Hauki Thorvaldsson

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• Name: Hauki Thorvaldsson
• Age: 32
• Height: 1.83m
• Sexuality: Bisexual
• Status: In a relationship with Vili

Life Excerpt

Propped up on his right elbow Hauki was silently watching the bear of a man he was sharing the bed with. Admiring every inch of his body that he could see, which right now meant from just below the waist and up. So peaceful. So handsome. Thinking about the fact that this man wanted to spend so much of his free time with him made Hauki feel pleasantly warm inside. A feeling he wasn’t very familiar with. Usually he was a wham-bam-thank-you-mam kind of guy but lately he’d found that he wanted to spend time with this man again and again. Sometimes he even craved it.
He lowered his gaze from the face past the hairy chest and stopped at those sexy abs. Placing his left hand softly where his gaze had stopped he gently caressed the stomach as it slowly rose and fell with each breath. Hauki then let his hand wander up to the hairy pecs. There was the tiniest shift in the breathing which made him look up and his eyes met those of his lover. He smiled apologetically.
    ”Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you.” Vili gave him a sleepy smile in return as he looked towards the window.
    ”It’s okay, Hauki. Looks like it’s about time to get up anyway.” Hauki looked at the window and could see that the sun was coming up. He turned his gaze back to his lover, this time sporting a much more familiar facial expression. Vili may not have been fully awake yet but he could still recognize the lust in Hauki’s eyes. The handsome brunette maneuvered himself with ease so that he was now straddling Vili’s pelt covered nether region. Vili chuckled.
    ”You know that Eivor won’t like it if we’re late, right?” Cocking his head slightly to the side Hauki gave him a quizzical look.
    ”What are you talking about?” The chuckle turned into a laugh.
    ”Did you seriously forget that he wanted us to go a-viking today?”
    ”Oh, right. That did slip my mind.” Instead of getting off of Vili Hauki instead placed his hands on the bed, right by Vili’s shoulders, and lowered himself until his nose almost touched Vili’s. “I know I’ve got impressive stamina but not even I can go for hours. And I doubt that Eivor wants to go this early.” Vili’s breathing had quickened slightly, and when he spoke his voice had gone a bit huskier than before.
    ”Good point...” Hauki grinned before lowering himself further so that their chests were skin to skin. He wrapped his arms under and around his lover’s shoulders and kissed him passionately.

Breathing heavily after their recent exercise Hauki could feel the sweat making the skin of his chest stick to Vili’s back as he embraced him from behind. They lay there quietly for a moment, their breathing being the only sound breaking the silence. Hauki with his head resting on the side of Vili’s had only one thought in his mind. Was this what it felt like to love someone? The happiness and warmth he felt when being around Vili. More often than not he just had to think about him to feel happy. Was he, Hauki, the most notoriously flirty man in the Raven clan, the man that put even Gunnar to shame in that regard, actually in love for the first time in his life? And the answer to that final question felt so natural to him in that moment that he tightened the embrace and started to lightly kiss Vili’s shoulder and neck. His lover turned his head slightly.
    ”What’s this? You’re usually not one for cuddling afterwards.” Hauki smiled and placed his mouth right next to Vili’s ear before whispering.
    ”True. But I’ve also never been in love before.” Vili’s body stiffened for the briefest of moments after that last sentence, before he started to turn his whole body over in order to face Hauki. To Hauki’s relief there was no worry, or fear, or any other negative emotion present on Vili’s face.
    ”Wait. Are you saying...” Hauki smiled and nodded. He leaned in and gave Vili a light kiss on the lips.
    ”I’m saying that you, Vili Hemmingsson, have done the impossible, and captured the heart of Hauki Thorvaldsson.” Then he pulled away ever so slightly to add. “But don’t worry, you’re not expected to say it back to me or anything like that. I’m happy just to have said it to you right now.” Vili gave him the warmest smile he’d ever seen on the man.
    ”Don’t be silly. Of course I’m in love with you. I have been for a while.” And then their lips met once again, but this time with a tenderness that hadn’t been there before.


Later that day, as they were boarding Eivor’s longship, Eivor noticed that his two favorite crew members looked happier and more at peace than he could remember them ever looking before, which was saying a lot because neither of them were prone to negative feelings in general. As the crew settled down in their usual spots on the ship Hauki noticed that Eivor was looking at him, observing him. He raised an eyebrow and looked at his jarl quizzically.
    ”What?” Eivor smiled at him and shook his head slightly.
    ”I just...Well. You and Vili just seemed to be ...in different spirits than usual today.” Hauki gave him a beaming grin in response.
    ”Well, I suppose that could have something to do with the fact that we both expressed how much we love each other this morning.” Eivor raised an eyebrow and looked a bit unsure of what to make of that reply.
    ”If that’s another way for you to say what I think you’re saying...” Hauki’s sudden burst of laughter made everyone on the ship look at him, wondering what the hell was going on. But Hauki just waved a hand at them as if telling them that it was nothing to be concerned about.
    ”I mean we did that too, but that’s not what I was referring to.”
    ”Then what?”
    ”Well, I told him that I’m in love with him. And he...well, he said the same to me.” Eivor couldn’t help but smile even though he was also quite surprised.
    ”Wow, I never thought I’d see the day that you, Hauki, would fall for someone. At least someone other than yourself.” Every member of the crew laughed at that last comment. Apparently all of them had been listening all along because after everyone was done laughing they all told Vili and Hauki that they were happy for them. And that it was about damn time.


Bodies of soldiers on the ground. Monks and priests running around like headless chickens. This. This was what Hauki lived for. The adrenaline coursing through his body and seeing the change in expression on his enemies faces as they went from being confident that they would defeat him, to sniveling little babes when they got bombarded with stabs and swings from his spears. The soldier he was currently fighting lost his footing as he tried to back away and landed square on his back. Hauki took advantage of that moment of confusion and drove one of his spears straight through the man’s chest. Satisfied that the guy was dead he pulled it back out and went for the next one. This guy wasn’t even aware of him as he was busy fighting Finnr at the moment. That didn’t matter to Hauki though who shoved the spear in his right hand into the man’s back, making the tip of the spear appear on the other side of the chest. Finnr nodded a thanks to him before heading off in search of more riches.
It wasn’t long before the monastery was cleared of soldiers. Everyone had done their part but to Hauki it felt like he had been all over the place, either helping his fellow crew mates finish off an enemy or just dealing with someone on his own. All the frightened monks and priests had also cleared out now so the only sounds to be heard were his crew mates and the fires that were blazing on many of the buildings. It would soon be time to head to the ship. He looked around and saw Eivor crouching by the wall of one of the stone buildings. Someone was sitting on the ground in front of him. As Hauki approached he could see more and more of the other person. As soon as he saw the color, and look, of the cloak he sped up until he was over there. Vili. He was breathing heavily and his left thigh was bleeding. There was a bloody arrow on the ground next to him. Eivor had heard him approach and turned his head to look at him as he stopped next to the jarl. He quickly got up and grabbed Hauki by the shoulders to force him to look him in the eyes.
    ”Hauki. He’s going to be fine. As long as we get him back to Valka right away his leg will be fine.” That seemed to have the desired effect, as Hauki looked calmer when he turned to Vili and knelt down next to him. Vili smiled at him, trying to cover up the pain he was obviously in.
    ”You...you heard him. I’ll be...fine.” Hauki returned the smile before he started to help Vili stand up. Eivor quickly went to Vili’s other side and helped as well. As they headed for the longship Eivor called out to the rest of the crew.
    ”We’ve outstayed our welcome. Back to the ship!”

Credits

Story by me. Overlay by CORE. Human art & minion overlay by Laurence. Profile by me. Pixel art by 7Soul1. Viking cliparts found on Freepik, colored and combined by me. Background is a screenshot I took in the game Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Hauki's concept basis and Vili belong to Ubisoft, and the Assassin's Creed franchise.