Hiccup was sure he would have heard that one before had he had more contact with people beyond Berk. His name wasn’t really of issue these days and far better than the ones gifted to some of the people he knew. He offered a lopsided smile at the comment and decided not to explain that he had been the hiccup in his village, in his family… It was water under the bridge. He turned towards the entrance of the cave, joining Castiel there as the dragons curled up- already thinking of the long flight home on a dragon not too accustomed to flying in darkness.

Toothless walked over as Castiel returned to her own dragon, bumping into his side so he instinctively put an arm around him to keep his balance. The nightfury rumbled in concern as he looked at the sky and Hiccup sighed “I know but I have to head back, its nearly winter and with the new hatchlings we have triple the mouths to feed.” He rubbed his fingers at his hair and smiled at the dragon. “You just focus on taking care of those babies bud and of course, your beautiful wife…” He added with a sly smile that ended with Toothless huffing in his face.

Hiccup backed up into the night. “A chiefs duties are never done. I’ll try to check up on your guys later in the week, maybe I can borrow Cloudjumper.” He turned to take a few steps but Toothless cut across him, barking in protest before pushing his head into him and backing him into the cave. Hiccup knew it was pointless to try and out maneuver Toothless so walked over to the others sitting down. “Or I’ll stay until morning.”