The0culus

Summary: Astrid/Ruffnut - The forest had always been a place Astrid and Ruffnut could spend time together without worrying about anyone else. Astrid and Ruffnut had been friends ever since they were young.  To be fair, it had started more as a matter of practicality than anything -- Astrid was pretty much the only girl in the village who could keep up with the twins' frantic energy level.  Mrs. Thorston, the village's leading florist/pastry maker, had been worried about the effect playing exclusively with a group of roughhousing boys was having on her young daughter, so Mrs. Hofferson agreed to a play date.  Mrs. Thorston had probably regret