Zephyr adds the tiny braid to Nuffink

     Zephyr looked at her mother with wide blue eyes. Her seven-year-old mind was watching her mother's quick fingers braid her father's hair. She looked over at Nuffink. She walked over and sat down behind Nuffink. Hiccup and Astrid were sitting at the table, while the two kids played on the floor. Zephyr looked back at her mother and then at Nuffink's shaggy hair.
     "What you doing?" Nuffink asked.
     Zephyr took three small sections of hair and began twisting them around. "Making you look like dad."
     Nuffink gasped in delight and sat still as Zephyr braided his hair. She had learned braiding from the best, her mother. Every day Astrid would twist Zephyr's dark auburn hair into two braids, and every time Zephyr would watch intently. Zephyr quickly caught on and began practicing on herself at night. Zephyr blew a few strands of hair from her eyes as she continued to braid Nuffink's hair.
     Nuffink continued to play with his dragon plushes, but kept his head still for his sister. Zephyr worked quickly to place a braid in his hair. Once she was done she stood back and smiled.
     "Mommy!" Zephyr called.
     Astrid tied off the end of the braid and looked at her daughter. "Hiccup, you're going to want to see this."
     Hiccup turned to face his kids and smiled. Nuffink sat proudly with Zephyr behind him. A tiny braid poked out of his head, just below his right ear. Hiccup chuckled and ruffled his hair, though it had lost much of the volume over the years.
     "Well look at you buddy," Hiccup commented. "You look so grown up."
     Nuffink padded over and crawled into his lap. "I'm like you daddy!"
     Hiccup chuckled and touched his braid. "Yes you are."
     "And you are just as handsome," Astrid commented.
     Zephyr hopped over, knowing she was missing the family love. Hiccup laughed softly and sat her on his lap as well. She grinned and looked at her mother, who had her hair down from her bun. Astrid's hair had grown significantly since she and Hiccup had gotten married. Her usual braided bun was getting hard on her hair, so she had come into the habit of letting it down in the evenings with her family.
     "And you'll be just a beautiful as your mother," Hiccup said softly.
     Zephyr giggled as Hiccup ran his hands through her unbraided hair. Zephyr smiled and cuddled closer to Hiccup. Valka's soft footsteps suddenly stepped inside the Haddock house.
     "Grandma!" Zephyr jumped out of her father's lap and into Valka's arms. "I braided Nuffink's hair! Look!"
     Valka smiled as she saw Nuffink beaming with a small braid in his hair. "Well would you look at that."

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