While certain his own dragon was not yet fully asleep, perhaps to make sure he didn’t slip out in the night- Hiccup wasn’t yet asleep either. He kept thinking of that hapless way Castiel had grasped her arm and averted her gaze with such a forced smile and couldn’t think what had caused it. Was his company really so awful that she was bothered by him staying? He couldn’t rest with that thought on mind so went to carefully resolve it.

Silently, which would be easier of the metal his leg didn’t graze the stones once or twice as he edged closer, he moved to sit next to her. Certain now that she was in fact still awake. “Castiel?” He asked in a whisper as to not wake the sleeping dragons “what’s wrong?”