Quiet Time: The Carrot and The Stick

Story by CollaredCasper on SoFurry

, , , , , , , ,

This one may seem alittle more rushed because it was, the creative juices were flowing and I couldn't stop after the previous chapter. More to follow.


Hiccup couldn't sleep for long and it wasn't even mid day when his bleary eyes opened once again, groaning he pressed his palms to his forehead and while he would very much like to roll over and go to sleep again, he knew that it would be impossible, that he'd simply lay there tossing and turning for hours till he forced himself to get up. He was always like this when he had a new problem to work on, his brain too active to allow him to sleep, eat or even bathe without being forced. Speaking of which, Hiccup stuck his nose into the stray hairs of his pit and pulled a face, spending all day and all night in his flight suit hadn't done him any favors. He gasps in alarm as a broad head lifts and wide green eyes stare at him.

Toothless grins happily, bouncing up onto his paws and rumbling in greeting, bounding over to Hiccup and setting his fore paws on the bed. "morning bud, good sleep?" Hiccup says with a tired smile and Toothless leans down for the gentle palm to pat his head as he purrs to the affirmative. As his partner clambers out of bed Toothless excitedly pads over to the packed up harness, dragging it out onto the floor and patting his saddle with a paw. "No bud, can't go flying today, i.....I've got a headache" Toothless goes silent, and regards Hiccup closely, he is indeed wincing, but the dragon can tell it's not from pain, something is amiss.

Hiccup hated to lie to his friend, but he needed some excuse to stay in the village today, to somehow return to the old forge and shut himself away till he figures out this problem. He couldn't say he had chores anymore, he regularly ran off with Toothless to avoid those, so sickness was the next best thing. A funny expression crossed Toothless's face before creasing into concern, butting Hiccup back onto the bed "No Toothless, No!" He yelled and Toothless shrank back. Feeling awful Hiccup held up his palms calmly "n no, you're okay, you didn't do anything wrong, I just, I can't stay in bed, I, need to go get some medicine, that's all, okay?" The expressive black head tilted to one side and Hiccup couldn't help but smile "I need you to, stay here, okay? i'll be back soon, I promise"

As he got dressed he couldn't stop Toothless from "helping" him, tugging up his pants with his teeth or picking out a comfy jacket to keep Hiccup warm. Chuckling, Hiccup pet his head again as he stood at the door "Please bud, just, wait here, please....just once" He whispered the last part under his breath as he carefully backed out of the door, Toothless stared with an unreadable expression, wide green eyes fixed on him right up until Hiccup shut the door. Standing in front of the closed door, Hiccup listened intently. There was no movement from inside, the dragon still standing stock still. Hiccup wondered if Toothless knew, somehow managed to guess what Hiccup was really doing just from a glance. It was uncanny how deep the dragon's insight was, one only had to look into his eyes to see their own soul reflected in it. Hiccup desperately wanted to open the door, to confess everything, until he heard the scrape of a claw and the shifting of weight, Toothless moving away from the door and back upstairs. Tearing himself away, Hiccup fled.

Hurrying down the road, Hiccup kept looking over his shoulder, expecting Toothless to be right behind him, but miraculously, the dragon seemed to be following his instruction for once, perhaps in order not to accidentally agitate his "headache" and after the house slipped out of sight, Hiccup relaxed, changing direction to head for the forge. With his charade no longer under scrutiny his mind unwound from the knots it had woven itself into and began to think again. As it did Hiccup came to a realization that the value of the forge had been exhausted for now, sure he could bang his head against the wall, coming up with more theories and ideas, maybe even restart the forge and create a few prototypes. But such prototypes would be built on an unstable foundation, it wasn't in Hiccup's nature to create devices to restrain and control. He couldn't do this on his own, he realized. He needed a fresh perspective, an old fashioned perspective from someone who knew how to teach it. He needed someone he could trust, or at least someone who would trust Hiccup enough to not ask too many questions. Making up his mind, Hiccup altered his course with a new destination in mind.

Gobber was working on a particularly uncooperative zippleback, one head resting in his lap with it's head wide open, jagged teeth presented for inspection while the other head squabbled and chirped close by, as if arguing with the misshapen viking. "yeh yeh i know, it's no spring picnic for me either" Gobber grinned good naturedly revealing teeth nearly as irregular as the dragon's, a fat thumb pulling down a scaly lower lip "ah, found the wee little sod!" he exclaims in triumph "come ere then" he croons, pushing a dangerous looking implement, and thus his entire arm into the open mouth, the eyes of the dragon rolled back and it whined uncomfortably as Gobber rocked the sharp tool back and forth, a blackened tooth soon following suit as the free head squealed in alarm, eyes wide as it watched over the other head. With a crunch, the rotten tooth flew out and clattered onto the table, "ah got it!" he yelled triumphantly, wiping off saliva on a worn apron before looking up "oh Hiccup! I haven't seen you in weeks!"

Hiccup smiled as he approached, looking over his shoulder again one last time, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head "yeah, um, sorry Gobber, time got away from me I guess, can we talk?" he asks, having to raise his voice higher than he would like to be heard over the unhappy patient. "yeh goh fer it, ahm all ears, got both of those still at least, as long as this damn zippleback doesn't take one" Gobber responds, ducking as the angry head makes a pass, missing the horns of his helmet by inches and snapping at the air "i can come back later, if you want, i mean, you seem busy" Hiccup said hurriedly as Gobber scolded the dragon, planting his free hand on the chin of the unhappy head "not teh worry, ahm almost done" Gobber explained offhandedly, peering into the cooperative jaws while the other set of teeth continue to snap at him. "Well, i was wondering, how do you get dragons to do what you want?" Hiccup asked awkwardly, and immediately regretted it when Gobber froze, the zippleback taking the opportunity to jerk from his grasp, the angry head jerking the body around with the patient head lagging behind, the twin tails swinging around to send Gobber crashing to the ground, Gobber grunts uncomfortably, slowly getting back onto his good foot, using his operating table for support as he watches the spotted critter scrambling into a spot between two buildings. Swearing Gobber patted himself down, turning to face Hiccup.

"What's this about Hiccup? Surely you would know the answer to that better than I, you put us onto the idea of it after all" Hiccup avoided the pale eyes and tried to find the words "I mean, before. How did you do it before, make dragons do what they didn't want to? I'm just curious, never really learned much in your classes as i'm sure you remember" He shuffles from foot to foot, finding it difficult to make eye contact. he stepped back as Gobber brandished the slightly bloody dental tool at him "I remember you learning plenty Hiccup, but not from me, you taught yourself far better than I ever could." Lowering the tool Gobber finally relented "look if you must know, we made it bloody hard not to, we hit them, we bound them, we forced them to do what they didn't want to" Hiccup grit his teeth and looked away, angry but not surprised, he'd thought the same way not too long ago, fantasized about hurting dragons as much as they had hurt the village "but, there was another way" Gobber added before returning to his forge and picking up something sharp and sparkling in the light, something gold and eye catching.

Holding it high he shakes it and whistles loudly, a shadowy shape between the buildings shifted and a head poked out, then another "Here, ah got something good for yeh, come on, don't be shy" Aiming carefully, Gobber angled the strange object to catch the sun, sending a yellowish reflection into the alley. The Zippleback cautiously slipped out into the open, curiously advancing towards Gobber "yeh that's right, shiny see? it'd suit you much better than me right?" Gobber grinned. Hiccup stared in amazement as the zippleback shuffled out into the open, both heads fixed on the pretty bauble, finally stepping back up to the polished wood table, Gobber guiding a head down, blood running down it's chin, eyes darting nervously before it opens it's mouth. Gobber take what Hiccup now recognizes as a golden tooth and presses it to the gum, looking up at Hiccup "after we did all that nasty stuff, we convinced them it was in their best interests to continue to allow it to happen, carrot and the stick see?" he explained swapping out his dental pick for a small hammer, the dragon wincing as he knocks the new tooth into position, filling the gap in his crooked smile.

Hiccup silently thought about this, thinking of those horrible things he'd designed, or been too frightened to design, too ashamed, now he wondered that maybe, those things were the stick, half the solution. Gobber watched with a smile as the head lifted, opening it's mouth and showing off it's new gold tooth to the other, they chattered in satisfaction to each other, happily wandering off and bouncing merrily on their paws. "Gobber" Hiccup asked quietly, waiting for him to face him again "what ever happened to all the uh, sticks?"

By the time the two reached the dragon arena, since re dubbed the dragon academy and not long after simply "storage" the sun was beginning to set, Gobber had to struggle to unstick the lever and there was a lot of grinding as one of the doors opened up, lighting a brazier he stepped inside, Hiccup following close behind into the quiet interior. "I kept everything" Gobber explained out of the corner of his mouth, keeping his voice low. "Had to keep it all down here out of sight, your father....." Gobber swallows and looks back at Hiccup before shaking his head "Well, he thought it would be better safe than sorry, forbade me to tell anyone, especially not you, not after everything that happened, he wanted you to trust him again." Hiccup stared at Gobber, mouth hanging open in surprise "Me dissapointed in him? I didn't know Dad cared about what I thought of him" Gobber smiles ruefully and sighs "Hiccup your Dad always cared what you thought, he wanted to be an example for you to live up to, he still does! You know he was the first viking to ride a dragon after you and your friends?" Hiccup shook his head and Gobber's expression softens "You found a way that works for you, and Stoick is trying to live up to that example, you're his role model now Hiccup. I ahh, I trust you'll keep that to yourself aye?" Hiccup nodded as his head begins to spin. Making a non-committal noise Gobber lead him down a wide side passage and pushed open the double doors with some effort to reveal a smaller chamber, filled to the brim, cluttered and dusty.

As Hiccup steps inside his breath catches, recognizing cages, restraints, muzzles, even the large platform Toothless had been locked onto during the siege of the dragon's nest. Hiccup felt like they had opened Pandora's box and now the pain and agony contained within would be unleashed once more onto the dragons of the world. He jerks as he feels a meaty hand on his shoulder "I don't want to assume" Gobber began tenderly "But If you're resorting to this...." Hiccup shakes his head rapidly and shrugs off the hand "He's fine Gobber, they're all fine, all the dragons, This is just a passing interest, a morbid curiosity I guess" Hiccup said assuredly. Seeing Gobber's incredulous expression he smiles back "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone and I won't get rid of anything, it's like you said, better safe than sorry." Gobber nods quietly "ah'll leave you to it then, if you need to move anything around, you should be okay to use the larger area we passed by." Handing Hiccup a large key, Gobber leaves, the light of the brazier marking his journey back up the tunnel.

Hiccup remained there for a long time, taking inspiration, sketching designs from what he can see in the room. occasionally looking up and seeing in his mind's eye, Toothless, his black scales trapped in these various devices, each time he chewed on his lip, feeling as if Toothless would stare at him, betrayal in his eyes. These devices, they achieved his goal to still and silence, but not how he wanted, not at all. There is no way Toothless would allow himself to be confined like this, sure he could happily rest in a locked chamber, but something touching his scales, restricting his movements, he'd had too many awful experiences in that regard. Hiccup grunted as he lifts a large wooden yoke, the heavy duty restraint left open, the wood showing signs of wear and tear, one of the anchor points on the bottom half pulled from the wood, the chain trailing from it scratched and scuffed. Examining the neck hole Hiccup feels his heart drop into his stomach, carefully he wiggles a flat, black disk out of the wood, A large black scale dropping into his palm. Hiccup drops the yoke as if it had burned him with a hollow bang, the chain clattering as it lays limp on the floor like a metal snake.

He stumbles backwards before collapsing against a wall, the scale falling from his grasp. Clutching his chest he tries to get his breathing under control, his sketchbook half open on the floor. Feeling sick to his stomach, Hiccup forces himself to stand, stumbling as he flees from the room.

Returning home not long later, Hiccup couldn't help but feel he'd committed a sin, that he had already broken some line he was never meant to cross, shaking off the feeling he clambers up the stairs, heading to his bedroom to see Toothless splayed out in his usual fashion, on his back, tongue hanging out with his legs in the air, occasionally kicking in his sleep. Hiccup smiled fondly and crept over to the sleeping dragon.

Standing above his sleeping friend he stared down at him, sizing up the puzzle that he felt if he solved, would end a friendship forever. He sees flashes in his mind's eye of Toothless glaring at him like he had that first time, nothing but animalistic hate in his eyes. Hiccup knew this is what would happen if he tried to restrain Toothless and for a moment, he decided to let it go, to abandon this task, but something made him stop, something he remembers about Gobber's words. "The carrot and the stick" Hiccup mumbles under his breath, if he could find some way to alter Toothless's perception of restraint, to make it somehow desirable for the dragon, maybe he could make this work. Swallowing, Hiccup crouches down beside the sleeping dragon and leaned in close. For the first time he wasn't looking at Toothless like he would a person, he was examining him with a critical eye as if he wasn't a living thing at all, but unformed ore in the forge or maybe a mess Gobber would ask him to tidy up, he smiled faintly as he remembered again the door hinge he'd never oiled. "But I won't forget you bud, won't hear anymore creaks or squeaks out of you soon, promise" Hiccup whispered to the sleeping dragon before his smile drops again "A squeak isn't so bad though if it makes the hinge happy".

Realizing that Toothless most definitely wouldn't hold still for an inspection while awake Hiccup tried to make the most of the time he had crawling towards his head he gently pulled one of the larger ear fins out to the side, staring at it closely. Of course, he only assumed they were ears, they acted as such and he'd never seen any holes on Toothless's head. He ran a thumb over it, the top seemed identical to the rest of his scales, unremarkable, but as he examined the opposite side he saw again those curious bulbs along the edges of the underside. He brushed one with a forefinger and the ear immediately flicked irritably from his grasp. "So they are sensitive" Hiccup concluded, pursing his lips.

Checking to make sure he was still asleep, Hiccup took the ear in hand again, and moved his face close, staring intently, instead of stroking he gently pressed on one and it gave slightly, he felt something shift on the inside, something less solid before he quickly let go, Toothless grunting again and changing his position, head facing him, though thankfully his eyes are still closed. "Must be a fluid of some kind, like a human inner ear, except, Toothless has his on the outside" Hiccup concluded to himself, now wondering if his touch hadn't been felt through Toothless's ear but, Heard.

Hiccup remembered the half formed designs hidden at the old forge, perhaps some kind of clamps or clips on the ear fins, to hold them while vibrations were pushed through the sensitive organs. It was too complex an idea to develop and Hiccup decided it may even be too dangerous, he may deafen his friend, not a good candidate for his "carrot".

Hiccup shook his head and continued the inspection, abandoning Toothless's head and moving down the scaly neck, standing up he took a stocky forelimb and ran his finger up the blunt spines on the back, receiving no reaction he ignored them and examined the paw. the underside was made up of a dense lattice of smaller scales, almost skin like in appearance. Worn down from many foot falls they were soft to the touch and Hiccup watched the four clumsy toes curl in reaction, the blunt claws on the ends splaying as he pressed the sole with a thumb. While invisible from the outside, Hiccup could feel soft pads under the surface, some kind of plumpness of fat or otherwise providing cushioning as the dragon walks. "Interesting" Hiccup murmurs as he releases the paw.

Stepping back Hiccup purses his lips, feeling like he was grasping at straws, maybe he's focusing down too much, missing the forest for the trees. What is Toothless? A dragon, so he stopped thinking what Toothless might enjoy and thought of dragons in general. What do dragons like? What do dragons like that this nightfury hadn't experienced? It didn't take long for Hiccup to figure it out, Toothless doesn't have other nightfuries. It had never seemed to bother him before, Hiccup had always been a good companion, what couldn't Hiccup provide that a nightfury could?

Hiccup's eyes after some hesitation, moved down to Toothless's haunches, his freckled cheeks reddened and he shook his head "No, that can't be it, Toothless never expressed interest in....that" But Hiccup knew that was a lie, remembering that snoggletog where all the dragons had left, even Toothless. of course he'd only gone to retrieve Hiccup's helmet. But what if it had been more and he hadn't found what he truly wanted.

Hiccup swallowed and squatted down, gently guiding a hind leg out to the side, staring at the underside of the dragon's tail. Nestled neatly at the base was a tight wrinkled circle, just a hint of pink at it's center "the Anus" Hiccup thought, trying to remain objective, and above it was a slit, tight and almost imperceptible, the gash running sideways. Hiccup knew Toothless was a male, the dragon had proven that much the few times he'd emptied his bladder in sight of Hiccup, the tip of something poking free from this spot.

Hiccup swallows again, his throat dry and gently dug a thumb in, pulling the flesh apart, Toothless churred sleepily, the rumble somewhere between a growl and a purr, a leg kicking gently. Hiccup froze, unable to move as something grew, a tip poking into view and then escaping the slit, pushing out into the open air. a dribble of fluid pushed out by the swelling of it, dribbling down the length, the smell is indescribable, not bad but incredible strong. with a shaking hand, Hiccup wrapped his digits around the "penis" no, he couldn't think of it like that, this was a Cock. Squeezing it gently he watched another thick dribble of fluid get pushed out of the hole in the tip, the pink tapered organ of his friend still growing, already alittle larger than Hiccup's own.

Transfixed, Hiccup doesn't notice as the scaly head lifts, green eyes locking on his curious hands, shaking with nerves, Hiccup slowly massaged the organ, eyes wide as the cock continued to swell, large and tapered, at the base he found he couldn't quite wrap both hands around it, couldn't make the fingertips touch. A questioning, huffy chuff met his ears and he slowly looked up, Green met green, and they stared at each other.

Toothless couldn't understand what Hiccup was doing, his clever little hands were stroking and squeezing around something they were not at all meant to touch, he'd done it again, pretended to sleep when Hiccup had come home, but instead of that lovely affection and those sweet apologies, he's began to touch Toothless very strangely, He knew he should have pretended to wake up, to stop his friend but, he'd been curious, and now, like Hiccup warned so often, his curiosity had gotten him into trouble, it had been too late to stop Hiccup and now...now.

Time stood still as the two stared at each other, both caught, and neither knew what to do. Their gazes seemed locked together desperately looking for some sort of signal or sign from the other, for permission, maybe for forgiveness. Hiccup felt another dribble of warm fluid touch his hand, and he made up his mind. He needed a reaction, negative or positive and so. He squeezed, and began to gently stroke, he'd come too far, risked too much to give up now.

Toothless quivered, and gasped, his frozen expression breaking into a desperate eagerness, his body shuddered and his tail weakly slapped the wood floor. His eyes spoke most of all, half lidded, clouded over and slipping down to watch the stroking hands. Hiccup sighed in relief and smiled knowingly. "so there's your carrot, i'm glad you're enjoying bud" Emboldened he stepped closer and chuckled as the action made Toothless whine nervously "Is this okay bud? or do you want me to stop?" He knew he wouldn't respond, but Hiccup knew the answer as those hips bucked upwards "good, cause I wasn't going to stop anyway" He lied "I think it'd be in your best interest to lay still, right bud?" Hiccup straddled the powerful tail and begin to pump his hands with vigor.

Toothless couldn't think, true he was never as introspective as Hiccup but now, he couldn't think, only listen to Hiccup's soothing voice, to the wet, slick sounds as those wonderful, beautiful hands stroked his member. Even his strength failed him, shaking weakly as he was toyed with. He'd never felt anything like this, true every mating season he'd known something like this, when he'd slunk away to find a comfy, soft object to hump, making a fool of himself out of eye shot of what had at the time, been only a viking hatchling. But the human he saw pumping his pride now, he was a male, full grown.

Hiccup chuckled at the noises Toothless was making, the wide eyes and panting maw, he'd been wrong, Toothless wasn't an equal, no, he was an animal, right now, with his hot eager cock pulsing beneath his palms. Hiccup could train him like this, he could TAME him like this. Those thoughts didn't alarm him, not while his own cock stiffened in his pants. "Good Dragon, come on, I know it's been a while, gods, maybe you haven't ever had release. I'm glad I can give that to you. Come on Bud, I've got the carrot, no hiding it from me now!" He growled and pumped faster, pushing one palm against the tip and twisting his digits over it, the thick, hot fluid making them slide easily.

Toothless felt something, something huge building in his belly, He locked eyes again with Hiccup, but the hesitation, the mercy was gone, and only satisfaction and amusement remained, he knew that expression, and he whimpered nervously as he suddenly understood. He wasn't meant to help Hiccup solve a puzzle, Hiccup was solving HIM and at that realization, the pressure in his belly snapped and his world went white.

Hiccup gasped as a hot, thick jet of dragon sperm blasted against his twisting palm, spraying out between his fingers, hurriedly he uncovered the dick hole and pumped with both hands, staring in amazement as rope after rope of jism shot into the air, hitting the roof, Toothless gurgled and squealed, tongue lolling out stupidly, his hips bucking violently, and a curling paw cutting grooves into the floor. Hiccup watched as muscles tenses under the dragon's scales violently, and he continued to pump that glorious cock well after the violent flow slowed, continued even as Toothless began to squirm and whimper in protest, coming to his senses only when Toothless's panicked eyes met his own again.

Releasing the dragon's spent cock he smiled "good boy Toothless, that was a big one, your first ever, right?" he laid atop the dragon, smirking as he collected some of the mess on his fingers "Don't worry, i'll clean you up, just shut your eyes, it's okay" Toothless didn't respond, panting breathlessly, flat on his back, his member slowly softening, he barely reacted as the wet washcloth pressed soothingly to his limp flesh, wiping it clean. "guess an oiled hinge can be happy after all"