Epilogue – Shaking

His breath was hot, smelling very slightly of sweet mead. But he didn't drink much, only once raised his jug to toast with all the people of Berk. His hair was messy, sticking out in every direction possible. Hers wasn't any better, lying loosely on the pillow beneath her head. His skin was damp from is sweat, but felt like a wonderful, burning sensation, wherever he touched her.

Yes, she was really amazed, of how much she was in love with this wonderful, young man.

"You are shaking..." Astrid whispered with a little smile on her lips, reaching with her hands for his face, holding him carefully with her palms, until he stopped the movements, he were making.

Hiccup smiled weakly, when he found her eyes, trying to hold still, while his beautiful wife beneath him mustered him. They looked at each other, only one candle illuminating the dark bedroom of their house.

"I am?" he returned with he hushed voice, resting his wight on his elbows, next to her body, to avoid to completely crush her. "Your...your hands are shaking, too..."

She looked at her hands, seeing that he was telling her the truth.

But suddenly a little frown appeared and worry darkened his eyes for a moment.

"Astrid...is...is everything okay? Does it still hurt? How do you feel?" He asked in concern, wondering, why she had stopped him.

She shook her head, smiling even wider.

"It doesn't hurt anymore...Don't worry..." She moved her hands a little, moving them though his damp hair, over his neck and his broad shoulders, lowering them to his naked, well defined chest. "I feel pretty full, to be exactly." Astrid added cheekily, wiggling her hips a little against his, which made him – much to her delight – groan and send an amazing feeling down her spine. It was such a nice feeling after all, feeling his hard member inside of her, with a hot wetness from her between them.

He chuckled a little at that, lowering his head to kiss her, starting to move his hips again. Slowly and carefully, to not hurt her in any way. Testing. To find a rhythm and a pace that suited both of them.

"Oh Hiccup!" she moaned, letting go of his lips, rolling her head back, when he hit something very nice inside of her. She even clenched her legs around him, not being able to control her own body.

"You...you are amazing, Astrid Haddock. And I love you so much..." He said between heavy breaths, slowly making a trail of kisses down her neck, over her collarbone and towards her breasts, which he were now finally allowed to touch and kiss and do all the wonderful things, he had ever dreamed about in his dirty thoughts. And it felt even better, when his lips closed around her right nipple, gently sucking and licking it.

"I love you, too..." she exhaled, tracing with her fingernails over his bare back.

"Then why did you wanted to stop for a moment?" he whispered, never halting the movements of his hips, pushing in and out of her wetness with a steady rhythm.

Although it was very painful at first, when he had entered her, she now was swept away by this this exciting feeling of him inside and on top of her, which made her stomach flutter and her head spin with lust, love and longing. He noticed it, seeing her grimacing for a moment, even though she had tried to hide it. But she was a warrior after all! She was the General of Berk.

But taking a short break wasn't because of the pain. She had something else in her mind.

"I... I wanted this moment to... ah...last a little longer..." she admitted between breaths and moans.

Now he stopped moving again. She gulped, thinking that she had said something wrong. But when his head came back up to meet her gaze, again, she was amazed by the pure love and joy about her words in them.

Shaking he laid his forehead on hers, smiling even wider than before.

"I love you..." he said again, putting as much meaning into the three little words, as he could. "I love you more, than I can tell you..."

"I know..." she answered quietly. "And thank you..."

"What for?"

"For Waiting... For not giving in, when you had the chance to do so... I am glad, that we both can experience this...together and...and in a sober state."

"Astrid..."

"And for loving me, the way I am..."

He kissed her sweaty forehead, pushing a strand of hair out of her face, gazing back into hear eyes.

"You are welcome..."

For a few moments, they stayed like this, merely enjoying the closeness of each other, both amazed by the love the other gave them.

But it was Astrid, who let her hands wander slowly down his back, even lower, to lay them on his bare and firm behind.

"Now you keep on consummating your marriage, chief!" Astrid commanded with a little, devilish grin, starting to move her hips on her own, moaning loudly, when he followed her orders.

"As you wish, General Haddock!"

A/N: Ah, there it is! Though it is not as smutty, I find it still kind of romantic. I wanted it to fit in with those two. And thank you all again for your big support! It made me very happy, that so many people found themselves in this story and read it. Thank you all for commenting, giving it an favorite and a alert! You guys are amazing and I hope I will return sometimes later for more!