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1. When the Forge Cools by Shark_in_a_Camo_Jacket

   Fandoms: How to Train Your Dragon (Animated Movies)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   28 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III/Astrid Hofferson
   • Fishlegs Ingerman
   • Ruffnut Thorston
   • Tuffnut Thorston
   • Snotlout Jorgenson
   • Astrid Hofferson
   • Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
   • Stoick the Vast (How to Train Your Dragon)
   • Gobber the Belch (How to Train Your Dragon)
   • Blacksmith Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
   • My First AO3 Post
   • I don't know what I'm doing
   • Might be angst
   • don't know yet
   • hiccup if he gave up
   • No dragons
   • father/son angst
   • what if it was different
   • wanted more like this so I made it myself
   • No idea what I'm doing
   • mild mentions of mental health problems
   • slight depression
   • your mental health matters
   • Eating Disorders
   • Kinda
   • mild mentions
   • I need sleep
   • No beta we die like stoick
   • Minor Original Character(s)
   • Characters made for plot
   • Character Death
   • Original Character Death(s)
   • definitely angst
   • Can confirm
   • Death Scene
   • Alcoholism
   • Death at sea
   • can't believe that's not a tag yet
   • Funeral

   Summary

   Basically, Hiccup and Toothless don't become best buds and Hiccup becomes a recluse blacksmith. He and Stoick grow apart more than they already have and the gang overlook him because he stops trying to help and in turn doesn't cause anymore issues around Berk. There will be a time skip of a few years, possible to when Stoick starts to train Hiccup to be Chief and everyone starts to recognize that he is actually very smart and works really hard in the Forge.

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