[OPEN] we go where no one goes, we slow for no one

[thisisamazing]

who: Hiccup and YOU
what: October memory-share and catch-all! Open and closed prompts.
when: Through Oct.
where: Various places.
warnings: Possible mention of past limb loss.


[ooc: Prompts below, the memory one is fairly generic but if you want a tailored prompt for anything, just hit me up at nekky.]

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CLOSED to Marco

[thisisamazing]

[The memory fairly obviously belongs to Hiccup Haddock. Toothless' presence is unmistakable, a big, warm solidity beneath the rider. The air is very cold, biting through wool and leather, carrying the smells of seaspray and stone, the unique aroma of Berk. Sea-stacks climb into the sky at periodic intervals, rising from the water like stone sentinels.

The feeling may or may not translate, but what flashes of it there are, are primarily of nerve-wracking intensity. Clipped to the saddle is a cheat sheet with six tail positions, and the ease that Hiccup usually flies with isn't there; this is their first real flight together as a unit. The sense of accomplishment is there, though, when everything seems to work as it should. Except for user error, that is, because they jar roughly into the sea-stacks a couple times, and Toothless smacks the rider's face with his ear for it.

And then, disaster. Heart-dropping, stomach clenching fear as the cheat sheet comes unclipped and the saddle tether loosens from the saddle. Freefalling, desperate. Toothless cannot fly alone, the rider needs to work the tail-fin attached to the saddle. Finally, clammy hands grabbing on to the saddle in mid-air, latching back in. The cheat sheet flies away.

Dragon and rider learn to move together.]