Castor had been sick for a few days, and originally Charlie had thought it was a simple cold though over time when the fever had started to developed the fairy realised his mistake and confined the boy to his bed and took it upon himself to be at Castor's beck and call despite Nanny Hubbard's insistance she take care of the boy for him. But Charlie would hear none of it, now sitting on the boy's bed with Castor' head in his lap singing to him, just to soothe the boy.
It was no secret Castor had problems trusting other people -- especially adults. When it came to being weakened and relying on an adult, he didn't feel quite at ease around anybody save for Jefferson or Charlie. His breaths were shaky, uneven. He was barely even conscious, the majority of his energy spent on fighting off whatever virus he'd gotten. He did his best to keep his eyes closed -- to ignore the images his mind had conjured up -- but fevers had a way of brushing non-corporeal fingers across his skin, to elicit shudders and jolts. His eyes would snap open from time to time and his hand would tense where it rested by Charlie's knee. A quiet noise of fear would escape him. One would imagine his hallucinations involved Peter, Neverland, and his brothers.