"No," Alec says. Again. He smiles a little, teasing, and shrugs. "I was making food anyway because I was hungry, and I was going to check on you anyway. They just happened to go together. I wanted to talk to you, too. And make sure you're swearing off glitter whiskey for a while." Even if drunken Jace had been pretty amusing.

"Do I need to butter you up just to ask how you're doing?" Alec asks him.