer gestured to the stairs, a smile on her face. "Why don't you go see for yourself?" she offered.

Hiccup didn't know what that meant, so he took to taking her advice. He raced upstairs, skipping every other step in his haste. His mind raced. What if something went wrong? What if one of them didn't make it? What if…

Oh.

Oh.

Hiccup froze in place as soon as he got to the top of the stairs. He put his hand over his mouth to keep any noises he might have made contained.

Astrid looked tired, but she was beaming brighter than Hiccup had ever seen her before. She was holding a bundle in her arms, rocking it back and forth gently.

Hiccup made a sobbing noise in his throat. He never thought this moment would ever come, when he would become a father, and Astrid a mother. Astrid looked in his direction and smiled brightly. She motioned with her head for him to approach, and he did, his footsteps breaking the silence that had befallen the room. Hiccup sat down on the edge of the bed, staring at his wife first and then looking at his child.

"It's a girl," Astrid whispered. Her voice sounded weak but at the same time, with happiness overflowing her tone. Hiccup still could hardly register what he was seeing. His daughter was beautiful. In his life, Hiccup had never seen something so beautiful.

"Do you want to hold her?" Astrid offered.

Hiccup paused. He wanted to hold her; really, he did, but he was worried at the same time. "I...what...what if I drop her-?" he began, only for Astrid to cut him off.

"Oh, shut up and hold your daughter," she said. Before Hiccup could protest, Astrid was handing her to him, and Hiccup took her. "Just support her head...yeah, there you go."

As soon as Hiccup had his daughter in his arms, all his fear vanished. He stared at his little girl, unable to keep back the few tears of joy that fell from his eyes. Astrid smirked at him. "There," she said. "That wasn't so bad, was it?"

Hiccup shook his head. That wasn't bad at all. In fact, he didn't think he would have rather been anywhere else in the world other then right there with his wife and new daughter.

"We have to pick a name for her," Astrid said at length. "Do you have any ideas, Hiccup?"

In complete honesty, Hiccup hadn't thought about a name before now. He and Astrid had always talked about what they wanted to name their child: if it was a boy, then they would name him after Hiccup's father, and call him Stoick the Second. If it was a girl...well, there were so many names, they never actually decided on one or the other.

"We could name her after you," Hiccup said. "We could name her Astrid."

Astrid shrugged. "We could," she said, "or we could think of something else. How about...Sigfrid."

"Sigfrid?" Hiccup said. He liked the way it sounded. "That means 'beautiful victory', doesn't it?"

Astrid nodded. "Yeah," she confirmed.

"Sigfrid," Hiccup said, almost dreamily. "I love it. I love her."

Astrid smiled. "I know you do," she said. Her smile only grew the more she looked at her husband holding their newborn child. She couldn't believe any of this was happening. She and Hiccup were parents.

"Oh, Astrid," Hiccup whispered, tracing Sigfrid's cheek with his index finger, "she's...she's just...she's so…"

"Perfect?" Astrid offered.

"She's better then perfect," Hiccup replied. "She goes far and beyond 'perfect.' She's...she's...I don't even know how to describe it."

Astrid smiled warmly. "I know," she said, leaning forward and placing her hand on her daughter's fuzzy head. "Our little Sigfrid…"

The new parents spent the rest of the night marveling over their daughter.

Author's Notes:

Hiccup and Astrid had their baby! Yay! *streamers* So so so so so SO cute! :D

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