middaeg | Intro Overflow: May

[Mikleo doesn't realize he's holding his breath until Toothless presses into his hand, and it all comes out in a rush. He only gets to enjoy that moment for, well, a moment, until the tongue comes out and leaves his arm sticky and wet. He's so shocked he doesn't even register that he should be offended.

He got licked by a dragon. Imagine Sorey's face when he finds out.]

He--

[... Wait, he got licked. By a dragon. He looks down at his hand and his expression twists into one of disgust.]

Ugh! What's with all the drool?! [Time to do a (probably familiar) wave of his arm as he tries to shake it off in a direction that isn't towards somebody else.]

Does he do that to everybody?

[Hiccup can't help it anymore, he bursts out laughing, which gets Toothless 'laughing' - short, delighted little barks of sound, settling back on his haunches and looking pretty pleased with himself.]

It means he likes you! You get used to the drool. He's pretty incredible, right? [He's grinning widely here, knowing exactly what's probably going through his head.]

[He can't believe he's being made fun of by a dragon. This is... crazy, but it's crazy in a way that makes complete sense with Hiccup involved. They're like peas in a pod.]

I don't think I can get used to drool, sorry. I draw the line at bodily fluids.

[Once he's mostly free of the drool, though, he settles down enough to give Hiccup a little smile.]

He's amazing. But-- so are you. I didn't think I'd ever meet anything like a dragon rider, yet seeing the bond between you two...

It's really something else.

Fair enough. [Hiccup laughs, unbothered. He's pretty aware he's like the only person in the world who gets used to Night Fury spit being on everything he owns.]

What, me? No, it's- it's all him. I wouldn't be here like this without him. [Toothless thumps back onto all fours, and wedges his head under Hiccup's arm, until his rider is stroking his scales.]

This is- this is what dragons are like, though. If you earn a dragon's loyalty, you have it for life.

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