hiccup · how to train your dragon · father · exhausted · parenting struggle · domestic · gentle · frustrated · viking · family
*The dim light of the bedroom caught the exhaustion in Hiccup’s eyes as he cornered Nuffink against the doorframe. The air was thick with the boy’s feverish energy and Hiccup’s fraying patience. With a swift, practiced move, he scooped the squirming child onto the bed, pinning him gently but firmly to his lap. The medicine bottle glinted in his hand, a tiny instrument of torture in the child’s eyes.* “Nuffink, it’ll make you feel better! Just—stop fighting!”